OOC: I think it's your turn shade then mine

OOC: Oh, alright. By the may, we shall now act as if Mutagh was never there lol, unless he comes back. This may be a bit short...


IC: Pan stared around wildly, lost in the memories of the underworld.
The world seemed a blurred tinge of red, with the people looking as if they were on fire. She quickly calmed down and motioned to Serias.
"This void leads to the dungeons of the original castle, but there are many guards there. We'll have to kill them quickly. Any objections?" Without waiting for a reply, she motioned for them to follow.
"Good."

Galbatorix was going to stab Erais when Raign jumped in front of it blocking the blade but sacrificing his own sword because it broke from the blow. Raign threw the hilt at Galbatorix then picked up Erais and ran down the hall of the castle. "He may have a faster blade but I have faster legs." thought Raign as he bolted, but then a stone flew through and it went right through Raign's leg and through the knee cap. Raign screamed in agony as he tried to push Erais away from him so that he could make a wall between her and Galbatorix. Then he stood up on one leg and held on to the wall, "this may be my last time to see you Erais, so I am going to say goodbye, and I am sorry."

Erais was a bit dazed, she looked at Raign and felt tears come to her eyes, she reached for her sword but realized it was still in Raigns room. She felt for her bow and arrows but remembered Erador had them in the saddle bag.

"Wait!" Erais shouted, she knew this would be stupid and Serias might end up yelling at her if she ever got the chance to see him again. "If I give in will you let him go?" Erais asked Galbatorix, hopefully he would say yes and then it would begin. "If you stop fighting and let him go, I will put up no resistance."

Erais wished she had her sword so she wouldn't have to do this so soon.

OOC: srry 0.o internet DEATH over the last few days -.-

IC: Blake was walking along with everyone else, He felt diffrent in this void. Like his soul was becoming detatched from his body. He was still walking when he happened to look down and saw he was walking on nothing, His heart skipped a beat for one second then he relized where he was again and calmed down. A question popped into his head. "Why would there be gaurds in the old castle dungeon?" He asked Pan.

OOC: I think it's your turn shade

OOC:
im having a few problems, sorry, keep going.

Galbatorix smiled "Of course he can go free, as soon as you give in." he said through a smile that stung Raign at the core "No!" yelled Raign. "Don't make what I've done in vain, please. Erais you need to run away, be safe. Live the rest of your life, and I will be happy, I can't stand by and watch him turn you into something like me, something that will only live half the average lifespan, something who will die alone!" Raign lifted his hands in front of Galbatorix, and sneered, "You will not have her, or any other!" yelled Raign as he dove at Galbatorix. Raign grabbed Galbatorix's hands and yelled "BRISINGR!" fire spread from his hands to Galbatorix's. Then Raign said the secret words and he and Galbatorix were gone, teleported to who knows where.

Erais looked at Raign, he shouldn't ruin this, she hoped he wouldn't ruin this she was just so close to it and so needed this to work and she had a feeling he was about to mess this up.

"Raign if you listen to me then you won't die alone, just let me do this and let me go my way, I want this and am tired of running, I want to stop running." Erais wanted to plead with him to let her go, she wanted to plead with Serias to let her go, she wanted everyone to stop getting in her way of ruinning her life, she wanted to chose her own path and let it be. "I can't be turned into something like you though, I have a different past that will affect this, I have already lived my whole life with him up until I lost my memory, my memory had come back when I had faked my death."

Erais stopped for a moment, she knew that Raign would do something stupid, despite her words. "I know what I am getting myself into, I give up and I want you to abandon me. I didn't abandon you and so I gave you your life back, let me take my life and give it up." Erais took a deep breath, she sensed that Galbatorix was satisfied and Raign was going to do something in a moment or two, but she never exspected what he was about to do.

Erais saw Raign dive at Galbitorix, she ran forward yelling, "NO!" But the two were gone and once again her path was laid different in front of her once again.

Blake was stilll walking with his eyes closed since he had worked out the rythym of walking when everyone started to stop he didn't notice until the last second weh nhe couldent here footsteps and looked around to see that everyone had stopped. Even though he was stilll waiting on an awnser to his first question, he knelt down to Pan and Searis and asked "Is this the end?" He asked. He Walked a little bit more and was about to feel what was in front of him till he Remebered the gaurds. And he went back to where they were and waited.

OOC: Anyone going to reply???

OOC: Who's turn is it lol? mine?

OOC: Yes, your turn.

OOC: Erm....>.>

OOC: Arg, sorry, i dont have much time.

IC: A flash of bright light blasted Serias in the face, and there they were, on top of the topmost tower. "Careful," Serias warned Blake and pulled him back. "See Duweldenvarden? I wasnt joking." Serias powinted to a mediumly thick black line on the horizon.
"Hurry up," grumbled Pan, who had hoped down and caught her toes on a arched window. She then flipped backwards and landed inside a damp room.
Serias grunted, then turned back to Blake. "If you fall, I'll catch you." And with that, he copied Pan and was inside.

Raign and Galbatorix appeared in a field many miles away from the spot they were seconds before. "Erais I hope you understand, but I have to do this, it is my repentance." thought Raign as he fell to the ground. The spell had eaten much of his magic but he knew that he had to keep Galbatorix away from her. "She doesn't know what you will do with her." said Raign as he struggled to his feet. "And you do? please inform me." said Galbatorix as if he didn't care one way or another. "I know you will turn her into a slave to get what you want, then once it is all done you will kill her to make sure she doesn't rebel against you." growled Raign as he limped closer to Galbatorix. "Very good guess." said Galbatorix. Raign knew something was wrong, or else he wouldn't be smiling that way he was. He was toying with Raign, and Raign had had enough.
Raign lept at Galbatorix "I hope Roack will be okay without me. thought Raign. He got within a few inches of taking Galbatorix's head off when an arrow pierced him through the shoulder. "You really should have noticed the guards I placed throughout the many miles that surround my castle." he said as he gripped Raigns tunic and broke the arrow inside his shoulder. Raign yelped in pain. Then he healed the skin over the arrow so that taking the arrow head out would be incredibly painfull. "Just so you know, that arrow was poisoned, and you don't have the energy left to heal yourself after you cut open the wound to take out the head. You will either die of poison or of blood loss, whichever is most comfortable to you." said Galbatorix as he walked away towards his castle.

OOC: Erais?

OOC: I know, I know, I am typing now, hold your dragons.

IC: Erais waited for a moment, to see if she could feel Raigns mind anywhere hers, but it took a moment for her to find it. After deciding that she would wait here and not take any stupid things and go towards Raign or try to make it to him.
It was probably a fault for her to have developed a majorly soft heart, this was killing her just waiting for anything, just anything to tell her that something terribly wrong or if he was dying or was about to be murdered.
The thought of Raign gone from this world sent shivers going up and down Erais spine and she felt cold, if he was dead, or dying, would she see him again or did she just miss her good-bye?

"Well it's now or never, I guess I should have thanked him for me, for distracting Galbatorix." Erais whispered to herself.

She hoped that the authority she had had might still be here, hopefully they would give her acess to the to-much-well-gaured room where Galbatorix kept the last egg.

Erais felt Serias and Pan somewhere, but unable to figure out where they were, she hoped they weren't here to spoil things, so she kept heading on her way, hoping they weren't about to do something they wouldn't consider stupid.
After a moment, and to her horror Galbatorix was in front of her and she let out a small shriek. He chuckled at Erais' surprise.
"We had a deal." He pointed out.

Blake did the same as Pan and Searis, He landed inside with ease. He looked around the dungeons, after a moment of looking around he said "The very feeling of this place makes someone Hate Galbatorix More, and More..." he trailed off. He saw a door diffrent from others and looked inside. He saw a Torture device with freash blood on it. I can't believe this, Keriaia... He said to Keriaia who was outside of the city hiding. He sent her some mental images of the cells and the dark, damp hallway. Her anger was already rising, When she saw the torture machine with freash blood Blake could swear that heat was emmiting heat off ofe her body with all the anger he felt from her.

Raign clutched the closed wound on his ribs. "I have to take it out." he said "but I have nothing to do so with." he cringed as he looked to the ground to try and find something sharp, their was nothing. "Looks like I am gonna have to wait to die." was all he could say as he lay on the ground looking at the stars as the sun rose above the trees.

OOC: U guys are better off without me go on ahead, ill join up when the time is right.

OOC: I guess it's my turn then.

IC: Erais froze and kept her eyes on Galbatorix, he was smirking at Erais' surprised face. Quickly realizing the stupid mistake she had made, Erais' thoughts began to race and she could feel fear crawling up her, imoblizing her. Galbatorix laughed at his luck, Erais stood frozen to the stop trying to think on what to say or do.

"We had a deal." Galbatorix said with a laugh.

"Our deal was that you would let Raign go, but you hurt him in someway, so I can't go through with the deal. IF you'll excuse me, I must be going." Her voice grew with loathing and she felt dislike towards him as the fear washed away.

"Oh well, you'll never make it out of here alive. So you might as well get things over with, swear loyalty to me." His voice was scaring Erais, but she kept her gaze piercing his.

"I happen to remember what had gone on in my life, I don't want to go back, I also don't have a choice I guess." Erais sighed knowing the defeat she just forced on herself.

Erais took a deep breath, letting it out slowly and quietly. She was pulling herself together to prepare herself to say the terrible words. Thinking back on the years of freedom she had had, hoping that, those memories would sustain her in what she was about to do.

"Forgive me Raign, I am sorry Serias." She let her gaze fall as she whispered this, she looked back up with a fire in her eyes, about to say something she never thought she would ever have to say...

Blake turned a corner lookig around in the cells his rage penting inside of him. He was to distracted when he took a wrong turn. Afterawhile he mutterd "how close do you think we are to the stairs?" he asked knowing that he wolden't get his awnser right away but when he looked up Pan and Searis were not there. He looked around and decided to use logic he came to a fork n the hallway and looked to the left and then to the right, the right had more cells full. He turned to the right and then to the right again th cells were getting more filled as h got closer to what might be the stairs. He eventually found them and began his long walk down.

"Something is wrong!" thougt Raign as he rose to his feat. "She didn't leave! I have to stop her." Raign stood up and said the words "I hope this doesn't kill me." thought Raign as he instantly sent himself to the castle where he had previously left. He landed himself right between Erais and Galbatorix and fell to the ground almost completely drained of his life. "Please!" he yelled to Erais as tears streamed down his face. "Don't give in! Please!" he screamed then fell to the ground, passed out, and all went black.

Erais' mouth was partly open, ready to say the words, her eyes began to brim with tears. Then Raign appeared in front of her and Galbatorix. The tears gone she quickly bent down to his side, sort of getting a feeling of what had happened. She looked up, not realizing that she was pleading with him, her enemy to save Raigns life.

"You liar, what did you do to him? Save him or so help me I will kill you from rage." Erais returned her gaze to Raign.

How could she now do now what she was about to do? Why was he so relentless? Erais put her hands on his shoulders and teleported him away with her.

They appeared at the edge of the cities walls, in a small but concealing grove of trees. Erais tried entering his mind to see what had happened, but it was well blocked, and she had to quickly figure out wear the arrow head was lodged to get it out before it killed him.

Serias, Pan... Can either of you hear me? If you can please, oh please find me...fast! Erais shouted out in her mind, hoping that one would hear.
Erais couldn't let Raign die, if he did... Erais pushed the thought from her mind and saw a strange shape in his shoulder, guessing what it might be.

Blake was taking the stairs two at a time, feeling something was wrong. He sensed Earis and, an immense power source, obviously Galbatorix. Then he felt raign for about fifteen seconds then he and Earis were gone. Blake knew they weren't there anymore and decided it was time for him to leave too. He blew a hole in the wall he looked down, he was at a dizzying height even for a Dragon Rider. He saw a market place below him. He jumped out and yelled making sure to get the mrket peoples attention. If Earis is trying to save Raign the least i could do is make a distraction... He thought to himself. He grabbed his dirk out of his back pocket and nicked his chest. he put it back. There...that should be very convincing.. As he approched the bottom he slowed himself with magic, it was slow enough for him to survive, but not slow enough to make an obvious change to his speed. He hit the ground solidly. Luckiy only a few brusies... He thought and laid very still.

Pan ran at the great double doors, Serias at her heels. Irasnim!(Obsidian Fist), she yelled. A black aura appeared around her hand, with which she punched into the door. The wood shattered like stepped on plastic, and Serias ran ahead.
He saw Galbatorix, but ERais and Raign were nowhere to be found.
Where are you?! he messaged them. I'll come and help you! Serias stopped and concentrated on messaging, while Pan ran at Galbatorix. We'll hold Galbatroix off for now, just get as far as you can from the city!

Pan clashed one of her swords with the King, the other one slicing against a magic shield. He tried to twist it out of her hand, but Pan had flipped over him and slashed at his back. Her sword hit another barrier, but in the instant she had cut through his armor. He twisted around like a snake, and rose his sword over his head. Bad mistake.
Pan kicked her feet upwards, landing on her hands. Galbatorix flew up wards, then with a single word, teleported back to his room for recovering.

OOC: Your turn Hayden.

Raign dreamed of nothing, all he could see was blackness. He searched with all his might for an escape from the dark area he now presided in. He couldn't last much longer, in this dark place he knew he might even go insane.

Erais looked closer at the strange bump on Raigns shoulder, after a few minutes she knew that it look strangely like an arrow head. That wasn't good. Erais quickly took out her dagger and cut the wound open, blood flowed out and she quickly sealed the wound with magic, trying to think of a way to keep his blood inside him, and not all over every where else.
Erais came up with an idea and opened the woud slightly, she quickly covered it with the dagger and began to slowly open up the wound, once it was big enough to get the arrow head out Erais quickly set her hands over the wound so to keep him from bleeding to death.
Please hurry Serias, please help! She shouted through her mind, hoping against hope he would make it in time. She also wondered what was keeping him from coming.

Erais took one hand off and grabbed her dagger again, she placed it in the wound and put it under the arrow head. She couldn't see what she was doing and hoped she wasn't damaging anything important.
Erais jerked the dagger upward and the arrow head flew threw the cut in his shoulder, thinking fast Erais tore some pieces of bark and placed it over the wound. She then tied pieces of cloth around the bark pressing the pieces of bark hard against his wound.

Erais grabbed the arrow head and looked at it more closely, realizing that it had been poisoned she quickly came back to Raign's side and was about to uncover the wound again, but had no idea of extracting the poison.
Serias please, please oh please find me! Erais let tears of frustration and anger fall to the ground, if Raign died after trying so hard to keep her from giving in, she couldn't even bare the thought.

OOC: How's that?

OOC: Great Saphira75 now

Blake was still lying there whn he heard yelling from some of the people who were in the Market, Someone bent down to him and felt hid neck. "He's still alive!" He said sounding astonished, There were murmers of astonishment coming from the crowd. By the time the murmering had died down a crude stretcher, Made up of two wooden sticks and a tarp. He was picked up and put on the stretcher. Where is everyone else? Are they alright? He asked himself mentaly. Hello!? Is anyone here? He shouted in his mind.

OOC: 'Kay Shade, your turn.

Serias twitched as a pleading voice hit his mental barriers. It was Erais. I can't feel you for some reason, he replied. It's as if your essense has been erased. Like you were never there. I'll do my best to find your location

"I can't feel Erais' essense," he told a smiling Pan, who instantly frowned.
"Let me try," she suggested. She felt around the void, but next to Raign, there was no one. Pan turned to Serias.
"We can teleport to Raign and see where she is and what's happened." Serias nodded, then, touching her shoulder, transported to the man.

Raign felt a pulling on his body as though his very essence was leaving him and turning him into nothing but a soulless husk. "I feel it's coming, the end." he thought as all his pain and sorrows began to slip away, "Am I in heaven?" he asked himself trying to feel, but their was nothing.

Erais looked around desprately for anyone in sight, but no one was there to help. She returned her gaze back at Raign, she could feel him starting to slip away. Then she felt to figures all of the sudden in the clearing, her head shot up and relief spread across her face when she saw Pan and Serias, the two people she knew that could definately stop this.

"Serias stop him from dying, there is poison flowing through his body, please stop it." Erais looked pleadingly at Serias, she started to cry with all regret and sorrow.

OOC: Ok, if people dont post their turn within a week, the next person goes.

Blake Was still on The Stratcher when he realised his call wasn't going to be returned. He coulden't feel anyone, except for Raign. He was still faking dead when he heard voices, "Hurry Get him upstairs!" Shouted a Man He was ushered, Very Bumpily, up the stairs. When he felt that there were a few people gathered around him he felt 2 fingers touch his neck. A moment later he heard "Strange his heart is beating at a normal Pace...." He heard the Same Man from earlier say. When he thought everyone had left he opened his eye a little bit, No one. He got out of bed and saw a window it was a long drop down and he was pretty sure everyone was safe. He saw a building in front of him, He walked back a few paces. Then ran out the window he landed on the roof without much trouble. Since he could only feel Raign at the moment He tried to contact him when he realised that he was in great pain from Poision. Great...Just, Great.. He thought and started to jump building to building to Where Raign was located.

occ: erais said i could join already


Reb slowly walked into the clearing and saw the injured boy, she walked over to the crying girl. " I can heal, is there anything I can do for him?" She asked then bent down and looked at the boy, and grimaced, she could feel his soul slipping slowly away.

OOC: Someone joining so far in...oh well

OOC: So whos turn is it?

OOC: Its mine, but i cant go.

OOC: Um why?

OOC: Well since you obviously can't go, then Hayden you get to go now if you can.

"I guess that's it then." said Raign as he felt his soul grasped by death's cold grip and yanked down far away until his mortal body was invisible to his senses. "I wonder where I go from here?" was all his spirit asked as he flew through oblivion with death.

" I am afraid I can not help him. He has to help himself. Only you or him can break it, since he realy loves you, does he not? No mind, there is no medicine to heal him. I wish I could help, but who ever did this is truly dark. I am so sorry." Reb said, then knelt beside the man, and looked at him solemly, and held back tears. She may have not know him, but it is always sad when someone dies.

OOC: I snuck on. Shhh, I was never here.

IC: Serias saw someone move suddenly toward Raign and Erais. It seemed as if people kept appearing and disappearing, but yet, Serias had seen that face before, but he couldnt put his finger on it.

Pan just stared, then walked over to a large rock and leaned against it. The stranger was right; he could only help himself to get out of the coma. But the poision was killing him fast. Pit Venom...one drip can kill a herd of deer...but where could Galbatorix have gotten a substance that could only be found in the Underworld?
Though the war within could not be stopped, the pain could be toned down a bit more, and a little more strength could be added. All of this she sent into Raign, and saw him ease up a bit. She got up and walked over, saying,"That's all I can do...but the War Within cant be stopped with just strength...It requires tons of willpower, and I havent known Raign for long enough. If I had known him better, I could've done more.

Serias looked toward the horizon while they talked. A black line was rising there, and Serias quicky ran back to the party.

OOC: By party i mean group, not happy fun balloons.

occ: whos turn?

OOC: 'Tis Haydens I think.

occ: wouldn't it be yours, because he went then me, then shade then it would be you

OOC: Sorry it has taken me so long to reply, I didn't have any ideas, but I think this my work.

IC: Erais just kept her mouth shut while the whole thing was going on, she didn't want him to die, she had known him for long enough to know that he should live. Come on Raign, I am not sure if you can hear me or have heard them, please have the will to live you have saved me and I need to help save you. Erais pleaded in her mind for him to hear her, he just had to live after what had just happened. Then the strangers words caught her off guard and Erais didn't move.

Erais looked at Serias once he had come back. "What w-wrong?" She stuttered as she tried speaking, her throat felt dry and she felt as though she would burst into tears if she talked to much. Can't you do ANYTHING to save him? I know you have done other things that I wouldn't have believed if I hadn't have seen them, I would gladly die in his place if you can just save him. Erais talked to Serias through mental link so no one else would have to hear, maybe Pan had been able to get the message but most likely not Raign and she didn't want this new comer to know what she wanted to do to save him.

As Raign floated through the first stage of death he felt all his memories come back, he remembered his family, his friends, pets, his home, everything that was destroyed by the shades, then he remembered what they did to him, anger began to well up inside him as he thought about the fact that the shades may do the same to someone else some day. "NO!" he yelled yanking his hand away from death's grip, "I cannot go yet, not until I have completed it." death seemed to stare at him for a while, then he saw the cowl shake up and down, an approving gesture. He grabbed Raign by the hand and guided him back to his body. All was white, a flood of sounds, colors, feelings, and scents, came to him. And he was laying on the ground, gasping for air.

OOC:i think i was supposed to go after Earis >.< but i'll go here cuase i missed it apperently..

IC:Blake was still jumping when he felt someone else enter the scene on the walltops. Who's this? cant be anyone normal there seems to be an arua around this person... as he was thinking this Searis and Pan came into his mind also on the walltops. He also felt Raign Sliping farther into deaths cold hard grasp when he suddendly was alive with no signs of the poision ever being there. What did that? him or someone else...? He was thinking this when he arrieved on the wall to. despite the sitiuation it seemed like there was a small moment of calm then.

Reb cringed as she felt Raign's anger toward shade. She had once been normal to, but then again she had been raised by a shade, and then a shade demon named Letcha had taken over. She shared her body with the demon, and when the demon was unleashed she was a force to be reconed with. Reb had come to terms with this, and in a way could comunicate with the shade and tell her who not to harm, but the shade didn't always listen. As Raign became even more angry she felt sick. He was aparantly in a state of rage. " Does your friend happen to be a shade?" Reb asked wearily. She stood, and backed a little ways away.

OOC: There really isnt anything I can do right now, so go on.

"I know that he was torchered by Shades and wants to get revenge." Erais looked at Raign, it seemed as though all of the sudden he was gone... Erais felt the tears rise to her eyes, she didn't want to cry, it made her feel weak and open. Raign... She thought and let it slip away.

She looked down and felt like she would die as well, he had done so much for her and she just couldn't believe he was gone like that. Then in a moment Raign was gasping for breath, Erais jerked her head up, she felt surprised and like she had just missed something. "Raign?!" She said a little louder then she thought.

She looked at him and everyone around her, hoping that she wasn't going crazy.


OOC: I know it took a few days, I am pretty sure it is my turn. It took so long because my sisters cat was bashed in the head last Friday and died Monday night, he meant a lot to my family since we rescued him and his sister, so it has been really hard lately.

OOC: Well I'm sorry for your loss.

IC: Raign gazed up and saw Erais looking over him, a grin spread across his face. "Well, I'm back." he whispered. He tried to stand up but pain racked his body. "Looks like the poison's effects haven't fully recovered...so how long have I been gone?"

" He dosen't look like he needs the company of a shade." Reb thought to herself, and slowly walked back to the trees.
" Well your friend seems fine so I will be going." She said hurridly and a little frightened, and called to her animals. The wolves, and Cobalt came and she mounted her steed.

OOC: Saphira75 or Shade, I guess its one of your guys turn.

OOC: Yeah Im sorry to Earis

IC: Blake Was still confused, who was this...Shade!?... he looked to Raign breathing heavily on
the ground, knowing that Raign didnt exactly have a close friendship with shades. Blake knew something was about to happen maybe not for the good though. Even though Raign was stil somewhat drained Blake could see the fire of hate in his eyes. He cast a worrying Glance to Searis, wondering if he would know about it too. Blake watched as the scene before him unfolded.

OOC: my turn lol...oro?


IC: Serias stopped and looked at the horizon. The black line was no longer on the ground, but was high in the clouds. The loud buzzing of wings could be heard by Serias' keen ears. He cringed. Celestial Hornets.

Pan watched the stranger mount his horse, then turned back to the weakened Raign. She felt the pain echo through the ground, like the scream of a banshee. Out of her inside cloak pocket she took out a vial of Sealing Ink, and opened it. She moved aside shredded cloth from where the wound used to be, then dipped her finger into the cool vial. As the ink covered her fingers, she drew five glyphs on the Underworld on the skin: Ryta-demon, Coya-evil, Sylvia-fire, Orya-devil, and finally, strongest of all, Ziyamzim-Death. She then put her gauntleted hand there, and whispered,"Seal..." A flash of light exploded from her hand, and she fell back, panting. As she sat up, she told Raign, "The seal will help keep the nerves and muscles safe from the pit venom. If it had affected your central nervous system, you would have had a full body paralysis for the rest of your life. You got lucky that the arrow only contained a milliliter... in about a week the seal will wear off, and you will become weak again, but the poision will be gone."

Raign rose to his feet and looked to the sky, "So what do we do now?" he asked as he turned to Erais, "It's still your mission, you direct us."

All trace of saddness and worry were completely gone from Erais, she had a smile on her face now and her eyes were clear and bright. She wanted to hug Raign but would feel silly doing so, so she just stood up and brushed the dirt off her clothes.
"I don't know really now, I mean the whole thing has been blown thanks to you." Erais said with some sarcasim.
Erais glanced at Serias, he looked a bit uneasy to her.
"Are you okay? What's going on Serias?" She walked over to him.

Reb looked at the people before her. They were so happy, their friend was back, but she wasn't. She hadn't known he was a shade hater. She had tried to help, and he had almost killed her with his anger alone. " I will just be going." Reb said. Then turned her steed away from the clearing and trotted slowly away.

Ghansor was in the courtyard awaiting for his master's plan of attack. Galbatorix was very troubled about the group of enemies that are so near to him. Ghansor awaited in the courtyard while his red eyed green dragon Sinak awaited flying overhead for Ghansor to tell of their mission. Galbatorix walked out his room with a great strides of anger. "Ghansor!" he said, "You must go down and hunt the traitorous, venomous group of enemies" said Galbatorix " Do this and I will give you lessons of a new power" he said. "I will do this under your name" said Ghansor. "I only serve you my lord" said Ghansor and he called for Sinak and they were off on their mission to rid the world of this little party of traitors.

"Wait, maybe you can help us." Erais said to Reb, turning her head towards her. Erais closed her eyes for a moment, pain shot through her head. She creased her brow and shot her hands up to her head. Her eyes hazed over for a moment as someone entered her head and began to sift through it, causing Erais to go completely numb to her surroundings as well as her senses.

Ghansor was getting closer, he could feel it. "One of them is spreading their thoughts across the land, maybe we should block our minds?" Ghansor asked Sinak. "Right done" said Sinak and their link boosted their protection around their mind.

Cassiopeia felt pain in her head she collapsed and searched for the source.
She closed her eyes and grabbed for her sword.
There was too much power here and she was struggling to take it.
She tried to remember what she'd been told to do when darkness threatened and shuddered as the words came back if darkness attacks your mind be the darkness, and come back to the light later Cassiopeia shook her head and waited for the pain to cease.

Raign new there was pain, but his body was too tired to acknowledge it. "What is happening?" asked Raign as he sat up and grabbed Erais, before she slammed her head on the ground. "someones in her mind, I have to get whoever it is out." thought Raign as he tried to enter her mind, he succeded and found what he was looking for, a giant cloud of darkness with purley white eyes looked at him, withdrew from Erais' mind, and then went into his.

can you not hear it?" Reb asked the others in the clearing, as she covered her ears. The shade was awakinging.The darkness called to it. It begged for it to release havoc, but Reb refused to let it. She fought with the shade. She fell to her knees and collapsed.

OOC: To Scarecrow and LadtoftheLost:I hope both of you have read from page one so you know the characters and you know whats going on. And, we have a certain order we go in.

ICC: Serias spun around as he felt a magical essence in the area other than his companions. It, from what he could tell, was a man and a dragon. Their defenses were pretty well fortified. Well, better than most. Probably a servant of Galbatorix. Though I can't see him, I'll keep an eye on his power.

Pan saw the line on the horizon grow thicker and thicker. They were getting close. She heard Serias message, nodded. And fortified the minds of everyone even more, shutting down the aura of power they gave out, so that the enemy couldn't sense them. She then ran over to Reb.

OOC: I have now lost track of whose turn it is. Anyone know?

OOC: I'm pretty sure Saphira75, we've skipped him a whole bunch.

Blake was thinking about something when he felt his mind being shielded by someone other then himself. He looked over to Searis and realized he was looking at the horizon, Blake looked too and saw a bulk in the sky ever approaching. A dragon rider!?...or umm another dragon rider? he thought to himself. He noticed Raign's eyes were open now, he knelt down to him. "Do you want Earis's help now?" he said the last word with intention. He looked back the the strange Dragon and rider still approching.

"There he is!" yelled Ghansor. "I see our attacker, let's end this now Sinak" thought Ghansor and dragon and rider hurried their pace towards the one known as Blake.

"This won't be easy." said Raign as he stood up shook off the vertigo he was feeling, drew his blade and charged the dragon rider. "Well what's the worst that can happen, I've already died once." said Raign as he jumped in the air, and attempted to bring his blade down upon the enemies skull.

OOC:uh, stargazer?

Zantya woke up. Reb had given her control. She sensed another dark force. She called on Cobalt. Her horse waited for her to mount, then she mouthed a spell, and Cobalt turned into a flame steed. His mane and tail turned into blazing fires, and his nostrils flared smoke. She drew her sword then went in for an attack. Cobalt reared and kicked the dragon on the head. He repeated this four times.

The dragon flew back and clutched the horse and rider and flung way across the forest. "Now I'll take care of Raign and I'll kill Blake" said Ghansor as he drove his blade toward Raign.

Erais shook her head, it hurt a lot but it felt clean and empty. It took her a moment to realize what was going on, this was all confusing her. She picked up her sword and went close over to Raign. "If you are here on Galbatorix's command, then just leave, all of us together would be way too much to handle, even for your dear old king." Erais shouted at the Dragon Rider who obviously was their enemy.

OOC: Do I have to wait on everybody else?

OOC: You don't have to and it does take a while for everyone to get their turn, but it is prefered.

OOC: So does that mean I need to or not?

OOC: It means that it's your choice whether you go right now or not.

OOC: I'll go out of fun.

IC: Ghansor ran up and pushed Erais out of the way and swung towards Raign intending to cut off his head. Sinak flew down now with all the enemies around he didn't think it safe for Ghansor anymore so he flew down and struck at the impending band of enemies.

OOC: Me, right?

IC: Serias gave a mere twitch as the dragon landed and sidestepped with a yawn. He wasn't going to interfere, and neither was Pan. Pan put a ward on him and herself, then shouted, "Strike as one! We'll take the hornets!"

Serias, who could now see the eyes of the creatures, disappeared with unreal speed. He landed on top of one of their backs, and struck. The 4 foot beast collapsed, and Serias jumped to the next one. As he cleaved off another's head, a burst of pure lighting shot out of the sky, incinerating five of them.

Can't you just cast one spell to kill them all? Serias messaged Pan glumly. That way I could go stop the dragon.
The answer came plainly: I will not display my power in front of them. I'm planning on letting him go if he doesn't leave himself...I don't want to fight Galbatorix just yet. I haven't regained even 1/5 of my power, I would probably fight a never ending battle...or lose, I don't know...

The hornets, who had realized they were being attacked, tried to sting Serias with their stingers. They struck with deadly accuracy, and as they were about to hit, they were incinerated once more.

Pan sttod on top of the ledge, keeping an eye on Serias as well as the dragon rider.

OOC: Can I go now or should I wait?

OOC: WE're going an an order, you go after erais. I think it's Saphira75

OOC: But how long do we have to wait if he doesn't show up?

OOC: Sometimes a week or two, but just be patient.

OOC: Ok, but whoa that's like forever.

OOC: It may seem like it, just find something to keep you occupied until the next person posts.

OOC: Ok I'll look around.

Cobalt hit a tree, and slid on his side. Reb screeched, as her leg crushed. She lent Cobalt enough strength to stand. He wobbled and leaned against the tree. Reb painstakingly got of the horse and looked him over. He was only winded. But not injured. She couldn't say the same for herself. She would have to fight from there. She raised her hand and watched as lighteneing struck the rider, and he fell. She shot four more bolts until she blacked out from pain.

OOC: Didn't seem like i was gone all THAT long

IC: Blake was expecting a little Dialouge out of the rider, there also appered to be Wasps flying around him at this moment too. Before Blake could do anything Raign was up and in the air Within a few seconds The rider manged to get raign backed up to the Walls edge then out of nowere a Lightning bolt struck the rider and he fell back. The scan was left with the smell of burnt fleash and plasma. He turned to the rider "Who are you? and what do you want?" He Knelt down beside him. He went over to try and help Raign and Earis up while waiting for a awnser.

Ghansor rolled to his side before he fell all the say down, he got up and handled his sword into a tight grip. Ghansor ran at Erais going for her to end it with one then he swung and caught her with the elbow in the chest and she was knocked to the side. Ghansor ran at Raign to get him out of the way to end finish off Blake. Sinak was spinning in the air backwards as he tumbled over and was strechting in the air going back for Ghansor burning all in his path.

Erais quickly regained her feet and charged at Ghansor. Her chest hurt from the pressure it had received so it took a moment for her breath to grow steady. She lashed out at Ghansor with her blade wanting to end him.

OOC: Ok, im confused. Scarecrow is supposed to go AFTER Erais...

OOC: MY bad, let's just go on with whoever is supposed to be next go.

OOC: umm Shade of Fear?....no wait...what???....i'm deeply confused