Hey guys! Chapter 20 everyone! Wow! Enjoy the chapter!

Previously on Dark Veins:

As Xara worked on making food, Lukas headed out to the forest nearby. He grabbed his bow on the way out, saying bye to his mom shortly after.

"Wait! Lukas! You aren't leaving me with mister killer here are you?!"Xara exclaimed in shock.

"Yup! Sorry mom! See you later!"Lukas called.

Xara sighed frustrated. She stomped back to the kitchen and sliced the potato angrily.

Lukas was walking back and forth, obviously lost. He didn't know where he was until he heard a shout and a scream. Lukas ran after, gasping at who caused it.

"Petra?!"Lukas said in shock.

(No one's POV)

*Flashback, two years ago*

"Have fun Petra! We'll be waiting for you here."Jesse said, hugging Petra.

"Enjoy your adventure Petra. I hope you have fun."Lukas said smiling.

Petra waved one last time before she walked past the gates guarding BeaconTown.  That was the last time she saw Lukas and Jesse for she was on the adventure of a lifetime. She was shaken out of her thoughts by Jack, her idol and friend.

"You good there Petra? Nurm wants to move on."Jack, a guy with brown hair and an eyepatch, said wrapping an arm around Petra's shoulders.

Petra nodded. "Yeah I'm good."she told him.

She picked up Miss Butter, which was laying on the ground in front of the redhead. The group of three walked on, heading to the Guided Isles.

Guided Isles was a group of islands she had found by mistake a while ago with the others. She had found out she was the daughter of the chief of Guided Isles when she was with her friends. Petra was happy she would get to see her father and her twin sister and brother, May and Julio.

"We're here. This place is awesome!"Jack exclaimed, running ahead of Petra and Nurm.

"Nehh!"Nurm said, glaring at Jack.

Petra laughed. "I gotta agree with Nurm here. Wait for us!"she said as she ran after Jack, Nurm following her.

"Wow."Jack said.

"I raise your wow and turn it into woah."Petra remarked in awe.

She, Jack and Nurm were walking up to the castle when an explosion came and blew up half the castle. Petra dropped Miss Butter as a hand flew up to her mouth, covering it in shock.

"No. NO! DAD! MAY! JULIO! No."Petra broke down crying.

Jack walked up from behind her and hugged her tight, letting her tears fall onto his shoulder. Nurm came and joined in on the hug. Jack then had an idea that he figured Petra would like.

"Petra, we can go see if there's any survivors if you want."Jack told her his idea.

Petra looked up, wiping her tears as she picked up Miss Butter. Determination filled her head.

"That's a good idea. I just need to know if their alive."Petra said as she walked forwards, heading to the castle.

Inside the castle looked like a hurricane came and whipped through it like a doll. Fire and burns were everywhere, every piece of furniture was destroyed.

"Hey Petra! Look at that."Jack said as he pointed to a damaged throne.

Petra ran up to it, tracing her fingers on it. Her brown eyes looked frantically everywhere trying to find bodies.

"Nehh!"Nurm said, standing beside a body.

Jack and Petra ran over as Jack check the body's vitals. He looked up at Petra and shook his head.

"No."came barely a whisper from Petra.

"I need to find May and Julio. Stay here with my dad!"Petra ordered Jack and Nurm as she ran off to a direction of the castle.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw two bodies. One moving, lifting a beam off of the other. Petra ran towards them.

"Julio!"she called as she recognized the body lifting a beam.

Julio looked up and nodded, sweat pouring off his head. His brown eyes closed as he lifted the beam higher.

"Peets! Can you get under and get May out?"Julio asked his sister, who nodded and set Miss Butter down.

Petra climbed under the beam as she grabbed a firm hold of May before crawling back out. She set May down gently as Julio let the beam fall, running to his sisters.

"May! Don't you die on me like mom did!"Julio shouted as he did chest compressions, his sister wasn't breathing.

Petra bit her lip. "And dad."she whispered.

Brown eyes looked up. "What? Dad's gone?"Julio asked her.

Petra nodded shyly, remembering she left Jack and Nurm by his body.

Sharp breaths were heard as May sat up, looking at her twin. Julio smiled and helped her stand up. She stood shakily, brushing her brown hair out of her face. Her blue eyes gazed around and stared at Petra, who was staring at the floor.

"PETRA?!"May asked shocked.

*Flashback ends*

"Petra?!"Lukas said in shock.

Petra shifted around on her feet, resting Miss Butter on her shoulder.

"Sup Lukas."she said cool.

"I can't believe your here! I'm glad to see you again."he said, giving her a hug.

Petra hugged him back.

"Woah! Petra?"Soren called walking up to the two.

"Soren. Nice to see you again."she gritted through her teeth.

She hated Soren and Ivor the most. They worked on Project Witherstorm which killed thousands of people including her mom.

"Who's that?"she asked noticing the purple haired women standing behind Lukas with a basket of potatoes. "And why does she have a basket of potatoes? Are you cooking something 'cuz I sure am hungry!"she added.

Lukas laughed and took a potato out of his Mom's basket as he walked over to Petra. He tossed the potato to the redhead, who caught it and ate it in one bite.

"So what's next?"she smirked.

Lukas took out something from his pocket. Jesse's note.

"First of all, that women with the potatoes is my mom, Xara. Second of all, here. It's from Jesse."Lukas explained in one breath.

'He found his mom? Since when? Last time I checked he didn't know where she was nor talked about her. What happened while I was away?'Petra thought.

The redhead decided to play it cool and not ask questions. "Nice to meet you Xara. I'm Petra. Petra Swordson."she introduced herself, drawing Miss Butter in the process.

Lukas handed her the note as she raised an eyebrow. It was then that she noticed Jesse wasn't among them.

"Where's Jesse?"she asked, seeing sad looks all around.

"She's not dead is she?"Petra begged. That was the last thing she wanted.

She let out a breath when Lukas shook his head.

"No, we don't know."he said.

"What do you mean you don't know?"Petra demanded an answer.

Lukas sighed. "We don't know where she is Petra!"he shouted, almost on the verge of breaking down.

Petra sat there, dropping Miss Butter as a clang was heard.

"Oh."she whispered.

Lukas glared at her. "OH. That's all you say is oh!?! Ugh! You're impossible!"he yelled, grabbing his bow in anger.

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Oooh we're coming close to an end! I can't believe this story has come so far! Expect chapter 21 to be out within a few hours! Yay! Petra's back and alive and not dead! XD.

Don't worry Lukas will find Jesse just give it time! Also, I have a surprise for you all. You will hear it when this story is finished! Trust me, your gonna love it if you love this book!

-Ellie