Chapter 11 - Taking Flight


Gregor woke up the next day ready to go. He had been preparing for this day for a month now. He woke up in a surprisingly good mood considering he was about to go on an adventure that could result in people dying. He got ready in the usual Underlander wear, he was told that Vikus had packed some sort of light armor on Aurora to hand out to Gregor and Luxa when they arrived. He suddenly remembered that he needed a sword! One of the most important things he needed, and he nearly forgot, he almost instinctively started heading over to the museum to grab sandwiches sword before he stopped in his tracks. He had broken his only sword, snapped it clean in two. He didn't really know what to do now, he couldn't cause any suspicion by asking somebody where he can get a brand new sword and holster, so he casually searched around the palace for Vikus. He eventually found him in some sort of library filled with scrolls. Gregor knocked on one of the walls as to alert Vikus of his presence. Vikus smiled at Gregor and said "Missing something?" Gregor nodded, "Ya, it's just... I kind of need a sword..." Vikus let out a little chuckle, remembering the big scene Gregor had thrown at the arena, it was a lot more professional when it had happened, now it seemed to be a funny memory. Vikus reached behind him and pulled out an object covered in a cloth, he handed it to Gregor. Gregor grabbed it and said thanks before pulling off the cloth- The cloth, it was so familiar, like he had done this before... He basically tore the cloth off to reveal the blade, not just any blade, It was sandwiches blade. "How, how is this possible?" Vikus merely smirked and said "Do you not think we have some of the finest blacksmiths out there, fixing a blade that had cleanly snapped in two was not that hard of a task." Gregor felt relieved, knowing he hadn't totally destroyed some sort of praised artifact to the Underlanders. He did notice a thin line in the sword, obviously where they had mended it back together. "This is amazing, thank's Vikus." "There is no need to thank me Gregor, after all, I'm not the one who mended it back together." Gregor nodded, he also saw the belt to the blade on the ground near the chair, Gregor reached down and picked it up, saying another quick thank you to Vikus.

Gregor headed down to the museum remembering that he should grab some extra supplies anyways, when he arrived he noticed a small blue backpack sitting in a corner, some kid must have lost it while walking. When he opened it he saw a soda can, remembering how it had come in use last time he decided to leave it in and stuck some more batteries, duct tape, and an interesting looking flashlight Gregor could only think was waterproof. He finished packing and brought the pack up to his room in Luxa's quarters. Luxa was sitting on the couch with Hazard playing some sort of matching game, It looked like a bunch of cards with random markings and scribbles on them, then he noticed that Luxa wasn't playing with Hazard, Hazard was teaching Luxa some sort of language. Gregor walked over and Luxa looked up and said "Look at this Gregor! Hazard has figured out a way to right down the crawlers language, I can't seem to understand any of it though." Hazard did somewhat of a sigh, he must have been trying to teach Luxa the language and she wasn't catching on. "Here, try it on me." Gregor said to Hazard, he seemed to get a little excited and quickly laid out all the cards. He pointed to a few showing the words that they meant and then told Gregor to make a sentence with them. To Gregor, all the cards looked the same, a few random scratches here and there, and some weird circles. Gregor tried the best he could but he ended up just making jumbled up sentences. Eventually, even Hazard gave up and just started to pack them all up, it was nearing the time that they were instructed to meet at the nursery. They told Hazard goodbye and thanked him for trying, he hugged them then ran off into some other room which Gregor could only guess was his. Luxa noticed the blade on Gregor's waist and remarked "You better be careful with that, you don't want to die again now do you?" They each let out a chuckle and carried on down to the nursery, it didn't seem to set on them that they could be going to their death.

When they arrived at the nursery it seemed that it had changed since Gregor was last there, much more lighting and overall peace was there, the walls had been decorated more and the animals looked less fighting. The only thing left that had some scariness left was the one big turtle in the room. Ripred was already there waiting, when he noticed Luxa and Gregor he quickly called out to them "Hurry! Hurry! the bats were early and Youstic is arguing!" Luxa and Gregor quickly ran their way into the room and opened up the turtle. They made their way down the stairs to see Aurora and Youstic fighting, Gregor knew this wasn't going to be good. Luxa was the first to speak "Stop! Youstic you are not needed any further than our transport to the jungle, tell everyone what you want, but only after we are there, you aren't needed for this!" Youstic stared at her for a while, before he apologized "Sorry, I did not mean to cause a problem, and I'm not arguing because I don't want to do this, I want to join you on the quest! 1 bat is not nearly enough for a party like this... and, I've never even left regalia, I've been here for the majority of my life, always being used as a training bat, when the warrior returned I saw it as a chance for me to get out, to do something, anything with my life. I made sure to be partnered with Gregor that day, and it looked like it worked because when I received word that I was being tasked for a patrol with Aurora, I knew something was up. Please, Let me come, you may have use for me yet!" Luxa stared at him, she looked sad, knowing this bats story she couldn't just deny him, but she knew she had to, "I'm sorry, but.. we can't let you, the... prophecy says 1 bat." Gregor could see Youstic freak out inside, another prophecy, this was one of the most exciting things he had ever known, and that he could have been part of it, Gregor could nearly feel Youstic's heart snap inside. Then Gregor remembered a line in the prophecy "And someone along the way..." Everyone just stopped and stared at Gregor, Gregor continued "And someone along the way, in the prophecy! It mentions one more along the way, it could be Youstic, I mean, he wasn't even suppose to go, but on the way here he wanted it, or along the way." Luxa and Ripred looked at Gregor with confused looks, even Ripred must have thought it was going to happen some other time, or some other creature. Eventually, Ripred spoke up "Luxa, I believe Gregor has a point, Youstic could be the other member we need." Luxa stood there for a few seconds, before eventually declaring "Youstic, this is your lucky day, you're going to come with us. Now, everyone, let's get going." Youstic nearly erupted in joy, Gregor felt happy for him too, after being in Regalia for most of his life, eventually being let out, especially on a prophecy, must have been a dream come true. Gregor and Luxa both got on Aurora while Ripred and some of the supplies went on Youstic. They Double checked everything and with one last strap tightened, Luxa let out the signal and they both flew off into the darkness.

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