A/N: We're getting to the good bits, folks. Sorry if this chapter is a little short, I threw everything off with last chapter's extra bit at the end.

Flynn sat on the bed, deep in thought. Yuri rolled over from where he was lying next to him to look at him.

"What are you thinking?" he asked.

"My uncle needs to be stopped quickly," Flynn replied.

"Well, yeah. Obviously."

"I'm thinking of skipping sleeping in Deidon Hold and just going straight to Zaphias."

"Then what? Rest in Zaphias? We're more likely to get caught, y'know."

"Maybe not even that. Maybe we should just immediately head up to the castle as soon as we arrive."

Yuri sat up, frowning. "That'd be pushing it, Flynn. From here to Zaphias is a full day, and we need to be fully rested for when we raid the castle."

"From Deidon Hold to Zaphias is still a good half day. A half day of hard riding is not going to be the most refreshing thing; if we go at a good speed."

"If we could find a safe place to stay the night in Zaphias, we wouldn't have too much trouble," Yuri murmured.

"What if we slept outside the city's walls? Our horses will attract too much attention in the streets anyway, so we'll have to leave them out. If we use a camp to keep the monsters away from them, rest there the night, then move them a little farther away and use another one, we should be able to easily get in and out without too much trouble."

"You say it isn't going to be too much trouble, but he's the Emperor, remember. He's gonna have a lot of guards, and we don't really have a way to get through them. We can hardly announce we're the heirs, after all; they think you're dead and I'm missing."

"We could use one of the secret passageways. I sincerely doubt my uncle will be expecting any type of attack, so going through that way would be our best bet."

"And if we're caught?"

Flynn hesitated. "I'm not sure..."

"They're gonna recognise me. Worst comes to worst, just act scared."

"What? But Yuri, I can't leave you alone.."

"We don't have any choice, Flynn. If we want to take this bastard down, we have to make sure at least one of us has free reign. That'd be you."

Flynn gazed at Yuri a moment, then sighed. "Alright, fine. But this will only be a last resort, understand?"

"That's fine by me," Yuri replied with a shrug, lying down again. "Now get some sleep. We need to leave early in the morning."

A/N: Oh, excuse me. A 'little short'? How about, a 'lot short'. This is so freaking short it shouldn't even be a chapter.

But next chapter HAD to be a separate chapter. I'm so sorry, my lovely little readers...Next chapter will be better, I promise!

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