Chapter 3
"The sea of tears?!" Jape gasped.
"Yes, the sea of tears. You all know that that sea can be deadly to a Lauhinian. It is purely made of the sorrow and tears of those all around the galaxy," King Lauhin replied. "It will severely weaken you."
All the brothers cringed and looked at each other gravely. If the girls could be in that severe of danger, they were very concerned.
"That is only if Damus has access to their dreams. If they don't remember us then they will be fine," Vivo added.
"But they aren't giving up. Look," Jest said, now pointing at the portal. All of them turned and saw the girls sitting on their bed.
"You know what. I think that girl has something to do with this feeling," Rachel said.
"Why don't we go and see her tomorrow?" Sasha added.
"Yeah, at the orphanage," Rachel grinned, now smiling.
"Rachel…are you thinking about someone here adopting her?! We don't even know her," Sasha chuckled.
"I didn't say that we would adopt her…yet…," Rachel giggled, now feeling a playful poke from her sister.
"You know we can't adopt every kid we meet, even though I wish we could," Sasha smiled.
"I know…but there is something special about that girl. Something that I feel like holds the key to all of this. She knows something," Rachel added.
"But we have to see first how much she does know," Sasha added. "And when we do? What then?"
"We talk to her about maybe…becoming one of us?" Rachel grinned.
Back at the realm…
"GAH! If they go and try to speak to Lilac, she'll spill the beans!" Vivo gasped.
"Remain calm, you yellow ball of fluff," Jape said, rolling his eyes as he ran a hand through his hair.
"How can you be calm?! She'll remember us!" Vivo said, now running his hands through his own hair.
"Vivo! Calm down!" Jocu smirked, now grabbing his brother and holding onto him.
"We'll figure this out," Blithe said.
"Well we better think of it quickly because the girls are heading that way," Jape said, now pointing at the crystal ball. All the brothers' eyes were on the ball as the girls began to head to the orphanage.
"We've gotta act now!" Vivo gasped. "I'm ready!"
"Be careful my son. If the girls suspect anything, that will trigger their memory," King Lauhin warned.
Meanwhile…
Vivo was heading out with Lilac when Rachel and Sasha walked up to the orphanage.
"Hey! There's Lilac," Rachel smiled.
"But who is that guy with her?" Sasha asked.
"He looks familiar! I wonder if he is a friend of Jay too," Rachel added.
As they walked closer, they noticed they were discussing something serious. Something very serious because he formed a protective circle around her. As they approached, Vivo turned and looked at the girls curiously.
"Hi." Rachel greeted.
"Hello," he cooed.
But both girls looked at each other curiously. This young man was very interesting and the way he talked and carried himself was so familiar!
"Vivo?" Rachel whispered. Vivo's eyes widened in shock.
"I beg your pardon?" Vivo asked, now looking at Rachel straight in the eye.
"I'm sorry. For some reason, I felt the need to call you Vivo!" Rachel giggled.
Lilac's eyes widened. This wasn't good! The girls were not letting go of that memory. Their very last memory that Jocu left for them was when they were introduced to the entire family and Jocu showed them the entire realm and then gave them the best and cutest tickle of their lives. And now for some reason, they were fighting these feelings that something was missing.
"This is not good," Lauhin said, now sensing Damus' energy. "He's waiting to get them. I must erase that final memory."
And with a wave of his hand, Lauhin erased the final memory the girls had. At that same moment, the girls shook their heads, feeling something fade away. Every single memory of the brothers, the king and queen, and the realm was gone!
Jocu closed his eyes and bowed his head in sadness. But he knew his father did it to protect the girls.
Meanwhile, Damus let out a growl in anger. He was so close and yet the king erased the final memory!
"He will pay for this!" Damus hissed.
"He erased all the memories," Soren growled.
"It doesn't matter. We will get them." Damus growled, now closing his eyes. "Put the main plan into action!"
Soren nodded and grabbed some powder and quickly teleported to Earth.
Meanwhile at the orphanage…
Vivo had managed to politely excuse himself and Lilac knew the girls were watching her because they had curious and playful expressions every time she would look at them.
"He left in rather a hurry, didn't he?" Rachel prodded gently
"Yes, I'm sure he…uh…had business," Lilac said, now backing up gently.
"Hold on there honey. We still wanna talk to you," Sasha said, now quickly walking behind her and cutting off her escape route.
"Yes, we just want to know more about Jay and that new one. Who are they?" Rachel asked.
"Just friends of mine," Lilac answered gently.
"Calm down, honey. We mean you no harm, we just want to know more about those guys," Rachel said.
"And we're not letting you get away until you talk to us," Sasha giggled, now playfully poking the younger girl.
Lilac jumped and giggled. The laughing made the girls' eyes light up and seem as if they were missing something important!
"W-What was that?" Rachel said, now holding her head.
"I don't know," Sasha added.
Vivo was quietly watching from a distance and was just about to teleport back to the realm when he felt a new presence. As he turned, Soren appeared briefly beside him!
"Soren! You snake!" Vivo hissed.
"Oh the fun has just begun, Vivo," Soren chuckled evilly, now tossing a powder on him and then sending a well-aimed kick to his leg, injuring him. He then rapidly disappeared. Vivo then looked at himself and noticed in horror that he was losing his human form!
"NO!" Vivo yelled.
His entire family then stood and gasped from their side of the portal!
"VIVO!" Lauhin said in horror.
"That snake changed him!" Jest thundered.
"Only temporarily. That is shape-shifting powder. We need to get to him." Lauhin said, now standing. But before he could say anything else, Jape teleported in a flash.
Vivo was still trying to shake off that kick and he began to limp. But as a woman saw him, she screamed to the high heavens about a monster! Soon the entire street began pointing at him and screaming about a monster in the area!
"No! Oh no! This is bad!" Amio said in shock. "The humans are gathering around Vivo!"
"He should just teleport!" Blithe said.
"He can't! The powder temporarily stripped him of his powder. That's why he can't teleport back here!" Jovi said.
Meanwhile, Vivo gasped as the police arrived and began aiming their guns at him!
"Oh, no!" Vivo gasped, now backing up and looking for a place to run. Everyone then screamed as they heard a deep, earth-shaking roar! Vivo then felt something snatch him by the scruff of his neck fur and pull him on his back. He looked up and saw that it was Jape!
"Hang on, Vivo!" Jape said, now taking off down the street. The people began chasing after them and trying to take pictures and calling after them to stop!
"Come back here!" The officers called.
"What are they?!" Another officer yelled.
"I don't know what creatures they are, but we must stop them!" Another added. And with that, they began chasing after them on foot and with their cars.
"J-Jape, why can't you teleport?" Vivo asked.
"Because some of your powder has gotten on my beautiful fur!" Jape said. "But stay still…I will protect you until it wears off."
And with that Jape climbed up a stone wall and took off towards the countryside. He wasn't about to let them harm his brother.
"That dumb Soren…I will tear off the entire left side of fur for this," Jape growled, now taking off even faster as the police cars were trying to catch up.
At the realm…
"Come on, Jape! Outrun them!" Blithe called out.
"He can make it! Only about thirty more minutes and he can teleport back here!" Jest said.
"He can do it…he has to," Jocu said, now eyeing the portal carefully. His brothers were in a very serious situation. Very serious indeed.
guestsurprise's words: Oh my! What do you think?!
To guestsurprise: Oh, no! Hope Jape and Vivo can escape, but it seems that even though King Lauhin erased the girls' last memory, a small remnant of it seems to have remained. I'm eagerly looking forward to the next chapter, as I'm sure many others are. :)
To everyone else: Please leave guestsurprise a review, but no flames!
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