Flak looked out the small window of his cot. The balloon took up almost the whole clearing. The door on the side opened. Two men with white robes came out followed by two more in leather armor. Kkalas walked up to the first robed character and shook his hand. They talked for a minute then Kkalas gestured towards the chests. The two people in Leather armor went over, picked them up and brought them into the balloon. Half a minute later they came back out with a smaller chest and put it in front of Kkalas. Flak guessed that, that was the zini. The second white robed man handed Kkalas a scroll. Kkalas smiled and shook hands again. The small guild party walked back into the balloon and took off.

Flak went away from the window and started walking towards the door. But before he got there it opened and Raven stepped in. The two looked at each other. Raven spoke first. "Dude that was awesome!" then gave him a hi five. "He deserved that." "Well he had that coming." Flak responded. Then Ali stepped in. "What did he say to you?" Flak froze. "Um. Nothing important. Uh, I just snapped." She nodded slowly.

"Well Raven and I had been talking and we think we know what's going on with Trojin." "What?" Flak asked. "Well" Raven started. "I think we all know by know that Trojin has Krakus berries under his control." Flak nodded. "We though about how Trojin called Ali up to the front of the group when we were going to the gathering. He asked her about Griffin and his experience with Krakus berries. Maybe he wanted to know where someone got enough berries to use on a Lagiacrus, so that he could use them his self." Ali continued. "Riverflow clan also reported Ludroth attacking their hunters on our border, and they blamed us for it. I don't know why, but, Trojin could be trying to turn the clans against each other." Flak nodded. "Maybe that's why they left without their weapons yesterday." "What?" Raven said. "Well after the ceremony, Trojin, Reilliek, and Hemer left the camp after the clan gathering without their weapons. Maybe they weren't going hunting, but, attending to their… monsters instead." Raven nodded.

Flak looked up "I have to go speak to Kkalas about, that." "Ok" Ali said as she stepped aside to let Flak through. Flak stepped through the doorway and headed towards Kkalas's den. Flak heard Raven coughing as he left. Giranamo will show them out. He thought.

Flak pushed the vines draping over the entrance of the den away and entered. Right in front of him was a popo skin rug with a table next to it and chairs. There was also a stove and a large bed. Kkalas was sitting at her desk which was next to the bed against the wall examining a scroll. "Hello Flak." Flak nodded. "Hi. Um- I…" "I saw the whole thing." She paused. "I can't say I'm proud of you, but I can't say I'm disappointed either. There were other ways of handling that situation Flak." She looked up from her scroll. Flak stood there not knowing what to say to the person he considered a parent more than anybody else in the clan. "I mentored you better than that." Then a slight smile crept across her face. "Maybe that Shadowfall blood really took charge there." Flak smiled ant his feet at that one. Then she turned serious again and stood up. "But don't think this will go without punishment. I want you to collect fifty waterblock berries before any hunting." Flak cursed on the inside as he thought of those thorny bushes. "I understand." Kkalas nodded. "Good."

With that Flak left. He walked down the pathway into the clearing and looked over at the dead Rathian. Then a thought occurred to him. Where's the baby?

Uug. Sorry for the wait. I have two stories so pardon me for not writing chapters as fast as I used to. Thanks again. There's still lots to come!