Chapter Four

Chapter Four

AN: I am not a native French speaker. All this was done with google translate!

"Yeah. He's speaking French." The Canadian said. "Bonjour, je m'appelle Matthew. Comment ça va?(Hello, I'm Matthew. How are you?)"

"Je suis Wern. Enfin quelqu'un qui peut me comprendre!(I'm Wren. Finally someone that understands me!)" Wren said excitedly. "Cela s'est produit une fois auparavant. J'ai besoin de fragments de cristaux verts qui sont bouillis dans un thé.(This happened once before. I need fragments of green crystals that are boiled in a tea.)"

"Comment avez-vous compris cela?(How did you figure that out?)" Canada asked raising an eyebrow.

"Longue histoire.(Long story)" Wren said with a smile.

"He says that he needs green crystal shards." Matthew said to the Storm Hawks. "He'll boil them into a tea and it will fix his speech."

"I think I have one on the Condor." Piper said running back to the ship. "Be right back."

Wren and Matthew continue to talk about random things in French. The old man was worried about getting to the dinner in time, but was happy that he would be getting his voice back. Wren said that he was in charge of keeping the treaty stable. Piper came back after a couple minutes and she handed Wren the crystal.

"Vous êtes tous bienvenus à venir.(You're all welcome to come in.)" The old man said walking back towards the windmill.

"He says you can go in." Matthew quickly translated. The Storm Hawks nodded and started to follow the old man.

Dove drifted over towards Canada. "How do you know what my grandfather is saying? Is it magic?"

"Magic? No. Where I come from its another language." Matthew said with a smile.

"Well, thank you either way. I don't know how we would have figured out what he needed without you." Dove said patting his back rather roughly. "Are you new to the Storm Hawks?"

"Yeah, but I'm not one of them." Canada said quickly as they entered the windmill. The Storm Hawks stood around awkwardly watching Wren fish stuff out of his kitchen cabinets and started to boil water on his stove. The old man pulled out a cheese grater and stared to grate the crystal.

Matthew raised an eyebrow at that. He was surprised when Wren lifted it and there were green shards underneath. He wasn't going to question this worlds laws of physics.

The old man cut what looked like cheese cloth and put the crystal shards in the centre before tying it up to make a makeshift tea bag. By now the water was boiling and Wren grabbed the pot off the stove. He poured it into a cup that had a few chips out of the rim and put the tea bag in it. He stirred up the tea before taking a sip.

Wren made a face at the taste. "Can you understand me now?" He asked.

"We can." Aerrow said with a sigh. The old man jumped up and did a little dance before throwing the tea out the window.

"That stuff tastes like a wallops food." Wren said.

"Hey!" Junko yelled crossing his arms. "My food is great."

"Maybe for you buddy." Finn said patting his back. "Maybe for you."

"So how did this happen Wren?" Piper asked. The old man went on to explain that he was trying to reach a pot, but was off balance and fell. On the way down he caught a pan the fell and hit him on the head. "Well at least we know how to fix this if it happens again."

"Yes, thank you very much. I'd like to invite you to the dinner." Dove said hopping off where she was sitting on the kitchen counter. "We'd be happy to have you."

"Thanks for the invite, but we need to go pick up some supplies from Terra Rex." Aerrow said scratching the back of his neck. "Let's go guys, don't want to keep Stork waiting."

-----❄"Oxfords not brogues."❄-----

"So what was wrong with the old man?" Stork asked as soon as the Storm Hawks entered the bridge. "Was it the Hartwin gas that had taken over his mind? Or was it a caine-creeper bite?"

"Neither, a pan fell on him and he started speaking 'French.'" Junko said.

"French?" Stork asked confused.

"It's a language from Matthew's world." Finn said. "Sounded like a bunch of gibberish to me. Also, did you have to say no to the old man, Aerrow? He was offering food!"

"We really need to get to Terra Rex. We're running out of parts for our skimmers, food and healing crystals." The sky knight said. "The market there is the best place to get stuff."

"But food." Finn whined. Canada rolled his eyes and smiled at the teen. "I'm going to starve bro."

"Call me when we get there." Piper said walking off. "I'm going to research about the crystal."

"Junko, Finn, mind giving Matthew a tour of the ship? Give him one of the spare bedrooms too." Aerrow said. He sat down at the table with a note book and quill.

"Okay!" Junko said excitedly. He grabbed Canada's hand and pulled him along. The blond grabbed his backpack as he was pulled by. He slung it over his shoulder and the wallop let go of his wrist. Finn was following along behind them and he caught up easily with them.

"Why do you have to walk so fast? Stupid short legs!" Finn complained. Junko snickered and walked faster, stopping every few steps to wait for them to catch up. "Stop it dude."

"Fine." Junko said with a playful smile. They lead him around the ship and showed the Canadian were everything was; kitchen, bathroom, engine room, storage rooms and the Storm Hawks rooms. Matthew knew that he was probably going to get lost in the winding halls of the Condor. He was usually really good at knowing where he was, but inside somewhere without windows he easily got lost.

"And you can pick any of these rooms to be yours, dude." Finn said standing in front of the doors and doing jazz hands. "Check them all out before you pick, but I'd choose the one furthest away." He leaned over and whispered, "Junko snores really loud."

"We'll leave you to it!" The wallop said loudly oblivious to what Finn had said. The pair started to walk away. "Stork will call when we get there. Just hang around until then."