Z, X and Lilly stood in front of the students and teachers of Idegen High, watching as they wave furiously, cheering their names.
"You're my heroes!" A stump teacher in the back yelled.
"I knew Lilly before she was a hero!" A tall, heavily bearded teen in the middle jumped and yelled.
"Hero, eh? I can get used to this!" Lilly exclaimed as she bowed to the crowd, laughing and smiling madly.
"So... is that a yes...?" X asked her, not looking at her, instead, at the crowds.
"It all depends..." she responded, taking both of their hands in hers and thrusting them up into the air triumphantly, "It all depends on where you take me first." She smiles, looking at both of them.
Z and X look at each other, smirk and their arms attached to hers begin to glow. She rockets into the air, surrounded by green energy.
"Get me down! I'm afraid of heights! This isn't funny!" Lilly screamed as birds flew around her, singing playfully.
Z and X laughed as the rest of the crowd tried to help her down. Z clicked his fingers and Lilly slowly floated down into his arms.
"Better?" He chided as he let her onto her feet. She wound up her foot and kicked him square between the legs.
"Better." She responded, laughing as he collapsed to the floor.
Within an hour or two, they were ready to leave.
"So... how does this work exactly, do we just like... fly off... or...?" Lilly asked, turning her head towards X.
"You'll see," he responded, patting her on the head. She pouted jokingly and looked down towards her feet, tapping them together awkwardly.
"Say your goodbyes, we'll be off as soon as we can properly adjust this damned machine..." Z announced loudly, pulling small levers, flicking even smaller switched and pushing buttons all over his Fold Matrix.
"Alright, I'll make it quick, I'm sure you two are smart enough to fix it quickly?" Lilly continued, walking over to the crowd. Four people stepped forward, a boy and three girls.
"Goodbye, Kat. Thank you for always being an amazing friend, even if you worked in the kitchens..." Kat shook her hand, pulling her into a hug and patting her back, whispering into her ear. Lilly chuckled and moved along the line.
"Kit, oh Kit I don't know what to say... You helped me through so much... I don't know what I would have done without you..." Lilly choked, Kit pulled her into a hug and kissed her forehead.
"I'll still be there. Always." Kit assured her, holding Kat's hand, a promise ring glinting brightly in the sunlight. Lilly smiled at her and moved along.
"Daniel and Laurice... you two are the best twins I think I've ever met. I honestly wouldn't be the same person I am today without you both." Lilly rambled, looking at Daniel and Laurice and smiling.
Lilly held her arms out and hugged the four with all her might. After a few minutes and a few shed tears, Z finally piped back up.
"Fixed!" He proclaimed, "Fold Modulation Circuit was out of alignment." He went on.
"That means absolutely nothing to me but, hooray!" Lilly cheered
They took each other's hands and folded immediately, their view of the school suddenly puckering and warping into that of a small wooden shack.
"I'm underwhelmed..." Lilly chided, keeling over into the nearby river, vomiting profusely.
"I am too... where did you take us now...?" Z agreed, looking to X while patting Lilly on the back gently.
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Tales of the Oracli - (almost) COMPLETE EDITION
Fiksi IlmiahI was writing this book for many years and have since decided to turn the series and all my plans for it into a comic series. As such, I have decided to publish all the work I had done on this story for the world to see. I hope everyone enjoys!
