Shiri watched her sister fly off and took off in a high speed run towards the castle. It didn't take her long, and upon arrival she began to climb the vines on the wall of the castle and up into the rooms. After pulling herself carefully over the window ledge, she drew herself up and gazed around. She found herself in a completely new world than what she was used to.. The walls were adorned with many pictures and a bed sat against one wall, dead center, draped with apparently expensive garments. Shaking her head straight, Shiri padded over towards the door and pulled it gently open with a tiny creak. Glancing up and down the hall told her that this hallway was deserted and she slipped out. She proceeded to look around for Zola, in rooms, other hallways, closets, and even a planter. She froze as someone laughed down the hall and she turned down another corridor. only to run head first into a very solid something that sent her flying to her bottom.

Vladimir looked down as something landed with a grunt at his feet. and found himself locking gazes with a thoroughly annoyed young lady. "Are you alright?" he asked, extending a hand to help her up.

~*~*~*~

Down in the cells, Elden crept over and looked closely at Zola. "It's such a shame." he commented, reaching out to touch her nose. He turned his gaze to the confinements that were criss-crossed over her back and wings. He sat on his haunches and peered at her intently. Wonder what would happen if I were to. 'accidentally' undo some of these. he thought to himself and almost laughed at the notion. I'd be in huge trouble, that's what, he concluded, answering his own question. However, he only had to take another look at the deadened look in her eyes and suddenly he didn't care about the consequences that were likely to ensue if he did such a thing. He got up and then went fishing for anything sharp and skinny with which to pry the locks with.

~*~*~*~

Tanginika slid into a deep part of a mountain stream and disappeared. He'd better be around here, she thought, looking up through the water towards the mountains in the distance, and weaving around a small school of fish, snatching one up on the way.

Shiri's gaze traveled warily up his frame before resting on his face for a second. Then she carefully took his hand in hesitation. As he helped he up, her hair slipped out of her face, revealing her familiar, and quite mysterious, violet eyes. "I'm fine," she said quietly. Her voice, being soft and rather quiet from the beginning, seemed to drop to almost a whisper and was barely audible.

~*~*~*~

"What are you doing?" Zola asked following him with her eye as he dashed around the room in a bit of a frenzy.

"Something to pick locks with," Elden muttered as he dug around under the pieces of hay. He tossed a handful of the brittle material behind him and then pushed a jar of something to the left. There, in plain view and calling his name, was a randomly discarded piece of wire. "YES!" he exclaimed with flourish, fetching it up and grinning like a child would on Christmas.

~*~*~*~

Vladimir regarded the girl in front of himself with an almost scrutinizing gaze. "I swear I've met you before," he said, his amber eyes boring into her as though he were trying to figure out what she was thinking. Then it was as if a light clicked on in his head. Violet eyes. long, platinum blonde hair, white robes. it was that girl that had been at the waterfall a few days ago. "Now I remember you," he said, looking at her calmly, "But. didn't you die?"

Shiri backed up a bit before taking off in the other direction and down the stairs to the dungeon level.

A.N./ Sorry It took so long ^^ but we will have chapter 6 up shortly after this one and it should be LONGER lol! Keep those reviews coming!