Honestly, this is probably horrible. I am out of the hospital, but have started dialysis. I'm going to TRY to get back to updating regularly, but it might take a bit as I adjust to my hectic schedule. Thanks to FairyGirl22, KennaChanMaiden, Alyssa Belle, and Wolf love27. Here is part 2 of the worst is yet to come. This is for LeafDragon16 and frosttheicedragon. Thanks to every that reviewed. So here we go

Chapter 7: when the worst is yet to come (part 2)

Kendra had been fighting Ronodin for a while now. He had destroyed her bow a long time ago. She was now fending him off with 2 knives and a technique that Warren had taught her called the double knife defense (I wonder how many people will catch this reference?). She had done everything she could have possibly done to prepare for this battle. She planned, trained, and even drank an endurance potion. She couldn't have been more prepared, still Ronodin was proving to be too much for her. Sweat beaded her forehead and her muscles screamed at her in protest of the drawn out fight. She felt slightly lightheaded due to the various gashes on her body. She blinked, trying to clear her vision of the blood that had fallen from a cut above her left eye. Her shoulder hurt and threatened to give during certain positions Ronodin would place her in. The gash on it poured blood soaking her shirt. The scariest part was that Ronodin didn't seem to be affected by her attacks at all. He had destroyed the arrows before they reached her. At one point he had turned them back around on her. She had managed to escape with only a minor scrape on her legs. She cried out as Ronodin managed to land a hit with the hilt of his sword, her skin immediately beginning to bruise. She felt her breastplate give and fall as the strap broke at the hit. The blood drained from her face at the prospect of her vital organs being exposed to the brutal blows of Ronodin. All she knew was that if she had any chance of surviving, Calvin had better hurry. Before she could ponder it anymore, Ronodin slammed her against one of the walls. Their blades met, Kendra tried desperately to push back his blade, but her injured shoulder prevented her from using much force. She closed her eyes, expecting a fatal blow when she heard something coming from the tunnel Calvin had disappeared down. A sound that both lifted and crushed her spirits.

" Ronodin!" Yelled a familiar voice. A voice that was deeper than the last time she heard it. A voice that belonged to her brother, Seth. She was relieved at the sight of him unharmed but her spirits sunk at the sight of silver blood on the edge of his sword. Tears filled her eyes and threatened to fall. Ronodin stopped to look at Seth, still keeping her pinned to the wall. His eyes burned with fury at the interruption.

"What do you want, boy! What could be so important that it means interrupting me?"

" The fact that the unicorn tried to escape. The girl let a spy down there to unlock the cell. I took care of it though." Seth replied sounding nocholant. As he walked closer, Kendra could see repressed fury in his eyes. She had never seen that in Seths eyes, and quiet frankly , it terrified her.

"Did you kill him?" Ronodin asked the anger suddenly vanishing. Kendra felt her heart clench waiting for the answer. She noticed him glance at her. " Just like you've told me to do a millian times before, if he escapes." Seth scoffed. Kendra felt like part of herself died inside with the news. All of her hoped came crashing down. The tears flowed free now. Ronodin gave her a mock pity look.

" Oh don't worry your pretty little head, you'll soon join him." Ronodin said raising his sword. Kendra let her blades fall to the ground. What was the point? She was going to die anyway, why fight it.

" Ronodin, wait! Let me do it!" Seth's calls stopped Ronodin in his tracks as he once again turned to him.

"What did you just say?"

" I said let me do it. You've trained me and taught me alot. Let me prove myself."

Ronodin paused for a moment then nodded, " very well, prove yourself, but i reserve the right to stop you at anytime." Seth nodded and before he could comment further, Ronodin turned to her. " Pick up your blades. Don't try anything funny, no one likes a cheater or a coward."

Kendra bent down and picked up her blades, her muscles protesting and almost giving out. For the first time Kendra studied Seth closely. It amazed her what a year did to him. He had grown to where he now towered over her. He had obviously built up some muscle and looked pretty intimidating. Suddenly he charged her and his blade swung down and met the x of her blades. She was suprised how little the force was. Then her hopes soared once more as there blades locked and she saw something that made her fight a smile. A sight that made her want to drop everything and hug him tightly. A wink and that familiar mischieveous glint.

*10 minutes earlier. Brackens pov*

Brackens stood in shock as he stared at Seth Sorenson. His normal playful, mischievous eyes filled black with fury. Bracken also noted that his aura was alot darker than it usually was. He was acting like a normal shadowcharmer. Bracken barely had time to dodge as Seth lunged at him again. His sword technique had obviosly improved. Bracken noted the way Seth stood and held his sword. He also noted the way he looked him up and down in disgust.

" So, you're the infamous prince of the fairy realm?" Seth asked rhetorically. " I must say, I'm kind of disappointed."

"Seth, what are you talking about? It's me, Bracken." Bracken was in shock. Did Seth really not remember him? What had Ronodin done to him?

"Did I ask?" Seth spat bitterly. Bracken watched Seth's stance shift ever so slightly and immediately knew what would happen next. Because a year of training, even if it was with Ronodin, was nothing compared to Brackens centuries of experience. It didn't matter if you were a Shadowcharmer or not. This time as Seth lunged at him, Bracken faked going for the boys legs. This caused the young shadowcharmer to jerk up at the last second to avoid hitting his own legs. Acting quickly at the opening, Bracken grabbed Seth's sword arm. The two men struggled; Bravcken trying desperately not only to not get hurt, but not to injure Seth.

Finally it became evident that Bracken would have to do something quickly.

" I'm sorry Seth." Bracken said quickly before twisting his grip and bending the young man's arm. The hallway was filled with a sickening snap, as the bone broke. Seth's confused and angry expression quickly turned to one of pain. Seth cried out and lost his grip on the sword. Bracken instantly felt bad, the arm broken in at least two places. Using the pain as a distraction, Bracken brought the hilt of the sword to Seth's temple. The young man's eyes rolled back into his head and he collapsed to the ground.

Pushing down the guilt for the time being, Bracken quickly put a hand on Seth's forehead. It didn't take long to access his mind, but what he found there startled him. Bracken found memories of destruction and war. Of lies and deceit. No memories of the Seth Soreson Bracken knew. Bracken dug deeper knowing that no magic is irreversible. As he dug he ran into a wall of some sort. A wall seeming to lock away and keep something hidden. Quickly he worked on breaking down the wall. Until finally, after what seemed to be forever, it broke causing memories to flood over Seth's mind. As they came Bracken could see the memories. Memories of Kendra and their adventures. Memories of being a toddler. The memories of Fablehaven. Slowly these memories pushed the memories of destruction back, but Bracken knew they would forever be engraved in the young boy's mind. Bracken withdrew and sat back exhausted. In his current physical condition that task had been more difficult than it should have been. Sparing only a minute too recover, Bracken used the remaider of his magic energy to heal the young boy as much as he could. The severe break turned into severe bruising and the head trama turned to a slight concussion. After a few minutes Seth sat straight up and immediatly grabbed his head.

" Ow! what happened? Where am i?" He said looking around.

" Your in Ronodins dungeons, sorry about your head. Do you know who you are? Who i am?" Bracken asked quickly hoping that it had worked.

" First of all, What the heck dude. Second of all, yes and yes." Seth repliad looking at Bracken like he had three heads. Which after the hit the boy had taken to the head, wasn't immpossible."

" Whats your full name?" Bracken said not convinced that he truly remembered. Seth sighed heavly.

" Seriously, man? I'm Seth Micheal Andrew Sorenson, My sister is Kendra Marie Sorenson, and your Bracken a unicorn and the POF."

"Seth! Your remember! And what is a POF."

" Well kind of, things are kind of fuzzy. And a POF is Prince Of Fairies, duh." Seth said picking his sword up of the ground. Bracken smiled, happy to see that Seth's sarcastic and mischievous nature had returned.

Bracken opened his mouth the say something but was cut off by a sound that made his blood run cold. A scream. A scream of pain and fear. Suddenly he remembered why he had rushed through the hallways in the first place. Kendra was still fighting Ronodin. Without another thought Bracken raced down the halls towards the sound, with Seth on his heals. As they drew closer Seth jerked his arm forcing him to stop. Bracken glared at him, they could afford to stop, not when Kendra was in pain. Seth, undaunted brought his voice down.

" If we just run in there, Ronodin will kill her then both of us. Especially since your weaponless. I have a plan. "

As much as Bracken wanted to run in there, Seth was right. He nodded for Seth to explain. The shadow charmer gestures down another corridor.

" Go through there, go the third door on the right. That's Ronodin's room. He keeps your horn in there. Ronodin doesn't know I have my memories back, so while you get your sword, I will keep him busy. " Seth finished. Bracken nodded quickly and ran down the corridor. Bracken couldn't stop the gut wrenching worry that plagued his mind. What I'd he wasn't fast enough? What if Kendra was injured and he couldn't heal her. The what ifs swirled in his mind, threatening to make him physically ill. Reaching the correct room, Bracken shook the thoughts away, focusing on getting the door open and getting back to the battle. After about five minutes the lock clicked and the door swung open.

"To me!" Bracken called out in the fairy tongue. Immediately his horn shot from where Ronodin had hid it and into his awaiting hand. As soon as it made contact it turned into a long pearly white sword. Without hesitation Bracken turned and ran back down the corridor towards the sound of clashing weapons.

*Seth*

Seth brought his sword down again trying his best to make this fight look real, but still be gentle with his injured sister. Kendra's eyes were glassy and she looked like she might pass out. Seth could tell Ronodin was getting suspicious. He should have been able to kill her by now. Finally, it seemed that Ronodin had finally had enough with this mock fight.

" Enough!" He yelled. Seth allowed his arms to relax at his side, but kept a stance that would allow him to easily jump in front of Ronodin's sword should it come to that. " I'm tired of this game, brother, finish her." Ronodin demanded. Seths heart shot into his throat. He couldn't kill Kendra, but if Ronodin found out that Seth was faking before Bracken got there, he would kill them both. Ronodin gave Seth an angry and impatient look before raising a hand and pinning Kendra to the wall with dark magic. " Well, heres the chance you begged for, take it."

Suddenly an idea wormed its way into Seth's head. It was the craziest thing he had ever planned, and that was saying something. Fighting a smirk, Seth walked to where Kendra was pinned to the wall. If this was going to work he had to be quick and go undetected until he actually did it. Stealthily he grabbed Kendras hand, the one hidden from Ronodin, and dug deep into his mind and powers. To an onlooker it looked as if he was whispering threats in her ear. Quickly he gathered what he could of his energy, as Ronodin yelled again for him to finish her. Seth raised his sword, praying that this would work. As he brought it down, Seth forced all of his shadow charmer energy to the surface of his being. Kendra's powers as a fairykind kept him grounded to earth and who he was, as he sent all the energy Ronodins way. The Dark Unicorn, being caught by surprise was thrown against a wall. The wall cracked with the impact, but somehow didn't severely injure Ronodin. The Dark Unicorn lay on the ground, stunned, his head bleeding where it hit the hard stone wall. Seth collapsed onto the ground, exhausted. Kendra, no longer pinned by Ronodin collapsed beside him, beginning to lose her battle against the crushing darkness and the unbearable pain. Seth tried to push himself up onto his feet, determined to protect Kendra, but as he stood his legs buckled once more. Seth heard Ronodin move towards them and he redoubled his efforts, trying to stand. It wasn't long before Ronodin was towering above them.

"Foolish boy, I'll show you what happens when you cross me. " Ronodin seethed with fury. Seth waited for the inevitable blow that would be delivered from Ronodin's deadly sword. Instead, he heard the clash of metal and opened him to find Bracken standing over them protectively. As Bracken fought Ronodin with a skill Seth wished he possessed, he began to drag both himself and his sister farther away. He desperately wished he could help. But exhaustion from his plan began to cause darkness to close in around him. Finally, even scooting across the hard, rough ground became too much and he simply laid down. Using the last of his fading strength, Seth pulled his unconscious sister into his arms and positioned himself so he would take the first blow, before giving into the darkness and falling into unconsciousness

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