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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Riddles of the Phoenixes series

The War of the Phoenixes.

Chapter sixteen: The Rain Forest phoenixes’ city.

Nora and Sylvia stopped in the city of the rain forest phoenixes for the night. The Rain Forest phoenixes kingdom was always VERY close to the Shadow phoenixes kingdom. “We have to wait till tomorrow to go to the castle. We’ll find a place here to stay for the night.” Nora told Sylvia. Sylvia nodded. The Rain Forest phoenixes’ city had old, strong buildings, vines slightly wrapped around them and the city was surrounded completely by a giant rain forest. They came to a place in the city where a woman and her daughter were boarding people in their house. “Hi. We’d like to stay for the night.” Nora told the woman. The woman nodded. She had short dark brown hair, dark colored skin, and sorrowful blue eyes. Nora set down a bag of coins in front of the woman.

The woman, her name was Leanne, tucked the bag into a cabinet and led them down a hallway where the rooms were. “Here you go.” Leanne said softly, opening the door. It was a modest room with two beds and a small table. A little girl, about nine, with long black hair in a braid, and blue eyes, and was carrying a bouquet of pink and red flowers ran in from another room, and hid behind her mother, hugging her around the waist. “And who are you?” Sylvia asked gently to the little girl. Leanne pushed the girl gently forward. “This is my daughter, Fiona.” Leanne said.

Just then the tea pot let out a high pitched squeal from the kitchen and Leanne hurried off to check on it. Nora watched as Sylvia bent down in front of the little girl. “Hi Fiona. I’m Sylvia. And this is Nora. I love your flowers, they’re really pretty. ” Sylvia said. Fiona smiled shyly and plucked a flower from her bouquet and tucked one in Sylvia’s hair. Sylvia smiled at Fiona. “I get them from the meadow.” Fiona said.

“Nice. Do you like it here?” Sylvia asked. Fiona shrugged. “It’s good for me and my mum but….” Fiona lowered her voice to a whisper. “…there’s the shadow man.” Fiona said. Sylvia blinked. “What do you mean, Shadow man?” She asked. “He comes at night, in a black cloak, and lurks around the city. They call him the Shadowy figure or the shadow man, cause no one has ever actually “seen” him. ” Fiona said. “What does he do?” Nora asked, suddenly curious. Fiona shrugged. “I don’t know….but I can hear his whispers.”

“What whispers?” Sylvia asked. “He talks to himself about…about someone who can give him something. And about the guilty. The Shadowy figure haunts our city.” Leanne suddenly marched over. “Fiona! Stop talking about nonsense!” She scolded her daughter. Leanne turned to Nora and Sylvia. “Forgive my daughter. Whatever she said is not true. You should be honored to be in this city.” Leanne said, but there was something about the way her eyes darted away for a brief second, that made Nora and Sylvia suspicious.

Are you, are you, ready for the next chapter? Cause it’s coming soon!

-SunnyFox57