A Parallel Universe

Chapter 16

"You are finally back," I said in excitement as Mayla and Cyan approached the tents.

They had a grim look on their faces.

"We couldn't find them," Mayla spoke in a low tone.

"You didn't find them because they are already here," Aaren said.

"What do you mean," Mayla asked, clearly confused.

"We were playing in the tent when we heard the rustling of bushes. We went out to see what was making the racket and found them both unconscious in the ground," I explained.

There was a long pause....a really long pause. Both of them stared at us like we said something impossible.

"They are in the girl's tent if you want to check on them," Aaren offered.

That was their cue. They both started speed walking to the tent. Before Mayla could enter, I stopped her.

"I want to talk to you about something," I said.

"I am sure whatever you're going to say can wait. I really need to make sure they are okay."
"What I want to tell you is actually about them."
"Okay. What is it?"

I explained everything from when we found them till Mayla and Cyan returned.

"What you're explaining sounds a bit like an Ethra Bond," Mayla said.

"Ummm......more explaining please."

"An Ethra Bond is a connection between two folerns in which energy flows from each one of them to the other. It doesn't really make them do everything the same. If the energy from one of them is not enough, what you just saw happens. They are both severed and won't heal unless the energy flow from both of them is restored."

"I lost you when......you finished the first sentence."
"Let me simplify it to you, imagine the two folerns connected as two halves of the same thing. If one of the halves gets damaged, the other one does too. If you repaired one of the halves, the other one will repair directly"

"Now that I get it, we can rule this possibly out."

"Why? I mean it could happen."

"Hello there Mayla. Skyla is a human not a folern."
"Well.....it is either the bond is ancient and it is highly unlikely, or the bond was created the few days they were missing and that is virtually impossible."

"Why couldn't the bond be created two weeks ago?"
"Because an Ethra Bond is only created by an Ancient Leader and those disappeared eons ago."

I was about to ask her something when Aaren bursted out of the tent.

"They are awake," he shouted as he bounced up and down.

Mayla and I rushed to the tent. I had a thousand questions for those two!

"How are you feeling," Cyan asked in a voice that implied zero happiness and enthusiasm. This guy was as hard as a diamond!

"What is wrong? Why are you all staring at us like that," Skyla asked weakly.

"Excuse me? You disappeared for two weeks and then appeared bruised, cut, and broken. Do you really expect us to not stare at you," I asked surprisingly.

"When did that happen? We packed our things from the Hollow Trees and went deep into the forest. We have been here for two weeks and nothing interesting happened," Skyla said.

What!!!!! How on Earth could she not remember what happened!?!?!?!?!? How could she have memories of things that didn't happen?!?!?!?!? I looked at the rest of my friends and they all had the same shocked expressions.

"What about you? What do you remember," I asked Cyrus.

"The same thing that Skyla said. Nothing happened during the last two weeks at all," Cyrus replied.

Now that was scary......... terrifying actually, We all stood there, not knowing what to do or say. This was much bigger than the things that previously happened. I began to wonder if us being here was just a coincidence.