Arc 1: New Lands Created
Day 1
"Justice! Justice!" She twirls with the winds as she screams her lungs out. "JUSTICE!" The young green Spiral scrunches up her face in annoyance as she glides close to the grounds before picking up speed once more, accomplishing nothing but getting sand all over her body. She coughs as the sand blew into her face. "I don't understand why we have to do this! Justice!"
Charli flies close to the grounds again and catches up with the massive Guardian. His steps are light despite his physique as he snorts in amusement. "Frii, please tell me where he went." Charli flaps her wings around the Guardian's snout. "Come on Frii, tell me."
Fridr chuckles as the young spiral sits atop his head. "Why don't you try doing what he told you to?"
"Justice told me to sit! But I fly with the winds! I don't
sit ."
"You are still a child, young one. It's dangerous out here."
"So is that why we haven't found a place to stay?" Charli retorts."So what? Traveling with you guys is fun!"
Fridr shakes his head and laughs at Charli's simple look at life. "We will settle down eventually. We just haven't found the right place yet."
Charli perks up her ears just as Fridr halts in his steps. "Did you hear that?" she whispers.
Charli cocks her head in confusion when Fridr claws at the ground. "Are you feeling the earth shifting beneath your paws again?"
"Hush now, Charli." Fridr says gently before taking another step and begins clawing lightly at the ground again. He crouches low to the grounds, his legs are raised and his wings are tense.
"There it is again!" Charli exclaims as she flicks her ears. "Tell me you heard that!"
"I surely felt that. I haven't felt something like this in a very long time." Fridr sounds worried as he lightly tossed the spiral into the air. "Call Justice."
"JUSTY!" Charli flaps her wings to gain altitude before letting the current carry her weight. "I've been trying but he ain't replying!"
Charli puffs in irritation. "He wants me to do it, doesn't he? I don't understand why do I have to do this. I haven't seen you do it." she spat. Nevertheless, she takes in a deep breath and lets out a shrill of a yodel.
The wind picks up again and after a moment of silence, Charli sighs. "And he is not replying either."
"-hoo~"
"I hear him!" Charli does a couple of twirls before yodeling back.
"-lay-hee-hooo~"
"He's coming! He's coming! A couple of miles southwest!" Charli exclaims.
Fridr smiles at the Spiral's seemingly endless energy before going back to deep thoughts. If the tremors were what he thought of it to be...
"And~ Yodel-lay-hee-hoo~" A Skydancer swoops down from behind them and prances around Fridr. "Say, Charli. You are getting better at this." The Skydancer croons. "Soon you'll be picking out sounds way past the radar!"
He nudges Charli fondly with his snout before keeping up with Fridr. "Frii, something on your mind?"
"Yeah, I felt something. Something big and mighty shifted right beneath my claws." Fridr said solemnly, "did you see anything from your scout?"
"I'm afraid I did." Justice frowns. He looks around warily before lowering his voice. "I'm not sure what could have caused it. But when I was high up beneath the clouds, I saw on a land far away, a bright orange glow. And then, everything went dark. The smoke was so thick and it was spreading very fast." Justice pauses for a while to recollect his thoughts. "Though, thanks to the ever changing wind direction, the black clouds doesn't seem to be coming anywhere close to us."
"Frii? What are you whispering about?"
Justice and Fridr shared a knowing glance and both nodded with understanding. They will begin their long hike to the mysterious outburst. Charli is not to hear of this. A young child shouldn't learn of the dangers just yet.
"Charli, why don't you come down and take a rest? We have still have long way to go. " Justice said.
"You will be traveling by foot?" Fridr sounds out.
"Aye. My wings are sore."
"But Justy, my wings are perfectly fine."
Justice chuckles and shakes his head. "Come on now."
Charli swoops down and wraps herself around Justice's neck. "Hey Justy, what is a crater?"
Justice stops in his tracks. "Where have you been hearing that from?"
"The voices in the wind." Charli says, "it started soon after Frii demands for your return."
"What was the message about?" Fridr asks.
"I'm not sure. There were many voices, most were screaming. But I think it's something about a huge crater appearing."
"Could it be?" Fridr mumbles under his breath.
"What is a crater? Someone tell me please?"