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Prevously: Suntop and Ember had strange deams.
Chapter Two
In the Snowy Mountains on the same day as Ember's Dream:
Venka had accepted temporary chieftess position until she found her mother. It had been a few years of searching since she had left the Wolfriders after the battle for the palace. And she had found nothing. It was as if they had simply vanished but she hadn't given up hope. Aroree ahd settled into life with the Go Backs pretty easily as had Two Edge. The Go Backs had constructed a temporary shelter for the night and it was half done. There were three huge tents. One of the adults for they were still the joining crazed elves that she had heard tell of as a child. The next for the cubs to play and sleep in that was nothing new. Aroree was probably in there now telling them stories. The final one was for Two Edge and her to sleep in. Only he knew of the dreams that haunted her and now she regreted telling him of the dream because it had brought back unwanted memories of Winnowill. There wasn't much to the dream only a deep forest with a firey mountain near. Something was there. Something that was similar to Winnowill only much much worse. It was coming and it was evil. Every night it got closer and closer. It wanted something. And Venka had thought during the dream that it had wanted her. To say it scared her was like saying that the Palace of the High Ones is just a normal bit of rock that could be found every where.
"Venka?" Aroree called softly a few feet away. Venka turned slowly to look at her old friend and sighed. "So he told you?" she asked Aroree softly. "Of the dream yes." Aroree said jsut as softly coming to hover beside her. "what do you think it means?" Venka looked startled at the question as if she had never considered that the dreams could be anything more than a nightmare. Aroree knew better. "I think that there is something out there some where hunting someone and it scares me." Aroree looked thoughtful."Does it scare you more than Winnowill? Or is it Winnowill?" Now it was Venka's turn to be thoughtful. "No,Winnowill never really scared me. It was the thought of what she could do that frightened me... but this...this is different. It could be one of her creations on the lose and I am sensing the evil she left on it or it could be something else. I just don't know."
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Several days later:
The elders had called for council and everyone was there. Seeker silently counted and then sighed. Thier numbers had once been eight eights. Now they were a mere three eights. Mentu had started speaking. His voice had none of the formalities that had once resided in a council such as this. "We have several course of actions that we may persue. It is true that in the last couple of moons when our hunters have gone out we have not been hunted by the enemy but still the scent of danger is near. We must decide what to do." Murmurings broke out amongst the elves excitedly. Seeker as well as her friends shook thier heads ruefully knowing exactly what was going through their minds. Could this be the end of our exile to these caves?
*They are silly* Arrow sent openly to her friends.
*They are hopeful* Seeker returned.
*They are idiots!* Cloud Chaser snapped back.*They know of nothing out of these caves except what the elders have chosen to tell them.*
*No good will come of this council.* Spear sent to them as he come to sit beside his lovemate, Seeker.
*We know We know* they all sent to him at once causing him too wince at the irrated mental tone.
An male elf spoke up as the mutters quieted down. "We should return to the woods immediately."
Many nodded thier heads in agreement. "My fellow elves," Brith said as he stood by Mentu "We all miss the green lushness of our forest homes but we must not be hastey. The danger could still be there." The mutterings didn't cease and the elders were fast losing their battle for caution to their people's hopeful need that the terror is over. Unable to take anymore Sherak stood. he was relatively young elf compared to most in the room dressed in deep browns and blues. He stood tall, taller than most of the elves here except for Mentu, his dusky blond hair glowed in the firelight. "Stop it all of you!" he shouted over the noise that the other elves were making. The other elves stopped and stared at him. He was usually the quiet elf the one that slide through a life where everyone else made the decsions. "I know we want to return to our old lives in the woods. I know we all weant this nightmare to end. But listen if we do anything stupid at this point in time...if we do anything without caution than we all could pay the price. We must not let our hopes rule us entirely. Caution is what we need for we all know how tricky those HUNTERS are." As his friends and family mulled overr his words the elders looked at him gratefully. A young female stood up carefully placing a hand on her distended belly. "I do not wish to birth my child or raise it in a cave." She cried in anger and disapair. The mutters started once again louder than before. This time it was Sertia who spoke out. "I know that, Helia. Just as I know that none of us would wish to raise our childern in a place such as tjis. After all so many of us can barely stand to live here. But we haven't even been here for a full turn of the seasons. All we are asking is to use caution. Helia, you have a full four moons before you can even think about the birth of your child. I ask that you try and give us that time to find out if it is really safe to go back to the forest. For all our sakes, Helia." Sertia sent a small smile to her lifemate and elder, Brith, who promptly smiled back.
Tetla was the next to speak. "I... no We all know that we wish to return home to the forest. We all wish that the time of it is now. But Can we be certain that the Hunters are not lying in wait for us? Can we be certain that it is the time to do so? Think of these things before any of you speak again." the silence that filled the chamber as deafening as one and all were thinking and thinking hard on Tetla's words. Tetla who had lost so much. Tetla who many knew longed for the home of her family. Tetla who everyone knewwould pretty much jump at the chance to return to the place of so many happy memories. Then in the shadows a tentative voice spoke out. "What about Seeker? what does she say?" Seeker sighed she had known that the subject of her would be brought up and she thought about the dream last night. It had almost been as clear as the water in the thicket on a summer day.
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(the Dream)
There had been three elves with shifting lights behind them. One a male with golden hair,sparkling blue eyes and browninsh skin. He had a golden light behind him and in that light it looked to be a desert. The next one was female. She had flaming red hair, the same sparkling blue eyes as the male as well as the brown skin. Behind her stood a soft green and blue light and in that light looked to be a soft grassy area like a neverending meadow. The last one was female as well. She had flowing ebony hair, strinking yellow eyes and brown skin as well. Behind her stood a grayish light and in the light was snow topped mountains. What strange elves these were, Seeker thought to herself as she looked at them. Then she spoke softly. "Will you help us? Something is hunting us and we know not what it is. It looks to be human and yet we know it is an elf. Help us please?" They other elves looked confused then for the first time looked at each other. They all looked startled to the others there but they did not speak. Slowly as one they all nodded. Then the male spoke "we will come to you. Hold on we are coming." Then they turned to thier lights and started to walk away. But how will they come? Seeker thought but she found she could not say any more. Then the male turned to look at her once more and she felt it that stirring deep inside of her. it scared her even as it soothed her then he was gone and she had woken up.
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Seeker snapped out of her thoughts as Arrow softly nudged her in her side. She sighed once more and stood. "I say that caution is our best bet right now and to due otherwise is unwise." it was the male from the beginning, he was standing once more. "We know of your dreams so tell us do they give anymore than what has been told? Do they say anything about us standing quietly in these cursed hollow walls of stone?" She felt her lovemate stirring beside her letting her know that he would deal with this snake if she wantted him to. Seeker smiled and sent *be calm. I knew this would happen* then to the man and her people she replied " Yes they have." Silence filled the hall once more "They have told me that help is on the way and we must hold on a little while longer." The elders exchanged looks for this is the first that they had heard of this. It was Lilitha the glider who spoke first "Who is coming and what help have they offered?" Seeker sighed knowing that they the other elves had only spoken of coming. "They are other elves. From a desert where the sun burns from a grassland that carries hills and seasons and from a mountain where there is snow throughout the seasons. As tothe help I know not. What help can they offer us when we don't even know what is hunting us." Lilitha sighed at that everyone that they had sent out to look for answers had never returned and Cloud Chaser spoke of a Cavern wall littered with bones but no creature. She had barely made it back. Both of her wings had been broken yet she had not seen what had attacked her. They only had what Arrow Song had seen the day of the first attack and she had been left of dead amongst the bodies of her loved ones. The council continued around her as she sighed deeply. She told herself it was enough to know that help was coming but how and when where to answers for later.
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After telling Savah all he knew of the latest dream which had been remarkably clear, Savah had bid Suntop to contact Timmain in the Palace of the High Ones to seek her advice and aid. It was a long and hard send evan with Little Palace helping. Timmain and Skywise had left the World of Two Moons once again. Suntop was exhausted and Timmain was excited more elves... more childern of her friends. Skywise was pensive. These new elves were in trouble and the last couple of elves that they had met were not a memory worth having. Winnowill, the insane Egg, just to name a few. Then Timmain grew silent once more as she was locking into another sending. It was Ember this time...she needed to speak with her brother about some dreams could they come a pick up her tribe and take them to Sorrow's End. Timmain was silent for a long time after the sending ended. "Skywise." he looked startled but quickly recovered "We may have a bigger..."then she stopped as another sending reached her it was Venka. Then as the Sending ended, Timmain sighed once more and quickly commanded the palace to Howling rock to pick up Ember and her tribe. "We may have a much bigger problem than we thought."Three elves... three extremely strong elves in thier own way had had the same dream just about and all three swore that the new eleves were in dire need of help. Timmain sighed once more why couldn't anything ever be easy.
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Prevously: Suntop and Ember had strange deams.
Chapter Two
In the Snowy Mountains on the same day as Ember's Dream:
Venka had accepted temporary chieftess position until she found her mother. It had been a few years of searching since she had left the Wolfriders after the battle for the palace. And she had found nothing. It was as if they had simply vanished but she hadn't given up hope. Aroree ahd settled into life with the Go Backs pretty easily as had Two Edge. The Go Backs had constructed a temporary shelter for the night and it was half done. There were three huge tents. One of the adults for they were still the joining crazed elves that she had heard tell of as a child. The next for the cubs to play and sleep in that was nothing new. Aroree was probably in there now telling them stories. The final one was for Two Edge and her to sleep in. Only he knew of the dreams that haunted her and now she regreted telling him of the dream because it had brought back unwanted memories of Winnowill. There wasn't much to the dream only a deep forest with a firey mountain near. Something was there. Something that was similar to Winnowill only much much worse. It was coming and it was evil. Every night it got closer and closer. It wanted something. And Venka had thought during the dream that it had wanted her. To say it scared her was like saying that the Palace of the High Ones is just a normal bit of rock that could be found every where.
"Venka?" Aroree called softly a few feet away. Venka turned slowly to look at her old friend and sighed. "So he told you?" she asked Aroree softly. "Of the dream yes." Aroree said jsut as softly coming to hover beside her. "what do you think it means?" Venka looked startled at the question as if she had never considered that the dreams could be anything more than a nightmare. Aroree knew better. "I think that there is something out there some where hunting someone and it scares me." Aroree looked thoughtful."Does it scare you more than Winnowill? Or is it Winnowill?" Now it was Venka's turn to be thoughtful. "No,Winnowill never really scared me. It was the thought of what she could do that frightened me... but this...this is different. It could be one of her creations on the lose and I am sensing the evil she left on it or it could be something else. I just don't know."
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Several days later:
The elders had called for council and everyone was there. Seeker silently counted and then sighed. Thier numbers had once been eight eights. Now they were a mere three eights. Mentu had started speaking. His voice had none of the formalities that had once resided in a council such as this. "We have several course of actions that we may persue. It is true that in the last couple of moons when our hunters have gone out we have not been hunted by the enemy but still the scent of danger is near. We must decide what to do." Murmurings broke out amongst the elves excitedly. Seeker as well as her friends shook thier heads ruefully knowing exactly what was going through their minds. Could this be the end of our exile to these caves?
*They are silly* Arrow sent openly to her friends.
*They are hopeful* Seeker returned.
*They are idiots!* Cloud Chaser snapped back.*They know of nothing out of these caves except what the elders have chosen to tell them.*
*No good will come of this council.* Spear sent to them as he come to sit beside his lovemate, Seeker.
*We know We know* they all sent to him at once causing him too wince at the irrated mental tone.
An male elf spoke up as the mutters quieted down. "We should return to the woods immediately."
Many nodded thier heads in agreement. "My fellow elves," Brith said as he stood by Mentu "We all miss the green lushness of our forest homes but we must not be hastey. The danger could still be there." The mutterings didn't cease and the elders were fast losing their battle for caution to their people's hopeful need that the terror is over. Unable to take anymore Sherak stood. he was relatively young elf compared to most in the room dressed in deep browns and blues. He stood tall, taller than most of the elves here except for Mentu, his dusky blond hair glowed in the firelight. "Stop it all of you!" he shouted over the noise that the other elves were making. The other elves stopped and stared at him. He was usually the quiet elf the one that slide through a life where everyone else made the decsions. "I know we want to return to our old lives in the woods. I know we all weant this nightmare to end. But listen if we do anything stupid at this point in time...if we do anything without caution than we all could pay the price. We must not let our hopes rule us entirely. Caution is what we need for we all know how tricky those HUNTERS are." As his friends and family mulled overr his words the elders looked at him gratefully. A young female stood up carefully placing a hand on her distended belly. "I do not wish to birth my child or raise it in a cave." She cried in anger and disapair. The mutters started once again louder than before. This time it was Sertia who spoke out. "I know that, Helia. Just as I know that none of us would wish to raise our childern in a place such as tjis. After all so many of us can barely stand to live here. But we haven't even been here for a full turn of the seasons. All we are asking is to use caution. Helia, you have a full four moons before you can even think about the birth of your child. I ask that you try and give us that time to find out if it is really safe to go back to the forest. For all our sakes, Helia." Sertia sent a small smile to her lifemate and elder, Brith, who promptly smiled back.
Tetla was the next to speak. "I... no We all know that we wish to return home to the forest. We all wish that the time of it is now. But Can we be certain that the Hunters are not lying in wait for us? Can we be certain that it is the time to do so? Think of these things before any of you speak again." the silence that filled the chamber as deafening as one and all were thinking and thinking hard on Tetla's words. Tetla who had lost so much. Tetla who many knew longed for the home of her family. Tetla who everyone knewwould pretty much jump at the chance to return to the place of so many happy memories. Then in the shadows a tentative voice spoke out. "What about Seeker? what does she say?" Seeker sighed she had known that the subject of her would be brought up and she thought about the dream last night. It had almost been as clear as the water in the thicket on a summer day.
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(the Dream)
There had been three elves with shifting lights behind them. One a male with golden hair,sparkling blue eyes and browninsh skin. He had a golden light behind him and in that light it looked to be a desert. The next one was female. She had flaming red hair, the same sparkling blue eyes as the male as well as the brown skin. Behind her stood a soft green and blue light and in that light looked to be a soft grassy area like a neverending meadow. The last one was female as well. She had flowing ebony hair, strinking yellow eyes and brown skin as well. Behind her stood a grayish light and in the light was snow topped mountains. What strange elves these were, Seeker thought to herself as she looked at them. Then she spoke softly. "Will you help us? Something is hunting us and we know not what it is. It looks to be human and yet we know it is an elf. Help us please?" They other elves looked confused then for the first time looked at each other. They all looked startled to the others there but they did not speak. Slowly as one they all nodded. Then the male spoke "we will come to you. Hold on we are coming." Then they turned to thier lights and started to walk away. But how will they come? Seeker thought but she found she could not say any more. Then the male turned to look at her once more and she felt it that stirring deep inside of her. it scared her even as it soothed her then he was gone and she had woken up.
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Seeker snapped out of her thoughts as Arrow softly nudged her in her side. She sighed once more and stood. "I say that caution is our best bet right now and to due otherwise is unwise." it was the male from the beginning, he was standing once more. "We know of your dreams so tell us do they give anymore than what has been told? Do they say anything about us standing quietly in these cursed hollow walls of stone?" She felt her lovemate stirring beside her letting her know that he would deal with this snake if she wantted him to. Seeker smiled and sent *be calm. I knew this would happen* then to the man and her people she replied " Yes they have." Silence filled the hall once more "They have told me that help is on the way and we must hold on a little while longer." The elders exchanged looks for this is the first that they had heard of this. It was Lilitha the glider who spoke first "Who is coming and what help have they offered?" Seeker sighed knowing that they the other elves had only spoken of coming. "They are other elves. From a desert where the sun burns from a grassland that carries hills and seasons and from a mountain where there is snow throughout the seasons. As tothe help I know not. What help can they offer us when we don't even know what is hunting us." Lilitha sighed at that everyone that they had sent out to look for answers had never returned and Cloud Chaser spoke of a Cavern wall littered with bones but no creature. She had barely made it back. Both of her wings had been broken yet she had not seen what had attacked her. They only had what Arrow Song had seen the day of the first attack and she had been left of dead amongst the bodies of her loved ones. The council continued around her as she sighed deeply. She told herself it was enough to know that help was coming but how and when where to answers for later.
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After telling Savah all he knew of the latest dream which had been remarkably clear, Savah had bid Suntop to contact Timmain in the Palace of the High Ones to seek her advice and aid. It was a long and hard send evan with Little Palace helping. Timmain and Skywise had left the World of Two Moons once again. Suntop was exhausted and Timmain was excited more elves... more childern of her friends. Skywise was pensive. These new elves were in trouble and the last couple of elves that they had met were not a memory worth having. Winnowill, the insane Egg, just to name a few. Then Timmain grew silent once more as she was locking into another sending. It was Ember this time...she needed to speak with her brother about some dreams could they come a pick up her tribe and take them to Sorrow's End. Timmain was silent for a long time after the sending ended. "Skywise." he looked startled but quickly recovered "We may have a bigger..."then she stopped as another sending reached her it was Venka. Then as the Sending ended, Timmain sighed once more and quickly commanded the palace to Howling rock to pick up Ember and her tribe. "We may have a much bigger problem than we thought."Three elves... three extremely strong elves in thier own way had had the same dream just about and all three swore that the new eleves were in dire need of help. Timmain sighed once more why couldn't anything ever be easy.
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