Couple of hours later, Numair and Daine finally came out of the forest. Their clothes were a little ripped and Numair's hair had fallen out of his ponytail. They were just heading over to their home when Alanna rode over to them.

"There you two are. I was looking all over for you. Jon needs you back over there. By the way, why are you guy so dirty?" Alanna asked. Daine looked down and blushed. Numair put his arms around her shoulders and replied; "I was just showing Daine here a thing or two on how to track a person in a forest. We just got a little messy during the process."

Alanna smirked. "I see. Well, head over to the castle soon. Jon sounded worried."

"Sure thing," Numair said, "We'll be there in about an hour. Come on Daine. Let's not keep the King waiting." He started to pull her towards home.

When they got home, Daine leaned on the door and sighed.

"I wonder what the king wants?" Numair wondered.

"I have no idea. We just saw him. But since you gave us an hour to clean up, I taking a shower." Daine started to walk towards the bathroom.

Numair stopped her and asked, "Can I join you?" and gave her a pleading look.

Daine sighed again. "You know, some people need a break now and then."

"But you just had a half hour of a break."

"Numair…"

"Please," whined the 30-year-old mage.

"Will you stop for a bit after this?"

He nodded excitedly

"Fine," she said in defeat.

"Yay!" cried Numair and lifted her up in her arms and proceeded to carry her to the bathroom



A/N Okay, I know they're short but I'll try to make a point to the story soon (hopefully) Review please!