The Prince of Aincrad - Beginnings

Chapter 17: Scary's "Group" Discovery

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Chapter 17: Scary's "Group" Discovery

The forest glowed a soft blue as a small girl stood in the middle of a clearing. She was staring up at the slowly brightening sky. At the corner of her dark eyes were tears threatening to fall. It brought a smile on her face to see the morning come, knowing that it had finally begun. Her feathery, white and blue dress shimmered, bits and pieces of her magic seeping into the air. Her long, black hair flowed in the slight breeze. The air around her was abuzz with excitement and she could hear rustles of the trees growing louder and louder.

The forest was restless.

Every creature felt it. The land was beginning to stir from its timeless sleep.

It was time for her to finally move.

She stood up and dusted herself off for a moment before heading out of the clearing. She started at a light jog and started to speed up, slowly trees were beginning to thin, slowly turning into a meadow. There was a cliff before her, but she didn't dare to stop. The ends of her dress began to glitter in the sunlight and a strange white light engulfed her. She glowed for a whole ten seconds, the light shrinking during that time.

Suddenly, the light dispersed and a small, little blue jay bird took flight.

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The sun was nearly set as the group finally took an actual break to set up camp. They were able to find themselves a spot near the river they needed to follow. Scary quickly gave out jobs for everyone to do, knowing that night was almost upon them. Asuna was tasked to set up camp, setting out bedrolls and start up a fire. Klein took the horses two at a time down to the river to let them drink. Scary and Sinon took it upon themselves to go hunting for their dinner.

The group had actually forgone eating the whole day in favor of gaining distance between them and the capital. It was surprising that Morgan didn't even complain during the travel, only giving directions on where to go.

Kazuto sighed as he curled up against the large roots of a tree. His head was hurting terribly and his world was a blur in front of him. Although, it wasn't as bad as Asuna and the others thought.

"Are you okay, Kazuto?" Morgan asked as he placed a hand of Kazuto's forehead. He hid a flinch at the heat radiating of off him. The Prince of Aincrad only hummed as he felt sleep already luring him in. He tried to sleep while riding, but the constant, thumping movement on the horse kept him up. Morgan sighed as he stood up, deciding to wake up the Prince when the others got back. He trotted over to Asuna and helped her out with unpacking a few cooking supplies.

"Nee, Asuna?" Morgan called as he scoured the area for dry branches. Asuna looked up from the bag she dug through and acknowledge him with a hum.

"Hm?"

"Is there any fruits or vegetables in there?"

Asuna nodded and gestured with her elbow. "Yeah, there was some in Ryoutarou's bag over there."

"Okay, thanks." Morgan checked the bag and found an assortment of fresh and dried fruits and vegetables. He was surprised to find a folded note attached to an apple's stem. Curious, he plucked it off the fruit and looked over it. He immediately frowned as the markings on the paper made no sense to him. He turned it side to side and even rotated the paper in attempt to understand it. But, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't read it.

The sounds of hooves caught his attention as Ryoutarou was making his way back to the camp. Morgan looked up and saw Scary and his sister coming back with small smirks on their faces. Well, Sinon was smiling while Scary seemed to have a smirk on his face.