Naomi grabbed the naked elf and brought him into the sledge. He was much too powerful to lose now. His eyes were rolled into the back of his head, and he seemed to lose his warmth that he radiated before. Luckily he was still very pink all over, no frostbite yet.
As Icis bandaged and soothed Nogard, Onyx saw something come out from under the sledge. It was the driver. Onyx jumped down and grabbed Kerpal the driver by his throat.
"Well your highness care to explain why you didn't explain to the rest of us about the absence of Spark and the deadly bears!"
Kerpal only answered with whimpering.
"Go fix the door, then get back to your seat and wait for us to tell you what to do, got it genius!"
Kerpal nodded with a teary face.
Onyx moved off to check the campfire set up the night before for clues as to why they where left to potentially die. Kerpal had the door up rather quickly, so Nogard went to head inside.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhh, what is that." Icis screamed.
The fire set atop the bear started to move, as if it where alive, and hopped its way over to the sledge. Nogard started to walk away rather quickly. The living flame followed gleefully. Nogard started to run, all the while watching this fire ball follow him like a dog.
Wooosh... Crack!
Nogard found some ice and impressioned an outstanding replica of the side of his face upon it.
Onyx finding no clues as to what happened at the fire last night, except for five foot diameter around it was charred upon the snow, decided to help the dumb brute with the ball of the living flame.
"What can I do? He won't wake up." Naomi cried to Icis.
"Kerpal, where is the nearest village?" Icis commanded.
"Kerpal take to place in one night if go now."
"All Aboard!" Icis bellowed.
"What about the the ... fire... thing?" Nogard pondered over to Icis.
"How should I know hammer head, just let him follow behind" Onyx suggested.
"Fine lets just go though."
On the way to the next town, the group talked as they tried to nurse Spark back to health. Nogard protested that he was much smarter than he looked. After much debate on the topic it was decided that he can be smart but don't go gallivanting around with silly notions like that cluttering his head, cause it gets stuffy up there. After the much hearty laugh they had they where swept away to a plane of dreams.
When they got to the Hamlet, there was a sense of dire fear and distrust. The gaggle and Nogard took their elven meat-bag to an apothecary. As soon as they got there Spark gained consciousness and protested much that he was fine and did not need help.
"I was just playin wit a spell I was doin, and it sorta backfired. I guess that's where Krackle came from."
"Krackle!" Everybody confused.
"Yea the fire thing, its an Elemental I think they call it. Where is it by the way it feels weird without it around me." Spark answered, cleaning up his accent, it was time for him to become a serious wizard now that he had a powerful and rare familiar. Yea right!
"Spark your eyes! The.. they... I remember they where like torches, but now its all.... normal." Icis wondered aloud.
"Um..."
"Are you sure nothing else happened when you 'got' your fire elementality pet thing" Naomi inquired.
"Hey, I need a drink where's the bar 'round here?" Spark asked covering something up.
"I agree its been a long trip" Nogard said with a groan.
Outside they secured their driver and left the elemental through much conflict with the Kerpal, and all went to the bar. All the lowliest scum resided here, though it was the only bar around for at least two days walk. The group though tolerant would not take any crap from criminal scum. They had a good time for a while got many people drunk, and Naomi was given a bit of money. Icis not to be out done, went for the richest looking guy.
"What do you want hunny, I've not time for you." said the man in a soft deadly voice.
"What I want I get, and I want you quite, and ill make sure I get it." was the secretive, forceful threat. He reinforced his demand with a magnificent jeweled dagger. "Now go away before your next Pretty."
The man stormed upstairs, taking the charge Icis did not notice.
When the charge gave a pleading look before taken upstairs, that's when it was decided. Something is going down and it has to be stopped!
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