Lost, to be Found

Manar awoke with a start when he was shook awake. "It's about time. Where is Halice? Did you not find her?" the Prince asked, watching as Manar stood. He looked as though he had been through a tough night, but showed no signs of tiredness. This was due to the fact that, even now, he was use to sleepless nights and fast-paced days. That obviously worked to his advantage.

"No. I checked for her, but when I didn't find her, I decided to get a bit a of shut-eye." h sighed, then looked around. The tide was coming in, but there was signs of foot steps and something bring dragged at the waters edge. This sudden awareness caused Manar to begin following the marks. "Over here." He said just loud enough for the Prince to hear. After a bit of a pause, they walked, or rather, ran, along the drag marks, trying to trace it before the waves washed it away.

It didn't take long for the water to push ahead of them. Something that didn't please the Prince in the slightest. Regardless, before the water had completely made their path fade, they saw a small path going around a cliff. There was a silence as the Prince and Manar exchanged glances. "It has to be there." Manar said, then followed the Prince as he headed toward the path. Already the tide was making the small path smaller, and neither of them fancied a swim. A large wave threaten to take out the path as they crossed, but, as if by magick, the wave stopped and fell into itself. An oddity that the two of them had no time to muse over.

They continued on, soon finding a cave. "Well? What are you waiting for? If you are so set on finding her, then go in." the Dark Prince urged.

Halice moaned as she woke up. there was a sharp pain in the back of her head where she had been hit. And it didn't help that when she tried to sit up she hit her head on something hard. "Are you trying to knock us out?"

"Sorry, I didn't know you cared." Halice retorted sarcastically, rubbing the back of her head. Carefully, she turned her head to see where she was, to find that she had been put in a fairly short cage. A wet cloth had also been wrapped around her infected arm. "Why do I get the feeling you got me into this?" she asked, and could mentally feel her other side shrug. At the very least she still had the amulet in her hands.

Now she just had to get out of here. "If you can get that cloth off and away, I might be able to help you just a bit with that." A kind offer from a dark side? Halice discounted that to the will to survive. Regardless, she brought the covered arm forward. Quickly the girl began unwrapping her arm and almost had it off when she heard the sound of footsteps. Her captors coming to check in on her, no doubt. As soon as she finished undoing her arm and threw the wet, ragged away, though, the change from before took her. Smoke billowed out of the cage, followed by sand. Said sand gripped the cage bars, quickly breaking them.

Halice began to tense as she realized that the cage was shorter than she first though, making it hard to crawl out of. And even while she tried, the footsteps got louder. If she didn't hurry and get out of this prone position, yjen she would be at a great disadvantage when whoever was coming saw her. The steps got pretty loud before they stopped, and she cursed as she knew that meant the person was there.

She eventually managed to stand, and much to her surprize the person there seemed more like a slave than a bandit or whatever. Great, how to explain this...

A/N: Keep in mind that this update is mostly due to nagging from IRL friends.