A Raven's Darkness (Book 1)

Chapter 51: The Earthquake

Sid's Point Of View:

"If you cannot keep up, we will not make it in time." The girl twin, Fawn, told me. I was trailing behind, that I knew. It was infuriating. I was a good ten feet away from Fawn and Dawn, the two twin servants of John whom recently decided to travel with the party after a lot of drama and fighting. However, the only one who made them stay with us was Valor, and he was not with us anymore. Valor left with Nexon, another servant of John, to find Nexon's triplet sisters. I accidentally let Nexon hear what I said to Valor, which caused Nexon to go ballistic and run off to find them. I knew the area, but not the exact location of the girls. I was worried what Nexon will do when he finds- "Hey, old monkey, move your butt!" Fawn called out to me. I had my hands on my staff and was huffing in exhaustion. I looked over to see Archean holding hands with Rosemarie. But, Fawn did not know that Archean heard that insult directed toward me. Archean kissed Rose on the cheek, unlocked their hands, and stormed over to Fawn. Rose had a light blush on her face as she watched him go to Fawn. When Archean reached Fawn, he poked her chest, trying to be imitating, and said,  "Sid has wasted all of his magic to heal my fiancé, and I won't let you insult him for being a hero."Fawn scrunched up her face in response. "When did it get so steamy in here? If I were you , I wouldn't threaten this 'CHILD'." Fawn quoted the word child with her fingers, while using a sassy voice. Archean begun to get closer to Fawn, his face steaming with anger. Dawn stepped between them and lightly put his hand on Archean's chest. Archean grunted and looked down into Dawn's eyes. "I will deal with my twin. You just focus on keeping your fiancé happy and healthy, alright?" Archean surprisingly backed up. He had a look of wonder on his face. "Keep her in line, or I will." Archean then turned on his heel and walked back to Rose. Rose smiled as their fingers intertwined once more. Dawn turned to Fawn, whom had her arms crossed in agitation. "Now, Dawn, you're supposed to be the oldest. Start acting our age." Fawn gave him a look, but kept quiet. Dawn then turned to me, and I was still huffing at this point. "Sid, if you are willing, I can carry you in the air with my wings." I looked up at him and found some air to talk with. "Are you able...to use your power....without John's presence?" I huffed out slowly. Fawn looked at me as if I was stupid, but directed her comment to Dawn. "John only had the power to control us, nothing more, and nothing less." Dawn cautiously pulled Valor's Outlander sword from his belt, and held it out to look at. "This sword keeps John from reaching our minds, but it does not mean we still cannot use our power that he gave us." He put the sword back into his belt and looked at Fawn. She huffed and moved her chin away in a spoiled rich girl way. They were teenagers, but that was a child in my old eyes. Dawn smiled at me. "Darth is important to you, isn't she? That you would be willing to die because of mere exhaustion, just to see her again." I moved my shoulders uncomfortably, causing my body to stand straight with my pole supporting my hands.

"She's my daughter. Who wouldn't die for their children?" Dawn smile softened into a sympathetic one. "I see. In that case, we must take to the skies. Darth is close, but we cannot reach her in time by walking. She will surely leave her location by the time we get there". Fawn turned her head to me."I agree with my brother, we must all take flight." Rosemarie cheered in with, "Oh! I can use my vines!" Archean carefully put his hand on her cheek. "No, love. Don't you remember how you got this injury?" His hand moved to her chest with a worried look on his face. Rose blushed and looked down. "I'm sorry." Archean removed his hand from her chest. She looked up into his eyes. They seemed to get closer, when all of a sudden, Fawn shouted, "NOOO!!!!!" She sprouted her blue glittering wings and swooped down and grabbed Rose from Archean's grasp. I couldn't help but laugh. Archean's face was full of shock as Fawn swooped around him in the air, with Rose giggling like a love struck teenager caught in the act. Fawn's face was flushed. "No mushy stuff!" She yelled at Archean from above. Archean smiled lightly. "It seems like your wings work." Archean turned around toward Dawn and I. " Dawn, can you carry Sid?" Dawn blinked rapidly and looked at Archean with a dumb stare. He was still in shock from his sister's takeoff. It took him a good minute to shake it off. He shook his head. "What? Yea... Yea, but what about you?" Archean slightly smiled. "Oh, you needn't worry about me." He had a devious look in his eyes. Dawn shrugged his shoulders and allowed his mechanical wings to pop out from his back. Dawn then lifted off into the air and was coming right for me. My eyes widened. "W-w-wait!" I shouted, raising my pole in defiance. Dawn ignored this and swooped me up into his arms. I frowned and crossed my arms. "This is not what I had in mind as being swept off my feet." I mumbled to no one in particular. Dawn smiled and looked down at me. "Don't worry old timer, you're in good hands." I ignored him and looked over Dawn's shoulder and saw Archean still on the ground. I cupped my mouth and shouted down at him, "Hey! Archean! If you don't move, we'll leave you behind!" Archean waved at me and then I turned away with a smile. Fawn swooped down beside us and they both flew us forward, above the trees. Rose looked over Fawn's shoulder toward where we left Archean. Her eyes glittered with excitement. "Archyyy! Get your handsome self on up here!" I was about to say that we left him behind long ago and he couldn't hear her. However, I looked back and saw smoke rising up from the trees. I raised my eyebrow as a cloud of smoke rose up and was heading toward us rather quickly. Rose squealed in excitement as I rolled my eyes. I saw the smoke surround Fawn, until Archean dropped down onto Fawn's back, and the smoke dissipated. Fawn started flying down from panic. Archean pounded her back. "I'm not THAT heavy!" Archean then crawled up to Fawn's shoulder and held Rosemaries hand. Rose smiled and they leaned in for a kiss. However, Fawn twirled around, causing Archean to roll off with a shout. Dawn zoomed down and caught Archean with his arm. Archean looked up at Dawn with a smile. "Thanks." He spoke a spell quickly, turned into a smoke like substance, and floated up by us. Fawn regained her balance and flew up by Dawn. She looked at the cloud of smoke in anger. "If you weren't invincible at the moment, I would cut your eyes out." I heard a muffling laugh come from the cloud of smoke. "Good thing I can change into something you can't touch then, yea?" Rosemarie sighed dreamily. "Isn't he just cute as a cloud?" I looked at her like she was crazy. How is smoke cute?