Chapter 5 anyone? Okay! ^w^

At the other castle...

Leo woke up late that night. The guards were all outside keeping intruders out. Leo slipped off the high bed and feel on his bottom real hard. Leo didn't wail or cry though, he was more in a panic as he looked around slowly for an escape.

He heard the sound of foot steps as he got closer to the door and placed his head against it, trying to listen. It was the voice of a female.

"Hey! What are you guys doing? I wanted you to guard the other room. This room is forbidden." Leo heard the female scolding two guards.

Then he heard the sound of running. He took his head away from the door and focused on trying to make a run for it himself. Leo looked up at the window, no glass was protecting it. It must have been broken years ago.

Leo was puzzled on how he was going to get up to the broken window. He looked around some more and found a ladder, it was too big as he was too young to carry it. But he knew he could push it to the window if it was against the wall. He walked over to the huge ladder and pushed it into the wall. It made a loud noise which caused him to freeze and listen for foot steps. None came, so he continued to push the ladder against the wall.

"Just a little more..." Leo thought to himself. Once the ladder was positioned under the window at the right spot, he started climbing as fast as he could, his little legs were tired. Being a toddler was no fun to him. As reached the top, he climbed onto the window sill and saw how high up he was.

"Oh god... I was on the top floor? Crap! Well I can't jump, I can die from jumping at this height!" Leo said to himself as he suddenly squinted his eyes, he was able to see a stream of water from above to the right. He moved inches to the right.

"If I can jump into the water, I will be safe..." Leo was ready to jump. As he jumped, he started falling, he felt horrible about his plan, but he knew that he could escape.

Two guards opened his room door and saw that he was gone.

"Shit! He's gone! He escaped! Everyone! Hurry and find that toddler!" One of the guards shouted. The same female voice was heard.

"What!? You guys stole a toddler?" She was angry.

"Well, Ms Lyn... We can explain!" A guard panicked.

They fought over the matter that night as Leo was able to swim up to the surface of the water. He gasped for air and found some grass he could walk on.

"Oh... I'm so wet..." Leo grumbled. He missed Takumi a lot since he escaped from the school. He knew that he should have stayed at the school and do his work. It was wrong the he worried them. He knew Xander wouldn't be okay that he left. Elise and Flora would be worried sick about him.

As he continued on, he was far from the castle, he was getting tired and hungry and he needed a place to sleep. Leo saw a small cave in the distancre, he crawled over to it and leaped down it, it wasn't that deep as he could climb back out of it in the morning.

"I guess I will rest here... Xander won't be happy that I'm gone..." Leo sighed and fell asleep on the hard ground. The cold wind was blowing against him, making him feel colder as he tensed up and curled up tightly to stay warm.


Mean While...

"Oh man... Well with Camilla at the castle as she's the only adult there left, we have to find a place to rest." Flora sighed. Ms Rodin looked at her and then to Eilse who fell asleep with her head leaning on her horse's leg.

"Yes, we need a place to rest..." Ms Rodin was able to lead them to a town that night. They all went into the Inn as Ms Rodin had Elise in her arms. She placed the girl in bed as Flora got dressed. Ms Rodin was taking a shower. They were all asleep after their adventure...


The next morning...

Camilla woke up with a yawn, her book fell on the floor as laughing could be heard. She looked up and saw that Roy and Marth were drawing on the walls with Xander's magic sword markers. She gasped and snatched the markers away from them.

"No no no! Xander and Ryoma had the walls cleaned!" Camilla looked at the messed up walls. Drawings of Takumi and Leo were done even a picture of Hinaka and Hinoka were seen on the walls. Odin was pouring water on the stairs as Camilla was trying to take a marker away form him, she slipped as he chin landed hard on the stairs.

"Oof! Hey!" Camilla shouted at Odin.

"Oh, you can't chase me?" Odin grinned.

"You little brat! Come back hereeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Camilla fell down the stairs, too much water was running down them. Takumi was still sleeping, he wasn't really in the mood to play around. Camilla was trying so hard with them.

Once everyone was downstairs she was able to sing to them. Making them all tired.

Marth was the only one that was not sleepy as he walked away from her and went outside. It was nice out, the grass was still green, the sky was blue with a couple of clouds here and there. He sat down int he grass, letting the wind blow against him.


In the forest...

Leo woke up and peeked out of the cave, no one was chasing him down it seemed. He climbed out of it and made his way back to his home. It took him a few hours but he saw the castle from where he was.

"Wow, I was much closer to the damn castle. I could have back tracked." Leo was frustrated with himself. He ran down the path and saw Marth from a distance. Marth who was finally looking to his left, saw a figure running up to him. He quinted his eyes and realized it was Leo!

"Hey! It's Leo!" Marth cheerfully called to the other toddlers, they all jumped up. Kaden was the first one out of the door as Camilla was the last one out, she saw Leo running up to them, tears in his eyes.

"Camilla!" Leo shouted, he ran passed everyone and Takumi and embraced her in a small hug. Camilla returned it.

"Where have you been?" Camilla was worried about her brother.

"I was captured, I was in some castle." Leo replied.

"No really? Is this a joke?" Takumi laughed.

"No! I'm serious! I was captured! Some guard said something about stealing our town's riches!" Leo blurted out.

"What? Well not if Xander and Ryoma get back here first." Takumi responded, everyone else nodded.

"Oh! I was worried, your teacher had Elise and Flora looking for you. Now I will have to send them a message." Camilla sighed.

"I'm sorry I ran away. School is boring..." Leo sighed.

"Yeah, but you should have stayed in it!" Camilla snapped at him, Leo took a few steps back.

"Into the castle... All of you..." Camilla let out another sigh as the toddlers were back into the castle. Takumi looked at Leo, he felt bad that Leo was lost.

"I'm hungry..." Leo finally admitted.

"I'll order us some food. Corrin has already been bottle fed." Camilla got out her phone and dialed a town.

She ordered pizza for them. Hinoka didn't really know what pizza was but she knew it sounded good. She was sitting next to Roy who pushed her away.

"I like you..." Hinoka got in his face.

"Well it's not nice to be in my face..." Roy grumbled.

"Oh?" She playfully giggled.

As she called for food services, she was able to call Elise and Flora...


At the Inn...

*Ring! Ring!*

"I will get it!" Flora rushed over to her bag and got out her phone.

"Who is it?" Eilse asked, Flora silenced her with her hand in front of her mouth.

"Hello?" Flora talked into her phone.

"Yes! This is Camilla, Leo has come home!" She answered.

"What? So we can all return?" Flora was excited.

"Yes, please come back here as quickly as you can! Xander won't be pleased to come back here and you two have left me with young babies!" Camilla was annoyed.

"Alright, we will be right there!" Flora answered as she hung up the phone and placed it back in her bag.

"Who was it?" Ms Rodin was curious.

"It was Camilla, Leo came back home!" Flora was excited as she got dressed. Elise and Ms Rodin did the same. Once they were dressed, they headed over to the castle, to see Leo.


At the Hotel...

Xander and Ryoma were traveling away from the hotel after they both checked out. They began their journey up the mountains to were Azama was. Azama was in a cave with paintings, he was chanting with Azura.

"So you can chant?" Azura was pleased at this.

"Of course, it's been in my family history and I am a healer." Azama bowed down. He turned to see Xander and Ryoma.

"Ah, you two... What is it that you need to me for?" Azama gave them a puzzled look, it was odd seeing two different units together.

"Well, we came here because of this." Xander pulled out the wand, the pastic was still over it.

"This? What could it be?" Azura took the wand from Xander.

"It's some wand. It turned Ryoma's units as well as mines into toddlers." Xander explained to her.

"Oh no! This wand is the backwards wand! It turns time!" Azama gave both Xander and Ryoma a worried look.

"What? It turns people back in time?" Xander gasped.

"Seems very strange to me..." Ryoma grunted.

"This is a serious matter..." Azama looked at the wand and studied it.

"How do we reverse the effects of this wand?" Ryoma finally asked.

"The only way to reverse this curse on your units is to make them drink this pure water." Azama pointed to his fountain.

"Really?" Xander figured it would be easy.

"Yes. Here, take these bottles back with you." Azama filled the bottles with pure water and handed them to Xander and Ryoma.

"Thank you so much." Xander nodded at him. Azama nodded back.

"It's my honor that I help those in need." He looked back at Azura.

"Hey, Azura, please come and visit us sometime." Ryoma winked at her. Azura could only smile. She was glad that she could help.

Xander and Ryoma started making their way back to the castle.


Later that day...

Eilse and Flora made it back to the castle as Ms Rodin was making her way back to the school. They both saw a man with the toddlers, they were all back from school for the day and Leo was with them, he waved to Elise and Flora.

"Leo! We were worried sick about you! Where have you been!?" Flora was hugging him tight.

"I was captured..." Leo whimpered.

"Aw... By who?" Elise was now concerned.

"There is another castle not far from here, when I got lost, two guards grabbed me and took me to their castle!" Leo was scared.

"Don't worry, we will protect you." Flora patted Leo's head. Leo felt comfortable with his own family. Takumi was starting to feel really bad for Leo. His story must be true.

Leo was feeling loved, he had no reason to run away in the first place. They all went back into the castle and rested. The toddlers ate the leftovers of the pizza that was ordered.


That night...

Xander and Ryoma made it back to the castle. They had the pure water ready for the toddlers.

"Tomorrow they will have a drink of this and poof! No more toddler days for them!" Ryoma chuckled.

"Yeah, they are cute, but they can be brats." Xander sighed and let out a small chuckle. They opened the doors to the castle to see that everyone was asleep. Camilla was in a chair with a book on her lap, she dozed off while reading.

"Well I hope things have been calm in here..." Ryoma was looking at the walls. They were clean. Camilla had the walls wiped off and clear of all toddler drawings before they got back.

"Well the walls are clean at least." Xander grinned.

"Yes..." Ryoma gave a sigh of relief.

"Let's get to bed, tomorrow the little ones will have a drink." Xander chuckles and quietly went up the stairs, Ryoma slowly followed him.

They were finally going to solve the problem. The pure water was going to turn our heroes back into adult units. What will happen when they do?

To be Continued...

Sorry if this chapter is sooo late! My life has been busy! My budget sucks and I have no money, so I'm trying to surivive the best that I can! Thanks for reading this so far! There is still more to go here! ^w^