White Alchemist

Awake, some time to reflect

The entire group of Ralph, Austin, Annie, and Mr Stevens were back at base, with all three of the kids huddled around the fire, and Mr Stevens off to the side doing his own thing.

As the three sat there in silence, Mr Stevens turned and glanced over at them, "they're sulking? I guess that's a normal reaction... Let's hope they don't stay that way for long," he thought.

He turned his attention to the letters he had in his hand, he took a good look at them, he then turned to his students once more.

"It's been a month already hasn't it?" He said as he sat down and looked up at the sky. "We'll be meeting in a month from now before continuing our journey..."

His mind remembered the past, when he received a letter from Charlie, stating how he'd found Earl's familiar Plushmellow and how they were headed in the right direction.

He gripped the letters in his hand tighter and looked down at the three alchemy return circles he'd drawn.

"We'll find you kids soon enough," he said as he dropped eac