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DSpaceZ:

1. I already thought about changing the format to:

Speech: "Hello!"

Thought: He can only be nice

or

Speech: "Hello!"

Thought: {He can only be nice.}

Maybe you have got some better ideas. I will keep using the old one until I decided which one I want to use.

2. The numbers just mean how much words each chapter has.

3. I don't want to throw around with spoilers too much. His anger is going to play a big role, but I can say that something unexpected will happen.

And without further ado, lets get back to Alrest!

Chapter 16: Ophion

"We can go see Unclepon Umon, maybe he can give us one." ,I could hear Tora say as I woke up. Man I really slept bad this time, I thought as I slowly stood up.

"Finally you decided to wake up. How's you wound?" ,Nia said a bit sarcastically. Huh? I didn't felt any pain anymore. The wound is completely gone, I thought.

"It told ya." ,she grinned at me.

"Thank you! I should not have doubted you in the first place." ,I said while I scratched my neck nervously.

"Yep", she said while I looked around and saw that Pyra was missing. Nia noticed that.

"She is just looking for a way to reach Tora's Uncle. He is supposed to build ships." ,she said while getting on Dromarch. You have two healthy legs you know, I thought while I watched her.

"He does!" ,I could hear Tora complain.

"C'mon we need to catch up to her." ,Nia shouted as she already got on her way. I decided to follow her.

After a few minutes I could see Pyra in the distance, examining some flowers on the ground.

"Oh hello." ,she said after she saw that we were watching her. She stood up and greeted us with a smile.

"Uh hello", I said nervously. I remembered our little talk from yesterday, so I still felt kind of embarrassed. I tried to concentrate and I could really feel that she was also unsure on how to approach me. As much as I wanted to tell her sometimes I just couldn't do it, because I did not wanted to think about it. It just hurted too much.

"I-I heard Tora speaking of his Uncle earlier and that he could give us a ship. Did you found out where it is?" ,I asked her. I just needed to talk about different things, maybe this is all forgotten one day.

"Yes, I saw a house near the cloud sea down there." She said while pointing downwards the grass field we were standing on. "I just wanted to wait for all of you."

"Ok then we should waste no more time!" ,I said to everyone as I started running down the path. Did I do it to avoid embarrassing questions? Maybe.

As we reached the house we were greeted by another Nopon, who instantly recognized Tora.

"Tora! This big surprise!" ,said Tora's Uncle happily.

"Long time no see Unclepon!" ,Tora said in return.

"Yes long time! About one whole year?"

"Yes, about that!"

"You became really big in one year, Tora!"

"Yes, Tora no Littlepon anymore!"

"And Tora has lots of sidekicks!" I decided to wave my hand a bit.

"J-J and friends are not sidekicks! They are real friends Umon!" ,Tora said before turning over to me, "J-J meet Unclepon Umon. He did great research with Grampypon! He is great builder of ships!"

"Hello!" ,I said grinning at him.

"Greetings!" ,I could hear Pyra say.

"At your service." Dromarch greeted him too.

"I see. Tora has lot's of friends! Very good! Tora has become fine biggipon" ,his Uncle said while smiling at him. I really found it a bit cute how Nopons talked to each other.

"Well Tora. Did you need Umon's help for something?" ,he now asked him.

"Well we wanted to borrow a ship. From Unclepon Umon." ,he said. There was no other way to get to the World Tree.

"A ship? But there are lot's of ship's in Torigoth." ,he said.

"Well unfortunately every ship in Torigoth is under control of the ardainian Empire and we have absolutely no gold to pay for them." ,I answered him.

Before he could say anything more he spotted Poppy standing behind Tora.

"Is that the artificial Blade Tora's Grampypon has worked on?" he asked. He seemed pretty curious.

"My name is Poppy. Pleased to meet Unclepon." ,Poppy said.

"Yes! This it!" ,Umon said with his wings rose to the air, "This pretty mighty! Tora take after Grampypon indeed!"

"Ohh well how can I refuse Tora now?" ,he stated, while he took us inside of his house. A big ship could be seen in the middle.

"Tora may use Umon's ship!" ,he said pointing towards it. It was a big Titan with a upper half of a ship built on it.

"Thank you! We owe you!" ,I thanked him and so did the others.

"Indeed! Hope you enjoy your trip wherever it takes you!" ,he said while the ship slowly swam out of his house, out to the Cloud Sea.

A few hours later

"Why is it so hot right now..." ,I complained while steering the ship. The sun was burning down on us.

"At least we nearly made it to the World Tree..." ,Nia said, trying to stay in the shadow. The tree was way bigger than I remembered it to be.

I could see Pyra walking to the front part of the ship. She wasn't moving for over five minutes so I started to worry. Suddenly she turned towards us with a frightened expression.

"Julien! We need to leave fast! We can't stay here!" ,she shouted.

",Wha-Why?" ,I was caught off guard by her sudden change of mood. Suddenly a gigantic being came out of the Cloud Sea looking a us.

"Ophion!" ,she shouted as the ship began to move uncontrollably.

"How do you-" ,I was cut off by the being screaming at us. I tried to turn around as fast as I could but it followed us. I looked back to see if everyone was holding on to something. Only Pyra was still standing motionless on the same spot. I heard that she mumbled something to herself.

"Pyra! Please hold onto something!" ,I shouted at her while I tried evading one of the attacks of this being. He missed and vanished in the Cloud Sea.

"God... Is it over?" ,I asked as I saw it coming out again in the distance.

"He seemed to have givin' up." Nia said as she tried to relax.

"Friends?" ,Tora said while pointing towards a gigantic Titan coming our way.

"Oh c'mon!" ,I shouted in disbelief. Will we ever get some time to breath? It looks like the answer is no, I thought while I desperately tried to steer the ship.

It opened it's mouth and we were dragged towards it. I gave up steering the ship and grabbed Pyra to protect her from any harm. A few seconds later we started falling down, no ground in sight.

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