The Fourth Friend (An Amphibia Story)

Part 7: Thinking With Your Heart Can Lead You Wrong

Warning: violence and some bad language
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Skylar's P.O.V

It's been a few weeks since me and Sasha first started training. Sasha has become extremely skilled with a sword, owning her own special sword while I have stuck to using a shield. Sasha thought I was being silly when I chose a shield as my weapon but I explained that a shield to the face is just as damaging as a sword, I still have a sword, just don't use it. Going back to training, Grime had told us to meet in the boardroom instead of the courtyard, and that's where the two of us were heading.

'Ahh lieutenants, good thing you're here' Grime greets.

'Hey Grimesy, what's up?'

'I brought the two of you here because a town up North has come up short on their taxes, you two will be responsible for retrieving the missing goods and making sure it doesn't happen again, do you think you can handle that?'

'So what kind of retrieval are we talking about here? Do we just remind them how much they owe or...'

'Take whatever you want until their debt has been filled' Grime explains.

'Isn't that a little harsh-'

'We can handle it Grime' Sasha cuts me off.

'Good, you leave as soon as possible, dismissed!'

I walk out of the room a little nervous about this mission, not only is it the first mission but it doesn't seem right to just take the town's belongings. I notice that Sasha stays behind to talk to Grime but it's probably just to discuss more of the mission so I don't think twice about it, I trust that Sasha will fill me in later.

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'I am NOT getting on that!' I freak, noticing that a giant spider is what pulls the cart.

'C'mon Skylar, Grime said that that spiders are the fastest when it comes to pulling carriages, taking a snail could take almost twice as long'

'No, no way, not happening'

'Urg fine we'll take a snail' Sasha gives up. 'The things I do for you' she mumbles going to find another cart with a snail.

We got a new cart and Sasha sat in the drivers seat, it was only now that we remembered one crucial detail.

'You got any clue how to drive a snail?' Sasha asks me.

'Not the slightest idea' I admit, I lean forward to the snail. 'Hey snail buddy, you got any clue how to get to Lily Paddingten?' The snail does a small chirp in response and then starts sliding forward, faster than any snail I've seen.

'Self driving, nice' Sasha comments.

About an hour into the drive I finally mention what's been on my mind.

'Hey Sash'

'Hmm?'

'Do you... do you think that it's the right thing to do?'

'What do you mean?'

'Going and just taking the towns stuff, isn't there a more civil way to deal with it?'

'Sky... look around, Amphibia isn't exactly a civil place, the sooner we finish this crummy mission the sooner we can use Grime and the toad army to find a way home'

'I guess but, are you seriously just 'using' the toad army? I've gotten to know a good number of them and they're all great people, and what about Grime? Don't you have some loyalty to him?'