Chapter 6: Everfree Forest
Flare Chaser got in the abandoned house, Solar Spark wasn't there. He opened the book to find the next orb.
*Lets see here... Well, thats a surprise... the EverFree Forest... in a ruin at the end of the path... here's a map to the ruin, at least they know it is in a more exact location this time... another riddle, they may be directions through the ruin... "To gain access to the room, you must find the correct elements and place them where they belong. Then the Elements of Harmony shall show you the way through, then use your wisdom of truth to reveal the last of the brethren." better write that down too... well, great, I have to make my way through the Everfree Forest...* he thinks, then copied the riddle onto a paper. Solar Spark arrived shortly after with a bag of food.
"Hey, I see you got another one of the orbs then? I suppose you're telling the truth then..." she said.
"Eeyup, now, I need your help this time... I could use as much help as I could get actually..." he said.
"Arg... where do we have to go?" she asked annoyed.
"The Everfree Forest, it will be my first time, but who knows, it might actually be fun." he said wondering.
"Fun? The Everfree Forest is far from fun, we could get killed!" Solar Spark said with fear.
"Exactly, won't it be exciting, so are you coming or not?" he asked.
"*sigh* I might as well..." She said with a regretful tone.
"Great! We head down tomorrow, right now lets get something to eat and then get some sleep, sound good?" he asked.
"Better than anything we have now...." she said shrugging.
They eat dinner then head off to sleep.
In the morning, Flare Chaser is the first one up again, he shakes Solar Spark awake, they eat some breakfast and they head out. They come to the entrance of the Everfree Forest.
"Well, lets get started, shall we. I suppose I shall go in first." he said, walking into the forest.
"Wait for me!" she yelled, hesitant to go in. They begin to walk deeper into the forest. They come to a cliff side.
"So, the map says we have to get down there some how, how about I carry you down there, that is probably our best bet." he said.
"Alright, as long as we get out of here alive, I'm good." she said as Flare Chaser picked Solar up and flew to the bottom the canyon.
"Now, wouldn't it suck if the ground was to break somehow and we fall, almost dieing?" he asked.
"Yeah, but that ledge looks pretty stable, it looks like something would have to make it break." she said. They continue to walk through the forest.
"According to the map, this is manticore territory, so be quiet, we don't want to attract any of those monsters..." Flare Chaser whispered.
"Not a problem..." she said, looking around paranoid.
They then see something in the distance, they get closer and they see a sleeping manticore in the middle of the path.
"Oh... buck... alright, no need to panic, lets just quietly go around it and-" he was interrupted by Solar Spark screaming.
"Shhh!" he shushed her, but it was too late, the manticore was awake, and probably not too happy about being woke up. The manticore charged at them, then he got an idea.
"I learned something in the cave when I got that black orb, just follow my lead, alright?" he asked Solar Spark, she nodded.
"Alright, lets go!" he yelled as he charged back at the manticore as Solar Spark followed. The manticore swung at him, but he dodged, and ran under the manticore and so did Solar Spark, they started to run away from it. They finally lost it.
"Well, at least we lost the manticore, but it's gotten pretty dark, lets just keep going, c'mon." he said, as Solar followed hesitantly, finally coming out of the dark area, they come to a river.
"Huh, strange, this river seems to be a bit too calm... ugh, this place is weird, lets keep going." Solar Spark said as they crossed the river. They finally come to a bridge, it doesn't look very stable, but it will do. Flare Chaser crosses the bridge.
"C'mon Solar, you can do it!" he shouts to her from the other side. She begins to cross it, but after a few steps, the ropes snap and she began to fall. Flare Chaser dived down, caught her, and went back up to the ground.