5. Family in trouble!

Athena signed to Zelda telling them to move on.

Zelda nodded her head and looked at Rachel, who looked just so scared than anyone. Zelda held her and took her closer to herself. Rachel turned her head to look at Zelda.

Zelda quickly grabbed Rachel's hand and started walking away from there, while Athena followed them, keeping an eye on them!

As they three were walking through the forest Rachel stopped abruptly in the mid way, making Zelda and Athena look down at her with a frowning face.

"Rachel..." Zelda called her with a sigh.

"Mom... I... I can't... Walk... anymore", Rachel stuttered with extreme tiredness!

Athena took a deep breath and walked towards her mom and grabbed her hand, making her look at her.

Seeing Athena look around the forest disturbed her more!

Suddenly, Athena raised her hand and pointed out her finger at an old small tree house!

"Athena…!", called Zelda, making Athena look at her.

"Should we stay here?" Zelda asked and Athena nodded her head.

"But... I don't think it's safe to stay there…!"

Zelda said and Athena shook her head.

Athena signed with her hands saying,

'It's Not…! But, we should be careful...'

And, turned her head towards Rachel who was just looking at the tree house with her big eyes...

'Rachel is tired too... We need to stay here for a few days until we settle things down! And, we are almost closer to human territory... I don't think we will have more problems for now…!'

Athena signed with her hands as Zelda kept looking at her.

"Mom... I can't walk anymore…!" said Rachel again!

"But…!!!"

Athena cut off Zelda in the mid Sentence as she grabbed Zelda's hands.

'Trust me!'

Athena signaled with her hands and smiled at her!

Zelda looked around to feel her husband's spirit! And suddenly, a wave of air passed by them, letting them know that Lupus was around them and they shouldn't have to be scared of anything.

Athena smiled seeing her Mom calming down as she faintly nodded her head.

'Let's go up... And then I will check out the house... I can't leave you guys alone here…!'

Athena signaled with her hands, making Zelda nod her head.

As soon as Zelda nodded her head in yes, Rachel was the first one to climb the tree house as quickly as possible.

Zelda was shouting at her to be careful as she climbed the stairs, and Rachel nodded her head looking back at her mother! She was so excited to see the tree house.

As soon as they all climbed on the tree house, Rachel was about to run around the house in utmost excitement to explore the house, but Athena seized her hand, making Rachel look at her with a frown.

Athena shook her head at Rachel, and she sighed in disappointment.

"Rachel... Wait... Don't just jump around..." Zelda scoffed Rachel, making her roll her eyes but again, she nodded!

"Okay!" Rachel replied sternly, and Athena walked into the treehouse, and looked around and saw if there was any danger or if anyone had set a trap for them! But it didn't at all look like that!

The tree house looked like someone left it a long time ago! And, it was too old one, but it still could work for them to live there for a few days.

Athena walked outside, and saw Zelda and Rachel looking at her with their curious faces.

Athena nodded her head at them, and Rachel smiled and dashed into the treehouse without waiting for anyone…!

"Wow... This is so beautiful!" exclaimed Rachel with much excitement!

"We need to clean this house first!", said Zelda and Rachel turned back and stared at her scornfully.

"But... How?" Rachel asked, and Athena looked around and saw that there were some Soot-stained pots and kitchen utensils in the house.

"I think, these things will work for Cooking somehow..." Zelda said and Athena turned her head towards Zelda.

"I will check out what else... We have here... You can just grab a few long stems of the tree and clean the house..." Zelda said and Athena nodded her head in yes.

"Mom... I am not doing anything..." said Rachel furrowing her brows, making Zelda sigh.

"It's fine... You can just sit over there, until we are done...", said Zelda and Rachel nodded her head with great relief.

Zelda and Athena, they both started cleaning the house and it was almost in the morning when they were done with the things in the house.

Athena Walked towards Zelda and grabbed her hand, making her look at her.

'I will just come soon... Don't worry... I will try to get something to eat.' Athena signaled with her hands, while Zelda's eyes widened in fear.

"What? Will you go alone?" Zelda asked anxiously, and Athena nodded her head.

"No... I can't send you alone... What if something happens to you!" said Zelda with utmost fear on her face, and Athena shook her head in no, and convinced that, she would be alright and would get back very soon.

"Fine... Just stay safe!" Zelda said with a sigh. Athena nodded her head in yes.

Athena walked out of the house and closed her eyes and concentrated on the things around her! She heard a water sound and recognised it as a lake! She quickly ran following the sound and soon reached the lake…!

She found some essential tools for fishing and fished…!

She got a few fishes, that would be enough for them for that day! They hadn't had anything from Last night, and she knew how Rachel could not stay hungry at all! But she didn't at all bother them saying she was hungry.

She sat there for sometime, thinking about what was going on with them…!

It all happened so suddenly that everything changed completely, putting their family in trouble!

They were so happy in their lives, but some people... Just made their lives hell ...

A drop of tear fell down from Athena's eyes as she imagined what her mother was going through right then…!

But still, she was brave enough to support her children right then, forgetting about her Husband and her pain.

But Athena knew how hard it was for her mom…! She would not be able to see her husband again.

It's really hard for her and Athena knew that, what was going to happen in the next few days…! Maybe, she had a brief idea about what might happen to Zelda and she knew that she should be strong for Rachel... ! Because, it's fate and Athena didn't have any power to change anyone's fate…!

They need to accept their fate, no matter what!