Alana stormed through the castles large halls, her boots left echoing sounds on the marble flooring. She didn't seem happy, something was troubling her and it seemed her soldiers noticed it as well. Pushing the large gold and silver doors open, Alana stood in a large room the design of mermaids, wolfs and large mountain lions could be seem mounted on the walls. Sitting on the throne that was located in the middle of the room was a King, the king of Redwaters, also the King who seemed a bit too far out of it. Alana walked towards him and keeled before him. "My Lord, I bring reports from the south." Her voice was firm and strong, her face still towards the floor, King Kyne grunted with acceptance. "Speak." Alan stood in a straight formation, "We've sighted more things appearing from midair, we have not been able to pin-point exactly where Griffith is. We hope to find him soon." It was silent for a moment before King Kyne stood from this throne, walking towards the stone window; he looked out and gazed over the red waters. "By any cost, Alana you will find him. And you will bring him back to me, dead or alive. I'm entrusting everything to you." King Kyne turned towards Alana with a strong sturdy face; he seemed to be serious about this request. "Don't fail me, okay? You're the only one I can count on..." Alana's face was red, she felt the blush crawl up onto her cheeks, turning away quickly to ensure her King did not see feelings on her expression. "It will be done without question; his betrayal will not go unanswered my King. Please, leave it up to me to bring him in." Alana bowed before exiting the throne room. Her face was a solid blank, she was entrusted with a very deep and important matter, and she would not fail her King.
Somewhere in the forest outside of the gates, a woman had appeared out of a portal that ripped open between two trees. Hannah opened her eyes only to be blinded by the bright greenery of a forest, rubbing her head as she looked around, where the hell am I? Looking up to notice rays of light peering down from the trees, the leaves, they were like umbrellas, she was lucky it was a sunny day or else it would be incredibly dark in the forest she was in, and she might even be more lost then she is now. "Hello?" Hannah called out into the emptiness of the forest. With no reply she stood up and took a few steps forward, browning leaves crackled and snapped under each step she took, and after a while she gradually started getting more scared. Endless wandering through, what seemed to be and endless forest was doing her no good, and she was getting kind of hungry. Out of the corner of her eye she noticed a fairly large mushroom, growing at the roots of a tall tree. Her tail flicked in curiosity as she walked over to it. She bent down and sniffed the edge of it, making sure it wasn't harmful in anyway, before sitting down on it, leaning on the tree behind it. "There's gotta be some way outta here." She said to herself.
Alana walked outside of the Castle; it was a bright sunny day, like any other. But it wasn't like any other day... This one was...Different, she felt different. She could not explain it but she knew it wasn't a good feeling, turning to her right to see her right field commander, "Rally the men." Alana spoke out her command, the soldier saluted with agreement and rushed off to rally the soldiers she turned towards the left field commander and ordered him to gather the horses, they were going to ride. If she was going to find Griffith, she would have to get out there and find him herself.
Hannah whistled to herself. In times like these, as corny as it sounded, she liked to stay positive. Slowly she looked around and sighed. There must be an exit somewhere; after all, she had managed to end here in the first place. Reluctantly, she rose from her little mushroom seat and stared sniffing the air. This is when she smelt something oddly familiar, another human perhaps? But, it didn't smell like the average person. With a flick of her tail and a twitch of her ears she slowly walked towards the strong scent.
A small group of men followed Alana to the front gates of the Kingdom, Alana pointed towards the east, "Me and the left field will go east. Right field, go west. If you find anything report back here." She held the reins to a strong but lovely black and white Clydesdale, pulling the reins and heading east, "Move out." Alana tapped the sides of her Clydesdale as the large beautiful beast took off in a trot. Right fields commander nodded at his men, "You heard the woman, let's get moving!" the sound of horses whinnying and hooves beating against the rough dirt and stones.
Hannah pricked her ears. In the space filled with large trees and plants in front of her, she could hear light thuds on the thick muddy ground. What is this place? She wondered, before heading towards the noise. "Hello? "She yelped, noticing the thuds were slowly getting closer. She looked around, suddenly frightened. The beautiful sun, that used to be as soft as a kitten, was now hidden behind the fairy floss shaped clouds. It was dark in that forest and Hannah had a strange feeling that soon she wasn't going to be the only one in there.
Chuck slowed his men and the horses, "Whoa." Looking towards the forest in front of them before looking back at his men, "I saw something." Chuck spoke out, almost as if he didn't really want to go and find out what it was. "Whatever it was, it was brown." It was silent for a moment before Chuck dismounted and pulled a foot soldier towards him, "Alright good man." Chuck cleared his through, "You are going to go in there and check it out, if it doesn't eat you then come back out and report to us. If it does eat you well then; I'll tell your family that you were a brave soldier." The soldier stared blankly at Chuck as if he didn't believe what he was hearing; "But Comman-" The soldier was cut off as a rough push to the back made the soldier tumble forward and towards the forest. "Go check it out son!" Chuck called back as he mounted back on his horse. The foot soldier quietly entered the forest with his sword held up, he crept around for a moment trying to find what Commander Chuck had spotted, turning the corner of a tree before spotting something brown moving.
"Ouch!" Hannah mumbled as she tripped over a twig. She was jogging to the noises, and as she grew closer it sounded like chattering. She pricked her ears and sniffed the air. She could hear horses scraping the earth with their hooves, wanting to go home, like her. She peeped over a bush to see a man on a horse, talking to others around him. He had armor on, which made Hannah feel nervous. What person wears armor these days? She thought to herself, assuming they were just some cos-players who took their characters seriously. She was about to step out and ask them how to "get the hell outta this place" when she turned around to see a sword pointed right at her face.
"Move and I'll cut something off." The foot soldier spoke but it didn't seem he could keep that promise, "W-What the hell are you?" He spoke out rather confused. Shaking off his own question he pointed the sword leading the half human-wolf towards Commander Chuck, "Walk." Hannah stood still, dazed. This was no Coplay; these people were going to murder her! She opened her mouth to let out a scream but nothing came out. Her eyes darted around the scene but her body stayed completely still. Could she make a run for it? She slowly nodded, her eyes now focused on the sharp weapon the man had in his hands.
"Y-y-y-yesss..." Was all she could stammer, before shuffling slowly towards where the man was pointing.
Commander Chuck waited quietly at the entrance to the forest, just as he was about to send in a scout to find his foot soldier, he noted two bodies coming out of the forest, one of a young female with long brown hair and- what is that... ears? A tail? Commander Chuck pulled his sword out before calming his horse down, "Soldier, what is that thing you found?" Chuck called out towards his soldier as the two grew near. The soldier kept the sword pointed at the female and looked at his commander, "This was the brown thing you were talking about right? I found her tripping over twigs in the forest. "Commander Chuck frowned, he looked at the woman over again, it made no sense, are those real ears? "Lower your sword soldier. Did you even let the woman speak?" The foot soldier lowered his sword as he shook his head, "Guess I should've asked questions first huh?" Chuck frowned, "Get back in formation!" He scolded the soldier before returning his attention towards the female. "What is your name, mad 'am." Chuck spoke out towards the woman with his sword still unsheathed and by his side.
Again, Hannah froze. She stared blankly, her eyes darting from the man on the horse to his weapon. It glistened in the sun, pointy and sharp. It was real alright. Her tail and ears twitched, alert to the sounds in the forest, and alert to her fear. Hannah didn't know whether to tell these people who she was, or just run. Commander chuck gripped his sword tighter, "Answer me young woman. I would hate to harm such a pretty face." The soldiers around Chuck and the woman grew tense.
Alana and the Left field group found nothing of interest, there were no foot tracks; no sense of magic- nothing at all. A sigh escaped her lips as she frowned, "Let's turn around boys. There is nothing here..." Alana pulled the reins of her Clydesdale towards the west, "We're returning home, let's hope the right field found something of use." Alana's red curls flap around in the wind as they return back to the kingdom.
I'm...She stuttered. Should she tell strangers who they are? Would it do her any better? The soldier thrust his sword a little closer to her face and Hannah knew she had to make a decision or she would die. She closed her eyes and started breathing slowly in and out, imagining something... And when she opened her eyes, small hairs were growing from her arms and legs and face. Commander Chuck moved his horse back, "W-what is this?!" He stuttered before finally taking action, "Rope! Tie her hands and legs, don't let her escape!" He called out orders towards the foot soldiers as they pulled rope from the horse satchels and tied the woman's hands and feet together. "Get her on a horse, we are taking her back to the Kingdom, maybe Alana might have something to call... this" Chuck motioned his hand towards the female, "This thing." He said almost hollow. A frown painted across his face as he watched his soldiers balance the woman on a horse, "All you had to do was prove you were human, didn't need to go this far." Chuck shook his head before taking the reins of his horse and tapping the sides of him, "Let's ride!" Chuck shouted out towards his men as the sounds of hooves pelting the ground took over.