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Atreyu and Lucy walk back to where Bryian stood and everyone else joined around the bonfire to continue dancing, he shows a vacant expression to their serious faces. "What's going on?"
"Atreyu and I are going back to Cair Paravel," Lucy replied instantly making sure no one overheard her.
Atreyu continues from Lucy's statement. "It's better that a lot of the people and creatures here are better off not knowing about the Nothing."
"I would very much like to accompany you two," Bryian proposed.
Atreyu shakes his head. "This is a journey that I must continue with the Queen Lucy alone as I am intended to do."
Bryian did not plea anymore to come with them, he grins and nods. Lucy smiles up at him. "Thank you for all your help Bryian," She gives the centaur a quick hug and promises that she and Atreyu will set things right.
Atreyu and Lucy sets off away from the lawn unseen so no one would know what they were up to. Along the way Lucy asked Atreyu more questions about Fantasia and Atreyu asked Lucy about earth, even though he knew deep down that probably wasn't the real earth Atreyu was still very curious.
"If we do succeed," Lucy started to pick another subject up once there came silence. "Do you think we'll ever see each other again?"
Atreyu rushes through his train of thought. "I don't know. There's these gates that I must enter first, one is very dangerous to cross over and the last one, the Southern Oracle there has to be a real reason for someone to cross it. Passing it is the only way to get into your world."
"And I can't get into yours because of the space difference."
They walked on in silence again. Lucy knew he was to go home as soon after everything was possibly over, Atreyu knew that too, the plains in Fantasia is his home. They became such great friends over just one night. It was like their very souls connected into this mysterious bond, even before they met. It was terrible to think that they would have to separate from each other if they did end up beating this darkness.
Lucy told Atreyu about an hour later that they were almost at Cair Paravel. A few minutes later the winds began to pick up. Twigs along with acorns and smaller rocks came flying in at them. "We need to find cover!" Lucy screams as she tries very hard to find her way in the night.
"But you said that we're almost there," Atreyu replies following her.
"I know but I want us to at least arrive there alive." She guards her face as they came between two pillars of large rock and got out of the wind in time before it started pouring down rain along with abrupt lightening strikes. "We'll wait it out."
Atreyu finally convinced himself to agree with Lucy and gathered some twigs under the shelter that hovers over them and creates a fire. Slowly as they gazed upon the flames relaxing next to each other they gradually fell asleep as the rain and wind did not come to an end.
That night was the most horrible time to dream for both Atreyu and Lucy as it felt like their dreams became reality all at once. Atreyu could hear Lucy's screams and as he tried to wake up, he couldn't, He saw flashes of a dark mysterious figure passing by fast in the woods with a snarling bark.
It also felt like he was being dragged somewhere and the last glimpse he saw was a smug on the face he once knew and defeated once, the werewolf Gmork.
Atreyu opens his eyes at last.