Kat sat on the ground looking over at the trolls as they dug a tunnel straight up. Eureka had given it his all. She knew now that their path was going to be harder. After the trolls had dug the tunnel they went to the surface. Everything was dark and it smelled really bad. Kat sat there thinking while everyone else started to climb out of the hole. She couldn't believe it. She didn't want to but it was true to the very core of her being. Her close friend, Venka had fallen into the Black Snake's nest.
"Come cub." Treestump said as he reached down to help her up.
"We need to be quick about it. The human will hear." Cutter said as he led the others into a basement under the human's house.
Kat listen to what Mender called the basement, underground chamber. She was about to voice her option of what they are called but Cutter's sending stopped her. She like the others could hear the sending that Rayek was giving them. She was filled with joy at the sending he was sending.
**Venka lives. I live. And Winnowill knows we're both very near** he sent. Kat was filled with joy at this. It meant that her friend was still okay and not in the Black Snake's hands, yet.
A short time later found them in a different basement this time under some kind of Inn. Kat didn't know what. They were trying to get to a piece of meat that was hanging from the ceiling. The door opened to let light come down the stairs. A human had entered the basement.
**Dam It.** Treestump said, the meat fell to the floor. Treestump had cut the line just as the door opened.
Holdfast couldn't help himself, he was hungry he went to the meat.
Hello any one there? The human asked. From the sound of the voice Kat could tell that it was a girl. And she didn't sound any older than Kat did. Or was. Or used to be. The human kept on taking till she left again.
She came back a short time later, this time they could smell fear on her. They stayed put, expect for one little Persevere.
"Bigthing make soft-talk jibber jabber! Petalwing no understa.." Petalwing was cut off as Cutter clapped a hand over its head.
They had been found out. The human told them that she would try to be a decoration so they could get away. It almost worked but not quiet. The war hounds had found them. They had to fight their way out. Strongbow pushed Kat toward the little window.
"I'm going." Kat mumbled as she made it outside with out the hounds knowing. She fled to the nearest ladder and up she went to the roofs. She didn't look back as she ran. She hopped that her friends had made it as well. She had forgotten that she was supposed to have gone with Strongbow and the two Go-Backs.
**Cutter we're okay but I can't find Kat. Is she with you? ** Strongbow was sending to Cutter as he and the Go-Backs hind.
**No. She's not here. She's not with you? ** Cutter sent back to his friend.
**No. ** Strongbow's sending was not what Cutter wanted to hear.
Kat ran and climbed over the roofs. She didn't even stop when she noticed that the sky began to grow red. Dawn was coming. She didn't even stop when some passing humans below her saw her.
Man I wish that Berrybuzz were here with me, even Snowstorm. Kat wished to herself as she continued to make her way toward the highest town circle thing. She finally came to a stop as she reached a moat. She couldn't cross it. Not with out help. And help did come. A weird machine was rolled out. When the guards were not looking Kat made her way into the castle. No one noticed the whit wolf that followed her in.
Winnowill was sitting in a grand chair when she felt someone come into the castle.
**Who are you? ** She sent. She didn't hit anything. She tried again. And still nothing. She closed her eyes and her sprit left her body in search for the elf that she had felt. She found not an elf soul floating around but something different. Something that was a mix of human and elf.
"Well look at what I found." Winnowill said to the person.
Kat stopped short of her hinding place when she felt heard the voice.
"Well look at what I found." The voice said. Kat made for her hinding place as fast as she could. As she head she let herself relax allowing her sprit to leave her body. She would come back to it.
Her spirit was flying around in the darkness when something slammed into her. She went tumbling.
"Well what are you girl?" Winnowill asked as she watched Kat stop herself.
"So it is you. You are the great Winnowill I've heard all this time. The Black Snake?" Kat asked as she circled the elf lady.
"What's it to you?" Winnowill threw a bolt of power at Kat. Kat stood there right in its path. She didn't even scream when it hit her.
"Is that all you've got." Kat asked. She knew for some reason that she couldn't be harm in this world of darkness.
"What are you?" Winnowill threw herself at Kat. Kat screamed this time.
Her spirit went back to its shell. Kat woke to find herself in someone's arms. She looked up to see a face that she knew all to well. Rayek's face.
"What are you doing here? Where are the others?" he asked her as she clamed herself down.
"I came on my own. Oh Rayek she knows what I am." Kat started to sob on his shoulder.
"She knows what? That you are not fully elf?" He asked. Kat stopped crying and pulled away from him to look at him. "Yes cub I too know that you are not elf. But half. Maybe not even half elf like I think."
"It's true I'm not elf. I'm not even half elf. My full name is...." She started to say when she felt a sending from Venka spring into their minds. Rayek ran off. Kat right behind him. She fell behind as he rounded a corner. A blast of light and power threw her backwards. When she got to her feet she was dragged away by some one. It was Two Edge.
"Come cub." Treestump said as he reached down to help her up.
"We need to be quick about it. The human will hear." Cutter said as he led the others into a basement under the human's house.
Kat listen to what Mender called the basement, underground chamber. She was about to voice her option of what they are called but Cutter's sending stopped her. She like the others could hear the sending that Rayek was giving them. She was filled with joy at the sending he was sending.
**Venka lives. I live. And Winnowill knows we're both very near** he sent. Kat was filled with joy at this. It meant that her friend was still okay and not in the Black Snake's hands, yet.
A short time later found them in a different basement this time under some kind of Inn. Kat didn't know what. They were trying to get to a piece of meat that was hanging from the ceiling. The door opened to let light come down the stairs. A human had entered the basement.
**Dam It.** Treestump said, the meat fell to the floor. Treestump had cut the line just as the door opened.
Holdfast couldn't help himself, he was hungry he went to the meat.
Hello any one there? The human asked. From the sound of the voice Kat could tell that it was a girl. And she didn't sound any older than Kat did. Or was. Or used to be. The human kept on taking till she left again.
She came back a short time later, this time they could smell fear on her. They stayed put, expect for one little Persevere.
"Bigthing make soft-talk jibber jabber! Petalwing no understa.." Petalwing was cut off as Cutter clapped a hand over its head.
They had been found out. The human told them that she would try to be a decoration so they could get away. It almost worked but not quiet. The war hounds had found them. They had to fight their way out. Strongbow pushed Kat toward the little window.
"I'm going." Kat mumbled as she made it outside with out the hounds knowing. She fled to the nearest ladder and up she went to the roofs. She didn't look back as she ran. She hopped that her friends had made it as well. She had forgotten that she was supposed to have gone with Strongbow and the two Go-Backs.
**Cutter we're okay but I can't find Kat. Is she with you? ** Strongbow was sending to Cutter as he and the Go-Backs hind.
**No. She's not here. She's not with you? ** Cutter sent back to his friend.
**No. ** Strongbow's sending was not what Cutter wanted to hear.
Kat ran and climbed over the roofs. She didn't even stop when she noticed that the sky began to grow red. Dawn was coming. She didn't even stop when some passing humans below her saw her.
Man I wish that Berrybuzz were here with me, even Snowstorm. Kat wished to herself as she continued to make her way toward the highest town circle thing. She finally came to a stop as she reached a moat. She couldn't cross it. Not with out help. And help did come. A weird machine was rolled out. When the guards were not looking Kat made her way into the castle. No one noticed the whit wolf that followed her in.
Winnowill was sitting in a grand chair when she felt someone come into the castle.
**Who are you? ** She sent. She didn't hit anything. She tried again. And still nothing. She closed her eyes and her sprit left her body in search for the elf that she had felt. She found not an elf soul floating around but something different. Something that was a mix of human and elf.
"Well look at what I found." Winnowill said to the person.
Kat stopped short of her hinding place when she felt heard the voice.
"Well look at what I found." The voice said. Kat made for her hinding place as fast as she could. As she head she let herself relax allowing her sprit to leave her body. She would come back to it.
Her spirit was flying around in the darkness when something slammed into her. She went tumbling.
"Well what are you girl?" Winnowill asked as she watched Kat stop herself.
"So it is you. You are the great Winnowill I've heard all this time. The Black Snake?" Kat asked as she circled the elf lady.
"What's it to you?" Winnowill threw a bolt of power at Kat. Kat stood there right in its path. She didn't even scream when it hit her.
"Is that all you've got." Kat asked. She knew for some reason that she couldn't be harm in this world of darkness.
"What are you?" Winnowill threw herself at Kat. Kat screamed this time.
Her spirit went back to its shell. Kat woke to find herself in someone's arms. She looked up to see a face that she knew all to well. Rayek's face.
"What are you doing here? Where are the others?" he asked her as she clamed herself down.
"I came on my own. Oh Rayek she knows what I am." Kat started to sob on his shoulder.
"She knows what? That you are not fully elf?" He asked. Kat stopped crying and pulled away from him to look at him. "Yes cub I too know that you are not elf. But half. Maybe not even half elf like I think."
"It's true I'm not elf. I'm not even half elf. My full name is...." She started to say when she felt a sending from Venka spring into their minds. Rayek ran off. Kat right behind him. She fell behind as he rounded a corner. A blast of light and power threw her backwards. When she got to her feet she was dragged away by some one. It was Two Edge.
