Chapter 3
"I had to bring a third bat for Ripred to ride Flip and Hip may be fast, but they aren't that strong." Howard said.
"Well what time is it first?" Gregor said stretching.
"Well the light up time watcher of yours says it is six colon zero and then an eight." Howard said getting mixed up.
"It's six o eight; well I want to go meet this new bat."
"No we can't go now there is a gorgeous girl in the upper level."
"Please say you are not talking about my cousins."
"No she doesn't look anything like you and your family she has beautiful long brunette hair and her eyes were gorgeous."
"Lily? You think Lily is pretty?"
"Yes well, and if you want to see the bat now I would come." Howard said changing the subject.
"Well let's go, and have you seen this Violet girl in Regalia."
"Sadly no, I have been taking care of people in the Fount I have actually became the new head doctor there."
"Well good for you so do you know anything about 'The Prophecy Of Queens'?"
"Well the beginning of the first stanza has been happing the Gnawers have been quite gleeful, but no one knows why."
"Wow really I didn't think that would happen until I got to the Underland or something."
"Well we must meet Bellona she is Ares's sister and Flip and Hip's mother and is very fast and strong so will help us get to the Underland quicker and easier."
"Ares had a sister?"
"We just found this out she came looking for him to tell him that their mother had just died."
"Wow that is very sad losing her mom and her brother."
"Well here she is Iris the flier beauty intelligence and strength." Howard said as a bat that was the color of the Underlander's hair blonde with silver tint.
"Hello Overlander bond of my brother." She said bowing her head.
Bellona looks like Ares a little only a different color. She had enormous wings that scratched the floor when she walk and her body was buff and strong. Her fur was like the color of the Overlanders hair blonde with silver tint.
"Hi wow you look a lot like Ares." He said scanning her body.
"Well thank you and yes Ares did have a family."
"How did you know that I was going to ask that?"
"First, question I have been asked all week so I assumed that you were going to ask that."
"So you have more siblings?"
"Yes, I am the eldest, then it is Ares and Mars they are twins, and then there is the youngest Minerva."
"Wow really you seem younger; well do you all have bonds."
"No I don't, Ares was with you, Mars is with someone in the Fount I believe, and Minerva is too young to be bonded."
"Wow, well why don't you rest it will be a long trip?"
"Thank you Overlander." She said bowing.
"Just call me Gregor."
"Thank you Gregor."
"Well, we have to go eat, and we will bring food back for you guys."
"Alright, and thank you again for your hospitality."
"No problem."
"So what are we going to have for dinner?" Howard asked.
"Fried Chicken, mash potatoes, green beans, and beans."
"Do you think that I will like it?"
"Well yeah, chicken kinda tastes like fish and the rest is stuff that taste like things in Regalia."
"If you say so." Howard said shrugging.
"Well hi there, I'm Lily." Lily said putting a hand out.
"Um, well, hello I'm Howard." He said shaking it back.
"Well you sure are a weird fella where are you from again."
"Um- well I am from"- Howard said.
"He is from Poland so he doesn't know a lot of language in English."
"Oh well that explains the hair and the skin, but are you wearing contacts or something cause I never saw purple eyes before."
"Um, no that is his real eyes weird yeah, but they are awesome." Gregor said trying to get her not to notice them.
"Oh, that is cool well I'm Lily I got brown hair, tan skin, blue eyes, and big toes, yeah if you haven't notice I'm bipolar, oh and I'm almost seventeen." Lily said as she was gobbling a piece of chicken down her throat.
"What is bipolar?" Howard whispered to Gregor.
"Tell you later."
"I work at the diner the road and I am home school so I don't have to go to school."
Through the whole dinner Lily talked on and off subject not even letting room to breathe. Gregor almost wanted to cut her tongue off with his knife, but just kept on sitting there watching the clock go Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick. And the loudness of Lily's talking. By the time she stopped talking it was 8:00 and Gregor just wanted to be in the Underland right now and not listening to Lily, "Well, nice to meet you sorry I talked a lot, but I hope I see you soon." She said grabbing her coat off the coach.
"You too." Howard said.
As everyone was starting to trickle away from the dining table Howard and Gregor went to his room to get everything that his mom didn't grab for him to take. He wanted to grab some root beers for drinks and weapons like he used in the prophecy of gray. Some of his cousins work boots, a mini flashlight that was waterproof, and last but not least his picture of him and Luxa. As he was grabbing the picture Howard said, "What is that?"
"Um, this well it's a picture of my mom."
"No it's not it's a picture of you and Luxa." Howard said snatching the picture out of his hands.
"I'm sorry Howard you told me not to like her, but I'm just sorry."
"If she is back when we get back don't talk to her."
"Yes Howard, I won't talk to her."
"Good so are you going to take food to Ripred, Hip, Flip, and Bellona?"
"I'll do that now." Gregor said walking up the stairs.
As Gregor went to go take some leftovers to Ripred, Hip, Flip, and Bellona he just had a feeling of punching Howard in the face he knew that he would talk to her at anytime he can. As soon as he got to Ripred and the bats Ripred, said "Gregor I smell anger and sadness on you."
"Stupid Rat why do you always have to get into other peoples business," Gregor said to himself, "No I'm okay."
"If you say so."
"Well here's your food." Gregor said throwing the food on the ground.
"Thank you Gregor and before you leave I wanted to tell you that you will be riding with me on our way to Regalia."
"Oh, crap," Gregor said in his mind, "Oh, well that's cool."
"Oh Lizzie will be riding with us because of her panic attacks."
"Alright, but she will probably be asleep on the way."
"Well just know you might want to watch to make sure the bat belts won't break or anything."
"Alright I was planning on doing that anyway."
"Well sorry I didn't know that you are all in la la land with Luxa and Ares, oh wait did I say that aloud." Ripred said angerly.
"Well there's the ripred we all know and love." Gregor said walking back to the house.
"Honey are you okay you seem very upset." Gregor's mom said as he was walking into the house.
"Why can't you stay in your own business?" Gregor said running out the front door to the woods.
"All I asked was, oh nevermind."
Gregor ran as fast as he could possibly can and when he finally slowed down he saw that rock the huge rock, but it didn't say 'The Prophecy of Queens' it didn't say anything, but just a big rock. He decided to just sit next to the rock and vent ou tis emotions like hitting his head on the stone and banging his knuckles into anything hard. He began to say to himself, "God, Luxa why did I have to fall throught that vent I wouldn't of meant you and I wouldn't be in pain right now," but he knew that wasn't ture and said, "Luxa where ever you are please say your safe."
As soon as gregor got up to leave he heard footsteps and heard banging on the stone, "Help me, someone help." A vioce said.
"Who are you?" Gregor asked the person behind the stone.
"Me I'm"- the vioce was interupted, "Let go of me, I don't want to marry him I hate him."
Gregor soon noticed the vioce it was Luxa, "Luxa is that you?"
"Gregor is that you?" Luxa yelled.
Gregor ran to the crack that was in his dreams and saw those eyes those beautiful violet eyes, "Luxa where are you?"
"The uncharted lands I can't talk Gregor just know that."- Luxa said before she was interrupted.
"Come on queen you have to get fitted for your gown." A low vioce said.
"That what, whoever you are let her go?" Gregor screamed.
But they didn't answer, neother one of them answered, but he saw Luxa thrown over the stranger's shoulder, she wasn't trying to get free because she was knocked out. He couldn't believe that he saw her and got tho hear her, but he knoew where she was and that she is alive.
After he couldn't see Luxa anymore he sprinted to the house to tell them they had to get toRegalia as soon as possibly. He fell right in front of Ripred and said, "Luxa- Uncharted Lands- has to- get- marry."
"Go sleep Gregor and tell me the rest later or say so I can understand it."
As soon as Gregor got his breath back he told Ripred, "I saw Luxa in the woods she was in a cave with a stone in front of it and she told me she was in the Uncharted lands and a dude told her that she had to go get fitted for a dress and knocked her out so we have to get to the Underland as soon as possibly."
"Really well we have to wait for complete darkness for us to fly so go back to sleep."
"I'm not tired I've been alseep for ever and I want to go now."
"We can't go now people aren't asleep and it isnt dark enough." Ripred yelled.
"Listen stupid rat Luxa is in trouble and all you want to do is sit and wait." Gregor said feeling his rager coming back to him stronger then ever.
As Gregor said that Ripred smacked him across the fac with his tail, "Get a hold of your self kid I know you want to save her, but we can't let people know about us."
"Fine, but if we aren't in the air at 1:00 I'm on my own."
"Okay then go fly around with Bellona and talk with her about Ares and such." Ripred said putting to the cliff.
As Gregor walked over to the cliff he looked of the side and Hip and Flip popped out if nowhere and maade Gregor fall back and when he got back to his feet he saw Bellona yelling at them and Grgor said, "Don't blame them I just was shocked and lost my footing."
"No we saw you." Flip said.
"And we wanted to scare you." Hip finished.
"It's okay I get spooked a lot." Gregor said back.
"Boys go play I want to talk to Gregor." Bellona said.
"Alright."
As Filp and Hip flew off Bellona said, "Get on I want to talk about Ares."
"Okay." Gregor said jumping off the cliff.
"Well, first I'm sorry about Hip and Flip they have gotten into so much trouble since their father died."
"It's okay and you really don't have the best of luck do you?"
"I suppose so, but I didn't want to talk about me I wanted to talk about Ares."
"Okay well I am his second bond Henry wa"-
"Yes I know and after you left he came to tell me and I never saw him again."
"Well I'm sorry about everything."
"It's not your fault my husband was killed in the Heripedes accident."
"Oh well sorry, but your life sucks."
"Sucks what does this mean?" Bellona said turning his head.
"Bad, horrible, stinks are all definitions for sucks."
"Oh, well that makes since."
"Gregor we have to go now!" Lizzie called from the cliff.
"Why Liz we have four hours?"
"Ripred told Howard about you seeing Luxa and said that we have to go way sooner."
"Okay let's go Bellona."
"Alright."
As Gregor and Bellona flew to the cliff he grabbed Lizzie by the waist and threw her up on Bellona and as soon as she touched Bellona she had a panic attack. A few seconds later they reached Ripred and everybody else, he yelled, "Ripred what's going on?"
"Howard knows where Luxa is.-"
"She has to get married to the king of the Uncharted lands ." Howard yelled before Ripred could finish.