The next morning, it was about 10:00. Neve finally woke up and was still cuddling with Lucia. Once she moved, he woke up. "Sis?" "What is it Lucia? Are you ok?" "Yeah I fine." "Oh Quinn. Good morning." "Morning Neve. Should we have some breakfast? It closes at 10:30 then they start getting ready for lunch." "Yeah." "Ok I will leave so you two can get ready ok?" "Yeah. Thanks Quinn for watching us. Tell Wren I said thanks too." "I will." After Quinn left Neve got ready in the restroom and Lucia in the main room. Once Neve was ready she asked Lucia if he was dressed. "Yeah sis. My shirt." "Ok be right there." I help Lucia button his shirt and we went out the door. We met Quinn and the others there. "OK. Everyone ready for breakfast?" I said. Then Lucia's tummy rumbled. Everyone laughed "My Tummy say so." said Lucia. Mine did too and everyone laughed as well. "Better get something in their tummies or the bear will come out." said Wren. "haha. Yeah I guess so." said Quinn. So they left for breakfast.
We finally got our breakfast and sat at the table. Then I said, "Finally food!" "Wow Neve. Never thought I would hear you say that." Said Quinn. "hehe. Well you heard me and Lucia tummy growling. I know I always make a big deal out of the way you and wren eat but now my tummy is rumbling." "Haha. Ok Ok Neve." said Quinn. Then they ate their food. Lucia said, "Sister? What mom.... What mom ike?" He grumbled cause he couldn't talk. "Its ok Lucia you will get it one of those days." "hehe. Your so cute. Having trouble with your words still. Well you know dad died before you were born right?" "Yeah." "Well when Mom and Dad were together it was perfect. We were a family. Even though the village picked on me I still had friends and dad always stuck up for me. My safe place was with mom and dad. When I heard about dad's death, that's when mom started looking strange. I never asked because when I did she told me she was ok. She wouldn't tell me the truth. The Day we found out she was pregnant with you she was happy and sad. She was happy because I wouldn't be alone and that she had a son with the man she loved. She was sad because she knew she wouldn't have much time with you." Lucia Starting crying silent tears. "Oh. Its ok Lucia. No need to cry. Its not your fault. Mom was sick before you were born. She was actually worried about you when you were in her tummy. We were praying you would come out a healthy baby. You were. Plus you look just like mommy." "I do? Yeah you do. The spitting image. Which means like a twin of mommy." Lucia smiled the biggest smile she had ever seen. "Mommy had that smile too. You have her smile. I was told I have dads. "Ok we should get going guys." said Quinn. "Yeah lets clean up and had out." I said.
Once they got their stuff and returned the keys and went out, Neve was in tears. "Big sis? You ok?" "Yeah I'm fine." I patted his little head to reassure him. "I'm just remembering things is all." "I sorry." "No. Its not your fault. You just helped me remember happy times with mom and dad. These are happy tears Lucia." "OK lets go outside the port and meet our flying friends." Said Quinn. I Slowly walked up to one of the griffins, and petted it. Then the other wanted attention too by nudging me. "Hehe. You want to get pet too? There you go. Lucia. Why don't you pet this one while I pet the other one." "OK sis. Hi there" The griffin was rubbing her head on Lucia. "Aww she likes you Lucia." "I a strong boy. I keep girs safe." "HeHe yeah you sure do Lucia." I said. "Ok. shall we head to the island?" said Quinn. "Yeah lets." I said. we got on the animals we were on before, and hung on tight and off we went.
"Wee." said Lucia. "This fun." "Yeah it sure is. Hey Artimis? When we are not in danger anymore, You think I could go for a ride on your phoenix?" "Yeah sure. Maybe when we rest a bit You can take a flight for a bit." "OK thanks." Hours later they were finally at the island. "Finally we can rest." said Wren. "Hey think about the animals. They are the ones that flew us this far." Said Artimis. "Yeah your right. We should find some food so they can rest." I said. Quinn and I went off to find some food for the animals. "We caught quite a few fish" I said. "Hopefully the animals will love it." "I'm sure they would." said Quinn. We went back with a bunch of fish.
"Hey guys we are back. We Brought some fish." I said. "Here's some for your phoenix over there, and here you two are. "Good griffins. Thanks for getting us safely here." I said. The griffin rubbed his face on Neve.
Once the animals rested enough, Artimis went over to see if Neve still wanted to ride his Phoenix. "Yeah of course I do. Can my brother come too? Sure he can." "Come on Lucia. We get to ride a Phoenix." "Coming sis." "First you will want to pet him." "I slowly walked over to the Phoenix, then the phoenix went to me and let me pet him. "I thought phoenix were fire birds?" "They say that because of their design. They are born in their ashes that part they got right." "OK ready to ride him? OH we haven't told you our flying friends names huh? Sorry. My phoenix name is Jay. When you get back you can ask Ryder and Zain their griffins names. OK. Lets help you up." He helped us both up, Lucia was in front of me and I held on tight to my brother and the bird. "Ok here we go. Lift off Jay." Then he took off. Woah. It startled me at first. "Wee." "Yeah wee. Is right."
'Hey. I wonder if I can understand birds too?' I said in my head. "Hello Jay. Thanks for taking us up." He screeched. 'Aww. I wanted to understand other animals too. Guess not. I'm sure you are is saying your welcome in your own way.' I thought. Then Jay heard a whistle and came back down. But before he did I saw something familiar. Then we finally landed. "Thank you Jay. That was fun." I kissed his head. I skipped back to the others. "Ryder and Zain. I forgot to ask what your griffins names were." "Oh sorry. This little guy is named Archer. He's mine." said Ryder. " This little girl is Hazel. She's mine" said Zain. "It's nice to finally know your names." "Ok everyone. Lets get some sleep." Said Quinn. "We will have a long day. There may be danger in the village. We want to be rested to fight if we have too." "Aww man. Ok boys lets go." said Artimis. "Hey Ryder and Zain? Do you think we can snuggle up to the griffins tonight?" I asked them because they are soft. They are also nice and warm. "I don't see why not. Why don't you go ahead and snuggle with Hazel. She seems to like Lucia." Said Zain. "Hehe. Yeah sure. Lucia go right ahead. I need to talk to Quinn and the others ok?" "Yeah." So he went and curled up with Hazel.
"Hey Quinn and Wren? I need to tell you something." Quinn and Wren sat up. "What is it Neve? Are you and Lucia ok?" said Quinn. "Yeah we are fine. Its what I saw." Then they gave her their full attention. "Ok Neve tell us what you saw." "When we were riding on Jay we were having a lot of fun. Its when the whistle came that I saw something familiar. I don't quite know what it was, I don't know if it was the whistle but, I know I need to check it out." "Lets go tell Artimis this. He might let you use Jay." "Thanks Quinn." "Hey Artimis. We need to talk." "I'm coming. Oh hey Neve. What's up?" I told him what I told Quinn and Wren. "I see. Why don't I take you on Jay and everyone else stay here to guard Lucia." "Yeah sounds good." said Quinn. "You men get some sleep. I will take the first watch." Said Wren. "Thanks Wren." Said Ryder. So they went to sleep.
Artimis went to Jay and Jay was still awake. "Hey buddy. Can you give us a ride?" Once we were on, Artimis said "lift off." "Ok we were about here. Stop him." "OK. Jay stop." Jay stopped in the place still flapping his wings to stay up. "Now I want to try something. Artimis. Do a whistle that Jay doesn't know." "OK then." So he whistled and I saw it again. "Did you see that Artimis?" "Yeah I saw it." "Lets go check it out." I said. "Ok Jay forward." Jay flew forward until we got to a fog. "Maybe we should turn back." said Artimis. "We can check it out on our way back." "Yeah maybe we should." We turned around and headed back for the Island.
We got back to the island and everything was the same. Lucia was sleeping peacefully and Wren was keeping watch. We landed and told Wren what happened. "So there was a thick fog." "Yeah." "Well I think it was right to turn back. It would have delayed our trip quite a bit." "Yeah." "OK. Why don't you lay down with your brother and Hazel. Get some sleep." "Yeah. Thanks again Jay." I patted his head. Jay liked that. I went to sleep almost immediately. "Aww that is so sweet. They look peaceful. I wish there was a way we could keep this moment forever." said Artimis. "Yeah I know what you mean. Artimis? could you keep watch now? I'm sleepy."" Yeah sure." "Thanks man." "Yeah." Artimis saw that Neve was cold so he put a blanket over her and Lucia.
The next morning it was around 10:00am. Eveyone was waking up. I moved and Lucia woke up. "Sis?" "Its ok Lucia. Its time to get up." "Ok." Lucia yawned cause he was still a little tired. "Hehe. Still tired little brother?" "Mmhmm." "Hey Artimis? What time are we leaving? I said. "Oh we will be leaving pretty soon. We just have to gather out things and let the flying friends wake up a bit." "Ok. Finally it was almost time to go." "Ok Everyone. like before. Neve and Lucia on Archer, Quinn on Hazel and Wren on Jay. Everyone Ready?" said Artimis. "Yeah lets go." said Quinn. So they were off. Now they would be able to make it all the way since they were half way since they rested.
Hours and hours later they finally got to shore. Ok so how far is the village from here? Lets look at the map. said Quinn. He opened the map and saw that the village was only a few miles out. Ok lets let the animals rest here and we will head out. The owners told their flying friends to stay there. They will be back. So they walked on.