Call Of The Darkness

Chapter 7

"What is this?" I ask him about where he got this lovely sandwich.
"Secret supply bread, goats cheese, daisy, rose, dandelion leaves and Jasmine leaves" he says,
"Whoa, Jasmine is like keeping me alive" I say,
"Have you ate a lot of it?" he asks,
"Yep. Its also a beautiful name but I prefer Yasmin, what do you think?" I blubber,
"I don't know. I like Spock" he says,
"Since when did the Star Trek old video thing Iratus watches on our midget television get into our conversation?" I ask him,
"It's a good name" he says,
"If you live in the world of Star Trek" I reply,
"Sorry Jar Jar Binks" he says,
"If you talk Star Wars or Star Trek. I'm Princess Leia" I say
"Ok then. I'm Han Solo" he says,
"Ok but we'll never talk about Star Trek or Star Wars ever again" I say,
"Why?" he asks,
"Cos Iratus keeps talking about it to me and I'm sick of it" I say,
"Kisskat has got a point you never stop talking" Cap says,
"Ok, I'll switch topics" he says, "Remember Caeli and Caelum",
"Yes" I reply,
"Do you ever wonder what they are doing know if they are alive" he says cocking his head to one side.
"Yes but don't be so negitive. Of course they are alive. Remember we owe them our own lives" I say "But we didn't get time to thank them in anyway. I've still got Caeli's dress".
"I've got the suit still" he adds,
"I gathered that" I say,
"Ok" he replies.
"Where are we going" I ask Cap,
"Dunno" she replies "To get you safe and sound",
"Where would that be?" I ask her,
"Maybe Mantarin, Kaylyle's neighbour" she says,
"MANTARIN! Its coated in slums making it far from safe" Fortis yells at Cap,
"Fortis" I shout but my voice wasn't loud enough,
"Don't shout, you'll strain your voice" Fortis says,
"I shouldn't have to" I retort,
"I wish I had skin like they have in Manterin" I say,
"Why?" Fortis asks,
"You do love interrogating don't you. The citizens of Manterin have lovely olive skin that is much prettier than my E.T skin that is a shade of yellow crossed with a peachy colour making a blotchy colour and it looks like I've got a rash or a cow has puked on my skin" I reply,
"Stop putting yourself down" he says rolling his eyes "Your the prettiest creature on this planet",
"Now I'm a creature. First object now creature. Whatever next?" I say,
"Ummm, the prettiest being in this known world" he says and this makes me smile.
"Just cos I'm pretty in your eyes. It doesn't mean I'm pretty in mine" I say and this makes him annoyed but he shakes it off with a smile.
"Never mind" he smiles and sticks some sticky leaves to Vivos' back and drops some on Caps head causing them to tangle in her beautiful long, blonde, wavy hair.
"Close your eyes and hold out your hand" Fortis says and I follow the order. I don't feel anything placed into my hand but then Fortis' cold fingers brushed my palm causing a shiver to go down my spine.
"Open your eyes" he said. What was in my hand was his hand. I was going to ask but he stared at the top my head. I looked up but couldn't see anything different. Then Fortis pulled out a mirror and what was on my head made me feel beautiful. Fortis had decorating my head with rose petals that were red and white. I looked absolutely stunning.
"It's just gorgeous" I commented his work,
"Wrong. You look gorgeous" he corrects me and I can feel myself blushing.

My legs ached as we walked on probably even Cap's, who is used to walking long distances.
"Lunch, anyone" she says and we all nod in agreement.
"Pitt stop" Vivos blurts out as we sit down and we all give him a 'what the?' look.
"What?" he asks,
"You are just so childish" Cap says, "But we love you really" and gets into a headlock and rub her knuckles on his scalp.
"Yeah" Fortis said with a hint of sarcasm,
"Don't be mean to the little baby" Cap said now pinching his cheeks and squishing his face into all different shapes.
"Stop it" Vivos grumbles,
"Awwwwwwww you are so cute" Cap said totally ignoring him while squishing his face even more.
"I will make luncheon" Fortis declares in a loud posh accent.
"Say what?" Vivos and Cap say,
"Don't you know what luncheon means?" I ask them,
"Yes but he ruins such a good word by, I don't know, saying it" Cap answers and releases Vivos cheeks
"Same as her" Vivos says probably because he doesn't have a good enough explanation.
"Don't be harsh" I say but couldn't help but smile when Fortis turned is back.
"I'll help make lunch" I say and manage to get to my feet and nearly fall into a holly bush that seems to have my name on it.
"Careful" Fortis says to me and then gets back to his Jasmine picking,
"I can look after myself" I say to him,
"Are you sure?" he asks me,
"You carry on picking, I'll get dandelion leaves,
"Where?" he asks,
"Anywhere, this is a forest" I reply and walk off but I could tell he was worried about me, its not like a bear, wolf or any wild or rabid animals are going to attack me.
"I'll be fine" I tell him but don't make eye contact and act like I can read his mind.

Walking is very hard when you don't do much of it and you end up walking a few yards when you feel like you've gone a mile.

I kept my eyes firmly on the ground scanning the grass the dandelions so I can pluck the leaves off them. One. Two. Three. Seven. Fourteen. Twenty eight. Thirty five. Forty nine. Fifty six. Oh my. That was tiring, as I look down at the bundle of dandelion leaves that were scrunched up in both my hands and some in my pockets.
"Here" I yell at Fortis waving my leaf stuffed hands at him and he points to a pot that Cap and Vivos were huddled around frantically stirring, chucking the odd piece of leaf in and fighting over control the spoon.