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“They have tried to attack us!” Darius grunts in anger, his eyes glinting in rage.
“Your people know how to survive Darius, I’m sure they will be fine,” I say trying to appease his anger at the destruction we see of the area. As we enter the tunnels there is an eerie silence unlike the usual gurgling sounds for what the tunnels are called after.
“Be cautious,” Trek calls out as he takes out his blades, I pull my fighting sticks out in case of an ambush, I want to be ready for the attack. “Stay close to me,” Trek orders as he comes to stand next to me. At any other time, I would rebel, but the things I have seen outside hold me back as the thought of a Chimera attacking us sends chills up my spine.
“Someone is approaching,” Brok calls back to us, we all hold still waiting for whoever it is hoping that they are friendly. A few minutes later a group of men come around the bend, their weapons up in readiness.
“We come in peace,” Darius calls.
“Darius?” we are clearly facing a group of Dragons as the leader clearly knows Darius.
“Cain, I thought you would be tucked away in bed where it’s warm.” Darius teases, showing that these two are friends, Dragons are not the type to be in bed when there is a fight to be had, and it is known that they take offense when called lazy, therefore, showing us that these two know each other quite well.
“No brother, I think that’s you that has become soft among the Royals.” Cain quips as he steps forward to embrace Darius. “It’s about time you came home,” Cain says.
“I’m just passing, we are looking for the two princesses. You might have seen or heard of them, Reality and Vain.” Darius reveals as he steps back to look at Cain. Cain nods but his gaze is traveling around our group, there is suspicion in his expression.
“I see you brought strangers into our midst,” Cain states raising a brow as he looks back at Darius.
“These are guards to our Sovereign, Dream and Hope our Princesses are looking for their sisters.” Cain once again looks at Dream and then me, he nods in respect as his gaze meets ours.
“You are welcome, your sisters will be pleased to see you,” his words have a weight lifting off my shoulders, I smile in happiness and relief knowing that soon we will be united again.
“They are here?” Dream asks, a smile also appearing on her tired face.
“Yes, they have been here for a while” Cain replies, “we can take you to them now,”
“That would be great, thank you” I reply lowering my fighting sticks into their holsters. I notice that Trek has lowered his blades but hasn’t holstered them, which means that he is stillfeeling threatened. I take an inconspicuous step closer to Trek and place a hand on his bicep to assure him.
The men turn to start making their way deeper into the tunnels, as we walk the gurgling sounds slowly start to rise to greet us. There has been a rumour that the Singing Tunnels respond to the Dragons, the silence that we encountered when entering tells me that it might be that they go silent when a stranger enters which will warn the Dragons that someone strange has entered their home.
The fact that they are now singing tells me that I might be right. The deeper we go the lighter it gets within the tunnels, the clear quartz shining from the roof of the tunnels is stunning. The tunnels start becoming higher and higher, there are various entrances that I am sure will lead to different areas, some to confuse visitors that are not supposed to be here. I am sure if anyone comes in without knowing where to go, they will get very lost within minutes of walking through.
After walking for about twenty minutes, we encounter two women walking towards us, they have exotic runes drawn on one side of their face which identifies them as Dragons. When they see us approach, they stand to the side to let us pass. It is evident by their unfriendly look that they don’t like strangers in their home.
We come upon an opening into a great gallery, looking down we see many walking around. There are stalls with items on display which I see people bartering over. Then in the far corner I see a bench with two children playing. It is sad to think of all the destruction that is happening at the moment, children being hurt or killed, families being separated, and beings being pushed out of their homes all because of evil hearts.
“This way,” Cain calls as his men each go their own way, he guides us down a narrow path to the bottom. “You will find Vain and Reality over there,” he says pointing towards an arch in the far distance.
“Thank you,” I murmur making my way towards the arch, my heart racing at knowing that I am going to see my sisters that I haven’t seen in a while. I see Zain and Aqua standing guard by the arch, when they see us, they bow their heads in acknowledgment, a happy smile on their faces. Zain is Reality’s guard, Aqua is Vain’s. Walking through the arch I stop when I see Reality kneeling on the ground surrounded by children as she tells them a story, Vain is bent over something which I can’t see from where I’m standing.
“Hello” Dream calls out, Vain and Reality snap around towards us, their expression light up with pleasure as they both start rushing towards us as we run towards them. It has been way too long without our sisters; we have always been together and now because of this war we were separated without knowing what was happening here, and them not knowing how we were.
Rea slides her arms around me in a tight hug, I feel tears of joy running down my cheeks as she takes a step back. “I have missed you,” she says as Vain comes to hug me, her arms stay around me longer than usual which evidences her happiness in seeing me. Vain is an independent soul, but I think that no matter how independent she is she has missed us.
“What are you two doing here, it’s dangerous, you should have stayed on Earth,” Reality asks as she looks behind us to where the guards are standing as they look out for us.
“It’s a long story, let’s go sit somewhere so we can explain everything to you,” Dream suggests which prompts Rea to take my hand and Dreams as they guide us to a bench a few feet away.
“Okay, spill it” Vain commands impatiently when we are sitting, she is standing before us tapping her foot.
“Love has been kidnapped,” I blurt out which has Reality gasping and Vain groaning in anger.
“Who kidnapped her, do you know?” Reality asks.
“Where was Beast?” Vain asks simultaneously.
I hold up my hand for them to calm down so we can explain, I know that Vain will most probably interrupt one hundred times before we finish our recounting of everything that has happened since we left, but they need to let us recount our story before interrupting.
