You know, if some of you don't start reviewing, I may have to require a certain number of reviews before I'll post the next chapter. Some authors do that, you know.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters. Patricia C. Wrede, Mercedes Lackey, and Tamora Pierce own them.
In which Cimorene and Kazul are surprised by a young girl, a very large cat, and a blind man (who happens to be rather young himself) and many things happen as a result
(part 16)
'Altra'.
Altra's ears pricked up further as his groupmates looked on, puzzled, trying to hear what Altra did.
'Altra'.
Altra took a few steps into the forest and the group started forward.
'Can you hear me, Altra?'
"I'm here Karal! Where are you?"
Altra shouted with his voice and his mind. The group fell completely silent.
'I don't know Altra. I can't see anything and I can barely hear you.'
"Are you okay? Can you yell so we can find you?"
'I can do that, I think. I feel odd. Not like myself.'
"What do you mean?"
silence
"Karal? Karal?!"
Altra dashed into the forest with a distressed look (if you can imagine that).
The others stood in shocked paralysis at the sudden turn of events for a moment and then
hared off after him, yelling all the way.
A.N. ~ Sorry that's so short, school keeps me busy, oh well. You people need to get some reviews up. Only two in months! I'll post another chapter soon if not immediately after this one even though you don't seem to care anymore.