ok first off find someplace comfy and sit down this is a long one, im trying to get them out as fast as i can becouse i feel like i lost most of my readers during my busy months. (plz come back) i have a poll up in my bio i ask you to plz check out but i might change it soon becouse i think i have a better question... idk. there is some big stuff going down in this chapter, but its mostly setting up for a lot of big stuff anyway before i give away to much of 3 days of hard work i'll let you get to it, hope you enjoy
Chapter 7
"We came in through there" Firn pointed to the right
"No there" Algae corrected pointing to the left
"Guy's" Cobalt said, fear edging her voice, only just now realizing how small this cave was. Sure most dragons feared tornados or even embarrassment but for Cobalt being trapped in a small space with no way out was her worst fear.
"Yeah" Algae and Firn answered at the same time.
"We need to go" she cast a longing look at Algae and by the way his eyes lit up she knew he understood why.
"Firn" Algae spoke commandingly, a voice that only came out in emergency's, Cobalt was pretty sure he didn't even know that he was doing it "look along the tunnel you think we came in I'll look in mine, look for anything that looks familiar.
"Like the key pearls?" Firn asked
"Exactly like the key pearls!" Algae exclaimed
Cobalt stood still as they ran to their tunnels, trying to think of other stuff, trying to keep her mind occupied. She remembered the day she got her first fish, it was so good, the perfect amount of sweet and salty. Cobalt snapped back to reality when she heard Firn gasp and Algae groan, it took her moment to realize why. The pearls were gone, of course they was. There was definitely something creepy going on here. "Maybe this was a trap made by an anumis" suggested Cobalt
"Or a test" whispered Algae
"Why would they make a test?" asked Firn
"To see if we're worthy enough to wield the keys" answered Algae
"How do you know?" countered Firn
"I'm just certain" Algae countered back
"But I'm not wielding any keys" firn said
"Collateral damage?" Algae questioned
"Guy's, stop, let's just pick a tunnel and go" interrupted Cobalt
"That sounds risky," said Algae "what if we choose wrong and end up even deeper in the caves then when we try to backtrack and get even more lost then we could die in here." He stopped when he saw Cobalt's face turn the color of firn.
"I know the way out!" Firn yelled suddenly. She continued when Algae and Cobalt just stared at her. "Ok let's think about this, we came from the sea and the tunnel we took had moss in it so it's that one" she pointed to one slightly to the right.
"But that one has moss… and so does that one!" Algae said
"Well yeah, but only that one still has wet footprints." Firn said smugly
"Oh" Algae said
"Well let's go!" Cobalt said running toward the tunnel, the other two close behind
Once they made it back to the cavern they started to make a game plan.
"Ok, I say we get everything we'll need for a long trip, and meet on the beach on the left side of the coral formation" said Cobalt
"Sounds good to me" Algae said
"Ok then lets g-" Cobalt was cut off when Firn said
"Guy's I don't know where the Coral formation is"
"Well don't you have everything you need in that bag" Algae said pointing to the bag tied around her neck.
"All of my personal stuff is in it but I need to run home to still get everything I need to go over the desert and the mountains"
"Oh, ok then I'll just pick you up on my way there." Algae said
Cobalt noticed a slight twinkle in Algae's eye when he said all this. "Well, well" she thought, she would have never guessed.
"I'll see you on the beach" she said before she dived into the water. As she swam home she made a mental list of what she needed on the trip. Water would be nice while they were in the sand kingdom, she had never been there before but she was pretty sure water was hard to come by. Also some cord would be nice to have just in case of some emergency. She wanted to bring everything but she knew she only had so much room in her pouch. If she did need cord then she could just make some. "So no cord" she thought, she didn't need to bring more than she needed to. The basics then, water, some medicine, the key of course, and her special item gifted from her mom Aqua.
She remember the day really clearly, she had just came home from school, she was tired, even though it was her hatching day she laid down just to rest and ended up falling asleep. When she woke it was the next morning and she started to cry, her mother showed up and wondered why she was crying, when she told her why, her mother started to apologize for not waking her up but Cobalt didn't feel any resentment toward her mother. After some more crying Aqua got up and went to her room bringing back her locked chest. Cobalt knew of this locked chest, and has known for a long time, it wasn't a secret; it was just not talked about much. Of course Cobalt had always wondered what was inside this box and when she finally got the nerve to ask her mother didn't get mad, she just said "one day you will know" and went back to her daily cleaning habits. So naturally she was curious when her mother came into her room carrying the box, followed by her dad. They sat down near the ledge her daughter slept on and Aqua pulled out a key. She started by saying "This is a family heirloom passed down from mother to eldest daughter for I don't know how long. Since you are my eldest and only daughter I will give this to you." For some reason she remembered her dad looking away and not making eye contact with anyone, but she didn't care, she was more interested in what was in the box. "For a long time I thought I wasn't going to have a daughter, or any kids at all, but then you came along, I couldn't have been any happier, so I present to you" Aqua said putting in the key and opening the box to reveal a necklace made of pearls with a black pearl in the center. Cobalt took it in her hands and looked at it real close. "You're giving this to me"? She asked "It's beautiful". Her mother replied "It's not just for looks; it was a special gift from an anumis that had a special liking towards one of your many great great grandmothers. The story goes her brother knew this anumis but he had a special liking toward his friend, and he knew that would not end well so he introduced them and they liked each other right away, even though he would never admit it. They meet in secret a lot of times and when she told him she wished she could replay the day before over and over again he made her this necklace and told her he could make it happen. She said yes of course and he said this necklace can make you go back in time but only for one day and the wearer can only use it once every moon cycle, she thanked him and asked him how she could ever repay him and he said to meet her in that spot tomorrow night, but when the next night came he never showed up. Later she heard a rumor he was buried under a mountain but she never believed it. Or at least that is how the story goes." Cobalt couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Have you used it mother?" she asked. "Yes," her mother said "I used ti to see the day I meet your father again but that is all, you must be careful though because you can change stuff for the worst if you're not careful. I almost killed your father by accident. And you can't be seen at the same time as yourself. Dragons would be falling out of the sky if they knew what you were holding in your hand right now." She thanked her mother and vowed only to use it in dire emergencies.
Cobalt was so lost in thought that she almost swam past her house. She stopped and went inside, packed all her stuff and wrote a note to her parents explaining she would be gone for a while and not to worry she would be back.
She swam out and to the coral formation, then swam up to the surface. When she surfaced she noticed Algae and Firn already there, talking and laughing. They hadn't noticed her yet so she just watched them together, she started to smile this was going to be fun.
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