Yay! It's time for another chapter already! Oh, and a quite note to two of my reviewers. Jaelebean, don't worry; I just needed some random Underlander to be a fill in. Eric doesn't play a big role in it; he has a role that you will find out later, but it's not very big. Cocpanys, I just want to thank you for the review and the idea with Howard. I will use that in this chapter lol; it will be great. Well, without further ado, here's chapter… eight? Yeah, I'm not really sure lol.
I do NOT own The Underland Chronicles! If you think I do then you're either not smart or think I'm Suzanne Collins in disguise because they belong to her. The only thing in my stories that I own are the plot and Eric so far.
Chapter Eight
"Wow, everyone sure seemed to leave in a hurry," said Gregor.
"Yes, it was quite strange," agreed Luxa.
"Well, now that they aren't around… There was something I've been wanting to tell you. I know it's been over three months already, but I still feel the same way about you as I did when I left. I even feel stronger about it now. I couldn't stand being away from you for all that time; it seemed like an eternity. I want to tell you this again Luxa. I love you." Gregor said. He was surprised at how easy it was for him to tell her even after being apart for all that time.
"Oh, Gregor, I feel exactly the same. I have felt alone without you down here. I missed you every day, and I thought about you every spare second I could. I've wanted to see you for so long, and now… it all feels so unreal, and wonderful. Gregor, I love you too." Luxa replied.
They looked each other in the eyes, and then they slowly reached toward each other, Luxa wrapped her arms around his neck and he wrapped his arms around her waist. Then, they slowly leaned toward each other and kissed.
Howard entered the room already speaking, "Gregor, I have been informed that you were in this room and I wanted to discuss the journ-WHAT IN THE NAME OF SANDWICH?!" He stopped instantly at the sight of the two.
Gregor and Luxa instantly let go and stepped away from each other, looking down at the floor, red as cherries from embarrassment.
"What do you two think you are doing?!" questioned Howard angrily. "This is not acceptable behavior for the warrior and the queen! Besides, have you two forgotten that the council would never let an Overlander and Underland queen be together?!"
"But Howar—," Luxa was cut off.
"No excuses. I would keep going with reasons, but I need to get to the hospital. I will talk to both of you about this later. But I am not leaving you two alone." Howard gave two sharp whistles and a guard came running up.
"Would you please escort these two to the dining hall?" asked Howard. "I believe that dinner has been served and they are late." He told the guard calmly since he had no idea what was going on.
"Yes, right away, sir," said the guard. The guard waited for Gregor and Luxa and then started escorting them down to the dining hall.
Once they got there, dinner was already almost over. That was okay, because Gregor and Luxa weren't really hungry. After dinner was over, the group going on the journey went to the council room to discuss preparations. They discussed when they should leave on the journey for a while, they decided it would be best to leave as soon as possible, because Gregor's family above ground weren't expecting them to be gone for more than a day, which reminded Gregor that he should write them a note or something. They decided that three days would be a good amount of time, they could leave soon, but also stay for a little bit so Gregor and the other's could train. When they traveled, they would have the rats run, the humans and Temp fly on the bats along with the spinner who was going to go. Also, Megara, being the smaller bat would be the one to carry most of the supplies instead of riders. They dismissed the meeting and everyone headed to their rooms for the night.
"Listen, boy, you better wake up early so we can go down and practice. We have to review a lot of things. You better have not forgotten how to use echolocation. I don't want to have to teach you again, you're such a slow learner." Ripred told Gregor as they descended some stairs.
"Yeah, yeah, don't worry. I haven't been able to practice fighting in the Overland, but I have been practicing echolocation," replied Gregor, a little annoyed at Ripred's insults.
Suddenly, Gregor remembered that Grace was still in the dungeons and he hadn't visited her all day. He was very embarrassed and ashamed.
"Hey, Ripred!" Gregor said, "Can you take me to see my mom? Just for like five minutes."
"Fine, but no more than that, it took her all day to calm down, and I don't want her to get upset and create an uproar again," Ripred replied.
Ripred took Gregor down a lot of flights of stairs until he was finally down in the lower levels of the building. There was a guard by the door with keys that let Gregor into the cell. Gregor gasped as soon as he entered it. It was incredible! The room was larger than his whole apartment in the Overland. It had a special Underland carpet, furniture, another room set off as a bathroom; overall, it was just incredible. Gregor was expecting to see a fairly small room, similar to the one he stayed in for a few days, but maybe a bit larger and better, maybe with a window with bars and such. He was not expecting this when Ripred told the guards to take her to the best cell they had, but he was glad that she was getting such great treatment.
"Gregor? Is that you, baby?" Grace was getting up from a bed in the corner of the room.
"Yeah, Mom, sorry I didn't visit you sooner. How are you doing down here?" Gregor said sheepishly.
"Oh, thank goodness you're okay! Don't worry about me, I thought they would have made you leave on another one of those crazy prophecies! I just don't want to see you in anymore danger!" Grace cried, starting to sob softly.
"It's okay, Mom," said Gregor awkwardly, giving her a hug and patting her shoulder. He could see that her eyes were red from crying and her voice sounded a little hoarse, probably from yelling. He was never good at making people feel better, especially not when they were upset. "Listen, I hate going on these stupid journeys too, but it was worth it for me just to even see my friends. You have no idea how much they mean to me mom. They are still going to send me off on a journey in three days, but don't worry about me; I'll be fine. I'm in good company. They're going to take good care of you here Mom. Please don't try to worry too much about me."
Right then the guard walked in. "Overlander, I apologize, but your time is up. Ripred told me to send you off to your room after five minutes."
"I have to go Mom, I'll see you later," Gregor said to his softly sobbing mom as he was led out of the room, Grace calling after him.
The guard led Gregor to his room and left him there. It must have been one of the royal guest rooms, because it was just plain incredible. There were drapes, rugs, furniture, and different soft clothes everywhere. It was huge, way more space then Gregor would ever need. He decided to try and get some much needed rest for the day ahead. He changed into what he believed to be Underland pajamas which were left on the foot of the bed. He just lay there on his bed for about twenty minutes, but he just couldn't fall asleep. He just laid there staring at the ceiling, practicing some echolocation until someone slowly creaked open his door…
Woot another chapter done right away! Man I'm starting to really roll on this story! I LOVE MY REVIEWERS! You guys are so great. Your always super nice, even when you criticize my work, it's done in a kind way to help me get better at writing. THANK YOU! And thanks to ILikeAres, I've said it many times, but I'll say it again. You rule!