That night felt like an eternity for Zach. Adriane had fallen asleep around eleven. Zach on the other hand had spent the night thinking, asking himself the same questions over and over again. This time, instead of eventually getting to sleep at six, he didn't sleep. He couldn't. There was just too much going on in his head. By the time Adriane awoke his head was feeling pretty hazy. She kissed his cheek, bringing him back from god-knows-where.

"Morning" she said in a quiet voice, sitting up.

"Morning" he mumbled, almost emotionlessly.

"Let's go back, we've been out here all night" she pointed out as she started to stand. Zach pulled her back down, giving her a gentle kiss. "W-what was that for?" she stuttered.

"Nothing" he answered her, pulling her to her feet as he stood.

Adriane gave him a confused look. They weren't exactly the touchiest of couples. Especially not out in the open like this. Zach held her hand tight, not wanting to let go yet.

Adriane's expression changed from confusion to concern, but he wasn't looking at her. He was looking ahead, avoiding her prying eyes. His pace quickened, her practically pulled her along. They arrived at the cottage, moving quickly towards the small structure. Ravenswood Manor loomed over head, just a few yards away.

Adriane felt a tug on her hand as Zach stopped. "Aren't you coming inside?" she asked, turning to face the young dragon rider.

Zach looked around uncomfortably. "I think I'm just going to go home" my home he reminded himself.

"Oh... okay?" she replied in a suspicious tone, "Is there anything you wanna talk about?" she asked, trying to obtain eye contact, and failing miserably.

Zach's attention shifted to a line of trees to his right. He half expected to see Eddie hiding behind a bush or a rock, but he saw no one. It must have been much too early for the brimbees. In fact, it was much too early for him, as well. He was exhausted from the last couple of sleepless nights, and he had way too much on his mind.

"Not really, I just wanna see what Drake is up to" he explained calmly.

Adriane frowned "All right... I'll see you tomorrow then?"

"I guess..." he responded "bye" leaning in, her gave her one last soft kiss before turning toward the direction he had come from.

Adriane watched him leave; only looking away when a large black wolf approached from her left.

What's wrong? Dreamer asked, brushing against her side.

"I don't know..." Adriane mumbled, stroking his soft fur.


"Something's wrong with Zach" Adriane stated, leaning against the door frame, arms crossed. Emily rushed around the room, carrying large bags of pet food and supplies from one side to the other. "I don't know-do you need some help?"

"No, it's fine" Emily assured her. Emily had asked her mom if she could use her car. She agreed, but only if Emily could run pet palace for one week all by herself. It was some sort of test, even though Emily more than proven herself responsible time and time again. None the less, Emily planned on finishing this task, and that meant no help from friends. "What were you saying?" Emily asked, dragging over a large bag of liversnaps.

"I don't know what to do..." Adriane repeated, eying a rather large bag of cat food, contemplating helping out her redheaded friend, despite the fact that she refused her offer.

Emily huffed, pushing a couple stray hairs out of her eyes. She finally turned to face the warrior. Emily put her hands on her hips "Have you tried asking him?"

"Of course! He won't talk to me!" Adriane exclaimed, dropping her arms to her sides. "I was hoping that maybe you could, I dunno, come with me tomorrow? See if you can pick anything up?"

"Hmm... I guess I could do that" Emily answered evenly, opening a cupboard and stacking a couple of boxes inside.

"Thanks" Adriane re-crossed her arms, stairing intently at the ground. Something was very wrong, and she was determined to get to the bottom of it.


The next day came quickly for the mages. The group met up in the glade at twelve o'clock.

"Alright, let's go already!" Kara exclaimed impatiently, walking ahead of the slow paced team.

"Remind me again why you called Kara?" Adriane whispered to the healer as they followed close behind the blazing star.

"I didn't want to be a third wheel" Emily explained with a shrug.

Adriane sighed. Of course Kara had been filled in on the situation, and was eager to find out what was going on. If there was drama to be had, she wanted to be a part of it. Not because she liked drama, which to some degree she did, but because this was Adriane and Emily. Magic was affected by emotions, and because of this, there was nothing they didn't share with each other. Besides, it was a rare occasion to see Adriane and Zach, the wonder couple, fighting. Anything to draw attention away from her own dysfunctional relationships.

With a flick of the wrist, wolf magic cracked in the dry fall air. A pin point of light hung in the air before expanding into a pristine, glistening portal. A beautiful multicoloured dream catcher hung over the portal as a way of protection, but they didn't really need it anymore.

"Well, here goes..." Adriane started to say.

"Come on, COME ON!" Kara said, grabbing the warrior by the hand and pulling her through the swirling abyss. Emily sighed, calmly walking through.


Fall feels like more of a damp season to me... hmm. This chapter is rather uneventful, I know. I just wrote this up quick in class. I've been reading a lot of Wonder Woman comics. Pretty sure that's where "Wonder Couple" came from. I feel like Kara's in such a rush to sort stuff out because she loves playing match-maker, and if her match doesn't work out she'll MAKE it work. I also think it comes from some kind of feeling of affection she has for her friends, she just doesn't know how to express it. I don't think I did a very good job of putting that across. I've never been a particularly huge fan of Emily or Kara, but writing this made me really want to write a one shot for each of them :x Rate and Review (: