In Mzulft

27th of First Seed, 4E 206.

"Are you ready to go?"

Kato turned around slowly. His hair was standing on end, and he was shirtless. Not that he cared. Rhavaniel had seen him naked before.

"Hi, Rhavaniel," he said. "I'm just about done. I just need to put my armour on." He put his hair up and grabbed his armour so he could start getting into it. He tightened the straps and fastened his sword by his belt before grabbing his backpack.

This was one of those things Rhavaniel liked about Katla and those that lived with her. They were so blasé. None of them cared about showing some skin. It wasn't common in Skyrim. Most people were very worried about who saw them. She didn't understand it. Back home no one cared about that. Kato was like a breeze of fresh air in that way.

Kato walked up to Rhavaniel. "We can go now," he said.

They were headed to Mzulft to find something important according to the Psijiic. Mirabelle had informed them that a group of Imperials from Synod had expressed an interest in the ruins. That had been back before the war though. They hadn't gotten any help so they had moved on. Now Kato and Rhavaniel had to follow them. "So from experience, the Imperials we're going after will be dead or gravely injured because for some reason most people going into Dwemer ruins are moronic enough to get themselves killed," Kato said.

Rhavaniel chuckled. "And that comes from personal experience, huh?" she said.

"Unfortunately," Kato said. "I've been down into several Dwemer ruins and in all of them there were either dying or dead people."

"That is not great odds for them?" Rhavaniel said.

"No it is not," Kato said.

"So have you been to Blackreach?" Rhavaniel asked.

"Yes, we went down there. It is beautiful, but there are so many dangerous creatures down there and the air isn't great," Kato said. "It is like nothing else I've ever seen. It is a huge cave. The only light comes from some kind of strange crystal covering the ceiling and these mushrooms that can grow to be over ten feet tall. Falmer live down there with humans that they have enslaved. It is like its own world. With roads leading through enchanting landscapes. Small villages and a city. We didn't spend that much time down there. We were in a hurry to find an Elder Scroll so Katla could stop Alduin."

"I would like to go down there," Rhavaniel said.

"I guess we could do that," Kato said. "You think it will be viable for us to stay away for long? I mean with Ancano at the College?"

"The Arch-Mage and the Master Wizard can handle him," Rhavaniel said. "I'm not going to stress because of him. We can spend some time away. I want a week or two for my research and then I would like to go to Blackreach if you're up to it."

"You think you'll be able to finalize the cure?" Kato asked.

"Probably not but I'll get more of an idea of what I might need to continue," Rhavaniel said. "I guess we shouldn't decide anything until we're back out of Mzulft, though."

"Sounds like an idea. I need some time to gather things for my charge stones," Kato said. "I wouldn't mind going down to Blackreach again. I have an interest in Dwemer constructions so I'd like to go back. It's just not all that smart to go alone." He calmed a bear as they passed it so it wouldn't attack them.

They mounted their horses and then they were off. Snow still lay on the ground in thick droves, but at least the roads were cleared now. As they stopped for the evening Rhavaniel sent Tuiwon off to eat some grass from a sun-warmed hill. Kato took Kahzii's reins and saddle off before he sent her after him.

"I brought Tuiwon from back home," Rhavaniel said. "Unlike most horses around Skyrim you don't need reins or a saddle with him, he will go with me wherever I want."

"You can talk to him?" Kato asked.

"Yes, I can," Rhavaniel answered. "Certain dialects of elvish are understandable by animals. I know a few of them." She looked at Kahzii. "You have a good horse yourself."

"She is Nova's foal," Kato said. "Katla's horse."

"Ah, yes Katla would have gotten a good horse. That is not so surprising," Rhavaniel said. She placed meat and vegetables on a spit before holding it out over the fire. She had so many things on her mind. There was a potion she wanted to brew again and people at the College wouldn't leave her alone. She had all the ingredients she needed. She had brought everything. Now all she needed was a place to brew. Who knew maybe they would find a good place in their travels. Kato was after all not a problem. He was quite respectful when it came to the art of alchemy.

31st of First Seed, 4E 206.

Kato and Rhavaniel were travelling up into the mountains south of Narzulbur. Slowly the grand towers of the Dwemer civilisation came into view. Kato was telling Rhavaniel about one of the last lessons he had attended with the other novices before they headed out.

"So, they decided that we weren't allowed to practice that particular spell until we had gone through an extensive lecture," Kato finished.

Rhavaniel snorted as she laughed. "Oh, those lectures are so boring," she said. "I remember them." She looked off in the distance.

"Why did you even bother? You were a Master already right?" Kato asked.

"I just wanted to know how they taught up here, and as you already know I didn't feel like telling them who I was. Much like you yourself," Rhavaniel said. "That meant going through the motions until they promoted me to researcher and left me mostly alone."

Kato smiled then he shook his head. "What I dislike the most is corporal punishment. I didn't even perform the spell, yet I have to sit through the boring lecture," he said.

"That's the Masters for you," Rhavaniel said. "I'm so glad I don't have to bother anymore." She pointed ahead of them. "Dwemer made?" she asked.

Kato looked up at the stone arches she was referring to. "Looks to be," he said. "That is probably our path then. Do we want to bring the horses?"

Rhavaniel shook her head. "No," I don't think so. Tuiwon can look after them. He seems quite protective of your girl," she said.

"Do I have to worry about foals?" Kato asked.

Rhavaniel turned to Tuiwon and said something in that melodic language of hers that wasn't quite Tamrielic. Kato had been taught several languages over the years in Skyrim. He spoke Dragon Tongue and Aldmeris as well as Tamrielic. He understood Ta'agra the language of the Khajiit but had some trouble speaking it which was common enough among humans. Somehow Katla could do it and he had no idea how. He figured Rhavaniel probably knew a great deal more languages. That was something he was determined to learn once he returned to earth. He wanted to know more languages.

"Tuiwon promises that there will be no foals now as long as you don't go giving his girl to someone else," Rhavaniel said.

"As long as that is what Kahzii wants," Kato said.

"She seems to agree with Tuiwon," Rhavaniel said. "She is very intelligent. I do wonder what breed she is."

"Katla might know," Kato said.

Rhavaniel added a tick to her to-do list. Some day she would ask the Queen what breed of horse she had. It was probably not that important, but Rhavaniel sometimes liked knowing trivial things.

"I suggest we track our surroundings as we head up here just in case. I can track the dead. Can you track the living?" Kato asked.

"Can do," Rhavaniel answered.

"Then I suggest we make our way up there and see if any of the researchers that came by the College is still alive." Kato started heading up the mountain and checking every now and then for any signs of undeath around them. Behind him, Rhavaniel kept a lookout for the living. They didn't expect to meet any undead now considering the sun was out and shared its golden rays with the earth, but it was better to be safe than sorry. Halfway up the hill, there was a small building that they stopped to check out. It was mostly empty and looked like no one had been there for a very long time. Since it wasn't what they were looking for they moved on.

"Now that is a Dwemer ruin," Kato said as they reached a big building partially one with the mountain behind it. The golden door shone in the soft light of the sun. Steam spewed out of broken pipes sticking out of the walls. Kato had always wondered how the machines still worked after all this time. The Dwemer were amazing engineers. He walked up to the thick doors and pushed them open. "Shit," he breathed. A man was sitting just inside the first door. He was bleeding profoundly. "Sir, are you awake, sir," Kato said as he knelt next to the man.

"Crystal … gone …" the man managed to wheeze out. He coughed. "Find… Paratus… in… Oculory…" he coughed again.

Kato's hands had started glowing gold as he attempted to heal the man. It was too late though. He placed the man's body down on the ground slowly. "I'm sorry," he said. He needed more information. The mage had a journal in an inner pocket of his robes. There was a key there as well. He placed the items down on the ground before standing up. He lifted the body and carried it outside.

"What happened?" Rhavaniel asked.

"He was lying just inside bleeding all over the place," Kato answered. "He was too far gone for me to save him. There is a journal and a key back inside. I'm going to burn this guy so he doesn't have to be subjected to anything else." He placed the body down and held a hand out. Fire danced around his fingers. It shot out towards the body. The blue mage robes caught fire. He increased the heat until he could be sure that it wouldn't just go out. He walked back inside the ruin.

Rhavaniel looked up. "This only holds orders from the Council. That guy was supposed to deliver a crystal of some sort to the research team here," she said.

"He said that the crystal was gone," Kato said. "So we most likely have to find it."

"I guess you were right about these places," Rhavaniel said. She walked over to the door. "This is locked," she said and looked down at the key in her hand.

Kato nodded. "I'm not so sure we should go any further until tomorrow," he said. "I don't want to walk out there if it is full of whatever killed that guy without being well-rested. We're safe here so we should probably stay until tomorrow. We can start early; that doesn't matter to me especially not down here."

"So you suggest that we eat and go to bed right now, and then leave as soon as we're well-rested," Rhavaniel said. She thought about it for a moment. "Why not," she said. She turned to clean the blood off the floor. It would start stinking eventually if they just left it.

In the meantime, Kato disappeared outside and gathered up some fallen twigs to make a campfire. He wasn't sure Rhavaniel wanted to cuddle with him for heat. He was not about to assume anything just because he wouldn't mind. Twigs were piled up and set aflame. Kato opened his backpack up and started taking food out. "We should eat more for breakfast tomorrow than now. It isn't all that long since we ate after all," he said.

"Sure that sounds good," Rhavaniel said. She placed a fur out on the ground.

Once the food was cooking Kato got up and started pulling his armour off. He was not going to sleep in it. He grabbed a mage robe from his pack and put it on. He grabbed his own fur from his pack and placed it out.

It was cold outside. The entrance of the Dwemer ruin did not retain heat that well. Kato looked at Rhavaniel.

"You look like you are in pain, " Rhavaniel pointed out.

Kato sighed. He ran his hands through his hair. "I'm getting into my own head too much?" he said.

"About what?"

"Well," Kato said. "It's cold outside. And the best way to keep warm is by staying close together."

A mahogany-brown eyebrow rose slightly.

"That's how we usually do it," Kato said, not the least bit affected by the woman's stare now that he had gotten going. "Everyone would just bundle together. It keeps you warm." He wasn't suggesting anything but sleeping next to each other. He guessed his question could be taken as something lewd. That wasn't what he meant though not that he would apologise. He wasn't that unsure of himself.

Rhavaniel couldn't hold it in. She started laughing. "Meridia you are wonderful," she said. "Do you have a clue how uptight most of the people here in Skyrim are?" she asked. "We'll share body heat, sure."

"People are uptight?" Kato asked. He guessed he hadn't noticed much since he lived with people who would talk about just about anything.

"Yes, they are," Rhavaniel said. "They are not as bad here as they are in Cyrodiil. But you can't talk sex with Nords unless they are tavern wenches, and even they don't like talking about it. Saying something like sharing body heat would immediately be understood as a way to get them to bed. I guess sex is sex to you and not one of those stupid euphemisms."

"That would be a correct assumption," Kato said. "If I want to have sex I'll use the word not some talk-around phrase." He moved a spoon through the stew he was making. He gave a small smile. "Khajiit are good if you want people who are to the point and don't fuss around," he said. "Having sex with them can be a little painful though, but it all depends on what you are into I guess."

"Personal experience?" Rhavaniel said.

"Yeah, personal experience. She is fun though I can't deny that," Harry said. "Tara. She's Naya's cousin."

Laughter spread around the room. Rhavaniel hadn't met someone new that was so free-spirited in a long time. She guessed it was explainable by what company he kept. She would have a lot of fun with this one she could tell. That was good. She would've hated ending up having to work with someone she couldn't stand even if he was the Queen's brother.

Kato finished cooking the food and they ate slowly. There was no rush.

After cleaning their bowls up they laid down on their pelts. Kato snorted out a chuckle as Rhavaniel moved up behind him. If some Nords saw them now, they would think he was such a wimp. His eyes closed slowly. A soft sigh escaped him.

1st of Rain's Hand, 4E 206.

Rhavaniel placed the key in the locked door. "Ready to go?" she asked.

A smirk spread over Kato's lips as he pulled his sword out of its scabbard. "Let's go," he said.

The corridor beyond the door was dark but not pitch-black. Little jade lights were burning in holders along the walls. It didn't take them long to find another dead mage from Cyrodiil. Gears spun and pumps moved. The ambient noises made it hard to hear other things… like Dwemer spiders, for example.

"Spider," Kato said and sent a fireball off towards the long-legged mechanical creature. He watched as Rhavaniel moved forward and rammed a bound knife straight down into the base of the gyro on top of the spider's body. She sent lightning through the blade and the spider twitched. Kato turned and looked towards a vent that was emitting steam. Continuing up through the ruins, they walked slowly. More spiders showed up and they dealt with them quickly.

"Now, that looks spiky," Rhavaniel said as she pointed towards a spear trap on the floor. She took a step back as fire passed her and the spits shot out of the ground.

"Now the real question is do we go that way," Kato said as he walked over to the other door. "Or this way." He tilted his head to the side. He wasn't all that interested in taking any unnecessary detours. "We need the crystal right?" he said almost to himself. A hand was held out and a blue light spread around his fingers as his eyes closed. He focused on the crystal even though he didn't actually know what it was. It was harder that way. But not impossible he realised as he opened his eyes, a blue streak spread out before him. "I guess we're going this way," he said.

They continued and the ruins gave way to caves with dirt-covered floors. They continued until they found a big insect.

"A chaurus," Kato whispered. He switched from his sword to his bow. "I don't want to get any closer to it than this," he said as he placed an arrow on the string of his bow. He raised the bow and fired the arrow. He pulled another arrow and aligned it. He moved to the side as a blob of green goo was spat their way. He fired another arrow.

The insect collapsed to the ground. A brown eyebrow rose questioningly when Rhavaniel walked up to the insect and mumbled excitedly in some kind of elvish. She summoned a dagger and cut into the chaurus' soft underside. Kato took a step back as stuff came pouring out of the insect. He walked around the carcass and up a wooden ramp. He found another of the mages. This one seemed to have been dead just a bit longer. He was decomposing. Kato burned the body in as hot a flame as he could produce.

Kato backtracked and stopped next to Rhavaniel. "There are plenty of those down in Blackreach. Do you think you could wait and study them then instead?" he asked.

Violet eyes looked up at him. A sigh escaped her lips. "Fine," Rhavaniel said. "I guess we should hurry up so everyone isn't dead when we get to the bottom of this." She stood up and washed her hands off.

Kato raised a hand and sent off a bolt of fire towards the wooden construction. It would take care of the rest of the bodies lying around.

They continued down the road. The cave led back up to ruins again, and they re-entered the Dwemer buildings. Kato placed his bow back on his backpack so he could grab his sword. They moved quietly taking out most of the automatons in their way. As they delved deeper, they found a room littered with machine parts.

"At least someone has been destroying them," Rhavaniel noted.

Kato nodded. "We might get a hold of someone who knows what they are doing down here," he said.

It quickly became apparent to them that it might have been Falmer that had destroyed the machines. It didn't bode well for the researchers.

They continued tirelessly through the ruins until…

"Now this looks strange," Kato said as he picked up a stone with dwarven metal attached to it.

"That might be the crystal that the missive talked about," Rhavaniel said. She reached out and touched the stone. "At least we have the missing piece. Now, all we have to do is find where it is needed."

Kato nodded and grabbed a backpack strap so he could pack the stone down. He fished two apples out of the pack. They had eaten some time ago but he was hungry.

"This door is locked," Rhavaniel said. "This is where we need to go isn't it?"

Kato breathed in slowly as he cast his Clairvoyance spell. Just like Rhavaniel thought the streak led straight to the door she was standing by. "Great," she muttered. "So, now we have to find a key."

"Down there probably," Kato said as he pointed towards a long corridor.

It didn't take them long to find the key. All they had to do was destroy a centurion.

Kato picked up a couple of Dwemer cogs.

"What are you doing?" Rhavaniel asked.

"Oh, Arniel asked me to gather some Dwemer cogs together for some experiment of his," Kato said.

Rhavaniel shook her head in disbelief.

"Well you don't expect him to do it himself, do you?" Kato said.

They headed back to the locked door. Kato placed the key in the lock of the big double doors. He pushed the doors open. "Want to bet that the doors up there need a different key," he said.

"Don't," Rhavaniel said. "I'm not up to searching through everything just to find another stupid key."

"G…Gavros… is that you? A male voice asked from the other side of the door when Harry pushed it. "I'd almost given up hope. Let me get the door." The doors opened up slowly. "What the…" the mage on the other side said. "Who are you? What are you doing here? What have you done with Gavros?"

'Wow, one question at a time dude,' Kato thought. "Gavros is dead. We found him by the entrance," he said, starting with the question he thought was the most important right then.

The man sighed. "It was the Falmer wasn't it?" he said. "Curse them. They have ruined everything. If Gavros is gone there is no hope. He was supposed to return with the crystal. Without that all our efforts are wasted," he rambled on. "And you, if you are here for treasure or wisdom or anything. I'm afraid you have wasted your time."

"We found a crystal just a little while ago," Rhavaniel said as Harry took his backpack back off so he could show the crystal.

The Synod mage's eyes widened. "You found… how in the world…" he said. "That's it! That's it… I don't know who you are… but you may just have saved this little project." He sounded excited. "In fact, who are you anyway?" he asked almost as an afterthought.

"I am Rhavaniel and this is Kato. We are from the College of Winterhold," Rhavaniel said.

"You are, are you?" the man said. He didn't sound too happy. "Savos wouldn't even grant us an audience when we came to you, but now you come here expecting something from me?"

Kato raised a brown eyebrow. "We're not the Arch-Mage. I doubt I was even a part of the College when you came by," he said.

"I… I guess you have a point. I still don't like this much I tell you. But you saved my skin so maybe I can overlook the past for now," he said. "Come on I'll explain how this place works on our way up." He turned around and started walking towards a stone ramp. "It didn't work the first time around. I tried to tell Gavros, but he wouldn't listen. 'No it won't be too cold,' he said. Well, I was right, wasn't I? It focused completely wrong by the time we got here. The cold had warped it. Gavros had to cart it all the way back over to Cyrodiil. Left the rest of us here to fend off the damnable Falmer."

Kato looked over at Rhavaniel. He wasn't about to interrupt the man but sheesh. She smiled and winked at him, and he had to suppress a chuckle. The most unbelievable part of his story though was the fact that he had gotten over the border twice in wartime. That meant that the Thalmor were okay with this project and that they had found a way across that wasn't guarded. Kato would need to send word to Katla about that.

"No matter what Gavros said this was my idea and the Council is going to hear about it," the mage continued. "I was the one who thought of using this… this Oculory. I don't know what the Dwarves called it. Something unpronounceable I'm sure. From all our research it seems like they were intent on discerning the nature of the divine. This machine, all of it, was designed to collect starlight and then… I don't know. Split is somehow. It was my idea to replace one of the key elements with our focusing crystal. Months of enchantments went into it. Let's just hope they got it right this time." He fell quiet as they continued up the ramp.

"Here it is. Magnificent isn't it?" he said as they reached the top.

"It is beautiful, yes," Kato said. He wasn't as impressed as the man might have wanted. He had seen a place similar to this one before. It looked very much like the strange machine back in the Tower of Mzark. He would love to stay and study it for a while though. He focused back on the mage.

"…took an incredible amount of work to get it running again. Now I hope it will all be worth it," he said. "Place the crystal in the central apparatus, and we can start the process of focusing it.

Kato walked up to the centre of the machine and placed the crystal in a slotted space. He backed off a little bit as the circlet spun half a turn. "What do we do now?" he asked. Just because he had solved the previous puzzle, it didn't mean he could solve this one. The other one had been mostly luck anyway.

"The crystal has to be focused now. It was made so far away we knew some adjustments would have to be made. Heating and cooling it will cause it to expand and contract which will change how light passes through it. I assume you can perform the spells necessary to do that," he said. "I will manage the controls up above." He moved up to a set of buttons.

Kato looked up at the crystal. He sent off a small jet of flames at it first. Nothing happened. He looked over at Rhavaniel. "Do you want to?" he asked.

"No you seem to be doing just fine," Rhavaniel said. She leaned back against the wall and looked down at her nails.

Kato rolled his eyes. He looked back up at the crystal. If heat didn't do it then cold had to be right. He sent a chilling cloud towards the stone. The beams of light moved. He kept sending ice towards the stone until the beams had lined up with the moving panels so that the beams would reflect off the gems attached to the ceiling once the panels were placed correctly.

"That's it stop right there," the Synod mage said. He reached down and pushed the buttons.

The horrible sound of metal grating against metal assaulted their ears.

Rhavaniel reached up and covered her ears. 'That's horrible,' she thought. Her eyes travelled up so she could follow the panels as they moved around. She wished the noise would stop. Then the light gathered and projected onto the wall. Violet eyes turned towards the collection of light. It was a map. A map of Tamriel… or it would have been Tamriel if it had been complete. She looked over at the mage as he made it down.

"… But what is this," he said. "These results; they are not at all what they should be. This projection should be lit up like the night sky. Something is creating an incredible amount of interference. Something in Winterhold it looks like." He turned towards Kato. "What are you playing at? Is this some kind of attempt to stall my work? What have you done?" he cried accusingly.

Kato raised an eyebrow. He had no clue what the man was on about.

"Did you know what we were attempting? Are you here to make sure that your plan worked, that our efforts have been for nothing," the Synod mage exclaimed. "Well explain yourself!"

"I have no clue what you are talking about," Kato said. "We haven't tried to ruin anything."

"Don't try with me. You show up here just as our work nears completion. And now I can't get any results from this because of something at your College," the man said. "Do you think me a fool? Do you think I was too stupid to make the connection? You have ruined my work. How did you do it?

"Really, just shut up we haven't done anything to ruin your precious little experiment here," Rhavaniel said. "We haven't got a clue what you're on about."

"Either you are lying to me, or…" he said irritably. "You have something at your College, don't you? Something immensely powerful. Beyond anything, I'd anticipated. What is it?"

"The Eye of Magnus you mean," Kato said. He was losing his patience with the man.

"The Eye of Magnus? Well, I suppose… if that means what I think it does. Well, that's interesting…"

"What are you on about?" Rhavaniel asked.

"You are looking for something, yes… The Staff of Magnus," the mage said. "Well, even if you are trying to ruin my work. There is still something to be learned here. I can't explain the details. That would be giving away many secrets the Synod have learned over the years. Also, I doubt you'd be able to comprehend the details."

Kato moved forward and grabbed onto Rhavaniel's arm so she couldn't attack the man. "Not yet," he murmured. "We need to hear what he has to say."

"Have you seen the Orrery in the Imperial City? It was the inspiration for this idea," the man said. "Instead of projecting the sky, we project all of Tamriel, and then harvest the late energies to overlay the positions of… What is important is that this was supposed to reveal to us sources of great magical power. Purely to help safeguard the Empire of course. And yet here only two locations have been revealed to us, one is your College. The other well… that can only be Labyrinthian." He turned away from the map on the wall. "So mages from Winterhold despite your intentions I have beaten your little game. Even if all you have said here is lies. I know that you have something in Winterhold that the Synod Council will be very interested in. So fine, trod off to Labyrinthian in search of your Staff. I shall return to Cyrodiil and give a full report to the Council. This is not over I assure you," he said.

"Oh, I'm sure it is over, little mage," Rhavaniel said. "You don't seem to understand who you are dealing with at all. Certainly, no one at the College knows who I am, but you would know. Rhavaniel Aluriel once Archmage of the Arcane University. I left because of fools like you."

Kato shook his head. "Do you really think you can scare us by mentioning the Empire? A dead Empire run by Thalmor. You are in Skyrim now and we don't take lightly to errand boys of the Thalmor. You have no power in Skyrim anymore," he grabbed unto Rhavaniel again. "He's an idiot but there is no reason to kill him. I'm sure that there are plenty of creatures around that can do that for us." He gathered magic in the palm of his hand.

Rhavaniel realised what he was about to do. She started sending power over. She had no clue what spell he was attempting, but she wanted to do something to that pompous moron.

"What are you doing?" the man said. "I'm a mage from the Synod. You can't…"

Kato touched the man. He'd done his best to increase the power of his fear spell.

The man backed off and whimpered. He stumbled away from them before he started running as fast as he could.

"I guess that's good enough," Rhavaniel said. "I should have packed some fear potions. I could have made him really paranoid."

"Yeah, that won't hold for long. Of course, chances are that he'll get himself killed on the Giants down the road," Kato said.

"Why couldn't I just kill him then?" Rhavaniel asked.

Kato shrugged. "He'll have a chance of survival now," he said. "And he'll get a chance to regret his behaviour. The only thing I regret is not letting Katla or Rashall or someone know he was here and they somehow got into Skyrim despite everything."

"I can send Ianith," Rhavaniel said. "Then him being alive still might serve a purpose. If we can find the road on which they entered. I'll send a message to Vivianna. I know she is down in the Rift with Ulfric's men."

"Thank you," Kato said.

"I'm an Eye of the Queen. It is my job to help the Queen," Rhavaniel said. She sighed. "And we have to go to Labyrinthian."

"That place is sealed though," Kato said. "I travelled through there years ago. The doors were locked tight. And not with a regular lock either. There was magic involved."

"So we most likely have to go back to the College then," Rhavaniel said. "So we can get out of here and go about our own business for a while."

"Sounds good," Kato said. "Maybe we should rest here tonight though. It is getting pretty late."

"Yeah, sure why not," Rhavaniel said. "Just let me send that message first." She summoned a white raven and sent him off with a message to Vivianna. Hopefully, they would plug whatever hole these people had crawled through.