The Forest Chronicles

Chapter 12

Victoria stood up from the dining room table. "Now wasn't really that swell of a time." She began to walk to the main room. Before Victoria could completely walk away, she turned around. "Don't say anything."

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"Pink Dress, my friend, what brings you here so early?" Victoria called out. Evaria, the same Evaria with the vine hair, dark skin, emerald green eyes, worn out pink dress, Dust leather boots, and a wit that rivals the gods, the same Evaria who Jasan and Alexander met 4 days ago. "Well, Alopex heard that some Argus were in the area. And we all know about Argus," they replied. "They love fox meat," Evaria and Victoria said in unison.

"What?!" A very high-pitched voice whisper-yelled. "I didn't know they eat fox meat!" Evaria dropped the basket they held in their hands into Victoria's. A blur of amber ran from behind Evaria to the Shivering Knight of Knolas and back to Victoria. "Fox, remember, the Argus may love fox meat, but they despise the scent of-"

"Dust Creature," they said. They had amber hair, peridot green eyes, sharp ears (like a nymph), pale skin decorated with millions of freckles, a simple outfit like Jason and Alexander, and to finish it off, fox ears. "I know they hate oil and Dust Blood, I wasn't answering, but I smell a Dust Creature!"

"Firstly, I hunt them for their blood. Secondly, I now own one that is currently hunting nymph hunters," Victoria walked towards the stairs. "Follow me, Evaria, you too Alopex."

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"You know Evaria?" Jason asked. "Keep it down!" Benjamin whispered. "Turn into a bat! Sneak in!" Alexander smiled. "She can recognise me in any form, even a fly," Benjamin shot back. "I'll get you out of the situation," Koibito offered. The four stood outside of Victoria's greenhouse which was attached to the back of her mansion. "Why can't Benjamin go in? He works for her," Alexander questioned, "it truthfully, completely doesn't make any possible sense, personally."

"Stop talking to Victoria, she's messing with your mind and words," said Jason. "I'll go in," Koibito suddenly suggested. "No! You can't," Benjamin shot back. Koibito rolled their eyes. "I'll go, Benjamin!" Jason crossed his arms. "Someone has to go in and tell us what's going on! It'll be me!" Their voices overlapped and in turn, got 3 times as loud. Their voices were now as loud as a single person who was talking.

As the three bickered back and forth, Alexander snuck away through the window. He fell face first into the ground. "Ow.." Then something landed in his soft chocolate brown hair. Whatever it was, it had feet with three toes. It squeaked, similar to a baby crow's call. "Caw?" Alexander yelled, his voice a muffled whisper. He lifted his head up, beaming with happiness- no, pure joy. "Caw!" He laughed, grinning. Alexander stumbled to his feet. Caw was just how Alexander saw him when they met.

He still looked like a version of Dos, the guardian of the heavens, but a crow (not a golden dog formed from the sun) and had three heads instead of two. "I missed you so much!" Caw called back in response. Caw walked around on Alexander's head, circling. Then he sat down and blinked. "Tired?" Caw chirped in response. "Well, I've got a princess and fortune teller to spy on!"

Alexander slowly and quietly opened the back greenhouse door. He stepped through, making sure to keep quiet. "Thank you for the greenroot. My stash has been running quite low," he heard Victoria say. "Don't mention it, I know LampShade needs the root, it's rare and only few know how to grow it." Alexander could see Victoria and Evaria stand above a potted plant.

"That's a greenroot, the leaves are poisonous until they're cooked with hot water. The roots are actually the weird and useful part of it," Alexander explained to Caw. "The roots can heal almost any non-god given sickness!" Caw jumped off of Alexander's head and glided down to the floor. "Caw-" Alexander fell...again. This time, he didn't land face first or on anything besides the ground. Well, the second was a lie, he balanced on another pot, filled with a spider plant. Alexander screamed, he covered his mouth. A green spider that blended in with the leaves crawled out.

Alexander sighed with relief. Then one the size of his head crawled out. He ran through another aisle of magical plants, fruits, and vegetables. "Woah-" The green house was way bigger than Alexander thought. "I wasn't expecting Victoria to have such a marvellous and wondrous place like this...Jason was right, she's messing with my mind and words." It was honestly...giant.

Enough about the greenhouse...unless you want a description. Well, you'll get a well deserved one later. "Demigod," Alexander froze, "I haven't seen him use his powers before, but I believe he has great potential." Alexander peeked his head above a pot. Evaria nodded. "I agree, my lady, now, I believe Alopex and the rest of your new friends are waiting for us to return."

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Meanwhile, in Acyris, realm of the gods, a meeting was in place. The thrones were in their usual place; they were placed in a Ω shape.Each throne was decorated with nods to their realm, gifts, and offerings. Helik, the blazing, golden sun, his throne was marble with gold entwined with almost every single fibre of the marble. He sat at the end of the omega.

His golden blonde hair contrasted well with his dark olive skin, his eyes were as gold as his throne. Helik wore a loose light yellow toga with a.. I suppose I should stop talking about him, I might inflate his ego a bit too much for everyone's liking.

Beside him, on his left, sat Kaikos. Her throne was made of pure obsidian, which mirrored her hair. Her skin was as pale as her pupil-less eyes. She wore a gorgeous dress that shone like a dark, starry sky, the tiara above her head was made of pearls. Her throne had a few bones from many creatures; including a few crow bones. At the head of her throne, above her own head, was the skull of a large three headed crow, its eyes were as black as the void...or her brother's eyes.

Krenlis crossed his arms, he shared the black hair with his sister, he also shared throne style and shape. Instead of crows, he had snake bones around his neck. Krenlis wore a collared shirt that had bishop sleeves and a dark grey vest above it, black pants, and, like most mortals, black boots. The god of snakes looked like simply a male version of his sister, minus the dark grey wings that were attached to her back that she could tuck away.

Malum sat next to Krenlis. Malum wore a red and black suit, his top was red, his pants black. His tie was red with black polka dots. He had a black beanie with white and black speckles. His throne was black with rubies on the back.

Beside Malum was Tazani, then Herolia. "My dear," Tanzania began, flicking a strand of moonset purple away from their eyes, "must we have to stay here?" Herolia sighed, her bronze eyes shone like the metal that decorated her neck, ears, fingers, arms, and throne. The bronze contrasted with Tazani's silver.

Ena rolled her eyes. "Can we get back to the topic at hand?" The goddess of war asked. Shka, the god of plants and peace nodded. "Of course," he paused, "about the quest to defeat my father's counterpart."

"Yes, we must speak about Nez."