Chapter 04 - The Arrival
Gregor was taken by surprise by the sudden action, but he didn't decline it, he had been waiting for this moment for 7 months now. He just stood there staring, he couldn't get over her, noticing how they had nearly spent a good 10 minutes just standing there, Luxa spoke up and said: "Hey, we better get going, auroras just waiting for us up ahead." Gregor agreed, he couldn't wait to get back to Regalia. As they turned the corner Aurora was standing there, her magnificent coat of fur shone brightly in the flashlight, Aurora noticing Gregor's approach purred a soft "Greetings overlander, we best be getting to Regalia" As they hopped on Aurora, Gregor checked to see if he still had the photo of Luxa, good, it was still there, right where he left it. Luxa, seeing Gregor reach for something looked and saw the corner of the photo, She quickly said "Hey what's that!" swiping it from Gregor, upon realizing what it was Luxa blushed, it was the first time Gregor had seen her do that in quite a while. Luxa noticed Gregor staring she said, "Oh don't worry Gregor." Handing back his photo, "I've got my own." She slowly pulled out her photo of them dancing from her bag. She never forgot him, even when he never responded to her letters, she never forgot him. They sat there as Aurora flew down towards Regalia, just staring at each other, Gregor noticed a few more scars, which was strange considering they were allied with the rats now, so why would there be any more scars, "Hey Luxa, how did you get those scars, aren't we allied with all the bad guys now?" She let out a sigh, Gregor realized he must have said something wrong, but Luxa answered his question "Gregor, there is many things you are not aware of that has happened over the past 7 months. After you left, a group of rats thought that the bonding wasn't a good enough reason to be allies, they were still convinced that we were evil. They were being escorted back to their homes a few days later, I was there to oversee it since I had bonded to Riped, he made me swear that nothing bad would happen to the rats. The group of rats that had thought it was a bad idea launched a surprise attack from inside the escort, they killed nearly 7 humans and their bats before we could take them out" "Wait, What! I thought we were suppose to be all good to each other now, wait, what do you mean by nearly killed them?" "Gregor, I was the 7th, I was directly in the center, handing out food and water to the deprived and injured. That's when they attacked, Aurora barely had time to drag me out." Gregor didn't know how to respond, Luxa just handed back his photo and they sat there in silence as Aurora glided in.
Aurora turned sharply than popped out of a cave, then, slowly, the small bright ball in the distance slowly became larger and larger before eventually, Gregor could make out the walls. A nearby patrol noticed Aurora and came to investigate, as they approached they noticed that 2 people, not 1 were riding the bat, it seemed to startle them a bit as they slowed down, then resumed, but once they close enough they noticed Gregor, one of the scouts announced "Overlander! You return! We shall clear you through the gates." They approached the city walls and eventually the large gates, they opened as Gregor and Luxa came near, they flew through and headed towards the capital. A few people looked up at the sight of Aurora and noticed Gregor, people started announcing his name once he went over top, even though he didn't want to say it out loud, it did feel good to be admired. As Aurora neared the palace, a few guards came to the landing site to make sure we weren't in any immediate distress or injuries, Gregor senses that it must be a surprise or something to them that Luxa had been flying. after they were quickly checked, Luxa and Gregor just stood there, Gregor was taking it all back in, all the sights, all the smells, everything, it was like he was returning to his second home. Luxa who was at this point almost dragging Gregor through all the hallways made a quick snap with her fingers which seemed to get Gregor out of whatever land he was in, bringing him back to the world. Luxa and Gregor eventually came to a set of doors that lead to, what Gregor remembered at least to be Luxa's living quarters, what he encountered seemed to be something the exact opposite, When he entered the room he saw letters, books, and half eaten feasts scattered throughout the rooms. Gregor kind of just made a "What the..." sound while Luxa sheepishly brought him through, she spoke in a saddened gloomy tone, as she looked around the room "So, Gregor, when you disappeared and my immediate duties had been finished, I crashed alright, I couldn't take it... the moment I had my thoughts to myself and stopped worrying about other things I just hid in here, for weeks I had stayed in this room, confined from the rest of the palace. The more that I didn't hear from you through my letters the worse it got, I thought you had forgotten about me-" Gregor tried to interrupt, how could he ever forget about her, EVER! "But, when I sent a few cockroaches to investigate, they saw your mother throwing them into some sort of metal box. I got a little better after that, but it did cross my mind a few times how you never noticed it, or accidently came across it, I had started thinking you had agreed with your mothers decision. After that one thought came across my mind it didn't stop, until... Until I noticed something, my wall, over there (pointing to a corner), I was sitting on that wall one day when a small door opened. At first I thought my mind was playing tricks on me, I thought it couldn't be real, but when I crawled through it, it was the exact opposite, it opened up into a second prophecy room Gregor, with all the prophecies that didn't sound, I guess you could say, realistic enough, they were mostly nonsense to me. Eventually, I gave up but as I was leaving I noticed a line of words on the wall, the one sentence that gave me something I had never had in a very long time, hope" Gregor looked at Luxa, somewhere through her story she must have started tearing up because she looked as if she was crying, and truthfully, Gregor was pretty sure he was too.
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PS: Sorry for any spelling or, copied sentences, I noticed one as I was reading through my work on my last chapter, ill try to make sure it doesnt happen that much, but I do make most of these chapters in less then a hour, want to get em out to you guys/gals fast.
