Humans and Animals

Chapter 9 Leonardo

I can't believe it we're in the Royal City! I look around from where I stood in the centre of the city, next to the beautifully crafted fountain. In every which way I look you could see people bustling around, merchants trying to sell merchandise, the smell of different spices and foods filled my nose. It was all so overwhelming that I had to sit on the side of the fountain.

"You ok there Leo?" Dylan asked who was standing next to me 'so I don't get lost' is what he said to Jordan when we left.

"Yeah, I'm just overwhelmed, this is so different from what I know."

Dylan just chuckled, "well that's understandable." He look around at the streets overflowing with people trying to do they're daily business. "We want to be heading to the castle soon to meet up with the others." I nodded my reply and stood again.

"Well we can do some sightseeing on the way there. What do you think?" I asked, he looked back to me and smiled.
"Sounds like fun."

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I stared in complete shock at the magnificent castle that I now stood in front of.

"You might want to pick your jaw off of the floor Leo," Dylan said laughing behind me, snapping out of my shock I turned to him and point back at the castle.

"IT'S FUCKING HUGE!" I shouted in shock.

Dylan just looked at the castle, then back to me, "yeah it is pretty big." He said then started
Walking to we're the rest of the party was. As I stood there gaping like a fish out of water.
"Do you plan to stand there all day Leo or are you coming?"

Being snapped out of my shock and amazement, I rushed to catch up to Dylan that was standing at a pair of large oak doors with two guards standing to the side of the door, who both nodded to Dylan as he walk past inside.

"If you thought the outside was impressive, you  will love the inside" Dylan said just as I walked into the building, and it was beautiful with the pillars that lined the threshold that split off into different hallways and stairways all heading in different directions you could think it was a maze, filled with dazzling gold, silver and jewels all tastefully arranged.
Once again I was left speechless in astonishment at the grandness the castle provided, and to hear Dylan once again chuckling behind me.

Once I was over my little overload, Dylan started leading me down different halls and staircases, that I acutely had no idea from which way we came from. We walked until we came to a room where Jordan and other medical staff in the castle were discussing what had happen to the teen failed attempt of summoning their spirit animals. 

"It seems this wasn't just some teen that couldn't summon their animals there seems to be a larger problem, as there was several other reports of the same thing happening." one of the doctors was saying. 

"What do you mean? what could it be then?" Jordan asked.

"Well it looks like it could be some kind of disease." he said, " and it we will want to find  away to stop it soon before it gets worse." 

I looked over to Jordan who seem very calm after hearing this, but looking closer at him I could tell he was really concerned for what this could mean for the kingdom. I mean how are we supposed to stop this when we don't know what it is. 

"I'll go talk this over with the king and council." was all he said after several minutes of silence as everyone was processing the new information. As Jordan left the room I looked over to Dylan and, could tell he was tense I knew there was nothing I could say to calm him down. so we just stood there in silence, as the doctors got back to work.