I'm wearing my present, a Gamyu Bat Dress that's black except for the blue bow and blue under dresss, Kori got it from a new shipment from the store. No one in all the world has an outfit like this, at least not yet.

It's a weekend, so the girls don't have classes so the kids were hanging out in Dunbarton today, mingling with the crowd. I had other plans.

Dot and Koriko weren't off to work today, since they had taken off to visit me. Yo was in charge and seemed to be handling it well.

I snuck into the school, unnoticed by Ckika's teacher, Aranwen.

Great woman, but if Ckika knew I was going to the school, she might ask why.

So I quickly hurried myself into the classroom and, as I guessed, Stewart was reading a magic book.

"Mrs. Light!" he exclaimed in pleasant surprise.

"Hi Stewart." No time to chit chat, "um, do you have any books on the Three Warriors? I want to read up."

"Of course, in the library as usual. Aeira should also have a book or two as well."

"Thanks." I shout back before I retreat into the school's library.

When I first moved away from home, I spent most of my time here. I spent most of the day reading books and it was scary walking home at night, since bears were in the area. I could handle wolves, but bears were too big.

I pull out any books that so much as hint at the Three Warriors and speed read most of them, even one about a place called Tir Na Nog. It's a story I remembered telling my kids. My father and mother liked this story a lot. It's why I knew it so well.

Before I got too sentimental, I continued on to the next book.

~*~*~

"It's almost eleven."

Stewart walks into the library, not surprised in the least that I'm still here but I freak when I hear the number escape his lips.

"What!? Oh my god, the kids!"

"I told Sularin that you were here, they went home hours ago. Go home, I bet Aranwen will walk you home if you need it. She's still outside."

He walked over to my side and closed the book I was reading, holding it laxly in one of his hands.

"Will you give this to Aeira? It's a list of books I want. When they come in, tell Sularin and I can come and pick them up."

I quickly shoved the list into the librarian's hands and stack the rest of the books before taking off-- walking at night is scary.

Someone speaks as soon as I step outside.

"Mrs. Light. I want to accompany you home."

"Hello to you too Aranwen."

The martial arts teacher was waiting at the bottom of the steps, looking as serious as ever. I couldn't help but be cautious around her.

"Stewart told me that you are going home now, I would like to accompany you."

"Oh you don't have to. The gate is pretty close and it's going to take me to Tir Chonaill. I'll be okay, you should go home too."

"I would like to though." she repeated.

Her tone obviously meant that she wasn't going to give into my reason, so we end up both talking across town. We pass by Eavan, who waves at us and we wave back. We continue walking to the gate and arrive in Tir Chonaill.

"Really Aranwen, you don't have to walk me. It would be a hassle for you to walk all the way to my house, to only walk back to Dunbarton."

A moment of silent walking passed before Aranwen answered.

"Ckika told me about your run-in with the coyotes."

Oh…that explains it.

"Do you really think coyotes could put me in the hospital? Not to even mention that I had Zeiyo with me and my wolf…Aranwen." I stopped walking and turn to the teacher, her eyes already on me, "I am perfectly fine. I'm just going to go home now, so you should just go home and get ready for tomorrow."

"…"

"…Good! Good night Aranwen, you'll see Ckika on Alban Eiler morning, bright and early." I say with a wave of my hand and I summon my horse.

"Farewell Diya." she said with a bow of her head. I climbed my horse and rode off.

~*~*~

"Father Meven?" I called out quietly.

I snuck back into Tir Chonaill and to the church without running into anyone thus far. While I was walking home, I realized that I had questions. Questions that I should probably ask a 'senior', and since Duncan was probably asleep, I hoped to find Meven.

"Father Meven?" I call out again, "are you in here?"

"Diya?" whispered a voice from behind.

Crash. Bam. Thump.

"Ow!"

Chuckles echoed against the empty church, I half-heartedly glared at Father Meven who apparently found my pain rather amusing. I stood up, being careful not to trip on the rug again. He offered his hand to help me sit down on one of the benches.

"Diya, what are you doing here at this time? Shouldn't you be home?"

"Father, I came to ask you something."

"Yes?"

I looked around. It's too dark to see anything but I try to listen to make sure that no one else was in the room, except for the Father.

"I didn't tell Dilys, not that it's important."

"Uh huh, go on."

"…That night when I went into Snowman Hill…I know what attacked me and took the girl that was with me."

I had told Dilys, who told the town, that I was with Triona when something attacked me from behind and when I woke up, I was alone in the snow. I was afraid to tell someone about the Dark Knight, since they might have been afraid to search for girl.

Even though it was dark, I was sure his eyes would have widened, and I even expected him to ask why I didn't tell anyone, but I wasn't ready for what he had said.

"I was worried…tell me what happened exactly."

~*~*~

After I told him all that happened that night, he simply nodded and told me if I had planned on thanking the man that helped me. I told him that I did, and he advised me to return to Snowman Hill, but at night.

This now led me to the present, walking into Snowman Hill without a weapon. Luckily, all the coyotes seemed to remember me and they kept their distance. Quietly, I walked deeper into the hill and suddenly noticed.

Since when was there a gate?

I walked through the gate and appeared back to where I saw the bear. Fear now took over, fear that the bear would be hungry, or that his family was out for a midnight 'snack'.

Deciding to get this over with quickly, I run deeper into the area, running between the trees for some rudimentary protection, until I saw a man up ahead, standing on an altar.

"Hello?" I call out, and the man looks up at me.

My mouth hangs out for a second, because the man was the spitting image of the warrior Tarlach, blonde hair with green eyes, glasses and even the same robe.

"Oh, it's you again." He coughs out, rather surprised.

"…You're the one who helped me out, right?"

He nodded, I walked up to him, "Thank you. I've been trying to find you for a while. My name is Diya."

"Diya? As in, Diya Light?"

Now it was my turn to be surprised; how could he have possible known my last name?