Cedric looked towards Anne, and then towards the rest of his friends, and then sighed. "No. I don't believe that you will cause us any trouble if you stay." He was always the one to give in when girls asked. It was one of his weaknesses.
Anne travelled for many days with her newfound friends. Journeying through towns, saving children from danger, and even rescuing a few people from harm. She found the scenery enjoyable, and the exotic foods delicious. Everything seemed perfect, except the dull ache in her chest, which seemed to grow and spread daily.
She never did forget her friends and family in Avonlea, but with new adventures to keep her company, she didn't have much time to think about it, At all. If there ever were a time, it would be right before her dreams stole her away.
"Anne, can you come help us with this?" Asked Kohara, looking towards Anna as she began to chase a man through the latest town. Recently, they were asked to help the villager's track down a nightly thief. They stayed for a day or two, and as soon as the moon settled high in the sky, a man dressed in black stalked the nearby houses.
"Coming!" She cried, startling the thief. The five friends began to trap the man, circling him slowly. Orion used his magic to cast an illusion spell. It made the man see ten or twenty different shadows. Anne was always the one to walk up and capture the thief, but this time Tiana had the honour.
It was a simple manoeuvre involving two of the friends would stay in front, one on both sides, and one coming from behind. "You'll never gets m'alive! Any of youse!" The man shouted at one of the shadows. He ran through the circle, and bumped right into Tiana.
"'Suse me, sir." She said quietly, walking around him, and then quickly tying up his hands with the rope she had hidden behind hers.
"Hey! What's th' meanin' of this?" He tried desperately to untangle his hands from the rope, but then hung his head. He knew when the accept defeat.
Anne, during all this, watched with complete fascination. Unfortunately, after the man had shouted at Tiana, she had a fainting spell. No one but Orion noticed Anne collapse to the ground, and he never spoke a word until Kohara –after everything was settled down- went searching for her friend.
"I haven't seen Anne in a while. I'm going to go see where she went off to." She spoke mostly to Orion, who seemed to try and get a look of innocence on his face as she stared.
Orion went silently after his twin a few minutes after she had left the camp. "I know where she is." He said, when he saw her by the creek. Kohara looked up at him, and raised her eyebrows. "I could care less about that girl. She doesn't seem… like she is from here, and I think she accepted us too easily. To me, it seemed as though she already knew about us. Come, I will show you." He walked swiftly toward the field where they had captured the bandit. He saw her red hair from the other side of the field, and looked over at Kohara. "She is over there, sister."