Silest is found

 

Flarth and I are now on our own to look for Zen and Silest. We now have been flying for over three hours. As we fly in the night sky, I notice something flashing down on the ground.

“Flarth, look over there,” I point to the direction where the flash is coming from. “I think someone’s trying to get our attention!”

“Hmm… Think you’re right. Let’s go and check who it is.”

We both land down where the flash had come from and saw that it was a Paratroopa girl holding a pearl necklace with a large diamond on it.

“Um… Silest?” I asked her slowly, “It’s me, Travallian. Flarth is with me as well.”

“Yes! Yes! I knew that I would see you two again!” she says cheerfully. “This was all meant to be! I knew that Zen wouldn’t find ya guys!”

“Hmm. Where is Zen, Sil?” Flarth asks her.

“Oh, he went out to look for you two and told me that he was gonna prove to himself that he is the strongest magic user out of all four of us.”

“Peh, what a jerk!” Flarth shakes his head.

“Strongest magic user out of all four of us? What for?” I ask.

“Just like what Flarth had said. He’s a jerk.” Silest chuckles.

“Heh. Okay, Flarth, Silest.”

“Hey! Do you think he’s ever coming back, Sil?”

“I don’t think so, Flarth.” Silest frowns, “Not until he beats you two. Since you’re here, he might never come back. Hahaha. Come on. Lets go into my cabin. The sun’s coming out and it looks like it would hurt you two.”

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As Flarth and Silest talk, I look walk around Silest’s cabin.

“You’re saying that Zen put a spell on us that would make us werewolves, vampires, or anything worse?”

“Yes, Flarth! He did it right in front of me. I became a werewolf and I have to stay inside when it’s a full moon! Zen has told me that he was going to make you a vampire, because you despise them, but it backfired, because you were already a vampire and it hit Travallian. I think most likely when Trav was transforming into a Yoshi, when he was at that forest, with Trans and Fliter. Zen was slightly worried about Travallian’s heath at the time. He accidentally put both a vampire and werewolf spell on him. He thought that he had turned Trav into some sort of beast.”

“What? That’s not good!” Flarth says with concern, “Well, as you can see, Trav’s just fine, but I haven’t seen him out in a full moon yet, though.”

“So,” I walk into the room they were talking in, “I’m a vampire werewolf? That sounds strange, really strange.”

“Indeed it is little brother,” Silest says with a sigh, “I have never become a werewolf yet. I’m keeping it that way.”

“The next full moon’s tomorrow, right?” I ask them both.

“Yes. What’s your point, Trav?” Flarth raises an eyebrow.

“I want to see how it would feel to become a werewolf.” I say with confidence.

“You what!?” They both look at me with shocked eyes. “Are you serious?”

“Yes. Yes I am. Why wouldn’t I be?”

Silest walks over to me to give me a tight hug. “Trust me. You do not want to do that!”

“Trust me, Silest, I do want to do this!” I push her away, “Have faith in me, please.”

“If Trav wants to see how it’s like to be a werewolf, then he shall,” Flarth says to Silest. “Sil, this is one of the rarest things that I have ever heard Trav say. He rarely does do things that would make others frightened. He’s too loyal for that. Have some faith. This might even be an advantage if he can handle the power of the full moon.”

“Thanks, Flarth.”

“Hey, no problem, Travallian. I have faith in you. No full moon can overpower you and make you go wild! You’re stronger than that!”

“Since Flarthenter has faith in you in this, I guess I give you my faith as well.”

“Thanks, Flarth, Silest. Why did Zen put this spell on us, Silest?”

“Peh… I hate it when you call me Flarthenter.”

“Shush, Flarth,” Silest turns to me, “I don’t know. It’s not like him to cast a spell on us when we’re not training or even at the same location. That makes me wonder. He snapped right out of it when the spell hit you.”

“Heh… Could Mega Flare have been part of this?” I ask them both.

“I’m not sure. It is possible,” says Flarth.

“Flare? Why would he do such a thing?” Silest questions us, “Why would Flare do a thing like this? I do not understand!”

“Do you know him, Sil?”

“Yes, Flarth! He was our friend in the past,” She looks at us then looks out the window, “He left quite a long time ago. Zen hated him and Mega Flare hated Zen right back. I still don’t know why, though.”

“It’s getting late,” Flarth pushes me and I land on my bed, “If you really want to go through this, you better go to sleep now.”

“Oof! Okay…”

Silest starts to laugh while she pushes Flarth on to his own bed. “You better go to sleep too! I see the sun coming out. Do you prefer coffins, little brothers?”

“No!” Flarth covers himself with the bed covers.

“I don’t know why, but a coffin’s sounding good right now,” I say with a frown.

“What? Am I hearing you right? Are you okay, Travallian?” Flarth pulls down the bed covers and starts staring at me with wide eyes. “How strong was that spell Zen had cast on you?”

“Hey! I am just kidding!”

“You? Kidding? That’s a first! I took you seriously there!”

“You did? Wow. In that case,” I turn to Silest “You got any real coffins here, Silest?”

“Yeah. Heehee. I owned them to give Zen the creeps. He’s scared to go down to the basement because of them. Why do you ask, Trav?”

“Lets have a bet, Flarth,” An evil grin appears on my face. “Let us both sleep in the coffins down in the basement! You chicken out, you don’t go out to feed for a month. If you don’t chicken out, I’ll have to bite-” I swallowed hard, “I’ll have to bite Zeo. She had always wanted to be bitten by a vampire. Trans told me that. I don’t know why she does, though. Makes me shudder on just the thought of biting anyone.”

“You’ve changed. You’ve changed a lot through all these years. I never back out on a bet! Bring it on, bro!”

“It’s settled then! Lets go!”

“You both have lost it, my little brothers!” Silest shakes her head, “Anyway, follow me to the basement.”

Silest takes us both through a hallway then down a stairway.

“Okay. We are here you two,” Silest takes out a key from a hidden pocket inside her hat and puts it into the keyhole. “You two are nuts! You are indeed my little brothers,” She opens the door, “Get in and get some sleep.”

I give her a slight nod and turn to Flarth to see that he’s trembling.

“Are you planning on backing out?” I ask him.

“N-no way!” He shakes his head, “I n-never back out! This is child’s play! I have had worse! I n-n-never lose on a bet! I keep my word on that!”

“Well, good for you! If you do win, Zeo shall get her extremely weird wish to be bitten by a vampire,” I sigh, “Trans will probably beat me up, but I’m not backing out!”

“What if you do back out and I don’t?”

“Erm,” I pause, “I’ll go out with Zeo, take her somewhere nice. I’ll be the one to start the kiss this time,” I start to blush. I can’t believe that I said that! I’m going to do that no matter what happens. I thought to myself.

“Hmph. Sounds like you would enjoy that. Why don’t I change a few things! If we both stay in one of those coffins,” he trembles once more as he points to the old coffins at each corner, “I’ll go outside with you tomorrow night and make sure that you don’t go off somewhere in werewolf form. I shall watch over you even though that would mean that I’m risking my life.”

“Deal!” In a quick puff of smoke, I transform into my Yoshi form. I shake my head and then I give Flarth a smirk. I walk over to the coffin farther to the left of us. As I lift the cover of the dusty coffin, I turn my head to see Flarth going into the coffin at the other side of the basement. I go into one as well.

When I close the coffin and close my eyes, I heard a stubborn, rough voice. The words were not clear, but I manage to hear, “Foolish. They are like little kids. Perhaps my victory on them shall be easier than I have thought!” A low cackle is heard.

Zen? I asked in thought.