Chapter 6: Humans at Sorrow's End
"Do you think it's possible Midnight? Could there be a reason why I'm here? Everything is changing." Alex said to Midnight.
"Ruff." Midnight answered. Alex smiled and hugged her friend.
She sat up on Midnight's back, when she heard something behind her. She jerked her head around to find Rayek standing with his arms crossed and a smile on his face.
"That's the first time I've seen you smile since we got here. Why are you so happy?" Alex asked.
Rayek kept smiling. "I know who you are." He said.
"Oh GOD! Does he know I'm-----" Alex's thoughts were cut off. "Oh really, Rayek, Then what am I?" Alex asked.
"You are a very valuable thing when it comes to Cutter. ---Veeeeeery Valuable. You are not who everyone thinks you are either, are you?" Rayek said.
"Yes, Cutter cares about me very much, as do all the wolfriders." Alex said. "And as for not being someone I am not and everyone thinks I am, where do you get that from?" Alex said nervously.
Not wanting to here Rayek's answer, Alex jumped off of Midnight's back and started walking away, Midnight next to her as always. (^_^ He's so cool! He does everything he's told and goes where his master goes. Wouldn't you like to be Alex right now or have Midnight come to you ^_~ he protects his master too, awwww isn't that sweet.) Rayek grabbed her arm and pulled her toward him. Midnight growled at him, but Alex looked at Midnight in that 'it's okay I'll handle it' look and Midnight shut up.
"You will tell me what I want to know, witch!" Rayek said.
"Not if you ask like that or call me a witch, nope sorry. Now let go of me, if you please." Alex said calmly.
"Not until you answer my questions witch! Who are you and where did you come from?" Rayek asked.
Alex stood there staring into his dark eyes. They were filled with anger.
"You know who I am and you know where I came from." Alex said moving back a little because Rayek had loosened his grip on her arm. She backed away from him and looked over at Midnight.
"Go on to the caves, I'll be there in a minute." Alex sent to Midnight.
Midnight went to the caves. "Why do you try to kill me all the time?" Alex asked.
"Because you are not one of us, neither is your tribe. You also tired to hurt Leetah and no one touches her!" Rayek said calmly.
"O-K. # 1 we may not look like you, but we came from the same HIGH ONES - Got that! And # 2 No One Especially me tried to hurt Leetah!" Alex said.
Rayek looked at her surprised. "Okay -- you understand. Good" Alex said walking away leaving Rayek to think by himself.
Alex went into the caves and found Skywise asleep. He sat against the cave wall, his head lowered and he slept soundly. Alex smiled and went to sit down.
"Everything changed - all because I'm here. That's strange." She thought.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a noise she heard. She jerked her head up and listened. "Oh No! I know that sound!" She thought jumping up.
"Skywise! Skywise!" Alex said frantically.
Skywise didn't wake. "Oh geeze! He sleeps like my father!" She thought, then had an idea. "Fahr!" She sent.
Skywise jerked awake and fell off the rock he was sitting on in surprise. Alex smiled (she couldn't help it. It was funny) But she was still serious about what she heard.
"What! What Happened?! What?" Skywise said getting up and looking at Alex.
"Get the others quickly and meet me on the mountain." Alex said rushing to the entrance of the cave.
"Why?" Skywise asked.
"Just do it!" Alex yelled. "Stongbow! Quick I need you and your bow, NOW!" Alex sent to Strongbow.
Strongbow didn't even bother asking. Without a word he came with his bow and followed Alex. Skywise had gotten all the guys and Nightfall together and rushed to the mountain. When they got there, they found Alex and Strongbow ready with their bows and aiming at something in the distance.
"What is it Alex? What's wrong?" Nightfall sent.
"Look!" Alex sent.
Nightfall looked in the distance. Her eyes widened and she became frightened.
"They found us, Cutter!" Alex sent.
Cutter looked in the distance. "HUMANS!" He thought.
"Everyone get back to the village! Nightfall, Skywise, Strongbow stay here! Everyone keep the sunfolk safe." Cutter sent to his tribe.
Alex loosed her grip on her bow and looked at Cutter. "What are you going to do?" She whispered.
"I don't know." Cutter sent. "Go help the others, quickly." He whispered.
Alex looked at him surprised. "Why? I'm the one that found them. Shouldn't I be here too?" She asked confused.
"You've never been near humans, you don't know what they can do." Cutter whispered and looked at her.
"DON'T KNOW WHAT-----NEVER BEEN NEAR! ARE YOU CRAZY?" Alex sent to Cutter and put her bow over her shoulder and her arrow back it came from. She jumped down from the rock and walked toward the humans, who had by now seen them and were frightened.
"Where are you going? What are you doing?" Cutter sent to Alex.
Alex didn't answer. Nightfall, Cutter and Skywise watched in fear as she neared the humans.
"Does that child know what she's doing? Does she know who she's dealing with? She'll get us all killed!" Strongbow sent and was ready to shoot one of the humans.
Alex walked up to the humans. They were frightened of her. She had her knife out and ready just in case. "Why are you here?" She asked.
"We----we----we were s-s-sent away by our f-f-family. We betrayed them, so they banded us." One of the humans said.
"They sent you to the desert to die?" Alex asked tilting her head in confusion. They nodded their heads to say yes.
"We can't let her do this! She'll get killed Cutter!" Strongbow sent angrily.
"SHHH!" Cutter said and watched.
Strongbow looked over at Nightfall, who looked afraid. She didn't want Alex getting killed. But he loosed his grip on the arrow. It went flying. Strongbow looked surprised. Cutter looked at him.
"I don't know what happened. I didn't do it." Strongbow sent.
The arrow flew toward the humans. They became frightened when they saw it. Alex turned around and saw the arrow flying toward them. Se looked over at strongbow angrily, and saw a look of confusion on everyone's face. Strongbow was looking at his bow wondering what just happened. Alex protected the humans, with the arrow still flying closer. Then it stopped. Right in front of Alex it just froze. Alex looked down at the arrow and it broke in half and fell to the ground.
"What the---?" Alex thought.
Strongbow dropped his bow and looked at Alex in surprise. Alex turned around to the humans and saw that they were still frightened.
"Go home humans!" Alex said.
"We can't," one of them said. "Well go somewhere other than here. You don't belong here." Alex said pointing the way they came.
"We don't know where to go." One of them said falling to his knees.
"Alex what's wrong?" Cutter sent.
Alex jerked her head around in surprise forgetting they were there. She turned back to the humans and ignored Cutter.
"Where did you come from?" Alex asked.
"Beyond the underground caves." The girl said.
"Beyond the troll caverns?" Alex thought.
"Syre? What are you doing?" Cutter sent. Alex still ignored him.
"Savah?" Alex sent.
"Yes child I know, humans are here. They have no place to go and are only children, bring them to me." Savah sent.
Alex's eyes widened. "What!" She said out loud.
"Bring them to me child. Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Savah sent.
"But the Village." Alex sent. "Oh pish posh. They are children, bring them here." Savah replied.
Still surprised, Alex agreed. "Come with me." Alex said calmly. Cutter looked at Alex angrily.
"What are you doing? They will see everything!" Cutter sent. Alex just walked by him and took the little girl's hand.
Cutter grabbed her arm. "Alex, what are you doing?" Cutter sent angrily.
"Bringing them to the village." Alex said quietly.
Cutter and Strongbow looked at her furiously. Skywise and Nightfall just stared.
"You'll show them everything!" Strongbow sent sharply. Alex ignored him and walked down the mountain.
"Alex!" Cutter yelled angrily. Alex froze but didn't say a word. "Cutter, let her bring them to me." Savah sent to Cutter, who was about to yell even louder.
"What!" Cutter sent, shocked. "You heard me." Savah sent.
Cutter and the others were silent. Alex took that as a 'bring them to me' from Savah, so she started walking. She had let go of the little girl's hand when Cutter yelled at her and was reaching for her knife. But now her hands were free and at her side and she walked down the mountain. The children were afraid to leave her side, but they froze when Cutter yelled. After Alex started walking again the children ran after her and the little girl grabbed her hand and held tight.
Alex was surprised when the little girl grabbed her hand. She looked down at her. (The only reason the elves were able to look down at these humans were because they were about 5 or 6 years old. Which made them smaller than the elves.) The rest of the walk to Savah's hut, the girl clung to Alex. Alex was smiling down at her and thought, "Why do they hate humans so much? I mean, if they found out what I was--- (ulp) ---I don't wanna know what would happen."
Alex took the children to Savah and sat down in a corner to listen to what they had to say.
"Do you think it's possible Midnight? Could there be a reason why I'm here? Everything is changing." Alex said to Midnight.
"Ruff." Midnight answered. Alex smiled and hugged her friend.
She sat up on Midnight's back, when she heard something behind her. She jerked her head around to find Rayek standing with his arms crossed and a smile on his face.
"That's the first time I've seen you smile since we got here. Why are you so happy?" Alex asked.
Rayek kept smiling. "I know who you are." He said.
"Oh GOD! Does he know I'm-----" Alex's thoughts were cut off. "Oh really, Rayek, Then what am I?" Alex asked.
"You are a very valuable thing when it comes to Cutter. ---Veeeeeery Valuable. You are not who everyone thinks you are either, are you?" Rayek said.
"Yes, Cutter cares about me very much, as do all the wolfriders." Alex said. "And as for not being someone I am not and everyone thinks I am, where do you get that from?" Alex said nervously.
Not wanting to here Rayek's answer, Alex jumped off of Midnight's back and started walking away, Midnight next to her as always. (^_^ He's so cool! He does everything he's told and goes where his master goes. Wouldn't you like to be Alex right now or have Midnight come to you ^_~ he protects his master too, awwww isn't that sweet.) Rayek grabbed her arm and pulled her toward him. Midnight growled at him, but Alex looked at Midnight in that 'it's okay I'll handle it' look and Midnight shut up.
"You will tell me what I want to know, witch!" Rayek said.
"Not if you ask like that or call me a witch, nope sorry. Now let go of me, if you please." Alex said calmly.
"Not until you answer my questions witch! Who are you and where did you come from?" Rayek asked.
Alex stood there staring into his dark eyes. They were filled with anger.
"You know who I am and you know where I came from." Alex said moving back a little because Rayek had loosened his grip on her arm. She backed away from him and looked over at Midnight.
"Go on to the caves, I'll be there in a minute." Alex sent to Midnight.
Midnight went to the caves. "Why do you try to kill me all the time?" Alex asked.
"Because you are not one of us, neither is your tribe. You also tired to hurt Leetah and no one touches her!" Rayek said calmly.
"O-K. # 1 we may not look like you, but we came from the same HIGH ONES - Got that! And # 2 No One Especially me tried to hurt Leetah!" Alex said.
Rayek looked at her surprised. "Okay -- you understand. Good" Alex said walking away leaving Rayek to think by himself.
Alex went into the caves and found Skywise asleep. He sat against the cave wall, his head lowered and he slept soundly. Alex smiled and went to sit down.
"Everything changed - all because I'm here. That's strange." She thought.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a noise she heard. She jerked her head up and listened. "Oh No! I know that sound!" She thought jumping up.
"Skywise! Skywise!" Alex said frantically.
Skywise didn't wake. "Oh geeze! He sleeps like my father!" She thought, then had an idea. "Fahr!" She sent.
Skywise jerked awake and fell off the rock he was sitting on in surprise. Alex smiled (she couldn't help it. It was funny) But she was still serious about what she heard.
"What! What Happened?! What?" Skywise said getting up and looking at Alex.
"Get the others quickly and meet me on the mountain." Alex said rushing to the entrance of the cave.
"Why?" Skywise asked.
"Just do it!" Alex yelled. "Stongbow! Quick I need you and your bow, NOW!" Alex sent to Strongbow.
Strongbow didn't even bother asking. Without a word he came with his bow and followed Alex. Skywise had gotten all the guys and Nightfall together and rushed to the mountain. When they got there, they found Alex and Strongbow ready with their bows and aiming at something in the distance.
"What is it Alex? What's wrong?" Nightfall sent.
"Look!" Alex sent.
Nightfall looked in the distance. Her eyes widened and she became frightened.
"They found us, Cutter!" Alex sent.
Cutter looked in the distance. "HUMANS!" He thought.
"Everyone get back to the village! Nightfall, Skywise, Strongbow stay here! Everyone keep the sunfolk safe." Cutter sent to his tribe.
Alex loosed her grip on her bow and looked at Cutter. "What are you going to do?" She whispered.
"I don't know." Cutter sent. "Go help the others, quickly." He whispered.
Alex looked at him surprised. "Why? I'm the one that found them. Shouldn't I be here too?" She asked confused.
"You've never been near humans, you don't know what they can do." Cutter whispered and looked at her.
"DON'T KNOW WHAT-----NEVER BEEN NEAR! ARE YOU CRAZY?" Alex sent to Cutter and put her bow over her shoulder and her arrow back it came from. She jumped down from the rock and walked toward the humans, who had by now seen them and were frightened.
"Where are you going? What are you doing?" Cutter sent to Alex.
Alex didn't answer. Nightfall, Cutter and Skywise watched in fear as she neared the humans.
"Does that child know what she's doing? Does she know who she's dealing with? She'll get us all killed!" Strongbow sent and was ready to shoot one of the humans.
Alex walked up to the humans. They were frightened of her. She had her knife out and ready just in case. "Why are you here?" She asked.
"We----we----we were s-s-sent away by our f-f-family. We betrayed them, so they banded us." One of the humans said.
"They sent you to the desert to die?" Alex asked tilting her head in confusion. They nodded their heads to say yes.
"We can't let her do this! She'll get killed Cutter!" Strongbow sent angrily.
"SHHH!" Cutter said and watched.
Strongbow looked over at Nightfall, who looked afraid. She didn't want Alex getting killed. But he loosed his grip on the arrow. It went flying. Strongbow looked surprised. Cutter looked at him.
"I don't know what happened. I didn't do it." Strongbow sent.
The arrow flew toward the humans. They became frightened when they saw it. Alex turned around and saw the arrow flying toward them. Se looked over at strongbow angrily, and saw a look of confusion on everyone's face. Strongbow was looking at his bow wondering what just happened. Alex protected the humans, with the arrow still flying closer. Then it stopped. Right in front of Alex it just froze. Alex looked down at the arrow and it broke in half and fell to the ground.
"What the---?" Alex thought.
Strongbow dropped his bow and looked at Alex in surprise. Alex turned around to the humans and saw that they were still frightened.
"Go home humans!" Alex said.
"We can't," one of them said. "Well go somewhere other than here. You don't belong here." Alex said pointing the way they came.
"We don't know where to go." One of them said falling to his knees.
"Alex what's wrong?" Cutter sent.
Alex jerked her head around in surprise forgetting they were there. She turned back to the humans and ignored Cutter.
"Where did you come from?" Alex asked.
"Beyond the underground caves." The girl said.
"Beyond the troll caverns?" Alex thought.
"Syre? What are you doing?" Cutter sent. Alex still ignored him.
"Savah?" Alex sent.
"Yes child I know, humans are here. They have no place to go and are only children, bring them to me." Savah sent.
Alex's eyes widened. "What!" She said out loud.
"Bring them to me child. Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Savah sent.
"But the Village." Alex sent. "Oh pish posh. They are children, bring them here." Savah replied.
Still surprised, Alex agreed. "Come with me." Alex said calmly. Cutter looked at Alex angrily.
"What are you doing? They will see everything!" Cutter sent. Alex just walked by him and took the little girl's hand.
Cutter grabbed her arm. "Alex, what are you doing?" Cutter sent angrily.
"Bringing them to the village." Alex said quietly.
Cutter and Strongbow looked at her furiously. Skywise and Nightfall just stared.
"You'll show them everything!" Strongbow sent sharply. Alex ignored him and walked down the mountain.
"Alex!" Cutter yelled angrily. Alex froze but didn't say a word. "Cutter, let her bring them to me." Savah sent to Cutter, who was about to yell even louder.
"What!" Cutter sent, shocked. "You heard me." Savah sent.
Cutter and the others were silent. Alex took that as a 'bring them to me' from Savah, so she started walking. She had let go of the little girl's hand when Cutter yelled at her and was reaching for her knife. But now her hands were free and at her side and she walked down the mountain. The children were afraid to leave her side, but they froze when Cutter yelled. After Alex started walking again the children ran after her and the little girl grabbed her hand and held tight.
Alex was surprised when the little girl grabbed her hand. She looked down at her. (The only reason the elves were able to look down at these humans were because they were about 5 or 6 years old. Which made them smaller than the elves.) The rest of the walk to Savah's hut, the girl clung to Alex. Alex was smiling down at her and thought, "Why do they hate humans so much? I mean, if they found out what I was--- (ulp) ---I don't wanna know what would happen."
Alex took the children to Savah and sat down in a corner to listen to what they had to say.