Meanwhile, Halt, Crowley and Will met up in the forest about 6 miles away from town.
"She's a natural, Crowley." Will stated. "It took her 3 arrows to hit a bulleseye and with the 4th arrow she split the 3rd one in half."
"Were did she learn that from?"
"I don't know, she said she learned it from me."
"And you don't believe her, Will?"
"No one's that good when they first start out. She had to learn it earlier."
"Which leads us to her past before the Ward." Halt said.
"It's going to be hard getting her to speak about it since even now she still hasn't talked to us much about anything let alone about her past."
"Just try talking to her Will, she'll warm up eventually." Crowley said. "The Gathering's coming up maybe that will help as well."
"Maybe, or it will do the opposite."
"Only time will tell, Will. Right now she needs as much help as she can get."
Later that night, Will walked into his cabin and saw something strange. He saw Alyss and Saya sitting near the fire, talking. He closed the door behind him and hung his cloak on the hook. Alyss looked up at him and smiled.
"How was your day?"
"Different. How was yours?"
"Great, I was able to teach Saya some new words."
Saya nodded.
"That's good."
Saya dismissed herself and went to bed. Will poured a cup of coffee and sat by Alyss.
"I tried talking to her, and I got some things of her past from her but she is still not as vocal about it as we would like."
"So what did she say to you?"
"She said she never knew her parents, she was raised by her aunt and uncle, and entered the Ward when she was 7."
"Did she tell you who brought her there?"
"No, when I asked her she was just quiet, she went into a blank stare."
"Must have been hard for her."
"Yeah it must have been."