((Ugh, I am soooo sorry that I haven't posted another chapter for so long! Well, finally, here is chapter four of the one and only Diary of Raven saga. Enjoy! - This will show a bit out of Raven's POV. Aaaand, for all you new people, or people who don't know what that means, that just means point of view. Seriously, I didn't figure that out for some time! And still I wonder... WHAT THE HECK IS ANGST?! And yes I know the dictionary exists, I just feel too lazy to pick it up. So there! Oh yes, and I'd like to thank my cousin for giving me some ideas on this chapter. THANK YOU, MY DEAR POTATO!))

Raven winced as she dipped her leg into the steaming water. I will be back by sunset, Lumos had said before he walked out of the door. She had until then to think about what happened. Raven slowly lowered herself into the steaming tub of water. Just hours ago, she was being attacked by that serpent-monster Lumos had called a Sunsnake. Did that have any connections with her recent dream about the sun? Or the haunting fear that loomed over her when the sun rose the other morning. Raven sighed peacefully as the ends of her hair were darkened with the water. She would get around to healing her leg after a bit of relaxation...

Meanwhile, a hooded figure walked down the streets of the village. Merchants looked up their stands along the road, and women with dirtied faces turned from their duties and stared at him as he walked by. Even the children ceased their games to watch the mysterious man pass through the village. He always came, he always bought, and always left. It was the same thing, every day, yet nobody knew who he was.

The man wore a deep brown cloak and a turban-like hood that covered his face, and shadowed his eyes. He carried a large bag, made from bull hide. Seemingly out of nowhere, the man stopped, in front of a monger selling bread. He picked up piece after piece, loading his bag, while the puny storekeeper only to could watch, not daring to interfere. After what seemed like enough food taken to feed a castle, he stopped and reached into a small burlap bag tied onto his belt, pulled out a handful of glowing blue stones, and set them on the table. The monger gasped and grinned toothily at the wealth presented to him.

With that, the mysterious man picked up his bag and walked on.

"Wait!" called a voice from behind. The man stopped, and a stout, potbellied man ran out of the tavern back aways. The traveler looked down at him. "Ev'ry day, I see you buy much food; food enough to feed entire castle! I hear of castle in Thironean Forest. Only castle for days. Your castle, is it not?" his accent was uneducated. There was a moment of silence, and the man only stood there.

"No." the traveler said, finally. But there was something wrong. His voice... It was feminine. Was he a she? The person didn't stay around long enough for them to stay, but instead walked on towards the edge of the village and the forest, leaving the townspeople to reflect on what had just happened.

The hooded stranger was well into the forest by the time she pulled off her hood. Relieved of her stuffy face covering, the woman breathed in the clear forest air deeply. She looked about in her mid-twenties, with chestnut-brown hair cropped halfway down her neck, in a v-shape. The woman's face was a rounded oval, with a set, yet graceful jaw and cheeks reddened by the crisp autumn breeze. Her eyes were a striking green, tinted with a golden shimmer, and framed with firm eyebrows, giving them an intense stare.

She walked on, slinging her bag over her shoulder. Suddenly, she stopped. A twig cracked behind her. In the blink of an eye, the woman had turned and now held a loaded arrow, pointed to the origin of the sound. Nobody was there... so it seemed. Her eyes gleamed and she smiled slightly, and let the arrow fly.

There was a cry of pain, and Lumos appeared, now on his knees, his face twisted in pain. The arrow was lodged deep into his left shoulder, it's bloodied tip barely emerging from the back. He clutched his shoulder with his right arm and looked up at his attacker.

"Well, well, what do we have here... A spy, is it?" she said, smiling malevolently.

"K-kuya... Why?" gasped Lumos, blood now oozing steadily from his wound.

"Because, Lumos, I work with Zephyr. When he takes control of the dimension stream, I will be ruling at his right side, unlike you!" spat Kuya. She loaded her arrow again, and aimed for Lumos. "Goodbye, brother."

((Ooooooh, cliffhanger! Muahahaha, I feel so eeevil.))