Tossing and turning in her sleep Tika tried not imagining Anna being ripped apart by the creatures that now watched over her as she slept. She kept envisioning her niece being torn to pieces blood spattering everywhere. She couldn't take it any longer she had to help her niece but she knew no way to fight these new monsters that now attacked her. A voice inside her head whispered to her, calling out to her actually. Telling her to awaken and open her eyes. She realized then that this dream was no ordinary dream. The dreams seductive call was so strong and it was so hard to get to the surface to which that voice was calling to her. Struggling she was finally able to open her eyes and wasn't at all shocked to see Allanon bent over her. His face impassive as it always was. Her dream had meant to keep her a prisoner in that torture forever. Allanon had sensed her pain and awakened her immediately while her husband slept untroubled at all.

She sat up and shaking her sleep away she watched Allanon walk towards the Hadeshorn and she saw him simply sit down three feet from its waters. She followed him of course; she was interested in what he was doing. She sat down beside him and bringing her knees to her chin rested on them.

For a while neither of them spoke just simply sat they're watching the water that seemed to pulse with a green aura. Tika sat stock still to afraid to move lest she anger Allanon with her clumsy moving. Allanon was always so graceful even for a human, he let loose an aura that seemed to refine him as a noble. He was always so calm and collected. He knew what he had to do he had no problems with it. She secretly wished that she could be so sure of her own path she was so confused. She wished he would talk to her; she wanted to know more about him and his family seeing how they were related not through blood of course.

Allanon finally whispered, "You shouldn't worry about Anna so much."

Tika was taken aback by what he said. Why shouldn't she worry about her little niece? Anna was so alone she needed someone to worry about her. Tika knew as she called Anna her 'little niece' that she was no longer that any longer. Anna was a woman; she had grown since their last meeting. How long had that been now? It was gaining on two months now. Anna had grown into what Tika was so afraid she would grow into, she had grown into a woman who was lost and scared. Anna would probably only admit that in the depths of night but Tika knew it as she had listened to Anna ask such questions of Allanon through the crystal just two days earlier. They had shocked her so much to hear her niece talk like that, as though Anna had been talking to her enemies. Tika knew that Anna was trying to survive in a world where most of her family wanted her dead.

"She's a resourceful girl she'll be just fine. She did get to the Four Lands on her own even if you didn't approve of it." Allanon whispered answering her unspoken thoughts.

"Yes and look at the heart ache that she had to endure Allanon." Tika muttered shaking her head in desperation.

"She's like her mother she'll get through it when you look at it." Allanon replied conviction in his voice; "Elysee and Anna are alike even if Anna doesn't want to admit it."

"What was Anna's mother like?" Tika asked still staring at her feet, "Raistlin never speaks of Anna's mother. Its as though he doesn't want to admit that she's dead."

"If you knew Elysee you would probably avoid the questions just as much as Raistlin would. To answer your question though she was kind but she was still fierce. Sometimes she was entirely to fierce." Allanon said looking over at Tika with a soft look in his eyes.

"How do you mean kind yet fierce?" Tika questioned, "I know that I can be hot tempered but I can also be kind to and yet those clash its how I am."

"Yours is in control Elysee sometimes took her duty as a Druid entirely too seriously. When someone would hurt a plant she'd send a fireball at him or her." Allanon said his thoughts lost in his memories, "Then when she met Raistlin that sort of ill temper came natural to her. It was as though the little girl I had know was lost to this evil streak that Raistlin brought out in her." Allanon sighed and taking a calming breath continued on, "Before she died in Aborlon I had seen my little girl as she was, that small little girl afraid of the future. A small young girl afraid for her own daughter, don't get me wrong though it had been her idea to send Anna away. She had shown what Raistlin had hated at that moment."

"What?" Tika asked her head snapping from it's position to look at Allanon she was eager to know, "Raistlin hates a lot of things in this world I'm afraid your going to have to be specific."

"Yes of course you've known Raistlin longer then I have. Then Tika you know that Raistlin didn't really have that great of a childhood. I have to say that neither did Elysee but she had learned to live with it." Allanon said looking over at Tika, "Elysee had shown signs of love towards her daughter. You should know that Anna was hated when she was born, no one loved her."

"Not even you loved her Allanon." Tika made a matter of fact as she whispered the words more then a question.

"I did love her till the two of them started talking. Naming off all her flaws as though they were looking at her to be their servant. It hurt me a lot to hear them talk that way about their own daughter. I did the most heinous thing a grandfather could do, I joined them naming off other flaws of hers." Allanon whispered, "I had called her such horrible things that even now to say them would cause tears to form in my eyes. Yet all Anna could do was look up at me with those strange eyes of hers and smile and laugh at me."

"She showed you kindness when you didn't deserve it." Tika observed understanding Allanon's pain, "She can do that and that's why I'm so proud to call her my niece. She sees the good in everyone even if now that's been altered just a bit."

"I think that's an understatement Tika." Allanon said smiling a little.

"One things still clear Allanon, she's your granddaughter. You can't seriously believe that this world should be destroyed. I know that you and everyone else knows that I have been contemplating about the destruction of this world." Tika rose to her feet a little shaken by what she was saying but looking down at Allanon she whispered, "You are her grandfather and not only that you are a Druid. She told you herself what you are supposed to do and what your not supposed to do. But yet here you are still listening to Raistlin. Maybe with all your years of knowledge between you and Raistlin Anna really does know better then you.

"Perhaps your afraid of what might happen if you actually start to listen to yourself again after all it was you who had ordered that your own daughter be put under a spell. Allanon your afraid that if you start taking this world in your own hands, by saving this world that you'll be doing a disservice to your dead daughter. Allanon remember that Elysee died for this land."

Tika went back to her husband where she could feel protected in his arms while she slept, she didn't fall straight to sleep but lay awake shaking from what she had told Allanon. She really had no right in what she said but she knew that he wanted to help Anna and though Tika wanted to she couldn't leave her husband not till he saw what Raistlin was doing to them.

When Tika did awake she could tell that everyone even her husband was in shock. What had happened while she had slept? Looking around she noticed that at first one of the horses was gone. Had one ran away in the middle of the night? She noticed though that all the harnesses for the horse was on the ground by the other ones. Someone had taken off the equipment and had gone on foot. Well that was certainly weird. Then as she ate she then noticed that the creatures by the pool were all smiling at her. She felt naked whilst they smiled at her. What were they smiling for anyways?

"Tika!" Raistlin yelled.

"What?" Tika asked jumping she dropped her cup of tea on the ground.

"What did you say to him last night?" Raistlin demanded standing in front of her his raspy voice rubbed her nerves the wrong way.

"To who?" Tika asked confused by this demand of Raistlin's.

"Don't play the fool! What did you say to Allanon?" Raistlin bellowed coughing a little from his exertion with his voice, "Tell me this instance!"

"Allanon is gone." Tika whispered tears forming in her eyes, "He actually went to her." Tika looked over at the creatures and understood now what they were smiling at her for. They had heard her talking to Allanon last night, and they must've seen him go through the Valley of Kings, "Raistlin he went to Anna. He went to help his granddaughter."

"He would never do that." Raistlin swore vehemently, "You lie!"

"I would never lie about this though I wish he had taken me with him." Tika said her tears falling from her heart felt eyes.

"See were almost there we just have to keep going." Anna said smiling at her companions.

She was still in shock that Tanis and Paladine had helped her get away. They must really want to save this world that thought alone brought her hope. She wanted to find out more about these creatures more then Tanis or anyone else knew. That was why she had to get to Paranor. Her grandfather would probably guess her trail straight away but she would get there even if he tried to stop her she would get there.

Running up a small hill she smiled more as she looked out and saw Paranor on its rocky surface surrounded by a forest of evergreens and willows. The great building was silhouetted against the setting sun. They had actually gotten here on good time even though Tanis and Paladine complained quite a bit. She found it funny that one was a god and the other was a great hero and they complained more then a small frail maiden.

Paranor was breath taking. Yet all Anna could think of was that her mother had lived here for years. Now what would Anna being doing here? Trying to figure out how to stop my crazy mother's plan she thought bitterly to herself. In another time she could've lived here happily with her grandfather learning the history of the Four Lands now though she had to fight against her family and be alone. Well her father had been alone for years so she could do it, and she'd do it with some dignity.

"Anna wait!" Tanis yelled to her.

She looked back and saw Tanis and Paladine having troubles getting up. She had forgotten that though they had been young once they were no longer. She had the energy cause she was determined in her newfound goal. Grinning at them she came down and helped Paladine up first then turning to Tanis helped him.

"Lets rest here for tonight." Anna suggested getting the idea that they wouldn't make it any farther if they didn't have some rest, "I'll get some firewood for a fire. Tanis how about you get some food, Paladine you watch our stuff."

The two of them nodded and Anna went down the hill into the forest where she could collect some firewood. She was pleasantly humming a tune she'd learned as a child. It always calmed her down when she was worried. As she continued to pick firewood she settled that she had enough to last them through dinner and the night. She turned and went to walking back towards where Paladine was when she hit something hard. Falling harshly to the ground she yelled out and her hand cushioning her fall she scraped it open on a root of one of the trees.

"Damn it!" she swore looking at her hand. It was bleeding rapidly.

"Here let me help you Anna." A familiar voice said.

Anna looked up and saw that it was her grandfather standing right in front of her. She had run into him no wonder she'd fallen so roughly he is after all built like a stone building. He has the feelings of a stone building Anna thought snappily. He came towards her and all Anna could do was crawl away from him. She quickly got to her feet quickly she stood up straight showing him her restored composure. She hadn't expected to have him find her so quickly but she should have expected something from him. Bleeding quite profusely from her cut on her hand she tried to remain calm in the face of her grandfather. She was scared of him only because he had experience where she lacked. At the moment as she looked at him with an unprofaned anger not even she thought she was capable of expressing. She wished that she could be held by those strong arms as she cried into his chest just like the young girl she was. He backed away and nodding his head in an understanding nature. He knew she was still confused even with everything she had learned from her mother's Druidic knowledge.

"Anna I'm not here to take you away to your father or to even try and kill you." Allanon said his voice sounding sincere, "Believe it or not your aunt Tika talked some sense into me. She made me realize what I've been doing is wrong, I can't let this world be destroyed and I can't let Raistlin kill you. Not without a fight."

"How can I trust you? It wouldn't be the first time you've taken on this sort of nature before, tricking me like before when we were in Aborlon. I had trusted you there and you stabbed me in the back and for what? For my father!" Anna replied her voice stern and calculated, "I won't play the fool twice grandfather." she glared at him her eyes dangerously narrowed beyond reason.

"I don't know how to prove to you that I'm not here to harm you Anna." Allanon said thinking to himself he kept silent for a while. He replied with, "I can show you whatever you want. I'll show you your mother when she was with Raistlin."

"I already know that." Anna said.

"I can teach you to be a Druid." Allanon said speaking to the Druidic side of her, "I can show you-"

"No!" Anna stated shutting her eyes and shaking her head. When she opened her eyes again there were tears there, "I had swore that I would never cry again now look at me." She wiped away at her eyes, "I've tried my hardest to remain strong and yet all you think I want is to become even stronger. Grandfather of all people can't you think of what I really want?"

"What?" Allanon asked thoroughly confused by his granddaughter.

"All I want you to do is hold me. No one understands how much it hurts me right now to look at you and to hear you offering me everything except what's in your heart. A genuine hug from your heart would mean the world to me." Anna said shutting her eyes hard against the tears that lay there ready to burst.

"Really?" Allanon responded stunned by Anna's words, "Of course I'll give you a hut. I have to admit that I hadn't expected that of you Anna."

"I can be strong but I'm still just a child in this world." Anna replied smiling at him, "A small child that gives so much and is taken to lightly in this world."

Giving her a soft smile at her he came up and gave her hug. Holding onto her he allowed her to cry into his chest. She was strong just like her mother but she was still just a child. She didn't know such things as discipline. All she knew was to keep fighting for her life and for the lives of the Four Races. She really was a true Druid. Her pain was her shield while her tears were her sword, she'd make a great Druid Allanon thought.

"What are you doing here?" Anna asked pulling away from him, "It can't be to come and visit Paranor."

"I'm going to help you get in there. You're a Druid now but Paranor still has strict orders not to allow anyone in. Believe me when I say that the Druid Keep can protect itself from trespassers." Allanon said taking her hand he led her back towards the others at their small camp.

She didn't want to go that way though she wanted to get into Paranor now before Allanon changed his mind. She was still wary of him, which proved that she had grown into the woman they had all wanted her to grown into. After all it was her father who had told her how foolish she was to be so trusting. She yanked her hand from his grasp and backing away from him she held her hands behind her and her head downcast gestured feebly at Paranor.

"You want to go now?" Allanon asked surprised.

"Yes I do grandfather. I know you believe I'm not ready for whatever awaits me within its ancient halls, but I want to go now not later. I may get to scared in a couple of days or get discouraged by your stories." Anna muttered taking another couple of steps, "Plus how do we explain to the others that you really are here to help and not to imprison me."

"You realize the danger you'll be putting yourself in?" Allanon asked his voice heavy with his dread.

"Of course I realized the first moment I took those first steps out of Solace. Believe me I'll be just fine just help me get in and we'll see what Paranor does to me." Anna said smiling at him, "I am your granddaughter I'm strong enough I know it."

Allanon nodded his head and walked beside Anna the two advancing onto Paranor. She was worried but she couldn't back out not now when she had done so much to get to this very point. She wondered how her aunt and uncle were doing; they had to know that they were going to kill her to destroy the Four Lands. She also thought about what if she did survive this ordeal, what would she do then? She couldn't return to Solace with her aunt and uncle it wasn't possible. She didn't have the courage to go there that place where she had begun this whole journey. She wouldn't return with her father to the Tower of High Sorcery in Palanthas, like that would ever happen in this lifetime she thought bitterly. Tears formed in her eyes as she thought about her father. She was still a young girl she was scared of almost everything around her. She had no idea what she was doing she was just hoping that by avoiding him she could get far away from the pain in her heart. All the talk in the world at the moment wouldn't ease her pain.

Anna let none of her inner turmoil show on her face she was impassive as me Allanon thought to him. She's still so young how can such a burden be placed upon those thin delicate shoulders of hers. She did have her mother's strength and passion towards the Four Lands, but where had all that passion gone for her mother? Shaking his head he helped Anna pass some brushes that revealed to them both the majesty of Paranor.

"The Druid's Keep." Anna whispered reverently.

"Yes your mother, myself, and even your great grandfather grew up in these halls." Allanon whispered smiling at the ancient building, "Come on lets enter and exit with haste."

"Why?" Anna asked confused.

"Just cause Anna, let us go now." Allanon passed Anna quickly rushing towards the entrance.

Anna passed over the frame of the doorway and looking saw many tapestries and ornately paintings surrounding the walls. She was amazed that all of this could exist in one place. Her head was dizzy she figured it was from all of her excitement. Walking behind her father they traversed the halls quickly as he had said. He didn't want to stay here any longer.

She stopped hearing something behind her. Turning around she saw that it was the creature that had told her everything at the Hadeshorn. What was he doing here? Allanon looked too and Anna looked at him and saw his eyes widen and saw for once in his eyes fear. He was scared of this creature, but why? The creature advanced on the two Anna didn't know what to do. She did know that she was afraid of this thing; her grandfather must know something about it she doesn't yet know. Anna stepped in front of her grandfather taking a protective stance in front of him. The creature stopped surprised by Anna's actions. Standing there he finally smiled and cocking his head to the side his grin turned into something so hideous that Anna felt sweat beading on her face. She summoned the blue fire of the Druids and walking towards the creature was ready to do battle.

"You think I want to fight?" the creature asked sighing as though it was a human and nothing else. As though it was something normal.

"Why are you here? Why do you bring my grandfather so much fear that he would he stay stock still?" Anna asked relaxing herself a little, "I know you're the one from the Hadeshorn that told me everything."

"Yes I am. Don't you think it odd that of all the others below I was able to come forth and tell you all that?" he asked his grin vanishing.

"You know I'm not from this world so I don't know what is odd and what isn't." Anna replied casually.

"I am the first of my kind Anna Majere. You don't even recognize me do you?" He asked looking hurt as he stared intently into Anna's eyes, "Or should I call you Anna Gitano?"

Her eyes widened, "How did you know that name? Tell me this right now!"

"Calm yourself Anna. If I tell you my name can we please sit down and discuss this in some comfort?" He asked his voice remaining calm and casual.

"It wouldn't help me to trust you but I do believe that it would ease the tension between us sir." Anna answered back, "There's a sitting room to the left of me."

"Alright my name is Shino do you remember now Anna?" he whispered his eyes actually looking as though Anna had hurt him.

"No I do not remember now let us sit down and discuss how for one you know me, and how you presume to know me as though you were my friend in another life." Anna retorted back angry at this man, "Grandfather come sit down it'll give us a chance to rest."

The three of them entered the room and shaking all over Anna started a fire in the room. It was so cold in the building. It hadn't been used in a very long time. She was tired but she had to find out more about this man or creature or whatever she should call it. She was confused and she couldn't help but feel the dizzy sensation in her head was increasing in magnitude she found that the parts of the room were starting to spin out of control. She felt so alone even with her grandfather right beside her. When they were all sitting and the fire was finally blazing to warm Anna's death cold skin she stared at Shino.

"So how do you know me Shino?" Anna finally asked blinking innocently at him. She really was innocent in this situation she had no idea what was happening.

"From the world of Earth Anna I was there with you beside you helping you. Believe it or not it hurts my heart to know that all our fun times that we had you've lost." Shino replied putting his head in his hands shaking his head back and forth, "How could you have forgotten everything that we had done Anna? You promised never to forget!"

"Shino answer me this question" Anna's calm voice brought him to look up at her with tears in his eyes, "Did you send me back to this world? I know that my father and grandfather could never bring me back from there."

"It was me who sent you back and that's when you promised never to forget me. You promised that even though you wouldn't remember everything of your father and mother's plan you would try your hardest to stop it." Shino said sighing, "At least you've kept that promise. Anna do you realize how hard it is for me to look at you with that serious face?"

"Can you prove to me that you know me besides information of Earth?" Anna asked calmly interrogating him.

"You'll be shown all too soon what you've forgotten Anna. Paranor has that affect on others most of the time." Shino said his voice breaking in some parts.

"What are you talking about?" Anna asked confused and surprised by his answer, "Grandfather what is he talking about?"

"He's right Anna you feel the effects even as you are looking at me." Allanon whispered, "I didn't want you to come straight away but you're too much like your mother I couldn't say no to you. I couldn't prepare you for this."

"What are you all talking about?" Anna asked getting to her feet backing away from both of them. She was so dizzy and overheated that she found it hard to concentrate on their voices, "What have you done grandfather?"

"I'm so sorry Anna before you can become a full Druid you have to learn completely about your mother." Allanon's voice drifted through the haze surrounding her.

She tried her hardest to keep up right and to stop swaying. She backed into the wall and scared bolted for the door ready to run from them both. As Anna tried to run she fell Shino moved quickly and caught her. He was crying for her, but why? She was so tired that her eyes finally closed upon themselves and she retreated within herself.

Shino carried Anna to a room that had once housed her own mother Elysee. He didn't like to see her this way, it just wasn't right. Putting some blankets over her he tried to calm down. She was stronger then she was in the other world they had shared. She would be just fine so why did he worry so much for her? Did he really have feelings for her that went beyond friendship?

"Why are you here?" Allanon asked standing beside Shino looking down at his granddaughter with a soft look, "She's going to be hurt that you are here."

"She won't be hurt she'll understand why I came when I did. No matter what of all people she'll understand." Shino replied smiling as he took Anna's hand in his.

"Your people must be angry that you left them." Allanon observed closing his eyes, "Their anger and hate won't be directed at Anna will it?"

"They would never do that they know that Anna has come to save them from their torment just as I have. Allanon I'm not naïve I know how hard it's going to be to live in this world. I'm so used to the other one after all." Shino whispered sighing, "I had to come I could feel Anna's pain in the other world. It was so immense that her soul was unknowingly calling out to me."

"She's going to have quite the shock when she awakes vampire king." Allanon whispered leaving the room.

Shino heard him lock the door and walk down towards the keeps library. He knew how much Allanon detested his kind. But he couldn't help being what he was there was nothing he could do. Anyways the only one who mattered to him was how Anna would take the news. He had never told her that he was a vampire she'll be hurt but she'll understand he was sure of that.

"Come on Anna we don't have much time left." Shino whispered.

Anna felt herself dropping in an endless pit. She could feel air billowing around her and yet if she did die she wanted nothing more but for it to be quick. Finally though she hit solid floor and falling to the ground shook her head. Standing up she was shocked to see Earth the world she had grown up in. what was she doing back here? She couldn't be back here cause her mother and father together would need the magic to send her to back. She walked around a corner of the building and seeing right in front of her was the house where she had found a family that had loved her, the family that had died cause of her. She walked towards the house afraid of what she might see but eager to see at the same time those kind faces. She knew now that she was in a memory but it didn't stop how horrible she felt. She went through the door and saw that everything was as it had been the day of the tragedy meaning it hadn't happened yet.

It was late night almost 3 am so the incident would happen soon if it didn't then what was the point of her being here in the first place? She waited for the door to open at 3:15 as it was scheduled to open brining with it the end of Anna's happy life in this world. After this moment she was so traumatized that she never allowed herself to bring down the wall around her heart or to even thaw her frozen heart at all. She had after that preferred her own counsel and no one else's that had tended to bring many bullies in the future but she dealt with them as all children dealt with bullies.

Watching the door with a refined air she saw that it wasn't locked at all. Maybe if she could just lock it then everything would be different. She ran to the door and trying to grab the lock she couldn't. This was a memory of hers she wasn't able to do anything. All she was able to do was watch as all the pain and sorrow happened again. The door opened right on the dot and brought with it the five people who had changed her life forever. She tried to remain calm as she followed them upstairs where they grabbed Julie who was only three at the time from her bed. Then grabbing Danny from his who was seven years old he was going to be starting grade 2 the next day. They grabbed little Emily who was 3 months old she was such a cute child Anna loved holding her lulling her to sleep. Then they went to her foster parents room where they grabbed them so roughly that she wanted to scream at the murderers. Then after they had grabbed everyone else they went for Anna at the end of the hall.

She remembered being thrown down the stairs roughly. She had almost broken her arm when they had done that. She saw them taunting her and mocking her as she screamed with the tape over her mouth. Tears formed in Anna's eyes as she watched. That's when she realized that she had to find out who these people were. Who were they that they would kill such an innocent family just to send her a message?

When they had finally finished with the killing and left Anna ethereal as she was followed them. They got into a van and drove away when they were far enough they took off their masks. When the leader turned to congratulate them Anna felt her stomach leave her. She knew who he was; she had trusted him all the time. He had talked to her with such kind words and she had fallen for it.

She felt herself yanked from this memory and placed yet again in that falling pit endlessly thinking of what she had just found out. Crying her eyes out she tried to remain calm when all she wanted to do at that moment was find him and kill him for tricking her. She felt horrible for thinking such a wicked thought but she couldn't help but feel that way towards him now when she'd found out the truth. Why would her uncle bring her such pain? Why would Caramon kill the only thing that had made her happy?

"I wonder where Anna is?" Tanis asked looking over where she had gone, "She just said she was getting firewood. You don't think she went to Paranor without us do you?"

"It wouldn't be the first time Anna's done something that would place herself in mortal danger." Paladine replied, "Come on she's probably at Paranor so lets go and get her. She's most likely waiting for us to come."

"Alright but something just doesn't seem right. Anna wouldn't have gone without giving us some sort of a sign." Tanis replied shouldering his and Anna's packs.

"Its Anna she's not really the subtle type. What ever made you think that?" Paladine said laughing at Tanis, "Get naïve in your old age my old friend."

Tanis shrugged his shoulders and as he took one step forward he felt a knife pierce his upper arm. Shocked he dropped to the ground withdrawing his sword he stood back up ready to fight whoever it was. As he turned around ready for blood to be shed he saw who it was and dropped his sword.

"Caramon?" Tanis whispered too shocked to do anything else but numbly fall to the ground in shock, "Why?"

Tanis looked up at his friend locking eyes with him. That's when Tanis realized what was happening he looked over at Paladine who had a sword pointed at his heart the holder being Tika. They were under Raistlin's control everything they were doing was cause of Raistlin. They were his puppets.

"Where is Anna Tanis?" Raistlin's harsh voice snapped.

"Truthfully I don't know." Tanis replied shaking his head, "If I did know where she was I would never tell you."

"She's at Paranor then with Allanon and the king of vampires Shino." Raistlin whispered his eyes locking onto Paranor the Druid Keep, "They might be able to stay their long enough to prolong Anna's death but she will die Tanis make no exception of that. I'll go there now and leave Caramon and Tika to hold you two down."

Tanis shook his head and silently apologized to Anna he couldn't fight his friend's to help her he just couldn't. Even though they were under Raistlin's control he couldn't fight them they had been through so much he couldn't bring himself to do it. Even if it meant he could somehow help Anna to save the Four Lands.

Allanon entered the room where Shino and Anna resided and sighing saw that Shino was still holding Anna's hand fast asleep. He had watched over her all this time even though he was exhausted he never let Anna go. He woke up Shino and gestured for him to come outside he was still afraid that Anna might hear what he has to say.

"What is it Allanon?" Shino asked rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

"Raistlin's coming he won't rest till he has Anna. He's powerful do you think you can help me by protecting Anna while I fight him?" Allanon asked his dark piercing gaze bearing into Shino.

"Of course you can count on me to keep Anna out of harms way I swear." Shino stated passionate about his vow to protect Anna.

"Thank you keep her safe." Allanon said smiling at him, "I don't entirely trust you but Anna trusts you and you have a history with her, more then I have. Protect her with your life Shino vampire king."

"I will." Shino replied as he watched Allanon walk towards the courtyard where he would encounter Raistlin Anna's father.

He went back into the room where Anna was asleep seeing memories that bore at her soul constantly, "Anna be strong you'll survive."

Kilyn Bloodstone: How's it going people? Hope you all are doing just fine I am so tired it took me forever to finish this chapter I know. So sorry for the wait people, but here it is. Enjoy and R&R if you wish always eager to hear what others have to say about my stories.

I don't own anything of Dragonlance or of Terry Brooks series. I do own Elysee, Anna, and well now Shino.

Hope everyone did well on their diplomas I know I did horrible on my math one. Stupid math!

I thought I'd also thank all those who have reviewed recently! Thank you to all of you and keep reading it'll get funny and dramatic at the same time.

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