Ming

Ming listened to Julia and smiled. All of this made a lot of sense to her. Of course she was chosen in that case. She was one of the best samurai she knew. She found it stupid how they were criminals for just entering this world, especially when it wasn't their conscious choice and who in the right mind would try to stop someone who was trying to save the world? Either way, it didn't matter to her. She followed everyone else into the forest and kept herself aware of her surroundings. She noticed something was wrong almost as fast as Julia did. She could feel it in the air. Everything wasn't quite right. They took a detour to the Tree of Life and waited for Julia's signal as she tried to speak to the Guardian. That did not work, however. Maidens were summoned to attack and defend. Everyone else was quickly on cue and there wasn't much she needed to do. She knew she didn't need any special techniques for these maidens. 

She threw her shield one end and used her sword to slash the maidens on the other end. The shield cut through the maidens easily and whenever it returned to Ming she would just throw it out again. She kept checking the dragon to see if it was safe whenever she could. She didn't want anything to happen and have her existence just erased. It would not be good for her health. Besides, after this, she had a war to go back and finish. 

[b]Julia[/b]

Julia watched as everyone got into action right away in trying to fight off the Maidens and calm down Rethynth, it was starting to work. She could feel the effect of the Pegasus, it's calming and soothing skills make the whole situation better. The drowsiness was also affecting him then there as the sudden change in temperature. All of it helped calm him down. She turned to Rethynth who was already starting to calm and fall asleep, the maidens growing weaker and more sluggish. It was then that Julia began to softly sing as she walked slowly past Rethynth. After all, Lalafell were the protectors of the Forest of Life, the protectors of the Tree of Life and the Protectors of the Guardian of Life. They were all connected emotionally. She could feel his pain, his fear, his despair. Julia walked up to the Tree of Life and placed her hand on it gently. Her eyes closed and her hand glowed green. It was then that she sang the ancient song of healing.

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As she sang Rethynth let out a loud roar but she continued to sing using the power of the Tree of Life itself to heal him. Now, even animals gathered around to watch. Birds tweeted the song while wolves howled the tune. Everyone was doing their part. It calmed him down almost completely but it didn't put him to sleep as she intended. 

"Rethynth please rest for now."

He stared at her for a moment and then gave a small nod. She then turned to everyone else when he laid himself down and instantly fell asleep. The tree warriors sunk back into the ground as he did. 

"He needs his rest while his soul is healed. I believe the cracks, in reality, are causing him to lose himself. He would be able to feel their darkness through the cracks, even if nothing comes through them. He is able to do this because he is connected to all life on this planet which means he is connected to all worlds and universes also. So it could also be the fact that he can feel other worlds, and the panic and fear of others is driving him to attack. Whatever it is, we must continue on to Ishaena, City of the Lalafell. I will speak to him once he has rested for a little while."

She walked up to Rethynth and placed her hand on his head. Her hand glowed green and she spoke once more.

"Rest Rethynth, my dear friend. We will speak soon, I promise."

With that, she began to walk further through the forest for about five minutes. After walking through the forest for some time they reached the gate to the city. She held out her hands and the gate slowly opened. She stared in through the gate for a moment before slowly turning to the others.

"Welcome to Ishaena, the city of the Lalafell. Please, try to do your best to watch where you step, and do your best to not draw attention to yourselves." 

She walked in a few feet and smiled brightly. There had never been any outsiders entering the city before. In the middle of it, all was a large glowing tree surrounded by magical flowers of all kinds. Julia looked around before noticing a younger looking Lalafell approach her.

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He looked to Bahamut, Grace, Ming and Jack then he turned his gaze to Julia with a questioning look. He spoke in a soft deep tone in his voice. 

"Julia, who are these people?"

Julia looked to the four for a moment in silence before looking back to the man. She let out a soft sigh before speaking to him.

"These are foreigners, Chief Yoal. I summoned them here myself not long ago to help me solve this problem. You should know about the Forest of Life by now. They helped me settle Rethynth down. He will be fine for now but if something isn't done soon things will get a lot worse."

Yoal looked to the four again then looked at Fiona before shaking his head with a disappointed look. It was then that he looked back to Julia with wisdom in his eyes.

"Julia, you know about the law right? It is punishable by death. If anyone finds out Law Enforcers will try to apprehend you. I knew you were serious on your study on these cracks but I never thought you'd be willing to become a criminal for it."

He looked around seeing many Lalafell had gathered now. They looked fearful of Julia, no Lalafell had ever committed a crime so serious before. He looked back to her and gave a soft nod.

"We won't tell anyone about this but sooner or later people are going to find out and the Law Enforcers will come for you. Don't worry about the Forest of Life, we'll take care of that. You just do whatever you need to do and quickly too. There isn't much time Julia."

She gave a small bow and watched him leave. She knew she could trust her own kind to keep her criminal activities a secret. After a small sigh, she turned to her three friends.

"We can rest here for now until you're all ready to leave but we can't stay too long. Do what you need to do as quickly as you can. Once we get outside the city things will get much more complicated and difficult. Considering your size though you won't be able to do much. If you need supplies I can summon things for you or if you want to buy anything let me know. I doubt you have any Xeon Cash on you anyway." 

She gave a cheery smile then gave everyone a large bag of Xeon Cash before walking off. She quickly blended in with all the other lalafell considering her size. The only thing that made her stand out was Red that was sitting on her head.