Chapter 3-1

During the ride, I decided to look around at everyone. Lewis was perfectly focused in his book while having Anna holding onto his arm. I could tell that she was reading it with him because of the way her eyes moved across the page. Certain pages, she would stop him from flipping the page until she was done. Every once in a while, the sun would shine on Nova's golden hair and feathers as he looked out the window. He looked so focused that he reminded me of a statue. I saw that Viktor had a shine in his yellow eyes while he flirted with my brother. Alex pretended to be annoyed but I saw the smile as he flirted back. Bruce and Florence were doing a thumb war. I think that Flo was winning since Bruce still had his thumbs. It looked like Joy was making spare dolls for spells or it might be clothes for her older dolls.

Bram had his eyes covered, by one of his hands, to block the light while sipping from a blood bag. Even though the sun cannot kill him, it still irritates the hell out of him. He moved part of his hand to look at me and saw me staring. I quickly looked back at the window with a blush on my face. Since I was leaning on him, I could feel his chuckle as he moved his hand back.

"I can't wait to get there! What's the sea like?!" I asked while my ears twitched in excitement.

"Large, blue, and refreshing. It is kind of magical when you first see it. It also reeks of salt and fish. Make me gag from the smell sometimes." Nova said before turning to look at me. "Just don't try to drink it because it is way too salty and it is bad for you."

"Could I swim in it?"

"It is so large that we might lose you if you do swim," Nova said with a smile. "We would miss you if you disappeared."

"Really? Wow! I never thought that it could happen!"

It is so funny how Nova and Viktor looked like their parents perfectly mixed. Nova got his mother's golden hair and feather color with his father's red eyes. Viktor got his father's white hair color and white feathers with his mother's golden eyes. Both somehow got their father's extremely pale skin rather than their mother's darker skin. Viktor has to be careful with his health because he inherited his father's poor health and he is anemic, which is not a good combination. Nevertheless, he has learned how to survive with his health just like his father.

I looked over to Florence and Alex to see how much we looked like our parents. I got my mother's purple eyes, need for glasses with my father's white hair, and bear parts. Florence has Mom's eyes and human parts with Dad's hair color. Alexander got Mom's blond hair with Dad's bear ears and brown eyes. It was so strange how Alex's blond ears look so different from Dad's white color and mine; I guess it is because of his hair that caused the change in fur color. However, both Alex and I have more of a mixture of our parent's skin color while Flo is slightly paler than we are.

"Hey Ash, come look out the window!" Nova said while pointing at the window.

"Cool!"

We made it to the port, and it smelled delicious. I almost climbed out of the window to get a great view. I saw people working with nets full of fish, fish swimming in a clear bucket, and people using poles to catch more fish. In the sea, I saw fish jumping in and out of the water. Butchers were cutting up fishes to sell, and I saw cooks frying up fish to eat. People were buying fish and eating them. There were so many fish everywhere here.

"Ash, you're drooling," Bram pointed out.

Everyone started to laugh at me as I cleaned up my face. I started to blush in my embarrassment.

"Sorry, it's just nobody told me that the sea would have so much fish!"

We all looked in shock because Joy started to roll around on the bottom of the carriage while laughing. For the first time, Joy was actually joyful with something that did not involve anyone in pain.

"Ash, the sea is where you get most of the fish you eat." Joy said between giggles.

"Oh! That sounds tasty! I wonder if I could live in it so I could eat all the fish I want!"

"Ash, if it was even possible, and with your appetite, there would be no more fish left in the sea," Alex told me then I stuck my tongue out at him.

"Hey! The two of you have the same type of tongue," Viktor said, "I wonder if they also taste the same."

Alex punched him in the gut while I started to blush. Both Nova and Bram started to glare at Viktor at his comment.

"If you dare try to kiss my baby brother, I will slowly pluck out your feathers one by one slowly and then I will push them back in."