"Hot..." Días groaned.

"Hot..." agreed Hiaski.

"Hot..." repeated Shazara, just for the sake of repeating.

"Hot..." Días huffed wanting to get the last word.

They had been traveling for 4 days, in the desert, and trying to reach the Great Rift. It was a good thing that there were desert animal they could hunt and eat. When the sun fell, it had become alarmingly cold. The two fanalis, being unprepared for the journey, would have frozen to death if is was not for Shazara who took out a fur blanket out of her bag. She used her own fur which was attached with the mask and long enough to cover her as long as she curled up her body. Then Hiaski was the one who offered to hold the bag, strangely, it was not heavy.

The fanalis were heaving for breath at the hot climate and Shazara seem to be doing well.

"How you be okay? Are you not hot with that mask and the fur!?" groaned Días. Truthfully, it seemed extremely hot just looking at the young girl.

"What makes you think I am not dying of dehydration?" asked Shazara.

Hiaski gave a weak chuckle, "The fact that you are not slouching and gasping for breath?"

Shazara shook her head and smiled bright, "Actually I think I will pass out any moment..."

THUMP!

"Never mind, I meant now."

Hiaski and Días looked at her bewildered before looking at themselves.

"HOLY MOTHER OF RAIN!" panicked Días, "ARE YOU DYING?!"

Shazara learned that Días liked to give exaggerated panic response.

"What do to... To do what... Do what to..." muttered Hiaski.

Shazara learned that Hiaski liked to mess up with sentences for panic response before actually passing out.

The two fanalis not knowing what do that started to walk around in circles around the limp body of the young girl.

"WHAT DO ME DO!?" screamed Días.

"Me ask don't" said Hiaski and started to look around.

"What are you saying?!" groaned Días in panic and started to look at the girl. Días knelt beside Shazara and poked her arm trying to see if she was still alive. She twitched.

"She's alive."

"Días," Hiaski called out.

"What?"

"Pick her up," he said sharply.

"What?"

"PICK HER UP! WE ARE GOING TO THAT TOWER!"

It was cool and she felt liquid travel down from her mouth and throat. Shazara groaned a bit before picking up her hand to her face to see if her mask was there. Feeling it was safe since her mask was there, she opened her eyes.

"Are you awake, Shazara-sama?"

Hiaski, Shazara recognized and turned to look at the older male fanalis behind her mask.

"Where are we?" she asked as she sat up and looked around. It looked like some kind of cave.

"A tower, my lady... that's what it was suppose to be but we seem to be in a cave."

Tower? Cave? What?

"I don't understand," groaned Shazara.

"In fact, we don't either," laughed Días.

Suddenly they heard a chuckle that made them jump in alarm but Shazara could tell by the amount of rukh that was gathering behind the boulder. The rukh sang in delight and attention from the person behind it.

"Who are you?" asked Shazara as she lowered her guard.

Seeing their savior lower her guard made the two fanalis panic.

"Don't lower your guard!" cried Dias.

"My lady, we do not know what we are confronting so please stay in your guard."

Shazara shook her head as they heard the chuckle again.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything bad!" A man with long pale braided long hair walked out of the boulder.

Shazara's eyes widened at the beautiful sight before her. The rukh danced gorgeously around the said man and the man smiled just as beautifully.

"Hello, Shazara-hime," he greeted. "I am Yunan!"

Yunan had explained about the dungeon and etc. to the group of three. After getting told about being able to have the power of the king something clicked in Shazara. Everything flashed white that made her squeeze her eyes shut. When she opened them again she saw a familar man with blue hair, a braid. Another man with glasses and a girl with pink hair. Another woman with dark blue hair with two braids, then Shazara turned to her side to see a man with a very toned body with the head and neck of a wolf. Eyes sharp and sky blue.

"Shazara-sama?"

Shazara was blinked awake. She was pacing out?

"Why are you crying Shazara-sama?"

Shazara touched her cheek only to be wet. Shazara quietly laughed and looked at Yunan who looked at her with knowing eyes.

"It's nothing," Shazara whispered.