Soooo I'm back, and I brought a little friend! His name would be chapter 10! So its been only a little bit over 2 weeks, and I'm already at almost a thousand view! Currently, as I'm writing this story, the view count lays at 980! At this rate by the end of the day I will get over 1000 views on this story! I mean like yesterday, I got a whopping 144 views! In one day, that's insane, and I never imagined my story would take off so fast! So thank you all for this, this is amazing! So, currently I'm trying to get a book cover for this story, I know it may be pointless, but it would be cool. I already have the artist for it (my mom xD) and I should have the cover soon, though I don't have even close to an exact date. So, as usual I have no clue whats going to be in this chapter, though I think I like it that way now, since every time I don't know how a chapter is going to go, it goes great, so I shall welcome my blank mind! So, tell me what all of you guys think of this chapter, cause I can go nowhere without your feedback. Love it, hate it? Tell me, I don't care if you respond with hate, just as long as you tell me how I can improve the story! So as usual all responses are encouraged and appreciated. See you guys after the chapter!
See you guys later,
-Tytonic
Disclaimer: I do not own any of The Underland Chronicles, only the characters I make up, and the plot itself.
Gregor and the War of the Myriapods
Chapter 10: Together Once More
The fight showed no sign of letting up when Gregor caught a sight of Luxa. Their eyes met, and at that moment, Ripred took advantage of Gregor hesitation and socked Gregor in the side of the head, knocking him out cold, and the limb body of the great warrior fell to the floor, motionless.
Right when the body hit the floor. . .
Luxa couldn't believe what she had just witnessed. Gregor was the warrior, and he had already proven that he was a better fighter then Ripred was, but yet he had just been knocked out by Ripred. That didn't even matter whether he lost or not, he was lying on the ground knocked out cold showing no signs of movement.
Luxa sprang into action, she leaped out of the stands and into the arena. She jogged over to Gregor, were his 2 overland friends were both checking if he was ok. Ripred was already walking away, not even giving a second though as to whether he should go help Gregor.
Luxa was just kneeling down to see if Gregor was ok, though it was clear he was out cold, when the overland girl said something.
"Why are you here?" Asked Zoey.
"What do you mean why am I here?" Asked Luxa back.
"I mean, I don't trust you around him, so get away!" Snapped Zoey.
"What, do you think I would hurt him?! If anybody here shouldn't be trusted here it's you, how many times have you saved his life? How many times has he saved your life?" Snapped Luxa back.
"So? Who would he trust more? Me, one of his best friends, or you, some stupid little girl? He wouldn't want your help!" Yelled Zoey back.
Alex's Point of View
Alex was still standing there, trying to comprehend what was going on. He quickly realized that this was only going to get nastier the longer it went on, so he decided he had to intervene.
"Ok ok girls, calm down, I can see we are both mad here, but can we pay attention to the body on the ground below us?" Said Alex, doing his best to help.
"Who are you to say that? You don't know him half as well as I do!" Yelled Luxa back, completely ignoring Alex.
Alex could tell that this was getting out of hand very very fast, and that he really needed to do something, because it was only getting worse. He had seen chick fights in his school before, and they aren't something you wanna see.
"BOTH OF YOU SHUT THE HELL UP!" yelled Alex at the top of his breath.
Both Luxa and Zoey shut up, and looked at Alex, though their hate for each other was still present in their eyes. Alex could tell that he only had both of their attention for a few moments before all hell broke loose, so he got right to the point.
"Ok, Gregor is lying on the floor, possibly seriously injured, and you two are arguing over who he would trust more? I can see you both have little school-girl crushes but cant we help him before you guys kill each other?" Said Alex.
Zoey got even angrier at this, though Luxa only got confused, since she had no clue what a school-girl crush was. Both girls remained silent, but got the point and started to pick Gregor up.
Luxa let out a earsplitting whistle, and waited for Aurora to appear. Once Aurora landed Next to them, she immediately got the message and allowed the humans to lay Gregor down on her back. Luxa climbed up onto Aurora's back and positioned herself behind Gregor, so that he wouldn't fall off.
"No, I wont let you take him away if I'm not there" Said Zoey.
Luxa ignored her comment completely and Aurora took to the air, leaving Alex and Zoey behind.
"Who does she think she is!? Whats her deal?" Said Zoey, very pissed that Luxa completely ignored her.
"Well, for one she is the queen, and two, well, I think it would be better for you to find out yourself" Said Alex, hesitating a bit before finishing.
"Wait, she's the queen?" Asked Zoey, surprised.
"Yes, I though you would have noticed the band of gold on her head" Said Alex.
"Ok, well what about two? What do you know that your keeping from me?" Asked Zoey, irritation in her voice.
"Like I said, it would be better if you discovered it yourself, but your not gonna like it" Said Alex.
"What do you mean I wont like it? Just tell me!" Said Zoey, getting very irritated.
"Oh my god, lay off ok? Just ask Gregor or Luxa or something ok? It wouldn't be right if I told you" said Alex as Zoey stormed off, the anger radiating from her like a heater.
Luxa's Point of View
They were still on their way over to the palace, were they would get Gregor medical attention for what might be a serious concussion. Gregor had shifted a few times, stirring in what was probably a horrible nightmare. He had also mumbled a few things like Ares, Luxa, Howard and other various names of underlanders. Luxa couldn't help but feel pity for him. He had lost so much to the underland, and yet he was still going to be dragged into another war. He had lost his bond, he had lost any hint of a real childhood that he ever had, and he was probably going to be separated from his family once and for all in order to end this war. This place had been so bad to him, yet he was still willing to risk everything for it, why? If Luxa wanted to know anything, it would be why, why would he risk so much for so little?
Luxa abandon the process of thoughts she was having, Gregor would never want her to feel pity for him. For the most part the rest of the flight was uneventful, accept for the yells from citizens who saw the limb body of their beloved warrior on the back of Aurora.
Once they all got back to the palace, they landed in highhall and unmounted Aurora immediately, and lifted Gregor onto a stretcher that had been carried out for him.. Luxa was about to follow the doctors that had the stretcher to the hospital when somebody grabbed her hand from behind. Luxa whipped around not knowing who to expect, and found Howard.
"Lux-" Said Howard before being cut off by Luxa.
"I know what you going to say, and I don't want to hear it. I don't care what you think of me and him, so just stop, your not helping anybody with this!" Said Luxa angrily into his face. She had been getting very irritated lately at how Howard felt about Luxa and Gregor's relationship, whether it still existed or not.
"Luxa I-" Said Howard before getting cut off, again.
"Howard just stop, I don't want to hear it so stop!" Yelled Luxa back at Howard.
"LUXA" yelled Howard at Luxa. They were alone in highhall so nobody would hear them anyway.
"He doesn't love you ok? Its been 4 years! He moved on, get it? He doesn't love you anymore, so stop, just move on, it will be better for everybody!" Yelled Howard at Luxa.
"T-That's not true! How could you be so heartless as to say such a thing!" Yelled Luxa as she ran out of the room, giving Howard no time to criticize her anymore.
Luxa ran through all of the halls, getting weird or shocked looks from any servants she passed, though she couldn't care less. She ran all the way down to the hospital, were she let out a large sigh of relief when she found out, from asking a doctor, that he wasn't in the same room as Hayden. She didn't love Hayden, and he would absolutely flip if he found out that she loved Gregor. It was amazing that he hadn't figured it out already, since practically everybody that saw Luxa could tell just from her look, either that or he just didn't want to believe it.
When Luxa finally found her way to Gregor's room, she went right in, or at least tried to, though the guards wouldn't let her in saying that nobody save Vikus had permission to enter. It was only once Vikus came by and saw Luxa arguing with the guards, that he gave her permission to enter. When she entered she was presented with a pleasant sight. Gregor was sleeping peacefully in a hospital bed, though he seemed to have a few bandages from nicks and scratches from his fight with Ripred, and a large bandage wrapped around his head from the bow he took from Ripred.
Luxa asked a doctor that came in what condition Gregor was in, and she discovered that he had a very severe Concussion that wouldn't heal for around another week and a half, though he should wake sometime the next day. Luxa felt bad about this, because she felt that she had caused it, that it was her fault that he got distracted and that Ripred knocked him out, all her fault. At the same time Luxa felt good knowing that Gregor's injury wasn't any worse then it currently was. With Ripred's strength he probably could have smashed in Gregor's skull if he had used his full strength, but then again if she hadn't distracted Gregor he would have been able to slaughter Ripred had it been a real fight.
Luxa went over to Gregor's bed, and knelt down next to the bed. She looked at him, and could see the signs of stress and depression residing on his face. Once again, she could help but feel pity for him, and despite her efforts, she couldn't banish the feeling, even though she knew he wouldn't want people to feel pity for her, she just couldn't stop the feeling from filling her.
Luxa stayed in that same kneeling position for a long period of time, though she had no clue how long, all she could tell was that it had been a long time, until she heard voices coming from the hall, accompanied by footsteps approaching the room. Luxa instantly recognized the voice as the annoying overland girl, and so Luxa retreated through a side doorway into the next room over, and left through there then proceeding over to her own room, making sure to stay in the next room long enough so that the overlander's didn't see her in the hallway.
Alex's Point of View
"This is the right room right? Or was it that other room back there?" Asked Zoey as they looked for Gregor's room.
"No it was this room, I'm sure of it" responded Alex
"Well ok then, as long as your sure" Said Zoey with hesitation in her voice.
When Alex and Zoey walked into the room they were both greeted by a sleeping warrior, though he had a large bandage around his head, and many little ones on random spots of his body.
Zoey went over to him and was about to shake him awake when Alex yanked her away from the bed.
"Hey! What the heck was that for?" Asked Zoey, rubbing her shoulder.
"Well you cant just shake him awake, we don't know what condition he is in, for all we know he might never wake up!" Said Alex. He was really getting fed up with Zoey today.
"Oh don't worry overlander, he will be fine, he just needs rest. He will be in bed for around a week and a half, but he should wake up sometime tomorrow. It seems the blow he took to his head gave him a severe concussion" said a doctor as he walked in through the entrance.
"See, did I not tell you that you should not go shaking him? Especially when he is in a hospital bed!" Snapped Alex at Zoey. He couldn't stand being around her today, it was about time for lunch anyway.
"Come on Zoey, lets go get to lunch, I'm starving!" Said Alex.
Zoey simply nodded, and before Alex knew it he and Zoey we walking down the hallway to the dinning room for lunch. When they got to the dinning room they were greeted with a site of food laid out all over the table, and everybody sitting and waiting for their arrival, though Ripred looked like he was about to die from trying to resist grabbing all the shrimp and cream sauce and wolfing it down before everybody was even present at the table.
"Welcome Alex, Zoey, as you can see we have been waiting for your arrival for some time, though I assume that you two were visiting Gregor in the hospital" Greeted a nice old man, Vikus.
"Yes we have, though I have a couple of questions to ask you" Said Alex.
"Very well, let me hear them" Said Vikus
"Well one, what are we going to do for the rest of the day? Two, were is the queen?" Asked Alex.
Alex noticed Zoey flinch when he said queen, it was very clear that she had grown a strong hatred for Luxa.
"Well, we were going to brief you and Gregor on a situation that has arisen in the uncharted lands, though it is vital that Gregor be present during the briefing, so it seems that we will have to postpone the meeting until he is once again awake. It seems that you have free time for the rest of the day. As for Luxa, she hasn't been Present at meals for some time now, so we do not expect her presence" Responded Vikus.
"Well ok then. One more question though, this place is so much different then the overland, what would we do in our free time here?" Asked Alex.
"Well, most kids your age would be attending school right now, and considering you are both Overlander's, it would not be wise to put you in school, though I can arrange for you to be educated in a topic of your choice" Responded Vikus.
"Well I guess thats better then nothing, what topics do you offer?" Asked Alex.
"We offer very many topics, though the most popular are math, reading, writing, science, athletics, trade, and blacksmith. You may choose from any of these topics" Said Vikus.
"Well thats better then what we have in the overland. Tough choice between athletics and blacksmith. I have done sports before so I think I may go with Blacksmith" Responded Alex.
"I think I will choose writing" Said Zoey.
"Very well then. I can have our best blacksmith and our best author arrange for a training session letter this evening" Said Vikus as he raised his hand, giving a signal to a guards to arrange this.
The rest of lunch was uneventful, and filled mostly with questions about the underland and how everything works. When lunch was just about over, another guard walked in and handed Vikus two sheets of paper.
"Ahhhh, it seems your lessons have been successfully arranged, here you go" Said Vikus as he handed Alex and Zoey both of the sheets.
Alex read his and found out that he was to be trained as a blacksmith in around an hour by a man named George.
Zoey found out that she had a lessen with a women named Elizabeth in the library on writing in around 45 minutes.
Alex found himself in the bath once again before his lesson. He knew he still had around 40 minutes so he spent a while in the warm relaxing bath, around 20 minutes. He then got out and got dressed. Once Alex was ready he spent the next 20 minutes wandering around trying to find were his lesson was. After asking around 7 people and around 17 minutes of walking, he found were his lesson was to be held.
Using his phone he checked the time, and waited a few minutes before walking into the room were his lesson was to be held.
When Alex walked in he saw large pits of fire, different metals, and a lot of other cool stuff everywhere. He saw a big strong man, probably around 6 and a half feet tall approaching him. At that instant he knew that he was gong to enjoy this very very much.
Luxa's Point of View
Luxa waited for a while in her bedroom, looking through the scrapbook that Gregor had indirectly give her. Like last time, she kept on the final page for longer then most pages and read its words to herself over and over again.
Once Luxa was sure it had been a long time, she put the book away. Hidden behind other books so that nobody would find it, and headed out back to the hospital to see Gregor once again.
It took her a few minutes but she found her way to his room and went in. She was once again greeted by the site of a sleeping overlander with bandages all over him.
Luxa didn't know how long she was with him, but at some point she must have climbed into the bed with Gregor, because she awoke to a the sight of two brown eyes staring into her purple eyes. There are no words for the bliss she felt. Neither her nor Gregor needed to saw a word, they just lay there staring into each others eyes for the longest time. This lasted for so long that neither Gregor or Luxa knew how long they laid there, only that it was a long time. After who knows how long, Gregor wrapped his arms around Luxa and pulled her into a deep kiss. This kiss lasted for a very very long time as well, and had a whole 4 years of passion poured into it. When they both broke apart for air, Gregor whispered into Luxa's ear.
"I love you" Whispered Gregor
"I love you to" Whispered Luxa Back.
They were both about to engage in another kiss when loud yell came from the other side of the room.
"NO YOU CANNOT, YOU WILL NOT" Yelled a very pissed Howard from the other side of the room.
Luxa noticed Gregor sigh, a new he was in no condition to take this from Howard, so she whispered into his ear.
"Let me handle this" Whispered Luxa, and got, in response, a nod from Gregor.
Luxa got up and out of the bed and walked over to Howard.
"Luxa you know that this is unac-" Said Howard before being cut off by an earsplitting crack noise coming from Luxa's hand connecting with Howard's cheek with extreme force. Luxa had just struck Howard.
"No Howard, I am sick or you. You have absolutely zero say in who I have a relationship with, and I will not take anymore of this crap from you! Stop! If I hear anymore on this matter from you I will personally lock you away in a dungeon until I feel it is appropriate to let you out! Now SCREW OFF!" Yelled Luxa at Howard.
Howard had an extremely shocked look on his face, and opened his mouth the say more.
"Luxa you kno-" Said Howard before he got Struck right in the same spot, just twice as hard this time.
Howard was then greeted by the sound of Luxa ordering guards to escort Howard away, once his senses returned from the surprise of the fact that Luxa had hit him, twice. The guards then proceeded to force howard out of the room, and by the look on his face, Luxa knew that this would be that last time she would be hearing about this matter from Howard. When Luxa got back over to Gregor, she crawled back into the bed, were they lay for the rest of the day, staring into each others eyes.
Well that's just about a wrap on chapter 10! Boring plot development, though I love what I did with the end. Howard had it coming, he had been bugging Luxa with this matter for some time ever since she was dragged into depression from Gregor leaving, he wouldn't stop telling her to forget. It felt so good to write this chapter, though it took around 6 hours, around 2 of those 6 hours thinking about what to write next. So at this moment I'm sitting at 995 views! So close to a thousand. I know I want to do something special for 1000 views, but I just can't. I would do an extra long chapter, like 10 thousand word chapter, but its a story, and it needs to stay somewhat consistent, so sorry about that! Now the story is really starting to pick up, and I ask you guys 1 thing. Can you remember the fact that Alex is training as a blacksmith? It plays a fairly large role later, and so does the fact that he still has his phone. Yay, small details that are very important! So tell me what you guys think and as usual all responses are encouraged and appreciated! See you guys later!
R&R guys,
-Tytonic
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5 minutes later. . .
Tytonic- Ahem, hello?
Gregor- wait what? Oh hi!
Tytonic- Ya, hi, now that you 2 are done sucking face can you tell me what you though of the chapter?
*Luxa and Gregor both blush*
Luxa- Best chapter yet!
Gregor- I agree with Luxa, best so far!
Tytonic-*sigh* Well figures, aside from you two meeting each other again, how did you like it?
Luxa- well I loved how I got to slap Howard, twice! I've been wanting to do that for so long now!
Gregor- Well it wasn't much for me, I was out cold the entire time, so aside from seeing Luxa again I didn't do anything else.
Tytonic- Well for the beginning of the next chapter you guys might not be happy, but I will let you guys see that for yourself, bye!
Gregor and Luxa- Bye!
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Tytonic- I should have expected they would be making out when they got here.
Until next time,
-Tytonic