I woke up and saw my little brother sleeping peacefully. 'Oh that's right. We both had the same dream last night. I better get dressed and tell uncle and aunt Frostine.' I said in my head. I woke Lucia. "Not yet sis." "Come on little brother. Time to get up and get ready for the day." "OK." My brother got up sleepily. "Morning Lucia." "yes sis." He goes to his room and gets dressed. "Ok Lucia. I will see you soon." "Ok big sis."
Neve got a light purple long sleeved dress on with white fluff in the seams and comfortable purple boots. She had black pants on to keep her warm. She put her hair up in a normal pony tail. She went out to join everyone. Lucia was already out there eating. "Good morning everyone." said Neve. "Morning Neve." said Frostine. Quinn and Wren said the same thing. I sat down and ate my breakfast. Eggs, bacon, toast, with milk. While everyone was at the table, I said, "Uncle when we are done with breakfast, I need to tell you and Frostine something in your office." "OK Neve." I'm sure he knew what I was going to tell him about.
Once breakfast is over, Me, Lucia, Keelo, Frostine, Quinn, and Wren went to uncle Keelo's office. Uncle started to speak suddenly so I jumped a little. "So Neve. Sorry I scared you again." "Its fine." I said. " Is this about the dream of the Quest?" I knew he was going to ask that. "Yes uncle. I am sure Lucia had the same one." I told him the dream I saw and Lucia said he had the same one. Frostine spoke up. "Neve. Can you describe the village for me?" "Yes. Thankfully it was in the afternoon I believe." I described the village. "It was a village with sunlight and the houses were different than I have seen. They were mostly made of stone and some wood. There were stalls to buy some things and pretty fields." "I see. That was my village. The one you were probably talking to in the dream is the elder. If you do happen to run into anyone that does know me, can you ask them about my parents and little brother and sister. My Moms name is Talia and Dads name is Zain. My little sisters name is Tanasia and my brothers name is Aiden." "Yes I will ask about them and tell you what they say when I come back." "Thank you Neve." "Sure aunt Frostine." "Ok uncle. We are ready to see your daughter now." "Yes Neve."
Keelo went to his and Frostine's room and pushed on the closet door. It was another secret passage. "Wow. I'm impressed." I said. "The Room is like another house." "Yes. This is so she can take care of herself too. Away from people. Zee. Zee honey." said Frostine. "Zee its Mom. We got the next Fox princess here and the first Fox Prince." A girl with pink eyes and white hair came running to see who it was. "Mom and Dad!" "Hello Zee." "Hello sweetie." "Nice to meet you Zee. I am Neve the next Fox Princess. This is Lucia. He is the first Fox Prince." "Nice to meet you." She curtsied. "Hehe." Zee chuckled. "So you are the next Fox Princess. I'm sorry. So you came here to see what the Fox Princess is all about?" "Yeah. I want to know about your journey. What it was about." "I see. Its ok Father. Mother. Come into the living room." we sat on the couch and Zee started to explain her story.
"So you wanted to know about my story. Well as you probably already know, I went alone." "Oh I forgot to introduce these two. Quinn and Wren the ones that are going to protect us on our journey." "Nice to meet you both." "You too Zee." said Quinn. "Ok so my story. Well I guess it started off like you. I found out I was going to be the first Fox Princess. I was shocked of course. I didn't know what I was supposed to do. Then Dad told me I would dream of my journey and the next day I would be off." "Yes we are leaving around noon." "I see, that soon. Ok let me continue. That night like dad said I dreamt about the journey. I was scared and excited at the same time." "Me too!" said Lucia. "Sorry." "Its fine. I didn't know how fierce and scary it would be. I was just excited to see the one I loved who I was supposed to be saving. Its not what your thinking either. It wasn't a lover. It was my brother. Lycan. I had a few dangers. I managed them. I finally got to where my brother was and we escaped just fine. Its when I got to the same dangers to get there. Monsters killed my brother." "Wait. I said. "How exactly do you know they killed him?" "I saw them take him away and assumed the ate him or something." "You said your brothers name was Lycan right? If he was alive today, how old will he be? How old are you now?" "Oh sorry. I'm twenty years old. I got back from my voyage a year after I left. Lets see. He was five years younger than me. I was fifteen when I left. So he would be your age now. He would have been the same age as your brother when he died." "I see. Thank You for telling me." "Why? Have you seen my brother?" "I don't want to get your hopes up. I want to find out for sure. I have to stop by somewhere before I leave for the journey. Anyway, Uncle we should get going." "Wait. Your my cousin? Yes My Dad was your Dads half brother. I was told he died. Now I'm not so sure. "It was nice to meet you cousins. Return safe and alive ok?" "We will. Thank you Zee." "She's a nice and pretty girl' I thought.
Once we got outside the Room, I spoke up. "Uncle? First I want to ask how many secret rooms are there?" "Just those two I showed you." "Second of all, what I asked Zee. About Lycan. I don't want to get your hopes up but, I need to stop by my village for that reason. I knew someone named Lycan that was my age. He said he was an Orphan and was Raised by strangers. He talked about wanting to know his mother and father again. I need to see if he is still alive. I need to go now. We will go on the Village from there. Lets go outside and say goodbye to the others first. Come on Lucia." "Coming sis." Once we were outside, everyone was telling us good luck. Frostine gave us a Lucky charm necklace that her parents gave her and her younger sister. "Thank you aunt Frostine. Pray for us to make it back. Also pray that we make it back in one piece. Bye Everyone." So we started out to my old village.
It was a long walk but we finally made it to the village. "It looks like they fixed it up and a war never happened there." I said. "Lucia. Don't talk to anyone without me checking them out first. Stay quiet ok?" Lucia shook his head yes. "Sister I scared." "It will be ok. I promise Lucia." I was on my way to the Village Elder to find out who survived and who didn't. That was part of his job.
Finally I got to the elders place and said, "Excuse me Elder. I used to live here. My name is Neve and my brother Lucia is here with me. It has been five years now." " I remember you. You were the one with the different colored eyes and different hair." "Yes sir. I came to ask you something Sir. If I may?" "Go ahead child." "If I may ask, how many people died five years ago?" "Quite a bit I'm afraid. One of them was my son." "I'm sorry sir. There are a few I wanted to know of." "Go right ahead child." "Well the first one is Lycan. Is he still around?" "Yes Lycan is still recouping in the infirmary even after five years. You may go see him." I named off my other friends. "Yes those kids you played with are still alive. Some of their parents didn't make it though." "Thank you sir. I will be on my way." "Wait just a minute. Can I see your face?" "Yes sir." "Neve. It is you. Oh thank god you are alive." "Mr. Carver? Your the elder Now? Look at you. Who would have thought you would be elder." Mr. Carver was one of my friends father. "After this I will be gone. I don't know for how long. When I come back, maybe I will visit." I will be looking forward to it. Your friends still live in the same place, if you want to know." "Thank you." I'm sorry about Justin. Its ok. He was a good brother and son. He was a wild one. we also have his memories. At least I still have my daughter." "Yeah. I am glad Alyssa is still alive." "Ok I better get going." "OK. Come back safe." "I will try. Come on Lucia. Lets go meet Lycan." "OK big sis."