Celestia

Her brows wrinkled, bothered by the light disturbing her sleep. When her mind clears, she remembers what happened, so she slowly opens her eyes. She notices the clouds in the sky. Her head moved slightly on the left, she's shocked to see the sun! She stood up hurriedly, ignoring her soiled feet. The light seems warm but not bothersome.

She was embraced from the back. Smelling the familiar scent, she turned around and kissed him deeply. Breathless, she pulled from the kiss. At first, her attention was on his face but when she saw something behind him, she's speechless. It's astonishing to see four moons on the south horizon! One big white moon and three small ones colored pink, light blue, and gray. Closer, it looked like a paw print.

Dean chuckled because he was ignored twice! She didn't see him lying in the bed and ignored him when she saw the moons. This wife of his had no idea how worried he was when she was burning these past days. The pain was awful, but he didn't let her go, fearing she would drown. Smoke rose from the boiled water that touched her skin. He saw how the vapor filled the sky. After hours, the vapor turned to clouds, and he slowly saw the sun in the north and the moons in the south when the sky cleared after.

He had no idea how many days had passed, but based on the sunrise, it's the third day since it happened. His thoughts were halted when she gasped. After admiring the moons, she closed her eyes to observe around. Then she saw another island on the east, connected by a path of land to where they are! It's as big as the original island and filled with trees around it, but it has a small volcano in the middle! She has mixed feelings, but a little afraid. Would it be dangerous if there's an active volcano near them?

{Don't be afraid.} Bella looked at Dean's face, puzzled by her sudden move. Confirming they're alone, she closed her eyes again and looked at the mouth of the volcano.

{Come.} She's afraid, but she must see what's inside. Her mind slowly entered the opening and saw the lava pool dancing as if welcoming her arrival.

{Feel the heat flow from your heart to your veins.} She did as told by the second voice. Deep inside, it's telling her they won't hurt her. The heat from the veins needed to come out of her body, so she slowly let it flow in front of her.

Dean was baffled at the ball of fire slowly growing in front of her. It stopped when it was the size of a fist. Bella opened her eyes and slowly directed the hot lava in the river. It sizzles as the vapor rises. When it stopped, it floated in front of them and Dean couldn't believe what he's seeing. Bella's excited and chuckles on Dean's shocked face. She took his hand and moved on toward the mouth of the volcano.

Although surprised, he held her as if protecting her from falling. He can see that this new island is also surrounded by rocky walls, but it doesn't have a beach around it. The only entrance is the long elevated path of soil and rocks that connects to the east entrance of the original island. As he looked closer, on the left and right side of this path lies a two-meter canal with space water. On the right canal, the east river flows from the original island to the new one. The river surrounds it, situated between the wall and the forest circling the entire island. If you place a boat, it will be like a boat ride in the carnival exiting the left canal and returning to the original island.

"Honey, I heard voices. It taught me how to use this ability."

"Is it a man or a woman?" 'Why does it look like he ate sour food?'

"It's a man at first, then a woman."

"What did they say?" She didn't notice his relieved voice.

"That it won't hurt me, but I couldn't hear them anymore." she said, disappointed.

"Maybe you'll hear them again, but first, we need to get off here. They must be worried sick."

"Wait, I want to show you something."

They moved to the beach. Under his eyes, the lava popped from nowhere and moved in several directions. Slowly it crawled upward, forming something. As the lava went up, the sand crawled from the bottom. The dark red lava became reddish color as it covered the flaming wall. It stopped, and he saw it formed a rectangular castle wall with four towers at the corners. It's still empty inside, but Dean is proud of his amazing wife. He also saw flying rocks from every direction and embeds in the wall looking like decorations.

"I can lift anything here, aside from us and the animals." She grinned at him. Seeing his proud look, she can't wait to see Queen Bubbles' reaction when she's finished with the castle. Building this piece by piece and arranging them together underwater would make a huge abode. She will build an underwater kingdom.

Thinking about what happened, she's certain that one of the rocks she moved from the islet is a stone similar to the others she got in the past. Most of it is red from the heat, so she's not sure which one. She only felt her heart burning after moving loose burning rocks. It was a hasty move, imagining she might have exploded from the heat all over her body. Thankfully, nothing bad happened.

They popped further from the entrance and slowly emerged from the darkness. Adelle pounced at her and touched all over her body to check if she's okay. He saw Switch scratching his head, embarrassed by the scene. There's a mountain of trash in the corner, thank god she left food in her bag. Three days had passed outside. Although they needed to go back, it's already sunset, so it's better to climb the next day.

Switch wondered what happened, but he knew it's a sensitive topic, so he kept his mouth shut. Adelle stopped her from calling for help. From her tone, she's sure they'll be fine. He wanted to climb up and see the situation but she's so stubborn and didn't want to leave the couple so he gave up and waited. He's so relieved both of them are safe.

They climbed right away when the sun rose. There were no more animal carcasses, and the spot seemed undisturbed. The wolves and hyenas she moved to space are now under Fluffy's control. According to them, they traveled from a far place. At their home, it didn't rain for months, so the trees died. It's difficult to search for food, so they went further until they smelled them. The wolves are from the south, but the reason they found them is that a much stronger pack dominated their territory, so they had to move.

Fluffy told them how she's sad from failing to save their kind. He comforted her, after all, they would have died anyway because they haven't eaten for days. Although few, there's still a lot of them around the world, so she didn't need to worry. But when they heard about the apocalypse from Fluffy, they pleaded with her to save their kind on this continent. So she made a mental note to visit their homes.

The car is still in the parking area. The guards are already used to people camping for weeks on the mountain. They drove to the place where the car fell, but they didn't find any clue. Upon arriving at the hotel, Switch ran to the bathroom like lightning. He couldn't take the stickiness anymore. Adelle bathed in space and admired it while chatting with Bella.

Dean receives a call from Devyn, worried for days when they lost contact. After knowing that they're all safe, he laments about the troublesome mother and daughter. According to him, they came to the villa every day, inquiring about his whereabouts. Nobody from the family responded, no matter how she asked. When a maid spilled the wine on Olivia's dress when they were having dinner, she slapped her hard. The maid fell headfirst and was brought to the emergency room right away. She's still in the coma.

Everybody was angry, especially Grandma because she's one of her most loyal servants. When Grandpa saw how furious Grandma was, he forbade them to step in the villa for a while. It didn't matter if rumors started that servants were treated better than family members. All of them knew his bottom line is her, the love of his life. He couldn't let anything hurt her, not even mosquitoes. Where did they get the courage to provoke his wife?

He wanted to ban them from entering forever. He's not afraid of criticisms, but he must be very careful because some got curious the moment they move the materials from the halted projects. The biggest stockholders belong to the family, so they have the final say in all decisions. But they have partners in some investments who were getting anxious.

Even though these won't matter in the future, keeping a good reputation is a must for now. It's annoying to admit that nasty rumors may affect some money flow and they have to deal with troublesome investors, but the money must keep coming until it can.

The four of them flew back to Vittoria Country. Switch also came because he had another mission. Apart from Switch, the three of them went to the Tang's. After giving them gifts and chatting for a while, Dean went to the hospital while they went back to her house.

Adelle was speechless by the breathtaking horizon where the moons are high in the sky. It looks like another world now that there's a sun, clouds and the temperature seems to have also changed. The volcano is not a threat according to Bella, and she trusts her. With Fluffy, the three of them walked from the original Island now called Celestia, to the new island she named Vulcan.

There were species of flowers, mushrooms, plants, and trees they've never seen before. They stored the fruit trees on the way for future tests. Instinctively, Bella knows which plants are dangerous and which are safe to touch. Adelle took notes and photos of the plants.

When they arrive at the villa, it's surrounded by a gloomy atmosphere.