The Magical Islands Of Da

20. A Lasting Impression

Cole peeked behind Lilly, even with all the beautiful flowers in the room, none of them stood out compared to Yuna.

"I'll go get my dad, you two know each other?"

Cole and Yuna nodded at her, Lilly left the room. Yuna walked up slowly to Cole.

"Hey there...you look really tired. Did they hurt you badly?"

"No, they didn't. Almost did, not much though heh..."

They now were standing side by side, looking at one another.

"You never realize something beautiful until you see it in person. I mean these flowers are beautiful, but I mean there's something that's more...ehm, sorry I think I'm not making sense."

Cole looked away slightly at the flowers, his face warm.

"No Cole, I understand! Infact hehe, I think I'm looking at that right now."

Cole glanced back at her, with a warm smile she held out both her hands. The boy stared at the crochet doll; he slowly held his hands out to hers, so close to holding them. His heart was close to popping out of his chest.

"Hey Cole! My dad is ready to see you now!" Lilly said.

She entered the room, Cole and Yuna looked over at her as they went apart.

"Oh okay! I'd like to meet him, thank you." Cole looked over at Yuna, she nodded before looking back at the flowers. Cole sighed slightly before he followed Lilly to a royal room.

it was nicely lit with carpets and paintings all over the room, the windows projected the nice sunlight in. The Mighty walked out from a room, Cole and the man stared at each other before he walked up to him. 

The man wore a white suit and cape, even a white top hat and glasses. One thing was clear, his whole outfit was bright and colorful, but his face was blacked out. 

Almost like a shadow covering his face like a mask, his eyes showed up as white lights.

"Heh...so you're the explorer I've been hearing about? You've made yourself known, tell me about yourself!"

"Me? Well, I don't know if there's anything special about me, you probably know me...Cole Newman. I came from a small home in the middle of nowhere ehm...I have a mother and sister, why do you look like that?"

"Oh it's just that I want to know you more, when I do, you'll see more of me. You do have something special to me, Caitlin told me how much of a heart of gold you have. And when I got the chance to see your journey, it opened my eyes."

"Why thank you! That's nice of her. If you don't mind me, why are the islands called Da? I've been seeing that through the islands."

"Let me tell you, take a seat with me."

They went into a lounge room and sat on the couch, The Mighty was drinking a cup of some drink.

"To be honest, the definition of Da could mean different things to different people, to me it's defined attitude. How you carry yourself and treat others, that's what I always try to look for. That's what Da means to me."

They offered Cole a drink, which the boy gladly took, he nodded before taking a sip from the cup.

"Mm is that tea? Cause that's well interesting, to say the least."

Cole put the tea drink down on a nearby table.

"I just need to ask you for one more thing Cole...tell me about the friends you made on this adventure." 

Cole heard familiar voices outside, he looked out the window and saw Yuna, Elijah and Shawn lying on the grass outside with Lilly, they were all looking up at the clouds in the sky.