I did a marathon on The Hobbit, I do not regret it

10. Back stories: Jade Harley (and John Egbert)

Benedict turned out to be quite knowledgeable about magic, Jade was surprised with how much he knew

"Well, I'm a bane, which is a magical role, and I have to deal with Robin so I have to know as much as I can"

Jade nodded, that made sense. They talked about the crew then, Benedict was curious as he hadn't had the chance to speak with many, mainly he was interested in John and herself as they were merpeople at some point

"It's kind of a long story, and I was asleep for the most part so I can't tell you much, John might confuse you if you ask him, but I bet it's because he remembers it in parts"

Benedict blinked repeatedly, then frowned, then sighed; it was an odd transition that was finished with him staring off into the sea

"You know, you kind of remind me of my sister, I'm sure you two would get along if you ever met"

Jade smiles at that, it's odd traveling with other merfolk, even though she's very excited about being able to talk with the ruler of merpeople, sometimes she wondered what would have happened to her and her brother had they not become humans. It was indeed a long story, one she barely even remembered, John told her what he knew

They had escaped successfully, hiding in an underwater cave, problem was the monster was still swimming nearby and the only other exit was on shore, John says Jade started mumbling something in her sleep, green light illuminated the cave and next thing he knew they both had legs, he had to drag them both out of the water and said Dad would probably have been proud of him, he said there were salamanders in the cave and that they helped getting them out, it wa still funny to Jade but John was intent on the fact that they were saved by salamanders

Once they made the surface they were on an island, but then John heard a voice, a human voice, the prospect of a human was far less threatening than the monster, especially since he could probably sing her into unconsciousness if needed. It turned out that the human was a good person, one with a ship that headed far away from there, when Jade woke up she met the Stri-londe family

The rest wa bits and pieces of what John declared to be the most confusing thing he lived, what Jade did remember was the end of it all, the sea covered in pinkish-violet light, and Dirk curing under his breath in the language of merfolk no less, something along the lines of 'damn it Aresta'

Jade learned much later about Robin Aresta, he already knew the name but the fact that she had been helping Dirk and the others was a surprise, her brother discovering how to handle his aspect wa to be expected though, it was obvious that breath wouldn't be easy under water

They made it back to the island where they found them, John decided to stay with them, Jade still had to learn how to control her own aspect so she swam away from the island, after much traveling, and befriending a white wolf, she found an island hidden by the currents, the winds and the creatures, she established herself there, made herself a home, made friends with the creatures, later with two passing sirens that had lost their way, she asked them to deliver a message to her brother if they happened upon him, luckily they did because a few months after the Sburb appeared in the distance

Eight years had passed rather fast now that she thought about it, though that's the con of submerging yourself in magical studies she guessed, she still had issues with space, maybe Benedict could help, Robin had mentioned something about him being connected with the stars

"Hey Benedict, do you by chance have space as an aspect?"

"Yeah, guess you do as well"

"Could you explain it to me?"

Grayish-blue eyes met jade green, he then sighed looking upwards, then his eyes glanced somewhere else, Jade followed to see Robin sitting on the crow nest feet swinging, then he went back to looking at her

"I might as well try"