Welcome back to chapter 5 guys! Yes I know 3 chapters in 3 days, but who cares? More reading for you guys, more writing for me. I'm just bored ok? I have nothing to do right now and I played to much battlefield already today. I honestly don't know how I will do this chapter, all I know is a very, very rough outline of it. Well you know, when I get writers block, the ideas don't stop coming, they start coming faster, just about other things. I already have about half of a sequel to this planned out, I know a bit early for that but the earlier I got all the ideas the faster I can make the story. Thanks to all of you who have supported me so far, I have over 200 views! About a week and I'm this far? Well I'm speechless, I couldn't imagine getting this far this fast, in fact I never really imagined getting anywhere, but I still wanted to write, and so I did. As usual all responses are encouraged and appreciated, so, tell me what your thinking! See you guys after the chapter!

See you all later,

-Tytonic

Disclaimer: I do not own the Underland chronicles or anything to do with it, I only own the characters I have made up and the plot itself.

Gregor and the War of the Myriapods

Chapter 5: Explanations

Gregor and Alex said bye to each other and Gregor started back to his house. Using echolocation, Gregor could have sword he saw a small rat across the street, behind a tree looking at him, but perhaps it was just him imagination.

2 Days Later. . .

Recently Gregor had started to see more and more rats, did they even live in Virginia? Gregor wasn't even sure they lived around Virginia, so was somebody playing cruel tricks on him or what, was he going crazy? Gregor didn't like it one bit, though he knew it wasn't that big of a deal anyways.

Gregor didn't even care that much, yes the rats seemed to be annoying, but it seemed like everybody was having the same problem.

Gregor had just awoken from a deep sleep, and it was weird, because he dreamed about giant millipedes, awkward, very awkward. This wasn't normal, he usually dreamed about the falling, and more falling, and her. Either way he preferred this new dream, though it was very violent, and he did get hurt very badly, it wasn't even near the level of emotional pain the other dream has caused him for the past 4 years.

Today was Sunday, and according to Alex, he wanted to meet up at the park around 12:00 pm later that day. It was around 10:37 am right now, so Gregor had some time to get ready. He took a hot steamy shower, which relived all the knots in his back, and then he got dressed. Gregor even grabbed a cup of coffee, which was black, with a little amount of cream in it, but Gregor didn't mind, he honestly didn't care how it tasted.

Once it was 11:43 Gregor set out the door, picture in his pocket, and claw hanging from his neck. It took Gregor around 5 minutes to get to the park. It was usually a square 15 minute walk, but seeing as to Gregor loved running, he jogged at a steady pace all the way to his destination. By the time he arrived at the park, he could see a few younger kids, of maybe about 8 years old playing with a small ball.

He knew Alex wasn't suppose to meet him her for another 10 minutes, so Gregor passed the time by jogging around the edge of the park for those 10 minutes. He let his thoughts wander around, selecting random things to settle on. This went on for almost the entire 10 minutes but around 9 minutes his mind went to the underland. He knew he would never be able to go back, no matter how desperately he wanted to go. Everyone had probably forgotten him anyway, they had all probably moved on with there lives, forgetting everything he did for them, forgetting it all. There was probably peace in all the lands, with the queen ruling over them. Wait, she should be turning 16 about now, so does that mean that she is going to marry somebody? So that's it, she probably moved on, fell in love, and is going to get married to some random man, some man who hadn't saved all of the underland, let alone saved it more then once.

She was going to be very happy, without him, forgetting that he ever existed. Now this made Gregor feel like the worlds had just been dropped on op of him, and it even made him feel pathetic, here was this girl he liked when he was 12, and after 4 years, and being separated forever, he still couldn't forget her, while she probably forgot him within a month, like he was never there, like he never existed.

Gregor was snapped back to his senses when his foot caught a crack in the sidewalk, and caused him to fall face first onto the ground. Great, now not only was he miserable, but he also got a couple of rather shallow cuts on his face, causing it to drip a little bit of blood onto the ground below him. This was nothing to Gregor, it was basically the same as tickling him, after all the wounds he had been inflicted with, he had gotten use to pain, and he could withstand large amounts of it. While somebody broke their arm, they would be immobilized with pain, while Gregor, would just flinch at the large pain, and suck it up for the time being.

He was defiantly scarred for life. Everything that had happened to him, he felt different in the overland, he felt like he was on some strange alien planet as a prisoner, he would never feel at home, never again.

Gregor got up to his feet once more, and walked over to a bench in the middle of the park, knowing that Alex would be there any minute.

Gregor was still sitting waiting. He sat like this for another minute before, using his echolocation, saw Alex attempting to sneak up on him, and he also saw Zoey about 10 feet behind Alex, struggling to keep from laughing, and thus giving away their position.

"Alex, I know your there" said Gregor in his usual raspy voice, Alex was about 10 feet behind Gregor at the time, and Gregor saw a confused look pass over his face.

"Okay, you caught me, but how did you know I was there? I was being very silent if I say so myself" Asked Alex, still very confused.

"Well I guess you weren't being quiet enough" Said Gregor. It wasn't a complete lie, he had used echolocation, which is sound, in order to see Alex coming.

Gregor, using echolocation still, saw Alex wave Zoey over, so they would attempt to scare him a second time. Alex went over to Gregor and sat down next to him, creating a lot of noise so that Zoey could go unheard.

"Its no use Zoey, I know your there to" said Gregor when Zoey was still around 8 feet away.

"W-what? How could you possibly tell? There is no way you could have heard me!" said Zoey, clearly very shocked, judging by the sound of her voice.

"Well I guess I just have good hearing" Said Gregor, still not a complete lie, in order to use echolocation you had to have very good hearing.

"Wait, how could you tell it was me then? There is no way you could have heard who I was from 10 feet away" Said Zoey, as she walked over and sat down to Gregor's left on the bench.

"Well since Alex was here it would make sense that you would be to" Said Gregor. Zoey was still unconvinced.

"Come on, then how did you know it was Alex behind you?" Asked Zoey, still not buying what Gregor was feeding to her.

"I don't know, lucky guess?" Said Gregor, his verbal defense falling quickly.

"Come on Gregor, please, just tell us" Asked Zoey, not letting up on his case.

"Why does it even matter? It makes no difference whether you know or not so could you just let off?" Asked Gregor, taken back by his sudden harshness.

"Well now, so you do have a secret?" said Zoey, not affected by Gregor's sudden outburst whatsoever.

"No I-" Said Gregor as he got cut of by Zoey.

"Oh so now you say you don't have a secret? Your right this doesn't matter at all, but now I really wanna know, so tell me. I mean what could be so important that you would hide it form us?" Said Zoey, cutting Gregor off.

"You have no idea" Mumbled Gregor under his breath, but apparently loud enough for Zoey to hear.

"I have No idea about what? Just tell me!" Said Zoey. Once she got her mind set on something, she never let it go, and clearly this was one of those times.

"I'll tell you okay? Right now just isn't the right time to do so. You would think I was crazy anyway" Said Gregor, attempting to put this off for later, when he could think of a better thing to say.

Zoey was speechless, but nodded her head, and all 3 o them knew that this wasn't over.

"So now that that's over, we needed to talk to you about something Gregor" Said Alex, switching the subject completely, changing the mood of the conversation.

"Our parents were talking last night, and your mom invited me and Zoey to go with you up to Maine, both of our parents said yes, and apparently we are going with you" Said Alex, seeming rather happy about breaking the news to Gregor.

"Well, its fine by me, now I don't have to lay around the entire trip" Said Gregor, attempting to adjust to the sudden and awkward change of mood.

"Well that's good to know, cause were both going whether you like it or not" Grinned Alex.

"Well onto more current matters, you know that club that y parents are in?"

"Yes, the one with the indoor pool right?" Responded Gregor.

"Yes, well I wanted to know if you wanna go swimming there today, Zoey already said yes" Said Alex, bringing up Zoey so that if he said no, he would feel left out.

"Sure, can I meet you there once I'm ready?" Asked Gregor.

"Got it, see you there then, bye" Said Alex as he and Zoey got up to go to the pool.

Gregor wasn't the biggest fan of swimming, not after the incident on the waterway during the quest to find the bane. He would go swimming any way, because he knew there was no giant man eating squid in an indoor pool, or at least there shouldn't be.

Gregor quickly Jogged home, it took about another 5 minutes. Once Gregor got home, he quickly grabbed his bathing suit and tossed it in a plastic bag. It as a bit cold out this time of year to go running Down the street in your bathing suit. His bathing suit included a long sleeve surf shirt, to hide the scars covering his entire body.

Once Gregor was ready he took off out the door down to the club. It took about 10 minutes of jogging to get there, considering that it was twice as far away as the park was. It was an uneventful run, though he once again could have sworn that he saw a rat watching him.

By the time Gregor got there it was just about 12:34 pm, so they would have plenty of time to swim. He walked on in and saw Alex and Zoey both ready to go swimming, and he walked over to the changing room to change into his bathing suit. He did it fast, so that by a slim possibility if somebody walked in on him, they wouldn't see all his scars.

Gregor finished changing, and with Ares claw around his neck, and the picture over in his cloths pocket, he ran and jumped into the water, he did so silently so that he freaked both Zoey and Alex out.

"Hey Gregor, why do you still have that claw necklace on?" asked Alex just before he dived of the diving board, and into the pool. He failed terribly and did a belly flop accompanied by a earsplitting slap of flesh on water.

"Well, well I got it from somebody very close to me, someone who I have lost" responded Gregor, bad memories crashing into his mind like a tsunami crashing through a city.

"Oh, who did you loose?" Asked Zoey, attempting to comfort Gregor once she clearly saw that his head was filling with memories of some sort.

"H-he, he w-was like a-a best f-friend to m-me" said Gregor, struggling greatly to keep the tears and sobs back, but to no prevail, the pain was to great.

"He was always there for me. When I would fall he would be there to catch me" Sobbed out Gregor as Zoey made her way over to him to comfort him.

"How did you loose him?" Asked Alex, but quickly realized he was doing more harm then good when Zoey shot him the death glare.

"I-I. . . I just don't want to talk about it okay?" asked Gregor in short sobs.

"Ok we understand" Said Zoey as she Tried to put her arms around Gregor.

Gregor would have rather her not do it, but he didn't care, he was thinking to much about Ares to really care. Gregor knew he would have to tell them both everything eventually, and he knew that they cold tell something was up, though they didn't know what.

It was then that Gregor realized that he could really trust his 2 friends. It was then that he decided he would tell them everything. He didn't care if it was the wrong thing to do, he just needed to get the weight of keeping such a big secret off of his shoulders.

Once Zoey pulled away, though she didn't for quite a while she asked Gregor something.

"Gregor, is there anything you want to tell us?" Asked Zoey, with deep concern in her eyes.

"Actually yes, there is a lot I want to tell you guys, just promise not to tell anybody else okay?" Responded Gregor.

When both Alex and Zoey nodded, Gregor hesitated a moment. After a moment of collecting his thoughts, he started to tell the whole story, the entire thing with as much detail as possible.

It took about an hour and a half to tell the entire story, along with another 20 minutes if you add up all of Alex's questions. Gregor told them everything but his more then friends relationship with Luxa, in fear of the response from Zoey if he did.

Once Gregor was done telling the entire story, they all sat in silence for about a minute. This awkward Silence was broken by Alex's hysterical laughing.

"Oh my god Gregor, you expect us to believe that!?" laughed Alex, hardly keeping himself from falling to the ground and rolling around laughing.

He quickly shut up when Zoey elbowed him in the side, hard. The silence continued for a few moments until Gregor finally said something.

"You guys don't have to believe me, think I'm crazy, but It's caused more damage both physically and mentally to me that will never heal then either of you could ever imagine" said Gregor, relieved that he finally got all of that off of his chest.

"Physical damage?" Asked Zoey, kind of doubtful but taking Gregor seriously anyway.

When she said this there were a few more moments of silence. Gregor broke this silence by reaching up and taking off his swim shirt, revealing all of his scars.

Both Zoey and Alex Gasped when they saw all the scars covering Gregor's body. They stared, they just stared for about 5 minutes when Gregor reached over and put his swim shirt back on.

"B-but how?" Gasped out both Alex and Zoey

"I just told you both" Said Gregor calmly.

"For the record, I believe you Gregor" choked out Zoey

"Well, I want to believe you, but I need more proof then that, that could have been a do attack for all I know. I know, what about that picture you Max and his guys over? You never explained that" Asked Alex, looking for more closure on this.

"I would give anything to go back there" said Gregor.

"But why? It sounds like a horrible place!" Replied Zoey in response to Gregor.

"Because I left people that I loved behind" Said Gregor.

"Ahem! The picture?" Said Alex impatiently.

"Perhaps I will show you guys the picture another time, but right now is not the right time to do that" replied Gregor, wanting to keep the truth from hurting Zoey anymore then most of this already has.

"You know what, ill see you guys later, I'm going home, I need some time to think, just don't tell anybody about his okay?" Asked Gregor.

When both Zoey and Alex nodded, Gregor went and got changed again, then he went and left to go home. He needed time to think. He had just told 2 people his biggest secret ever, and he was now wondering if it was the right thing to do. He assumed they would both need some time to think everything over as well. All Gregor knew as of now was that he had just set himself up for a very very awkward trip to Maine.

And that's just about a wrap on this chapter peeps! I personally don't like this chapter as much as the other chapters, and I don't know if I made a mistake telling Alex and Zoey this early, but whats to be done now? It will all work out as the story goes on anyway. I know I did make a mistake not putting Gregor in the underland this chapter though, since I don't really have anything else to do with Luxa at the moment, I will just have to make the next chapter from Gregor's point of view. Well tell me how I did guys, thanks for your support, and as always all responses encouraged and appreciated!

R&R Peeps,

-Tytonic

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Tytonic- So thoughts on the chapter?

Zoey- Well I am still having trouble comprehending what Gregor told us, is that all really true?

Tytonic- Yes it is, he left out a few details, but for good reason. I suggest you brace yourself Zoey, be ready for some major drama.

Zoey- Why?

Tytonic- You will see in due time, so Gregor, thoughts?

Gregor- well I wouldn't have cried in the pool but thanks to you I did.

Tytonic- Well considering I control this story, if I made you cry, then you would have cried anyway.

Gregor- Whatever.

Tytonic- Well Ill see you guys later, I got some work to do, and I don't have much time, so bye!

Zoey- Bye!

Gregor-*Grumbles*

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see you guys soon,

-Tytonic