Rain began to drizzle from the build up of clouds overhead the forest as Crystal pranced along the path, whipping through tangled thorn vines and dashing over stumps and tree roots. Her soft blue running shoes started becoming mucky from the now muddy dirt below her, but her facial expression remained as determined as ever. "I just... I knew he was heartless, but I just can't understand why he would banish you from your own given home," Crystal hissed through clenched teeth, picking up her pace, "Just who does he think he is...?" Penelope popped her head out of her snuggly pocket in Crystal's capris, eyes wide. Her head turned upwards to take a good look at the golden squirrel, "Do.. you know Chester, personally?" Crystal seemed to have not heard the flicky, as she continued running without saying a word. "I just mean... you seem to know what he's like and I just... I know it ain't none of my business..." A drop of rain splashed against her orange beak, as Penelope's eyes fell in front of her when the silence from the squirrel continued. The two came to a very sharp stop, "Ah no!" Crystal gasped, "How are we supposed to get across to the island..." Her big, lavender eyes searched out her view. There was an island far out across the thrashing waters that was hardly visible due to the fog. She looked up at the sky, which was now turning a dark shade of gray, with rain pounding against the dirt around her. Her eyes fell down to meet with Penelope's, who's head was still poking out from her pocket. "There's no way we can swim through that, especially not with your condition, Penelope, we'd be risking your health far too much." The flicky was still confused as to why Crystal had ignored her question, but decided to leave it for the time being, "Ah Crystal, wait! I thought you were related to a flying squirrel?" "I.. well, yes, but," the squirrel lifted her arms up, to show off that she had none of the webbed material that a regular flying squirrel would have, "flying squirrel blood does indeed run through my veins, but I don't have the physical qualities of one." Penelope gave her a disappointed look, "So.. there's no way to get across?--"
"You two need some help?" The two creatures jumped at the sound of an unfamiliar voice. Crystal spun around, to find a seemingly young, blue hamster standing in front of them, dressed in dark colours. "Uh... uhm," Crystal stumbled on her words. Penelope tilted her head at the sight of the creature, "Who are you?", she questioned. "Chirp, cheep?" The hamster looked surprised at the sound of a bird, then smiled warmly when his red eyes met with the young, yellow flicky that was comfortably placed in a pocket of the squirrel's capris. "Oh how adorable, a little flicky!" "Oh right, most creatures can't understand me," Penelope let out a sigh, as Crystal's soft fingers massaged the top on the bird's head gently, as if to comfort her. "Yes," Crystal started, "she sure is cute, this is Penelope." Penelope smiled at the hamster, sweetly. "Hello there, Penelope," the hamster responded, "My name is Yuushi." The squirrel smiled warmly at Yuushi, "And mine's Crystal," she popped her hand out generously in front of her, towards the hamster, "pleased to meet you!" Yuushi grasped her hand in return and gave it a slight shake, "The pleasure's mine."
The rain was building up on the ground, creating deep puddles throughout the forest. "So, what are you doing in a place like this? I don't believe I've seen you around these parts," Yuushi questioned, politely. "Well, y'see," Crystal began, "I was traveling out with my boyfriend, Ray the Squirrel. He's on a search to find his friend, Mighty, who was captured and taken away by unknown minions. While we were out searching the forest, some more of the robotic minions came through and we all fought. Unfortunately, I took a fairly large blow, and got knocked out cold. When I came to, Ray was no where to be found, as were the minions. That's when I accidentally bumped into little Penelope, who gave me some shocking news... Now I'm on my way to Flicky Island to solve this mystery once and for all," Crystal struck a proud, determined pose, with a huge grin slapped on her face, which was soon wiped off, "The only problem is... there's no way for us to get across these raging waters." Yuushi's eyes widened, and a smirk grew across his fuzzy, peach muzzle, "You just leave that to me, girls." Yuushi took a step back, and whipped out a giant, jagged sword from the large pouch strapped to his back. He calmly walked towards the raging waters, and stabbed the sword into the soft mud underneath him, closing his eyes with focus. The hand he was using to hold the sword began to glow a bright green, which slowly expanded from his palm, and began forming a long green line of energy, which slowly wound it's way around the sword, sticking to it's uneven edges. Crystal's eyes widened at the miraculous sight before her, and Penelope curled back into Crystal's pocket hurriedly, afraid of injuring another limb. The green power was now fully wrapped around the sword, and seemed to sink in beneath the swords outer shell, leaving it a pale gray. At once, the green energy burst out in front of Yuushi, directly through the water, connecting to the island. The green power then took an oval shape, creating a clean tunnel of energy that reached Flicky Island. Yuushi turned around to face Crystal, hand still gripping the sword, "This only lasts a few minutes, you've got to be quick!", he ordered. "Uhm, right!" Crystal responded, dashing forward towards the glowing tunnel, but stopping right before it. Turning to Yuushi, she gently spoke, "Thank you for this, Yuushi. I hope to meet up with you again, you've been a great help." And with that, she took off down the protected tunnel as fast as her skinny, golden legs would take her.