Ty's favorite color is dark purple! Enderlox confirmed! (Just watched his "Google Huskylox" and he said it in there!)
Yeah, sorry this chapter is a bit late. I had it about half done, then I got sick last Thursday. Oh joy. I was still going to school, but then I slept in today by accident (by over an hour actually) so my mom let me stay home. That and, she was the one who came into my room and helped me when I was awake and coughing at three in the morning. Thanks, Mom!
Gradyleeward: I am planning on adding one or two more hybrids, but he/she/they probably won't be near Hector's age. I don't want to be rude, but at what point are you going to notice that I do pretty much everything myself and prefer not to take suggestions when I already have things planned out? Sorry if that's rude, no offense.
Also, I have something planned for Valentine's Day, but not in this story. It's going to be posted under Minecraft, so keep an eye out for it! It would mean so much to me if people read that. It's sort of a one-shot I wrote, it won't have anything to do with stories I've written before. Well, you'll see. But please do look for it tomorrow!
Anyways, now that announcements are done, on to the story!
Have a good day/night, Flowers!
As soon as I saw my brother in the morning, I told him what Eli and I had discovered from Vignar. It naturally wasn't too much of a surprise, we'd expected either he thought the god had ordered him to or he had done it because he thought it would be best for Notch.
We spread the information to the other hybrids, but Ty had news of his own as well, "Krystal, Sky really does think that you're manipulating me. Sooner or later, he's going to do something. He might demote you or expel you from the army, maybe even have a court marshal. We need some kind of action, something that'll draw attention away from you"
I shook my head, "You know that's neither permanent nor our primary focus. We have some of the information we need. I don't think we'll find much more here"
"Are you suggesting we leave and go somewhere else?" Shade asked, from where he was casually leaning against the wall.
I thought for a moment, "I suppose so... We could go somewhere where there would be even more religious information hanging around. I think in one of the books I read, there was a mention of an ancient library that catalogs all religious information"
"You mean the Kingdom of Rikilyn? That's a long way away" My brother said, we'd read that book together.
I nodded, "I know we'd have to hide everything again, and we might even have to pretend we're priests ourselves in order to get in, but I have the feeling it'll be well worth it"
"I agree" Mist was standing now, "We really need to get out of here. For the past few weeks, ever since Sky might have caught the slightest hint of what we were doing, I've felt so on edge. Shade's been feeling it too, and I know you two have. Honestly, maybe a few days or however long it takes to travel might be good for us" She was unusually serious.
"Right. Well, Hector, what do you say? We can't just drag you along into the wild if you don't want to. It's probably not going to be too much danger" and I almost added 'and we might be slightly less conspicuous if we have a kid along'
People seemed to trust you more not to steal or otherwise be a criminal if you brought a child along with you, I'd noticed that in the market yesterday. That didn't matter too much, even though it would be useful. The only reasons I was even Considering taking Hector along were because it wasn't too likely to be dangerous, and the fact that I was slightly afraid what might happen to him in our absence.
I didn't trust anyone except the four of them, Seto, and Eli. They were the only ones I could be assured would not betray us.
"Road trip!" He said excitedly, probably joking slightly, "Yeah, I wanna come, Krystal! Don't leave me behind now!"
I nodded, "If you want to come, then you can. This involves all five of us"
If he hadn't said yes, I probably would have gone a little bit out of our way to go drop him off at the sorcerer's house, even though it would have cost us some valuable time because the kingdom was in the opposite direction. I really hadn't wanted to leave him here.
"Now that that's settled" Ty started, "We're going to the kingdom of Rikilyn, right? We need to plan this out. When we are leaving, what we need to bring, and all that. I'll take care of supplies. Krystal, I'll let you decided when we leave. You would anyways"
"That I would" I confirmed with a grin, "Can you get what we need within a day or do you need two?"
"Two days, please. Don't want to be too conspicuous"
"All right then. We'll leave in two days. Ty, you have today and tomorrow to get supplies. We'll leave the next morning before dawn" I ordered, proud of the capability of my group.
"Okay" Hector agreed.
"Whatever you say, Krystal. We're with you" Shade said, speaking for both himself and his sister.
I nodded, "Good. Let's get going. Hector, you're with me again today. Mist, Shade, split up and help out people today. It makes us look less threatening if we're not all walking around in a group together. Ty, you know what to do"
'If there is something we are not entirely sure if we need, I will speak with you, sister' Enderlox announced, having been silent until that point.
-Thank you, brother-
Ty made no comment. He looked a bit annoyed, even though he had been less harsh to the voice ever since Enderlox had saved me.
"What're we gonna do?" Hector asked, as I led him from the room.
Smiling at him, I said, "Well, I know for a fact that Giselle (care house lady person) is taking the other kids to the farm again. You wanna go see the animals again?"
"Yeah!"
(Time skip)
The next day, while making sure I had nothing suspicious in my room before we left tomorrow, I thought back to the two items I had found back in the compound and had hidden in my room.
I had inspected the scale, and still couldn't determine what it was from. It smelled slightly of bleach, as though it was a scale that had been stripped of its color in order for the scientists to study it. Then again, anything in that horrid place had smelled slightly of chemicals.
But for some reason, I wasn't able to find the logbook. I hadn't opened it even though I'd been the one who had found it and kept it secret from our human friends except Eli and Seto. I was slightly worried about what secrets it would contain.
I started to panic slightly when I went all through my room and still couldn't find the book.
-Enderlox, did Ty move the logbook? I can't find it anywhere-
'No, sister. Ty and I do not even know where you put it, remember? You hid it from everyone' Enderlox's comment reminded me.
-Thanks anyways, brother-
I hadn't moved it. Even though I had never read it, I had checked on the book every day until the day Shade disappeared. Someone else had found it, and taken it.
And it wasn't too hard to find a possible culprit.
"Sky..." I muttered angrily to myself, "When we get back, if I find out that you stole the book..."
I moved the scale to another place, even though the thief hadn't taken it before. The scale meant something. I had yet to find out what.
(Time skip)
Two days later, Sky hadn't tried to pull any other accusations on us and I hadn't yet figured out if he had the scientist's logbook, however, we were ready to go.
At three in the morning, we slipped out of our rooms and met up outside the city. We'd figured it would be safer to leave in two, smaller groups. Myself, Ty, and Hector, and then Mist and Shade.
After we met up, we walked north until it became light out, each carrying a bag. Ty and I had two shoulder bags, since we couldn't put anything on our backs because of our wings. It felt really awkward if we did. Mist and Shade had backpacks, and Hector had a smaller version of the same.
(Time skip)
We were an odd group, for sure. We made sure no one saw us whenever we spotted other travelers.
With either Ty or I always flying above, the other joined Mist, Shade, and Hector below. The one above kept an eye out for trouble, while the other relaxed and walked.
Right now, two days into our travel, it was my turn above.
I just kept scanning the landscape, over and over again, trying to go super slow to match the pace of the land-bound.
Eventually, I spotted a tiny dot on the horizon. But it wasn't on land, it was in the air.
I stared at it for a long moment, doing my best to hover. It didn't seem to be stationary, seeing as I had stopped and it continued to grow larger.
Deciding that I would see if it was any danger before I told the others, I did my vision-enhancing thing that made it look like I was seeing through binoculars. It was quite useful.
It was still pretty far off, but I could see that it looked something like a big, blue chicken, with a large beak and long legs. At the very least, it was Some kind of bird.
-I'm gonna go check something out. Be back in a couple of minutes- I warned Ty before flying off.
I heard his reply as I headed towards the odd bird, 'All right, Krystal. Stay safe'
As I got closer, I could see that the bird's beak hung loosely open, and could spot a row of teeth on both the upper and lower jaws. This was no kind of bird I'd seen before.
Nearing it, I could see it very clearly now, from only about thirty blocks away.
It was a something like a periwinkle blue, with small, beady yellow eyes. Its beak was large, probably making up about half its face. Its back and side had two different hues of the periwinkle blue; the darker color making patterns on a lighter background. Its tail was small, composed of only three feathers that weren't even too long.
It wasn't the most graceful flier either, flapping around like it had no idea what it was doing. Made me grateful for how well my design had worked out, in a way.
"What are you?" I asked plainly, as soon as I was close enough, hoping this would work again. I knew some mobs I could talk to and understand in return, like Mother's endermen and that creeper who had spoken to me when Herobrine's forces had attacked us.
It looked at me as though it had no idea what I was, which was understandable. Probably especially because I was expecting an answer, and most humanoid beings probably couldn't understand it anyways.
"My name is Desren" He said hesitantly, voice seemingly male, "I am a moa"
"What is a moa?" I responded, interested in the fact that he was afraid of me.
"I'm lost" The moa named Desren answered, "I flew too low from the Aether and now I can't find my way back"
"The Aether...? You're a mob from the Aether?"
"Have you heard of it? Humans often refer to the Aether as the resting places of their souls. But you might not know that, you don't seem too human to me"
"You're right. I'm only half human. But I do understand what you mean. Do you have any ideas as to how you can return?"
"Well..." He cocked his head to one side, tail feathers fanning out for some reason, "I have heard legends that those lost from the Aether may find their way back by finding a golden cloud, but I haven't seen one yet"
"Wouldn't that only apply if the one lost could fly? I asked, extremely curious now. This bird was giving me some good ideas as to maybe how to get to the Aether.
"Well, if you ever see the Aether, young miss, you will understand. Most of the mobs there can fly" He was less adept at hovering than me, and started to have to fly in circles to stay airborne in one general area. The moa just seemed to be built so awkwardly.
"I see... Should I let you go back to searching then?"
"Might as well. Perhaps we will meet again, dragon girl"
"Perhaps, Desren"
As I watched the odd Aetherian bird fly away, I found a curious brother flying up to me.
'What was that?' Ty asked, after checking to make sure I was okay.
-A clue. An Aetherian mob who has no idea he might have given me exactly what we need- Was my response.
I explained to him what the moa had said about using golden clouds to access the Aether, where we could no doubt find Notch somewhere.
He understood immediately, 'So if our plans fail or we don't find what we need in Rikilyn, then we can try out this method? It's worth a shot'
-The downside is, it would only be you and me. The others can't fly. But it might be a good thing if we don't bring them. From what I know, the Aether is a bunch of floating islands. That sounds dangerous if you don't have a safe way out if you fall off- I said thoughtfully.
'Yeah... Maybe you're right'
-I'm almost always right-
'I still can't win against you'