A Butterfly That Can'T Fly
Race Stone 1

The Stone Race, Alurra was very curious as to what they were like. When hearing about those who had to go to the Stone Race, Iron's forehead frowned slightly and Alurra was worried that this trip would not be easy.

"Why should we go to the Stone Race? Why not just go to the land of the heavens?"

The question from Iron made Uncle the carpenter smile. His eyes were black as if there was light in them, as Alurra saw those eyes before Alurra was sure that Uncle Carpenter's eyes were not like that. The eyes, as if they knew everything.

"That's the safest place to be right now"

Safest, that means we're not safe for now. Alurra so remembered with the Land of Elves, how are the Elves there? Will his family be okay?

Iron who saw Alurra's worried face stroked Alurra's hand in his grasp, trying to calm Alurra down. The carpenter uncle who also saw the worry then put his hand back on the crystal ball.

Seen the kingdom of Elves that had been burned into a sea of fire and the number of Elves who went up on an airplane of strange shape, they went to a place far above the sky. It also shows that his family survived, although many were injured. Alurra is relieved, they survived.

"Lord of Heaven, they go there"

Alurra had heard of the sky country several times when he was in the royal palace, it seemed like the Elves kingdom and the sky country formed an alliance.

"Then we have to go to the land of the heavens, Iron. Go to the land of the heavens only"

Iron was silent, he was thinking about the best decision he had to take for the safety of everyone. The land of the heavens was indeed not a bad choice, he had wanted to take Alurra away to the land of the heavens, but hearing the voice of the ancient Druids, he hesitated.

There was a reason why he immediately trusted this old man, the main one was because he was an ancient Druid who could foretell. Normally, the Druids would only hide and would not interfere in the fate of the universe, but now this old man was helping those who meant that something very big was about to happen.

Iron looked at the old man who just kept silent and did not dispute their choice, smiling as if he knew what Iron would choose. A long sigh escaped from Iron's mouth, he looked at Alurra who was also looking at him with a worried look.

"We'll go to Ras Batu first, Al"

Right, he had to do this, not because he trusted this old man, but because he was convinced that something very big was going to happen and he had to quickly form another alliance that could help them in the most difficult moments.

Alurra wanted to protest, but seeing Iron's serious face he did not express his protest. Alurra was not stupid, he understood that something might happen and Iron must have had a reason why he wanted to go to the Stone Race.

"Well, I'll get you guys"

After the voice of Uncle Carpenter sounded, their gaze darkened instantly and they were as if sucked in. As their gazes slowly recovered, Iron and Alurra looked at his surroundings which were filled with extremely tall trees. In the forest, the old man sent them into the forest.

They walked in no direction, the sound of owls and the wind shaking the branches was heard in their ears. Alurra tried to brave himself while repeatedly steadying Iron, making sure that the arm he was holding really belonged to Iron and did not change into a terrible creature like the one in the movies.

He let out a sigh of relief each time he saw that the face of this arm he was holding was the face of Iron, Iron who was looking at Alurra's behavior chuckled, Alurra was very cute and adorable. When Iron sneaks into his house first, he is not afraid to find out that an alien with wings on his back enters his house, he is more afraid if a ghost enters his house, it's very strange, isn't it?

The dark forest with a terrible owl sound, was exactly like the most horror scene in a horror movie. Alurra never let go of Iron's arm, she kept grasping it and squeezing it whenever she felt frightened. Iron also did not protest, he did not feel any pain as Alurra squeezed his arm, the small squeeze from Alurra would not hurt him.

"Iron, how far are we going. It's so horrible in here"

"At any second, Al, would you like me to hold it?"

Alurra shook her head, she was not tired, she was just scared. Alurra simply did not want to linger in this dark and terrifying forest. Although Alurra likes the color green, she does not like being in the forest at night, it is enough experience to get lost in the forest in winter.

"It's Al's night, we better find a place to rest first"

They finally stopped near a very large tree, larger than the other trees. Iron and Alurra decided to rest there, Iron told Alurra to sleep and stroked her head.

Slowly Alurra fell asleep in the lap of Iron who was still awake, without them realizing that the tree roots tendrils were moving and slowly approached them, Iron who suddenly felt sleepy fell asleep. The tendrils tied the two of them together and the tree slowly opened a hole that looked like a mouth and ate them.

They arrived at a place they did not recognize, this place was filled with cave houses and terraced tree houses. The creatures there were asleep unaware that anyone had infiltrated their village.

Iron and Alurra were also still soundly asleep as if they were given sleeping pills and were unaware of what had happened to them.

The next day, the sun began to show its shape, a man came out of his stone house and saw a woman and a man lying in front of the gates of their village.

"Foreigners! There are strangers here, quickly catch them!"

Several people came out of their homes after hearing the screams, then rushed towards the place where Iron and Alurra were. Yes, they are the Stone Race.

Iron and Alurra's bodies were tied up in such a way that they were taken to the chieftain in their village, when they both woke up, Iron and Alurra were surprised to find their bodies bound by a rope, and there are many people in front of them.

"Where are you guys from? What was your purpose for infiltrating here?"