Chapter Three

Chapter Three

AN: Posting a day early cuz I have work tomorrow.

"Where's Junko by the way?" Finn asked looking around.

"I heard my name!" A person stomped into the room. He looked like a bipedal warthog without tusks. He had brown skin and a puff of green hair. "Hello new person! I'm Junko!"

"Hi, I'm Matthew." Canada said with a soft smile.

"So you could be from another dimension? That's pretty scary." Junko said scratching the back of his neck. "How are you going to get home?"

"I don't know." Canada shrugged. He was running through a bunch of possible scenarios in his head, but none of them seemed possible. He wasn't too fazed by everything. After years of being a pilot he had learned to just roll with whatever came his way.

"Looks like you'll be stuck with us for a while then." Finn said. "You're lucky you didn't get picked up by the Cyclonians."

"Cyclonians?" Matthew asked.

"They're an evil monarchy that wants to control all of Atmos." Aerrow said. Canada raised an eyebrow and the Storm Hawks started to explain the war briefly. From what the Canadian understood there were two sides, the sky knights and the Cyclonians. The sky Knights wanted to free the Atmos from the Cyclonians. The war had been going on for centuries. The Storm Hawks had been fighting for the Sky Knights as an unofficial squadron for almost a year.

"How old are you guys?" The nation asked.

"We're fifteen," Piper said gesturing to herself, Aerrow, Finn and Junko. "And Storks twentyish."

Matthew could tell by the looks on their faces that they were waiting for him to say that they were too young. Other people must have told them that more times than they could count. Canada just nodded not wanting to upset or anger the teens. He thought that they were too young, but didn't say anything.

"How old are you?" Junko asked.

"Twenty three." Canada quickly lied.

"We'll have to look into how to get you back." Aerrow said. "Maybe there's a crystal that can help? Piper?"

"I'll see if I can find anything. In the meantime, we should ask around on different terras to see if they know anything." Piper said.

"Good idea Piper. We'll-" Aerrow was cut off by Stork who was listening to what looked like a cup or old timey phone.

"Distress call from Terra Gale." The merb said. Flipping a few switches to turn up the volume so everyone could hear it. "Go ahead Dove."

"Storm Hawks, I need your help. My grandfather isn't making any sense. He's talking complete nonsense." The woman, Matthew assumed was Dove, said. As soon as he heard her voice the nation recognized her accent, it was French Canadian. "There is a huge peace dinner and conference tonight and we need him to attend."

"Right, we'll be right there to see if there is anything we can do to help." Aerrow promised.

"Thank you Aerrow." Dove said and stork stopped the call.

"Stork, set a course for Terra Gale." The Sky Knight ordered and Stork nodded. The huge ship started to turn and speed up. Aerrow turned to Canada. "You can come with us to Terra Gale. We'll see if they know anything that could help."

Canada nodded listening to the red head. The storm Hawks had dispersed around the ship, but Matthew decided to stay on the bridge and watch the clouds go by.

The Canadian felt weird seeing the clouds go being in such a big open space. He heard footsteps coming up behind him, but didn't bother turning to see who it was.

"What does your world look like?" Piper asked standing next to him, crossing her arms and looking out the window.

"Much the same as this actually. Except the land masses are bigger and between them is water not clouds." Matthew explained. "What's below the clouds?"

"It's the wastelands. It's just a bunch of small volcanos and lava flows." Piper said with a sigh. "There are a few people that are crazy enough to live or work down there."

"Probably too warm for me. I love the cold." The blond said.

"I don't prefer either." Piper shrugged. "Both have their perks."

"Aerrow mentions something about crystals? How would a rock help?" Matthew asked raising an eyebrow.

"Crystals power our world." Piper explained with a smile. "Each one has different properties and can do different things. There's a crystal that turns things into cheese, so it's not hard to believe that there is one that is capable of interdimensional transport."

Piper continued to talk about crystals and Canada quietly listened. He would ask questions every so often. He was intrigued by the fact that what were pretty rocks to his world was this world’s power source.

"We're here!" Stork announced parking the condor beside the small Terra. "I'll man the ship."

"You coming with us dude?" Finn asked popping into the bridge. Piper looked over also expecting an answer.

"Sure." Canada shrugged and followed the pair of Storm Hawks. Aerrow and Junko were waiting for them and the group exited the ship. The blond looked around and took in the surroundings. The terra was small and covered with nothing but wind swept grass and a few trees. There was also a windmill sitting atop a hill. In the distance Matthew could see another Terra poking out through the clouds.

As they got closer to the windmill a young woman walked out followed by a short old man, both were wearing pots as what seem to be armour. The Old man didn't look to happy, his arms were crossed and he was frowning at the Storm Hawks. The girl, Dove, on the other had looked relieved to see them.

"Thank you for coming." Dove said with a soft smile. She noticed Canada and straightened up. "Hello, I don't believe we've met before. I'm Dove."

"I'm Matthew, it's nice to meet you." Matthew said with a smile.

"So what's going on with Wren?" Finn asked raising an eyebrow and looking down at the man.

"Ne parle pas de moi comme si je ne suis pas ici enfant!(Don't talk about me like I'm not here kid!)" Wren growled shaking a fist at Finn. The Storm Hawks looked at him confused, but Matthew understood exactly what he said and smiled.

"Right, umm, how long has this been happening?" Aerrow asked concerned.

"Since yesterday. I was sitting outside when I heard a crash. I went into the house and found my grandfather on the floor with a bump on his head." Dove explained. "I've tried to ask him what happened, but I don't know what he's saying."

"Pourquoi ne me comprenez-vous pas? Je parle normalement!(Why don't you understand me? I'm speaking normally!)" Wren sighed pinching the bridge of his nose.

"He understands you fine." Canada said.

"How do you know that, Matthew?" Junko asked scratching his head. "So you know what he's saying?"

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

AN: I am not a French speaker so some of this will be off. I have been watching a French cartoon lately tho ;)