"Avria, we've been walking for an hour now, do you not want to rest for a bit?" Ebieria asked, tired from the long walk
"There's no time to rest" Avria answered while continues to walk
"but if we don't rest, we won't have any strength left to fight"
Avria stopped on her tracks and faced Ebieria
"from here to the far back of Alfheim kingdom, how much longer will we be able to reach the tunnel?" Avria asked
"In less than an hour, since we are almost at the enchanted forest, behind the kingdom of wolves"
"behind the kingdom of wolves? what do you mean?" Avria asked confused
Then the realization hit Ebieria hard, she had forgotten that Alfheim kingdom used to belong to the fairies before they suddenly disappeared 20 years ago in her time, and the human-like wolves used to be a small pack and lived in the enchanted forest before they moved to the kingdom and made it there own.
"I mean the kingdom of fairies, I misspoke"
"oh okay, and about resting, you're right we shouldn't push ourselves hard since we need enough strength to fight"
Avria and Ebieria then went to the nearest tree to find shelter and rest, after a few minutes, Ebieria stand up
"Avria, I will go find a tree bearing with fruits for a bit, so that we can at least eat something"
"Okay, and be careful, you might encounter a dark creature"
"You too" Ebieria answered then directly headed to a big tree with tall bushes beside it. When she is sure that she is already far from Avria's sight, she directly called her Wind and Earth element, who she knows that have been following them all the time.
"Vienta, Tierra, I want you both to watch princess Avria for me, in case those dark creatures might appear," Ebieria told her wind and earth element, by also calling their names.
"and stay hidden, we don't want to be figured out, it would be much worse if we accidentally changed something in this past" Ebieria continued
"understood master"
Then Ebieria teleported to a place where she knew it existed for 2000 years in her time, the secret garden in Stoneix.
'It looks so new'
Ebieria looked around the garden, mesmerized by the beauty
'If the dark creatures did found this place, then it's a good thing they hadn't destroyed it'
she headed to a tree full of apples and took 6 of the fruits on it, she first checks if it wasn't poisonous by using her spell, then placed it inside an old shoulder bag she brought.
she was about to go to a tree full of bananas when suddenly she heard someone stopping her.
"Hey! stop right there"
Ebieria knew that she got caught and there are only two ways to escape, teleport, and get reported to the boss or fight those who caught her and erased their memories.
She slowly turned around and faced 3 creatures with black horns and a mask covering their faces.
"You aren't one of us! capture her!" The one at the center said
The 3 creatures were about to use a capturing spell on Ebieria when she suddenly teleported behind them
"wha- how!?"
but instead of answering, Ebieria controlled the 3 creatures by levitating them of the ground and throwing them hard to the wall, which results in the 3 to lost consciousness.
"Okay, that was easy, now to get rid of their memories from the part they saw me"
Ebieria ran towards the unconscious creatures, and before she chanted the spell, she checked left and right, in case someone might catch her.
"
Without thinking twice, Ebieria teleported to the place where she first left before going to the secret garden.
- -
"So you actually saw and fought a dark creature?" Rovina who looked surprised asked me
"Yes, but unlike the illustrations on the books in the library, they look a bit more like the Zarathions except, their horns are black with a dark smoke emitting them and they are wearing these weird masks" I explained remembering how they look, clearly.
"When you went back to greatest grandma Avria, did she noticed something or asked anything?"
"She was spacing out a bit, but then came back to her senses when I gave her an apple, and she didn't ask anything to me but let me rest for a bit before we continued walking"
Rovina nodded then looked at me with a confused face again
"The last one, you haven't mentioned where your lightning, water, and fire elements were."
"I left the three to watch and protect Rivana secretly, in case something happens"
- -
After almost an hour of walking, they both finally arrived at their destination
"Is this it?" Avria asked
Ebieria looked around for a bit before saying yes.
Avria examined the place and noticed that no tunnel can be seen
"Are you sure this is the place? I don't see any tunnel here"
But instead of Ebieria answering, she directly grabbed a wood shaped like a lever behind the vines and inserted it into the hole on the big stone beside a blank wall, then pushed it down, which cause the blank wall to open up
"You really do know your way around here," Avria said looking impressed
Then they both entered, but Ebieria stopped for a bit and chanted an illusion spell in her mind to place at the entrance of the tunnel so that no one from the outside will be able to see the tunnel. Without Avria noticing, she directly walked beside her after placing the spell.
After 20 minutes, they rested again for a bit and ate some apples, then went to continue their journey. After an hour they finally reached the end of the tunnel and was about to open it, but then Avria and Ebieria suddenly remembered that there might be dark creatures roaming outside the tunnel so they stayed in, thinking of a plan
"Ebie, do you remember which part of Elementia does this end opens to?" Avria asked
Ebieria who is deep in thoughts looked at Avria, remembering that the place in Elementia where they are about to enter is inside the...
"Prison cell.."
"wait, you mean that when we open this wall, it'll direct us to my kingdom's prison cell?" Avria asked confused
"Well, not really inside the prison cell, but outside the gates that'll lead you to the prison cell" Ebieria explained
"but as far as I remember, this wall we are about to open is covered with trees and vines, which means, it'll be a low chance that someone will see us, and by this time, it's almost midnight so the night is an advantage to us" she continued
"That's good, but the noise when the wall opens though?"
Ebieria was planning to place a spell again, but then remembered that she used too much already, and in this state, she might get tired especially when her element powers aren't inside her power core to support her.
"about that, it might definitely blow our cover, so let us hope that no dark creature is nearby"
Then Ebieria went to pull the lever down, which made the walls open, then she stood beside Avria, ready to deal with who or what is on the other side of the wall.