Yup, I haven't updated in almost a month. Sorry guys, but yeah, it's hard to find the time to put into this stuff. So I put a little Gluxa in this chapter to make up for my lack of updates. I'll update again whenever I have the time and feel like it. PS this chapter has not been beta'd yet, I'm too impatient to wait lol so I posted it right away, so yes, after the first couple paragraphs, it gets more and more poorly written, cause I was tired and kind of rushing through it.

Disclaimer-I do not own the Underland Chronicles or any of the characters in them. The only things I own in my writing are my original characters and the plot, so don't steal them.

Chapter Twelve

Gregor's dreams were troubled again. Whenever he dreamt it was always the same. It was a reoccurring dream that came again and again, time after time. Each time he dreamt though, it was more vivid and horrific.

Gregor was dragged before the council. Their furious violet eyes stared through his, seemingly into his own soul. He had to turn away; he couldn't look into their seething eyes, which just made him look even guiltier. Finally, after staring him down for a little while, which actually seemed like an eternity for Gregor, a silver haired, older woman spoke. She seemed to be the leader among the rest of them.

"Gregor the Overlander!" She began, in a harsh loud voice that could be heard throughout the entire room and even into the hallways outside. "We have thought through this trail. We have found you guilty of treason against Regalia, for causing the death of queen Luxa!"

"Wait! Listen to me! I would never try to harm Luxa ever! She meant the world to me! I would have given up my own life to save hers if I could have! You don't understand… I … I loved her." Gregor pleaded to the hardened council.

"Overlander! There shall be no more words from you! You have no right to speak anymore! The trial has ended and we have found you guilty. Your sentence is death!" And with that, the council woman clapped and two bulky guards with long grey hang to their shoulders came and dragged Gregor away by his bound arms, legs dragging behind.

"No! You can't do this to me! There wasn't anything I could do!" Gregor screamed as he was dragged away. Just as he was rounding a corner, he could have sworn he saw a smile on the face of the council woman that had been furious just a second before. Several of the Regalia citizens in the council room looked aghast and sympathetic towards the doomed warrior, but most of them looked with hatred burning so great that their eyes looked almost more red the purple.

Gregor started kicking and struggling against his captures as they started to drag him away. He screamed to them, trying to convince them.

"It wasn't my fault! Please, just listen to my story just once! If I would have saved her, then all the others and you would have been-," BAM!! One of the guards had hit Gregor hard in the head with the handle of his sword after hearing enough, knocking him out.

Gregor slowly opened his eyes. He was lying on the ground. He sat up, realizing that it must've all been a dream, but then he looked around. There were seemingly thousands of Regalians around him. He looked behind himself and saw that the ground abruptly ended, into what seemed like a bottomless chasm. He groaned as he realized that it was all real.

Suddenly he was grabbed from behind and stood up. The two guards that dragged him off before were now pushing him towards the cliff. Gregor could hear the chants of the angry Regalians all around him. It started out small, but soon grew to an almost deafening roar. Finally he was pushed about six inches from where the cold stone floor stopped. He turned around, giving one last pleading look to everyone around him. His look was met with cold unmoving eyes, as he was giving one shove and toppled over the edge.

He fell, gaining speed. He started having all the falling moments of his life flash before his eyes. When he fell off the jungle gym as a five year old, falling from an oak trees branch when he was climbing, trying to get to a squirrel when he was seven, falling off the high dive the first time he tried it, falling through the grate in his laundry room, and most vividly, he remembered falling off the cliff, with an army of gnawers, led by Gorger, chasing after him. The only difference in that fall was that Ares was there to save him. Ares, name flashed in Gregor's mind and he yelled out for him, but soon realized his foolishness. There was no one to save him this time. In fact there really was no one to save him ever. He now felt alone in this world. His love had died, his best friend and bond had died, most of his other friends hated him and were dead to him now, and soon, he would be dead too. He closed his eyes, ready to accept his fate.

Gregor slowly opened his eyes. He was lying on the soft silk sheets in his Underland room. He slowly swung his legs to the side of his bed and hunched over. He put his face in his hands and quietly cried. The dream was too much, he couldn't handle it all.

He sat there trembling and weeping silently for a couple minutes before he heard the silk curtain that served as a door in his room rustling. He quickly put his hands down and looked away, not wanting to be seen like this. Luxa entered his room, checking behind her as she stepped in.

She started talking before she turned around, "Gregor, arouse yourself, we shall be eating soon, and leaving shortly af… Gregor! Are you ok? Have you been injured?" She ran up to him.

"Yeah, I'm fine, it's nothing." Gregor replied in a shaky voice, putting his hand on his forehead, trying to hide his face.

Luxa sat beside him on his bed and just wrapped her arms around him. Gregor leaned against her and hugged her back. They sat there silently comforting each other for about five minutes before Luxa broke the hug. "Gregor, I'm sorry, but I have to move down to breakfast, if I don't soon they shall start searching for me. Please, come down to eat with me shortly."

With that, Luxa got up and left with one last sad and caring look towards Gregor. Gregor got up out of his bed, and went to the wash room connected to his room. He quickly got into the bathtub like stone and bathed quickly, washing his face. He finished up and got dressed, feeling a bit better, the dream was wearing off. He quickly headed down to breakfast where the others had probably already started.

Gregor started heading down the stair toward the dining hall. He rounded the corner as saw everyone else starting to take their places. He spotted Luxa, and she saw him too, giving him a smile. Then Howard came up and started to sit next to Luxa as usually, but Luxa turned and gave him such a fierce glare, that he backed up a few steps and chose another seat.

"Come Gregor! There is a spot next to me that you may take!" She called out to him. Gregor went over and sat down. The breakfast was served, it was the normal, with the pastries and meats. Gregor started eating his food, he wasn't very hungry, but he knew he needed it. It wasn't easy though, because he could feel Howard's icy glare on him and Luxa the whole meal.

Once everyone had finished eating, Luxa began speaking to them all. "Well, the journey is to begin shortly. We should all be up in the main hall and ready to leave in ten minutes. Aurora and I shall be there to see you off."

With that, everyone finished up, and headed off to grab their supplies and head to great hall. It was fairly frantic around the palace, with people running everywhere, trying to get ready for the departure, but in ten minutes, they were all up at great hall ready to go. The council was there, along with Vikus to see them off. There were also some of their friends like Mareth and Dulcet.

Luxa said a farewell to them all as they were ready to set off. "Farewell friends. May you be fruitful and successful in your journey. May no harm befall any of you, and may you all return safely to us. Fly you high." And with that, they all took off on their arranged fliers. Luxa turned to Vikus and the Council.

"Please excuse me, I have many things that I must do quickly." With that, she quickly set off down the twisting corridors of the palace. She quickly took the hallways less traveled so no one would see her, then she entered the old nursery. She went over to the old turtle stature and pulled the switch in its mouth. She continued down into the secret corridor until she found the opening that led outside of the castle. She called out for Aurora and heard the bat's familiar soft voice right below her. Luxa jumped. She was easily caught and they rushed off towards Are's cave.

Gregor and the others traveled in relative silence. When they were about twenty miles away from Regalia, Eric and Poseidon turned to them all.

"Well, I guess this is a good place for us to head out to the cave. Good luck to you all and fly you high." They shot off to the left and the others continued on, a little slower so that Luxa could catch up.

Eric arrived in Are's cave. There was a good amount of food and water stocked up there for about a week. He recalled Ripred saying he would be some gnawers in to check on him. He was worried about this. King Gorger might also have gnawers come to check up on him also, which would be bad if they both ran into each other.

"It is of no matter," Eric thought to himself, "Gorger's gnawers are smart, they will just play along."

Eric and Poseidon sat there, in the cave, wishing they had brought some sort of means to entertain themselves. Suddenly, three gnawers poked their heads around the entrance and walked up to them.

"Gorger has sent us to check up on you." The biggest one spoke, in a rasping voice. "Have you completed your task?"

"Yes," Eric replied, "I have gone with them for a short while and now they are on their way to the queen."

"Excellent," the gnawer replied, "now he has sent us with one more task for you."

"What's that?" Eric asked.

"Die!" the gnawer yelled, then all three of them leapt onto Eric and Poseidon before they had a chance to do anything.

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