Chapter 4

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In Kel's Office

"Now here's an interesting thing," Neal commented and they perked up. All they had read was nothing but about the refugee's, "If the stupid Chamber wants me to go after this 'nothing' man then I suggest it tell me when. Yes it may not follow our time, but really it could give me a HINT. It must have a date from a letter there or something. It IS a mystical magical being. What good is it if it can't even tell me that! Of course then Lord Wyldon put me here with Neal for a healer. I suppose it's better then someone who isn't fully trained or that I don't know well and I'm grateful to be honest. He could have been anywhere. Now at least I can keep an eye on him. He won't get killed unless I kill him myself. Or Tobe. Or Fanche. That's about all of us who would kill him that I can possibly think of with my headache. Neal's been worrying me though. His lack of sarcastic comments is alarming. It's a blessing but none the less it's alarming..." Neal looked up and glared at the rest of them who where attempting to stifle laughter, "This entire diary is going to be Neal Bashing!" he proclaimed player worthy, "I'm skipping all this until AFTER saving the refugee's, "...Lord Raoul said I would Command New Hope for awhile. I think its good news. Neal's still the healer. He's back his normal self unfortunately. Anyway the Third Company's coming here. To be honest, I have no notion as to why Dom's different from Cleon was. Well I suppose it's because I actually KNOW how I feel about him. It is weird because I did LIKE Cleon but to be honest, I never expected it to last and it didn't. It was probably cruel of me because I lead him along. I hope he's okay with his new wife though. I feel bad for Kennan with the floods. It's almost like what happened at Mindelan awhile ago before I was born but then my parents got Royal Favor here and in the Yamani Islands. Funny huh? I used to tell my mother I wanted to be just like her only I drifted away to becoming a Knight, like I'm drifting away from my former topic of which isn't something I need to write. I know how I feel, and that's good enough for now. I hope. Anyway..."

"She likes Dom!" Merric exclaimed triumphantly, "This is perfect! Their perfect!"

"One problem Merric," Seaver said it irritated.

"What?" Owen asked as clueless as Merric who looked completely confused and Neal took pity on them.

"He has no clue. And he likes her in return I think. I'm pretty sure he does, but I think so and their too clueless and idiotic to realize it!" Neal told them his face serious but it was ruined by the glitter in his eyes as he smiled widely at them, "But we'll have to set them up,"

"One problem Neal," Owen remarked with a raised eyebrow, a perfect copy of Neal.

"Yes Sir Who Knows Everything?" Neal remarked waiting.

"Their lost in the woods,"

"Their lost in the..." and with that, they all jumped up to get their clothes.

In The Woods

Kel glanced at Dom for what must have been the thirtieth time that day. He wondered why she kept glancing at him, but he kept those thoughts to himself. Dom glanced back when he noted her looking forward. She had a dead serious expression on her face, to his amusement. Her hair had grown to touch her shoulders, and she had it loose because earlier that day the leather piece that tied it back had fallen out while riding. She was emotionless and letting her body be carried by Peachblossom's trot. Dom noted her eyes seemed a bit...dreamier then usual.

Dom glanced at Kel for what must have been the twentieth time that day. She wondered why he kept glancing at her, but decided against asking him. Kel glanced back when she noticed he was looking forward. He had a serious expression on his face to her amusement. His hair was falling into his eyes and she had the desperate urge to brush it back out. His leather gloves had been dropped somewhere far back, and she was sure the small winds that remained from the storm weren't the most pleasant experience. Her own gloves had been lost during the storm. His face was closed as he let Highfly's movements carry him. She wondered briefly if he even knew where they were headed.

"So where are we?" she looked at him and he stared right back. Dom had no idea where they were.

"I honestly I have no idea..." he trailed off and pointed at a rock, "Yes. I KNOW THAT ROCK!"

"Dom...It's a rock," Kel pointed out, and he glared at her.

"I'm aware of that! But that rock is a certain color. A rock color!" Dom pronounce then flushed, "No it's also got a carving in it that I did," he added seeing her look, "I'm not that stupid trust me,"

"I never said you were," Kel nodded seeing a small carving on the bottom.

"You were defiantly thinking it!" he countered.

"No. I wasn't," Kel frowned at him.

"Yes. You were. But anyway, because that's what everyone thinks in one point of their life that Dom's stupid," Dom paused and took a deep breath, "We go North from here and ride about five miles,"

"Really? Good because I was worried," and she kicked Peachblossom north, to ride five miles hopefully to someplace that would lead them towards New Hope. Something however, felt wrong about the way they where going...

A/N Okay, not exactly the best chapter in the world. The next chapter will definitely be a LOT better then this one was. Anywho…That's all for this chapter, as is obvious. Oh, and if my tenses slipped AGAIN I'm sorry. I'm horrible at it, but I'm trying to get better at it. Well that's all )