The next morning, everyone was up except for Neve. They let her sleep because she needed it. Everyone got ready to head back on the journey. Now they are waiting for Neve. Neve finally woke up an hour later. I got up and got ready to go. "That's right. We are heading out back on our journey. Finally. I hope we don't have as many dangers as before. At least we made some new friends on the way. They could probably help." I put on a blue tank top with a blue short skirt to match and black Leggings and Blue boots. "OK I'm ready once I put my hair in a ponytail. OK done." I left my room and saw everyone waiting for me. "Sorry for the wait guys." "It's fine." said Artimis. "Hey Neve." said Aries. He threw me a protein bar. "You missed breakfast. The Mistress gave this to me to give to you." "Hey on the way out, we need to see Aiden and Ten Ten." "OK Neve." So we headed out.
We were finally in the village. "Hey Neve." "Oh hi Tania. Is Aiden here?" "Yes. He is with Ten Ten." "Can I see them real quick? We are heading out." "Ok hang on. Aiden! Neve and the others are heading out. They want to say bye." "Ok. Come on Ten Ten." "Coming!" "Hello guys and girls." "Hey Aiden. Hey you guys are old enough now. Why don't you go home to your village or at least visit?" "Actually we are planning on visiting." "Oh is that so? Want to join us then?" "Ten Ten? What do you think?" "Sure." "OK. Go grab your stuff Ten Ten." She went in grabbed her stuff and we were off.
After awhile of walking, we decided to take a rest. We weren't far from the goblins territory. While we were resting, I said, "Quinn, Aries, everyone. You know we are not far from the Goblins Right?" "Yeah." said Aries. "I can still feel the hurt of them hitting me. Oww." "Aiden. I don't want you to worry about me. You worry about your sister. I have got the others to protect me. Thank god Zack was able to cure Lucia's arm. That wasn't from the goblins. It was from the 2 headed lizard I think. Maybe the others I met got away when I did. Anyway the point is he was cured. Dad and grandpa same thing. Protect each other don't worry about me. We are still young. We can protect ourselves. Plus I have gotten stronger on this journey. Even if we do get in trouble I can protect myself better. My powers have even gotten stronger." "That is weird. Said Aries. The mistress said they would weaken. Maybe yours is having the opposite affect. I don't know if I would call that good or bad. When we get back, we should send a letter to her." "Good idea Aries." I said. "Neve." Said Dad. "You know I wasn't there for you to protect you for 5 years. I apologize. I will tell you something. I forgot to tell you over at mistress Annabeth's palace." "Dad. If its about mom being a Nue, its ok." "You heard us then?" "Well no. I had a dream about it. It freaked me out at first, but I got over it. I can't believe its true though. I might end up a Nue or a fox. Lucia could turn out as one of them too." I shivered at the thought. "OK well. As I was saying." said Dad. "If I don't see anyone near you and you are about to get hurt, me or grandpa will jump in to save you." "Same here." said Aiden and Ten Ten "No. Don't anyone dare. I would never forgive myself if anyone here died trying to protect me. If anyone here dies, I will live and be an empty woman for the rest of my life. I will be a devil." "Yes I'm sure you will be." said Aries. "I already know how you can be." "You definitely have your mothers attitude." said Dad. "I just hope if I turn into anything its a fox and not a Nue. Hey dad? I have never seen a Nue. How are they in the snow? Mom hardly went out."" Oh they are fine. They don't really like it, but they still go out. Mom probably didn't go out because she was sick." "Oh well that's a relief. OK well. Lets go." I said. "Lucia ready?" "Yes big sis." "OK everyone. Remember what I said." They all nodded. "Oh. The ones who can still transform, should do so at the gate." They all nodded.
After awhile we got to the gate. "OK those of you who can transform do so now." "Dad? Can you transform right now?" "I can try." Before he tried he saw what a Raiju really looked like. "Wow." Said Dad. "Raiju are really colorful aren't they?" "Yeah that's right. Its your first time isn't it dad?" "Yeah." "Well the icy blue Raiju with the green mix and red tips is Aries my boyfriend." Then I went to Artimis and the others explaining who which one was. "Wow. When we get to the village I will have to talk to the elder about something." "Ok dad." Then Dad transformed and I got to see his fox form for the first time. "Wow dad. You have an Icy purple color with an Icy blue mixed in." "That's right. This is your first time seeing my form isn't it?" "Yeah. Ok Everyone lets go." So we walked in and stayed as quiet as possible.
Not long after we entered the goblins came out. "Grr." said one of the goblins. We were trying to run for our life. There was one about to get Little Lucia but I jumped in and took the hit. "Neve!" said Aries. I tried to get up but fell back down. "All of you go ahead fight off as much as you can until I get there!" said Aries. "Neve! Can you hear me! Neve!" "Ow. Yeah I can hear you. I can't get up. I tried. I just have to rest a bit." "No Neve! Don't go to sleep! Please stay awake! I'm sorry Neve. I am going to disobey orders for now and turn human to carry you and get the hell out." He transformed to human and picked Neve up. Then he ran to catch up with the others. "Hey guys! I had to transform to human! Neve said she couldn't get up and she fell unconscious!" "Oh my baby! Is she going to be ok?!" "I don't know I hope so. For now we need to focus on getting out of here. OK everyone. We are going to disobey Neves order since its an emergency. you need to all turn human and fight these things." They all turned human and fought them better. "I will try to find a save place for Neve and defend her. No one die. Lucia. Come with me." "Ok Aries." Lucia got better at talking during the 6 months gone.
"Ok doesn't seem like anything dangerous here yet. Thank god. Lucia. You ok?" "Yeah. Big sis kept me safe." "Yeah. I know." Aries felt her head to see if she was going to be ok. "Well so far I think she may be ok. As long as she is breathing, she will be ok for now." "Big sis be ok. Pease be ok." Aries kept his guard up and watching around him. "Damn. I wish I can help them right now. Neve will be killed or seriously hurt if I do. Lucia could end up the same way. Dammit!" Aries looked at Neve then started to calm down.
Neve started to slowly waken. "Lucia?" "Yes big sis. Aries! Big sis is awake!" Aries ran her and Said, "How you feeling Neve?" "Aries?" "Yeah me and Lucia are here." "What are you doing in your human form? Is everyone in their human forms?" "Yeah. It was an emergency. You wouldn't wake up. Can you get up now?" Luckily I was close to a tree and slowly sat up and leaned against it. "Damn!" I said. "That really hurt. If I was still that weak little girl, I really would have died." "Yeah I told you it hurts." said Aries. "Lucia? Are you ok?" "Yeah big sis. You kept me safe." "Good." I held on to the tree and tried to stand slowly. "Easy Neve." Said Aries. "You took a huge blow." "Yeah I know. I think once I stand I will be ok." Finally I was standing all the way. I took a deep breath and coughed. "(cough cough) I didn't think it would be this bad." I coughed up blood. "I will be ok Lucia. Trust me. He just hit me hard is all." Aries said, "Yeah. That happened to me remember Lucia?" "How are dad and the others?" "I don't know. We left them to fight after we took you to a safe place. Can you walk Neve?" "Yeah I'm fine now." I showed Aries I could walk now. I just wasn't steady. "Neve. your walking is..." "I know. I will be fine trust me. We need to help the others. I will have to scold you and the others once we get out of here." "Yeah I know. Just don't go hard on them. They were obeying my orders." "Yeah. I know." So we all went to help the others.
"Dad! Gramps!" I said. "Neve! Your ok!" "Yeah. So what's the situation?" "Well we hope we got the strongest ones. So far no one stronger has shown up." "How many do we have left?" I said holding my side. "Oh about 5 more." "Really? That many?" 'They were smart and brought reinforcements.' I said in my head. "Hey Dad. I have an idea. I want to try the same thing I did to the dragon. Except You all need to be at a safe distance." "Are you sure you are strong enough? You just got a hard blow." "Yeah I will be fine." I yelled, "Everyone get a safe distance away! I have an Idea!" They all listened to her. The goblins all stopped a moment as well to see what I was going to do. 'First I focused the lightning on my feet. OK good' I said to myself. 'Now my hands. Now for enough power to get up.' I was having trouble because she I was still weak. I managed. 'Good. Now.' "OK you goblins!" I yelled. "This shouldn't kill you, but it will knock you out!" I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I shot lighting and twirled my body around. "Ahhh....!"The goblins were on the ground in pain. Once I landed on the ground, I tried to get to the others, but couldn't make it. I was still conscious but could barely move. Aries ran over to me and picked me up. "OK Neve. Lets run out of here while we still can." "Yeah." I said weakly. "OK everyone, lets get out of here! We aren't that far off now! I can see the exit!"
Just as they were exiting, no one was watching one goblin about to get Aries. I got the strength I didn't know I had and jumped behind Aries and pushed him out of the way while I had the other hand with electricity. I still got hit, but not as bad because of the lightning. "Neve!" "I'm ok. I got hit but not as bad. I weakened him. Now he can't leave because of the barrier. I told you I don't want anyone here dying." "I know. We just don't want you to die either." "I won't die so easily you know that." "I know. You are being reckless after telling us not to be." "Hehe. Ow. I know. Sorry." "OK everyone." said Dad. "Lets rest here for the night." It was already evening at the time. Ryder called his griffin and Zain called his. Artimis called his blue Pheonix.