Chase a Starlight

Epsilon

When Alita woke up, it was already a little bit bright. She dressed up and got out of the tent, the sun was barely visible, but it was rising slowly and steadily as always. Everyone slowly got out of their tent at around the same time. They all started making themselves their breakfast, some were already using their binoculars to look at the forest, trying to find the portal opening to the rift of worlds. After about 10 minutes, the ones making breakfast called everyone and announced it was ready, and for the second time since they've set their camp, everyone was around the fire, talking to each other, laughing, having a good time. Alita spotted Ember, who waved her to come sit next to her. She joined her, a bit unsure of what to do.

- "Morning." Ember simply said as she ate from her plate. She was eating toasted bread, there was nothing on it, it was just toasted bread.
- "Hi." Alita replied, still a bit unsure of why Ember wanted to talk to her.
- "So how are you this morning? Not too shocked?" Ember said with a slight smile as she drank from her glass of water.
- "It was kinda bad I guess, but I'll get over it kinda quickly." She said as she was having her own breakfast.

Alita looked around her as she ate, everyone seemed a bit more used to her presence, he noticed a few things, like the fact that two of the girls with blue hair were holding hands, it somehow reassured her. But sparked so many more questions inside of her mind. She was a little curious about if Masuyo was dating one of them, she remembered that he had two beds at his house. And Azalea seems to like him a lot, that and the fact he was very gentle when he scolded her yesterday, she was a little worried by this, she saw what kind of person Azalea was, and while Masuyo probably wouldn't be stupid enough to get into a relationship with someone like her, sometimes love makes people do stupid things. She tried not to think about it too much and went back to munching on her toast. She looked around to see where the bird lady was, but she couldn't find her. She noticed that Masuyo had left and was heading towards his tent, he came out a few seconds later with a guitar, he started playing a few songs, it seems that he wrote them, because the songs are speaking of his group's accomplishments. A few were singing along with him, some clapping their hands together, following the rhythm of the song. This went on for a few minutes, until they once again heard hooves, not one, but multiple sets. It didn't take long for a few knights in very extravagant armour to arrive, Masuyo stopped playing immediately and saluted them, they talked for a few seconds and the boy's expression kept getting grimmer and grimmer. After the knights were done, he nodded and turned around as the armoured men left. He told everyone to pack their things and to get ready to leave, they did so and within half an hour, everyone was ready. The tents were gone, and everyone had their backpack, so did Masuyo, except that he also was carrying Azel on his shoulders, like you see heroes carry wounded on the battlefield, she was still out cold. Alita was starting to get used to this life, it was a little repetitive for now, but it was getting manageable, they all walked over to the horse that carried them over to this place, but it wasn't there anymore, it either just left or someone took it without them knowing, somehow. Masuyo cursed to himself and turned around to the group.

- "It seems we don't have a horse anymore" He said, pointing to the empty spot where the horse used to be with his chin. "So we're going to have to walk, luckily it's not too far, but it's still a long distance, and we have to carry Azel until she wakes up. We'll take turns and switch every hour, am I clear?"

Everyone nodded and he simply turned around and started walking, the group followed him. Alita already wanted to give up, and it had only been a few seconds since this walk started, she didn't know for how long this was going to last, but she was convinced that this was going to be the longest walk she'll have taken. She tried to find something to do, but staring at the landscape quickly became boring, she noticed that someone was being held by two people, one on each side. Alita ran up to them, a confused look on her face, the two girls immediately reassured her.