The Forest Chronicles

Chapter 3

It had been a while since Jason and Alexander had started their journey to...wherever the wind took them. They didn't know where to go. The wind was blowing. The breeze was harsh, yet Alexander was loving it. Jason shivered. Alexander simply laughed. "How can you be cold-" Before he could finish his sentence, he slipped on something.

Now Jason laughed. "How could you have fallen?" He asked, mocking his friend. "Oh, shut up will you!" It was Alexander's only and best comeback. Alexander sighed and stood up. "What did you even step on?" Jason asked. Alexander crouched down to see what in the heavens he had slipped on.

He picked something crunchy up. "What is it?" Jason asked, looking over Alexander's shoulder. "A paper." Alexander said, also intrigued. He flipped the sheet of paper over. He read what was written on it. "If you have found this your life is about to change. Go to the ruins of CrowSin to find out how." Jason tilted his head. "What?" Alexander smiled. "It's another copy of the sheet of paper I found earlier! The first one was ripped in half so-" He was cut off. "So, this is the other half!" Jason had said.

Alexander nodded. "And now we know where to go!" Jason grinned, his blue eyes glinting. "CrowSin!" The two friends yelled in unison. 

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The breeze and temperature had dropped terribly. At this point even Alexander was cold. "Why did we come here?" Jason asked. "We can because the paper said to, Jay." Alexander suddenly fell to the ground. "Alexander!" Jason yelled. "Oh, my gods!" Alexander tilted his head; his brown hair was tangled from the twisting wind. "What?" He asked. "Gods! You fell! How should I have reacted?" Jason asked his friend. "I'm actually not sure, Jason." Alexander stumbled back to his feet.

"So, what exactly are we looking for-" Alexander gasped. Jason looked back to the front. Then, he saw something magical! Alexander grabbed Jason's hands and bolted towards the tent he had seen. "Wha- Alexander!" Alexander continued running. After 30 seconds of running, Alexander came to a stop. "Hello?" He asked in a sing-song voice. "Hello, young ones." Someone had said. Jason jumped back - but instead of falling back, he fell into Alexander's arms, and Alexander was in the tent- and gave a small yelp.

"W-Who are you?" Jason asked, his eyes were still closed. "A friend." The voice said. It seemed young, maybe older than Jason and Alexander. Jason opened his eyes. "Oh." The voice belonged to a person. They had dark skin, green dreads - it seemed oddly like vines, Jason thought - and to match the green hair, was a pair of emerald eyes. They also wore a worn-out pink dress. "Pleasure to meet you!" Alexander had said. "I'm so sorry about him!" Jason blurted out. "Hmm?" The stranger tilted their head. "Why shall you be sorry?" They asked. "He...just stormed in?" Jason tried to explain. 

The stranger simply laughed. "He read the fox's poster, yes?" They asked. Jason nodded hesitantly while Alexander nodded furiously. "Calm down, Alexander!" The stranger stood up from her VoiletTree wood table and grabbed a bottle of some mysterious blue liquid. The bottle held something inside. The stranger pulled something from the blue liquid. It was a scroll. The stranger sat back down.

"I know you need another member for your quest. A witch, yes?" The stranger asked. Jason's suspicious feeling and anxiety suddenly vanished as soon as the vine-haired stranger asked about their quest. "How did you-" Alexander asked, but he was cut off by the stranger. "Know?" They smiled. "I know many things."

"But the first thing I am going to explain is what you two need to be looking for." Jason nodded, gesturing for the stranger to go on. "First you need to find an ally. One of the name Victoria Knolas. She's a smart young lady who could help you. She's a master of her craft. Her craft being machinery, most of it being building inventions."

Jason blinked. Alexander grinned. He was enjoying the description, if you would call it that, of this girl, Victoria Knolas. "How old is she?" Jason and Alexander said in unison. One difference in the question was the way the two said it. Alexander was excited and curious, while Jason was confused. The stranger chuckled. "She is 15." They answered. "A friend our age!" Alexander exclaimed. "Where shall we find her?" He questioned.

"Why, the old Knolast manor of course!" The stranger replied. "Hm?" Alexander tilted his head. "Where is that?" Jason asked. "Knolast manor, if I know correctly," The stranger's eyes began to glow similar to how Alexander's did when he was claimed as a son of a goddess. Her vine-like hair moved almost like.... vines. Wait. The eyes, the potions, the vine-similar hair; the stranger was a nymph! They must have travelled from NymphKin woods to CrowSin! They blinked, then their eyes were back t0 the leafy green they were before. "Is close to LampShade's new library. "