A/N: CHAPTER TWO!! Yay...these chapters might continue coming later and later, because I have about two and a half weeks of school left before Christmas Break. But do not fear, I will not abandon this story again. Promise. Anyways...ON WITH THE CHAPTER!!!!

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Dom yawned loudly as they continued riding one the path, leading to the burnt down fort. He hadn't slept in three days and it was starting to show. He was cranky and more irritable than usual, snapping at everyone, even if they were just saying good morning to him. Everytime he tried to sleep, he would dream about Brea and she always had a pained expression on her face. Or, she was running farther and farther from him as he fought to keep up. The dreams that scared him the most and made him wake up in a cold sweat, was that Brea and the babies died as she was giving birth to them. So, he had settled on a descision that he wasn't going to sleep until he passed out from mere exhaustion, that way he wouldn't dream...at all. Or at least, thats what he was hoping for.

Kel giving out instructions of where people should search brought him back to reality. "...Neal, you go on with Mikol to search the fort for anything that could've been left behind. Remember to keep your eyes open for everything. Rebekah and I will search through the forest." She paused to look at Dom, who was scowling at a spot between his horses ears. "Dom, there is a village back there, go and ask if anyone has seen her."

"Are you sure that is a good idea, Kel?" Neal asked warily, looking his glowering cousin over, then settling his eyes on his fiance. "I mean, he has been snapping at us for the past three days and he actually likes us. At least I think he likes us. Imagine what he will do, and or say, to those poor village people." He paused and looked around. "Think of the people, Kel! The people!" He cried dramatically and felt something smack him in the back of the head; his eyes watered and he toppled off his horse. He could've sworn he saw stars.

"That was a bit rude." Kel muttered, dismounting from her horse and going to see if Neal was alright. On the ground, was one of Dom's saddlebags, not heavy at all, but he had thrown it alot harder than necessary.

"I don't hear you scolding him." Dom replied with a pout, crossing his arms over his chest. "He was the one that was being rude."

"True, but he didn't throw a saddlebag at your head." Mikol pointed out and then flinched away from Dom as he started reaching for another one.

"And it is also very true." Murmured Rebekah, watching as Kel hauled Neal to his feet and kissed him on the top of the head. Unfortunately, Dom heard her and shot a death glare at Rebekah.

"Alright!" Kel said loudly so everyone would stop talking. "Rebekah will go to the village. Mikol, you are still with Neal. Dom, you are with me so you don't attempt to kill anyone, or try to throw saddlebags at them."

"But..but...they started it." Dom grumbled, still sitting in his saddle, pouting.

"I didn't see them throwing saddlebags at you, so please be quiet." Kel grumbled and then returned her attention back to Neal, who was still rubbing the top of his head. Dom dismounted from his horse to stretch his cramped legs, Rebekah and Mikol followed suit. They stood around for a few minutes while Kel cuddled Neal, and the other three just stretched their legs. "Alright, let's head out. We will meet back here an hour after midday. Neal, Mikol you know you are just supposed to look for anything that gives signs she was there. Even a little hint will help. Mount up and head out everyone." The five friends mounted their horses and grouped up, splitting into different directions.

The ride through the forest was a silent one for Dom and Kel, mainly because neither one of them felt like talking. At all. Dom was absorbed in his thoughts of Brea and Kel was thinking of whether or not Neal was going to make it back to their camp concious.

"What has been up with you lately?" Kel asked lightly, knowing that she should tread the subect lightly, so Dom wouldn't use her head as target practice. He just shrugged his shoulders in response, grumbling inoherently under his breath. "You can tell me." There was silence again.

"It's just these dreams I've been having. I do not like them." Dom replied, his voice low as they trudged aimlessly through the woods. This was absolutely insane. How did they expect to find anything that would let them know where Brea was? "There are times when I want to just give up all hope so I can wallow and mourn her in peace." He paused and looked at Kel, who was staring at him with the oddest look on her face. "And I know that sounds horrible of me, since I am the one who dragged all of you out here."

"No...no Dom, thats not it at all." Kel reassured him, placing a hand on his shoulder. "We are going to find Brea and then we are going to take her back to Tortall and we will turn Julianna in. Then, she is going to have those babies, you two are going to be parents and your entire family is going to live happily ever after." She said and then grinned, which prompted Dom to attempt a smile as well.

"Thank you, Kel." He murmured and leaned over the short distance to hug her; she just laughed and returned the hug all the same. "That does sound like a bit of a fairy tale ending though."

"What can I say, I am a sucker for a happy ending." She replied, shrugging her shoulders. They laughed and started riding again. Dom with a much more optimistic perspective of what they were attempting to do.

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Hadley sighed as she looked around the room that these people were passing off as hers. Gabriel and Roberto told her otherwise. That she had injured herself, she was pregnant with twins and she needed to play along with whatever Lord Alexander and his family were saying. Any memories they cooked up, that she tried to remember. She couldn't really remember anything that had not really happened, right?

The longer Hadley stayed in the household, the more she knew that Alexander's family despised her, for reasons unknown to herself. The only memebers of his large family that showed any signs of warmth towards her, was his oldest son Jacob, and youngest daughter Sapphire.

"Hadley? Are you dressed?" Gabriel called out, knocking on the door that led to her bedroom.

"Yes. You may come in." She called back, placing a hand over her stomach; everytime she thought about children, her thoughts went back to the ones she would be giving birth to in six and a half months. The door opened and Gabriel entered, smiling.

"How are you feeling?" He asked quietly, sitting down on the table in front of the couch she was laying on; whenever he talked to her, it made her feel as if she was something fragile that couldn't be talked to in tones higher than a whisper. By numerous scars she had found on her while bathing, she wasn't at all fragile.

"Tired, but I am feeling alot better. The pounding in my head isn't as bad." She replied with a crooked smile, running her free hand through her hair.

"And the babies?" It was the second question Gabriel asked whenever he was coming to check up on her. First her own health, then that of the twins.

"Not that I know what they are thinking exactly, but I am pretty sure they are fine. They were kicking earlier, but it feels like they have settled down for now." She told him once more laid both of her hands on her stomach.

"Do you think you are feeling up to a walk?" Gabriel reached his hand out and rubbed her arm softly with hand. "Roberto suggested it would be best for you to walk around for a bit."

"Yes, I suppose I am." Hadley replied, smiling back at him. Pushing herself up off the couch, she stood up, put on her slippers and started from the room with Gabriel. They were silent as they walked through the halls, headed for the outside gardens.

"Have you started remembering anything?" He asked, glancing down at her.

"Um...well, there have been a few things I remembered. Mostly, I just keep having this falling dream. It makes no sense."

"Falling dream? Care to explain."

"Well, I'm on a bridge or catwalk of some sort and I'm just walking, then I fall through like a hole or something. Then, I start begging someone to help me and I just go plummeting towards the ground, but I always wake up before I hit."

"You should really tell Roberto about this. That fall, if it actually happened and this isn't just a dream, could have been what injured you."

"Do you really think so?"

"Of course, or else I would not have said anything." He smiled at her and silence fell between them again as they entered the rose garden. Hadley seperated from Gabriel and started to a bush of orange roses. She liked them, there color was pretty to her. "Do you like those?"

"I guess I do." Hadley responded and saw Gabriel's hands in her line of vision, pulling one from the bush and then cutting the thorns off, before placing it behind her ear.

"Beautiful." Gabriel whispered and they smiled at each other. He knew that he probably shouldn't be doing this, as it appeared Hadley already had a fiance, but one couldn't help his feelings...now could he?

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A/N: Hahahahahah!! So, what did you guys think?? Please leave me some reviews, they would be much appreciated.

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