The next morning I wake up, still alive Zarek is sitting in the same spot her was the night before. My back aches a decent bit since I slept on basically rock all night.
"Morning" Zarek says to me.
"Thanks for not killing me" I say back and chuckle slightly, he doesn't seem too amused.
"Get up we'll be leaving at dawn." He orders me, for some reason he seems a bit more cold than he was yesterday.
I slowly stand up and stretch and then grab a kebab of sorts, not sure what kind of meat it is. I bite the first piece, it doesn't taste good. It's very bitter and dry, I eat the second piece but this one is very sweet and juicy. A much better piece of food. I finish the kebab and sit back down waiting for the sun to come up. After about 20 minutes the sun peaks over the mountains in the east and we leave within 10 minutes. We start traveling east I assume the direction of the port town Zarek had talked about.
"Hey demon guy. You said your name was Zarek right?"
"Yes, I did."
"Okay.. what's the name of those mountains?" I say pointing forward at the mountain range the sun had come over.
"Those are the Eryndral Spires, we'll be traveling through them. Most likely we'll use the ShadowCliff pass. It's the safest option"
"Okay, How long do you think it'll take us to get to Yggtronia?" I ask
"Depends, could be 6 months, or it could be a year, or longer."
"A year?"
"Yes, a year." He restates.
We continue to travel not much happens we see a herd of animals travelling north, but they never got close enough to be a threat. Night eventually shows and we have to find a place to stay until morning.
"How about there?" I say pointing to a rock formation that has some coverage from most angles.
"That'll work" Zarek responds.
Soon we get to the rock formation and set up a fire to cook, we eat the same thing we did that morning since we didn't run into any creatures to kill. After a few minutes we finish eating, not much talking happens and we decide to extinguishe the fire and sleep for the night. I wake up to someone pushing on me like they are trying to. This is weird since Zarek doesn't wake me up he waits for me to naturally. As I open my eyes I realize it's still night and it's not Zarek waking me up it's Lyra, Rowan's sister.
"Lyra?"
"Kaelion!, where are we?"
"Did you get taken by the purple mist?"
"Maybe.." she tells me
"It's what must've happened, this is the Genia Continent." I explain
"Genia? Like The Demons Land ?" She asks
The Demons Land is another name for the Genia Continent since it's 80% demon population.
"Yes, we're near the western edge"
"How do you know this?" She asks
I look over for Zarek who is apparently awake and has been watching us talk for god knows how long. "Him, he told me."
"Him?" She asks as she turns to look at them "ahh! A demon!"
"Whoa! Calm down, calm down. He won't hurt you. If he had thought of that he would've already killed me. His name is Zarek."
"Z-zarek?" She questions
"Yes, he's a good demon." I explain.
"O-kay, okay." She says as she takes multiple deep breaths. "Mister Zarek? Are we actually on the west side of Genia?"
"Yes, we are. Lyra? Right?"
"Y-yes"
"I assume you two know each other?" Zarek asks.
"Yes, we met at my younger sisters birthday a few months ago. She's my friend's sister." I explain to Zarek.
"Okay well, you two get some sleep before we head out" he says before he looks to Lyra, "we're heading to Yggtronia a port town closest to the Central Continent, where you two are from."
"O-okay" she says understanding a simple version of Zarek's plan to get us home.
In the morning everyone eats more of the same food, surprisingly Lyra likes the kebabs a lot. After we finish we set out to Yggtronia once more.
"Are you really sure we can trust this guy?" Lyra asks me.
"I'm pretty sure, he seems genuine enough."
"Enough isn't enough, I don't want to die and I don't want you to die either." She says "I mean Rowan wouldn't want you to die of course and Rowans my brother." She corrects.
I chuckle and say "We won't. Like I said if he wanted to kill us he already would've done it, we together are no match for him"
"I know.. but..." She says looking down at the ground
"I understand where you're coming from this situation is scary, but he's all we have, we won't make it home without help and he's our help" I explain
"O-kay" she says
"What are you two mumbling about?" Zarek asks.
"Just talking, nothing serious."
"Alright, we're coming up on a river. There will be animals so watch out."
After about 10 more minutes we make it to the river with no animals in sight. Lyra rushes down to the water and grab some in her hand.
"Is it clean?" Lyra asks looking at Zarek.
"Around this time of the year the water here is usually clean. It cycles through and this should be mostly new and clean water."
As Zarek explains Lyra drinks the water she gathered and gets more repeating the process.
"You gonna drink some?" Zarek asks
"How often are there animals here?" I ask
"Every time I come here, why?"
"How many animals are there usually?"
"Five to twenty."
"Don't you find it weird that there is none in sight?"
"There just not drink-" Zarek says and then stops "LYRA GET AWAY FROM THE WATER!!!"
"What?!" She asks as she backs away from the water
"I hear rumbling, somethings coming."
As he says that I start to hear and and feel the rumbling, I look around and lock my eyes on what's causing it.
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Kaelion - 13
Lyra - 13
Zarek - [Unknown]