Journey to a Better End II

Chapter 4

I'm back with yet another plot continuing chapter! It's time to see what happens now...
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There were even more spirits inside the tent and most were gravitating towards the person sitting in the middle of the tent, another elf it seemed. Add wasn't the least bit surprised. He'd expected the third member to be an elf to complete the trio. She was sitting in the middle of the tent with her eyes closed as she seemed to be focusing on something. "Who did you drag here this time, Amelia?" the elf asked before anyone could say anything.

"Oh, just some new travelers. They were going to Ruben without the slightest clue as to how close they were to it. Lime went to go save Elsword but you don't care," Amelia said with a little bitterness evident in her voice. The elf opened one of her closed eyes and looked at Amelia. "You're exactly right. I don't care. If the boy wants to be foolish and go into a place where he was warned that he could be killed, then let the fool go," she said before opening her other eye and looking over towards Add, Ara, and Paradox as if daring them to contradict her words.

Amelia narrowed her eyes at the elf before returning to her previously cheerful demeanor. "Well, this salty little elf here is Lua. She's actually pretty friendly once you get to know her," Amelia said. "I'm not salty, I just think with more understanding and logic than most other beings. Most don't understand the importance of the world around us," Lua commented. Amelia shot her a quick glare but continued with her introductions.

"Lua, this is Add and his little brother Paradox. This is Ara. She's Add's extra special friend," Amelia said holding back a laugh as she finished her last sentence. Lua even raised an eyebrow at Amelia's statement but quickly returned to her cold look. Add nor Ara even dared to look at each other. "It's nice to meet you Lua," Ara said as she did a bow of greeting. Lua stared at Ara for a bit. "Don't get yourselves killed. Go back to wherever you came from and give up on getting to Ruben for whatever reason you might have," Lua said without changing her expression.

"Don't mind her. You three can stay as long as you need to until you can get back to traveling again," Amelia said immediately after Lua finished speaking. Lua rolled her eyes at Amelia and held her hand out to spirit which landed in her hand. Add himself flinched when several began to land on him, one in particular pulled at his hair which bothered him but he knew better than to do anything to hurt the feelings of the little elementals. Ara also noticed and laughed at him a bit, gently pulling the spirit away from Add's hair only for it to enter her own hair.

"Why is it that they like you two?" Lua suddenly asked with a bit of warning in her voice. She seemed angry at the fact that the flittering elementals had begun to leave her side and crowd around Add and Ara but mostly Add. "Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. The spirits usually tend not willingly go near any new travelers. It was sort of like this with Elsword too but there are much more around him than Elsword," Amelia said. "Is it really that strange for them to do this?" Ara asked.

"Of course it is. All of these spirits, at least most of them, have been in some sort of abusive situation or somehow hurt by the actions of humans. Others have been used and harmed because of it. For them to willingly go to you two...are you two even fully human?" Lua said. "Lua, that doesn't even make any sense. Of course they're human. Paradox is the only one that might show any signs of not being human," Amelia said. Lua glanced at Paradox but kept her critical gaze focused on Add in particular.

"Okay, say they're all human. That leaves only one option. Untapped potential. It could be that you somehow have a great amount of potential power that they're attracted to. They likely wish to help you pull out that potential but I don't approve of them helping you. You'd likely just use them just as any other human would and you'll be leaving soon anyway. What good would it do for them to waste their energy on you?" Lua said. Add didn't appreciate her statements of judgment.