Chapter 19

We walked through the small village of elves who stared at us as we walked by. A little girl even ran up to me and asked why I had no color in my hair. Rude. It has some gold in it.

Of course I wasn't the only one who was getting called out by different appearances. The only ones in our group who looked kinda blended in was Leah because of her auburn hair and Xavier with his blonde hair.

We followed the blonde hair bob into a large house in the middle of the village.

"You guys can wait here. When the others come back, we can start the feast" blonde said and left

"So, what now?" Leah asked

"We wait" Ezra replied

The house wasn't very big compared to the houses in Sekael but it was bigger than the houses outside. Then again, there didn't seem to be many people living in this village as there was in the town outside the woods. It was very spacious and moderately tall. Several tables lined the house with benches for people to sit on. There was a door at the back of the room that I could hear noises from. I walked over to the door.

"Where are you going, Niko? We shouldn't snoop around" Xavier said as he walked with me to the door.

I slightly opened the door to peek through and saw a kitchen. There were people washing dishes and chopping up vegetables.

"What do you see?" Xavier asked me as he leaned over me to sneak a peek as well.

What happened to "no snooping around"? Huh?

The others came over to us and peeked in as well. Everyone leaned on top of me.

Too...heavy! My arms gave in and I fell along with everyone else.

*GET OFF!* I yelled telepathy

Everyone rolled off and held their heads in their hands.

"Jeez...not so loud" Xavier said

"Excuse me, but who are you?" One of the workers asked

We all looked up in union. The chefs stopped their chopping and the cleaners stopped washing.

"We...umm…" Leah started

The front doors to the house bursted open and the group we met in the woods came in.

"You said that you left them here?"

"Over here!" One of the chefs yelled out

The group ran over and saw us on the floor.

After getting back up, they tell us about the building being a common area for everyone to eat together.

"Since we don't have many people here, we decided to eat together as a way to bring people closer together. Most of us live here by ourselves and it gets lonely." The boy with pink hair said

"Didn't you say that there aren't many animals in the woods? How are you feeding so many people?" Ezra asked

"We all share the food we catch. We eat together so no one feels like someone is getting better treatment. It solves many conflicts."

"That makes sense. Were you guys hunting out in the woods?"

"Yup!" The red head said "Lana, the blonde, is a great archer but she hates watching us skin the animal. That's why she came back earlier than us. We prepare the meat and bring it to the cooks."

"So, everyone helps out in one way or another." Xavier said

Even gramps?

I looked at the old man. He looks like he's about to kneel over any minute.

I noticed the guy with pink hair was staring at me. So I stared back. We did this for a few seconds before the redhead waved his hand between us.

"Yoo-hoo!"

Pinky came back to earth. "Oh! Sorry for staring. It's just…"

He didn't continue

"Just what?" Leo asked

"She's-" he started before red head interrupted

"She's creepy! She doesn't speak nor does she show any emotions! Her hair is a bad omen and her freaky eyes are just like those robots from the other side!"

"What do you mean 'bad omen'?" Ezra asked

"There was once an old tale that my father told me. He said that an angel with the hair of snow with golden flakes will one day appear before us. 'Do not fret! For she does not take. But be warned, she will bring war'" grams said all mysterious like

"I'm sure that's not Niko" Leah said and waved them off

"It's just-"

"Creepy! We got it!" Xavier said

"I just realized that none of us have introduced ourselves. I'm Ezra Lowe" he said to take the attention off of me

"Is that a werewolf family name? What clan?" Pinky asked

"We don't need to ask so many questions!" Xavier said "I'm Xavier Arsenio. Human"

"How odd" redhead muttered

"Leah Pacome. Witch"

"I'm Leo and this is Niko-"

*Ky* I told him

"Niko Ky. She's...witch as well" he finished

"We should introduce ourselves as well. My name is Osiris Grif and this is my grandfather, Kenzo" Pinky said

"You've met Lana. I'm Quillon Valentine. We're twins" Redhead said

Seriously? They look like polar opposites.

"We may not look similar nor act like each other but I can assure you, our mother gave has the proof" Lana said

Proof? Not sure if I want to know…