Princess of Wind

Chapter 12: Mountains and Family Reunions

A smile broke out on Elea's face as she saw her cousin and friends standing before her, it seemed like they were just as happy as Elea soon found herself in Marion's crushing embrace. While Elea enjoyed her little reunion, Esther and Alivia were having their own with the two strangers, Alivia called them Eleri and Colin, who seemed to have been traveling with Marion, Marva, and Elise.

"Elea, Ayden, you have no idea how good it is to see you too again," Elise said, "I was starting to think that we would have no way back home."

"Good thing indeed," Elea said, "this saves us the trouble of trying to find each other, through it is curious that we would arrive in the same place and in the same world, the last thing I remember you were still traveling through the strings of our own."

"Another portal opened," Marva said, "we had just found The Walking Dead  when one opened up in Adarlan's library and took us here."

"Interesting," Elea said, "though it's still surprising that we both ended up in the same spot, at the same time no less."

"Well I do believe that is something to worry about another time," the auburn haired female Eleri, said, "for now I think we need to focus on getting out of this freezing weather."

"I couldn't agree more," Elise added, "though it could be a bit hard in our current situation."

"Not actually," Alivia said, "now that everyone is here, why don't we just teleport back to our time?"

"Fair point," Elea said, "I honestly can't believe I didn't think about that the first time, to think we were wandering around here lost, when I could have simply brought us to the future. Gods I feel like an idiot."

"Well at least you figured it out before spending any longer in this place," Eleri said, motioning to her warm weather outfit, "I think I might freeze if I spend another moment here."

Elea laughed before looking down and realizing the state of her own attire, it seemed that during all of the commotion she had forgotten that she was wearing a thin and flimsy gown that was required in Amarantha's court and provided absolutely no protection against the cold mountain air. A shiver ranked through her at the realization, and she quickly pulled out a little bit of her fire to warm herself.

However another person seemed to notice her discomfort as a pair of warm hands placed a jacket over her shoulders, one had the comforting smell of pears and the ocean. Elea gave a small smile and turned to thank Ayden.

"Your welcome," he simply said in return, moving to stand back by her right side as she pulled his jacket tight to her body.

"Give me a few minutes and I can create a portal for us," Elea said, moving towards the large flat stone near them and enjoying a bit of protection from the cold.

While she went to work on the portal the rest of the group began to talk amongst themselves. Little bits of the conversation floated towards her, mostly names and things that they had encountered in their separate times and worlds. Though one person remained by her side.

"Do you need any help with the portal," Ayden asked, his hands casually his pockets, as she looked down at the lines that she was sketching out with the bit of charred wood from under the mountain.

"Not really," Elea said, "unless you want to recall my mothers many lessons on Wyrdmarks."

"You and I both know that that is unlikely," Ayden said, smiling down at her, before moving to settle on the edge of the rock.

"Ah yes, how could I forget our little metal shield training session while I was trying to learn," she said with a laugh, fondly remembering the days when her mother tried to teach the children of the court Wyrdmarks, only to find that no one but Elea was willing to focus.