The superhuman stones

chapter 5

 "woah. What is this!" Shard exclaims loudly as we all emerge through the door, it sealing behind us.

The smell of forestry and flowers surround me, leaves blowing, whistling in the distance. A large field lay before us, large trees with fruits and blossoms litter the area before turning into a full fledged woods. A large grin stretches across my face. i laugh as i run forward, picking up as much speed as i can without hurting myself before flinging myself forward into a front roll through a patch of dandelions. i stand up and look around with wonder, this land portrays my home so well. just less populated obviously.

i turn the other bouncing excitedly running to hug each of them. it takes them by surprise but they respond to my actions with their own.

"someones happy." Jayne acknowledges with a chuckle as she plucks some flower petals and seeds from my hair.

"This area looks just like where my village was! from the grass to the fruit orchard!"

"food?!" The blur that is Nikki quickly speeds toward a tree full of apples. i laugh as i see him sitting on one of the branches leaning up to grab the luscious reds off the tree.

After a few more second of laughing we all sprint to the grove and help to collect the harvest.

Nikki is setting up a 'table' with the help of shard who's carrying a tree she knocked down. I'm at the top of a large pear tree (my favorite ingredient of all time) throwing them and other fruits to a Jayne who's working up a sweat as she runs around to catch.

"Slow down Sam! I'm not fast enough to catch them all. Come help me bring these to Eris. we have enough." She yells up to me as she piles another 10 into her arms. i giggle before jumping down to her. i repeat her actions and collect my load. following her to the clean stream that Eris is crouched beside washing the fruits we had previously delivered.

"here." i set the armful i was carrying beside the waterline and help Eris to wash. then my face is suddenly drenched in water. i shoot upwards looking to see that Jayne had splashed me. i smirk before dropping what i was doing and swiping my hands threw the water in her direction. she ducks and bursts out laughing as i hit Eris instead.

Not the intended target but still funny.

I join the speedster's fit of giggles when she starts sputtering madly. Eris laughs like a madman after the gallon of water she had been telepathically holding was dropped over Jayne.

"Nice one." I high five The telikan who's still amused by her joke, just as i am.

"If you three are done cackling Shard and i would like to eat." Nikki says taking one of the apples from our pile. with one last snicker we follow him back, food in arm.

we seat ourselves around the large log our stenith had collected previously. the rest munching in soundlessly while i stare at the 'meal' before me.

i let out a loud moan on accident as i stand abruptly and run back to the grove, pear in hand.

finding what i'm looking for, i start gathering the many berries from their bushes. i snap a watermelon from its garden, throwing it to the ground harshly cracking it open. i smile, ripping the melon in two. i crush the berries over it, and engrave bits of my pear and apples into it as well. finally i rip a piece of bark from a clean tree, breaking off any splintering ends. perfect.

"SAM!" i turn around to meet Shards gaze.

"What is that?"

i look to where she is and see my arrangement of fruit sitting on my lap.

"A fructus festum. my mother made it all the time in the Invisia town i lived in." i explained to her as i stood up, hugging the feast to my chest protectively.

"I can share if you and the others want some. we should get to know one another better anyways. this is a part of my culture, i want to know about your and the others anyways." i add quietly walking passed her to where the other sit talking amongst themselves at the table.

i seat myself back into place staring down at my food once again.

"I think that would be a nice idea. how about you first Sam?"

my head flicks upward at Shards agreement. i smile, a genuine smile. the others grin with curiosity.

" well, this is a fructus festum. it a dish that my mother taught me to make before we were all taken to the containment centre. it's a recipe most invisia's know and is a usual part of our holiday, Dandabia. That's when we'de all gather and give gifts and have a large feast."

"It looks really good." Eris adds. I smile and use the wood i had broken from the tree to carve a chunk out and hand to her. gratefully she took it. The other looked expectantly at me to continue with my backstory, and for food probably. i break more pieces off and hand them out as i continue to speak.

"I lived with my mother. my father had left when i was 6 for a reason unknown to my older brother and i. My brothers name is Jackson bytheway. he took care of me and played with me and my younger friends a lot and i hung out with his friends as well, he was great. i called him B-bro.J for a while actually. i was way too lazy to call him his real name and i thought B-bro.J sounded cool anyways." i laughed a little at the end.

"You're brother sound cool. I'll trade you for my sisters?" Eris chuckled. i leaned towards her, hoping to hear more.

"yeah, I had two younger twin sisters, Erin and Ellie. They were real pranksters, i always got so angry with them. they got me banned from the town library when i was 6, i was so pissed. but in this situation what i wouldn't give to see them again. My father was the chief's second in command and my mother was a clothing merchant. i had a really snobby upbringing but i wouldn't trade my family for anything." we all sniggered responses. I was probably like that to my brother at times, but we still loved each other just the same.

" my parents were head hunting guild members. i'm an only child though so didn't really have anyone to hang with until i met Jayne and Eris." Nikki added with a sigh.

" i was an only child as well. But i had a good friend that trained in martial arts with me back at the camp i took. His name was Cymar, i think he was a fusion, like Sam except a Stenith/morpher combination. He stayed in a half wolf form most of the time, he was great."

"My mom tried to get me into martial arts, that didn't work so well. My twin brother, Piper, however loved it. He was really good at it too. used to brag about it all the time. he was a real fun guy."

we all grin to one another. suddenly a yawn erupts from my mouth as i realise how tired i am. we all giggle.

"we should get to sleep anyways. goodnight!" Nikki says going to find his sleeping spot. the rest of us mumble goodnights and fall unconscious soon after.