Bara sounding a bit scared:
Guys not to be a downer or nothing but how long are we going to be here? When I left my dad and uncle were after me. I don’t want them to spot me here and snatch me up. I don’t want to go back there.

Casee:
Well, what village are you from?

Bara:
Vilich

Casee:
Oh we’re not even going over there it’s too dark.

Bara:
You’ve been over there before?

Fazil:
Oh yeah we have. It’s not fun over there some old man kept yelling at us saying “You damn loser kids!” Yuki usually ran away and Casee would stick her tongue out at him and laugh. I just stood there and glared at him till he turned around and left us alone.

Bara:
That sounds like my dad or uncle. They both sound alike because they are both mean spirited and hateful.

Casee:
Who knew? You stayed over there and here we are together.

Yuki:
Craziness.

Bara:
Do you always do that?

Yuki:
Well mostly. I can’t help it.

Casee:
Get used to it. We’ve had to.

Fazil:
Okay guys we’re heading towards Acryl the largest village on this island. It has some peil. My mom used to make it when she was alive and I loved the way she made it. She used to tell me that Acryl was famous for it.

Casee:
Are you sure we should do that. That stuff is hot. How are you going to steal it?

Fazil:
We’re not going to steal it. Before I made it back home yesterday I stole this lady’s wallet. She was a pain so she deserved it. Now we’re going to buy stuff today for our home.

Yuki:
Can we get one of those lamps that you touch and everything lights up automatically?

Fazil:
That’s exactly what we’re going to get. That lady had enough Demmi for us to get almost anything we wanted.

Casee:
That wasn’t right Fazil. We can’t spend everything of hers.

Fazil:
Fine then we won’t and I’ll even turn it in to some patrolman on the street when we return.

Casee:
Good.

Casee didn’t mind that Fazil had to steal for them but she did mind doing things that were wrong just to do it. They weren’t bad kids after all.

Yuki:
Okay there’s the side rail that leads to Acryl so let’s head on out.

Bara looks back towards the way of his old life and then runs to catch up with the other three. This was all new to him, and yet, the others made it seem as though they’d been doing this since they were born. They all step on the side rail and make it across without fail. Next they walk on towards the largest village on Traal to buy some stuff for their underground nest. After a couple hours of shopping they go to the park and sit by the fountain to eat. Each island had a park and a fountain to represent Sidia and Charma and every time they sat by one of these Holy fountains Casee said a prayer for them.

Bara:
Why do you pray by the fountain?

Casee:
So that it may reach Sidia and Charma. These are Holy fountains after all.

Bara:
Wow I really didn’t know that. Who are Sidia and Charma?

For the first time Yuki spits out what he’s eating and stares with great surprise at Bara. Fazil stares at Casee who is silent and baffled.

Fazil:
You really have been locked away from life. You don’t even know who our God and Goddess of Arcantha are. They are the Heads that hold this world together. They created the Four Clans. The Four Clans of Sidia and Charma dwell within each village on each island as our shadow spirits.

Casee:
Wow there is so much you need to learn. We’re going to the bookstore right now.

Yuki:
My mind has become liquid. I can’t believe my ears. This poor, poor soul! Very sad.

They get up without finishing their lunch and head straight for one of the bookstores in the village. After browsing through the history of Arcantha Casee finds one on the Four Clans and Yuki finds another on Sidia and Charma. Fazil waits for them to finish up so that he can pay for the books and they can leave. After buying the books they leave the village and Traal and head back home to set their stuff up and to help Bara understand more about himself.

Yuki:
See here Bara here’s something about Traiths and what they can do. It’s not much because they are a bit of a mystery, but it’s enough for you to get a good picture of who you are.

Casee:
Yeah and here is a section on how the Clans became what they are. There’s also something here about the sixth island.

Fazil:
Clover? Hmm that island is forbidden to everybody. It’s even closed off from the rest of the islands on Arcantha.

Yuki:
That sounds scary that one of the islands’ is closed off for good. Does it say why?

Casee:
No it doesn’t it just says that it is no longer in use, but that is the birthplace of the first Arcanthian Gods and Goddess’ officials or the Four Heads of the Clans of Sidia and Charma. There’s a whole thing in here about the Gods, the head God and Goddess, and the Heads of the Four Clans. This is pretty cool. I wish we had access to this stuff growing up with those people we called parents.

Yuki:
It would’ve been nice to learn it from them instead of some book I happened to stumble across while breaking into my parent’s study and going through their things.

Fazil laughs a little at Yuki and Casee tries to stifle a giggle. All in all they are very eager to learn more and discover more about whom they are and what clan does what. The books open up their minds in new ways and in some ways Bara is satisfied, but still, there is more to them then just what the books say and Bara wanted to know more. They all did. For now they would rest, but what would tomorrow hold? They would find that out when tomorrow came. Tonight they sleep; dreaming of what was to come.