Red and The Beast (Rewrite)

Trip pt2

Knuckles nose soon gets hit with salt air as they arrived in the port town. The thundering roar of water peeks his interest and got his horse to go faster. Locke smiled and does the same with his horse so he could see his son's reaction. Once over the hill knuckles was stunned seeing an endless stretch of blue and waves crashing on a land of white making it darker. He also sees wooden decks that stretch to ships and leads to a beautiful town filled with many people. "I can't believe it" he said. "Well let's go check into the inn then you and I will got to the beach. I don't need to meet with the shipment people for a few more hours." Locke said. "Ok" knuckles said super excited. Locke signals his horse to go and knuckles does the same to follow his father. They arrived at a stunning white brick building with planter pot windows having vines dangling from them. Once they entered he was stunned by the large room and looked around the art filled walls, high ceiling with a stunning candle chandelier. "Locke welcome back room for one?" The female mink asked. "Actually room for two I have brought along my youngest son to celebrate his birthday coming up." Locke said. "Knuckles come here" he said. "Sorry I was distracted by this place" he said walking up. "Welcome dear boy I hope your stay will be enjoyable." She smiled and handed them the room keys. "Thank you Tressa" Locke smiled before the two went to the room. Once they reach to the room and Locke unlocked the door knuckles was surprise by the room with two beds, dressers and outside the window was a view of the ocean and the rest of the town. "This is amazing" he said setting his duffle bag down. "Yes it is isn't it" Locke agreed setting his duffel bag down. "Now come along let's take you to the beach" he finished and knuckles grabbed his small satchel then followed his father.
Locke chuckled once he saw his son's eyes widen as they walked to the beach. Once their boots hit the sand knuckles felt the difference in the ground. The smell of salt had grown stronger and he felt relaxed. Knuckles knelt down and scooped up the warm sand letting it slide and fall between his fingers. Locke smiled  watch the interest and curiosity in his son's eyes. "Take off your boots and socks and let your toes sink into the sand" Locke said taking on his boots and socks. Knuckles nods and does so then smiled feeling the soft squishy sand between his toes and under his feet. "This is amazing" he said smiling. "Well then follow me to the water" Locke said and walks to the water. Knuckles jogs to catch up and Locke had him stop on the wet sand that felt warm and more squishy. Then a chill ran up knuckles spine once the cold ocean water glide over his feet and he watched as the foot print he made prior disappeared. "This is so fascinating" knuckles said then chuckled as the tiny bubbles of the water heading back into the large body of water tickled his feet. Locke smiles seeing how happy his son is and hasn't seen him like this since he was nine years old. "Laura I see it now more than ever and I'm at peace knowing this would've been your reaction too. I'm glad our dear friend convinced me to bring our boy along." He thought. "Father look at this!" Knuckles digs through the sand and pulls out a large shell. "It's a queen conch shell. I read about these if you put it close to your ear you can hear the ocean." Knuckles said and used the ocean water to clean the sand off and inside the shell. "Also read they would use it as horns if broken into the right spots. But in a few fairy tales it was used to announce royal merfoke" he said and Locke smiled but also wonder how many books did his wife and son read. Knuckles looked up at his father who was smiling but slightly confused. "Sorry..." he looked down. "What are you sorry for? I'm just very impressed how much you know about this." Locke smiled. "Please tell me more my boy." Locke said making knuckles smile. Both father and son spent the day collecting smaller shells and knuckles telling his father some of the stories he read and his recent one before leaving. "That poor girl. Giving up her tail by cutting off her tongue just to have her heart broken and tossed herself into the sea just to turn into sea foam?" Locke said. "Yeah I know it's Bull shit if you ask me" Knuckles said. Locke smiled and soon here's the clock tower ring. "Well knuckles I must be getting to the docks for the shipments you know your way back?" Locke asked. "Yeah I do" he replied. "Alright then" Locke smiled and puts his socks and boots back in after dusting off the sand. Locke waved to knuckles who was putting his sock and boots back on and walks to the docks. Knuckles grabbed the conch shell and put it in this satchel along with the smaller shells he collected. Once he went into town he sees a beautiful rock that he knows contains crystals inside. He buys and takes it back to the hotel to crack the rock open. Sure enough it was full of purple crystals making him smile. He finally sat on the bed and laid down letting his body sink into the nice mattress. He closed his eyes and fell asleep with a big smile on his face.Yet he woke up by a quick flash dream of a large monster yelling.

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