For a whole week they rode the carriage all the while Lili lived in constant fear of him coming back for her. Lili did want to be strong for Accalia's sake, but she couldn't.
During the trip they passed by the village of Einsway. They even stopped there for a while which did make her a bit curious to see the place again. But she couldn't, just like during the entire trip there all she could do was keep close to Accalia in silence as she sometimes shook or cried uncontrollably.
She hated this feeling of weakness so much, she oh so wanted to be strong and not afraid of him, but whenever she thought of him it made her shiver and panic. Within her mind he seemed so big, so scary and completely unstoppable. Nothing could hurt that beast of a man from finding her and taking her again.
Then finally after a week of traveling they crossed a stone bridge and arrived on the small island called Lions Landing. It was called this as here the Lionheart's had first set foot upon this Island and began to expand. And now on the small island there was a beautiful small port town made mostly of stone and marble. Other than that the island was mostly covered by fields, a few distant farms along with some trees and a small forest in the corner of the island.
But most importantly for Lili on the island there was the family castle of the Lionheart's that stood on the seaside overlooking the town. From the castle you could even supposedly see the river Thames in the distance and the wild northern lands that were now clear of feral Lycan's mostly.
Then as they rode through the town and up to the castle and within its courtyard they finally came to the end of their journey. The doors of the carriage opened and Duke Leo, her father stepped off the carriage and with a bright smile upon his face invited Lili to follow.
Lili was hesitant, but like during the trip she obediently followed her father's lead after Accalia had given her the sign that it was ok. Then as she stepped off the carriage she was met with a magnificent, but a bit scary of a sight. Before her was a beautiful castle with the pathway leading to it guarded by two rows of armoured knights on both sides, all the knights wore blue tabards of the Lionheart family and she could even see some archers upon the walls looking at her.
And in front of her just at the end of the rows of armoured knights stood a familiar sight of Edgar and a beautiful middle-aged woman that she could only assume was his mother.
Looking upon the woman Lili immediately noticed that she had big breasts that were quite noticeable thanks to her loose robes and a golden necklace that hung between them. She also has long and wavy blond hair, blue eyes, full lips, and a beauty mark located under the right side of her mouth.
Needless to say the woman was quite a sight and tall as well, at least 170 centimetres in height, which was pretty good. And though she looked upon Duke Leo with a longing smile, she didn't do so to her, instead she looked quite baffled by the sight of her and especially Accalia.
Edgar too seemed quite surprised to see Lili there, the boy seemed ready to run to Lilis side and greet her. But then as Lili took her father's hand and followed him for a few steps she noticed something behind the rows of guards.
There next to the walls was what seemed like a large chicken coop with lots of chickens around it and most noticeable of all was the large rooster that stood there guarding them. The Rooster seemed even taller and way heavier than her and as she looked upon him she was stunned.
It couldn't have been him right, but Lili couldn't help but feel that it was him. It had been eight years, she had lost hope figuring that by now he was most definitely already dead due to human hands or simply old age, and yet there he was.
In that moment the Duke seemed just ready to greet his wife who seemed to be full of questions about what it was that was going on, Accalia felt out of place under the many hostile gazes of the guards there, while others looked upon the newly arrived beautiful girl with questioning eyes and interest.
But then Lili suddenly pulled her hand free from the Dukes and dashed off to the side completely taking everyone off guard. Even the highly trained guards that were all veterans of the recent war were surprised and unconsciously made way as Lili dressed in that strange uniform of hers dashed past them.
The Duke seeing this noticed what it was that Lili was running towards and in panic yelled.
"No Lili, stop. That beast is dangerous, don't provoke it or it will attack! Lili come back here this instant that's an order!"
Despite yelling this at the top of his lungs Lili didn't hear it, the only thing that was now upon her mind was that what was In front of her. With joy and tiers within her eyes Lili then called out to it by yelling out its name.
"Terminator I'm back, I'm here, hihihi! Hey, Terminator I'm here!"
Hearing her call the old rooster seemed a bit slow, seemingly having had its senses slightly worsened due to its advanced age, but soon it noticed Lilis approach. Its feathers stood on end and it let out a mighty yell as it charged towards the little girl.
"Cockadoodledoo, cock-a-doodle-doo!"
Seemingly alarmed by the yell and the scene, archers started readying their bows. The Duke seemed taken aback and quickly charged after Lili ready to save her from this grave danger.
But it was too late, Lili jumped at the beast wrapping her girlish arms around its neck as the beast let out a happy cooing sound and flung Lili around upon its back. And before everyone's eyes the beast flapped its massive chicken wings happily and flew into the air with the cheering happy Lili sitting upon its back.
Eyes wide and mouth agape all watched the scene with disbelief. For long the great rooster had been seen as a source of pride to the Lionheart family. It was like a symbol that was there just to be looked at from afar and none ever dared to get close to it, not even the Duke himself. And now before everyone's eyes this little girl had flown into the sky with it as if it were the most natural thing ever.
And as for Terminator he seemed overjoyed as he yelled to the skies.
"Cockadoodledoo, cock-a-doodle-doo!"
Lili though found herself suddenly so full of joy, to her it seemed like all bad things had gone away as her childhood protector and best friend was here again. With Terminator on her side she felt untouchable and so happy to see him.
Surprised as she was at the fact that she was actually riding a flying rooster of all things, she really only cared about having been united with him again. To finally be in Terminators presence, to know that he was ok and to feel his warmth and smooth feathers that felt so nice to the touch was like a dream come true.
Hugging Terminator lovingly Lili could only say.
"Oh Terminator it's so good to see you. Just where have you been all this time, I was so worried about you, you know."
Lili wasn't sure why, but she couldn't help but give a few loving kisses upon Terminators neck, as she then let out a few happy girlish giggles and cheered to the sky as she enjoyed the ride.
Down below in the town people watched in awe as a beautiful little girl flew her giant rooster over them and into the fields next to town. Adults watched this with concern as kids pointed to the flying beast and yelled.
"Look Mom it's a flying chicken!"
Then like some small helicopter Terminator slowly landed upon the fields causing huge gusts of winds to occur as he did so. And as his beastly rooster claws touched the ground and it came to a stop it howled once more.
"Cockadoodledoo, cock-a-doodle-doo!"
A few farmers standing close by dropped their farming tools in shock, some fell to their buts and all were in awe at the sight.
Seeing it Lili could only giggle happily as she tried to calm the people down.
"Hihihi, don't worry about us people! I am Lili Lionheart, Duke Lionheart's Daughter and this is my trusty steed called Terminator! He is simply called so as he simply terminates all the enemies of our great house to protect us all! So don't be afraid, but cheer as we are here, hi hii!"
And as if on cue Terminator howled again, but this time the people didn't seem afraid and instead merely looked upon them with awe. Then after giving Terminator a few approving pats on his head Lili then pointed to the castle and said.
"Ok, Terminator let's go back, before father has a heart attack or something. Hip hip hazaa!"
Understanding her meaning Terminator then took off again and flew towards the castle in the distance. Using this opportunity Lili made sure to use her magic to heal away the negative effects of age from her steed and by the time they arrived back on the castle grounds Terminator was looking even stronger than what he had been before.
Looking upon his mighty figure standing there and Lili riding upon his back Father was stunned as Lili then explained by saying.
"Hello everyone say hello to my friend Terminator, Terminator say hello to everyone."
Again Terminator let out his beastly howl and Lili couldn't help but feel that she was really going to like it here in her new home after all and everything was going to be ok.