Fall of the East: Chapter Eight

As soon as he saw her, he lifted his sword and pointed it towards her neck, while other guards carrying crossbows stood up on the roofs of the surrounding houses, and trained their weapons towards her.

"What is the meaning of this!" Korasi asked in surprise, wanting to take a step back from the sword but not daring to move while in the line of fire of the crossbows.

The guard growled and jerked a thumb over towards another guard standing nearby. " One of our recruits here reported you arrival to our village, but that's not all, he also noticed that you left some ink on his fur, and claims that you were using that substance to hide your true identity." He snarled and Korasi's eyes widened in shock as she recognized the guard from earlier…she had touched his shoulder, right after applying the ink to her mark! She quickly looked down to her shoulder and her heart almost stopped as she realized it was still visible. "Crap" Korasi muttered under her breath as the guard noticed it to and a snarl emitted from his throat "Easterling!" he hissed. Korasi took a step back but a hiss passed right by her face as one of the guards let loose an arrow that dug into the wall behind her, and she froze.

"Don't try to escape, I guarantee you won't live if you do." The wolf growled and beckoned to other guards with his hand to approach. Two more wolves entered the inn took their place on either side of her, their swords drawn and ready as they quickly apprehended Korasi.

Korasi didn't object as the guards chained her and led her away to what she presumed was their jail. The building was fairly small, with only two cells, each having a bed crude lavatory, and outside was just a simple desk with a crossbow on it. One of the wolves roughly pushed her inside after taking away her satchel and tossed it onto the desk after shutting the barred door and locking it. "Now let's go back and get the other one, that newcomer must be from the East as well!" insisted one of the other guards but the first snapped his jaws together "No! We need to guard her and wait for the re-enforcements from Warfang, I've already sent a messenger hawk to the city." He said firmly and crossed his arms, standing just outside Korasi's cell. "But think about the prestige we will receive if we apprehend both of the Easterling's they've been searching for!" offered the other and the first seemed to mull over this offer. "These cells are re-enforced with magic from the mages of Warfang themselves, she's not going anywhere" said another and the leader gave in with a nod. One of the wolves pumped his fist into the air and rushed outside, followed quickly by the rest. Before the leader left, however, he turned around at the door and glared inside Korasi's cell. "Now listen to me you Eastern rat! If you even try to escape, we will hunt you down and kill you before you can even make it back to your wasted country!" he snarled and slammed the door behind him.

Korasi grinned as the door shut, if they thought they could keep her locked up in here, they were wrong.

Tapping the walls, she examined her tiny cell for weaknesses, but didn't detect any of the spells they had been talking about before, perhaps they were lying? Korasi charged a lightning bolt within her maw and shot at the lock of the cell. It deflected and ricocheted off bouncing off another wall of bars and nearly hitting her just as she jumped away from her own incoming bolt.

"I guess not" Korasi muttered as she picked herself up from the straw covered ground. "Damn it, I need to get out of here…" she said quietly, knowing that Rem had to be warned. If he was captured, she wouldn't be able to fill out her masters wishes, and personally, she'd rather find out about Rem's powers first before those accursed wolves. With any luck he would rip them limb from limb! Getting up, the dragoness scouted around, looking for whatever might come in handy. She searched the crude lavatory which was a simple tin bucket, luckily, it was new and only had dust on it.

"Guess their usually isn't many visitors here" She thought to herself.

Korasi checked under the bed and noticed a chisel and a woodblock. She guessed it was to let the prisoners have something to do…and as he eyes slid from across the room she smiled. Quickly grabbing the chisel, the wood block and the tin bucket, she placed the chisel down as she began to stretch the bucket, her strength was no match for it as it quickly bent and snapped into two. She then bent the bucket further to make an arrow-like pan. She set it aside as she picked up the chisel and the woodblock and began to curve it into a stick, also indenting a thin groove in the middle of it. She attached the pan to the short stick and made a makeshift homemade shovel.

"It'll have to do I guess…" Korasi said and took the chisel once more and began to pry out one of the wooden planks on the floor below her. When the mages were casting their spells on this facility they were clearly thinking only about elemental powers, and not sheer force, as the plank broke away, revealing the space between the floor and the ground. Slipping through the hole, she quickly pulled the broken plank across the exit along with some straw, before crouching down and squeezing out into the street, luckily there were no guards waiting outside the prison.

"I bet they are waiting for him to leave the inn like they waited for me…" Korasi thought.

Going back inside, Korasi located her bag and reached inside for her claws, before swinging the satchel around her neck and heading back toward the inn. She reached it just in time to see the guards arresting Rem, who was struggling against the bonds they were trying to place on him. Korasi's eyes widened in shock and ran forward, slipping the metallic claws into place and leaping into the air with a vicious scream and sunk her talons into the nearest guard, who dropped dead to the ground.

Rem struggled against the guard's grip, punching and slashing out to force them back. When the dragoness from earlier returned and attacked the guards, the fire dragon nodded in thanks and bolted back inside the inn and rushed into his room. With his baby sister on his back, Rem allowed her to slide off into his satchel and broke through the window and flew almost straight up to exit the crossbow range. When they were high enough, Rem called down to the other eastern dragon.

"Korasi! Get out of there! Let's go!" with that, he began to wing his way over and out of the village, turning south towards the border. Only when he was a good few miles away from the village did he set down in a small clearing to wait for her.

The twins had remained on the street until Reya and Crow were no longer in sight, and even then, Lee was reluctant to move. Eventually though, with Ty's persistent nagging, Lee gave into his demands to go back to the flat. The place seemed rather empty without Crow or Reya around, but Ty told his brother to take heart in the fact. Crow was going to come home healed and they wouldn't have to worry about his health anymore. Things would finally get better for all of them. As Ty went off to bed, Lee remained by the window seat that looked down into the road below, watching as the townsfolk made their way home until all that remained were a few guards...Lee's eyes narrowed as he saw one leap up onto one of the rooftops and take point, towards the inn? His eyes widened in shock as another waited outside the entrance, their sword by their side. Stumbling through the darkness and into the room he shared with Ty, he practically fell on top of his brother, who snored and wacked him with his paw. Lee grimaced before cuffing him over the head "Wake up! Wake up you ninny!" he hissed. "Huh…wazzat? Ugh…Lee just take my shift for me today" he moaned but Lee grabbed him by the scruff and pulled him over to the window. "It's still night Ty, but look, there are guards set up around the Inn, that's where Rem is!" he said quietly, putting out the single candle that he had lit beside the window. Now fully awake, Ty's eyes widened in understanding. "We've got to warn him, before he's caught." said Lee, but Ty gave him a confused look. "Why? What do we owe him?" he asked and Lee paused, he had a point. "Well...it's what Crow would want. I would rather just tell him Rem had to leave fleeing the guards then tell him his friend from the East was dragged away to be executed." he said flatly and Ty nodded in agreement before the two quickly got dressed and rushed out the door, heading down the narrow wooden steps and out into the street below. It seemed they were already too late to warn him, however, for Rem had just broken out the window, sending glass flying everywhere, while the guards tumbled out after him and fell, howling, to the ground while he simply spread his wings and soared through the sky. "Korasi!" he shouted to the dragon that stood in the streets "Get out of there! Let's go!" and the twins looked at each other in confusion. Who was she? However, they didn't have time to ponder about it, because she was instantly attacked by the guards, and after a moments hesitation, Ty and Lee jumped into the fray, knocking them out in quick succession. "Come on, move it!" Ty hissed to the female, grabbing one of the guard's swords and leading her towards the village edge. Lee ran beside him in shock "What have we done?" he squeaked as he looked back to the guards that lay unconscious in the square behind them.

Warfang

Reya looked around nervously as she walked inside the bustling establishment, Crow still in her arms and immediately she was noticed by one of the nurses, who rushed up to her. "What happened to him?" asked the Anthro Fox curtly, her face half hidden by a scarf to protect her from sickness. "Blood poisoning, he's been suffering from it for quite some time now, the healer in Ridgewood said that he needed magic to cure him." explained Reya, anxiety high in her voice. The nurse nodded in understanding "I see, his vitals seem stable for the moment, which is good, but we don't have a healer here who deals with magic, you'll have to take him to the academy." she explained and quickly scrawled down something on a piece of parchment "give them this, they'll make sure he is looked after in their healing ward." Reya hesitantly took the paper but looked back at the nurse pleadingly. "Is there really no one that could cure him here?" she practically begged. The fox gave her an odd look but shook her head. "Our warlocks moved to the academy about a year ago to take up their profession there, they won't turn you away, don't worry." said the Fox kindly and Reya turned around and left the hospital in a daze. How could she possibly take him there! With a sense of foreboding, the dragoness turned around and walked back outside, heading towards the looming academy in the distance.

It was almost unfathomable to Reya...how she could walk through the city streets with a dying dragon in her arms, and no one noticed. No one even spared her a second glance, as the morning light glared down on the city, promising the day to be unbearably hot. Already, it was rather uncomfortable as the pair slowly made their way towards the academy, Crow leaning heavily on her shoulder as she guided him through the roads as the citizens pushed and shouted and rushed to wherever they were going. Beggars lay near the side of the road and Reya could hardly bear to look at them, fearing that one of them might be the younglings that had lived with them for a time, should she have come back and tried to save them? Could she still? No, not now anyways, she had made a promise to see Crow to safety not only to herself, but to the others as well. "Can I help you, Miss?" asked a Dragon and Reya blinked in surprise to find herself on the steps of the academy. "Yes, I…have a note from the hospital." she said, steading Crow as he stumbled slightly, his eyes were still glazed over, as if he couldn't see or hear what was going on around him. The dragon took the slip and skimmed it over, his eyes widening in shock as he read it through. "This way, hurry." he said and got to his feet, leading the way through the academy. Reya thought she saw Infurnus and ducked her head, trying to avoid attention. Soon enough, they reached the hospital ward and Crow was handed over to a healer, Reya held his hand tightly before he was taken away, and she prayed to whatever God there might be that she would see him again. "So, is he your brother or something?" asked the Dragon who had escorted them to the ward, and Reya shook her head. "He may as well be, but we aren't linked by blood." she explained and turned to leave, but then bit her lip. Where would she stay? The white scaled dragon seemed to read her thoughts and held out a paw. "Would you like to stay at my dorm while he's being healed? We have a spare room." he offered meekly, his eyes looking towards the ground. Reya glanced over and really looked at him this time. He was about her age, clearly one of the students studying at the academy, he was of a slim build, and had rather sharp features, and instead of horns, he sported a frill that made its way all the way down his neck to his tail, which ended in a sort of crescent shape. With a slight smile, the fire dragoness nodded. "Sure, I'm Reya." she said quietly, and the dragon looked up in surprise. "You will? Great! I mean-" he cleared his throat "I'm Viserys."

Reya's eyes widened slightly at the mention of his name. Viserys...it was familiar to her, one of the names given only to the high ranking families of the West, otherwise known as Dynasties. Her thoughts travelled back to her youth as the pair walked through the busy hallways of the academy, and she suddenly paused and looked over to him. "Are you of the Antilles Dynasty?" and Viserys smiled slightly and nodded. "Yes, I do belong to that family, but how did you know?" he asked, slightly confused, but Reya merely smiled back and continued walking. The white dragon remained still for a moment, puzzled before quickly catching up. "You are a strange one; tell me, where to you hail from. You must be from one of the Dynasties yourself, to so easily recall my house." he asked but the Dragoness shook her head. "No, I...don't belong to the dynasties. I just live in Ridgewood with a few of my friends, and I'm currently training to become a blacksmith, what, do I not look the part?" she said with a laugh as Viserys gave her a quizzical look. The male dragon quickly held up a paw "No that's not what I, I mean you do look the part, it's just uncommon to hear I suppose..." he rambled and Reya couldn't help smile as she listened to him. "And what about you? Studying to become a magician? A lord of your house?" she asked as they arrived at the dorm. The main room was lavishly decorated with drapes and carved tables, clearly meant for the upper class students. "My Father does expect me to take his place as head of household when I finish my studies..." he explained, but his eyes looked away as he said the words, as if they disappointed him. "But, you don't want to, do you?" asked Reya as they walked out onto the balcony together. Viserys shook his head "No, I want to be a healer. All my life, I wished to devote my time to helping others, but my Father and I don't see eye to eye. I'm an only child, he has no other heir to the Dynasty, and when my mother passed away, my fate was sealed. She agreed with my idea of travelling abroad and becoming a healer, which is mostly why my Father allowed me to study here, to honor her wish. But as far as my Father is concerned, after I compete my studies here, I must take his place...I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bore you with my dull story!" he said and leant against the brass banister of the balcony, a forlorn look on his face, but Reya shook her head and stood beside him. "No, I don't mind at all. In fact, I understand." "Forgive my misbelief, but I don't think you quite-"

"We were five, when we first met...you and me. I was only a girl, with no real knowledge of what the world was truly like, and yet, that was the day our parents arranged our wedding." she said quietly, her eyes faded as she looked off into the sunset and Viserys stood up, his eyes wide, as if he was seeing her for the first time.

"...Reya? It cannot be you...they said-"

"That I died? No...They were too ashamed to admit that I had run away from them. I wasn't even gone for two weeks, when they wrote me off as dead." She said bitterly, her heart heavy as she recalled her past. "They grieved for you...we all did." Viserys said quietly, his voice soft as he tried to comprehend what was happening. Reya looked glanced towards him before looking down at the railing, its deep caramel colour reflecting the setting sun in such a way that it almost appeared to glow. "I want you to know that I didn't run away because of you, because of us, although that was partially the reason...I didn't want them running my life. I felt...trapped, like I was trapped behind bars, screaming at the top of my lungs, but no one could hear me..." she whispered, her voice breaking. She had never spoken of this to anyone, not to Crow, not even the twins. Viserys was silent for a moment "Reya I..." His voice hung in the air, as if he wanted to say something important, but then he looked away I'm just glad you're alive." he said quietly and the Fire Dragoness looked back over the city. "Will you tell them? That I'm alive?" she asked but Viserys shook his head "I won't." he said softly, and Reya closed her eyes in thanks.

Ridgewood

"Korasi! Get out of there! Let's go!" Rem called from above as Korasi fought off the guards on the ground. Distracted by the dragon's shout, the wolves took their chance and pounced on her and Korasi cried out in surprise as she tried to fight back, but just before she was overwhelmed, the guards were pulled off and someone grabbed her forearm and she was pulled onto her feet.

A wolven face appeared before her as he yelled "Come on, Move it!" and began to pull towards the town gate. She noticed another Wolf kicking one of the guards aside and running alongside them. They definitely weren't guards, but they seemed to be just as well trained as them. For a split second, the dragoness thought about breaking free of the wolfs grip and just flying back to finish the guards off, but thought otherwise as she noticed one of the armoured wolves start slotting in bolts for their crossbow. "Best to live to fight another day" Korasi thought and she followed the two newcomers. As they rushed out of the village and into the forest, Korasi glared at the two wolves, who now that she could see them both clearly, looked almost identical.

"What did you guys do that for!" She growled at them "I could have taken care of it myself!"

"You can thank us later!" snapped Ty as they rushed into the forest, pulling the dragon along behind them. As soon as they reached a clearing, Lee dug his heals into the ground and threw out a hand. "Wait- someone's up ahead..." he whispered his green eyes glowing in the darkness, but he relaxed when Rem stepped into the clearing, "Oh, it's only you." he said and glanced back towards Ty, who was looking just as uncomfortable about their past actions as he was. Suddenly, his brother pulled out a long piece of white linin and quickly handed it to the black dragoness. "You should keep that mark covered, it could cost you your life here." he said in a hushed voice before walked over to Lee and speaking quietly to him. "What are we going to do now? We attacked the guards in the village, they'll never let us back without arresting us first!" he muttered and Lee nodded his head, a fierce frown etched on his face. "Who are you anyways? A friend of Rem's? You should have known better then to come here with that marking uncovered." he said indignantly, tapping his foot into the ground and crossing his arms.

"I would have, but the guard noticed it before I had a chance" Korasi replied half lying "And, I wouldn't say Rem and I are official friends, we just met."

"I see." said Lee shortly and turned towards Rem now, and noticed he was carrying an infant with him. "Who's that? Your kid?" he asked, rising an eyebrow as Ty looked nervously back towards Ridgewood. "We should move further in, it won't be long before they manage to regroup and send a search party after us. Since you are obviously new here - uh - new eastern dragon, you should probably know that your kind is not welcome in this country." He said with a slight frown.

Rem glowered down at the Anthro wolf, his eyes flashing white as his anger built. Calming himself with techniques that his mentor had taught him a while back, Rem's power slowly disappeared and the male let out a sigh. "She is my baby sister actually." he said in a matter of fact tone as he gathered a few soft fallen leaves from around the group and placing them over the items in his satchel, creating a small nest inside. Placing his sister in carefully, she popped her head out so that she could see everything around them. Hearing the calls in the distance, Rem shook his head and sighed, "Let's go before we are caught..."" he glanced at Korasi, "again."

"We'll come with you, are we heading back to Warfang to meet up with Crow?" asked Ty and took a step forward but was roughly pulled to a stop by Lee. "What do you think you're saying, we can't leave!" he insisted "Much less go with them!" he added, lowering his voice. Ty frowned and turned to face him. "We don't have a choice, we cannot go back to Ridgewood now, we should at least try to rendezvous with Reya and Crow, they could be in danger if word reaches the city before they have a chance to leave it!" he implored and Lee bit his lip. "Fine!" he muttered after a while and the twins stood side by side while glancing towards Rem.

Korasi watched the wolves argue from the sidelines as she thought about the current mess she was in. If only she hadn't gotten caught, perhaps she would have been able to finish her mission and go home, but now all of them were in trouble. She shook her head at the thought, there was no reason to be guilty about this! The misfortunes of these wolves and Rem were the least of her worries, all she needed was a way to extract that "white power" from Rem and give it to Alto. The only problem was she had no idea how to do it. If she just killed him, that power would be lost forever, plus, with these two wolves here, she felt uneasy about attacking Rem, as she did not know the extent of their capabilities. They obviously held no love for the Eastern Dragon, but Korasi wasn't one to take unnecessary risks. No…it was a better idea to just stay with them for now, and wait for the best opportunity to strike.

"I'm sorry about all of this." Korasi said suddenly, not actually sorry at all but intent on befriending the twins. She turned to the one that was appeared to be more aggressive and spoke to him directly "I didn't think I would get caught, and I apologise for dragging you two into this mess especially, and for yelling at you earlier. Thanks, by the way." She added with a slight smile, trying to put her charm to work. As the silence persisted, the dragoness decided to strike up some more conversation "I don't suppose you could tell me your names?" she asked to the wolves and glanced over towards the tiny dragon that Rem was carrying on his back. "I wouldn't mind knowing hers either" she added with a slight smile.

"Heh, and why should we tell you anything? Apparently, you aren't even friends with Rem, so we sacrificed our position in the village for nothing." snapped Lee, leaning against the trunk of a large pine, but Ty pushed him into a shrub with a sigh and stepped forward. "I'm Ty, and that talking bush is my twin brother, Lee." he said with a slight smile as the bush growled indignantly.

One of Korasi's eyelids twitched a little at Lee's rudeness, but calmed down as she figured his sour behaviour was understandable. Korasi smiled at Ty "Nice to meet you Ty, I'm Korasi." She looked at the bush and gave it a polite nod before looking to Rem. "So you're Rem? I finally know your name, are you going to name your sibling?" She asked gesturing slightly in the direction of his satchel.

Rem looked slightly confused for a few silent moments before answering. "I don't know... I have never really been good with names. Maybe Crystal. Yeah, I like that. It fits her well." he said as he looked to the sleeping hatchling in his satchel. "I just wish that we were not three of four eastern dragons left in the world... after what Alto did. The memories of the attack still haunt me. Sometimes it still baffles me that Crow and I were even able to escape the village at all..." the fire dragon trailed off for a few moments before sighing and looking around the clearing. "It would be almost impossible for Korasi and I to get into Warfang unnoticed, but maybe you two can sneak in and inform Reya of what happened." he suggested as he turned to the twins.

Ty frowned slightly as Lee extracted himself out of the shrub and dusted himself off. "Not a problem, we know that city like the back of our paws." he said confidently, but Ty stopped him. "Wait a moment, the guards saw us attack them, if word reaches Warfang before we do, everyone will be looking for us too. It might just be a better idea to wait until Crow and Reya return, we can simply sneak back into the village and leave them a note, and meet up with them somewhere safe." he said, speaking more to Lee than the others. His twin looked at him with a shocked expression "What? Just, leave them behind? No way! We've got to-" "Neither Reya nor Crow will be held responsible for our actions, sneaking into the city just to warn them of our faults would be bringing unnecessary attention onto them, something we cannot risk." said Ty calmly and Lee bit his lip in deliberation. "We could at least wait in the town for them to come home..." he muttered but Ty shook his head. "No, I'll go back and leave a note for them, then all of us should...well...where could we go?" he asked, looking towards the dragons for ideas while Lee quietly seethed in the shadows.

Rem looked around for any type of shelter nearby, but let out an annoyed growl as all he could see was trees, trees and more trees. "The only safe havens I know of where we could stay would be with the northern dragons or the southern. Both are of equal distance from where we stand, but the south has been known to ally with the western dragons..." mused Rem as he sat down and began to feed Crystal.

"Although both of are equal distance, we would have to trek through considerably more inhabited land if we decided to go North. The desert and jungle lie to the southern part of our country, leaving it mostly uninhabited, it would be easier to manoeuver un-noticed if we decided to go south...but leaving the West entirely? Has it really come to that? But if we did choose to leave the country, we would have to somewhere easy to find, somewhere Reya and Crow could meet with us, like one of the central cities." mused Ty as he sat down in the dewy grass, pulling out a few dandelions as he spoke.

"No, You are mistaken Rem. The southern countries have become independent with the western countries since they heard that violence has broken loose and destroyed most of the western capitol." Korasi explained and a sly smile crossed her face, perhaps she could tease them a little. "I heard this from travelling merchants but that's all they knew, Do any of you know what the causes were?" She asked looking around the group.

"No, we don't know anything." Said the twins at the same time as they exchanged uneasy glances. "Either way, we should just go South." added Ty, intent on getting away from the current topic, but Lee glared at him. "Wait, we have to leave that note for them, let me go back, it will only take a second!" he insisted and at length, Ty agreed. "We'll wait here for you, howl if there's trouble." he said, placing his paw affectionately on his brother's shoulder, but Lee just shrugged it off. "Don't worry, I'll be fine." he said and darted off into the woods.

Lee rushed through the dark pines, a dead branch cut his cheek in his haste but he barely noticed it, so determined to reach Ridgewood was he. As the wolf approached the city gate once more though, he paused at the edge of the forest. Near the gate, some sort of commotion was going on, his eyes narrowed as a large dragon surrounded by some sort of escort entered the town. Who were they? It was hard to tell in this darkness, even with his sharp eyesight. At length, Lee snarled and decided to enter the town anyways, it was probably just a traveller. Running across the short distance between the forest boarder and the town, the wolf pressed himself up against the wall, breathing rapidly as he glanced around for any sign of a guard. When he determined it was safe, he turned around and started scaling the wooden wall. Digging his claws into the soft bark, he easily ascended to the top and then dropped down onto a rooftop on the other side with a grin, it was just like the old days. Sneaking through Ridgewood, Lee slowly made his way towards the main street, where their flat was. He would have to use the back entrance, and then leave a note for them about where they were going to go, but silently cursed as he remembered they had only agreed on going south, and not an actual city. "Oh well, we'll probably just go to the capitol anyway.." he muttered quietly but froze in his tracks as he rounded a corner. The main street was swarming with guards and villager's, and many of the guards were heavily armoured, they were from Warfang! Had they really arrived so quickly? His eyes widened as he realized who the dragon from the caravan was...Reuel. The Guardian stood in the center of the crowd, talking to the citizens about the attack, glancing up towards their flat, Lee could easily tell that the guards were inside, ransacking the place no doubt. Their light was on, and shadows moved behind the twisted glass. Without drawing any attention to himself, Lee slowly backed up and disappeared into the shadows, before he started to run. Sprinting through the back ally of the town, he left the village the way he had entered and dashed into the forest. Breathing heavily he panted in exhaustion as he looked back towards the city. "That's it then...I can't get in...and those guards will be swarming the forest before long..." he muttered to himself. What could he do? Go back to the others? But he had to warn Crow and Reya, he could not allow them to stumble back into the trap set for them here. It was clear that Reuel would find out about them, he knew who Crow was, he would be able to guess that this was their home now. Lee slammed a paw into the tree nearby in frustration, Ty would never agree to let them all go to Warfang, and it was too risky for either Rem or Korasi anyways. But then...he didn't have to go with the others...he could go himself, and then lead Crow and Reya safely out of the City and towards the Southern border. Yes...that could work...but...Ty...Lee stood in the moonlight and gazed back towards where his brother was waiting for him. The two had never been apart for more than a day, they had always been together...it would hurt Ty a lot if he choose to go...but...it has to be done. "I'm sorry, brother." he said before throwing his head in the air and howling into the night. Shouts began to ring through the night and Lee knew it was time to go, without another glance back, he turned and started running through the woods once more, towards Warfang.