journey begins
"how do you know any of this?"(teenager) asked Raya directly.
she glanced at me nervously before taking a second to think, is she gonna lie?
"I study creatures in my spare time and I've heard of a few that can't become pure vampire."(Raya)
so she half lied, it works I guess.
"and why do to two keep looking at that guy? what does he have to do with any of this?"(teenager)
"were old friends, all of us."(syn) I lied, Marie and I were not friends even if using the definition loosely.
Marie grumbled before agreeing, Raya agreeing as well.
"you don't look old."(teenager)
I faceplamed, sighing as i shook my head.
"did you seriously forget about vampires not aging?"(syn)
he gave me a questioning look before shrugging, did he actually take that as an answer?
that was a question, not an answer, and it wasn't rhetorical either, even though it sounded like it could've been.
"syn."(Raya) said, snapping her fingers in front of my face.
"sorry zoned out there."(syn)
"what I was saying!"(Marie) interrupted, before continuing.
"what I was saying was that you and Raya should leave before the scouts come through the area, leaving during or after that will only be more trouble than you're worth."(Marie)
I nodded and gestured for Raya to follow me outside.
once outside I turned, grabbing her and launching into the sky, my wings forming.
she screamed briefly as the wind rushed past both of us, our hair whipping around as our speed peaked before I slowed us, stopping and hovering at a high-ish altitude.
"we need to talk about our plan."(syn)
"ARE TOU CRAZY?! YOU CANT JUST DO THAT WHENEVER YOU WANT!"(Raya) panicked.
"ok I'll warn you next time, anyway, what's the plan?"(syn)
"WE COULDNT TALK ABOUT THIS ON THE GROUND?!"(Raya)
I shook my head no.
she sighed before giving me a frustrated look, her face doing this cute pouting thing.
"I can't take you seriously."(syn)
"Hey!"(Raya)
"look I can just drop you and do this on my own."(syn)
"DONT YOU DARE!"(Raya)
"alright then, what's the plan?"(syn)
"you make one!"(Raya)
"ok, we're gonna go straight there and try to kick her ass or die trying."(syn)
"ok you're never making a plan ever again, the plan is we need strength and supplies, we need to start somewhere and i know a good place."(Raya)
"this is like a quest, I'm so excited!"(syn)
"you're a child."(Raya)
"ha.ha."(syn)
I took us back down to the ground, now at no point was any of that necessary, but it was fun, for me.
letting her down as I landed gently Raya steadied herself with her hands on her knees, dry heaving a bit.
she'll be fine, eventually.
giving her a light pat on the back I smugly smiled before walking over to Rayas tent, snagging myself a bookbag, black in color and big enough for my purposes, it was only slightly bigger than one you'd use for school on earth.
concentrating my energy I began the process of making clothes, making sure to fold them small and fit them as low into the bag as I could, needed some free space, never know what you could find in the future.
once satisfied with the amount I'd done I wiped my forehead of sweat, calmly checking my most recent notifications.
[EP(energy points):210/400]
[ability energy manipulation level up, 1/10]
wait a sec, backup, my abilities can now level?!
[affirmative]
this might honestly get overpowered, if I can trian and strengthen everything then I truly might have a chance against Amira, I won't waste the opportunity to grow like I used to, I've never trained myself but that changes now!
with a new determination and a newfound willingness to travel I went back to Amira, tossing her a bag I'd packed for her.
"you're carrying a bag?"(Raya)
"don't judge me."(syn)
she laughed at me before walking my way, waving for me to follow.
"ok no flying, there's too many demons in the air."(Raya)
I thought about it and she might be right, but I could use all the levels I could get so, I'll play flying by ear depending on what happens.
"so, what's our first stop?"(syn)
"tavern, need supplies for the road and someone to carry them."(Raya)
"this isn't gonna be a short road trip, is it?"(syn)
"could take a month or more, so no."(Raya)
I groaned out loud at the thought.
"oh hey this just came to me out of nowhere but whatever happened to that guy, uh subject 6?"(syn)
"still wrapped around amiras finger, at this point he's nothing more than an emotionless puppet."(Raya)
I didn't have any words as I let her sentence play in my mind, do I have any reason to help him out?
is he just gonna be a larger obstacle or is there a chance to save him, maybe even get him to help?
the possibilities of what could happen down the road were giving me anxiety, thinking about them right now in this moment wouldn't do me or him any good, I probably shouldn't have even brought him up but on the topic of past acquaintances there was one I hadn't seen yet.
"whatever did happen to that dragon girl, the one who was oddly obsessed with me?"(syn)
"she wasn't obsessed, well not really, dragons will try to mate with those stronger than themselves, they're attracted to strength, sometimes even ignoring other dragons entirely if they're weaker."(Raya)
"that didn't answer my question."(syn) I told her point blank.
"(sigh) she found someone stronger than you, she's with Amira."(Raya)
"is that gonna make this more difficult?"(syn)
"absolutely, she's pregnant with the half succubus demon child right now, of you don't level up at least a few times we won't have a chance at all."(Raya)
I have SO MANY questions.