elizabeth sighed and covered her face with one of her hand's.
''if they hadn't found anything by now chey, they're probably back
at where you were supposed to be waiting for us..'' she
muttered.
jackson looked at ryan and thought for a moment, then rummaged
through his satchel's pocket's for something.
''then come on, let's head on back....'' elizabeth mumbled.
jackson pulled out a couple small leaf's and ran over to where ryan
was.
''u-um... here, chew on these mint leaf's i-i have.... t-they
might.. they might help you calm down a bit'' he said, holding them
out in the palm of his hand for ryan to take.
elizabeth yawned and stretched, heading off to where they had
originally camped.
jackson smiled and held it out to him.
''take it, it might be really minty since it's pure mint leaf'' he
said.
he blushed and felt a chill go up his spine, looking at his hand
before shaking it, then stood up fully.
''plus before coming here, i read that cat's, or in this case
chimera's, love mint and it has a kind of affect like the catnip
plant does, so it should mellow you out to kind of help'' he said,
forcing the blush to go away.
elizabeth looked at cheyenne and patted her on the head gently.
''relax, i ain't gonna bite... sure i may seem mean and rude, but
i'm not that bad..'' she assured, giving a small smile.
''come on, elizabeth and cheyenne are going on ahead'' jackson
said, motioning for him to follow as he went to catch up with the
girl's.
''oh he's nothing but a big kitty cat, he's actually not that
bad... and i seen him blush when we were following the music, it
was actually cute and a surprise'' elizabeth said, chuckling a
little.
~~~~~
nathan stretched and stretched his wing's while yawning, then got
up.
''come on, let's head back into the grotto'' he said, then heading
into the grotto once he folded his wing's.
jackson stopped as he looked over his shoulder and sighed, walking
back over to where he was.
''are you alright....?'' he asked.
~~~~~
nathan shifted to his human form and looked down into the water,
tilting his head before looking around.
''cheyenne isn't here'' he said, looking over at bailey.
''this is where we camped i thought.... maybe i made a wrong
turn...'' nathan mumbled, rubbing the back of his head as he
glanced around rather confused.
jackson looked at him and then followed his gaze before spotting
the two of them as well.
''um.... i'm guessing they're both apart of your group as
well...?'' he asked, looking back at ryan.
jackson fell back and trembled as ryan snarled and watched him walk
toward the two.
nathan heard the snarl and his eye's widened, tensing up a bit.
''meep.... i'm so dead....!' he whimpered, slowly looking over his
shoulder to look behind them.
nathan shifted to his hippogriff form and flew over the lake like
pond, then spun around and looked at where bailey and ryan was with
a slightly horrified look.
jackson ran and stopped in the entrance, watching with a bit of a
frightened look.
he grabbed his flute and started to play a song that was a kind of
lullaby that worked with chimera's, hoping to knock him out.
jackson continued to play and kept it soft like a lullaby should,
but made the song grow a bit louder.
~~~~~
elizabeth perked up and looked over her shoulder as she heard
jackson's flute echo through the maze again.
''i think they found nathan and bailey...'' she muttered, stopping
cheyenne in her track's by grabbing her wrist lightly.