The Last Normal Years

The Black-Mud Swamp P2

"Why? What's there?" asked Stella nervously scared.

"I'm not keen on going myself but... I really feel that it's the right way." I tell them I was nervous too just as nervous. A good leader a strong leader makes herself vulnerable.

"Yeah, I feel it too!" exclaimed Flora agreeing with me. "It is the right path! Come on, this way!"

Flora and I took the lead and the other three followed single file behind us Tecna at the rear currently. Musa sighed in defeat and Tecna whispers just undernrath her breath. "I just hope we don't regret this."

We had walked deeper into the swamp, we could hear screaming from the Specialists.

"It sounds like they need help!" I spoke breathless but Flora grabbed my arm Bloom. "Watch out, Bloom, you almost got ensnared from these plants around the path. I recognize 'em they're called Quietus Carnivorous. They hate noise. If we're quieter as a mouse they won't harm us.

"Really? I find that hard to believe!" said Stella and she whistled. "See?!... Nothing happens! Duhh ahhh!" She shrieks as the plant's vine picks her up by her legs.

"Stella! Stop moving and chill down." I reprimanded her.
"Flora try to calm them and say she didn't mean no harm just that she's oblivious, okay to listening well." Musa asked the nature fairy. Flora put out her hands and calmed the sapling vines. "It's okay, little ones, you can relax now."

She turn to Stella who was standing right side up again on solid swamp ground and sternly told the Princess of Solaria in cold voice. "Dear, oh dear, will you do as you're told by me and keep your mouth shut, Stella, please. And I told you so, Princess."

"HEEELPP!" The scream came from the small clearing in front of us. It sounded like Timmy though I had never heard him scream before.

"That's the boys alright, but I don't know who it is exactly." I respond. We walked in the direction of the screaming.

"Stop yelling, Timmy." Sky spoke to him. "I can't think straight!"

We found the boys stuck in the Quietus Carnivorous vines hanging from four palm trees surrounding the small clearing.

"Ah, there you are, so this is what you wander into without our help." Stella teased them. I side bumped her and whispered. "Enough, lay off with the teasing, they've been through enough embarrassing things today." Stella rubbed her side. I rammed her hard enough she felt it.

"Bloom," She stuttered softly.

"By all means, go ahead and keep whispering, you wouldn't want to upset the digestive system process of these vines!" mumbled Riven quite loudly.

"They only eat loudmouths, so pipe down you dummy!" Musa retorts to him. Slay girl, slay! That's my girl, Musa! That's my girl!"

"Flora?" Tecna gestured to the roots of the problem. And Flora calmed the plants easily, "Everything's okay, little plants, We're not going to hurt you. We're your friends, promise."

They let the boys go smoothly without crashing to the undergrowth mossy floor of the swamp.

"I think it would be wise if we all look for the troll together from now." I stated in a soft voice.

Brandon the blonde walked up to me and Flora he spoke to Flora. "Thanks for the help back there, Nature Fairy, Flora. Oh, Bloom, it is really good to see you again. And I agree. But Sky has the deciding vote within our team he's the Captain of our current mission."