New Cra In Town (A Wakfu Fanfiction)

The Start of the Watch

Hominiede refrained from talking too much or the remainder of the day, for fear of letting anything slip about her purpose for traveling. She yearned to tell the group of travelers she had learned to call her friends her real reasons for ever agreeing to possibly traverse the entire World or Twelve with them, but she didn't know if it was right to dump what seemed to be such a petty problem on their shoulders. She knew who her parents were. Yugo didn't even know that much. He didn't know where he really came from either, which is something almost anyone can say.

 As everyone started to nod off, Hominiede stayed awake, staring at the half moon, which only reminded her of how much of her life she was keeping a secret.

 A rustle in the bushes averted her attention.

 "Is it all clear, Hominiede?" asked the figure in the bushes.

 Hominiede couldn't see the figure but recognized the voice as Pompiene's.

 "Yes. Come on Pompiene." She glanced over to a stirring Yugo. "We should probably go where we won't be heard, though. Is Elahra here too?"

 The shushu nodded. "She's in the same bushes I just came from. We'd better hurry up and leave. The little one isn't the only one stirring."

 "Right."

 "Pompiene," Elahra whispered sharply, "come on over here and turn into a dragoturkey big enough for two. We need to leave and leave now."

 "Gotcha." She obeyed and soon replaced her human form for a very large black dragoturkey with golden claws.

 Hominiede and Elahra hopped on with ease and sent Pompiene off with a running start. As soon as they were sure they were out of earshot, they started to quietly converse amongst themselves.

 "So, what's the report?" Hominiede inquired. "Were you able to find anything interesting?"

 "We found a bit of a gateway if you want to call it that." Elahra shrugged as she pulled out a pen and paper. "We took a few notes as to what people knew about Haegas, Andromeda, or even your sister. There wasn't much known but there was one interesting thing about your father I learned that was increasingly interesting, and that's his travel history. We were lucky enough to meet up with someone who claimed to know him when he was younger. He was one of his friends that originally lived in the heart of Bonta but was around here traveling in hopes of seeing him. When we asked about your father, the man said that he was an incessant traveler."

 "I never knew that, to be honest." Homioniede said. "What else did he mention?"

 "Well, he said that your grandfather was the one taking him on trips all the time. And, as the man continued, he claimed that Haegas always met someone new on his journeys without fail, be it via his dad or on his own. Apparently, that's how he got to know your mom."

 "I remember him telling me that part. He had always said that traveling was the key to new experiences. When I asked him why he said that the only reason he was married to my mom was because of the little vacation he took that led to him meeting her. I always thought that was so cool." She gushed.

"Yep. So all we know is that he apparently has a long list of acquaintances and we don't know a single one of them. But if I were to guess on where to look for him next, I would say that our best choice would either be Brakmar or Bonta."

 "Then that's where we'll go tomorrow, hopefully. King Rushu's a force to be reckoned with and I definitely won't take any chances with him."

 "Alright. We'll look for you again once you and the others are ready to go." Pompiene spoke. "But you need a good night's sleep first."

 Hominiede nodded and dismounted Pompiene. "Just keep a loose watch. I'm not exactly ready to dump all of this information on them since they already have Yugo's situation to deal with."