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Shang Fire
Vampiric Eternity
Chapter Three: Warnings
"Everyone have everything?!" a firm man's voice snapped through the group of shang. A group of muttered 'yes' responded.
Kel was in the back of the group as a watch. She was wide awake her glaive there for easy excess. She watched the wood around them cautiously.
"Do you hear something?" Alanna asked cautiously.
Kel shook her head. "No, I feel it though."
"Whats going on?" Neal rode back. "We're moving." he said.
"Nothing." Kel responded moving along a bit closer to the group. Hours passed and yet Kel still couldnt shake that forboding feeling. They stopped for a midday rest. Kel stood at the edge of the shaded clearing watching the woods.
Alanna watched the girl with curious facination.
"Keladry is hard worker strong too." Kalerik the leader said. "She's a great fighter."
Alanna turned toward the tall lean blond haired man. "You should send people out into the woods."
"Why?" Kalerik asked.
"You never know whats out there." Alanna said.
"We are ready." Kalerik replied confidently.
Alanna shook her head and turned back toward Kel but shes wasn't there. She stepped toward where Kel was and heisitated. She didn't seem the type to need rescuing. She headed back into camp taking a seat by the fire to eat.
"Wheres Kel?" Tya's voice said over the fire angerily. "She didn't help set our tent up!"
"I'm not sure." Alanna replied gazing at the flustered girl.
"Well when did anyone last see her?" Neal asked taking his seat by Tya.
"About fifteen minutes ago." Alanna replied thoughtfully.
"Oh she'll come back. She probably just went to train." Tya replied dismissively.
"Who's not here?" Kalerik asked.
"Kel." Tya said rolling her eyes. "Alanna thinks something is wrong."
Kalerik smiled dryly. "Are you always so optimistic?"
Just then Alanna sneezed twice. She swore under her breath. "Who's using magic?"
"No one here." Kalerik answered and turned his eyes to Neal.
"Me! no." he exclaimed.
"Check the woods!" Kalerik cried out.
They were surprisingly quiet as they all headed off in different directions. Alanna and Neal took off in the direction she saw Kel dissapear to. The two stumbled into a clearing to find Kel standing next to Numiar Salmalin fighting a group of bandits. A small fox was caught in a trap behind the bandits.
Alanna charged in and took out one when she saw flash behind her and Kel's glaive swung cutting off the head of a man behind her. Before Alanna could thank her she was after another retreating form.
Alanna ran after another dropping him. She glanced around the clearing and found them all dead. Neal was kneeling helping the fox out of the trap. Kel was sitting leaning on a tree. Numiar kneeling by Neal.
"Lioness!" Neal's voice called. "You'll have to heal this its too deep for me."
Alanna knelt down. "Go see if Keladry is hurt." she said. "Numair are you ok?"
"I'm fine." he said quickly one hand gently stroking the fox.
"Kel?" Neal asked approaching her slowly. She seemed to only have minor injuries a cut on her cheek was all he could really see.
"Hello." Kel replied gazing over the scene before her.
"Do you need healing?" he asked.
"No." Kel replied. "Who is he?" she asked gesturing to Numair.
"You don't know?" Neal asked incredulously.
Kel shook her head. "Would I ask if I knew?"
"Thats Numiar." Neal said and grinned when Kel almost fell over.
"The mage!" Kel exclaimed. "Dear mithros...he didnt need my help." she muttered. "I was probably in the way."
"No actually I thank you for your help." Numair called across the clearing.
Kel studied the ground a moment. "The fox?" she inquired.
"Daine." Neal replied. "She's a wildmage."
Kel nodded having heard of her and paused. She gazed up at a tree. She caught a flash of movement. She slid a throwing star from her belt and threw it. A loud swear and crash were heard as a man fell from the tree. The man stood up having only been hit in the arm.
"Kalerik!" Kel exclaimed. "Sorry."
"Your aim is too good for your own good." Kalerik growled.
"What were you doing?" Alanna asked placing the fox into Numair's arms.
"I was scouting and I saw you guys I was about to jump down when she threw the star." he muttered and tossed the star on the ground in front of her.
Kel picked it up with stiff movements. "Sorry."
Kalerik grinned. "Thats an amazing arm Keladry."
"Thank you." Kel said wiping her star on the ground.
"What happened here." Tya walked over to Neal who smiled.
Kel lowered her eyes and attached her star to her belt. "Wheres Numair?"
Alanna looked behind her and he was gone. "I'm not sure."
"I'm right here." Numair said emerging from shadows with a girl at his side. The girl was a little older than kel with grey eyes and curly brown hair.
"Hello." she said.
"Daine." Alanna said. "Daine may I introduce you to Keladry of Mindelan, Tyanna, and Kalerik."
"Hello." she repeated.
"Well Lady Alanna are you done trying to play hero?" Kalerik said sarcasticly. "We need some rest."
"Yes lets head back." Alanna said nodding.
"Will you be coming also?" Kalerik asked Numair and Daine.
"If we arent to much trouble." Daine said sweetly.
"No it's fine." grumbled Kalerik and turned to go.
"What are you doing here?" alanna said turned to the new couple smiling.
"Johnathan sent us for you." Numair replied.
"For what?" Alanna asked.
"He just wondered what was taking so long." Numair asked grinning.
Alanna scowled. "Just checking up on me."
Kel pulled herself up leaning on her glaive.
Numair eye'd her. "You did a great job." he said.
Kel nodded her thanks.
Alanna looked at her. "You have some skill with that glaive."
Kel nodded again.
"Keladry are you ok?" she asked studying the girls pale face.
"Yes." Kel replied.
Tyanna looked at her worriedly. "Kel you look really bad." she said stepping toward her friend.
Kel swayed a moment. "I-i-m fine." Neal walked toward her as she fell forward running to catch her. When she fell they saw the wound to the back of her head.
Blinked a moment. She was strapped to her horse. "It's bright." she murmered.
"Kel!" Tya voice exclaimed. "Your up."
Then Kel was being shaken.
"Ok ok stop." she growled.
"Will you stop that the girl has a head injury." the lioness' voice barked
Tya drew back onto her own horse sheepishly.
"Welcome back." alanna smirked looking at her.
"Where?" Kel asked blinking rapidly.
"We'll be at Corus in a little over an hour." Alanna replied.
"What!" Kel flung herself up. She would have fallen off if she wasnt strapped on.
"Careful!" Alanna said steadying her.
"We were like two days from Corus before!" Kel complained.
"You were asleep." Tya said nodding. "I was really worried."
"You should have just told me." Neal drawled. "But no you said you were fine."
Kel glared at him.
"Nealan cut it out." Alanna warned.
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