Jessica sat in the tall grass that was by Evanna's cave, stroking a frog with her fingers. She didn't mind if she got warts, since Evanna would get rid of them for her. Nor did she mind the grass, because Evanna told her to stay there when Evanna's company would arrive. She said it'd be safer for Jessica to hide than to meet them, and Jessica was okay with that. She knew about the War of Scars, and she did not want to get involved.

But sitting here with a frog was no fun. She stood up, just enough so she could see, and saw that Evanna was leaving with 4 men. Jessica blinked. She never said she was going anywhere…! She stood up, and struggled through the grass to reach Evanna, but it was too late, and by the time Jessica got half way to the cave, Evanna was gone.

"Shite…" she muttered. This was never part of the plan! Just sit there and wait for them to leave, Evanna said. She never said anything about leaving!

Jessica was 12, and had lived here all her life with Evanna. All though Evanna was at times hard on her, Jessica loved her (in a non-lesbian way) very much. Jessica mostly trained with Evanna, in learning how to use her brain to defeat people, and in how to tell the future and such. Jessica learnt very fast, and Evanna was very proud of her. Maybe this was a part of training?

Jessica stumbled through the grass and walked over to the cave, slumping down against the rocks. She took a deep breath, and sighed, searching for Evanna's where-about. She gasped; something was wrong. She couldn't detect Evanna!

"Shite…" she repeated. This was not good. Without Evanna's permission, Jessica couldn't get in. Oh well…Evanna would be back by morning, right? And it's not like Jessica hadn't slept outside before.

A couple days passed, and nothing changed. Jessica got up a couple of times to see the frogs, but other than that, she did not move. There wasn't much you could do outside a cave anyways. And after hearing nothing but frogs, human voices would surprise people.

"Are you sure this is it?" a female voice asked, "It's not much, is it? You'd think the great Lady Evanna would live in this luxurious house, wouldn't you?" Jessica got up quietly, and walked over to the large bush that was near the entrance of the cave.

"Hey, did you hear that?" a male voice said, and Jessica froze. They must be vampires or vampaneze…probably vampaneze, from the look of them.

"Don't be silly. It's probably one of those stupid frogs…" a different male voice said. Jessica held her breath; they were by the bush now.

"There's someone here…" the female said, and then gestured at something. A pair of rough hands grabbed Jessica's arms, and she yelped.

"A girl?" one of the males said. The female smiled at Jessica.

"Tell me girl, are you Evanna's assistant? Can you go get her for me?" she said politely.

"Let me go!" Jessica said, trying to get away. Dang these guys were strong! But then again, they were vampaneze.