Converging Destinies: Part 1

Chapter 106

       The party navigated their way back up the massive mine shaft. After presenting the golden urn to a thrilled Vara, they were sent back down with three of the miners. After exploring the whole underground temple again and coming back up by dusk, they were given the full payment.

       The group was able to divide the fifteen hundred gold evenly, with three hundred gold going to each person. After which, they decided to spend one last night with the dwarves. Cedric was able to set up a rock tent for the group to sleep in.

       "So... I have news." Ara' Sei said.

       "Another vision?" Ella asked. Ara' Sei nodded.

       "Oh? Where are your visions telling you to go?" Zerai asked. Ara' Sei sighed.

       "I'm sorry to say it, but my visions told me to go to Oarshear." She said. Eris' eyes widened.

       "Are you sure?!" They asked. Ara' Sei nodded.

       "I- but we can't go there, I can't go there." Eris said.

       "You don't have to come with me." Ara' Sei said.

       "No, I'm not leaving. Before I was with all of you I was so scared, scared of so many things. I don't feel that way any more, and I never want to feel that way again. It's just, it's hard to go back there." Eris explained.

       "Is there anything we should know that would help?" Ara' Sei asked. Eris sighed.

       "I've committed many crimes there. Many serious ones. If I were recognized I would be hunted down in a heartbeat." Eris said.

       "But you can disguise yourself, right?" Cedric asked. Eris nodded.

        "Okay, is there anything else we should do for you?" Ara' Sei asked.

        "That place is dangerous, very dangerous, just stay safe." Eris advised.

        "Just... one thing." Zerai said.

       "What?" Ara' Sei asked.

       "Oarshear is very far away, we're near the Northernmost point of Theros, and that's all the way down in Sathun. How are we going to travel over a thousand miles?" Zerai asked. A silence fell over the group.

       "I have a spell that can help us." Cedric said.

       "What is it?" Zerai asked.

       "It's one that lets me use trees and other large plants as points across the world that I can teleport to, as long as I've seen them before. I could get us all the way down to Cresselbrooke. It's still pretty far away from Oarshear but it's only about half the journey we would take otherwise." Cedric said.

       "That sounds like a good plan!" Ella said.

       "I remember, you used that spell to get us back into the city, you never told me you could go all the way across the world with it!" Eris said.

       "It didn't come up, but now we're going to need it." Cedric said.

       "Okay, so the plan tomorrow is to teleport through a tree over a thousand miles away?" Ella asked.

       "Sounds like it." Zerai said.

       "Okay! I'm going to bed now. Even from Cresselbrooke it's still a long way to Oarshear, get some sleep!" Ella said. Soon, the group fell quiet, and faded off into sleep. Their path had been laid out before them by visions again, and now they had to travel halfway across the known world.