The Majors, Rebuild and Reunite (Book 3)

Chapter 14: Feathers

~Gemini~

"BUBBLES?!"

Sausage had practically shrieked in my ear, sprinting forward to meet Kat. It had struck me odd when we first came across him, that his beloved dog was absent— seems I was about to get my answer.

"Sausage, it's so good to see you!" Katherine didn't seem to mind the fact that Sausage immediately lunged for his dog, completely ignoring the fairy's presence.

"I knew you'd find me girl!" Sausage had dropped to the ground, instantly getting tackled by Bubbles and her many, many kisses.

"And you guys too!" My attention was drawn back to Katherine and the grin she wore as she looked up from the reunion towards me and my brother.

"How the hell did you find us—?" I asked, practically the same thing Fwhip had asked Sausage when he had come running into the ruins of Rivendale.

"Well I—" Katherine wasn't given the chance to answer before, just as Sausage had tackled his pet, Violet tackled her. She just barely managed to stay on her feet while Violet buried her snout into the crook of her neck, knocking her hood off. She had cut her hair since the last time we had seen her, the dark brown curls falling just below her jawline. "—Violet, hi baby—" she laughed, wrapping her arms around the dragon's neck. "I missed you too."

"Vi, calm down," I said, still breathless. I grabbed onto the satchels of supplies fitted around her shoulders and spine, trying to pull her back.

"As I was going to say," Katherine continued, running her hands along the dragonling's scales. "We," she gestured down to Bubbles. "came across a man while we were trying to find shelter. He told us to head south, that we'll find friends along the way. And here we are."

"Did that man happen to be an elf wearing a lot of gold and speaking very cryptically?" Fwhip asked.

Kat blinked. "Yes? How did you—"

"Yeah he just ditched us too."

"Oh."

Fwhip nodded, his lips pressed into a line. "Yep. But anyways— ow–!"

"It's great to see you!" I said after elbowing my brother, giving him a look. "Been managing?"

"Yeah, about as well as we can." She answered, brushing a few puddles of dragon slobber from her shoulder. "What're you folk doing in this area anyhow?"

"I can explain!" Sausage's hand shot up from the ground where he was laying on his back, Bubbles' paws pressed against his chest. He sat up, allowing the little dog to get comfortable in his lap. The lavender bandanna (a souvenir from Katherine, I'm sure) around her neck wasn't centered, the knot halfway undone. "We have a solutionnn~" he singsonged.

Katherine raised an eyebrow. "For what?"

"Y'know, the dead people problem— ow, would you stop doing that?!" Fwhip yelped after I elbowed him for the second time.

"The dead people— Oh." Katherine's eyes widened. "You don't mean—"

"Yup. Those dead people." Sausage nodded. "There may be a spell in the AEL—"

"Wait what's the AEL?" Fwhip interrupted.

"The Ancient Elven Library, keep up tinker brain." Sausage replied. "As I was saying, we've gathered clues leading us to a spell of true necromancy, and that spell is in the library."

Katherine had frozen in place, a look of dumbfounded confusion plastered across her expression.

"It's a lot." I added, taking a step towards her and gently nudging her shoulder with mine. I shot a glare at Fwhip at the mumbled "why does she get treated nicely" that left his mouth, before smiling at Katherine. "We can explain more on the way. But we have to get moving again, we're kind of crunched for time."