Hello, guys! Okay... I'm apologizing for the update rate of both this story and TKoL. I'm still having a writer's block. Fortunately (or unfortunately) my exams are ging to start, so I'll hopefully be back by the end my exams are finished (the 23rd). By the time I can get back to writing, I hope my writer's block will be over. So, next update can be expected end June. And now, the review:

Wendy Pierce: Thanks for your review! We'll cover Sirocco next chapter, and trouble has begun when the Seer King told them about the prophecy.

Enjoy!

-Writer207

This was a perfect day. The sun was shining, the birds were singing and there hadn't been any Tarantula attacks after Kaita was defeated. They were really glad no Tarantula dared to show his ugly face after their leader was defeated and killed.

Boz and Mikayla were walking through the Kinkowian jungle. Mikayla had only come as a guard for Boz. even if the Tarantulas weren't hostile anymore, there were still plenty of other creatures / people who would gladly kill the kings. Boz had insisted she'd not come, but Mikayla then came with him as a friend. And how could he object to someone coming along as a friend? In the meantime, Boomer was waiting for someone called Paka to arrive. If he was correct, he was Rebecca's father.

Boz looked at Mikayla. Man, he would really like to tell her what he's learned last night. That prophecy without rhymes, how would they ever solve it without the Makoolas' help? He himself could not see any logic in it, just as Boomer. Why did Boomer want to keep it secret, when the Makoolas and Lanny could help them make sure it wouldn't come through. They will be daunted with each their own challenges: one by food, one by failure and one by injury. He truly hoped he wouldn't be the one falling because of failure. He could take bad food, and injuries were nothing. But failure… Brady's King ring hasn't accepted him yet. He felt like he would never be accepted by the king ring, by the island, by the people… He was from Mindu, not Kinkowian, even if he was born on this island. He was raised on Mindu, not on Kinkow.

What if the island was trying to get rid of him?

"Boz, are you okay?" Mikayla asked. Boz looked at her. She was worried.

"I'm fine, it's just…" He stopped mid-sentence just for the silence. His ears had picked up something behind them, in the bushes. Could it be he was so much in thoughts that he hadn't seen what was coming for them from behind.

Boz turned around. "What was that?" Mikayla drew her machete. They both looked at the bushes. They could've sworn they had heard something there… they walked closer, and then Boz shrieked. Tarantulas, and we're not talking about the spiders. Around ten or more Tarantula Warriors were standing there, came out of the bushes after being discovered.

They all started to talk in their own language. To Boz, their language already sounded confusing, but it sounded too much like rubbish when there more Tarantulas talking. It also looked like Mikayla was having trouble with translating their world.

"Someone understand English?" Boz then asked, "And only one." The shaman stepped forward until he was standing close to the guard and the King.

"Please, give us shelter." The shaman said, and the guard and King were surprised to hear these words. "I promise that we will not try and sack the village." Boz' mouth fell open. Id that Tarantula shaman just ask for shelter? Why would he did that? Boz had always imagined the Tarantulas being too stubborn to ask for shelter – to ask for anything, for that matter. Wy would they change their mentality all of a sudden.

"Why?" Boz eventually asked. "Not trying to sound harsh, I'm just curious. What do you need shelter for?"

"We ask protection," responded the shaman, "Mutaku is coming. We need the protection." Boz' eyes widened when he heard the name Mutaku. He hoped Mikayla hadn't noticed. He looked at her, and she looked at him with a worried look in his eyes. As if she knew exactly what was coming. Oh, if it was Boomer who had said something wrong, Boz wouldn't shut up about the topic for the next four weeks.

So… this Mutaku person or creature … if it made the Tarantulas flee, how bad could it be?