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Rikkes thought about it, somewhere to stay would be marvelous, but the idea of living underground made him a bit nervous. He shrugged off his fear, it wouldn't be that bad, if it was only for a little while. He was fine with caves, but being deep sort of scared him. He glanced over at her, nodding slightly to show that he agreed with the first option, it would be nice to be safe somewhere.

Racheal nodded, turning Zorro abruptly to the west. She kicked his sides a little bit harder, knowing exactly where they would be heading. After they got past the trees of course. Everything would look so much different than what it did a couple of months ago. With no horses there to have eaten the grass of no boots to have stamped it all down. But oh well, it would be fine. The more coverage the better. Zeus kept next to Zorro, surprisingly having no trouble keeping up with the beautiful stallion. Racheal thought about the last time she had seen the underground house, about 3 months ago.

Rikkes turned with her, curious as to what this new place would be like. He'd never been in an underground home before, but he'd read about them in his many adventure novels. He perked his ears, keeping close so he wouldn't get lost or anything.

Zorro skidded to a stop, bucking and rearing in protest of what was ahead. Racheal sheath her sword and glared forward, calming Zorro down to find it was only a meer bunny. She shook her head and kicked his sides again, putting her sword back before riding forward again. It took about 13 minutes before Racheal stopped again. She jumped off of Zorro and walked over to a huge spot in the ground that was well hidden. She sunk her hands down into the damp grass and mud and pulled up with all of her strength, she smile as the ground began moving. A man with a sword stopped her. "Kailen!" She greeted. The man looked up, "Racheal!" He said before allowing her to reveal the hidden village. She called Zorro and Zeus over, letting them down inside first. They had to walk a long while before they would actually be in the city.

Rikkes trotted up, unsure of what to do, change and risk the man with her killing him, he whinnied softly, trying to get her attention to see what he should do, reminding her that he was there and needed to know that to do.

Racheal turned around, she nodded. "Kailen's cool." She said, turning and looking back down at the man who was now stepping out. He stopped in front of her. Kailen embraced her, knowing she wouldn't like it. "Racheal it's been forever. I missed you so much." Racheal sighed. "I know, it's been far too long." She said, hugging him back. Kailen was Racheal's big brother, they were seperated at birth.

Rikkes nodded, shifting happy and smoothing out his tunic over his breeches. He smiled at the two, "I'm Rikkes." he said, holding out his hand to shake to Kailen, trying to be as friendly as he could.

Kailen reached out and took the younger's hand, giving a friendly squeeze. Kailen had hard hands and a good grip. "Kailen. Racheal's older brother." He said with a grin. Racheal meanwhile was leading the horse and the dog underground, she was halfway to the underground city. It was beautiful down there. Much like the village but the people were nicer and nobody judged anyone. Law from above couldn't touch those who escaped to the underground city. Since the underground city had a king.

Rikkes shook his hand and grinned following her down towards the underground city, curious as to what it was like. He looked around, it wasn't like he had expected and they weren't even there yet. Most underground things made him nervous, this didn't.

Kailen smiled and followed close behind, closing up the only exit again. He jogged up and joined his sister. They talked in their own language they had made up a few years ago, back when they had met for the first time. Racheal laughed for the first time, moving her hair out of her face and punching Kailen playfully, she was glad to be back with the only man who could make her happy(for now).

Rikkes smiled, watching her, she seemed happy. He hadn't known her for long, but seeing her happy made him happy for her. He wondered why she ever left her brother if he really did make her this comfortable.

Racheal looked up at her brother and smiled, "So how has life down here been? Has the house been kept up to my standards?" She asked, looking around. She knew that she was banished from this place, since she had indeed escaped from a very cruel and unjust treating here a few years back. Kailen nodded, "Everything has been fine, mellow since you left." He said with a grin.

Rikkes glanced left and right, fascinated, "does the city have a name?" he asked, he knew he probably hadn't seen anything yet that was supposed to awe him, as they did indeed still have to get there.

Kailen turned and flashed him a grin, "Not yet. King Balor hasn't come up with a name for our grand city yet." He said, turning back around and talking to Racheal. They began talking about Prince Nuada and Princess Nuala, two of Racheal's good friends that she hasn't seen in a while. Racheal and Nuada didn't get along too well but she and Nuala were good friends. Though Racheal and Nuada did have much more in common.

Rikkes nodded, continuing to flicker his gaze all around in curiosity. He put his hands in his pockets, feeling slightly out of place in this underground place, but also very much liking this new adventures. Once again, he was getting out of his books and into the real world.