And now, for the next chapter, something new! Well, kind of anyway. A reminder: my two OC's from Finding: Answers are named Abaddón and Lilitu. Abaddón means destruction, ruination, while Lililtu means of the night. I'll also be introducing two new characters, who are... well, I suppose you'll have to read and find out!

Finding: Trust~ Chapter 3: Tarik:

The Son of Adam was alone when we walked into the clearing, leaning against a tree and breathing hard. His eyes were closed, and though he surely heard us, he did not move from his position nestled between two large tree roots.

Abaddón growled and stalked up to the tiny form. "Where is the faun?"

"Faun?" the Son of Adam asked.

"Yes, the faun," Abaddón said. "Tumnus, the traitor."

"I don't know where Mr. Tumnus is."

"Help us and we will make your death more swift."

"It's still death."

"You would rather have a slow and painful death?"

"I never said that."

"You said-"

"I said whether I die quickly or slowly, I'll be dead either way."

"These are rather pessimistic thoughts. Do you want to die?"

"I never said that either," The human's eyes remained closed. "I do not believe I will die today."

Abaddón snorted. "Enough of this. Where is the faun?"

"Are you hard of hearing? I already told you. I don't know where Mr. Tumnus went."

"Which way did he go?"

"How should I know?"

"Humans have eyes, do they not?" Abaddón mocked.

"Of course we do."

We waited. The human's eyes remained closed.

"Tell me. Were your eyes even open as the faun scurried away?" Lililtu growled in exasperation.

"Of course they were."

Lililtu huffed. "Abaddón, we do not need the human to tell us where the faun went. We will find him with or without it's help."

"Tarik," Abaddón said, still looking at the human. "Tie the human up again, then take him to the camp. Do not let him out of your sight. If he tries to escape again... just keep him in one piece."

The two Wolves sniffed the air and the ground, searching for a trace of the faun. Then they hurried off, deeper into the trees.

"So. Tarik," the human said. "What sort of creature are you?"

"Open your eyes and find out."

The human made an interesting sound, almost a sigh. "I wish I could."

"Do all humans speak in riddles?" I burst out. "All the time?"

"Not usually."

I stepped forward and grabbed the human's paws.

"So what type of creature are you?"

"We will not go through this again."

"If we listened to each other instead of arguing, you would know that I am actuallyunable to see anything."

"It is not necessary for us to listen to a prisoner," I said. I quickly brought its hands behind its back and tied them with thick, braided ropes. Other creatures would have had trouble getting such tight knots with such thick rope, but one must account for the certain amount of strength a Minotaur has.

Wait.

"You cannot see?"

"What happened to not listening to a prisoner?" the human laughed.

I turned the human around so that I could get a look at its face. Its eyes were finally open, but they were a little glazed and unfocused.

"I saw you snap Her Majesty's magic wand with a puny sword. You jumped off a cliff and aimed directly at it. You were able to see before. So what happened?"

"I don't know..." the human said, rolling its eyes. "I was attacked and knocked unconscious by a pair of Wolves who follow a witch who imprisoned me in an ice dungeon, and who was planning on sacrificing me on a Stone Table for betraying my siblings for a few sweets. Maybe your Wolf buddies hit me on the head too hard. Maybe it was a complete accident. I don't know. All I do know is I can't see. End of story."

"Come on," I ordered, ignoring the human. "You can walk to the camp, then I will finish tying you up."

"So... what type of creature did you say you were again?"

"I never did," I said. "I am a Minotaur."

The human was silent the rest of the walk.

:) Hello, everybody. I'd like to introduce you to Tarik, the Minotaur. Tarik means dark. Tarik, this is everybody! I know you'll get along fine... for now. :)

So here's one of the new characters, and a new point of view. I wasn't sure about doing a whole perspective based off of Tarik, simply because of how the story ends, but I needed a new point of view and creating him was the best way to do so. Again, sorry for the short chapter! Tumnus's chapters are extremely long, so please bear with me and we'll get through the short chapters!