AU: Okay, I know you people all wanted me to continue this story. So I decided to oblige. Now I will only continue the story if I get up to 6 reviews. Thanks goes out to the people who love the story. I hope you like the rest. Oh, and by the way, I'm a girl. Just so you know. Thats all. The Orb is out.

I ran towards the woods. I knew that was where Chessur and Oraculum would be.

"Tarrant! What are you doing, running through the woods at this hour?" He said, appearing up in the air by my hat. I took it off my head so he couldn't get at it. "Would this have anything to do with the letters Stayne's been writing to your Alice?"

"How did you know? And why did you say letters? I only have one!" I said, flustered. How the heck could he know? I felt my eyes changing to yellow.

"He's been sending them for the past week and two days." He said. Then he added, "And I know because I know everything that goes on around here."

I felt myself go into even more of a rage. I ran away from him. He had served a purpose, just not one that I liked very much. I ran to the place where Oraculum, newly a butterfly, would always be.

"Oraculum, I need your advice and wisdom." I said, trying to appear calm. It doesn't do well to lose your temper in front of him, either.

"Who are you?" he said in his low bass voice. I hated his mind games. I knew my name was Tarrant Hightop and he would most likely spend the rest of the morning telling me that I'm not. He'll probably tell me my name is Hamish Ascot for cryin out loud!

"My name is Tarrant Hightop and I don't have time for this!" I yelled at him. "Now tell me how I can kill Stayne and not die as well."

"No." He said plainly.

"What?" I yelled incredulously.

"I won't help you, Tarrant. If you go you most likely won't come back alive." He said a bit too calmly.

"I don' care whot you or thee Queen say's! I'm a goin' and thot's thot!" I yelled in my strange Scottish accent. With that I ran out through the woods. I didn't care if I had to make a sword in the outlands, I was going to kill him there!