Prologue (Apprehension)

It had been almost two years since the battle against Kardis. Deedlit was still riding with Parn on his adventures. Several villages were saved, people in distress were relieved from it and so on. The friendship between the knight and the high elf was growning with the passing of the days.

Both of them, silently, wished to see their friends again, but neither of them said nothing.

One night, Parn and Deedlit set camp near the 'Forest of No Return'. That bought memories to Deedlit's head and while Parn was looking for wood to make a fire, the elf was thinking about her friends again, they became like a second family to her.

"Hey, Deed!" Parn woke the elf of her thoughts "what are you thinking about?"

"I... well, being here... brings memories, you know?" she shyly said not looking at him.

"I know what you mean..." said Parn as he sat down next to the elf and looked to the sky, "...even though it was a serios matter, I kinda miss those times and...". Parn suddenly stopped.

Deedlit knew why, but instead of addressing the matter straight found in this a chance to express her desire. "Parn... what if...?" Parn looked at her. They both stared at each other for a while, as if reading each other's minds. Parn knew what she wanted to say and Deedlit knew that Parn understood what she wanted.

"Deedlit, tomorrow we head to Valis!"

Parn made the fire, Deedlit did the cooking, and the dinner passed without words between the two, for they were thinking about what will happen the next day.

Morning came. Both awoke early and rode to Valis, still in silence but smiling.

When they arrived at Valis they were warmly welcomed by Fianna, the now Queen of Valis and Etoh, the Priest of Pharis and Parn's childhood friend. The idea to see the others was appealing to Etoh and he agreed to go with them and look for the others. The Queen had to stay and made them promise that they will all return there to meet her as well.

They found Slayn and Leylia in Marfa's Temple, along with Neese, Leylia's mother and High Priest of Marfa. At the beginning, Slayn and Leylia were reluctant to go with them but Neese insisted that they needed to have vacations after all thay had done and at last they agreed.

Finding Orson and Shiris proved to be very difficult but they finally found them in the way. A very nice surprise was that they had a third member in their clan, and that was Woodchuck, the former thief Parn rescued in Alania. The thief was believed to be still under Karla's possession, but for some reason he was now free.

Now that they were all together, they decided to have a meal on the field. It took Parn and Deedlit three months to gather the band and decided to make the meal were their last friend was located. Ghim's thomb was located near Lake Stillness and was a good spot to have their vacations there, now that the Witch was living with Wort, the Sage.

After visiting Ghim and then stting the camp, making fire and meal they shared stories, jokes and had a little dance too. It was such a joyus moment for them and no one wanted those vacations to end.

When night finally came, Parn came closer to where Deedlit was and gave her a flower "Are you having fun, Deed?"

Deedlit took the flower and gave him a hug "We are lucky to have the finest friends of all!"

Parn broke the hug and looked at Deedlit's eye "Deed, there is something I want to say to you for a long time now."

"Yes? What is it?"

Parn's face reddened and he looked away and scratched his head, obviously nervous. "Erm... I will tell you tomorrow, I promise!"

"OK, Parn, as you wich." Then she kissed him in the cheek "Good night!"

After that the sun was fully set and in a sky full of stars is where they slept.

What they did not know is that they would not see the sun or any other star in a very long time, and that some of them would never look ath the again at all... for that was an Endless Night.