Chapter 1-The Awful Truth

Authors note-the characters in this story are as follows:

Cade: Shark Eyes Selkie

Raya: Bare Head Lilty

Bane: Natural Clavat

Kestrel: Elegant Lilty

Leaf: Owl Head Selkie

Fraiser: Bandanna Selkie

Cade sprinted through the trees, the branches whipping his face, scarring his cheeks. He was the fastest runner out of his Caravan, being a Selkie, but he had been weakened from fighting and was slowly falling behind.

He heard the monster roar, the blast echoing around the forest. It was getting closer.

Raya came up behind him. She was small; a Lilty, but she was strong, and as Bane and Kestrel drew closer she was holding off the Mus and Goblins whenever they approached.

He heard a scream from behind him and watched as Leaf attempted to escape from the beast's clutches. Instinctively, he spun around and charged towards the towering giant.

"Cade! Don't!" cried Kestrel. "You haven't got a chance!" Cade took no notice and begun aiming focus attacks at the creature. Dodging blows, Cade grabbed at Leaf and tossed her out of danger and away from the combat.

"Run!" he said.

As Leaf, Raya and Kestrel sped off into the distance, he watched as Magicite was hurled at the monster. Bane was there to back him up. Bane, being a Clavat, threw spell after spell at the beast in hope of weakening it.

The monster was beginning to weaken, but so were Cade and Bane. Although he tried to concentrate on the combat, Cade knew that they could not defeat him alone. They had already lost three members of their Crystal Caravan to this quest, and he felt as though he would be next.

But just as he began to think that all was lost, the beast took a hit from no-where and crumpled to the ground, revealing a tall, dark figure standing behind.

"Fraiser!" Bane yelled. "You're alright!"

"Course I am!" replied the bloodied Selkie. His clothes were torn to rags and stained with blood and dirt, but he was alive.

"But…how?" Cade questioned. How could he have survived? He thought. "You fell into the Miasma River."

"I had a Phoenix Down." Fraiser replied. "It was my last one but it got me through.I should have told you that I had one."

"But Krysta? Bowman?" Bane asked urgently. Silence hung between them. There was no need for response. Fraiser stared at the mud beneath their feet. "I'm sorry."

Bane looked away, hiding his face. Orphaned as a child, his sister and best friend meant everything to him. Now he was alone in the world. He had nothing.

There was a rustle from the trees. The travellers went automatically into attack stance.

"Who's there?" Cade called into the air. Raya, Leaf and Kestrel emerged from a bush.

"Fraiser!"

"Leaf!"

"I thought I'd lost you." Sobbed Leaf as the siblings shared an embrace. Raya looked past Fraiser, hoping to see yet another familiar face. None followed behind him.

A tear trickled down her cheek. Kestrel put a comforting arm around her friend. Cade knew there was no escaping the awful truth.

"I'm sorry Raya," Cade said, holding back tears of his own. "Bowman's gone."

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