Owain listened to Arya and Quin's stories, quite quietly at that. "Ah," he exclaimed, "so that's why the two of you are way out here."
"Yes, Owain," Quin said, "and as for why you found me crying I'm afraid the answer is through there." She pointed to the small berry bush hiding the portal to Talonthorn.
Owain looked at the bush. "You say there is a portal there? Yes, I see it but I can't believe it."
"They are everywhere if you look hard enough, Prince Owain," Espeon said, now fully calmed down from the incident, "the only problem is your aching blood doesn't allow you to look. You should really get that looked at."
Owain just smiled. "My sword hand may thirst for blood, but I manage thanks to my mom."
Quin smiled, "that's good that Lissa is helping you."
Arya nodded, "I agree. If Lissa didn't help you what would happen if you accidentally lashed out at your cousins?"
"I'd rather not think about that," Owain said.
All of a sudden a blast of fire hit a nearby tree, scorching the wood.
"What was that?!" Quin shouted, "Espeon, can you see anything?!"
"Working on it," Espeon said, jumping onto Quin's shoulder to share his power. His eyes glowing a bright aqua blue, Espeon spotted something in the distance. "3:00, 30 meters out!"
Quin stringed Moonlit Striker and notched an arrow, pulling back. Arya drew a Chakram and faced the same direction. Owain's sword hand spasmed.
Espeon waited until the person seemed ready to do another attack and then spoke, "Now!" Quin and Arya attacked in unison.
Neither expected for a young green haired swordsman to be who they were attacking.
The swordsman reacted purley on instinct, dodging the Chakram and blocking the arrow. "Hey! Don't you two recognize me?! It's DJ!"
Quin, shocked, dropped her bow. "DJ?! If you were the one following us, where'd that explosion come from?!"
Arya picked up a strange stone. "This might explain it. Fire Crystals are all over this place, he must of thought one was a common red rock and thrown it."
"Yeah, she's right," DJ said.