The Fourth Friend (An Amphibia Story)

Part 20: Marcy at the Gates

Skylar's P.O.V

We're almost at Newtopia! We've been travelling for weeks and finally we've almost made it to the grand city. I should be excited but instead I just feel defeated. I pull out the image of me, Anne, Sasha and... Marcy.

'Hey I'm sure we'll find some sign of Marcy soon Sky' Anne comforts, putting an arm around my shoulder, looking at the image too.

'I know, I know but I miss her. I guess I'm just sad that we haven't found her yet' I sigh, leaning into her hug more.

'Girls?' Sprig asks, catching our attention. 'Thought you'd be more excited'

'We are excited, it's just...' I trail off a little.

'We've been travelling Amphibia for weeks. We thought there'd be some sign of Marcy by now' Anne finishes my sentence for me.

'Maybe that's a good thing' he said, catching my attention.

'Huh?' I ask confused. 'Why would that be good?'

'Well your last friend was kinda totally evil' he explains, pointing to Sasha's picture.

'Hey!' Anne yells, swiping Sprig's hand away. 'Look, Sash and I might be going through a rough patch but that doesn't mean I don't still care about her' she defends.

'And she's still my sister dude!'

'That too and anyway since her plus us two got zapped here it must mean Marcy did too' Anne explains.

'Also, Marcy is completely different than Sasha. She's harmless' I says.

'Like remember that time we were playing Volleyball in gym and Marcy was just on her Switch?' Anne asked, the two of us giggling at the memory.

'Or that one lunchtime where I saved her from walking into an opened locker, then you saved her from slipping on the wet floors only for her to fall into the trash can' I laugh at how clumsy our friend could be.

'She's so smart' Anne says as well.

'But super oblivious' I add on to her description.

'And insanely clumsy, like, maybe the clumsiest person alive'

'Mhm' I hum in agreement.

'Wow, that must be horrible' Sprig says as he spills his drink of water.

'Back home we here there to protect her, but here she's alone' I sigh, looking back at the photo. 'And instead of kickballs-'

'She could get mauled by an Elephant Scarab, or crushed to death by a Heron, or worse flayed alive by a-'

'Not helping' Anne glares.

'GUYS!' Polly yells, opening the top hatch of the Fwagon. 'Come! It's, I, not gonna believe...AH JUST GET OUT HERE!' She yells, motioning us to follow.

The three of us poke our heads out of the Fwagon and are met with the sight of Newtopia. Anne and so jump out and run to the edge of the cliff to get a better view of the grand city.

'There she is gang. Newtopia! If there's a way to get you girls home, it's in that city' Hop Pop announces.

'Well then lets get down there!' Anne and I cheer.

'Well. My feet are soaked' I complain as we walk through the water surrounding the city.

We approach the giant gates and wait for something to happen.