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Author's Note: I am still working on getting back to my rhythm; it's a lot harder than I anticipated. I am going to finish this story, the updates might be slower but it's only because I don't want to rush through and then make it not so good. Thank you for being patient.

Traveling Together Isn't Always Fun

Syd figured they couldn't have been traveling for that long. Although it really could have been hours already and she wouldn't have realized, she had some entertainment that was with her. She really thought it was kind of fun watching Sky and her sister interact. The two bickered and tried to show the other person that they were much better constantly. The conversation would start with either Z making a comment to Syd or one for Sky or Sky would do the same. Then they would go back and forth for a while, finally one of their tempers would almost exceed the limit and the two would fall silent, except that the one who had kept their temper would gloat. And that's how it went.

They fought over so many things, like which direction they were going in, why Sky was there, why she and Z were there, even what the weather would be later. Syd never really understand how one could get so upset about the weather, but she figured it just had to do with their feelings for the other one.

"We should go a bit further to the north so we can get around that lake."

"Going north is a mistake." Her sister said while rolling her eyes.

"That's only your opinion, and let's be honest, you don't always have brilliant ideas."

"Please. Says the one who was injured by some giant thing."

"I was doing just fine."

"Right. We've been over that before."

"Are you really going to continually bring that argument up? All it shows is that you are enable to have a single new thought."

"Really?"

"Yes. But I wouldn't expect you to understand."

"You know maybe I've brought it up a few times, but at least I don't think I'm better than everyone."

"I don't think I'm better than anyone."

The brunette raised her eyebrows, "Really? I find that hard to believe."

"I just know who I am better than." He turned away from Z and Syd, "And I know where the best paths would be." He looked at Z and then pointed north, "And that's it."

"Have you traveled your entire life then?" Z asked crossing her arms.

"Much more than you considering you have gotten lost."

"And you haven't?"

"Of course not."

Z rolled her eyes, "I'll tell you what, you go north, and we'll go the way I know we should go. And we'll see you…" Z looked at Syd and grinned before turning back to Sky, "never."

Sky glared at Z, "We'll go the same way together."

"You know that if we keep going on like this, we'll never get anywhere." Syd said.

The two looked back at her and then Z smiled, "You're right Syd."

Sky clenched his jaw before responding, "Fine, we'll go that way. For now."

Syd watched as Z smirked at Sky, "Good."

She had hoped that their bickering would calm down, but they found something new all the time. She liked Sky, he was…well he could be harsh, but he seemed like a good guy. He wasn't like Bridge at all and she knew that her feelings for Bridge were not her feelings for Sky. She wished she could have talked to Bridge before all of this, so that he would know. She truly missed him, he was more than just a friend for her.

Syd was glad that her sister was there with her. She trusted her completely. The only thing she wished would get better was Sky and Z getting along. She had a feeling that it wouldn't be happening any time soon.

As they continued onward Syd just kept looking at the two of them. When two people argued as much as they did it wasn't usually because they really did hate each other. Perhaps...Syd smiled, if she didn't know any better she would say that they really liked each other. Of course she wouldn't say anything to either of them, her sister would deny and who knows what else. Sky...he would probably just look at her weird and give some lame excuse. It would appear that for now she would have to sit and listen to the two of the arguing.

General Ott looked around; so far the search wasn't doing any better. The Princesses had to be somewhere and yet they weren't able to find them. He began to be very worried that they ended up in the Dying Woods. If that was the case then the Princesses were lost to them. No one made it out alive.

He shook his head, if it came down to it, he would go in there to find them…even if he only brought back bodies in the end. He sincerely hoped that wouldn't be the case but he was more skeptical as the length of time for their disappearance grew greater with each hour, each day.

Not only did he not like the time that the Princesses were away from the Palace but also that he was away from the King. He knew that both of the Princesses disappearing wasn't just a coincident. If he didn't know any better he would think that someone at the Palace did indeed have something to do with the girls' disappearance. And with that in mind, the King could end up in a really bad situation which is why General Ott had left some of his best, most trusted men behind, to keep an eye on things.

He knew that both the King and the Princesses were important; it was hard seeing as he could only trust so many people. But he didn't trust Juneston and he had a feeling that without someone keeping him in check he could soon rule the kingdom. In which case he wasn't sure about what would happen to the King and Princess Elizabeth and Princess Sydney.

Needless to say he was in a hurry to try and find the two Princesses before someone else did. He just wished he knew which direction they had gone. The King didn't think that they would have left the kingdom at all. However Ott had seen how headstrong Princess Elizabeth could be, and Princess Sydney followed her in almost everything that Princess Elizabeth would come up with. He was sure that Princess Elizabeth was resourceful, she had spent some time with the soldiers…more just asking them questions, but he could see the spark in the young girls eye.

General Ott knew that even with their resources and well spoken ways they wouldn't be able to glide through everything. That was why his troop was spread out so far these days, he wasn't leaving one stone unturned. He knew that he needed to find the Princesses and find them fast.