Alianor closed her eyes, trying to find the mind belonging to who ever had tried to impale me with a branch. Though I knew I wouldn't be able to find the person I glanced around the clearing again, once again not finding anything. Glancing at Alianor, I noticed her have physical recoil from her powers. I guess she had found the kid, or discovered something else around here.
There's a boy on the left far side of the clearing. Behind the log. You go to the right; I'll go to the left. He possesses a great power, be careful. I could clearly hear the message Alianor had sent, but it shocked me that there could be anyone in this land that had substantial magic. I sent Alianor a sharp look, this could mean trouble for us, he was with the knights of Camelot, even though he had magic himself he still might try to turn us into King Uther. King Uther was the reason that there was such a lack of magic in these lands, most people that had magic coursing through their veins had either been killed, or had fled the area…everyone but that boy, Alianor, and myself that is. I quickly focused my emotions, whipping the surprise right off of my face, putting on a mask of calm over my features. I saw Alianor grip and re-grip her sword, eager for a game of cat and mouse. I slowly and casually headed towards the log, my daggers tightly gripped in my hands. Walking up, I pretended to examine my daggers, flicking off the flecks of dirt off of them, though I was really starring at the fallen log, which was half-buried beneath molding leaves. I saw Alianor move to the left, her hand resting on her belt, just near her sword. I noticed that Alianor had a gleam in her eyes, she was ready for the game to start. We both waited, patiently and quietly, knowing that a game was about to start…a game of cat and mouse, and we certainly were not the mouse in this game. The boy quickly sprang to his feet, coming out from under the log, and started to run. Turning his back to us, he began to clumsily sprint into the forest, nearly tripping on a root as he ran. Alianor and I sprang forward, darting after him, weaving in and out of the trees. I slowed down in my running, knowing that Alianor would easily catch him. Even if Alianor was not able to catch him for some reason, we could always find him. Alianor's powers make it so that once she has reached into someone's mind part of their thoughts consistently remain with her. Though I could also use my affinity with earth to find him. I could feel the vibrations in the earth as a person moved, each and every person gives off a different vibration, no one person walks exactly the same. And I had felt the vibrations this boy gave off when he went running off, of course the vibrations would be a little different when he walked then when he ran but it would be close enough for me to be able to find him. Not to mention that this boy would go back to Arthur, I could practically feel the loyalty between the two.
I approached the area where I knew the two would be, I had felt when they had hit the ground, meaning that Alianor had tackled the boy down. I saw that Alianor's arms and legs were somehow wrapped in the boys, she must have tackled him harder then I thought. I gave off an exasperated sigh, sometimes Alianor got to caught up in her games of cat and mouse for her own good.
"You probably killed him Alianor. Was it truly necessary to jump on him?" Alianor's only response was a grunt, while trying to remove her arms from underneath the boy, but failing to do so. The boy laid there completely still, maybe he thought that we would believe him to be actually dead, but I wasn't completely sure of his reasoning. I started to give off light muffled laughs, realizing that this boy wouldn't know that Alianor was really a girl with the glamour still up. After a few minute of Alianor struggling to try to get free, she finally prodded the boy saying,
"Could you move? Otherwise we two are going to be tangled together from here to eternity." The boy lifted his head from the forest floor and turned to glare at Alianor, his dark brown eyes flashing darkly, his face streaked with filth, his hair, a shade browner than his eyes, flopping over onto his forehead. The boy did not move, instead he stubbornly staring at Alianor, his gaze defiant and surprisingly challenging given he had just fled. Alianor raised one of her eyebrows, wondering why he was trying to seem so brave now, when he had fled not but a few minutes ago. Her voice dropped down a few octaves, carrying an underlying threat to it,
"Move boy. There is no point in showing defiance by staying where you are."
"My name isn't boy!" He said petulantly, "It's…" He stopped short.
"Merlin," Alianor had finished for him, I guess she had read the information earlier when she was in his mind. . Merlin cringed away from Alainor, eyes widening in shock. He sprang away from her, only to yelp in pain as their entanglement wrenched his limbs from the movement. Gingerly, they moved apart, and Alianor slowly got to her feet. I stood before them, with a look of slight amusement on my face, it wasn't often that we actually dealt with people like this. What do you want to do? Alianor mentally questioned me, Interrogate him or knock him out and leave him with the others?
In response I raise my hand, hearing the satisfying cracking sound as a branch tore forth from a nearby tree and hurtled down toward Alianor's head, it was both my way of payback from Alianor leaving me behind again, and throwing Merlin off guard, I would hate to accidentally give the kid brain damage because he moved to the side. Alianor shrieked and threw herself, yet again, to the ground. I changed the course of the branch at the last moment and whirled through the air to squarely strike Merlin on the head. He collapsed, eyes snapping shut and body going limp. From her position on the floor Alianor glared up at me, she didn't need to speak for me to know why she was angry. I had a cross between a smirk and a smile on my face, and then I made my face a mask of calm once more. Calmly I said, as if nothing had happened,
"Should we leave him with the others?" Without replying Alianor stood and latched her fingers onto the edge of his cloak, began to drag Merlin back to the clearing. I gave a small, unnoticed, smirk to Alianor's back, happy I didn't have to help her drag Merlin back to the clearing.