A/N Hello! I nearly died at the dentist yesterday, but I'm back! Seriously I did nearly die. I choked, because the stupid dentist wouldn't let me swallow my own spit. Yeah it's as gross as it sounds. lalalalalalalalala

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Something like me: Thank you! To be honest I don't like Evanlyn in book 2 and 3. but further in the series she's okay.

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Chapter 9.

May:

"We where visiting friends." The girl says, she stops and seems to think for a while. "Well, my mistress was. Then wargals attacked." I raise my hand.
"First Morgarath, now wargals. What are they?" I ask. Evanlyn looks at me like I'm an idiot. I just shrug. "I spent a lot of time traveling from town to town." I lied.
"Wargals are monsters, who follow the commands of Morgarath." Gilan explains. I nod, that makes sense. Kind of.
"Where did all the people go?" Asks WIll, who's staring at the girl. Real subtle Will.

"Don't know. They've been taking Celts out of their homes, I don't know where they're taking them." Evanlyn starts shaking, tears are welling up in her eyes. I step forward and put my hand on her shoulder. She looks up at me.
"It's okay, Nobody's going to hurt you. We have enough force to take down a very small army. We've got an apprentice knight, who knows how to swing a sword." I point to Horace. "One fully trained ranger, might be a bit cranky without coffee, but still a ranger. And two apprentice rangers. Maybe not as good as him, we can still protect ourselves and you." I joke to make her feel a bit better. It seems to work, because she lets out a small laugh.

"Will get a fire going, and make some stew." Gilan says. I tell Evanlyn to sit down and get some rest. We'll let her know when the stew is ready. Soon her breathing is regular and she's fast asleep.
"Horace tie those two up." Gilan says. Bart and Carney where, again, trying to escape. You'd think they would have learned by now, but no. They're still dumb enough to think they can get away with things. Idiots.

I walk to hunter. I think I have some healing herbs in my saddle bag, and I definitely need some right now.
"Hey boy." I say to him. "Just looking for something for my head."
How about a brain.
"Oh ha ha, very funny."
Yes I am a very funny horse.
"Yes the funniest." I mock.
You know it. Oh and Gilan is sneaking up on you.

"Trying to sneak up on me Gil?" I say without turning around. I can feel his arms wrap around me.
"Would I ever, ever do that to you?" He mocks. I turn around and look at him.
"Yes. It's kind of part of the training." I say back. He chuckles.
"Well I was just surprized how you handled that." He says.
"This might be a shock to you, but I can be sweet sometimes." I joke.

The girl, wait Evanlyn. I've got to stop calling her girl. Anyway, she must've been hungry. I'm looking at her wolfing down her plate, and then looking at the stew like it's going to run away. Will saw it too, because he put some more stew on her plate. And with the same appetite, also that plate goes down.

"Sir, can we maybe have something to eat?" Bart says some time during this.
"Of course not." Is Gilans happy response. I let out a small laugh, and continue eating. Will gave his plate to Evanlyn to use and he's waiting fer her to be done. I'm done before her and hand my plate to Will. He gratefully takes it, and mutters a thanks. Finally Evanlyn finished her second plate. Like she hasn't had anything to eat for a week.

"Why don't you tell us what exactly happened." Gilan says. Evanlyn nods.
"I don't know that much. Like I said, I was here with my mistress, visiting… friends." A slight hesatation. It's not much, but it's there.
"Is your mistress a noble lady?" Gilan asks.
"She's the daughter of… Lord and Lady Caramon, of Greenfield fief." Evanlyn says quickly. Gilan nods.
"I've heard of them."
"We where visiting a lady of King Swyddned's court, When Morgaraths force attacked." I can see Gilan frown in the corner of my eye.
"How'd they do that. The cliffs and the Fissure are impassable. You couldn't get an army down the cliffs, let alone across the Fissure." Gilan says.

"Halt says no place is ever impassable." Will says.
"Especially when you don't mind any lives lost." I finish him. Will nods.

"We ran into a small party of Celts escaping to the south," the girl says. "They told us how the Wargals managed it. They used ropes and scaling ladders and came down the cliffs by night, in small numbers. They found a few narrow ledges, then used the scaling ladders to cross the Fissure. They picked the most remote spot they could find, so they went undetected. During the day, those already across the Fissure hid among the rocks and valleys until they had the entire force assembled. They wouldn't have needed many. King Swyddned didn't keep a large standing army." Gilan makes a disapproving sound.
"He should have. The treaty obliged him to. Celts would rather dig in their ground than defend it." He gestures for the Evanlyn to continue.
"The Wargals overran the countryside, concentrating on the mines in particular. For some reason, they wanted the miners alive. They killed anyone else"

"Pordellath and Gwyntaleth are both totally deserted," Gilan says. "Any idea where the people might have gone?"
"A lot of the people in the towns got away in time,' she tells us. "They'll have headed south. The Wargals seem to be driving them that way."
"Makes sense, I suppose," I comment. "Keeping them bottled up in the south would prevent word getting out to Araluen."
"That's what the captain of our escort said," Evanlyn agrees. "King Swyddned and most of his surviving army retreated to the south-west coast to form a defensive line. Any Celts who managed to get away from the Wargals have joined him there."

"And what about you?" Gilan wants to know.
"We were trying to escape back to the border when we were cut off by a war party, I'm not sure, but I believe they where acompanied by a large grey wolf." My head shot up at that. It can't be.
"Our men held them off while my lady and I escaped. We were almost clear but her horse stumbled and they caught her. I wanted to go back for her but she screamed at me to get away. I couldn't … I wanted to help her but …I just …" Evanlyn couldn't get any further. Tears are welling up in her eyes, and roll down her cheeks. Gilan comforts her.
"Don't think about it. You got away, didn't you." He says.

"I've been hiding ever since," she says in a small voice. "My horse went lame about ten days back and I turned him loose. Since then, I've kept moving back towards the north by night and hiding by day." She points to Bart and Carney. "I saw those two a few times, and others like them. I didn't make myself known to them. I didn't think I could trust them." Carney fakes a hurt look.
"Then I saw you three earlier today from across a valley and I recognised you as King's Rangers – well, three of you, anyway, all I could think was Thank God. It took me most of the day to reach you." She finishes her story.

I'm hugging my knees and am staring into the fire. I'm still shocked due to the wolf she describes. It can't be, he's dead. I saw him die. He couldn't have done this. It must have been someone else. Yes that's it. It's someone else. He wasn't the only one who could do that. He can't be. Maybe it's just a coincidence. There are tons of large grey wolves. Myabe this one is just a regular one. Who happens to pass them. Maybe this girl didn't see it right.

"May? Are you still here with us?" I hear Will ask me.
"Hmm?" I look up. "Sorry, what where you saying?" I notice Gilan's gone. He must've taken the first whatch.
"Here's your plate back." He says, handing me my plate.
"Oh, thanks." I say. I take the plate, and get up. "I'm going to get some sleep, wake me up when it's my turn." I say before walking away. I walk to the shadows and lie down. I would shift, so I was more comfortable, but with everyone around I can't risk it. I close my eyes, and soon I'm asleep.

I wake up, due to Will. Looks like it's my turn then. I sit up and stretch.
"Morning." I look up to the sky. "Last whatch?" Will nods.
"About four hours left." He says. I nod.
"Where's your cloak?" I ask him.
"Gilan has it." Will says.
"Where's his?"
"Horace has that one."
"And Horace's?" I almost regret asking.
"Evanlyn." I should've known. I give Will mine and walk away. I walk past the two idiots, who knocked me out. One of them is asleep, and the other just looks uncomfortable. He glares at me. I just smile and wave, before disappearing in the shadows.

When I walk back, a little after dawn, only Gilan is up. He's sitting near the fire, and has his back turned back to me, and I smirk. I change and silently walk to him. I walk around him and lie down on his lap.
"May!" He quietly says. "What are you doing, what if someone catches you. Change back." I roll my eyes and shift back.
"Better?" I mock.
"Much." He says. "But seriously, someone could've seen it. You would've been dead then."
"Why because the three that don't already know are asleep." I point at Evanlyn, Carney, and Bart.
"Because, people tend to wake up every one in a while." Gilan says. He puts his chin in the top of my head. "And I don't want you to get killed because of some crook, as you put it, who believes you're an evil whitch." I can see the logic.

"Is anyone awake yet?" I ask him.
"Yeah, you, and me." He says.
"Oh really, didn't notice that. Can't you see I'm asleep?" I close my eyes and fake snore.
"You are?" He asks. "Well in that case, you wouldn't mind if I did this."

"AAH GILAN!" I shout when I jump up.
"Really? The great May is ticklish?" He asks. Horace, Will and Evanlyn all woke up due to my shriek.
"What's going on?" Asks Horace.
"May's ti..."
"Don't you dare say it!" I interrupt Gilan. He remains silent for a moment.
"May's Ticklish! Go get her!" He finally says. Then all three men turn to me.

"3" Will says.
"2" Horace says.
"Wait guys you don't want to do this!" I try one last time.
"1" Gilan says, and they all come to me. Damn.

A/N I don't like this chapter very much, I had no Idea how to end it. And I kinda got caught up in another story I'm writing. A Rise of the guardians fic. Not sure if I'll ever post it.

Oh and it might be a while untill I update again. I have to go back to the hospital tomorrow and have a lot of schoolwork to catch up with. add some tutor classes for math, and I don't have much time to write. sorry.

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