Chapter 5: Encounter

After the entire ordeal played over, the others turned from the cliff and Zackry implied "I believe we should find a settlement . . . because I have a feeling we're not in New Zealand" He told in which everyone fully hearted agree after everything with the symbols and her hair it seemed possible for them to not be in their homelands

Of course a few were in denial but knew that something was completely out of hand that was not in their full control and this was one of them, being somewhere that most certainly NZ after searching the woods finding strange creatures that almost looked like hybrids of animals

It was still unreal to know that they were no longer in NZ or better yet perhaps no longer in their world, as a few minutes passed Lucy asked "What should we do . . . we can't call for help, no one we know is here . . . face it we're g-gonna" She paused through her sentence afraid to finish it but James added more details towards their future

"S-she's right . . . we have no hope of survival" He told as he clutched tight to himself in desperation for comfort which Jane responded by clutching tight to him in which he returned, and try as the Chaotic trio tried they could not bring a smile upon their faces

Louis, was doing any better he began to pray in French begging to the gods to take them home, while Evans tried to keep her emotions in check, while everyone was going mental from this but Sefina

She reacted differently, she was calm and at ease, but did not act as such as if she was aware of this, it was because something in her warmed her heart even more than their home, she felt an embrace swarming her soul and body

And though it wasn't the right reaction for something as such as this, but she could only want wiht desperation to remain here, but her friends, who she saw as Brothers and Sisters their welfare came first

And with that in mind she stood tall with strength and compassion for her family and told them "We must leave" She summarised, as everyone's eyes stuck on her she carried on with an explanation

"Though we know this is not New Zealand . . . we need answers, and perhaps find a place where we can crash for a while" She told giving out the reasonable needs they need to find someone, if they were to find a way home or answers this was the best soloution so far

Of course no one moved immediately but the first to find logic was surprisingly Akane who strove over to her cousin, and with glassy eyes pierced into worried eyes for what was to occur Akane held her cousin tightly for comfort

In which Sefina accepted, at this motion the others too wanted comfort, and before anyone knew it they all were in a cuddle pile or circle I should say using this to ease them from the truth they were bearing

~Time Skip~

When everyone was packed and ready with little items they had, Sefina once again led the way with her cousin clutched onto her side and the others not far behind, and so from here their adventure began

As they coursed through the woods there was most certainly some differences, as they saw strange life forms surge from the trees, as well as move without wind, this became something Zackry began to document on for future needs

"Fascinating what type of plant is this?" He pondered poking a crystal covered mushroom that was almost tempting to eat since it looked exactly like a sugar pop on top of the mushroom, but did not want to risk having food poisoning without medical needs

And so they ventured deeper and in doing so they discovered so much passing through, as Zackry had noted on a few animals that were something similar to a bunny but had Mossy green patterns over their natural colour fur

Strange markings that was somewhat similar to Jane's but none of them questioned on that, so carrying along the path they found weirdly shaped flowers that gave a energy pulse of some sort towards them

Trees that had different colourings, as well as fruit in which Sefina packed in her bag being the one with the only bag with enough room to withold enough food for the time being, the other two who had bags held her other items while she stored food

Conversations sprung up and the Youngs twin began to bicker and bug Zackry trying to find items or materials to use for pranking

"Hey Zacky-boy got anything handy for us to use?" Nicholas wondered wrapping his arm around the Japanese twin who had a vein popping on the side as this was the 10th time they've asked this question

His answer was "No . . . now bugger off and keep your eye on the path" He instructed as he was noting down his latest discovery a strange bush of berries that looked edible but weren't a 100% sure if it was same to eat

And so he took a few and wrapped them in his hankerchief which he got from his grandmother even though he was reluctant there were a few uses it had that enabled it to be kept, as he packed very few

It was then he discovered a creature that took the form of a deer, but a spirit like one, as the coat of it was of misty valley green, and had a misty presence follow it everywhere it went

It was about 8ft tall, which was an abnormal height for a Deer, but no matter how they looked at it, it was enchanting, the most purelike creature he ever saw in his entire life

And without wasting another second he called out for the others who gave annoyed glances before they too saw the magnificent creature, and for some odd reason one out of them all felt connected with it

And that one was Jane Smith, as she felt a genuine bond with the creature and was uncertain to why but felt as if the creature was apart of her soul, and without a care in the world she approached the creature against the protests of her friends

"Jane! What are you doing? Get back here!" James pleaded in worry for the petty girl

Of course she ignored his pleas and carried on towards the creature, that was until she came up face to face with the Deer-like creature, as it turned to her direction she did give into fear but rather Love, Connection, and well Warmth from the creature in return the creature felt the exact same emotions

With a calm tone she "Hello there . . . I'm Jane, what's your name?" Gaining no reply the creature took a step forward towards her with the same question in mind but wondered more to 'What she was' than 'Who she was'

But then out of nowhere the pair felt an urge, to keep eye contact, and so they did, and looked deeper into each other's soul the pair circled one another keeping eye contact with each other, in fear of breaking it would bring loss to them, as moments passed a invisible thread appeared that Sefina caught onto seeing

And both Sefina and Jane heard a calm voice saying "Greetings Jane . . . my name is Torin, a Ferfur" With that much was questioned, and even more so was the bond that both Torin and Jane felt

As Sefina saw their souls unify into one, what Sefina had just witnessed was a bond between a Human and Creature through both Spirit and Body, as they came to a hault Jane placed her forehead against the creature in which it did the same

There they stood in silence forming and strengthing their bond in one another, when they parted Jane gave it a gentle pet and smiled widely before she turned to her amazed friends and told them "His name is Torin . . . and apparently he's a Deer breed called Ferfur"

With that response Evans questioned her friends saying "Um Jane?" With a 'Hmm' inquired as a way of saying 'Yes' Evans continued on saying "Did you just say HIS name was Torin?"

Confused Jane replied "Uh yes . . . I believe I did?"

"Mhmm Jane . . . you do know that what your implying, is that you talked to an AN-I-MAL" She spelt out in syllabels, and finally Jane clicked onto what she said and turned to deer back to her friends

She then asked "Y-you don't hear him talking?" She wondered and though Sefina understood for some odd reason everyone else was blank to how or why they could understand an animal who possibly spoke ENGLISH to them in the first place

All but Sefina shook their head to the side, and not seeing Sefina's response Jane out of anything that was a natural reaction to strange moments such as this, fainted without a care in the world onto the plains of the land

And boy could this day get any weirder

~Another time skip~

As the Ferfur creatue laid down next to Jane, the others pondered "Um do you think it's well" Pausing another voice continued the sentence asking "A good idea to keep an animal near an unconcious girl"

And in sync "Who we may remind you is our friend?"

With this Sefina implied "No we can't it seems that the dee- I mean Torin is bonded with Jane in some way and if it effects him it could possibly affect her" She argued gaining uncertain glances, but Evans gave a wondering to what she had just said

"Sefina . . . what do you mean by 'Bonded' exactly?"

With that at mind, everyone gave different reactions in which she was confused and asked "You didn't see the thread?" She implied thinking they too saw it understanding what she meant, but of course none of them saw it

In which she groaned in annoyance and admitted "Well when those two circled one another . . . I saw a thread of some kind and a swirl of energy surround them" She described her views of the moment which then conducted a further need of answers

One they would obtain after the pair woke, and as of now it wa around 1pm and all they hoped was that they woke up before nightfall as they were unaware of the dangers to come, if a creature like a prey such as the deer exsisted, then predators could possibly ben twice or more dangerous than a regular animal

So for the time being it was best to keep their guard up if they wanted to survive a night with unknown dangers that they alone were beginning to understand, but perhaps their deer friend could provide a few answers that could answer so much for them

~Meanwhile somewhere elese~

In a border of a village where a group or as they would call it a party with 3 Eldya and 6 others being Knights, a mixture of races of the Realms, one of the Humans that were not Eldya called out "Fire Eldya" He started

In which a young child who was about 7-year-old came up to him replying "Y-yes sir?" In a tone so vile he told her "Go scout ahead . . . and report if you find any monsters" He told and reluctantly she left but with little courage she had to have in order to survive

"Y-yes Balk sir" And as the young child made way to the forst in the time that was nearing nightfall she didn't have much time so she knew to search quickly and the last trace of her being was her flowing brown amber hair and her plain attire that ran through the wind

When she disappeared a Centaur came from behind and asked "Balk was that truly the best idea to send the child alone?" He questioned his methods, but all the despicable replied was "They multiply besides she was weak anyway, she won't return by sunset . . . it's Werewolf season Vulec and no one can survive a Werewolf"

The Centaur gave a disapproving glance, as all life was sacred by like the Eldya he too was a slave to the race of men, as it was the nature of all human beings, or well almost all as there were few in history who accepted all and that was a woman with pure snow white hair

And every Centaur looked up to that saviour from the past to the present, and into the near and far future, and he could only hope that one day that he or she return and stop all this madness, and save them all

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