Soul Flower

A Friend I Know

The sun was about to set. Fruity could hardly believe that the day was almost over already. He hoped that his family,his people, and the other places were alright, even though he assumed that it wasn't, but he didn't let those negative thoughts wander in his mind. "How long is it going to take to get there?" Fruity asked Spook. "In just an hour or more." Spook answered. It's going to get dark soon though. Fruity added into his thoughts as he looked towards the sunset. The sky was overall pretty with a pastel pink and orange in the sky. It had seemed that the sun was hiding behind the trees, but in reality it was setting. Spook, on the other hand, he wondered if his dad was okay.

It was nighttime, it seemed the trip was longer than Spook thought. "Fruity, we're going to land and rest. We'll continue tomorrow." Spook said, as he then commanded his Pegasus to land, Fruity did the same."I'm tired, and hungry." Fruity said, getting off his Pegasus. "I know, I am too." Spook agreed. "But we need to rest, since it's late." "Yeah." Fruity said."Where are we going to sleep?" "Guess on the ground." Spook answered. "M'kay." Fruity said, laying down to go to sleep. Spook decided to stay up late, to keep guard on themselves if anyone tried to hurt them in the middle of the night. He then looked at the moon. Damn, I've never seen the moon shine this bright before. Spook thought, as he sat down on the ground. The moon was brighter than it usually was. It was blinding, but pretty at the same time. Spook quietly grabbed the Black Rose from his bag and looked at it for a while. He then put it back into the bag, where it would be safe for a while until it was brought back to where it belongs.

"Hey heeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyy." Tay said, annoying the living shit out of Iku. "What?" Iku finally replied. "Have you ever wondered how powerful you could become?" Tay asked. "No and I never will." Iku answered. Tay frowned upon Iku's reply. "Rude much?" Tay said. Iku's expression only got more pissed off and nervous. "Why the angry look on your face? There is nothing to be mad about!" "I'd answer if you would shut up." Iku said, as he tried to ignore Tay. Tay wasn't satisfied with the answer he got, but he didn't care. He continued striking up conversations, but Iku only ignored. "Are you thinking about that scarface kid?" Tay asked, bringing Iku's attention. "You mean my son?" Iku said. "Well duh. You seem more anxious than before." Tay explained. "Well yeah, how the hell can I be calm if my own son could be in danger because of your friends you have?!" Iku replied. "You're just overreacting. Now get some sleep. I'm tired and you're probably too." Tay said, as he curled up into a ball and went to sleep. Is this how I die? Iku wondered, as he sat down on the cave floor and fell asleep.

Spook! Spook wake up!
Spook awoke to the sound of Fruity's voice. The sun was hiding behind the clouds, guess it'll rain maybe. "We gotta get food and the map!" Fruity said, as he got on his Pegasus. Shit, must've fallen asleep. Spook's mind wandered, as he got up and went to his Pegasus. "Alrighty, let's get going." Spook said as he climbed on his Pegasus. They gave the Pegasuses the command to fly and off they went to find Spook's friend.

They flew for an hour, Spook saw a village in the woods. "Here we are." Spook said, giving the command to land, Fruity followed Spook. "This is where your friend is?" Fruity asked. Spook nodded. "Let's get food first and feed the Pegasuses before we get the map." "Agreed ." The two boys went to a simple building where it was selling all kinds of food. They bought apples, bread, water, berries and some chocolate with just 89 gold. "That's some good chocolate." Fruity said as he fed both Pegasuses some apples. "Yeah, now we can  head over to my friend's place." Spook replied. Fruity agreed, as he ate a piece of chocolate.
They walked until they found a greyish blue bricked building, with a sign saying No-no's Gadgets and Other Things (everything costs 6 gold). Spook smiled after reading the sign. "Let's go inside." Spook said, as he walked inside the building. "Oop I guess we're doing this." Fruity whispered to himself, following Spook inside. "Heya friendo!" Spook said, waiting for his friend to appear. "WHO THE HELL GOES THERE?!" yelled a supposedly 13 year old girl, who jumped out of the shadows of her little market. "It's just me!" Spook joked around. "Spook! Bruh, it's been years since we hung out." No-no said, with a grin on her face. "What brings you here, ya fool?" "Me and my friend, Fruity, are looking for a map to the Dark Woods. Do you still have yours?" Spook said. No-no's grin faded into a dumb expression. "Maybe?" No-no replied, as she looked around at her shop, looking for the map. "Is she always like this?" Fruity asked. "Yeah, but it's for fun." Spook answered. "Aha! There we go!" No-no said, grinning as she took a bottle with paper inside. She then took the cap of it and grabbed the map out of it. "Here ya go! Hope no goons will kill ya! That'll cost six gold-." No-no said. Spook handed her 6 gold and thanked her for the help. "No problem dude! Come next time to visit, if you make it out alive!" No-no said, as Spook and Fruity left.

"Now we leave to go to the Dark Woods?" Fruity asked, eating some bread. "Yeah." Spook said nervously. Fruity can tell that Spook was afraid. He felt the same way. Spook grabbed an apple and ate it. "Ready to go?" Spook asked, as he got on the Pegasus. Fruity thought about it for a second. "Yeah, I'm ready." He answered, as he got on his Pegasus. The two did the usual command and they flew, following the map to the Dark Woods.

Star Haven was in distress, the Sun Kingdom was suffering from no water, the Shadow City wasn't in too much stress but eh, the Fire Village had more blood spilt on the ground, and Midnight Mountain was losing more people from sicknesses. Healers tried to save the people, only a few had survived. "So this is where it ends for us, huh?" CC said, standing by Error's side. "Seems like it." Error replied, looking at his village. Seemed the end was coming closer than they thought. Come on Fruity, we're counting on you...

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