Saqer and his friends were still crossing the forest. They were tired and dispersed to find Ran and rest; but, Saqer feared that might get hunted or attacked by animals which made him continue his journey with his friends as he cut every bush that impeded them.

  “Hey, Saqer… we are tired let’s just have some rest!” Sufyan said tiredly trying to convince Saqer.

  “No, we will not unless we find a safe place away from the forest…all forests are dangerous for weak people” Saqer replied seriously explaining their situation which made Sufyan sad.

  “I’ve lost my power…I’m tired” Yandere said exhaustedly.

  “Is everyone present?” Akai asked checking if everyone was with them.

  “Huh…not quite all of us” Furuya answered exhaustedly.

  “who’s behind?” Saqer asked.

  “My sister” Jimmy replied. Noa was walking like a fox and slowly; when she reached her brother she fell on her brother's knees.

  “See! No one is having the energy to travel this far…let them rest” Cerso said angrily.

  “No, Cerso! We don’t know what is inside the forest! We should move before we…”

  “Before we what, Herr? Dying from hunger?!” Furuya interrupted Saqer sarcastically.

  “Before we turn INTO A MEAL!” Saqer shouted.

  “WE’RE DYING FROM HUNGER!” Cerso shouted.

  “Calm down! You both are cousins” Akai said as he separated Saqer and Cerso from each other.

  “I don’t care! Since he’s trying to make us-”

  “Shh…quiet, I hear something” Saqer shut Cerso as he pointed by his hands. Something was moving in the bush and on the trees; which made Saqer and the others prepare themselves for any attack.

  “What it could be?” a girl named Salley asked.

  “I’m not sure yet…” Saqer said quietly.

  “Probably it’s just an…ahhh!” Furuya got kicked by someone who appeared from nowhere, which made him fly till hit a tree by his face.

  “…animal” Furuya continued before he fell from the tree while the stranger stayed near from a dark place in the forest.

  “Who’s there? Show yourself!” Cerso shouted; so, the stranger showed itself as it walked away from the dark. The stranger was a woman with strange white hair; her face was divided by strange red makeup and looked like a hunter.

  “who’s she?” Valt asked.

  “I don’t know” Sufyan replied “but maybe she is one of those speakers who called pronto”

  “Bantu! Not the name of your favorite cookies!” Xavier said.

  “what’s the matter with them!” Sufyan said.

  “Focus!” Akai said to the boys.

  “Who are you?” Saqer asked carefully.

  “I was going to ask the same question for you, intruders…” the woman said; then, strange guards appeared around them trying to force them to surrender.

  “surrender peacefully or you will get in trouble,” the woman said.

  “ahh, like facing the organization itself wasn’t awkward enough,” Yandere said disappointedly.

  “They don’t seem that they’re savages; so, we better listen and follow them so we can figure out how to contact them,” Xavier predicted.

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  “if you want to do that, you need to convince Saqer first! I think he has another plan” Jimmy said as he referenced Saqer, who looked like he was preparing something.

  " I'll count to 3 if you don't surrender, then you'll be doomed..." the woman said then started counting. "1...2...3!".

  "Boom!" a sudden fire appeared behind the woman, causing a distraction among them. Saqer took advantage and fought the woman, while others fought the guards. Saqer used his firepower as a threat to the woman while she kept jumping around him and giving him some hits. After some kicks and hits, the woman won against Saqer and pointed her sword at him; Saqer stared even though he breathed hard.

  Then, the woman smiled.

  “you… have the spirit of a warrior…” the woman said and grabbed Saqer, who was shocked. “Leave the rest alone, they are no threat to us!

  Once the woman ordered, the guards freed anyone they captured; so, Saqer’s group gathered around him.

  “My name is Adira, we’ve received reports saying that they were strangers rumoring the forest, so we came to investigate…” the woman said. Valt tried to speak but Akai prevented him.

  “how do we know that you won’t trick us ?” Cerso asked.

  Adira gave a closer look at them and said: “it seems that you had a harsh time… please follow us.”

  Saqer, though his suspicion about her, followed so everyone with him did. They kept walking till they stopped on a hill. They saw a distant castle that looked very dark and had a crooked giving an ominous look. Then, they followed Adira and took a cable car; so they saw the citizen from above who looked kind though the gloomy atmosphere. Finally, they entered the castle and went to the throne room.

  “why are we here?” Furuya asked while Adira pointed with her eyes.

  “Ahem… Greetings!” a huge man appeared causing all guards to bow. He looked strong and cheerful, he had short dark brown hair and a mustache, and he also wore a dark cloak fastened with a circular clasp with a moon symbol and a black crown.

  “I’m King Edmund, the ruler of the Dark Kingdom! And I suppose that you are the strangers that have been reported, right?”.

  “yes… Your Majesty, these warriors seem lost and far away from their home.” Adira replied to the king.

  “How did she know we were lost?” Sufyan whispered to the group with fear.

  “Where are you from, warriors?” King Edmund asked.

  “we are from… how to explain it…”

  “We are not from this world!” Saqer explained, instead of Xavier, confusing everyone.

  “I am sorry?” King Edmund didn’t understand.

  “We are from a world full of wars, we were fighting our enemy when a portal suddenly appeared, swallowed us, and took us to your world…” Saqer reexplained.

  “Before the wars, it was full of technologies, amusement parks, and…”

  “And no one had any magic or superpower, isn’t it?” King Edmund finished Yandere's sentence.

  “Yeah!... wait, how did you know!” Yandere frightened.

  King Edmund stood up and said: “Because it’s clear as crystal, and I know that you want explanations…”

  The king took them to a dark chamber, then lighted the place and showed them some drawings.

  “many years ago, two worlds were united one with magical and powerful abilities and the other with exceptional technologies; so, they started sharing everything they have. However, a group of rapacious individuals began seizing all people and creatures with quirks, causing a tragic war between the two worlds, where many innocent lives were lost from both sides… our warriors from our world sealed the portals to ensure that no one from the other world dares to enter our home.” King Edmund began to explain while Saqer and his friends’ shock grew. “But that didn’t really solve our issues, some kingdoms were meant to fall, others had lost their resources and strength, causing kings and queens to lose their children or their whole family… like what happened to me…”

  “What happened to you?” Akai asked.

  “I didn’t meet anyone from the other world; at that time, this chamber that you are in now, was a vault for a magical opal that had the ability to destroy anything it touched, and my family swore to protect this opal from the world; so I was isolated a little bit, I wanted to destroy that opal, so my wife died and I had to send my people and my son away… but I heard about the situations from my crows…”

  “You can talk with crows!” Valt interrupted the king.

  “Yes! Don’t you know how to talk with them?” the king asked while everyone froze.

  “No, we never talked to animals like you…” Furuya replied.

  “Oh…is that true?” The king was surprised but continued: “Anyway, since you don’t have any magical powers, then why do you fight each other in your world?”

  “As you said, it was greed; there was a small portion of people who had magical abilities, but they were persecuted by governments and secret organizations. Suddenly, a group of criminals controlled the world and began slaughtering everyone who didn’t even have any relation with the quirks, so we had to fight…” Akai replied.

  “ I see…” King Edmund said quietly, “You are welcome to stay in my kingdom and have a normal life.”

  “We appreciate your offer, but we must look for a missing person…” Saqer said.

  “A missing person?” King Edmund was surprised.

  “Her name is Ran; she was with us before the portal separated her from us,” Nasmah said.

  “We don’t know where she is… but she should be alive!” Valt said sadly.

  “Then we will help you find her! This world is huge, and she can be anywhere!” King Edmund should show the map to everyone.

  “We can start from here… this small village may have seen her,” Adira said as she pointed at the map.

  “Let’s roll out!’ Cerso ran out, so everyone did.

  “son…” King Edmund stopped Saqer. “I will prepare a house for you in case you didn’t have the luck to find her…”

  Saqer stared at him and replied kindly: “Thank you, your highness …”

  Then he followed his friends, unaware that Ran was about to meet new stars…