..............................
"Hawk... Are you sure you're allright?" Jessica said, brushing her beautiful hair with a pink comb. "You seem so quiet...."
"It's nothing." Hawk said and grabbed his daggers.
"Can't you leave those for a while?"
Hawk shook his head.
"Then who's going to protect ya from the monsters?"
"Hawk, there is no monsters in the desert anymore..."
"I know that... I just wanted to give you a good reason..."
Jessica smiled and kissed him.
"You sure haven't lost your sense of humor..."
.....................
That nightmare.
He couldn't stop thinking of it.
It was so...real.
Something bad was going to happen. He knew it.
Something was wrong.
And he was going to find out.
Sooner or later....
.........................
"Queen Lise!" Alma said, carefully waking up the young queen.
Lise sat up in her bed.
Even after sleep, her golden hair remained beautiful.
"We have recieved a message from Wendel. They want you to come there immidiately."
"Did it say what it was all about?" Lise asked as she got up from her bed. "Angela is coming tomorrow...."
"It was very urgent, so I suggest you take Flammie and go there immidiately. You will be back tonight if you go now."
Lise nodded and put on her armor. She grabbed her long, shining spear.
She had a bad feeling about this...
.........................
"Queen Lise!" Heath shouted as soon as Lise got off Flammies back. "Come, quickly!"
Lise followed Heath up the stairs and in to the large temple.
There were priests everywhere, talking with upset voices.
Lise was to worried to even listen. Like a zombie she followed Heath steps through the corridors.
He opened a wooden door, and they stepped into a large room with several beds.
"My godess..." the young queen from Rolante gasped. "Wha..."
She interrupted herself as she spotted a young beastman in one of the beds.
Her knees turned to water, and she almost fell backwards.
"K-Kevin!"
The God Hand from Beast Kingdom had bandages on his muscular chest and stomach, and his breaths were irregular and random.
He breathed heavily, like he had a something in his throat that kept him from breathing fully.
"W-When did this happen?" Lise asked, leaning on her spear. The tears were close.
"Yesterday." Heath said. "When the priests woke up in the morning, all the priests that were on duty that night was dead, except for Kevin. We found Priest Of Light chained to the wall."
"What?!"
"He was dead, brutally killed. Kevin tried to defend him, and if Kevin can't fight someone, then no one can. Except for Duran..."
Heath took a deep breath and nodded towards the bed in the corner.
Lise sank to her knees and buried her face in her hands.
"No...No.... This can't be happening..."
The paladin from Forcena was laying on the bed, but Lise could hardly recognize him.
He had bandages all over his body, and the only thing that revealed that it was Duran, was the long, red hair.
Lise felt sick, and she felt like she was going to throw up.
"Heath... He will be allright, won't he?" She asked nervously. "And Kevin?"
Heath let out a deep sigh. The young priest knew that he couldn't lie to Lise.
"Kevin will be allright. He has been stabbed several times, but since he recieved the wounds in his werewolf-form, he will recover quickly. He will be on his feets within the next week."
"But Duran...What about Duran?!"
Heath slowly shook his head.
"I don't know, Lise... He is in a sleep-like condition... He isn't dead, but he isn't alive either... Our best priests are using their most powerful healing magic on him, but his wounds are deadly... I'm not sure that we can save him now that Priest Of Light is dead... And since Carlie is missing..."
"Carlie? Can she save him?" Lise asked, still crying like a little baby.
Heath hugged the young queen, trying to comfort her.
"Maybe... But she disappeared two days ago without telling anyone were she was going... Not even me...."
"But who did this? Who?!"
"I don't know Lise. There are many questions that needs answers right now. All we can do is pray to the Godess. Maybe she will help us..."
.............
The little girl was crying.
Small, silvery teardrops fell down her cheeks and her usually blue and beautiful eyes were red and swollen.
She wore blue clothes, and she had a pointy hat on her head, partly covering her long, beautiful hair.
She was all alone.
The deafening sound from the waterfall was all that could be heard.
No silent humming from insects.
No wolf cries.
She buried her face in her hands.
If she hadn't.... Hadn't seen that vision....
She knew that her grandfather would be killed.
For a week, she had dreamt the same dream over and over.
A man dressed in black, brutally killing her grandfather with two daggers.
She knew who he was, and that scared her.
But what scared her even more, was that Kevin was wounded.
Why didn't she tell him about her vision that night two days ago?
When they ran into each other on the empty balcony.
Something happened there, and she still couldn't stop thinking of it.
That's why she ran away.
She ran away from him.
She needed to think it all over. And she needed time to find herself again.
The visions came as soon as she closed her eyes.
She knew that her grandfather was dead.
And she knew who killed him.
But she couldn't go back to Wendel. And the reason was simple.
Her heart was broken. She couldn't return.
Not after that night.
She closed her eyes, and the whole scene was repeated in her mind.
.........
Thump!
Carlie ran into something hard, and she bounced back.
She quickly got on her feets, and then she saw Kevin, staring on the star- filled sky with empty eyes.
"What are you doing here Kevin?" she asked.
The young beastman looked down on the little half-elf and smiled.
She had grown a lot the last year.
"The stars were never this beautiful in Beast Kingdom" he said with a sigh.
Carlie didn't say anything. She just nodded.
Inside, she cursed herself for being such a wimp.
She was in love with the beastman, but she wasn't brave enough to tell him.
Kevins decision to study in Wendel made Carlie happier than ever, and now she finally got the chance to tell him.
But she couldn't.
"I miss them" Kevin said. "I miss them all."
"Carlie does too..." Carlie replied. "Especially Duran... Funny funny Duran..."
"I miss Angela..." Kevin said and Carlie held her breath. "She was always so nice to me, even though she had an annoying attitude sometimes... She made me feel like I was really a part of the group..."
Kevin took a deep breath and his eyes were lost somewhere beyond the horizon.
"I must tell you something... No one knows except for Angela and I... We kept it a secret..."
Carlie bit her lips, and her eyes was filled with tears.
She turned away her head.
Kevin in love with Angela? And she never noticed?
"Carlie....must go to bed now..." she said, and her voice was broken.
She ran away before the young beastman could see that she was crying...
...........................
He was falling.
Without safe ground, down into a bottomless hole.
Only darkness existed in front of his eyes.
Suddenly, a large mouth with thousands of sharp teeths opened in front of him, ready to swallow him.
Two glowing, red eyes was shining in the dark.
Evil.
They showed nothing but pure evil.
He fell.
And he died.
"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh!"
Lord Hawk of Navarre woke up of his own scream, and he sat up in the bed.
Suddenly, he felt something cold touching his skin, and he started to shiver when he saw what it was.
He had a dagger against his throat...
"Hawk... Are you sure you're allright?" Jessica said, brushing her beautiful hair with a pink comb. "You seem so quiet...."
"It's nothing." Hawk said and grabbed his daggers.
"Can't you leave those for a while?"
Hawk shook his head.
"Then who's going to protect ya from the monsters?"
"Hawk, there is no monsters in the desert anymore..."
"I know that... I just wanted to give you a good reason..."
Jessica smiled and kissed him.
"You sure haven't lost your sense of humor..."
.....................
That nightmare.
He couldn't stop thinking of it.
It was so...real.
Something bad was going to happen. He knew it.
Something was wrong.
And he was going to find out.
Sooner or later....
.........................
"Queen Lise!" Alma said, carefully waking up the young queen.
Lise sat up in her bed.
Even after sleep, her golden hair remained beautiful.
"We have recieved a message from Wendel. They want you to come there immidiately."
"Did it say what it was all about?" Lise asked as she got up from her bed. "Angela is coming tomorrow...."
"It was very urgent, so I suggest you take Flammie and go there immidiately. You will be back tonight if you go now."
Lise nodded and put on her armor. She grabbed her long, shining spear.
She had a bad feeling about this...
.........................
"Queen Lise!" Heath shouted as soon as Lise got off Flammies back. "Come, quickly!"
Lise followed Heath up the stairs and in to the large temple.
There were priests everywhere, talking with upset voices.
Lise was to worried to even listen. Like a zombie she followed Heath steps through the corridors.
He opened a wooden door, and they stepped into a large room with several beds.
"My godess..." the young queen from Rolante gasped. "Wha..."
She interrupted herself as she spotted a young beastman in one of the beds.
Her knees turned to water, and she almost fell backwards.
"K-Kevin!"
The God Hand from Beast Kingdom had bandages on his muscular chest and stomach, and his breaths were irregular and random.
He breathed heavily, like he had a something in his throat that kept him from breathing fully.
"W-When did this happen?" Lise asked, leaning on her spear. The tears were close.
"Yesterday." Heath said. "When the priests woke up in the morning, all the priests that were on duty that night was dead, except for Kevin. We found Priest Of Light chained to the wall."
"What?!"
"He was dead, brutally killed. Kevin tried to defend him, and if Kevin can't fight someone, then no one can. Except for Duran..."
Heath took a deep breath and nodded towards the bed in the corner.
Lise sank to her knees and buried her face in her hands.
"No...No.... This can't be happening..."
The paladin from Forcena was laying on the bed, but Lise could hardly recognize him.
He had bandages all over his body, and the only thing that revealed that it was Duran, was the long, red hair.
Lise felt sick, and she felt like she was going to throw up.
"Heath... He will be allright, won't he?" She asked nervously. "And Kevin?"
Heath let out a deep sigh. The young priest knew that he couldn't lie to Lise.
"Kevin will be allright. He has been stabbed several times, but since he recieved the wounds in his werewolf-form, he will recover quickly. He will be on his feets within the next week."
"But Duran...What about Duran?!"
Heath slowly shook his head.
"I don't know, Lise... He is in a sleep-like condition... He isn't dead, but he isn't alive either... Our best priests are using their most powerful healing magic on him, but his wounds are deadly... I'm not sure that we can save him now that Priest Of Light is dead... And since Carlie is missing..."
"Carlie? Can she save him?" Lise asked, still crying like a little baby.
Heath hugged the young queen, trying to comfort her.
"Maybe... But she disappeared two days ago without telling anyone were she was going... Not even me...."
"But who did this? Who?!"
"I don't know Lise. There are many questions that needs answers right now. All we can do is pray to the Godess. Maybe she will help us..."
.............
The little girl was crying.
Small, silvery teardrops fell down her cheeks and her usually blue and beautiful eyes were red and swollen.
She wore blue clothes, and she had a pointy hat on her head, partly covering her long, beautiful hair.
She was all alone.
The deafening sound from the waterfall was all that could be heard.
No silent humming from insects.
No wolf cries.
She buried her face in her hands.
If she hadn't.... Hadn't seen that vision....
She knew that her grandfather would be killed.
For a week, she had dreamt the same dream over and over.
A man dressed in black, brutally killing her grandfather with two daggers.
She knew who he was, and that scared her.
But what scared her even more, was that Kevin was wounded.
Why didn't she tell him about her vision that night two days ago?
When they ran into each other on the empty balcony.
Something happened there, and she still couldn't stop thinking of it.
That's why she ran away.
She ran away from him.
She needed to think it all over. And she needed time to find herself again.
The visions came as soon as she closed her eyes.
She knew that her grandfather was dead.
And she knew who killed him.
But she couldn't go back to Wendel. And the reason was simple.
Her heart was broken. She couldn't return.
Not after that night.
She closed her eyes, and the whole scene was repeated in her mind.
.........
Thump!
Carlie ran into something hard, and she bounced back.
She quickly got on her feets, and then she saw Kevin, staring on the star- filled sky with empty eyes.
"What are you doing here Kevin?" she asked.
The young beastman looked down on the little half-elf and smiled.
She had grown a lot the last year.
"The stars were never this beautiful in Beast Kingdom" he said with a sigh.
Carlie didn't say anything. She just nodded.
Inside, she cursed herself for being such a wimp.
She was in love with the beastman, but she wasn't brave enough to tell him.
Kevins decision to study in Wendel made Carlie happier than ever, and now she finally got the chance to tell him.
But she couldn't.
"I miss them" Kevin said. "I miss them all."
"Carlie does too..." Carlie replied. "Especially Duran... Funny funny Duran..."
"I miss Angela..." Kevin said and Carlie held her breath. "She was always so nice to me, even though she had an annoying attitude sometimes... She made me feel like I was really a part of the group..."
Kevin took a deep breath and his eyes were lost somewhere beyond the horizon.
"I must tell you something... No one knows except for Angela and I... We kept it a secret..."
Carlie bit her lips, and her eyes was filled with tears.
She turned away her head.
Kevin in love with Angela? And she never noticed?
"Carlie....must go to bed now..." she said, and her voice was broken.
She ran away before the young beastman could see that she was crying...
...........................
He was falling.
Without safe ground, down into a bottomless hole.
Only darkness existed in front of his eyes.
Suddenly, a large mouth with thousands of sharp teeths opened in front of him, ready to swallow him.
Two glowing, red eyes was shining in the dark.
Evil.
They showed nothing but pure evil.
He fell.
And he died.
"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh!"
Lord Hawk of Navarre woke up of his own scream, and he sat up in the bed.
Suddenly, he felt something cold touching his skin, and he started to shiver when he saw what it was.
He had a dagger against his throat...
