the battle has begun

Chapter 5: Together

[Your Name]'s P.O.V

"Travis. Could you do something for me?" I approached the white headed male, with a plain face.

"Anything for you, baby~" He winked.

"I advise you to never use that pick-up line if you want to stay alive." I said with my eyes closed and a vein popping out on my forehead.

"C'mon~ We both know you love me~" He smirked.

"I regret coming to you for a request." I sighed.

"Okay. Okay. I'm done. So, what do ya' need?"

"I need you to get Laurance, Garroth, Aaron, Dante, Katelyn, Jaquelynn, Ash and Jace."

"That many people?"

"Yes and I need you all to meet me in the Big Tree; you need to be there to."

"Got it." He nodded and ran off. When he left I sighed and shook my head.

"I'm getting a headache from that conversation." I massaged my temples.

"That's Travis for you." I heard a chuckle behind me. I turned around and I saw a young man with blonde hair and icy blue eyes. This guy looks oddly familiar...

"I'm sorry, have we met?" I asked.

"Indeed we have. I think it was when you first came to Phoenix Drop." As he recalled our encounter, a small memory flashed through my mind of when we first met.

"Yes I do remember that moment."

"Well as you know I am the current lord of Phoenix Drop, Levin." He bowed.

"You shouldn't be bowing to me."

"And why is that?"

"I am not a good person. If you keep up with the news I am the world's most wanted thief." I looked at him without showing any emotion.

Dante's P.O.V

I was walking back from my shift when I saw [Your Name] and Levin talking. I couldn't help but over hear what they were talking about. I hid behind a tree and listened closely.

 "Well as you know I am the current lord of Phoenix Drop, Levin." He bowed.

 "You shouldn't be bowing to me."

 "And why is that?"

 "I am not a good person. If you keep up with the news I am the world's most wanted thief."

 Why is she telling him that? Is she trying to get herself kicked out?

"I am also the best person to have if you want me to sneak around, since I have a keen sense of hearing and I can notice a presence from quite the far away distance."

"I'm sorry for interrupting you, but why exactly are you telling me this?"

"That's because..." She turned to the tree I was hiding behind, "Dante is trying to listen to our conversation." I closed my eyes and sighed. She found me, huh? I emerged from my little spot and greeted them with a smile.

"Amazing!" Levin remarked, "Dante you didn't set this up with her just to impress me, did you?" I shook my head.

"No sir. I was coming back from patrolling and I saw you two talking so I decided to listen for a bit..." I hung my head down.

"Wow! We could use someone like you on our guard team!"

"I don't do guarding. I go solo." [Your Name] said with her arms crossed.

"Well if you ever changed your mind, feel free to ask!"

[Your Name]'s P.O.V

"Will do. Anyway, I have something to request of the both of you." Dante's head shot up and had a concern face on.

"And that is?"

"I need both of you to meet me up in the Big Tree, along with Travis, Laurance, Garroth, Aaron, Katelyn, Jaquelynn, Ash, and Jace. I will explain once all of us are up there." Dante nodded and started to make his way there already.

"Levin?"

"Yes?"

"Is there anyone else you would like to invite?"

"It depends on what this is about."

"A plan."

"A plan?"

"A plan to save Aphmau." His eyes widened, but quickly turned back into their normal state and nodded.

"I would like to bring my brother, Malachi." I nodded and he left to fetch him.

***

We were all waiting for the last people to arrive, which was Travis and Katelyn. Which was probably because Travis and his flirting. When they did come I sighed.

"Finally. We were waiting for some time now."

"Well it wasn't my fault that Katelyn wouldn't come." Travis smirked.

"Well I would've come sooner if you'd stop hitting on me and told me that [Your Name] wanted to see me." She rolled her eyes.

"Whatever. Your here now and let's begin. Jaquelynn?" She nodded and stood up from where she was sitting.

"I'm assuming all of you are confused why I had called you over here." I looked around the area and they nodded their heads. "Well Jaquelynn here has offered to devise a plan to save Aphmau." The white and green haired female nodded.

"And remember this is not only about one person. Although I have gone solo all my life, for this time, I've decided that I would help you guys get Aphmau back, so I'm willing to team up with other people, and you should to. We have to work together."