Kendra watches Bracken's face,hoping he was kidding. Unfortunately he looked deadly serious, which she had to admit was kind of wondered what she had to say in order to reassure him, because now he looked just plain distraught, kind ashy pale and looking like he was going to throw up.

So she went over to him and wrapped her arms around his tense form

"shhhh, it's okay, I'll be fine, you have all that armor for my horse form, no one willeven no I'm pregnant."

He put one hand on her stomach and looked into her eyes

"how am I supposed to live with myself if you get hurt? If out unborn child gets hurt?"

She kissed him then and said

"you will protect us, you always have and always will.

With that Kendra went outside and began rummaging aroundthe storage shed, looking for her armor. when she haduring hers she pulled out Bracken's as well. He would into battle on herback to protect her. She closed her eyes and changed form, her body shimmering and elongating. Bracken stands at the doorway to their beautiful house watching her his eyes soft. He walks down to her and silently begins to fasten her armor, the eye shields, and side panels, when she is fully outfitted in her pearlescent shimmering diamond hard armor he dons his own.

They walk through the forest, he lays flat on her long neck and whispers promises into her ear that make her shiver in anticipation. When they reach the fairy queens shrine they each take a hold of the bowl as it fills with thick gold liquid, transportation conductors. They look into each others eyes and drink and in an instant they are in a steamy rainforest, the canopy rustling around them and animal swingingya round near their heads.

The preserve where the translocator was placed was somewhere ahead of them, and as Kendra continued to step through the densejuggle she sensed the distractor spell. Bracken tangled his hands in her mane and hid his eyes, trusting her to see them through it. Because it was potent enough to give even him a pause.

When they reached the gate it was alarminglytoilets and splintered, the scentoaf magical residue hung in the air and this made Kendra twitchy. bracken lay a calming hand on her neck and urged her forward with a mental nudge. The preserve was in ruins, the great house a black smear. Kendra began to run through the decimated sanctuary, leaping over fallen trees a smoking lumps of metal. She skidded to a halt when a massive temple appeared suddenly in front of her, her heels dug furrows in the mud and she nearly threw Bracken off as she wheeled away from the craggy stone walls.

5 rugged dirty men gaped at the beautiful white horse, who seemed to glitter and change shapes IN The sunlight, theyhad never seen a UNicorn before, and most definetly had never seen a man riding one.

Bracken let out a fierce battle cry and Kendra leaped forward, they were on the irst man before he could blink, BraChen sliced his head off with a practicedGluck of his sword. The other men recovered from their surprise and rushed towards them, all but one.

The wizard stood back and began to chant all of the sudden there were many more soldiers,racing towards Kendra waving their swords.

Bracken quickly dispatched the rest of the men, just as Kendra wheeled and plunged her own into the oncoming hord, she pivoted and kicked rearing and lashing out, but there were too many.

Bracken raised his sword and it turnedunto a horn, he began to chant quietly, and then a sonic boom shot from its tip, the men were vaporized and with a horrible keening cry the wizard fell and incinerated.

Kendra felt relieved, until she felt Bracken falling from her back, and nearing him hit the ground, his horn rolling away from his hands and he was still