Eilonwy wasn't necessarily a fan of wearing pants, but considering the amount of time she would be on a horse, she figured it'd be better to wear pants than to wear a dress and ride side-saddle the entire way. The horse she was riding on was packed down with at least a few-days worth of food and supplies. She honestly hoped that Dallben was wrong about the time it would take to get to the sorceress. It had been about a week since the last time Taran visited. She had spent almost every moment of that time searching for something that could possible heal her...someone, anyone, that could save her life. Dallben had been amazing, helping her to the best of his ability in trying to find someone. Eventually, they had stumbled upon a rumor from a kingdom not all that far away. It was rumored that there was once a sorceress there who married into royalty, becoming queen of the land. However, jealousy corrupted her soul, turning her and, subsequently, her powers, evil. Though she had been defeated in the end, it was said that she was hidden away in some palace deep in the Enchanted Forest. Now normally, Eilonwy would never lower herself down to asking someone so evil for help...but the woman was powerful, and had supposed specialties in curses similar to Eilonwy's. And...she was becoming desperate. In that week of research, Eilonwy's sickness had only became worse. She could barely leave her room at all, and was almost constantly becoming sick to her stomach. When her sickness had done a bit of a relapse and she felt a little better, she knew that she needed to get going on her mission pronto. So she left as soon as she could, going on this voyage into the unknown, which just so happened to be her only chance at living. Between her kingdom, Llyr, and the Enchanted Forest laid monotonous hilly landscape that was only interrupted by the occasional creek. To say that traversing said land was boring, would be an understatement of massive proportions. Eilonwy's only entertainment was talking to her horse, which she had dubbed Gurgi, after her little furry friend of the same name. She attempted to have long intellectual discussions with him...though unfortunately, said conversations were very one-sided. Eventually she ditched the idea of conversation, instead focusing on the horizon in front of her for a sign of the woods. One day came and went that way, and as the sun disappeared, leaving the duo in total darkness, Eilonwy had to succumb to the fact that reaching the forest by evening was an impossible feat. "Shame, isn't it?" she asked Gurgi the Second. He merely gave her an annoyed look, turning from her. She glared at him. "Oh, don't act so high and mighty towards me! You want this voyage to be over just as much as I do." She sighed, as she crawled into the lop-sided tent she had hastily constructed. "This is absolutely ridiculous. I should have had someone, someone not dying of some mysterious illness, do this for me." Almost immediately, she retracted that statement. "What am I saying?! I am a strong, independent woman! I can take care of myself!" She flopped back onto the make-shift bed beneath her. "This better all not be for nothing!" A/N I know this was kind of short, but this needed kind of a...connector? You know, to kick start the whole adventure-thing! Please review!