I had to wonder where my Chosen lived by now.  I've been on the road for a week and I am one of the fastest Companions in the Field so it seemed in my opinion that it had been an exceedingly long time since I had left Haven and its tasty green grass.  I had heard other Companions talk about how different the grass tasted outside of the Field but had never truly believed them.  Oh, but now I do.  They were right; the grass was simply not as tasty and filling as Field Grass.  I was getting really close to the Iftalian border and I was kind of worried that I would have to cross the border to Choose.

Oh well, no sense worrying about that now.  Just think of how clean I'll be when I get to my Chosen.  How she'll lather me with love, and braid my beautiful silky main.  Oh I just can't wait.

I made myself content by boosting my self-esteem a little.  In my mothers opinion I was too vain for my own good.  I had told her that, that may be so but I was special so I deserved to be able to be vain.  I continued at this pace for the rest of the day and as dusk approached I wandered to the nearest clearing and lay down to sleep (trying my hardest to avoid too many leaves and such).  My mind was wondering about my Chosen as I fell into a deep sleep.

****With Devastation****

I continued to sob still taking in the full extent of what I had just done.  The ripple effects of this one action were enormous.  Emotionally I was a wreck, but my mind told me to push away my emotions, that this was not the time or place for me to cry.  With those thoughts in mind my sobs decreased in regularity and my breath returned to its normal shallow self.  Using Chica for support I stood up and shook my head clear of all thoughts relating to Sevet and his death.

I knew I needed to get out of Hope's Point as fast as I could before anybody had discovered what I had done.  Still shaking I made set a course heading in the opposite direction from the Inn.  I continued stumbling through trees and bushes heading roughly in the direction of the Cliff.  I shoved through the underbrush as I fought rocks and twigs to leave the place that had once been a haven for me and had then turned into my personal Hell.

Chica was following close at my heals understanding my urgency to leave, not questioning the gut instinct I had that the Cliff would be the best place to stay.  I knew that I could not make it there tonight, but I had to sleep somewhere.  I continued to make my way through the forest pushing through the foliage, snapping twigs and branches as I went. 

The day was finally catching up to me as I stumbled into a clearing and toppled over in a heap.  My hands refused to obey my mind and push me into a standing position as I lay there shivering because of the cold.  Chica was now nuzzling my bruised form trying to provoke some sort of reaction from my seemingly lifeless form.

: No need to worry Chica.  Just tired.  Wake me up if…:  Sleep had penetrated my mind and pulled me down into its murky depths.  Chica curled up next to my sleeping form and warmed my body so that I had enough warmth to sleep uninterrupted.

****Companion POV****

Boy was sleeping nice.  But I knew I needed to get up now.  Stabilizing my two front hooves I grunted as I levered myself up from a laying position.  I stretched like a cat before continuing on my journey.  My Call was still pulsating in my head and my heart egging me onward.  I could tell I was getting closer now, the Call was stronger then it had been yesterday.  I knew I would find my Chosen today.  I could now identify my Chosen as a female and her name started with a D.  That was all I got from my Call, which tugged suddenly harder at my heart and mind.

Enough wasting time with thoughts time to find…

  Oh no who was it I was looking for again?

Damn specialness!

I simply followed where my heart was telling me to go and hopped I would find whatever I was looking for.  I hope they can comb and braid my mane and tail I would love them if they did.

****Deva POV****

No one had found me by the time I woke up several candlemarks later as the sun peaked through the trees casting shadows in all directions.  Within the first few minutes of me waking up, I had woken up Chica and checked with the other animals around me to see if anyone was nearby.  I learned that there was a Companion on search about 20 miles away, but I paid no heed to it and simply started off on our journey farther and farther away from civilization and closer and closer to a look out point.

I set off at a jog; trying to make up for the time I lost sleeping.  Deeper and deeper into the woods I treaded hoping that I could leave all of my awful past behind me.  As the memory came back to me, of the things Sevet had done to me and of the thing I did to him, raw anger pumped through my veins, which quickly brought adrenaline.  Faster and faster I jogged trying my hardest to get away from the evil past that haunted me.  I had broken into a full out sprint hot tears sliding down my cheeks as I ran eyes closed but somehow managing to dodge trees as I sped through the forest.

Chica was trying to get me to stop by sending a steady stream of calmness through our bond and sending please of stopping in my mind.  One of the things she said however got me to do exactly what she meant for me to do.

: Change Wolfs bondmate!:

I screeched to a halt just as a wolf jumped into the exact place I would've been if I had continued.  I let out a yell of surprise and terror before running even faster than before leading the Change Wolf deeper and deeper into the forest.  I chanced a glance back at the wolf to find it had friends.  Now not only did I have 5 Change Wolfs wanting to kill me, but also they were gaining rapidly as we started to ascend up a hill.

****Companion POV****

Now there was pure terror in my mind.  I had remembered about 3 minutes ago why I was out in the wilderness and not in the Companions Field munching on its lovely grass-the reason of course being to pick those wonderfully delicious berries that only I could find.  Although currently I was having a hard time trying to figure out why berries would be scared and terrified.

Then it hit me.

Someone was going to eat those berries before I did.

Oh no you wont!

****Deva's POV****

I could tell Chica was attacking the change Wolfs because of the blood lust in her mind.  My own mind was still racing, trying to keep one step ahead of the wolfs.  My arms and legs pumped as I finally cleared the slope and somehow finding myself on the cliff.  Before I had any time to ponder how the hell I got up here 3 of the Change Wolfs broke through the woods and surrounded me within moments.  Fear mixed with anger at the fact that I wouldn't die of old age made my mind freeze and make it impossible to think.

The wolfs were circling me, trying to find the weakest spot to attack their yellow eyes boring into my green ones.  I gave an involuntary shudder and I knew I reeked with fear.  My whole body tensed as I felt the one who had gotten behind me lunge and leap for the kill…

Fin

Sorry for leaving it at a cliffy, but I kind of felt like it *grins evily*.  Anyway, hope you like it so far, and REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!

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