Chapter Four

Serge entered Arni expecting someone to jump on him but nothing happened.
”Phew… I was expecting someone to ask me a bunch of questions…” Serge thought walking down the small slope to the small wooden shop set up.
”Uhm, sorry but I’m looking for a friend…” Serge asked the lady there. She slowly got up and brushed her hair behind her ear.
”Hello Serge… Long time no see…” she smiled fixing her hair band and dusting her dress off. Serge stepped backwards.
”Leena. Your… you work here?” Serge asked surprised. She nodded slightly and pushed some book back under the shelf with her foot.
”Yep. Those books are what helped me to become this. They are all on what Elements are and pretty much information on any element out there…” Leena explained tidying some of the merchandise up on the shelves.
”What happened to the other one?” Glenn asked curious. Poshul jumped up onto the seat beside Leena and laughed.
”She moved to Termina to expand her collection a year ago. But the way things are now… Leena might hafta close this down since we can’t get to Termina to buy some more supplies…” Poshul explained sadly. Leena patted the back of his head and smiled.
”No, it will be okay Poe… I just need to find some around here…” Leena assured him. Serge sighed and thought for a minute.
”Wait… take this.” Serge said pulling out 3 blue stones, 4 red stones and 2 green stones.

“They are Deluge, Aqua Ball, A trap for Vigora, Magma Bomb, Volcano, Fire Pillar, Inferno, Green Field, Info Scope and Sonja. They aren’t worth much to sell by themselves but all together if they are all sold you might be able to get enough to last until you can get to Termina… Maybe even when this is all over…” Serge whispered the end of his sentence under his breath.
”End of what? What’s happening? I know about the dark mist blocking anyone from leaving the main continent but nothing else…” Leena asked Serge. He shook his head.

“Do you remember Lynx, Fate, the Six Dragons and finally the Time Devourer? Well, there’s someone stronger then all of them together. That’s all we know… except that he has business in both Mount Pyre and Fossil Valley. He also needs something called the Tear of Time and the Frozen Flame.” Serge explained. Leena tapped her cheek with her finger in thought.
”Tear of Time? Hm… it’s sounds like the Time Egg… but I don’t know what it is either. Sorry…” Leena apologized. Serge nodded and looked around at the village.
”It’s fine… that’s what we are going to find out once we find some help.” Serge said placing the element stones on the front of the cart next to Leena.
”What if I go with you guys?” Leena asked.
” Ah Zut! How sexist! She doesn’t even know we are not all men… she ‘as some real problems calling moi a guy…” Harle glared at Leena who didn’t seem to notice Harle was there. Serge looked at Leena with surprise and worry.

“I wouldn’t want to take you away from your life. Plus, if you get hurt, there isn’t much I can do to prevent whatever happens.” Serge explained. Leena sighed and looked away from Serge.
”You haven’t changed at all Serge… you still act like I can’t take care of myself… Fine, I won’t go with you but if you need my help, I will be ready at any time.” Leena glared back at Serge with a serious facial expression. Serge nodded and smiled.
”And I see you haven’t changed at all either…” Serge laughed. Leena held her breath and glared Serge directly in the eyes.
”And what is THAT suppose to mean??” Leena demanded still holding her breath. Serge backed off a little laughing.
”It’s nothing Leena. It’s just your still acting the same way since we last talked… don’t we all?” Serge asked trying to get Leena to calm down. Leena sighed and looked down at her shoes.
”Yeah, I guess I have a little child left in me… but how are you guys going to get to Termina?” Leena asked with wide eyes. Serge’s eye brow went up in confusion.
”What? We go thru Fossil Valley.” Serge answered. Glenn walked up beside Serge and Leena.
”He doesn’t know about what happened…” Glenn told Leena. Serge’s head went back a little.
”Oh so that’s why… he doesn’t know since he hasn’t been here for 3 years…” Leena realized. Serge’s head fell in confusion.
”What happened??” Serge asked lifting his head. Leena’s eyes were still widened and she shook her head from side to side.
”You won’t believe it, after you beat the Time Devourer and saved the princess, everything was normal for only a few days until one day, I was walking into Fossil Valley for my monthly collecting in Termina but I couldn’t go any further because the entire valley was crawling with all sorts of dark creatures from Beach Bums to the Hi Ho Dwarves. I even saw monsters that were destroyed during the journey we had like Blue, Red and King Moaman. But it really scared me when the Hydra’s attacked me, the live one and the dead one both attacked me…” Leena shivered at the thought.
”It was like a graveyard of all the monsters from our journey…” Leena whispered still seeing the dead faces of the monsters. Serge looked at the moons and sighed.
”Then let’s go around the monsters… we will get them all once we have the appropriate elements and armor.” Serge said clenching his fists.
”And how are we going to get around them? The cliff is too steep to climb on Mount Pyre and the nearest boat is in Termina.” Glenn asked.
”Not exactly… Monsieur Serge, look over zere…” Harle said pointing at the port towards a boat similar to Korcha’s.
”It’s that old man’s boat…” Serge said surprised.
”Old man? You mean the owner of that boat? He hasn’t used it in nearly two years. Apparently something happened on Water Dragon Island that made him stop going there. He really hasn’t left the port since then…” Leena explained. Serge shook his head and sighed.
”We will go there once we find a sturdier boat. But right now, we have to focus on getting to Termina safely, getting new armor along with some new elements and seeing if anyone we know is there…” Serge explained.
”Like I said, if you need my help… I’ll be here…” Leena said with some sadness. Serge laughed and nodded.
”Well, you need supplies right? Maybe if you come with us then you can not only get your supplies, you can be on another journey which you haven’t in such a long time right? Just come with us and you can be in Termina for your supplies in… some time.” Serge paused to look at the boat. Leena smiled and jumped.
”Thanks Serge!” Leena laughed. Serge nodded and started to walk towards the boat with everyone walking behind him. Serge stopped right in front of the boat on the pier and analyzed it.
”We have enough room for everyone. Hey, while the old man is asleep, let’s get away quickly. I’ll hopefully bring the boat back in one piece…” Serge said silently seeing Harle getting on the front of the boat followed behind her was Glenn, Poshul and finally Leena. Serge was the last to get on who got on the side of the boat on the floater. Sere pushed the boat away from the pier quietly and they took off quickly towards Termina.
”Next stop, Termina… where I will hopefully find the others…” Serge thought as they boated across the sea towards Termina.