The adventure of '4' // Book 2 // Discovering the endless sea

My favorite goddess makes me pass out

India snapped, 'you little....annoying....children...'. She seemed to be struggling to come up with terms.

Isla tried to negotiate, 'O' lady India— If you'd kindly give us some time to explain—'

India's rage fueled 'Oh! Foolish children! Thieves! There isn't anything to explain!' She cursed 'If Sirena doesn't get to keep the jewel...well..no one does.'

'You shattered the pillar of peace!' Aaron argued

'Ah, well...I wasn't ever peaceful anyway!'

'We understood that.' He mummered, his jaw clenching in rage

'Well, go on! Bring back peace to this miserable sea!' She giggled (evilly, may I add) and disappeared

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'Best if we split up' Aaron suggested

Isla furrowed her brows. 'There is too many people, Aaron' she noticed 'Should we bring Alexas and Xander back to class? I mean, they were only here to save Juno? Right?'

Juno yelped, 'To save me?! I didn't need saving!'

'No they were talking about me' I groaned mentally face palming.

Suddenly another glowing object came towards us. For a second I thought it was India again, who decided she'd just rather drown us to death than make us do the quest. But then I saw she looked so much like...a human.

'Another human?' Isla complained 'we have enough people—'

'I was once a human.' The woman smiled, her voice was warm and inviting I almost wanted to trust her...almost.

'It's her again!' Stella wailed as she clutched onto Isla's school uniform.

Juno's eyes widened, 'You—'

'Yes' the lady confirmed.

'Guys...you have no idea who she is!'

I stared into her deeper. She looked normal, sounded pretty normal too. Her long hair was cedar brown, her eyes were a light shade of sea-green and her skin was plain and glowy. Her soft rosy lips curled into a smile and she bowed as if we were the goddesses.

'I'm Aesteria.'

My eyes widened, 'like..the Aesteria?'

'Heard my story, eh?' She chuckled.

I felt my gaze soften. She was so sincere I would've never known she was a goddess. She looked so young and human, she could've even passed for a mortal regular teenager who was suffering the wrath of  junior highschool. Mortal. My god, I was sounding like those fictional charecters from the fantasy-fiction novels Alexas read. Okay, no more using the term mortal from now on. Anyways, back to the situation,

Aesteria stared at us with her warm sea-green eyes. 'I can offer help if you require...as you may have heard I've had quite some adventures in this reigon'

Alexas scoffed 'And so we've heard'

Aesteria suddenly looked bewildered by the sight of Alexas, Alexander and Isla. 'So you're from my colony huh?' She chuckled at her own  voice.