It's Not A Ghost Story, It's A Love Story: A Xephmadia Tale

Chapter 4

Lomadia's POV:
"How do you even begin to navigate this island...and why?  Everyone else was too afraid to approach it."  Nano asked as they strolled through the woods, her gaze flitting away every time there was a condescending hoot of an owl.
"I don't know," She responded, unfazed by the oddities of the island.  "I've always preferred being in nature with little company and a canopy over my head."
Lomadia thought of the days spent with Xeph in the woods.
"Well, I'm glad the island is being put to good use, rather than just creeping out everyone around the harbor."  Lom couldn't help but smile as the fluxed girl spoke.
Their humor was short lived as an ear splitting crash echoed from the mainland.
"What the hell was that?!"  Lomadia asked to no one in particular. 
"I don't know but we should probably go and find out."

-----Later-----

"Did you hear that?"  A dwarf named Honeydew stood on the bridge to Owl Island.
"I think everyone around the harbor heard that."  Nano called, walking up to greet the dwarf, "We're going to check it out now."
"Mind if I tag along?"  Honeydew piped.
"Come on, hopefully no one's hurt."  Lom said as she walked up, never breaking her stride.
As the trio walked around the harbor, they met up with the mad scientist Lalna. 
Lalna was normally a very kind hearted individual, but sometimes his darker side would surface, and when it did, it was like he was a completely different person.  When he got that way, he had no respect for life of any kind.  They had nicknamed this version of him Livid. And he would experiment on, torture and kill anything he could, including his friends if they'd let him.  Eventually he would go back to his normal self and feel terrible about what he'd done.
Lomadia shuddered as they arrived on the site.  A crashed spaceship smoked, nearly obliterated in the crater it had created.
"Did anyone survive?"  Lomadia choked out.
"We don't know yet."  Rythian an ender-born responded from where he stood next to his half robotic girlfriend named Zoeya.
"I haven't even seen any bodies so far."  Ridgedog a kind demigod called from where he was floating above the ship.
A chill shot through the owl loving girl, she had only been able to bury half of her crew because the other half had been vaporized when one of the engines had exploded after her crash.
Honeydew must have seen the look on her face because he was the next to speak.  "Lomadia, Nano, why don't you two go collect medical supplies in case there are survivors."
Lomadia didn't have to be told twice, she took up the offer and darted off to gather what she needed, not checking to see if Nano was following her.

Xephos's POV:
Xephos woke with a splitting headache, it took him a few moments to remember what had happened.  He shot upright as his memories fell into place, which proved to be a bad idea.  The room spun, and the pain in his head bathed everything in red.
"Whoa!  Lay back down!"  Xeph couldn't tell if it was his blurry vision and foggy mind or if the girl who had spoken was purple, but he did as she asked.
"Where am I?"  Xephos looked around at the medical cabin he was in.
"Minecraftia...more specifically Tekkitopia."  The now obviously purple girl replied.  "I'm sorry about your crash, but if it's of any condolence, we get them frequently, even I crashed here about eight years ago...actually most of us crashed here."
Xephos saw confusion sparkle beneath her eyes. 
"What?"  He asked as she shook off the look.
"Hu- oh it's nothing...you just look familiar."  The girl responded, heading for the door.
"Wait!"  He called before she left, "What's your name?"
"NanoSounds, what's yours?"  She turned back to face him.
"Xephos."
Xeph was taken aback by the gasp that escaped Nano before she bolted from the room.

Nano's POV:
"Xephos."
Nano couldn't help but gasp as the injured astronaut spoke.
Without another word, she ran from the room, what were the odds.  'Could this be THE Xephos?  The Xephos that was in all of Lomadia's stories?  The Xephos she had to leave all those years ago.'
Thoughts raced through her mind as she made her way to Owl Island.
Nano had stayed when Lomadia left soon soon after collecting supplies, unable to hold herself together, which was understandable.

Lomadia's POV:
'Keep yourself together!'  Lom scolded herself.  The recent crash had sent her into a turmoil of memories from her own crash landing.
Thankfully a knock at the door broke her away from her thoughts.
She walked over, her tread silent from so many nights walking in the woods, and opened the door to a panting NanoSounds.
"You alright?"  Lomadia asked, letting the girl in.
"Fine.  There's- something- important- I have- to tell- you."  She said between breaths.
"How about you catch your breath first."  Lom poured her friend a glass of water as Nano sat down on the sofa.
As her breathing slowed, the fluxed girl's excitement only seemed to rise.
"So what's up?"  Lomadia asked after a few minutes.
Nano looked at her, excitement playing across her face.  "There was a survivor."
Lom smiled.  "That's great...but couldn't you have walked out here at a leisurely pace to tell me that."
The flux covered girl looked ready to explode, but she managed to keep her voice steady.  "He says his name is Xephos."
Lomadia's train of thought went in a million different directions.  At first she thought she must have heard her friend wrong, or perhaps it was a different Xephos, but it want a very common name.
Nano looked at her and smiled once more.  Lom scarcely noticed her friend behind her as she took off across the island.

Xephos's POV:
Soon after the purple girl's outburst, another person had come to check on him, a dwarf named Honeydew.  He seemed kind enough as he gave Xeph a light pain killer to chase away the headache, before helping him to stand up.
Before long, Xeph was able to walk around, although he was fully aware of the burns and cuts that amazingly had been his only injury from the crash.
Xephos felt guilty that he escaped the crash with so little injury, while his crew had paid the ultimate price.
"I know what you're thinking."  Honeydew said quietly as Xephos stretched his legs.  "But know this, their deaths aren't your fault, I'm one of very few people who were born here, although I was really born in Kaz Mordan but that's irrelevant.  The point is I'm one of the few people who was actually born on Minecraftia."  He sighed.  "Almost everyone here has crashed and lost their crew...the gravity shell is just too strong." 
Despite his guilt he appreciated the attempt to make him feel better about the situation, "Thanks friend."
"Why don't we head outside for some fresh air, you've been in cryo-sleep for over a year, you could use the vitamin D."  Honeydew opened the door and Xeph followed him though it.
The planet was beautiful, the people that lived in the area had set up around a harbor with an island in the middle of the water.  Brightly colored flowers and fields surrounded the beaches of the mainland, but the woods that covered the island seemed much more welcoming to him.
Xephos was torn from his thoughts when an all to familiar voice screamed his name.
"Xephos!"  She called again, and he dared to hope as he turned to look at the person calling his name.
He could barely breathe when his eyes locked on the girl, for a moment he thought he must have been dreaming, but the she was, Lomadia, the girl he had fallen in lover with.  The girl he hadn't seen in years.
"Lomadia!"  He yelled as she darted towards him.
When the two collided he couldn't feel his injuries at all as he picked her up and spin her in a circle, their lips pressed together in a kiss he knew they had both longed for over the past three years.
"It's you!  Oh my god!  It's really you!"  Lom whispered when they broke apart, tears streaming down her face.
"Er...you two...know each other?"  Honeydew asked, his shocked gaze flitting from one to the other.
"You could say that!"  Xeph laughed, keeping one arm around Lomadia's shoulders.
"Wait a minute!  Xephos?!  You said your name was Xephos!"  Honeydew practically shrieked.  "Lomadia never shuts up about you!"
Lom looked like she wanted to shrink into the shadows at the comment.
Xephos smiled down at her and some of her embarrassment faded as Nano joined them.
"Oh my god!  Your eyes!"  Nano gasped, looking at her friend whose eyes had begun to glow.
Now it was Lom's turn to laugh, "That's a long story."
"Well we've got time."  Honeydew piped looking from Lom's eyes to Xeph's.
With that they plunged into the story.