"Wait-" Hunter yelled as Stella took a step back from him. From her expression it looked like she would bolt any minute. A second later she did- sprinting into the forest behind her.
He looked over at where the Delroch had been, still in a little shock from seeing the sight of the beast aging so rapidly and dying. She had looked at him with those eyes- Gods, those eyes.
Instead of white, they had been filled with every color he could imagine- all swirling wildly within their depths. It had surprised him so much that he had frozen. She had seen his expression- how, he didn't know- but she had ran.
He jogged into the forest after her, not seeing her anywhere in sight. Damn it, if only Silver was around…
As if summoned, the tiger appeared and growled at him in question as to why he was in the forest.
"Stella ran off- come on, we have to find her." Hunter looked down at the tiger as it growled in confusion.
"I don't know why she ran- she may be in trouble though, so let's get going." Hunter insisted, before running through the trees, his armor clanging on him and his cloak flying behind him.

He found her sitting against a tree, her eyes closed. He kneeled next to her, his green eyes wide in panic when she didn't respond to him as usual.
He saw now, how she could believe she' wasn't as beautiful as she was. She had small scars around her eyes, as if something had burned her- but they were faint.
He reached out cautiously and moved a lock of her rainbow hued hair from her face, the light reflecting colors onto her cheeks. Silver's growl from beside him made Hunter jump in surprise and glare at the tiger.
"I think she ran into something." He muttered, looking at the jagged wound on her forehead. Well, that's what happened when a blind girl ran through a forest. She probably ran into a tree.
But then how had she seen him earlier?
His mind filled with questions as she let out a soft groan, her eyes opening to reveal the familiar white they had been before.
"Hey- are you alright?" He asked softly, moving her hair to get a good look at the nasty scrape.
She stared up at him, her breathing quickening in fear. "Please don't kill me- please." She pleaded, scrambling away from him against the tree.
"Why do you always think I'm going to hurt you?" Hunter said in frustration, moving closer to her again. "That's a nasty cut- we may have to take you to a healer." He moved the hair away again, looking at the cut and frowning in concern.
Stella closed her eyes as his hands moved within her hair, leaning back against the tree. "I don't feel very good." She whispered.
Hunter looked down at her in surprise, glancing to Silver. "I'm thinking we need to find a healer fairly quickly. What do you think?"
The tiger growled in agreement, nodding his head before looking back to Stella.
"Alright- how are you feeling bad? Does your head hurt? Are you just sleepy?"
"Both." Stella said faintly, leaning her head against his palm.
"Uh-oh." Hunter said in panic as she fell over again, unconscious. "Yeah, we definitely need to get her to a healer. Probably the nearest one is in Callisto Islands, right? There are lots of water magi there."
Silver growled in agreement. He stood and motioned to his back to tell him to put Stella on him to carry.
"Alright- good idea. Let's get going before something else happens." He said, picking Stella up and looked down at the metal plates on Silver's back. They would probably pinch and scrape her if he laid her down on just the metal…
He looked around for a minute and set her down again, taking his cloak off and setting it over Silver. He picked Stella back up again and laid her down on the tiger's back, the large creature easily holding her weight.
"Alright, let's get back to Blitzen. Hopefully we can get the Callisto quickly." Hunter said uneasily, running next to Silver through the forest to get back to the elk.

Hunter stood at the edge of the ocean, looking at the island in the distance in frustration. Damn it, he hadn't thought this through very well. He was an earth magi- he didn't have any water creatures.
He looked to the left in the water as a large boat sailed into view- It was nearing a harbor in the distance. He ran back over to Blitzen, jumping on and flicking the reigns to get Blitzen into a full run. He held onto Stella as she leaned against him while Blitzen galloped toward the harbor in the distance at top speed.

"So, who are 'ye? What's with the girl?" The captain looked at Hunter skeptically on Blitzen, a frown on his large bearded face.
"I'm Hunter- battle magi- this is Stella, and she needs a healer quickly. She's beginning to run a fever." Hunter looked down at Stella as she gasped for breath, leaning against him.
"Aye, she doesn't look good. Alright, I'll take you to the islands. Let's get going, though." The captain said, lowering a large plank from the boat's side to the dock to let Blitzen trot onto the boat. Hunter stepped onto the swaying deck, looking uneasily at the water before taking Stella off of Blitzen, carrying her over to the side of the boat.
"Oh, no need for that. You can take her to the lower deck- there's a bed there she can rest on for the trip. We should be there by nightfall." A crewman pointed toward the stairs that led to the lower decks.
Hunter nodded in thanks and took Stella below deck, setting her down on the bed in the single room. He took a chair over from across the room and sat in it, looking down at her thoughtfully. To think that such a small and frail girl could hold such power…

What had that sorcerer done to her?