Two Moons, One Earth

Ch21: The Journey Continues

Okay, so I hoped you all enjoyed the 6 day ritual chapters, so please enjoy this too! Also, the picture of the whole gang is an updated version of their individual picture.
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"What kind of flower grows on faces?" Tia asked as she fluttered backwards.

We were on a dirt pathway to Tavaila. Aaron's leading the gang, again, but everyone's close together, to hear Tia try to entertain us.

"Uh...I don't know.." Valorie says. Noellen, me, and Lewis shake our heads. Aaron's not paying attention. He's been upset at himself because of last night, the ending of the ritual where I poured my blood in the gold cup. He lost control and had to be restrained.

"Tulips!" Tia tells us the answer. She's laughing in air, but everyone else is confused and doesn't find it very funny. When Tia notices that we're not laughing, she stops and explains. "You know, tulips, like two lips?" "Ahh~ I get it." I tell her, but even so, nobody laughs.

"Oh okay, whatever." Tia says and leaves to fly beside Aaron, sad because she couldn't entertain us. "Anyone else?" I ask.

"Oh oh me!" Lewis shouts. Everyone except Tia and Aaron, nod.

"Okay so, what do you call a pig that does karate?" He looked at us for the answer. "I don't know...Big pink fighting machine?" I guessed. He shakes his head and then says proudly "Pork chop!" Either no one cared, or wasn't listening, but one way or another, no laughter was made. This ended up making Lewis lose his spirit, same like Tia, and slowly retreat from the cheerful atmosphere.

"Ah, okay then. I think we should stop before....Everyone loses their spirit." I tell everyone. They all nod and we walk in silent.

Oh, and if you're wondering what happened to Ava, I figured that I couldn't keep him forever, so I let him go back to his cool cozy ocean again.

We passed a few trees before I heard the sound of trickling water.

"Hear that?" I ask. "What?" Everyone asked. "You don't hear it?" I ask again. They shake their heads.

"Follow me." I side track off the dirt path and enter the green forest. I hear crunching noises behind me, they're following. I walk about 50 meters, way off the path.  It get's louder as I near a bush. Now everyone can hear it. I push away a branch of the bush and it reveals a life saving river.

"Hmmm, it looks like your powers are awakening faster than average, but that's okay. This power is a sense power called the Supernumerary Hearing ability." Aaron speaks for the first time since we've continued our journey. I nod.

"Well, it doesn't help to walk in the dark, so why not camp here?" Noellen asks Aaron. He just nods and props himself up against a rock. I haven't noticed, but the sky has turned a mixed orange and pink with scratches of blue color.

I help Noellen unpack the dish supplies and utensils. "Noellen, you're like the glue that holds us all together. If you weren't here, we would all be lost." I tell him. "Thanks." Noellen smiles at me. I nod and let him takeover.

"Hey, lizard boy, I need a little fire." Noellen's come up with a new name for Aaron. "Can't you do it yourself, leech boy." Aaron says back to Noellen as he get's up. It seems that since that day when Virgil told us about our future paths, these two have been spitting fireballs at each other.

Noellen's about to say something back but I stop him. "Guys~! Behave will you?! And stop with the names! How many have you created for each other huh? 4? 6? Either way, stop with the bloodsucker names and flying reptilian freak names!" I scold them both. They flinch as I say "bloodsucker" and "flying reptilian freak".