Five Little Sacrifices

Chapter 100

It's here! Chapter 100! Wow it feels amazing! ^^

I'm sorry it took so long to make this chapter, I had work to do and then I had a vacation. I decided to just relax and enjoy my time (ate lots of ice cream, went to see my folks, played The Isle, read some books xD I had so much fun!) and now I'm happy to start writing again!

Thank you for all your support! No matter what, no matter how long it takes I will finish this book! ^^

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What was in front of them was... Extraordinary. It wasn't unimaginable, but definitely something they didn't expect to see. Yet in a place like this, it strangely made them a lot less surprised than it would have if they had seen it in Earth Land.

Freed huffed with a frown when looking at tiny trees that were growing on the ground. They looked more like just small bushes. No, not even bushes, they were like tussocks. They were growing all around and when he carefully pushed one down they bend under his hand and once he lifted it, they sprung back up unharmed. They were obviously very resilient and wouldn't get torn apart just because they happened to walk there.

Rufus was looking up instead. Since he had absolute trust in his perfect memory, he could safely say he had never seen anything quite like this. Thousands and thousands of lily pads were growing high up towards the sky just in front of them. Those huge leafs seemed like they were covering the sky, yet they were so transparent they could actually see some of the biggest stars through them, giving them light.

There were also water lilies. It felt strange to call them water lilies since they were growing so high up in the air, but that was what they resembled. And that wasn't all there was.

"Bubbles?" Rufus asked when looking at the round bubbles that were slowly floating under the lily pads.

"Seems so", Freed agreed. "But are they just regular bubbles?"

"Maybe they are floating water drops?" Toby suggested scratching his jaw.

"I wouldn't be surprised if that was true", Rufus said.

"You know, like, if you touch them and then splash, you get all wet because the bubble will break and it's actually filled with water?"

"That is possible, though considering how big those drops look from down here, the surface tension of them should be immense to keep all that water in", Freed muttered. "And if they are indeed filled with water, it should be impossible for them to float."

That was when both Freed and Rufus noticed something and they turned around to stare at Toby who looked back with a smile.

"Hi Toby", Felix smiled waving his hand.

"Hi there little one", Toby chuckled.

"Where did you come from?" Rufus asked confused. "For how long have you been following us?"

"Hmm? I don't know, maybe a while?" Toby said trying to measure the length of the journey he had followed Freed, Rufus and Felix. "I saw you three and I figured I should join you."

"And you didn't consider telling us you're here?" Freed asked and yes, he was slightly irritated. Not because Toby joined them, not at all. It was because it made him a bit ashamed how he had not noticed Toby before now.

He could see how Rufus was feeling exactly the same but both of them would rather die than say it out loud to anyone.

"I know you knew I was here the whole time", Toby just smiled.