Slowly opening her eyes, she froze as she felt something touching her hair. Looking up in alarm she realized it was Dreams fingers running through her hair. wow, that feels...nice Relaxing when she had found the source of the touch, she smiled up at him. "Well...hello."

She wondered to herself if he had to be anyones playmate during his time as a slave. What a sad thought. It should be a mutual attraction and a readiness to want to have that kind of intimacy, but what other choice would a slave have? Her face must have betrayed her somehow as she felt his hand cup her face and move it up in order to look into his eyes.

He looked down at her. No smile crossed his face, but his eyes had softened. They still seemed half asleep. "Good morning." He laced his fingers through her hair. He looked up for a moment, but when he looked back down, she had turned away. Her face seemed so sad. He did not know what to do to comfort her. He decided there was only one thing he could do. Carefully his hand slide down from her her to her cheek, then under her chin, lifting her head up. Once she was looking at him, he spoke softly.

"Hey... Whatever it is... Its okay, alright?" He looked to her. He moved and kisses the top of her head.

Blushing slightly, "O-oh yes, I suppose it is." Her eyes looking around she noticed it was still dark. They had been going back towards her other companions when she had realized she had turned herself around. "I suppose we should head back toward the others now..." She didn't want to move from this comfortable position by his side but knew there was safety in numbers.

Sighing regretfully she untangled herself from him and started to get up. "This is embarrassing but I think we need to head back the way we came." Shaking off her safe feeling she had when she was with him, she went back on guard for any type of danger. She stretched just a bit, letting her wings flap back and forth for a moment. The scarlet on them was barely visible but you could just make it out.

Dream looked at the girl. His heart sank a little. "Yes, we probably should be heading back." In truth he had forgotten about going back to the others. For a moment he was simply enjoying himself. Allowing himself to relax with her next to him. He let her go however, allowing her to get up. It almost made him laugh to learn they were going the wrong way.

He stood up and stretched. "Well, I suppose we should start retracing our steps then."

She noticed again how toned his body was as he stretched. Wow what a man... She closed her eyes and let her senses show her the way. Turning northward, "They should be this way." She held out her hand to him. Would he take it? They had shared a moment but maybe that was all it was? He could go back to being so cold, she would find out in a moment if he took her hand or not.

When he dropped his arms from stretching once more he noticed the girl's hand. He looked at her, and took it carefully. He looked at her and for the first time in what felt like centuries, he smiled. "Well then. Perhaps instead of meeting up with your friends, we should head to the camp. There is a sensational smell coming from that way, and I have not eating in what feels lke forever now."

Andre paused when Keith motion for them to hold their position. He held his breath for a second, trying to calm his frayed nerves. He knew whatever was in that cavern had Tzip, and he had to do anything to free her. He didn't know what he would do without her, he couldn't live on. He took in a deep breath as Keith called them both over. He pressed himself against the wall opposite where Keith stood. He could see a large massive creature with flailing tentacles all about it. He couldn't see Tzip anywhere around or near the slimey looking beast. He looked at the other two men. "We got to be careful, I don't see Tzip anywhere." He said in hushed tones. He would have used his dark elf hand signals, but he doubted either man knew them since they were only taught to dark elves and those who worked with the dark elves. "I'll move in and distract the creature and you two can sneak in and get in a couple of good sneak attacks." He added, glancing back at the creature.

Bard kept himself still and quiet as he waited for the all clear. Once it was given he followed Andre to the wall. He stood next to Keith, pressed up against the wall as Andre had done. He listened to the the elf's plan as well as listened to the Wind Spirits. They were telling him something about the beast and the girl. Something about the girl being in the beast, but he wasn't understanding what they were saying. He kept his mouth shut about what the spirits were saying, he didn't want to give false information. He glanced into the room where the beast was, he couldn't see very well but he could smell and sense the monster ahead. It was massive and dangerous, Bard wasn't sure if they were going to defeat it.

Shojiro and Kojiro were both so lost. They looked at each other, frustration burrowing their brows. They looked opposites ways, trying to pick up the scent of their lost father. "I think it's this way, Ko." Shojiro said, his hands on his hips. His brother shook his blonde head at him. "No, Sho, it's this way." He said pointing to the left of them. Shojiro sighed at his brother, Ko wasn't all that great at directions. "Then let's go forward." Shojiro said. Kojiro shrugged his broad shoulders at Shojiro. They strarted forward, into a large grouping of brushes. They were both unaware of any other people who could be near nor the little camp they were about to intrude upon.

What a beautiful smile! "I don't know if you could call them friends as I just met them and don't know very much about them yet." Thinking about his suggestion, she could smell a delicous aroma wafting through the air, assulting her senses. I am super hungry myself, but I don't want them to worry.... Perhaps she could send them a message to let them know she was safe and to head on to the camp without her. Yes, that would work.

"I'm going to send them a message so they will not wait on me unnecessarily." Closing her eyes in concentration a glowing sphere appeared in front of them. Popping suddenly a beautiful bird with wings of scarlet appeared in front of them. Opening her eyes, she whispered her message to the bird and telling it to speed away to her companions. Hovering briefly, the bird suddenly took off towards where she had last seen them. She would know soon if they had gotten her message. The bird would return with a reply as soon as there was one.

Turning back to Dream, "Shall we go?" Her stomach gave out a small gurgle. She was famished.


Hearing voices coming from the woods nearby, Prygus tensed as he got closer. Silently he launched himself up into a massive tree. This way he could see what and who was coming this way without revealing himself just yet.

Keith nodded his head. It was as good a plan as any. He turned and looked at Bard, then slipped into the shadows. If he was going to do this, we has going to do it right. When he emerged from the shadows he was on the other side of the entrance. He took a deep breath. Growling low under his breath, he waited for Andre to go.It struck him then that a squishier member of his party was going to serve as the distraction. Keith could handle a lot more in terms of attacks, but this was the plan, he was going to stick to it.

Dream nodded, leading her towards the food. When he approached the camp, he went back into defensive mode. He moved slightly in front of Whispers to keep her save.

Moving carefully, they approached the camp. Tense even though October had said the others were friendly, they came on a break in the trees. The sound of the waterfall was close by. Gaging from the smell of food, she headed into the clearing. Looking around for a moment it seemed that the camp was empty for the time being. Scanning the area, she noticed a small hut as well as the source of the tantalizing scent.

A roasting boar. Lovely. Her mouth watered with anticipation at just how good the boar smelled. Looking back over her shoulder she waited for Dream.

Dream walked out from the shadows of the forest, looking around. He drew his knife, walking over to the boar and carving a piece out for her first, then for him. he sat down beside the boar, eating his piece. Oh my god, this tastes amazing. He was so hungry he almost devoured the entire piece in one bite. He looked to Whispers to see how she was enjoying it.

She took the piece of meat he handed her and sat down beside him. Taking a bite she almost swooned, it was so good. She wanted to take her time with it but couldn't hold back. She devoured the piece with relish. It had been quite a while since she had eaten anything but fruit.

Sighing contentedly, "That was...amazing." She looked over at Dream, noticing he was looking at her and became trapped in his eyes again. Such beautiful eyes

Shojiro paused just under a tree. He thought he keard something, like rustling of leaves. He thought it could be the wind, however he didn't feel any. He glanced at his brother who also had paused. They had sort of a psyhic bond, they can feel each other and sense what the other is thinking. hey both sensed something nearby, but were unable to tell what and where. They poised themselves to be ready for anything. "Brother, have you picked up the track of our dearest father?" Shojiro asked, acting as if they didn't know anything was amissed in the area.

"Not yet, dearest brother." Kojiro replied, looking around him. Kojiro moved away from his brother, who stood under a massive tree. He wondered what was lurking in the shadows, wondering if it was friend or foe. Kojiro didn't like being watched by eyes he doesn't know, it made his skin crawl. He could sense Shojiro was feeling the same way. They stood around, waiting for whatever was there to show itself.

Andre nodded to Keith. "Don't worry, I've handled things like this before." He said, seeing the worry on his companions faces. He charged into the chamber and started whacking at the beast's tentacles. He could hear it screeching in pain as it coiled the attacked tentacles back towards it's massive body. It's other tentacles attacked wildly at him, which he deflected and dodged with skillful grace. His twin blades whirled around in front of him in a masterful way, chopping off a tentacle each time it tried to attack. He was able to fend it off easily, due to his little magic stone. It had boosted his fighting prowess as well as help him move under all the weighted evil engry in the air. Andre nodded to Keith and Bard, letting them know it was time for them to engage the beast as well. It was smart, when it saw him move his blades it would pull back a tentacle. It tested him, tested his awareness and tried to find a weak point. Andre kept the creature on it's toes, never using the same blocking technique twice in a row. He battled the beast with what seemed to be ease, but Andre was focused on the creature, trying to find Tzip.

Bard waited until he saw Andre signal. Once he saw that, Bard jumped up into the air and unfurled his large wings. He hovered over the beast, slicing at what he thought to be the top of the creature. He kept an eye out for Tzip, hoping that she was somewhere away from this thing. It was awful to smell and to look at, it smelled as if something had died. Bard was impressed with the way Andre fought, it was so smooth and gracful. He had never seen anything like it before, he wondered if Andre and he would be able to train with each other after this mess was over with.

As he watched from above he saw the two men walk towards the tree he was perched in. hmmm demons. This could be interesting...or fatal It looked as though they sensed his presence but not where he was. Shrugging to himself, he silently swung himself down to a lower branch where they would be able to see him. "Hello," she said conversationally, a smirk on his face as he lounged back on the trunk of the tree.

Shojiro was startled but he didn't moved as a figured slipped out of the three above him. He moved back a little when he saw the man before him leaned against the tree. "Hello there." Shojiro replied, wary of the strange before him. He glanced at his brother. Shojiro wasn't sure what to do about the man before them. "May I ask who you are and where we may be?" Shojiro ventured. He saw Kojiro send him a annoyed glance. He hated when Sho asked for directions. It made Sho smile a little.

Kojiro leaned against the tree across from where the strange appeared from the tree. He watched the other man with careful eyes. He was a bit disappointed that it wasn't a beautiful woman watching them. He shrugged off his disappointed and listened to his brother ask the other man where they were. They were in a damn forest, he thought with a bitter sense. "Why in blue hell were you up in that tree?" Kojiro asked, a sneer curling his lip a little. It got him a sharp glance from Sho.

With a flourish and a bow, "My name is Prygus, Master Thief. Where we are however is not in my knowledge but I did happen to stumble upon a camp not far from here." He relaxed a bit when the first one was polite. He hopped down to the ground gracefully. Looking at the other demon, "Scooping out what the noise I heard was. No point in being reckless when it comes to your own safety wouldn't you agree?"

He looked the men over. They looked very similar, perhaps they were related. Turning towards Sho, "Since I've introduced myself, who may you and your charming," smirking at Ko, "companion be?" He leaned up against the trunk of the tree, his arms crossed in a casual manner. Obviously he still needed to be on guard, but no sense in letting them know he was anything but relaxed until he knew they posed no threat.

Chiko closed her eyes and smiled. "How beautiful this waterfall looks like. I could watch it all night long."
She walked over to the waterfall and touched the water. It flowed through her hand and she cracked her tounge and turned around. She kneeled down and looked at her plushie.

October woke up to hearing voices. She looked around, she shook her head at nothing and sinffed her arm. it smelled, it smelled bad. She got up and flew around to the water fall and sat around the water fall and got into it keeping her wings up and out of the water. She sighed and swam around the pool.

Chiko looked up as she sw a little pixie bath in the water. She giggled and walked towards it. "Excuse me, may I join you?", she asked and looked at the pixie with big eyes, squeesing the plushie against her chest.
She was amazed by the pixie and her skin got translucent because of her nervousness.

October screamed and flew into the air exposing herself. "Who is there?" She said as she got on the ground and wraped her wings around her self as she went looking for her cloths.

Chiko kneeled down and materialized herself. "I am, miss pixie. Dont be afraid of me, I wont harm you." she smiled at the pixie
and held her finger down to shake her hands. "Nice to meeet you."

October looked up at the translucet person. "Umm, hi, nice to meat you too." She said taking her hand. "Im October, and you are?"

Chiko shaked the little hand and smiled "I am Chiko and this is Nelphin." she answered and took the plushie.
"BUt he prefers Nel. And you can call me Chi if you want. Every friend does that."

October smiled at the little girl. "Nice to meat you Chi." She said gently. "Are you lost by chance?"

"Lost?" she asked and looked innocently. "I am not sure. I may be lost. But now youre here." she laughed and picked the pixie gently up. "Are you lost, miss pixie?"