A/N and Disclaimer: So, my first fanfic! It is rated M for mature contents on the second chapter, and since english is not my first language, I apologise for whatever grammatical mistakes this story may have. I do not own Neverwinter Nights 2, nor any of the characters with the exemption of Raven Blackcloak. They belong to Atari, Wizards of the Coast and Obsidian Entertainment. Enjoy!

"No" - Thoughts

"-No "– Normal discussion

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They were finally back to Mulsantir, and nobody looked very happy. Kaelyn was tired, sore, scratched and completely out of spells, Okku's fur was messier and dirtier than usual with some suspicious blood colored spots, Gann had a nasty looking scratch on his left cheek and was lightly limping from his right leg, and Raven...well, Raven was in one of her foulest moods só far, with a killing headache and a back throb for having to carry Safiya for the last ten miles.

The situation they were in now was a direct result from their enterprise at Coveya Kurg'annis. After unrolling Gann's mother real reasons for having abandoned him, Raven had taken pity on him and his family's tragic story, and had supported him in destroying the entire Coven. At the moment it seemed the right thing to do; after all, who else would have to suffer the same fate they had? So, the ranger had gladly given reason to her friend. It was all going fine and dandy, until the moment she noticed that they were going to need to defeat all the freakin' hundreds of soldiers on the place if they wished to get out alive. Her disposition had also diminished after Safiya received a gapping, possibly lethal wound on her chest while they were making their way out, and best of all, learning that Kaelyn only had enough energy to stop the wizard from dying, but not to fully recover her. Having received some minor wounds herself, being knocked down by a hit on the back of her head (hence the headache) and having had to share turns with Okku on carrying Safiya on the three days journey back (since they were the most...bodily able ones in the team), it was with no small ammount of gratitude that she burried her face on her pillow at the Veil, later that night.

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In the next day the ranger woke up feeling better (although her head still hurt), and she felt a little ashamed for having thought all those nasty things about her friends; It wasn't Safiya's fault she got hurt, nor Kaelyn's for not having enough stamina to cast a buch of spells one after another while having to cure them at the same time, and of course she didn't regret (not now, anyways) having helped Gann on his revenge. If her parents had suffered the same fate, she would want to do the same. "But of course", she thought, "I would never know for sure what I would have felt, since I never knew them...just Daeghun, and he wasn't much of a role-model."

Getting out of the room after dressing in her usual Nine tunic, Raven decided to check out on Safiya. When she arrived at her friend's room, Kaelyn was already there, trying her best to tend to the bald sleeping mage.

"Is she alright?" - Raven inquired.

"I still don't have the strenght to cast my spells, and I fear I won't for some time, but the small ammount of cure spells I managed to cast on her before having my core drained were effective. Now that she can rest in a nice bed, she should be alright in no time". - The half-celestial replied with almost a smile.

"That's a relief, then." - The dark haired woman said with genuine feelings. - "Any chance to have her up in less than a week?"

"I fear not. I will take a week myself to recover my powers, and then speed her recover with divine encantations...and if I don't, then she'll certainly take longer than just a week. I believe this will be a hindrance to our "schedule", won't it? After all, time is of ultmost importance to you." - The fair colored woman said with an almost imperceptible tinge of worry in her voice.

"Ah, I wouldn't dream on going to Thay without Safiya. She would kill me if a did! You know how she's looking forward to it, even if she doesn't show it!"- Said the younger woman with a smile, earning a light chuckle from the half-breed.

"Well, it wouldn't do any good to stay put for an entire week when you don't need it. Isn't there any smaller problem that you can solve without her? Something that you would need to do anyway, but it's not very important, perhaps?"

"I don't think s...Oh! Wait! There is! I remember there was a girl in the Wells of Lurue who was...trapped in a dream, I think? I vaguely remember Gann saying that he couldn't enter alone in her dream...now that I have his mother's eye, maybe I could go with him. It's definetely a 'small problem' compared to the others we have to face, but I had promised her father that if I could, I would help her. Besides, it should take me about a week to go back and forth".- Now the young dark-haired woman was facing the other with an almost childlike pride for remembering something só convenient. "Very amusing" the half-celestial thought, "but not completely unexpected. She's só young...is she nineteen? Perhaps twenty? Almost a child, even if she forces onto herself that mask of calm and maturity. I think she doesn't even perceive her 'slips'..."

"Very well. Will you be leaving right away?" - The older woman asked, trying to hide her amusement.

"Yes. Tell Safiya that she doesn't have to worry and give her a hug for me!" - Said the ranger, leaving the room with a twinkle in her eye as she saw the cleric's eyebrows shot right up.

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"Now, to find Gann". The woman searched for him the entire theatre,until reaching the conclusion that he obviously wasn't there; so, she searched the city. Still nothing. "Were the hell that hagspawn hid himself?" - She thought frustrated - "Ok...if he wants to play hide and seek...too bad for him I'm the best tracker on the Sword Coast!". She eventually tracked him to the fields, and soon found him with Okku. They were apparently discussing something in raged-imbued whispers, but the moment they saw her they stopped talking. "Well, that's strange..."

"Hey, I have been looking for you." – Raven said to Gann, noticing that the hagspawn was a little...flushed? "No way..."- She thought suspiciously. In the moment the words left her mouth, she distinctly saw Okku sending a barely concealed death-glare to the violet-skinned man. "Alright...that's VERY suspicious."

"Uhm...Why would that be?" - The man inquired, rapidly recovering from whatever freakish situation he was in. Not fast enought to fool her, though.

"I need you to go with me to the Wells...remember that girl, Anya, or Annie, or whatever? I thought that now would be the best moment to help her, since I said I would and Safiya won't be 'missing anything' this way..."- She said looking carefully to the man and the bear. While Gann was able to hid his emotions this time, Okku was not. The bear was on the verge of fuming.

"Why, of course. I will do my best to help you, my friend. Now that you have my mother's eye I will be able to guide you in that maiden's dream...and we shall emerge victorious from whatever awaits us, indeed. What could possibly stop such an amazing couple?" - The hagspawn seemed to be back to his normal, pompous and flirty self.

"I believe you will also need my help little one?" - The bear god asked, obviously still annoyed.

"Actually...I was going to ask you to watch over the girls...Safiya is out of combat, Kaelyn is drained, and since I really need Gann's help on this..."- The woman trailed of, a little uncomfortable for having to decline her great friend's offer.

Suddenly, two strange things occured at the same time. Okku got a 'seeing-a-dreadful-and-almost-inevitable-event-indeed-occur' look on his face and Gann displayed for about one second a glint she had never seen on his eyes. Maybe his unnatural senses picked up some kind of imminent danger, because before the Bear God could emerge from his seemingly horror-induced state, Gann whisked her away saying things like "Let's Go!" and "Shall we endanger ourselves?". When they were about to leave the fields area, Raven could distinctly hear an assassin-like Okku roar. "That's it...Mental Note: Milk the thruth out of Gann about this bizarre events during the trip" .