[center][img=http://i.imgur.com/W3nWtqY.jpg][/center] The trip to the dark side wasn't as exciting as the one to Cogs and Gears. Toby spent a majority of his time on the airship sitting beside a window, daydreaming about the tea party. Everyone seemed to be having a good time until they read that letter sent by some people wearing hoods. He didn't know who they were but already disliked them and wished they didn't exist. Even some of the soldiers seemed a little worried, however that could've been due to Lt. Falkner's screaming and stuff. Whatever the case may be, their day had been kinda ruined, and the boy didn't like that. [quote=Japhet]"For Celery's sake! They destroyed the fruitcaking engine! This is state of the art tech and they just destroyed it! The motherboard is soaked in flipping HONEY."[/quote] Toby's eyes beamed towards Japhet and the engine. He couldn't help but grin at the mechanic's frustration. He had never seen honey make somebody so upset before. The thought of honey slightly made his mouth water. It had been a long time since he had eaten and he was starting to get a little hungry. However as people started to exit the now grounded airship, the feeling of hunger was drowned out by the excitement of finally going outside. "Thank you for the flashlight!" He exclaimed to Breeze with a smile of gratitude as he caught the light stick. It was dark enough when the airship was grounded, even more so as they began to walk through the forest. As far as he knew this was his first time in the dark side, probably Niran's too. He wanted to admire it's scenery and explore but it was far too dark to see much and there were a bunch of soldiers watching over them. Still, it was nice to be out of the kingdom and around new faces. Remaining in his own thoughts for a majority of the walk, the boy was starting to become irritatingly bored. Even though it was nice to be out, there was so much forest to see yet the soldiers kept the group heading towards one specific direction which ruined any sense of adventure. His hunger had returned as well. Toby dismissed Ace's poison theory in his mind, either because he had unnecessary faith in the tea party being a success or because he was simply too hungry to care. If he was going to die, it wasn't going to be on an empty stomach. He remained quiet and observant most of the walk, daydreaming of a fun and enchanting tea party with cookies and hot food ending with them retrieving the USB and going back home to pick on the bunny guards. [quote=Inadi]“I honestly have no idea what in the world we should be looking for on this stupid hike.”[/quote] Toby glared at Inadi with confusion. He had made it obvious how upset he was and it was only adding to the rather dampened mood looming around them. The whole situation was just uncomfortable. Toby gazed around the area trying to think of something fun to do while they walked, when he noticed an anxious Harper glance towards him. It was the first time he had seen him with such an expression on his face. He wanted to approach him and ask how the paintball competition went, as to distract both of their thoughts, when suddenly feminine shrieking could be heard from Japhet. He turned around to observe the commotion, but instead was gripped in a headlock along with Leila. [quote=Nympha]"Stand back! These are my hostages! Hostages!"[/quote] Toby was taken delightfully by surprise and couldn't help but snicker as Nympha's arm tickled his neck. "Oh geez, I mean I guess i'm your hostage." He chuckled, "Hey! You have really pretty hair, it looks like bubblegum. You should meet a friend of- ack! What the hell!" Toby shielded his eyes as Japhet's flashlight shone in his face, "Watch where you point that thing dude!" Nympha started to blabber about a turtle dragon, which seemed to peak Ace's interest as well as Toby's. [quote=Ace] "Summon it then! I want to see!"[/quote] "That sounds like fun!" Nympha continued to scream turtle dragon, and Toby couldn't help but join in. "turtle dragon!" "turtle dragon!" "TURTLE DRAGON!" "TURTLE DRAGON!" [i][b]"TURTLE DRAGON!"[/b][/i] [i][b]"TURTLE DRA-[/b][/i]oh whoa," The ground began to shake and the boy jumped. He looked towards the inner forest first with a look of disbelief. Processing what was happening, he was overcome with excitement. "No way, no way! Turtle dragon! I want to meet it!" The fun was cut short as soldiers began to usher everyone away from the noise except for Inadi and a few nobodies. Toby tried to protest but was eventually dragged away by a soldier. "Alright, alright! I can run by myself!" He shouted as he shoved the soldier off of him and continued to run, shining his flashlight behind him hoping to catch a glimpse of the creature. Staring back while running he managed to catch his leg on a fallen branch and fall face-first to the ground, his flashlight bouncing a few feet from his grasp. The fall hurt but the boy laughed the pain away as he curled up on the floor. "I fell," He remarked to himself, slightly giggling. This was much more fun than walking in silence. As he sat up another growl could be heard, this time much closer than the one from before. His eyes shot towards a barrier that had suddenly appeared and glowed in the forests darkness. Toby began to wipe the dirt and leaves away from his clothing and crawled with haste towards the flashlight. Grabbing the light stick he shone it in the direction of the barrier, his eyes widening with excitement as he could barely make out the creature in the distance. "TURTLE DRAGON!" He shouted with joy. Quickly the boy stood up and sprinted towards a nearby tree. Crouching behind it he watched in awe as it began to pound on the magical barrier. It was definitely one of the biggest living things he had seen since arriving to Nowhere. He was reminded of Citrus and Cobalt, and wondered if maybe this turtle dragon could be their cousin. A much bigger and scarier looking cousin. "If only Ise was here," he said to himself in admiration of the beast. In no way did the thing look friendly and the barrier didn't look like it could hold out for long, but he wanted to at least see it up close before bolting off. He doubted he could befriend the creature but seeing it was good enough for him. Toby stood up from behind the tree and turned around, for some reason the forest suddenly felt darker. He shone his flashlight left and right in search of his friends. "Ran?!" the boy began to quickly walk forward, looking left and right. "Ace? Riley?!" His sense of direction would have been thrown off if not for the giant barrier, which everyone was running away from. Toby broke out into a jog, shining his flashlight in all directions in search of his friends as he continued to shout their names.