Everyone got out safely, with the help from Khufra and the others, as they were at the entrance leading to the enchanted forest that is connected to the Evereed Forest and the Moonlit forest, where Estes and Miya resides as well as where Karina was raised before she and her sister were separated.
"Can't. walk. Anymore." Nana said while heavily panting and was currently lying on the grass while the others were trying to catch their breath for a moment before resuming their journey.
"Can't we, you know, take a little break?" Hanabi asked aloud while her already trembling knees were too exhausted as she collapsed on the grass along with Kimmy and Ruby as the three of them were laying down with Nana.
"I think a little rest can't hurt our time." Miya stated while they all sighed in relieved and put their weapons next to them as they all dozed off for a little while, not knowing that someone was watching them from the shadows and immediately disappeared silently through the thick ., shrubs and trees.
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"Mistress!" A feminine squeaked up voice said, while two individuals who are wearing cloaks appeared and they led her to a throne room filled nothing but dim lights which was emitted by the blue flames by the torches and the candles on the chandeliers above the room.
From the throne, the three heard a grumble followed by a groan, meaning that their mistress was awake.
"What is it this time?! And it better be important. Cause if I'd ever found out that you woke me up for nothing-" The mistress said, her voice still groggy cause she just got up from her slumber and yet it emits power as the young women nod her head and said that she has good news.
"Mistress, from the demons of the abyssal territory- the heroes and heroines are going to come back to the Land of Dawn by estimated two or three days." She said followed by an evil giggle which got the mistress' attention and she has all eyes and ears now open.
"Oh? What else did they said, young one?" She said, smirking through the shadows as the young girl reported everything which brought the mistress delight and applauded her while she continued her work.
"Make sure to aid her whenever she needs assistance. I think it's time to contact my three good 'friends' once more for another spill of mischief." She said while the other two cloaked individuals bowed down and then went out of the throne room, following the young girl who just reported to her.
The mistress then stood from her throne and used her dark magic to open a secret entrance just beneath her throne room. She descended down a flight of stairs which led to an only dim lit door that has a dark crystal attached to it.
"All will be soon prepared." She said while looking at a shadowed statue then all of a sudden, its face started to crack meaning that whoever her master is, he heard her. And he simply cannot wait.
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"Lylia! No FAIR!" Popol said while he and Kupa chased the young mage down the many halls of the Dawn manner while Silvanna and the others were cleaning the rooms of the manner.
"You two better cut that out or else I'll have no-" Baxia began as he attempted to stop the two young hero and heroine, but with no luck as they just continue to bicker and run around the halls of the manner until X-Borg 'accidentally' tumbled the bucket full of water on the ground, which made all three of them, Kupa included, all slip and slide until they crash on one of the many tables, breaking a plain purple ceramic vase.
"UGH! Look what you two done!" Wanwan said while she and Ling just finished cleaning that part of the hallway. Popol and Lylia apologized while Popol released Kupa to play with the swans in the garden of the manner while he and Lylia were stuck in cleaning duty as the rest started to have a little R&R for a while.
"Make sure to scrub real hard you two!" X-Borg said with a teasing smirk as he went passed them both, not knowing that Lylia and Popol are already planning a way to pay him back.
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"A little rest you all said. We're going to reach the Land of Dawn you all said." Layla grunted through her breath while they were all currently on either Johnson or Hylos- for obvious reasons- and some were already flying or running ahead of them. It turns out they have 'over rested' and therefore they only have tomorrow until they get back into the Sacred Land where the Dawn Manor is located.
After a while of running and "rushing through lightning speed" according to Johnson, they were all soon tired out and was resting in a nearby huge and wide tree and by the looks of it, they were deeper in the Evereed Forest. They didn't know this part of the forest so they simply looked around and immediately realize that they were lost.
"Great, just what we needed in our already hanging schedule." Martis sarcastically said aloud while Saber, Johnson, Bruno, Alpha and even Angela tried to locate where they were but couldn't as their signals didn't reach far enough from where they were located.
"Odette, maybe you remember some of your tunnels leading here? Or maybe back to our castle then we can ask mother and father for a ride back to the manor." Guinevere suggested while Odette started to look around and see if she can remember any hidden passage ways or secret entrances around this part of the forest.
"Wait a minute, why didn't we asked your parents to give us a lift from the start Gwen?" Claude immediately pointed out, making all of them groan in the harsh realization.
"Sometimes, we don't know if were simply not using our minds or were just dumb in a natural way." Alpha said when all of a sudden they all heard Odette screamed.
"Odette? Where are you?!" Miya screamed while they were cautiously looking around, weapons and their magic at the ready, and was now searching for Odette. They then found a long river that was clear and, glowing(?)
The heroes and heroines were mesmerized by this but not too long as they continued their search for Odette when suddenly, they all heard her voice again, this time calling out to them.
"My rose, just keep yelling and we'll find the source of your voice." Lancelot called out while Odette kept on screaming as they all would listen and try to find her. Meanwhile to where Odette was, she was surrounded by unknown beings when all of a sudden her screams were muffled by someone and the last thing she knew was two purple eyes staring back at her.
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The heroes and heroines were all sitting on the ground and has been stuck in the forest for a good hour or two and has believed to be walking in circles.
"Ugh. Don't tell me were lost. AGAIN?!" Dyrroth complained while plopping down, finally showing his original demon self along with the other heroes and heroines who drank the human vial a while back at the Silvers Palace.
"First Odette is gone and we don't have alead to her as her screams have stopped and now we're all even more lost." Natalia said in almost a little distressed about what's currently going on.
"Can't you sense something Belerick? Or have Hylos or Grock to use their magic since their technically its linked with nature?" Freya asked while Hylos said that he and Belerick will try and Grock shook his now stoney head into a 'no.'
Hylos then began to concentrate as the winds around them became colder than usual and Belerick used the trees for navigation and to know where they are.
"Well?" Layla asked while the winds stopped howling and returned back to their normal cool temperature and the trees stopped swaying.
"We're near something that has no life in the upper crust but has something moving down below. And I'm not referring to some insects."Belerick answered.
"So were near an undiscovered territory?" Zilong asked while Belerick gave him a short nod.
"Added to what Bele (pronounced as 'belle' not 'bel-e')) had just said, we should go back to where we came- which was that way then turned left- and start to go forward then take two left turns on the marked boulder and the meadow that we passed when getting to the Silver's palace a few days ago." Hylos said while Dyrroth was immediately up on his feet and began to walk, followed by the others closely behind him.
"Wait, what about Odette-san? Shouldn't we go looking for her first?" Hanabi asked, while the heroes and the heroines immediately stopped and asked Belerick and Hylos once again, but they couldn't sense her aura. Suddenly a figure emerged in front of them by falling and lading safely through the trees. Because of this, the heroes and heroines immediately went into a fighting stance while the figure was eyeing them closely yet cautiously.
Hanabi, Hayabusa and Hanzo noticed that she was wearing a ninja's uniform. It was all black but the lining of the clothes that the figure has is dark purple. It was also the same with her shoes as they saw the dark purple handle on the back of the figure, indicating that she's armed.
"Who are you." Hanzo immediately asked, his accented voice was cold yet intimidating but that alone didn't got to the mysterious figure's nerves as it merely walked passed them and was now at a side of a tree. With the use of her blade, she then created a dim lit path, the purple sparkles was never leaving the ground, as if it wants them to follow it.
The heroes and heroines were hesitant, but followed with caution. The figure was leading them, with the help of its dim lit, purple sparkle on the ground, the figure led them to an unconscious Odette. Immediately Rafaela and went towards her and began to heal her while Alucard, Tigreal and the other swordsmen pointed their swords at the mysterious figure but it used a smoke bomb to make they're escape leaving the heroes all confused but nonetheless they're happy that Odette wasn't harm by whoever was there under that mask.
"Oddy are you alright? Did that figure hurt you?" Chang'e asked while Odette was regaining her consciousness and saw that all of her friends were now surrounding her and currently Lancelot was supporting her figure, making sure that she was comfortable to sit up and stand. She then recalled Chang'e and her question as she gave her a curious face.
"Did what hurt me?" She asked while Hanabi explained that the mysterious figure with a ninja uniform complete with the start shurikens and a dark purple lined mask led them all to her, which that made Odette remember some of the events before she became unconscious.
She explained that the figure with the dark purple lined clothing saved her when she wandered off from them a little bit farther than she should have. She remembered that she used one of the hidden tunnels that she was finding and that she saw some of what the figure did in order to put her where she was now. They just all realized that they were out of the evereed forest and was at the Crystal Meadows, one of the shortcuts that Ruby and Dyrroth or even Moskov, Karina and Alice would take when they're running late to reach the Dawn Manor.
"Guess she led us out of the forest." Gusion stated while still a little bit shocked but relieved that they were all out.
"Yea, but who is that figure, and why did they helped us?" Lesley suddenly questioned while they all began to go back home once again.