What's that smell?… It smells like someone's cooking… no… it smells… like… "SMOKE!" Charleen awoke in heat as she saw the dining room engulfed in flames. The once just dead bodies sitting at the table were now charred black singes just waiting to crackle and turn into dust. "Oh no… no no no! ZAR!" she looked to her left to see her mabari still knocked out on the floor. The young lady shook his side hoping to wake the hound. "Zar! Zar get up! Come on boy… Get up!" in her attempt to awaken Zar Charleen decided to take a glimpse back at the table only to see the building slowly collapsing around it, "ZAR!"

*whine… Whine… whine*

"Get up please," tears were beginning to form, "I don't want to lose you too…"

The mabari's ears perked up as its nose started to twitch *Bark!* suddenly he jumped up on to his feet, *Whine*

"Let's go boy! Come on!"

The two left the dining hall looking everywhere in hopes of finding some kind of escape route. But everywhere they turned, the building's structure seemed to be collapsing, it was falling to piece around them. Charleen then pulled Zar towards what seemed to be an untouched window. Once she peeked through it she saw the lake below that was always ever close to their home.

"Here Zar! We have to jump."

*Whine*… *Bark!*

"Come on!"

First Charleen backed up then ran and once on the edge of the window she jumped. Once in the air she straightened her body, hands first in order to cut through the water below. The next thing that could be heard was a splash. After sinking as far as her body would allow her to go she swam back to the top only to see Zar still in the air almost about to land in the water on his forelegs. Another splash can be heard but not without a whining noise to start.

"ZAR!"

As she helped her mabari out of the lake she realized what had gone wrong, he entered the water incorrectly. His forelegs had been injured in the entry, he needed a doctor.

"By the Maker!" Charleen looked at Zar's legs in worry then around the area for a boat, "Don't worry Zar I'll get you help just… Just… Just stay there!" Soon she spotted one of the boats that the servants would use to bring her parents into the center of the lake for their 'whatever' time. Upon arriving at the boat she found something on the inside. A broken bottle, with red liquid dripping out, "What in the void is this?"

"His phylactery!"

"The building!"

"I told you that elf told us too late!"

Charleen turned to see two Templars behind her arguing. "No shit you two are two late! My home's destroyed!"

"Sorry ma'am" said one of the Templars as they stopped arguing.

"It was this elf," said the other as he pulled the elf by her arm to the front of him, "She hesitated to warn us and—"

"No I did not! You two just didn't believe me!" said the elf as she pulled her arm away.

"Boa?!"

"Charleen you have to understand I ran to them as fast as I could to tell them about the attack but they didn't—"

"Wait! How did you know about it?!"

"I ahh…"

"You… When I told you about the secret passages! You told Ben how to get into the castle," Charleen ran up and tugged Boa by the front of her robe.

"Charleen, please understand, I went to go get help."

"Why did you tell him?!"

"He threatened my life… I—"

"My family! They're all dead because of you, do you realize that!"

"Charleen I—"

"Everyone's dead! I trusted you!"

"I—"

"An accomplice of the mage?" asked one of the Templars.

The other Templar took Boa by the arm, "Should we execute her, my lady?"

"No please!"

Charleen stopped paying attention once the Templar took Boa from her hands, "everyone's dead," she whispered, "Zar!"

"My lady please—"

"I don't have time to deal with you! You freeken knife eared! You know what," She looked at both the Templars, "Don't kill her because you know what I'm going to do?" She glared at Boa, "Every freeken knife eared that I pass I'm going to kill them."

"No!"

"Yes, and before they die I swear on my life! On my HOME! That I will tell them that 'Because of the actions of my servant named Boa, you're going to die by my hands.'"

"My lady—"

"Every single one Boa! So that they know that you're the reason why their dead and when you die and go to wherever knife ears go you'll meet them and they'll all know that you're the cause of their death!"

"Charleen…"

"Don't kill her just… Get her out of my sight; I've got to get some help for Zar."

As the Templars and Charleen parted ways, tears began to develop in Boa's eyes, "I'm so sorry Charleen," she whispered.