Fer.al Series #2 - The Blood Tundra

Chapter 1: A Long Way

She knew where she was going. She knew why. She knew what had caused all of that.

If not for that stupid Tynim, I would be home with Robin in Fera Fashions, Lillie thought, tapping her paws impatiently on the slippery floor of the Nekomata Skyship. And yes, we're all going for Tynim. Into the danger. 

They should be burning in hell.

Wingwatchers. Lillie hated them. She regret that on her first day meeting Minty or Tynim, she didn't kill her already. She sensed danger the day the minty green dragon questioned her best friend, and she tried everything to defend him.

If only she knew who that stupid dragon really was!

Robin walked past her as she stared at her paws. "Oh, hi, just thinking about those Wingwatchers and that Tynim," Lillie looked up at her best friend. "We really should be back at Fera Fashions."

"Maybe? But we're kinda good here, right?" Robin sat next to her as she felt a dizzy pain she didn't know. Robin is her best friend. He should know what she knows, right? He should agree with her. 

Well maybe not, because everyone has their own opinions now.

"Lillie?" Lillie turned around to see Arc, the gray Kitsune, standing behind her, calling her name. She looked around. Robin, Applejuice and Pug had retreated to help the Nekomata prepare food. Seth and Maddie were poking around the ship, with some other Nekomata members showing them around. Which means, they're alone.

Better wait until they return.

"Yes?" her tail swished impatiently, but she still feared that she would knock over one of Arc's mysterious potion vials.

"About Tynim," Arc shuffled closer to Lillie. "We all know. We should warn you."

"No, besides, Tynim didn't do so much damage to us," Lillie turned away, drooping her head down. It's not a good time to hurt Arc's feelings.

"I know," Did Arc just edge a little bit closer? "Took your house, chased you out, placed the curfew, pretended to be nice to you in the shop, arranged so many attacks, nearly killed Robin and Pug...didn't do so much damage to us, right?"

Lillie's mind was just about to go How did she know all this then she realised If she told us then aren't we back in City Fera chillin and telling epic stories about how we finished off this bad guy, not on an adventure to find her and finish her off? so she went back to complaining, "That stupid Tynim."

"Look down."

Lillie knew that Arc was just saying this to switch topics, but she did anyways.

Under the Nekomata Skyship was a huge red lake, reeking of blood and death. Bones and jagged black rocks struck into the sky, the wild wind howling under Lillie's paws. Scattered shipwrecks and icebergs made the scene even more unpleasant.

"Are we...really...going...there?" Lillie asked quietly. She couldn't believe that her, Lillie, the Fire Senri, who saved the Rat Wall from the Wingwatchers, was scared for the first time in her life. In all her memories, Robin was the scaredy cat, while she was the hero, protecting him from his fears. Now, it seems like saving City Fera had flipped her world.

"Yes, we're going there." Arc replied. Lillie shuddered, like she had never done before.

"But we'll be coming back," Lillie whispered quietly. "We all will."