𝘿𝙖𝙢𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙠! ⏱ ᴮᵒᵇᵒⁱᵇᵒʸ ᴳᵃˡᵃˣʸ

VIII

Chapter VIII:  Embark

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THE COOL NORTH WIND blew upon the mountain. The trees of various of coloured leaves danced gracefully and in sync with the cold breeze. The temperature was getting colder as five teenagers climbed the mountain. It would be a lot more colder at the peak of the mountain, everyone was wearing a jacket in attempt to warm themselves off. Luckily, each one of them was prepared enough to bring these kind of things. The teen elf did mention that Harpy Mountain had an odd climate since this is where the Air Gem resides.

Anything that is close to the artefacts will be affected by the magical aura they possess. Thus, the climate within the mountain is bizarre, earlier it was warm but now it's cool. It was as if the climate had mood swings, bipolar to be exact. Gripping tightly on the strap of her bag, Y/n gathered as much force as possible as she continued to climb up the mountain. Yaya was climbing from right beside her followed by Boboiboy and Ying─who was right behind them. Gopal was of course─the last one.

It was exhausting indeed. Every single one of them was catching their breaths, casually stopping once in a while to rest. Yaya could've flown, yes, but it was cold and the north wind was getting to her. Additionally, gravity is weaker on higher altitudes such as the peak of Harpy Mountain. When flying in the air, it doesn't affect her but, it does when she is on the ground. She can still fly and manipulate gravity but it will not be as strong as she is on lower places.

The loud breathing of Gopal can be heard, he was breathless, tired and exhausted. His legs were in a tremendous pain, he was walking from behind his friends─not even thinking to catch up with them since he was so preoccupied with the throbbing pain of his legs. He stop dead on his tracks, he was nearly on the verge of giving up. "Dey! I'm exhausted, can't we just stop by for a minute?" He spoke, breaking the silence. He gathered the attention of his friends who also seemed to stop climbing once they heard him call out.

"Eh? But, we have to go, besides we're nearing the nest," Yaya answered him as she watched her Indian friend plop himself down on a nearby rock. "C'mon it's just for a minute, I'm breathless, it's hard for me to climb up," Gopal pleaded, wiping off his sweat. Everyone turned to Boboiboy who stood quietly─as if waiting for his permission to do so. The elemental hero snapped back to reality and noticed eyes trailing on his figure. Nervously shifting, he scratched his cheek.

"I guess we could─"

"Great!"

Gopal happily placed his bag on his lap. Zipping it open, he took out a sandwich. The molecular hero began to dig in with his snack. Everyone else approached Gopal, plopping down on the ground in front of him. Ying took out her water bottle and began drinking. Yaya was busy looking at the tablet on her hand, curiously studying the environment she was in. On the other hand, Boboiboy just watched his best friend in amusement.