Welcome back to another chapter. Today is the day guys. The waiting ends! I will no longer just try to make the story longer. I'll be honest with you: I'm disappointed about how everything turned out until now! And that's why I'll no longer keep the plot from advancing fast. From today on literally EVERY chapter will have a BIG influence on the whole story! Today is the day Never alone truly begins! (By the way, I will know use quotes used in the chapter as titles more often) Have fun reading. Serious reviews are appreciated.

Chapter 9: You don't know anything about me!

"I… I need to tell you something." As Fate told me this, I believed that she would finally tell me about her new relation to SD and I was already pretty happy about it. But otherwise I felt bad. Even if she was not fully recovered yet, she followed me throughout the whole forest just to tell me something I did already know. "It's about the talk you and SD had a few nights ago, isn't it?" She stared at me, looking shocked. "W… wait, what? You already… you know it already?" "I'm sorry, but yes I do. I could not sleep and as I wanted to get myself some water, I heard you talking. I bet you would've wanted to tell me yourself, wouldn't you?" Fate just blushed furiously and stuttered something before she calmed down a little. "Well, I guess I can't change it. Since you already know… what… what do you think about it?" She looked at me in a way I can't describe. In some praying way maybe. I did not want to lie to her again, so I told her everything I thought. "I would lie, if I'd say that I didn't expect it to be honest. Fate again blushed. "How do you all know these things that fast?" I laughed a little. "Well, I wouldn't know if you would've hidden it in some way, but it was just to obvious. But I had hoped that it would happen already." Fate looked at me again, but this time… she just looked incredibly happy. A little happier than I thought was normal. "You… you hoped? Do you mean…?" "Why shouldn't I hope for it? I'm happy for the two of you!"

Fate's joy immediately changed into confusion. "Wait, what? What do you mean with "the two of you"?" With her question she confused me too. "What do you mean? You two, you and SD. Who else should I mean?" Her confusion did not disappear, but grew even bigger instead. "What are you just…? What did you hear us talk about that night, Thunder?" "I heard everything I needed to know. I heard you talking about having fallen in love and SD being very happy and supportive. Just everything I needed to hear to know about the two of you being together now." Finally, the confusion disappeared and a look of understanding took its place. "You mean… that's everything you heard?" She stepped beside me and sat down too. "Thunder… you did not hear everything. You did not hear the important part of our conversation… the truth is…" She took a deep breath and I was already scared of what she would say. "The truth is, that I did not fall in love with SD, but with you… Thunder… I love you.

Fate's POV:

I've never felt such relief ever before. As I finally spoke those words, it felt like a rock falling of me. I finally was brave enough to tell him the truth. I needed a lot of support to get this confidence though… a lot of support from SD. What truly happened at this past night was, that SD told me about his knowledge of my feelings. Because of that, I decided to explain everything to him and he happily agreed to help me telling Thunder. He was the one telling me to wait until Christmas Eve and to follow him to his favourite spot. He really was a great friend for me there.

As I told Thunder about my feelings, he fell silent for a few seconds. He just looked at me, very surprised. He strangely started shivering, like something inside of him was about to break out. He took his gaze away from me and looked at the amulet inside of his paw. Normally he was wearing it around the neck, but only since this day… it was my present for him. He just wouldn't stop shivering and staring at his amulet, his face turned away from me. After what had happened as Gavin, the General of the Slaves, attacked me, I was pretty worried as I saw him like that. "Are… are you alright? Thunder?" He started mumbling something. It sounded like. "I can't… please… leave…" As I started to grow even more worried, I laid one of my paws on his shoulder. "Thunder… please talk to me!" Surprisingly… he did.

The moment I touched him he turned around and started yelling at me. "Piss off, Fate! What are you even thinking? How can you believe stupid bullshit like this? YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME! How do you know that you love me, without knowing me at all?" He stared at me for one moment. I was just shocked by his reaction. Especially after what SD had told me, I did not believe, that he would reject me. Especially not like THIS. I felt tears forming inside my eyes. His angry gaze instantly changed. He too had tears in his eyes, ever since he started yelling. Very likely even before. "F…Fate. I'm sorry, I…" He just stood up and ran away, leaving me alone. I only heard one last thing from him. "I have to do something important!"

? 's POV:

"It worked! My plan succeeded! She now feels, why she can't trust anybody! I already told her, that she will be hurt by trusting, and now she has been! The time has come! My plan seemed to fail, but I can know turn the wheel around again! Her soul has cracked! The time has come for the grand finale! Her will is going to break! She will fell TRUE betrayal. And she will find her place! The time has come, for the final act! My reign will begin as their adventure ends! It's time to end their lives and start a new era!"

Fate's POV:

He just left me at the clearing, all alone, not believing what had happened. How could everything just go wrong like that? After everything that happened… SD told me everything I needed to know and guaranteed me, that Thunder would love me back… but know… maybe this was all SD's pl… no! I shouldn't think like this. SD had no reason to lie to me like this. It was just what Thunder was saying. Not only I, but SD too don't know him at all… I decided that it would only harm me to stay here any longer. I'd just return and go to sleep. Even if it would be hard with a broken heart…

I would just wait out and talk to Thunder again the day after. I would just apologise for everything and hope that we could at least stay friends… And with that I decided to head back…home. But as I arrived, a surprise was waiting for me. And not a good one! It was a little paper, laying down on the kitchen table. It said: "Fate, I hope you will read this soon! I don't exactly know what happened at the clearing, but it doesn't seem like it went great… I am not here right now and you shouldn't be too! I am writing this, because I saw Thunder running through the night. And it was not difficult for me to know his goal after what I've seen: He went straight to the base of the Slaves! Something about your talk made him go there! As you read this, I'll already have followed him! Please, hurry there too! Without our help, Thunder will very likely not survive this! My map is on the backside of this paper, so you can find us!

SD"