Alora: The Quod Viride Luscus Vampire

Untitled Part 48

  Dez and everyone started at dawn on their travels, they all left on horseback even though Tristan and Dez wanted to fly in their dragon form, so they could get back sooner. Malik felt the same way, he could've used his gift to meet them there, but because Dez never saw Malik's gift and vice versa King Titus decided to just go by horse, just to be careful. They just reached the only road that left the Vampire Kingdom, there were two roads to pick from, one that led to the Fairy Kingdom or the one that led toward the Witches Kingdom. Dez and Malik already memorized the map and knew where to go without looking at it. They both signaled for King Titus Tristan to follow them toward the Fairy Kingdom and began to go in that direction. They all knew that going this way they would definitely run into some Trolls, they instantly became on high alert. They picked up their speed to quickly pass the territory. The last thing they needed was to be slowed down for any reason. The horses were galloping at full speed, Malik and Dez in the front, King Titus in the middle and Tristan in the rear. After a couple of hours of riding, they came across a dirt path that was covered with tall grass and weeds. Dez and Malik looked at each other, "This can't be the way, It's covered and it look like no one has been this way in years", Dez said as he turned his head to the road. " I agree but the map shows that wwe need to go down that path. It's a small path, we can't take the horses, we will have to walk the rest of the way", Malik said as he jumped off of his horse. Dez and Tristan jumped off their horse and began to examine their surroundings. King Titus stayed on his horse until they knew everything was safe. After Malik and Dez scanned the area, Dez walked over to King Titus to help him off his horse. "We need to walk from here, I will stay with you while Malik and Tristan go in front". King Titus nodded his head and looked at Dez, " I may be old but I still can take care of myself, you don't need to watch me on this trip". He started walking toward Malik and Tristan, " We all can walk together, I believe I'm strong enough to handle myself". Dez smirked then nodded to him, this is the first time he has done this. He guesses Tristan's presence is making him do this. The bushes and weeds looked taller than expected; Malik pulled out his sword and started to walk toward the entrance of the path. "Stay here and rest, it's a pond five minutes from here. I will go ahead a couple of miles and cut a path for us. I'll be back within a hour". Malik disappeared into the path while Dez, Tristan, and King Titus decided to stay close to the path in case Malik ran into some trouble. Malik traveled most of the path within 30 minutes before he reached the darkside of the forest that sent a chill down his spine. The Oracles had to be there, he felt nothing but power radiating from that area. He stood there debating on whether or not to move forward or go back to get the others. He could not move his feet, he stood there trying to move forward, but only felt dread and despair. He smirked as his eyes began to glow and he was at the beginning of the path. He walked out the entrance and walked over to them sitting under a tree a few yards away, " That was quicker than a hour, did anything happen?", Dez asked as he began to stand up. King Titus stood up, he was curious about Dez's question, " Is there a problem? Can we not continue?" Malik straightened his clothes and face then stood up straight, " The road continued for almost 2 hours, they were there, I felt their ora its very strong". Dez looked at Malik with a questioning look on his face, " You've only been gone a little over a half hour, how do you know it's almost a 2 hour walk?" Tristan, who was laying down looking at the sky, stood up and walked over to Dez and Malik and put his hand on both of their shoulders, " What's with the questions and distrust? We are both on the same side right?" Before either of them could say anything Tristan narrowed his eyes to both of them, " We need to have a talk to ease everyone's mind, we are all family there should be trust between us". He looked at Dez, " Dez, Malik is a transporter. He can transport anywhere or transport anything as long as he's touching it". Dez glaced at Malik and felt more irritated, ''We could've been there and back". Tristan just laughed, he remembered when he was young and hot tempered. "Dez, it's ok, at least we got to know each other", as he winked at Dez. Malik wanted to ask about Dez, but when he looked at King Titus, King Titus shook his head. King Titus walked over to them and looked at them both, "Since we are almost there, Malik can take us the rest of the way", as he smiled. At this time Dez didn't care about how they got there as long as they got there quickly. Something didn't feel right, he kept having a nagging feeling, but he didn't understand why. He will definitely ask Tristan or King Titus about it later.