Two Destinies Chapter 9: Gonna Go Gnome
Author's Preface: Yeahh… Sorry for the bad pun in the title… I couldn't resist. Well, hopefully this chapter runs smoother than the last one… MSN Messenger is such a distraction… XD Yeah, sorry about that… Here goes nothing! I own none of these characters!
"Well, looks like we're officially in the mine now…" Keele said, looking at the surrounding cave walls. "These walls look definitely carved out by humans…"
"Actually…" Meredy said. "The mine was carved out by Craymels long ago. Humans only expanded the cave to mine for precious minerals."
"Wow…" Farah said. "This sure is interesting… To think Craymels had carved quite a bit of this…"
"Brr…" Reid said, shivering. "It's kinda cold in here… I thought this was the home of the Craymel of Earth, not the Craymel of Ice…"
"Hmm…" Meredy said. "It's probably because the sun never gets down here…"
"Let's get moving." Keele said. "Meredy's right, we have no idea if it's day or night, so we should just walk until we're tired." The others nodded and walked along. Eventually, they came across a boulder.
"A boulder?" Reid said. "Is there any way we can break this?"
"Earth magic could break the boulder…" Meredy said. "But we don't have Gnome yet…"
"I have that kind of magic." Kyle said. "Lemme do this… Stone…" All of a sudden, Kyle was interrupted as Reala put her hand over his mouth.
"Kyle, did you forget?" She said. "We shouldn't use any magic unless we have those Craymels stored in our Lenses… Or else we could die!" Kyle's face turned pink.
"Eheheh…" He said, rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment. "I nearly forgot… I was so used to being able to cast most of my spells thanks to Keele…" Kyle looked at the blue haired scholar, who was examining the rock.
"Looks like there are lots of cracks in this rock…" He said. "If we had something like dynamite, we could blast this rock to pieces and easily progress through…"
"Hey, guys…" Reid said, having wandered a ways back. "I wonder what's in here?" He disappeared into a hole in the cave wall. Farah called out to him.
"Reid, what are you doing?!?" She said. "You don't know what's in there!" Just then, Reid's ginger hair reappeared from within the hole.
"Relax, Farah…" He said. "It looks like a miner's retreat in here. Come on!" Reid beckoned to his friends.
"What is in there, Reid?" Meredy asked. Reid's head once again disappeared into the hole, and it returned a few seconds later.
"Well, there's not much…" He said. "Although there is a shovel, a key, and a pack of dynamite in a closet in here…" Farah gasped.
"Dynamite?!?" She said. "Bring it here!" Reid shrugged, and then disappeared once again. A few seconds later, he came out of the hole in the wall holding a pack of dynamite. If the dynamite had once been red, it wasn't anymore, since it had faded to more of a tan color. Keele scratched his chin.
"That stuff looks really old…" He said. "I just hope it'll work…" Keele took one of the dynamite sticks from Reid and examined it closer. "Well, the fuse is dry, so it should be functional… That is, if the explosives inside are still dry…"
"Hey, there's only one way to find out…" Kyle said, holding out his sword. "Flame Drive!" A fireball came out of the tip of the sword and lit the fuse on the stick, which began to hiss. Keele began to juggle the dynamite in his hands.
"Kyle, you idiot!" He yelled. "You're not supposed to light the fuse when it's in somebody's hand! Gaah!" Keele flung the dynamite over his head as to get it away from him so he wouldn't explode along with the stick. It just so happened he had thrown the stick right underneath the rock that blocked the travelers' route. A second later, there was a loud explosion, which caused everybody to cover their ears to avoid going deaf, and the rock exploded into many pieces. The travelers smiled upon seeing the blockage destroyed.
"Perfect!" Reid said. "Now, shall we continue?" He walked toward the new pile of debris and into the area that lay just beyond that had been inaccessible before. The others followed. While walking, Keele confronted Kyle about what had happened.
"You know, sometimes you amaze me…" He said. Kyle looked at Keele with his innocent blue eyes. "Your stupidity nearly blew my head off, but it also opened the way…"
"Let's keep going." Farah said, a ways ahead of them. "Come on, you two." The two stragglers jogged to catch up to the rest of the group.
The group progressed through the cave for a while, finding hidden treasures and blowing up rocks along the way. All of a sudden, Reala dropped to her knees and sighed exhaustedly. The team turned around and Kyle ran over to where his friend had stopped.
"Something wrong, Reala?" He asked. Reala looked up at Kyle and smiled feebly.
"I-I'm all right…" She said. "I'm…" Just then, Reala fell forward and, thanks to a split-second reaction from Kyle, into her friend's arms, nearly losing consciousness.
"Reala? REALA!" Kyle yelled to the girl in his arms. "HEY! What's wrong?!?" Reala didn't respond.
"Is Reala hurt?" Meredy said. Kyle glared at Meredy.
"What?" He said. "That can't be possible. We haven't gotten into any major confrontations since the ordeal with the Hard Horns, and even then, she didn't do anything…" After hearing this, Keele walked over to Reala and pulled out a Spectacles to see what was wrong.
"Hmm…" He said, looking through the Spectacles. "It seems that… That's odd… Uh, oh…"
"What's wrong, Keele?!?" Kyle said anxiously. "Is she all right?!?"
"This isn't good…" Keele said. "It seems she's sick…"
"Sick?" Farah said. "Can't we use a Panacea Bottle to cure her illness, then?" Keele shook his head.
"It's not that kind of illness, Farah…" He said. "It seems she has anemia… But since when? Celestia's normally cold temperatures weren't bothering her… Or were they?" Kyle stared at Reala again and turned his head back towards Keele seconds later.
"What exactly is anemia, Keele?" He asked. Keele sighed.
"Well, it's…" Keele scratched his chin. "Erm… It's a condition where there isn't enough iron in her blood and she loses body heat faster than you or I do… I think… It's something like that…" Farah walked over to Reala.
"Let's call it a night, then." She said, pulling off her red shirt. "Here, Kyle, this should keep her a little bit warmer…" She handed Kyle the shirt, who quickly put it on Reala.
"We should also make a fire." Meredy suggested. "That should keep Reala warm." Keele nodded and then pulled out his rod.
"All right, I'll need a little wood and I'll have a fire ready in no time." He said. Upon finishing, Keele saw that Reid had a log in his hand. Keele raised an eyebrow to Reid. "Where'd you get that?" He asked.
"What? I keep logs in my bag just in case." He said. "I mean, who knows when I need to cook a meal I just hunted?" Farah shrugged and took the log from Reid.
"Okay then." She said. "Use your magic, Keele…" Keele nodded.
"Fire Ball!" Three fireballs launched out of his wand and towards the wood, which lit up instantly upon impact. The six adventurers spread out around the fire to warm themselves up.
A couple minutes later, Meredy was looking through her bag for something and her face suddenly lit up. Withdrawing something, she addressed her friends.
"Everybody, look what Meredy found!" She said. Meredy held up a pack of cards of some kind to show everybody.
"Cards?" Reid said. "What's so significant about them?" Meredy laughed.
"They are cards for a game called WHIS." She responded. Keele scoffed.
"Hmph… Card games…" Keele stood up. "If you want me, I'll be somewhere else… I'm not gonna get involved in frivolous activities like… playing cards…" He started walking away.
"Aww, Keele…" Reid said. "Do you ALWAYS have to be such a stick in the mud? Besides, you're just afraid of losing…" Keele stopped in his tracks and turned around.
"I-I can win a simple card game!" He said, somewhat embarrassed. "Deal me some cards, Meredy…" Meredy shook her head.
"Sorry, Keele…" She said. "WHIS is only played with four people…" Keele looked at Reid, Farah, and Kyle, who all had a hand of cards already, and then back to Meredy, who was holding the deck. Keele grumbled.
"Fine…" He said. "I'll just stick around to hear the rules and then I'll join in the next game. Loser rotates out, okay?"
"Sounds good to me…" Farah said. "However, I'm certainly not gonna lose…" Kyle chuckled.
"You sure about that, Farah?" He said. Farah playfully put her hands on her hips.
"Is that a challenge, Kyle?" She said. The blond haired boy laughed.
"If you wanna take me on, then sure!" He said. "I won't lose! So, Meredy… How do we play this game?"
After Meredy explained the rules of WHIS, the five adventurers played so many rounds of the card game that everybody lost count. Each person had their fair share of losses, and nobody dominated the game to a point of being in nearly every round. The entire time, Reala slept near the fire. Eventually, when the light of the fire had burned out, the card game was no longer able to be played due to insufficient amount of light. This is when everybody thought this was a cue to go to bed. Reid, Farah, Keele, and Meredy all lay around what used to be the campfire, and Kyle sat down next to Reala. He wrapped his arms around her body and snuggled up close to her.
"Don't worry, Reala…" He whispered. "I'll keep you warm…" When Reala did not respond after a few seconds, Kyle shrugged and started to fall asleep. However, right before he drifted into slumber, Kyle could have sworn he heard a very faint voice say something in his ear… He could barely hear the words 'thank you', and, upon hearing them, he smiled and fell asleep…
The smell of cheese and eggs woke Kyle up the next morning. He slowly opened his eyes and all he saw was the brown ground of the cave. His head shot into the air and he looked around frantically. Reala chuckled behind him, causing Kyle to turn around and sigh with relief.
"Are you okay, Kyle?" She asked. Kyle smiled at his friends.
"I am now…" He said. "I was just kinda freaked out when I saw that you weren't in my grasp when I woke up.
"Yeah, we needed to pry Reala out of your grasp…" Keele said. "You're surprisingly strong when you're being protective…" Kyle's face turned pink…
"Umm…" Kyle was trying to change the topic. "So, what's cooking?" Farah looked at Kyle and smiled.
"Well, we were making omelets to try and wake up Reid…" She said, pointing towards the sleeping hunter, and then looking back at the sizzling omelets in her frying pan. "But he's REALLY asleep today… Not even mentioning omelets could wake him up… So we're making some omelets so the smell wakes him up… But that doesn't seem to be working either…"
"Reid must be very tired." Meredy said. "If the omelets do not wake Reid up, Meredy does not know how to wake up Reid…" Just then, a cunning smile slid onto Kyle's face as he stared at Farah's frying pan.
"I know what to do…" He said, standing up and walking over to Farah. "Say, Farah… Do you have another frying pan?" Farah looked up at Kyle and gave him a strange look.
"What do you need a frying pan for?" She asked.
"Meredy did not know that Kyle cooked!" Meredy asked. Kyle chuckled.
"I'm not gonna be cooking, Meredy…" He said. "I also need a ladle, too… Do you have both of those objects?"
"What in the name of Inferia do you need a frying pan and a ladle for if you're not gonna cook, Kyle?" Keele asked. The dangerous smile returned to Kyle's face.
"You'll see~~~" He said. Farah gave Kyle another stare, and then went into her cooking supplies, withdrawing a smaller frying pan and ladle.
"I really have no idea what you're gonna do…" She said, giving Kyle the pan and ladle. The golden haired swordsman walked over to where Reid was sleeping.
"Is Kyle going to be making something?" Meredy said.
"Yep." Kyle responded. "Noise." Reala chuckled.
"Uh, oh…" She said. "You guys may want to cover your ears then…"
"Why, Reala?" Keele asked, getting rather skeptical.
"Because I'm gonna Wake the Dead!" Kyle said. He turned to face Reid. "Got my pan, got my ladle…"
"Wake the Dead?" Meredy asked. "What does Kyle mean by that?"
"Secret Aileron Family Special Technique!" Kyle yelled. "Rise from your grave!" Just then, Kyle started to repeatedly bang the ladle against the frying pan, making lots of loud noise. Within seconds of starting the noisemaking, everybody had their ears covered. It wasn't long before Reid shot awake.
"Whoa!" He said. "What the hell?" Reid looked around and finally focused on Kyle, who had stopped making the noise, but still had the frying pan and ladle in hand. To Reid, a frying pan meant none other than… "Food!" He said. "Is breakfast ready yet?" Farah chuckled.
"Yep." She said. "I made some omelets." Reid sprung to his feet.
"Omelets?!?" He said. "Yay!" Reid nearly tackled Farah while trying to get his breakfast. Everybody gathered around Farah soon afterward and tried to get an omelet before Reid had totally swallowed up all of them.
After everybody had gotten their breakfast, they sat down in a circle to eat. Before long, Keele looked up at Kyle, who was enjoying his omelet. Keele cleared his throat, and the young swordsman looked up at the blue-haired scholar while shoving another piece of omelet into his mouth.
"Somfing wong, Kee?" Kyle asked with his mouth full. Trying to suppress his distaste for somebody talking with their mouth full of food, Keele continued.
"No, nothing's wrong…" He said. "You just got me thinking…" Kyle swallowed his food.
"About what?" The fair-haired boy asked.
"Well, you mentioned something about an 'Aileron family' when you were using that… move…" Keele coughed after saying the word 'move'. "But I thought your last name was Dunamis…" Kyle looked down at his breakfast.
"Well…" Kyle said. "Aileron is my actual last name…"
"Why don't you go by Kyle Aileron then?" Reid asked.
"Well…" Kyle said. "It's because I've lived in an orphanage most of my life…"
"Is Kyle an orphan?" Meredy asked. Kyle chuckled.
"Actually, my mom runs the orphanage, so no…" He said. "Well, anyways, my home is the Dunamis Orphanage back in Cresta… I've lived there so long that I took the orphanage's name as my last name… Same goes for my best friend, Loni. He also uses the orphanage name as his last name…" Farah stood up.
"Okay, so if everybody's done with their omelets, let's go. We need to go find Gnome today." Everybody else stood up, except for Kyle, the only person who hadn't finished his breakfast yet, who inhaled the rest of his omelet and then stood up. All six of them set off further into the cave.
After a while, the team had traversed through a good section of the cave, but they had run into a dead end.
"A dead end?!?" Keele said. "D-did we miss something? Where is Gnome?!?"
"Oh, come on, Keele…" Reid said. "Is finding Gnome really a big deal?" Keele turned and glared at Reid.
"Whaddya mean is it a big deal?!?" Keele barked. "Of course it is! Of course a stupid hunter like you wouldn't be able to see the importance of getting the help of the Greater Craymel of Earth!" Reid's face was turning red in anger.
"Oh, so I'm a stupid hunter, huh?" He said. "Well, you're a coward who doesn't even like battling. If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have been able to beat ANY of the Craymels that you have in that Craymel Cage of yours…" Farah sighed and walked up to the arguing boys.
"Guys, stop arguing." She said. "We need to figure out what to do next…" Farah put her hand on Reid's shoulder.
"Butt out of this, Farah!" Reid said, flinging Farah aside. Just then, as she was stumbling, Farah fell over and out of sight.
"Farah?!?" Reala said. "Where are you?"
"Oh, great…" Keele said. "Look at what you've done, you meatheaded idiot! Farah's gone now!"
"Guys, I'm okay." Farah's voice said from nearby. "Dirty, but okay. There's a secret passage that I must have fallen through…"
"A secret passage?" Meredy said. "Where is Farah?"
"Here, let me open the way…" Farah said. "Palm Strike!" Just then, a bunch of dirt came launching out at the other five adventurers.
"Ptoo!" Reid said, spitting out a mouth full of dirt. "Yuck, that dirt tastes terrible!"
"Hey, look at this!" Keele said, brushing the dirt of his robes. "The way's been opened up! We can go through!" Farah waved at the others from the other side of the secret passage. All of a sudden, a white blur came out of nowhere and knocked Farah over.
"Huh?!?" Reala said. "What was that?"
"Guys, this might be dangerous…" Keele said. "We might be fighting Gnome pretty soon… Remember, Sylph and Gnome are opposites, so wind Artes will be most effective.
"Wind Artes?" Kyle said. "That's my specialty! Leave it to me!" He gave a thumbs up.
"I can use wind spells, too…" Reala said. "But I haven't had my Lens enchanted by Sylph…" Keele looked at Reala.
"Here, lemme help you out with that, then…" He said, pulling out his Craymel Cage. "Come, Sylph…" Keele was interrupted.
"Could you also possibly have Efreet enchant my Lens, too?" Reala asked.
"All right, then…" Keele said. "Come, Sylph! Come Efreet! Enchant her Lens with your power!" Once the enchantment was over, Reala tested out some new spells.
"So, we're ready?" Reid said. "Let's go!" Everybody charged into the hole and saw that Farah was being examined by some white creature that had a large nose and a green cap with a red bobble on the end of it. The creature turned and looked at the other people as they filed in.
"More humans?" It said. "What do you humans want?"
"Err…" Keele started. "We would like to speak to Gnome… Do you know where he is?"
"Of course I do!" The thing said. "I'm a Gnomelette… Of course I know where Gnome is!"
"Will you lead us to him?" Reala asked.
"Hmm… Why do you need to speak to Gnome?" The Gnomelette said.
"We want Gnome to help us stop the Grand Fall!" Meredy said.
"The Grand Fall?!?" The Gnomelette said. "Hmm… All right. Come with me." The Gnomelette scuttled off. "You guys coming?" Reid walked over to Farah.
"You okay?" He said. Farah laughed.
"Well, I'm not hurt… Yeah, I guess so…" She stood up.
"Let's not keep the Gnomelette waiting…" Keele said, walking behind the Gnomelette. The others followed.
Eventually, the adventurers came across a tiny village. Everybody was rather amazed by the village.
"Wow!" Keele said. "T-this is amazing! How can Craymels create such buildings like these?" He ran over to a building that came up a little higher than his head. "Oh, how I'd like to see what these houses look like on the inside!" Reid chuckled.
"Keele, you'd take the roof off of that building if you went inside…" Keele spun around, face somewhat red.
"I-I know that!" He said. "I'm just saying!" All of a sudden, the six adventurers were surrounded by Gnomelettes.
"Humans?" One of them said.
"We haven't seen humans in years!" Said another. One of the Gnomelettes walked up to Meredy and started sniffing her.
"This human smells… funny…" It said. Quickie hissed at the Gnomelette, which backed away.
"Aww…" Reala said. "They're quite cute…" She bent over to look at one closer. The Gnomelette sniffed her.
"This human smells like… flowers…" The Gnomelette said. Reala laughed.
"Flowers?" She said.
"Ha ha…" Kyle said. "That's interesting…" Just then, he felt something butt into his heel. "Hmm?" He turned around to see what it was. A really small Gnomelette was attacking his shoe. "Hey, what's wrong, little guy?" The Gnomelette glared at Kyle.
"You human!" The Gnomelette said. Just then, a larger Gnomelette corralled the little one.
"I'm sorry." It said. "My little one is just really curious." Kyle laughed.
"Oh, it's all right." He said. "He didn't cause any harm."
"Hey, humans!" A voice called out. "Doncha wanna talk with Gnome?"
"Oh, right!" Farah said. "Let's go guys!" The team found the Gnomelette that had led them into the village.
"Well, Gnome's just beyond here…" It said. "Good luck… You'll need it…"
The team walked into a small area. Inside a large, pudgy Gnomelette was sleeping.
"Is that… Gnome?" Farah whispered.
"That's Gnome?!?" Kyle laughed. "It's so fat! Ha ha ha!"
"Kyle! Don't laugh! You'll wake it up!" Keele said.
"Whaddya mean, Keele?" Kyle said. "It's sleeping like a… Ow!" A pebble had beaned Kyle in the head.
"I am not FAT!" A voice said. Kyle rubbed his forehead.
"Still, what the heck?" He said. "Was it really necessary to launch a pebble at my… Ow!" Another pebble whacked Kyle on the head.
"Of course it is! You come barging in here and launch insults at me! You woke me up, and now I'm angry!"
"G-Gnome…" Keele said. "Forgive my stupid little friend…"
"Hey!" Kyle interrupted, but received a hard stare from the blue haired scholar.
"What I was trying to say…" He continued, "Is that we only came to ask if you could join us in stopping the Grand Fall."
"The Grand Fall?" Gnome said. "Hmm… Perhaps…"
"Really? You will?" Kyle said. "That would be…" Another pebble flew in Kyle's direction, hitting him in the forehead once again, but, this time, Kyle fell over unconscious. A bead of sweat rolled down the each of the backs of his friends' necks.
So much for 'leave it to me'… Reid thought as he stared at the unconscious boy.
"What I was TRYING to say was that I'll join you if you can best me in battle… Are you all ready to fight?"
"Almost…" Reala said, leaning over Kyle. "Heal!" Once he was all healed, the blond haired boy sat up.
"Oww, my head…" Kyle said, rubbing his head. Just then, out of the corner of his eye, Kyle saw another pebble flying in his direction. Without thinking, Kyle whipped out his sword. "Azure Edge!" The blue projectile destroyed the oncoming pebble, and Kyle rose to his feet.
"Okay, looks like we're all ready to go, then…" Farah said.
"Kyle, Reala, and I should stand back and cast wind magic…" Keele said. "Farah and Reid, you take up the front lines. Meredy, you… can cast magic, too…"
"But Meredy does not have wind magic!" She said. "What can Meredy do?"
"You can still use your other magic to keep Gnome at bay." Farah said. "Now, let's go!" She and Reid ran towards Gnome. The four magic users began to charge their spells. Gnome laughed.
"Okay, it's on!" He said. "Snout Flare!" The Greater Craymel began its charge, knocking Reid and Farah into the air as if they were bowling pins and continued to run towards the mages.
"Wind Slash!" Reala cast her spell, which stopped the charge of the oncoming Craymel.
"Splash!" Meredy knocked the Craymel into the air with her spell, sending it back towards Farah and Reid.
"Triple Blossom!" Farah kicked Gnome towards Reid.
"Omega Tempest!" Reid's somersault attack knocked Gnome onto his back.
"Owwie…" Gnome said as he got back onto his feet. "That's not fair! Six against one! Lemme even the odds! Summon Friends!" Just then, the ground began to shake. Suddenly, a large number of Gnomelettes filed into the battlefield.
"Gnomelettes!" Meredy gasped.
"We have to make sure Keele and Kyle's spells aren't interrupted!" Reala said.
"Reala, are you going to throw yourself into harm's way to protect Kyle?" Meredy said.
"Of course." She said. "That's what you do for people you love."
"That's what you do for people you love?" Meredy repeated. Reala watched as she ran over to where Kyle was watched as the Gnomelettes rammed into her instead of Kyle. Keele was going to get clobbered in seconds… Was Meredy going to take Reala's advice? Did she really love Keele that much? Mind made up, Meredy ran over to protect Keele. Reala smiled at Meredy.
Soon, the stampede of Gnomelettes subsided. Reid and Farah continued to assault Gnome from up close. Finally, Keele's spell was ready to be cast.
"Air Thrust!" He yelled, throwing his arm into the air. A ball of air blades surrounded Gnome and slashed at him.
"Hey, cut it out!" He said. "Snout Flare!" He charged through Reid and Farah and towards Keele. "You meanie humans need to stop using your wind magic!"
"Keele, watch out!" Reid said.
"Great storm of Sylph! I call upon your wrath!" Kyle began chanting, eyes closed.
"Is Kyle using Voltic Heat again?" Meredy asked.
"Seems like it…" Reala said. "I just hope he doesn't injure himself like he did last time…"
"Bring the tempest of fury to blow away my enemies with the force of a hurricane!" Kyle opened his eyes. "Voltic Heat!" He thrust his arm into the air, sending a green ball of energy hurtling towards Gnome and Keele.
"Keele is going to be hit!" Meredy said.
"Don't worry!" Keele said. He took his staff and brought it down upon Gnome's head, stunning him.
"Ouch!" Gnome said. "Huh?" He looked up and saw the incoming Voltic Heat spell hurtling towards him. "Uh… Oh…" The spell slammed into the ground, blowing Gnome away, as well as Keele, who did his best to brace himself for the attack but failed.
"Sylph!" Keele said in midair, holding up his Craymel Cage. A green ball of light surrounded Keele and he floated safely back down to the ground.
Not too far away, Gnome lay on his large nose, defeated. "Oww…" He said. "I give up… You humans are too good…" He returned to his feet, and the six adventurers gathered around him. "Well, since you guys won, I guess I have to go into your Craymel Cage now… Whose Craymel Cage shall I enter?"
"Mine!" Meredy said, holding up her Craymel Cage. Gnome shrugged. Just then, Reala spoke up.
"Hold on, before you do that, could you please enchant my Lens?" She said. "I normally use a lot of Earth magic, but if I use those spells without your help, I could die…" Gnome looked at her for a second.
"Ah, what the heck… Sure." Gnome said, charging up brown energy in one of his hands.
"Mine too!" Kyle said. "I may only have one Earth spell, but I still would like to be able to use it…"
"Fine, here you both go…" He charged up energy in both of his hands and tossed them towards Kyle and Reala, whose Lenses became enchanted. "Okay, and now I make my grand exit… See you guys later!" Gnome transformed into a ball of brown light and entered Meredy's Craymel Cage.
"Meredy has a new Craymel!" She said. "We should Fringe to create new spells, Keele!" Keele pulled out his Craymel Cage.
"All right." He said. "Let's Fringe!" After the Fringing was complete, Keele and Meredy turned to face the rest of the group.
"We sure make a fine team…" Reid said. "Together, we're really powerful."
"And, we're gonna keep getting even stronger, right guys?" Farah said. Everybody agreed.
"Okay, so now how do we get out of this place?" Reala said. Just then, Meredy's Craymel Cage glowed, and Gnome reappeared.
"Here, lemme show you a quick way outta here…" The pudgy Craymel ran over toward a wall.
"What's over there?" Farah asked.
"Waaaaa!" Gnome said. A hole in the wall appeared. Gnome turned around. "Well, here ya go… That'll get you back up to the surface quickly…" After saying this, he disappeared into Meredy's Craymel Cage once more.
"Okay, looks like we should go through that hole that Gnome just made." Reid said. "I can't wait to see the light of day once again…" The adventurers set off to leave through the hole in the cave.
Author's Nota Bene: Okay, finally this chapter is DONE! I lost part of it in an accident. T_T Actually, I like how the battle came out this time… Well, next chapter: Chat's Hut! Yay! Thank you for reading! ^_^