Chapter 22: A New Road
A/N: Hey guys...what do you think of the story? Other than the fact that half of you think Alex is a Mary-Sue... She doesn't seem like one to me not anymore anyway...but that's just me and I'm the author so I'm asking your opinion now...but were you surprised about what happened to Jayra? Sorry about that... But anyway back to the story, I hope you like it...
When Cutter and Dewshine made it out of the mountain with Cori everyone watched them carefully. The wolfriders quickly got them settled and Leetah healed Cori's leg. The humans were gone now. They had left for the night so the wolfriders were safe. Everyone wondered why Cori's eyes were full of tears and Dewshine and Cutter's faces were sad and quiet.
But after Alex and Skywise came out of the mountain everyone knew. They immediately saw Skywise with Jayra limp in his arms. She was covered in blood and her face was still wet from her tears. Alex's face was also still wet from tears but Skywise had stopped crying. His face was red with anger and he looked like he wanted to kill every last Glider alive.
"Oh no! Jayra!" Ember said gasping and covering her mouth surprised.
She started to cry. Cutter took her in his arms and let her cry. Ember had known Jayra since she was born. Jayra was and always would be a cousin to her. She didn't think much of the fact that she was a human. She knew that Jayra loved the tribe as though she was born there.
Suntop was also very upset. He didn't cry. But you could tell that he wanted to. Leetah walked up to Alex and looked at Jayra. She tried to see if she could get close enough to heal her...maybe bring her back to life. But Alex knew that it was too late. She didn't want Leetah waisting her energy on it.
"Alex..." Leetah said softly trying to get near Jayra.
"No, let it be...she's gone. You can't bring her back. I don't want you too. I went through enough just watching her die." Alex said.
Skywise put Jayra's body on the rock near Cori. He couldn't look at his sister at all. He was still upset that she died. Still sad that she broke her promise even if she didn't mean to.
"Cori..." Skywise said.
Cori looked at him. Tears were starting to well up in his eyes again. Skywise smiled and sat down next to him.
"It's ok to cry." Skywise said hugging Cori.
Cori wrapped his arms around Skywise and didn't stop crying. Everyone around them was quiet. Strongbow went over to Alex and looked at her. She hadn't lifted her face from looking at the ground since they came out of the mountain.
"Alex..." He said.
"I want to be left alone for a while...please." She answered.
That night they slept in the woods around the mountain. They were very watchful. They made sure the Gliders didn't attack them at night. The next morning everyone woke up and Petal Wing wrapped Jayra in it's wrapstuff and they left her in a safe place where no one would find her.
"Petal Wing take soft pretty high things to palace." Petal Wing said.
"What?" Cutter asked.
"I think the bug's talking about that place...that Lord Voll told us about once..." Skywise said.
"Right, the palace...where is that?" Cutter asked.
"In a cold, cold place..." Petal Wing said.
"Maybe we can find peace there..." One-Eye said.
"Maybe that could be our new home..." Moonshade said.
"We could try it...but what about me, uncle Cutter? What will become of me?" Cori asked.
"You will come with us." Cutter said.
"We have to travel by troll caverns." Alex said listening to Petal Wing as it sat on her shoulder whispering things in her ear.
"What?!" Everyone said surprised.
"The bug isn't serious...is it?" Pike asked.
"Petal Wing not bug! And yes very, very serious!"
"You've got to be kidding." Clearbrook said sighing.
"Apparently not...it says that's the only way." Alex said still not looking up at the tribe. She kept her glance toward the ground at all times.
"Then...we shall go to the caverns." Cutter said.
They walked on for a while. They finally reached a place where the trolls settled. A tunnel that the trolls forgot to hide from the elves. They went under ground and found the trolls. None of them were happy to see the wolfriders. They all knew that the king wouldn't like for them to be in his tunnels.
After a many days walk underground without being told to get out of their tunnels, the elves finally came back to the surface. They followed Petal Wing until finally they got very tired.
They stopped to rest. It was night and they were now in the frozen waste. They had to huddle together to stay warm. They howled for Jayra that night. They slept as best they could with the cold nipping at their small fingers.
When they woke up they found trolls surrounding them. They were armed and ready to kill. A fight raged on.
In the end Cutter was stabbed in the side and was bleeding to death. (you all know this part of the books)
"Cutter!" Skywise yelled seeing his soul brother fall to the ground.
Alex turned and saw that he had been injured. She ran to him to help him but someone got in her way. Someone picked him up off the cold ground and pulled him onto the back of a large horse-like creature.
"Save your strength. Come with us." The woman said.
All the trolls that did not run were killed but before they killed one of the trolls, he hit One-Eye. One-Eye fell to the ground and Clearbrook stayed huddled over him trying to wake him.
"Save your tears." Someone said lifting her and brought her back to a small holt.
It was warm and everyone who was injured had to wait until Leetah was able to heal Cutter. She didn't want to loose her lifemate over something that she knew he wouldn't die from. She knew he was stronger than that.
Many hours pass. Alex and Skywise sit with Ember, Suntop and Cori waiting to hear news of Cutter and his injury.
Finally Leetah was able to heal him. She wanted to stay with him to see that he was going to be alright but she had other people she had to tend to as well.
"Leetah, come you need to heal the others." A familiar voice said.
Leetah looked and saw Rayek standing near her. She stared at him. "I thought we left you in Blue Mountain..."
"I left after you. I told Winnowill that I wanted to see where you were going..." Rayek said.
"How did you end up here?"
"I got here a few days before we found you." Rayek said. "Now come, you need to help the others."
Leetah nodded. She left Cutter to rest. She knew that he would be alright. When she went to help the others Alex saw Rayek.
"Well...if it isn't our little traitor." Alex said smirking.
"Hello Alex... did you miss me?" Rayek asked.
"Not a bit." Alex said angrily.
Rayek sat next to her and watched as Leetah healed the others. "So why are you here?" Alex asked.
"To help you all out." Rayek said.
"You tried to kill us...back at Blue Mountain."
"It was a show...for Winnowill. I would never try to kill Leetah. I love her too much." Rayek said still watching Leetah as she healed Nightfall.
"Yea well you did a good job. Plus the fact that you tried to KILL ME!"
"It was an act..."
"I'll give you an act black hair. Don't ever touch my mother again!" Cori said angrily remembering what happened to his sister.
"I'm sorry about that..."
"You would have stopped it from happening then." Skywise said glaring at Rayek.
"I couldn't or Winnowill would know I'm not on her side." Rayek said.
"I think deep down...you are always going to be on her side." Alex said.
"My father almost got killed today..." Ember said glaring at Rayek.
"Yes...I know."
"You didn't do much to help him."
"I'm sorry..."
"Why do you love my mother?" Suntop asked.
Rayek was taken aback by that question. He tried to ignore it but Ember hit him and asked the same thing.
"I just do...I've known her for a very long time and we are good friends." Rayek said finally.
Leetah finally finished healing everyone else. The one who saved Cutter, Khavi, walked over to Alex and the others.
"How is the pale one?" She asked.
"He's fine...no thanks to you." Alex said.
"You should be glad I saved him." Khavi said.
"I am...he's my brother." Alex said.
Alex toned out anything else Khavi had to say. She was looking around at all the wolfriders. Moonshade and Strongbow seemed to be fine now. So were Redlance and Nightfall. Pike was sitting by the fire warming his hands and Dewshine and Scouter were sitting in a corner resting. Treestump was standing next to Clearbrook trying to get her to eat something.
"Oh...no..." Alex said realizing that One-Eye wasn't there.
"What?" Khavi asked.
"One-Eye...he isn't here..."
"Oh you mean the elf with one eye and green clothes?" Khavi asked.
Alex looked at her.
"We left him for dead. He had lost to much blood anyway." Khavi said sighing.
"You WHAT?!" Alex yelled standing.
Khavi shrugged. There was a very long silence and no one said anything to either of them. Khavi stared at Alex wondering what was so important about One-Eye. Alex stared at her angrily.
"We never leave any of our kind behind. No matter what...!" Alex said.
A/N: Hey guys...what do you think of the story? Other than the fact that half of you think Alex is a Mary-Sue... She doesn't seem like one to me not anymore anyway...but that's just me and I'm the author so I'm asking your opinion now...but were you surprised about what happened to Jayra? Sorry about that... But anyway back to the story, I hope you like it...
When Cutter and Dewshine made it out of the mountain with Cori everyone watched them carefully. The wolfriders quickly got them settled and Leetah healed Cori's leg. The humans were gone now. They had left for the night so the wolfriders were safe. Everyone wondered why Cori's eyes were full of tears and Dewshine and Cutter's faces were sad and quiet.
But after Alex and Skywise came out of the mountain everyone knew. They immediately saw Skywise with Jayra limp in his arms. She was covered in blood and her face was still wet from her tears. Alex's face was also still wet from tears but Skywise had stopped crying. His face was red with anger and he looked like he wanted to kill every last Glider alive.
"Oh no! Jayra!" Ember said gasping and covering her mouth surprised.
She started to cry. Cutter took her in his arms and let her cry. Ember had known Jayra since she was born. Jayra was and always would be a cousin to her. She didn't think much of the fact that she was a human. She knew that Jayra loved the tribe as though she was born there.
Suntop was also very upset. He didn't cry. But you could tell that he wanted to. Leetah walked up to Alex and looked at Jayra. She tried to see if she could get close enough to heal her...maybe bring her back to life. But Alex knew that it was too late. She didn't want Leetah waisting her energy on it.
"Alex..." Leetah said softly trying to get near Jayra.
"No, let it be...she's gone. You can't bring her back. I don't want you too. I went through enough just watching her die." Alex said.
Skywise put Jayra's body on the rock near Cori. He couldn't look at his sister at all. He was still upset that she died. Still sad that she broke her promise even if she didn't mean to.
"Cori..." Skywise said.
Cori looked at him. Tears were starting to well up in his eyes again. Skywise smiled and sat down next to him.
"It's ok to cry." Skywise said hugging Cori.
Cori wrapped his arms around Skywise and didn't stop crying. Everyone around them was quiet. Strongbow went over to Alex and looked at her. She hadn't lifted her face from looking at the ground since they came out of the mountain.
"Alex..." He said.
"I want to be left alone for a while...please." She answered.
That night they slept in the woods around the mountain. They were very watchful. They made sure the Gliders didn't attack them at night. The next morning everyone woke up and Petal Wing wrapped Jayra in it's wrapstuff and they left her in a safe place where no one would find her.
"Petal Wing take soft pretty high things to palace." Petal Wing said.
"What?" Cutter asked.
"I think the bug's talking about that place...that Lord Voll told us about once..." Skywise said.
"Right, the palace...where is that?" Cutter asked.
"In a cold, cold place..." Petal Wing said.
"Maybe we can find peace there..." One-Eye said.
"Maybe that could be our new home..." Moonshade said.
"We could try it...but what about me, uncle Cutter? What will become of me?" Cori asked.
"You will come with us." Cutter said.
"We have to travel by troll caverns." Alex said listening to Petal Wing as it sat on her shoulder whispering things in her ear.
"What?!" Everyone said surprised.
"The bug isn't serious...is it?" Pike asked.
"Petal Wing not bug! And yes very, very serious!"
"You've got to be kidding." Clearbrook said sighing.
"Apparently not...it says that's the only way." Alex said still not looking up at the tribe. She kept her glance toward the ground at all times.
"Then...we shall go to the caverns." Cutter said.
They walked on for a while. They finally reached a place where the trolls settled. A tunnel that the trolls forgot to hide from the elves. They went under ground and found the trolls. None of them were happy to see the wolfriders. They all knew that the king wouldn't like for them to be in his tunnels.
After a many days walk underground without being told to get out of their tunnels, the elves finally came back to the surface. They followed Petal Wing until finally they got very tired.
They stopped to rest. It was night and they were now in the frozen waste. They had to huddle together to stay warm. They howled for Jayra that night. They slept as best they could with the cold nipping at their small fingers.
When they woke up they found trolls surrounding them. They were armed and ready to kill. A fight raged on.
In the end Cutter was stabbed in the side and was bleeding to death. (you all know this part of the books)
"Cutter!" Skywise yelled seeing his soul brother fall to the ground.
Alex turned and saw that he had been injured. She ran to him to help him but someone got in her way. Someone picked him up off the cold ground and pulled him onto the back of a large horse-like creature.
"Save your strength. Come with us." The woman said.
All the trolls that did not run were killed but before they killed one of the trolls, he hit One-Eye. One-Eye fell to the ground and Clearbrook stayed huddled over him trying to wake him.
"Save your tears." Someone said lifting her and brought her back to a small holt.
It was warm and everyone who was injured had to wait until Leetah was able to heal Cutter. She didn't want to loose her lifemate over something that she knew he wouldn't die from. She knew he was stronger than that.
Many hours pass. Alex and Skywise sit with Ember, Suntop and Cori waiting to hear news of Cutter and his injury.
Finally Leetah was able to heal him. She wanted to stay with him to see that he was going to be alright but she had other people she had to tend to as well.
"Leetah, come you need to heal the others." A familiar voice said.
Leetah looked and saw Rayek standing near her. She stared at him. "I thought we left you in Blue Mountain..."
"I left after you. I told Winnowill that I wanted to see where you were going..." Rayek said.
"How did you end up here?"
"I got here a few days before we found you." Rayek said. "Now come, you need to help the others."
Leetah nodded. She left Cutter to rest. She knew that he would be alright. When she went to help the others Alex saw Rayek.
"Well...if it isn't our little traitor." Alex said smirking.
"Hello Alex... did you miss me?" Rayek asked.
"Not a bit." Alex said angrily.
Rayek sat next to her and watched as Leetah healed the others. "So why are you here?" Alex asked.
"To help you all out." Rayek said.
"You tried to kill us...back at Blue Mountain."
"It was a show...for Winnowill. I would never try to kill Leetah. I love her too much." Rayek said still watching Leetah as she healed Nightfall.
"Yea well you did a good job. Plus the fact that you tried to KILL ME!"
"It was an act..."
"I'll give you an act black hair. Don't ever touch my mother again!" Cori said angrily remembering what happened to his sister.
"I'm sorry about that..."
"You would have stopped it from happening then." Skywise said glaring at Rayek.
"I couldn't or Winnowill would know I'm not on her side." Rayek said.
"I think deep down...you are always going to be on her side." Alex said.
"My father almost got killed today..." Ember said glaring at Rayek.
"Yes...I know."
"You didn't do much to help him."
"I'm sorry..."
"Why do you love my mother?" Suntop asked.
Rayek was taken aback by that question. He tried to ignore it but Ember hit him and asked the same thing.
"I just do...I've known her for a very long time and we are good friends." Rayek said finally.
Leetah finally finished healing everyone else. The one who saved Cutter, Khavi, walked over to Alex and the others.
"How is the pale one?" She asked.
"He's fine...no thanks to you." Alex said.
"You should be glad I saved him." Khavi said.
"I am...he's my brother." Alex said.
Alex toned out anything else Khavi had to say. She was looking around at all the wolfriders. Moonshade and Strongbow seemed to be fine now. So were Redlance and Nightfall. Pike was sitting by the fire warming his hands and Dewshine and Scouter were sitting in a corner resting. Treestump was standing next to Clearbrook trying to get her to eat something.
"Oh...no..." Alex said realizing that One-Eye wasn't there.
"What?" Khavi asked.
"One-Eye...he isn't here..."
"Oh you mean the elf with one eye and green clothes?" Khavi asked.
Alex looked at her.
"We left him for dead. He had lost to much blood anyway." Khavi said sighing.
"You WHAT?!" Alex yelled standing.
Khavi shrugged. There was a very long silence and no one said anything to either of them. Khavi stared at Alex wondering what was so important about One-Eye. Alex stared at her angrily.
"We never leave any of our kind behind. No matter what...!" Alex said.