Discontinued Version of Running from Eden

Evacuation (Part 1)

Naomi felt lightheaded as she groggily opened her eyes. She was staring at her limped hands that were still on her lap. She closed her eyes hard and let out a breath to try to focus. She needed to go evacuate the rest of the children. She got on her hands and knees, her breathing shaky. She managed to get on one knee before Skylar scrambled over to grab her shoulders before she could fall again.

"Are you okay? Did it hurt?" Skylar whispered, concerned. Naomi shook her head.

"No, I'm just... dizzy."

"Okay, well you need to relax. Your spirit still needs to adjust back to it's normal form."

"Can't. I have to evacuate the others..." Naomi tried to step out of her arms, but she almost tripped before Skylar caught her again.

"Naomi, please! You're going to hurt yourself! Take a minute to adjust!"

"Why do..." Naomi let out a gasp of pain, but she continued the sentence through gritted teeth. "Why do you care?"

Skylar pursed her lips. "Because believe it or not, you're my friend. I have to care. Now, please sit."

Skylar lowered Naomi so the two could sit on the edge of the rock platform. Naomi rested her elbows on her knees and dug her face into her hands.

"So... you're going to have to get all the sky children to leave? From each area? That's a lot, don't you think?" Skylar mumbled to her friend. Naomi only groaned in response. Skylar stared at the grass before speaking again. "Would you think it would be smart if we sent a person in each realm at the same time?"

"No," Naomi quickly answered.

"Well, why not? It would be more time efficient. Also, you wouldn't have to do all the work!" Skylar argued.

"There'd be too many children teleporting in at a time. I can't afford that," Naomi weakly responded, finally lifting her head.

"Should I go through Wasteland first then? You need to rest," Skylar insisted before Naomi quickly raised her hand up to stop her.

"No. I have a friend there I need to talk to anyway. Not to mention, this is my job. I won't force you to participate in something that's my destiny."

"But... I want to help you!" Skylar demanded.

"You're free to join me, but you're not doing my work for me."

"I guess that's fine. Could I at least lead the way through Isle?" Skylar begged. Naomi rolled her eyes.

"Fine, even though I hate being ubered."

"Yay!" Skylar grabbed Naomi's hand and the two stood and ran towards the Isle portal.

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"I get that you were just born... or reborn... but you all need to leave, now," Skylar was speaking to the majority of moths that were living in the cave in the beginning of the realm. The one teacher there was shocked, but she understood.

"You're all going to have to learn how to teleport back to Home," Skylar continued, mostly to inform the teacher. She nodded and grabbed the children's attention. A couple of attempts later, all of the children were able to go home.

"Well, that was easy," Skylar grabbed Naomi's hand again and started to fly near the bridge.

"Relatively easy," Naomi scoffed. "Moths are so dumb. I hate them."

"Don't be so mean," Skylar sneered. "It's only going to get harder from here, so appreciate this."

Naomi rolled her eyes as the two landed. Naomi did her speech again, and a good while later, the children were all gone. The pointing spirit and the guiding spirit both wished the two children farewell before teleporting away.

The two friends walked across the bridge. As they stopped near the edge, Naomi looked back at the barren desert. The wind brushed her face. Skylar turned to notice. She grabbed Naomi's shoulder. She jumped as she feel Naomi jump under her touch.

"You're so tense, Naomi. Are you sure you're okay?" Skylar questioned, feeling anxious about her friend.

"I'm as fine as I can be! Look, can we just focus on the rest of the evacuation?" Naomi quickly changed the subject, grabbing ahold of Skylar's hand. Skylar sighed and leaped ahead, the wind rushing from the clouds catching the two, allowing them to glide towards the big castle at the end.

They landed on the soft grass. The two went into the hidden cave to evacuate the last spirit, and then they went into the tower to evacuate the sky children that rested there. Eventually they went back out to run towards the hole in the clouds. That hole led to a tunnel that led to a secret castle.

Naomi had leaped ahead of Skylar to fly into the tunnel. She heard Skylar scream at her, but she ignored it. She held her arms out at the wind surrounded her, holding her in the air as she soared through the dark tunnel. She closed her eyes, feeling a bit of peace. She let the wind take control.

Eventually the wind let out, and before she knew it, she was diving head first into the ground. She screamed for a second until she slammed harshly into the grass. She slid some, digging into the dirt. Skylar landed peacefully beside her, wincing.

"Naomi, you idiot! You need to focus! That probably didn't help the fact that your spirit is still wonky from having to go to the Elder place! Get up, let's go!" Skylar grabbed the back of Naomi's neck and lifted her on her feet. Naomi shook her head to get the dirt off. She looked up at the castle that required two people to open it.

The two did open it, and they went through the whole castle to inform every single child that they had to leave. They circled back to the large middle, which held two stone pillars with switches on them. This opened the top, allowing them to float up to the top of the mountain that the castle was buried in.

They worked together to open the gate, and the butterflies helped the two float up. They walked together through the tunnel until they got to the very top of the mountain. There were tons of butterflies, and a decent amount of sky children either meditating or playing around. Naomi casually informed them of what was happening, and they all quickly warped home.

Finally, the two had to go to the Cave of Prophecies. Skylar grabbed Naomi's hand and leaped off of the top of the mountain and glided along the clouds until they entered the other hole in the clouds. They swooped into the entrance of the cave.

After more countless flying, they finally arrived to the two-person door that led to the main area. They opened the door and flew to the main area, announcing to everyone who was there what was happening. Since the magic wasn't working, none of the trial doors were opening. The children teleported, and it was finally just Naomi and Skylar. Skylar turned to Naomi and sighed in relief.

"That was tiring, and it was literally just the first and smallest realm," Skylar complained. Naomi groaned.

"You go first. The Elders are going to shut down this place after I leave."

Skylar obeyed Naomi's wishes and eventually Naomi went after Skylar. The portal for Isle of Dawn was now closed.