Blindfold-(Newscapecomics/crew)

(21) The Arrival

                       Ashlie's POV        
       I awoke slowly to someone shaking my shoulder, and I groaned tiredly. Then I opened my eyes, and looked over and met eyes with Jon. He smiled, "Wake up Atlie! We have to leave soon!" He exclaimed, and I yawned, sitting up, "Okay..." I muttered, looking around. Tommy was up, swinging his guitar over his shoulder, Cory was grabbing his bow and arrows, and Uni was leaning against a tree patiently, but Nick was nowhere to be seen. I looked around, "Where's Nick?" I questioned, getting up. "Oh, he left earlier to gather some berries for us." Cory answered.

     "He's here." Uni suddenly announced, and a few moments later Nick emerged from the brush, carrying a small pouch of berries. "Yay! Berries!" Jon announced, and Nick chuckled. He walked over to Jon and gave him a small handful of berries, "Here ya go." He said, and Jon thanked him. Nick went around, giving us all berries. I smiled at him as I began eating the berries in my hand. "Thanks Nick." I said, and the others did the same. "We should get going as soon as possible." Uni said to all of  us, and we nodded in agreement.

       After we all finished our berries and gathered our stuff, we headed out. We followed Uni and Cory through the forest, a curious tint was in the air. "So, how much farther?" Tommy questioned. "I'm not quite sure...But I have a strong feeling that we're close." Uni said. "What do you think this Destino place will be like?" Jon inquired curiously. Uni shrugged, "No idea, it could be anything." Uni said with a small, thoughtful smile. "Maybe it's a town with people who could help us." Nick guessed. "Yeah, like an army...That'd shred." Tommy agreed. "Maybe it's a place with weapons that we could fight with." I added.

     "Those are all cool ideas." Jon said with a smile. "Great, now I'm all curious. Thanks guys." Cory complained playfully. "Haha, what Carl, you aren't curious about this legendary destination?" Tommy questioned the camera faced boy. Cory rolled his lense, "Tommy, I'm going to punch you if you call me that ONE more time." Cory growled through gritted teeth. "What, Carl?" He questioned, and Cory stopped walking and glared back a Tommy. Tommy chuckled, "Geez, Carl, don't get your trousers in a-" Tommy began, but was cut off when Cory leaped at him.

       Tommy grabbed Cory's fist out of the air with a smirk before it could make contact with his face. "Nice try, Ca-" "Shut up, Tom!" Cory interrupted loudly. "Guys, chill." Uni tried to intervene, but the two ignored him. "Awe, you know I can't do that, Carl." Tommy continued to tease. Cory narrowed his lense more, and suddenly yanked Tommys arm forward by his wrist, since he was still holding his fist. Tommy yelped as he was yanked to the ground by Cory. "Caaaarrrrlllll!!! Whyyyyy!?!?!?" Tommy whined, and Cory kicked some loose dirt onto the older boy. Cory then walked back to Unis side and continued walking, "Let's go." He said simply.

     Jon walked over and helped Tommy up, who was patting his coat to get the dirt off of it. He shook his ears and tail, then began walking aswell. I chuckled at him, "Dude, I think you found Cory's trigger word." I joked, and Tommy chuckled in response.

                           Uni's POV
        As we began walking again the others began to once again hypothesize about Destino. I listened with a small smile, though I felt a bit of dread in my chest, as if it wasn't going to be a good destination. I tried to ignore a feeling, but it wasn't quite working. That's when I suddenly felt my foot hit something, and I yelped as I tripped over a log in our path. I huffed as I slowly began to get up. "Dude, are okay?" Cory asked, and I knew he was offering me his hand. I nodded, reaching up and grabbing his hand, which he pulled me up by. "I'm fine..." I muttered, kicking the stupid log. It felt aged, and it was rotting. I sensed Cory looking around, "Hey Uni, does this place seem familiar to you?" Cory questioned. I tapped my feet curiously, but noticed nothing much out of the ordinary.