Akata made her way done the hall to the room where Evangeline was "she is probably asleep as normal" she thought to herself. She knocked on the door to still be respectful
"You can come in Akata" she was shocked she even heard her sister up this early it was rare for Evangeline to be up early
"That's a surprise to see you up so early" Akata entered her room seeing Evangeline reading something
"Ah I see what are you reading Evangeline" she took a seat next to her
"It's a nothing really but its from the town square so I asked about it and they gave me this" Evangeline handed it over to Akata
"Wait a minute this is about a creature? What kind" She looked at her sister not knowing what it was
"That's what I was trying to find out to" seeing her sister was also confused didn't help them understand the situation any better
"Then I don't actually know how to help them if we don't know what it is" Akata said frustrated at the fact they couldn't offer any assistance to help
"There was a commotion earlier on the street before you came in here" she told her sister "
What was it about?" Akata being herself was naturally curious
"Actually I have no idea I didn't pay much attention to it" Evangeline was one to keep to herself
"Come on let's go and check it out" Akata told Evangeline about to grab her if she denied. But before she could her sister teleported behind her cause her to fall face first into the bed
"Akata I prefer not to get dragged again I am fully capable of walking on my own" she explained to her sister
"Atleast it was a soft landing but I thought you wouldn't want to go with me" she told Evangeline sitting on the bed
"I am actually quite curious myself so that's why I would have tagged along" she explained herself
"That makes sense , I also think we should stock up on some food for the road" Akata finally stood up and gave the keys back to the Inn owner and exited the Inn.
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In the village square where another commotion started this time a crowd was surrounding something
"Hey Akata look over there" she pointed in the direction of the commotion
"I wonder what they are looking at" Akata questioned heading over there her self to see what was happening
"Hey wait for me Akata" Evangeline caught up to her sister
"Geez Akata you need to stop leaving me behind I l have never been here before" Akata turned to her sister
"Sorry Eve I just really want to see who they are gathering around" a little girl came up to them
"You have heard he's the hero of Astoria!" She said excitedly both of the girls looked at eachother
"Who and what do you mean Astoria's hero?" Akata confused asked the little girl
"You never heard of it! Everyone has! It's the story of a boy who-" the girl started
"Who gave up everything and everyone to save his people to save his sister yet the king of Astoria was selfish and cruel and did not care for the people who he ruled over" Evangeline finished the little girl's story for her
"That's not true that isn't how the story goes!" The little girl frowned
"Ah but this girl tells the truth the king of Astoria is selfish , wicked and cruel" a tall man around their age walked up to them
"But the story written by Victor its the only version so it must be true" the little girl said
"Wait a minute did you say Victor? I thought he was the current king of Astoria
" Akata added to the conversation
" He is and his story isn't the only version there is another one by Iris Thorne" Evangeline informed them
"You seem to read alot don't you?" The man chuckled slightly
"That's my sister for you but what I don't understand is how you know that not many people know that" Akata spoke to the man and he just seemed to grin
"I thought it was obvious who I was considering this whole conversation was about me" the man said chuckled
"Wait a minute you are Ezra?" The little girl seemed to get pulled by her mother
"Come on Lynn leave the poor man alone" the woman said smiling
"But mama" the little girl protested
"No buts Lynn he probably needs rest he is a hero after all " the girl's mother explained to her as she took her daughter away
"You mean you are Ezra? Then why are you here for?" Akata asked him
"Well I how about introductions first" Ezra said with a usual chuckle
"Well my name is-" "Hold on we don't even know you why should we tell you our names" Evangeline interrupted her sister stopping her from sharing their names "Well you read about me how do you not know me" he asked her
"Exactly we read stories about you we don't know you" Evangeline said before her sister gently pushed her aside
"Sorry about my sister, My name is Akata Haruko and this is my sister Evangeline Haruko" She smiled while apologising to Ezra
"I understand where your sister comes from but it is nice to meet the two of you" he said to them
"And to answer your question Akata I got reports of people going missing and being found dead, I am here to see what is causing it" both Akata and Evangeline looked at each other and Ezra looked at the both of them
"You two know something don't you" he asked them both looking a bit more serious than before
"Not necessarily " Evangeline spoke up
"Well not completely we don't if what you said had something to do with what we saw" Akata explained to Ezra and seemed equally confused
"What do mean by that exactly?" Ezra asked the situation was not making any sense at the current time
"Well on our way here we saw a creature , we didn't see all of it just it's head or side? All I saw it blended into trees it didn't look normal" Evangeline described what she saw
"It had scales but it wasn't a dragon, It looked like it had bones sticking out of it honestly it looked like something from hell" Akata told him trying her hardest to understand what she saw
"And you are lucky you two even survived it those are creatures might be from the abyss and the one you described is one of the least dangerous but it is still deadly even I can't fight one of those things on my own" Ezra was serious which he isn't normally
"I never heard of that place before but why are those things here , how are they even here" Evangeline asked slightly afraid of what the outcome might become
"That I'm not sure but they had to be summoned the abyss isn't a place either of us can from here some even I am not actually sure if they are from there but I know a friend who might" Ezra said feeling unsure himself he never encountered anything like this before
"So none of us know what the hell that thing is and if it is here who knows how far it is already" Akata was quite lost in her thoughts
"It's not here alone it reached Astoria and Casidonia already and considering its here already whatever it is more are appearing " Ezra explained
"Akata we have get to Sora and warn him before it reaches Wisteria " Evangeline told Akata with a worried tone
"You won't make it in time those creatures are most likely already there the best you can do is protect yourself and go home there is nothing you can do for your brother now and I am sure he would want you both to be safe" Ezra said closing his eyes in a calm manner like he had lost hope for everything
"Are you serious? You are supposed to be a hero! A person who is supposed to protect others! And you just give up? I don't give up when it comes to family you said it yourself didn't you?" Akata yelled at him in her eyes how could someone known as a hero of a whole kingdom, a man known for giving up everything he knew , his own life to protect others she just couldn't understand how he could give up so easily
"Akata it getting late if we a want to atleast get a chance" Evangeline told her sister as they were talking to Ezra for hours
"You two are crazy if you think you can survive something like that on your own and I am looking at the facts" Ezra said with a cold face
"You aren't looking at the facts what you are doing is giving and we have eachother and that is all we need and we don't just give up when things get hard" Akata told him as both her and Evangeline were about to leave the village
"Wait! I will go with the two of you but we won't go straight to Wisteria not until we have an idea of what those creatures are" Ezra walking up to them