The Hidden Castle

The sequel to [https://ajstories.fandom.com/wiki/Twilight_Fortress Twilight Fortress. ]

Hello. My peeps.

I am back.

Yes that is right. IT IS SEQUEL TIME

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k bye now

____________ With that out of the way, let's begin!
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1
"Let me get this straight. So, you want us to go down to the river?"

"Why not?" Arrow shrugged at Bella. "I mean, you're the best at fishing, and Flit is pretty strong."

Bella crossed her arms. "No." She said firmly, which meant there was no convincing her otherwise. Groaning, Arrow, crossed over to Flit, took her paw, and helped her down the stones. He caught a smug look on Bella's face and returned it, smiling when she looked embarrassed.

They were almost to Jamaa, but they couldn't starve before they got there. They were pretty energized, though, which was confusing, but they'd lived off sap and berries and a piece of meat, fish, couldn't hurt.

Arrow caught the first fish, laughing at how small it was. Flit joined him. "Need a little help there?" She asked, replacing the bait. Her eyes met Arrow's, and for a moment, it was just the two of them there.

Suddenly, Flit turned, blinking. "Yeah, um, uh..." She looked down, rosy with embarrassment. Arrow caught more fish, and he didn't even laugh at how small they were. Once it got sort of dark, they walked back to camp. Luckily, it wasn't in ruins, but Bella had buried herself in berries. "Have a fun time?"

Avoiding the question, Arrow laughed, returning to his old self again. "Don't get too fat before the fish. That's supposed to be the big meal."

Flit laughed despite the awkward moment at the dock, and Arrow found himself relieved that nothing had changed between them because of one simple look. Since Bella didn't fish, she had to cook and prepare everything.

Arrow practiced swinging with his dagger, one of his talents. Suddenly, he turned to 'face' another tree, but all he came face-to-face with was a message. It said C + J. It wasn't faded, either. Arrow was careful with his dagger not to chop down trees, so he'd grown fond of them, but writing things on them? That was just plain cruel. He called for Flit.

She looked at it, marked it, and after dinner, (which was very good, by the way,) they found it again.

"I thought there hadn't been life anywhere over here," Bella said, and she actually sounded nervous. "What's it supposed to mean if there is?"

"Hold on," Flit said, sounding really scared this time. "There's goop, the same that attacked me back in the fortress."

"No way," Arrow whispered. "If we're that close, we must be near the players. Other animals, and the phantoms."

Bella exchanged nervous looks with Flit. "Phantoms? Like the elements...?"

"Yeah, exactly."

"That's not very good, you know," Flit said. "But what else can we do? Turn back around? We need to find this juice hut."

"Exactly. So we need to get going."

The trio hiked up the hill. Jade was already at Jamaa. Along the way, she'd met a long lost friend or something, and she'd guided her to the Juice Hut. She promised she'd stay safe and not let anything happen to her.

"Oh my god." Flit whispered, staring at the landscape below them.

Jamaa was pretty, really pretty. Jammers crawled along, advertising different things. Arrow sighed, standing on the top of the hill.

The view was even prettier than the township below them.

2
"Excuse me, where's the Juice Hut?"

Bella smiled at one of the wolves, just sitting there, and he handed them a map and told them it was in Crystal Sands.

"This is so confusing. How many lands can be in one land? Ugh." Arrow sighed, taking the map from Bella. Flit trailed behind them, apparently lost in her own thoughts.

"Oh, come on, he was nice, and also, it's better than nothing," Bella pointed out, and Flit finally spoke up, pointing in the direction of the sands.

"How'd you know?" Arrow asked as they walked, but Flit didn't answer. Perhaps she'd paid more attention to the map. They finished their climb in silence. A large hut must've been it, so they walked up. When they got inside, they talked to the owner. She understood immediately.

They were led into the backroom where Jade was sorting things and placing them onto shelves. She looked up nonchalantly when she heard the ring of the door opening, as if she did this everyday.

She probably did.

She squealed when she saw the three and they each hugged her tightly. She explained everything, and apparently, there was a secret passage somewhere that would lead them to the castle.

"Are we sure we even want to go to the castle?" Flit couldn't imagine what an uproar her own castle was now, having lost the small guard that grumbled at being the caboose, not to mention their queen.

(WIP)