From Sacae, to Lycia.

[Miley]

"So how boring was Sacae, while I was gone?" Miley asked
"Without your crazy antics, the place was boring like everything was still" Joey said sarcastically
"So how far are you going to come with me, I mean my friend Sarah stayed with me while I was in Ilia, Belinda stayed with me until I got to Sacae, are you gonna ditch me here in Bern and then I can get a new friend until I reach Lycia?" Miley asked
"Of course not, I'll never ditch you" Joey replied
"Well, when we get to the Lycia border, you can't exactly come with me"
"Why not?" Joey asked
"Because, you have to go home, and you have to to make sure that Belinda and Michael don't name their kid Shin or Fir"

"What can they name the baby then?" Joey asked
"something common like Karla, Sue or Rath" Miley replied
"Common? When have you known Belinda to ever want anything common"
"Hmm true"

"Aww isn't that sweet, this your girlfriend buddy" a gruff bandit that had popped out from seemingly nowhere said. As Ryan and the bandit exchanged words, Miley silently hopped off Liliac and cut down the bandit.

[Miley]

"That was amasing" Joey marvelled at his firend's strength
"I had a great teacher" Miley replied
"So what did you do in Ilia?" Joey asked.
"I trained" Miley replied
"So how is everybody, Fir dead yet? Shin?" Miley quickly changed the subject
"No one's dead, what happened?" Joey asked

"I- Bandits!" Miley said as she jumped off Liliac and readied her sword, Joey pulled out his bow.
"Kill the boy, keep the horse and the girl alive" the bandit leader said.
Miley charged up to the pack and slashed her sword downwards on one of the bandits, thrusting it through his stomach. Joey fired an arrow and it pierced another bandit in the head.

"Change of plans, kill the girl too" The bandit yelled. Miley and Joey kept killing the bandits.

[Miley]

"You're amasing" Joey marvelled
"I don't like fighting, it's yucky" Miley replied
"Yucky? What are you 4?"
"Shut up" Miley smiled and jumped back on Lilac with Joey.

"We should rest at the next village, then we can continue okay?" Joey said pointing to a village just on the horizen.
"All right" Miley said quitley.

They checked themselves into an inn however they only had enough for one room, luckily it had two beds.

"I won't pressure you but what happened in Ilia?" Joey asked his voice full of concern. Tears rolled down Miley's face, it had to be big.
"Before I got to my family there, I was beaten by some bandits, not with their axes but their fists" Miley pulled off her t-shirt (she still had a bra on though) and showed Joey a huge mark against her stomach.
"Miley"
"It's okay, so what happened to my dad? why wasn't he at home?" Miley asked
"Didn't Belinda tell you?" Joey asked
"Tell me what?"
"He went missing when traveling to Etruria"

[Miley]

"What?" Miley asked
"After Jacob was born your dad went to Etruria to get his parents to come meet their 3 grandchildren or something like that and your dad never made to the other end" Joey replied. Miley was scared, sad and confused, but she refused to cry in front of Joey again.

The next morning they set out again.
"We should be able to reach Pherae by nightfall" Joey said silently.
"Then you'll have to leave me at the border" Miley replied
"I'll drop you off at Pherae, that way you'll get there tonight, not tomorrow" Joey insisted
"Fine but then you turn around and go back to Bulgar" Miley replied, Joey nodded. They went along silently for most of the day, until they reached the border.

"See that on the horizen, that is Lycia" Joey said happily
"Thank you Joe" Miley smiled, turned him around and kissed him on the cheek, he blushed.
"You're welcome" Joey replied.

The were silent again until Pherae...