showing Miss Turr the way, with a bottle in one hand and two pipes in the other. Picking up two glasses, Miss Turr followed him out.
“ So do you think these children will be okay going after the crystals on their own?” asked Miss Turr all cuddled up in Domnyar’s arms.
“ I’m sure they are going to be just fine. Don’t forget, Catalyst is Krusnik and a lot stronger than he looks. If the people around here know his mother, then you can bet the fear of her anger is enough to help him. I can’t imagine the pair of them being any safer really. Then there’s Natalia – she seems to be pretty smart to me,” replied Domnyar.
“ The Clique doesn’t seem to be too worried about his mother,” said Miss Turr.
“ I think they are. After all, none of them stayed to rid themselves of these two. They had to find the most desperate, greedy thing they could to do that, such as the Elf,” replied Domnyar.
#
Scraping his wrists against a rock and bleeding copiously, the Elf freed himself. He headed back to his lair, beaten, sore and embarrassed by his loss. He knew he would need time to heal. He knew he would be down for more than a day.
Come the morning, Catalyst was up before Natalia once again. Looking at her sleeping, Catalyst couldn’t help but laugh.
“ You Humans, you need so much sleep. It’s a wonder you ever had time to go to war with us at all,” said Catalyst.
“ I‘m not sleeping. I’m just resting before I get up, that’s all. I have never gone to war with anyone,” replied Natalia in a tone of voice that said she was happy again.
“ See what I mean – you Humans need to rest so much that you even have to rest from resting just to get out of bed and all you did was sleep for ten hours.”
“ Well I have to agree with you there. My Mom and Dad do the same thing all the time, so you win,” giggled Natalia. “I’m so hungry,” continued Natalia.
“ Well come on. Breakfast has been on the table for an hour now,” replied Catalyst as he headed across the room for seconds.
Natalia sat down at the table. She couldn’t help but notice that somehow Catalyst had managed to turn breakfast into a competition. It was a competition she was smart enough not to join in, knowing full well that a stuffed belly and exercise are not friends.
“ I guess we should be on our way now, Natalia,” said Catalyst with breakfast barely over.
“ Okay, let’s leave. Do you know where we’re going?” asked Natalia as she waited for Catalyst to stand up, or at least try.
“ Well I thought since one of the Clique is from Kyopelivuori, we might head back to the castle and see what we can find out there. Then we’ll take it from there,” replied Catalyst.
“ Ah, a boy without a plan. If it were me, I would not be at the castle, not when there are so many to hide until I could put my plan into action. And I think I would choose the most dangerous place of all. Then no one would even want to come looking for me, not there anyway. I could be left all alone. And since there are many places like that in this world, I would rethink where I would look if I needed to look for some one that would want to hide,” said Miss Turr as though she was speaking to the dishes she was doing and not trying to help.
“ I agree with Miss Turr,” said Natalia.
“ As do I,” said Domnyar.
“ Where’s the worst place around here – the most dangerous?” asked Natalia.
“ I would think that was Ghost Mountain,” said Domnyar.
“ I agree. And not easy to get to either,“ chipped in Miss Turr.
“ Looks as though we’re going to Ghost Mountain, Natalia,” said Catalyst.
“ Let’s hope we know what we’re doing,” replied Natalia, raising her glass as she smiled a smile of “Oh no!”
Thanking Domnyar and Miss Turr, Natalia and Catalyst started out. Miss Turr and Domnyar waved goodbye from the porch.
“ How long do you think it will take them them to figure it out, Domnyar?” asked Miss Turr.
“
“ So do you think these children will be okay going after the crystals on their own?” asked Miss Turr all cuddled up in Domnyar’s arms.
“ I’m sure they are going to be just fine. Don’t forget, Catalyst is Krusnik and a lot stronger than he looks. If the people around here know his mother, then you can bet the fear of her anger is enough to help him. I can’t imagine the pair of them being any safer really. Then there’s Natalia – she seems to be pretty smart to me,” replied Domnyar.
“ The Clique doesn’t seem to be too worried about his mother,” said Miss Turr.
“ I think they are. After all, none of them stayed to rid themselves of these two. They had to find the most desperate, greedy thing they could to do that, such as the Elf,” replied Domnyar.
#
Scraping his wrists against a rock and bleeding copiously, the Elf freed himself. He headed back to his lair, beaten, sore and embarrassed by his loss. He knew he would need time to heal. He knew he would be down for more than a day.
Come the morning, Catalyst was up before Natalia once again. Looking at her sleeping, Catalyst couldn’t help but laugh.
“ You Humans, you need so much sleep. It’s a wonder you ever had time to go to war with us at all,” said Catalyst.
“ I‘m not sleeping. I’m just resting before I get up, that’s all. I have never gone to war with anyone,” replied Natalia in a tone of voice that said she was happy again.
“ See what I mean – you Humans need to rest so much that you even have to rest from resting just to get out of bed and all you did was sleep for ten hours.”
“ Well I have to agree with you there. My Mom and Dad do the same thing all the time, so you win,” giggled Natalia. “I’m so hungry,” continued Natalia.
“ Well come on. Breakfast has been on the table for an hour now,” replied Catalyst as he headed across the room for seconds.
Natalia sat down at the table. She couldn’t help but notice that somehow Catalyst had managed to turn breakfast into a competition. It was a competition she was smart enough not to join in, knowing full well that a stuffed belly and exercise are not friends.
“ I guess we should be on our way now, Natalia,” said Catalyst with breakfast barely over.
“ Okay, let’s leave. Do you know where we’re going?” asked Natalia as she waited for Catalyst to stand up, or at least try.
“ Well I thought since one of the Clique is from Kyopelivuori, we might head back to the castle and see what we can find out there. Then we’ll take it from there,” replied Catalyst.
“ Ah, a boy without a plan. If it were me, I would not be at the castle, not when there are so many to hide until I could put my plan into action. And I think I would choose the most dangerous place of all. Then no one would even want to come looking for me, not there anyway. I could be left all alone. And since there are many places like that in this world, I would rethink where I would look if I needed to look for some one that would want to hide,” said Miss Turr as though she was speaking to the dishes she was doing and not trying to help.
“ I agree with Miss Turr,” said Natalia.
“ As do I,” said Domnyar.
“ Where’s the worst place around here – the most dangerous?” asked Natalia.
“ I would think that was Ghost Mountain,” said Domnyar.
“ I agree. And not easy to get to either,“ chipped in Miss Turr.
“ Looks as though we’re going to Ghost Mountain, Natalia,” said Catalyst.
“ Let’s hope we know what we’re doing,” replied Natalia, raising her glass as she smiled a smile of “Oh no!”
Thanking Domnyar and Miss Turr, Natalia and Catalyst started out. Miss Turr and Domnyar waved goodbye from the porch.
“ How long do you think it will take them them to figure it out, Domnyar?” asked Miss Turr.
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