Thanks for the review, I'm glad you like Kalon and Vental I plan on having them around for the rest of the story. As for Nalia, I'm still trying to work out what to do with her and should get there in the next few chapters. As to whether Viconia and Aerie are going to get into any fights I doubt it both ladies have developed a respect for each other and their abilities even if they still don't like each other no fights. Keldorn and Viconia though is a different matter.

Sad to say that I think I'm getting to the end of this maybe 4 more chapters, other than that I have two endings and I'll make sure that I put both up.

Ailana was starting to become very worried it had been two weeks since Anomen and Imoen had vanished and there had been no word of where they were, Haer'Dalis and Aerie had not been heard from for 4 days and Ailana was beginning to worry as well. Her friends had been arriving for some days now and she was endeavouring to find places for them all. Edwin, Mazzy and Valygar were all living in Valygar's home, Ailana had argued that the couple could cope with Edwin if they needed to, Kevan was with Keldorn as Ailana thought it prudent to keep him as far away from Viconia and Soulafein as possible. Vental had been sent out with Kalon to meet Minsc at the city gates both men were on orders to behave themselves or else and she hoped that for once they would do what they were told to. Nalia had not reported in either and Ailana was just waiting to hear from Aerie before she sent someone out to the De'Arnise keep to find out what was happening there.

There were no rumours of anything being planed that Renal had discovered and while groups like the Order of the Most Radiant Heart were beginning to mobilise troops should they be needed Ailana was only too aware of the fact that her small group of friends, the knights and thieves would not be enough to defeat an army of demons like that Kalon had described attacking Candlekeep. The mages that were currently abiding with her or her friends had placed strong protection spells on and around all the bases so that the inhabitants should be safe from anything while there.

"Ailana!" Valygar shouted from the ground floor. Jumping to her feet she hurried down the stairs. She stopped half way down the stairs and saw what was wrong a glowing portal was slowly growing in the centre of the room, various mages scattered around the room were trying to close it but with no success.

"Can we not stop it?" Ailana asked Saervok who had moved to stand by her as soon as she had started down the stairs.

"I do not believe they can." He rumbled in response.

"Stop trying to stop whatever is coming through from doing so and let it. Once we have established its purpose here then we will deal with it." Ailana called.

"That is a stupid decision but I could not expect anything more from one like you." Edwin announced but he stopped all the same. As Ailana expected once the mages had stopped trying to keep the portal closed it flared brighter for a few seconds then vanished leaving two familiar figures standing there.

"We made it." Aerie said before collapsing back into her partners arms.

An hour later

"How are they?" Ailana asked the healer when he emerged from her friends rooms.

"They will be fine. Both have drained themselves both physically and magically but with plenty of rest they'll recover just fine." The woman replied.

"When can I speak to them?"

"I put them under a healing spell till tomorrow, neither seemed willing to rest unless I did so, they kept saying something about the fact that 'she's coming' frankly I did not know what they meant." The healer smiled and left the building.

"She's coming" Ailana repeated. "Who is she and when is she arriving?"

Now I really do have to say sorry for the length of time between updates. I got side tracked. Hope you like this chapter anyway