Tales of An Escapade

Thirteenth Chapter

Anevay sat in her room, neither excited or bored. The bag that she had brought with her now felt heavy. Though it somehow felt good to finally be progressing, it still felt like a thud in her chest. It was most likely the realisation that leaving Taverness meant officially leaving safety, and officially leaving their last resort before heading to the last spot on their journey in hopes to find out more: the Eastern Bay. She was content that Peita and Vastice had joined her alliance, yet a little sad that Tully and Pitér would be leaving them to look over Taverness with help of Hellen. Anevay felt like she hadn't completely got to know the pair, but she was thankful.
  "You ready?" asked Elliot, who had come in her room without knocking - not that Ane really minded, as she could definitely need the distraction.
  "I am not complaining," shrugged the princess.
  "Not what I asked," replied Elliot and he sat down on her bed.
  "I guess that I am ready," nodded Ane, "what about you?"
  "Sure I am."
  "You sound determined."
  "I am," said her best friend and he looked at her. "It just feels like we are finally heading closer to our target. We will have answers in the Eastern Bay. We can rescue the world. I have faith in us."
  "I agree, yet I still am amazed by how silly this all is. We are like some cliché book that joins a bunch of people together who relatively have nothing in common."

  "We do," countered Elliot, and he stood up, a tad frustrated with Ane's sudden ring of insecurity.
  "What do we have in common, then?"
  "We are all in this together because we all have found the same goal in life," Elliot replied.
  "That sounds cliché," mumbled Ane, yet a smile still glided over her lips. Elliot gave her a kiss on the forehead before he left the room. "We will be waiting for you downstairs."

  Dawn had passed not too long ago. Their dinner yesterday was a bliss. The food was great, the company was greater and the effect of alcohol was probably the greatest. Although the latter was debatable as it was merely based on the aftermath of it - a heap of drunk people, laughing and crying -, it was still considerably the best of the list.

  Ane wandered down the stairs. The bill for the inn would be paid by Peita, so Ane merely greeted the innkeeper who waved them off with a surprisingly sad smile. Would he be sad that the group was taking off or would he be sad that the bill wouldn't be longer? Ane shrugged off the irrelevant thoughts and she joined the group outside. The sun was bright and an intense, warm heat had spread through everybody.
  "Hey there, princess," greeted Bethil.
  "Good morning, sleeping beauty," smiled Daphne.
  You know what, thought Anevay to herself as she looked at every single face smiling her way, I'm ready. With these people, she could definitely beat the odds.
  "We're going to Peita's house first," informed Livi. "We're invited there for some breakfast."
  "Explains why we skipped breakfast in the inn," nodded Ane, and they began walking towards Peita's house. Halfway, Ane's group met Peita, Vastice and Lemennie, all waiting for them.
  "Good morning!" shouted Vastice. A walk and a talk later, the group was finally sat around Peita's kitchen table which wasn't big enough, so another table had to be put next to it.

  "Good thing we use square tables. Round tables would have that awkward gap," muttered Peita as she set down a bunch of a bagels, fruits and condiments on the tables. A jar of water and a jar of milk was also served.

  "You really went all the way for this breakfast," complimented Jarco.

  "Lemennie organised it," smiled Peita. "Speaking of which, she could've helped me tons with setting this up."
  "Tired of organisation. Ask your brother next time," grinned Lemennie.
  "Enjoy your meal," Peita sighed when she finally sat down next to Anevay. The group didn't hesitate and soon a tangle of discussing people were shouting to pass the butter and pass the cheeses.
  "So darling, are you ready?" asked the leader of Taverness whilst the others were in deep conversation.