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Kalib didn't hear the voice calling out to him. He still ran deeper into the forest, focused on his own safety as he reached the thicker woods. However, he did hear a powerful whoosh to the east, and inhaled in fear as, through a break in the trees, he observed some other flying creature rising into the air.

"Monsters with swords...monsters with wings...what am I going to do, Ki?" he worriedly asked the stone in his shirt. The stone's pulsing and its light to Kalib's eyes flickered a bit, as if to giggle. Kalib shook his head to gather his senses and forged deeper into the brush, a hollowed out tree stump surrounded by mint bushes in front of him.

He jumped down the tree's stump into his most established hiding spot ever. A small foxhole-like cave was inside it, dimly lit by the pillar of light from the entrance. It had a small bag of gold in the corner, a sword he had stolen, more as a trophy than a tool or item of value, and a spot where he now went to and sat. He held his breath, the cavern's only weakness being its amplification of sound, as the mint hid his scent and the sight of the hollowed stump.

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The leading Ra’zac growled whenever there was no answer. Perhaps the boy was too far away to hear him. Or then again, maybe the human was still afraid of being captured. Personally, the Ra’zac didn’t blame him, but in truth the boy was being offered a great opportunity. He was being offered security on the King’s side and the chance to no longer be hunted.

The group then traveled on towards the sound of Kalib’s footsteps, and after the sound of his footsteps stopped they tracked him by smell until they were by a group of rocks and a tree trunk. Then they couldn’t smell him anymore. However, they were smart enough to know that since they couldn’t smell his tracks anymore, he was close by.

A sound drew the group’s attention to a mountain far, very far off in the distance. They could see a tiny outline of something flying through the air, and from the distance they were from it…it had to be dragons. “Two of you go and tell the king” The leading Ra’zac ordered, and when two of his men started back off towards the castle as a run, he spoke up once more. ((It is actually dark where the other characters are, so in reality they wouldn’t have been able to see the dragons. However, I went along with your post.))

“Like I said before, human. I know you’re here somewhere…so listen closely. If you do not come out from wherever you are now, we will have to come in after you. The king wishes for you to join him, and we have been sent to fetch you. Make it easier for us all and reveal yourself.”

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Draken was only setting a few trees on the mountain-side afire, but a couple of harmless flames ignited below when bits of flaming tree fell down on the forest below. However, as soon as the little flames got to the forest floor…they went out since they had gotten too cold to continue to blaze on the way down.

Hm, perhaps you should invest in a bow. Draken mused, watching arrow’s fly from the mountainside as they skimmed the area for the attacker. Perhaps, Adriana full-heartedly agreed.

With the lights from the fire barely flickering across his green and gold scales, Draken truly looked intimidating. Adriana let go of the saddle long enough to pull her hair back, not wanting any hot ashes to singe her strands. Since Halt was now amongst the tree’s, Draken stopped shooting fire so that a member of their own group wouldn’t get hurt or hindered.

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Kalib hesitated. He didn't know what other side there was. What would he gain? What would he lose? What was it that the king wanted of him? Surely Ki wasn't that important. Why would the king send a messenger so vile? Why not a human guard? What if it were a trick? What if these monsters weren't with the king?

Kalib had no guarantees, and no hope. He needed more information. His options, his identity, his world...Ki. It seemed everything boiled down to Ki. What was Ki if it wasn't just a rock?

Ki would have laughed if it didn't know Kalib wanted silence. She was ready, but he wasn't.

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The Ra’zac leader waited for the boy to answer, and when he didn’t he began listening really carefully and inhaling more deeply. All he could smell was the last trace of the boy vanishing amongst a bunch of bushes. The leading Ra’zac shoved his sword through the bushes, just to make sure that the human wasn’t hiding there, but when he heard no screams and didn’t hear anything solid he gave up on the area.

The Ra’zac species were known for their heightened senses. He could smell the human near…he just couldn’t pin point where he was. “We will set up camp here. He is somewhere around here…and he has to shift sometime.” The leader whispered so that no one else but the other two could hear him.

They both nodded their ugly heads, and took a seat on nearby rocks.

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Yes, were fine…Let’s get away from this place, Halt. The empire isn’t that far to the North, so we were definitely probably seen. Is your dragon going to be all right? Adriana asked Halt through his mind, keeping a tight hold on Draken’s saddle but mainly allowing him to zig-zag his way around, but while keeping up with Halt as well.

Guards from the empire most definitely saw the fire on top of the mountain, and they probably were going to have more hunters on their asses before too long. That is…unless they managed to get far away from the city. A good thing about being a Rider was that…since Dragons flew, it was hard for anyone to track you.

The wind whipped the little strands that had escaped her ponytail out of her face. Since she had high cheekbones and almond shaped bright blue eyes, she held two very attractive features. From the speed they were traveling, her midnight blue cloak fluttered behind her. She hopped that it wouldn’t take long to find an isolated area, she was beginning to get worn out.

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Merion smiled lightly at the vampire as Brisingir rose higher and higher, "Sorry I didn't speak much earlier..." He made a motion of something coming out of his mouth, turned around slightly.

"It's nice to meet you Lenira... This is Brisingr..." He patted the side of Brisingr's neck heavily, "and I'm Merion."

His stomach and head began to calm as the wind whipped around his face and hair. He opened his mind to the other riders, *We are completely fine and so is Lenira...Where are we going?* He whispered in their minds, wanting to at least have a thought of where they were going. Brisingir took a sharp turn to the right, keeping on the tail of Klassh, *Getting better at that now aren't we...?* He spoke to Brisingir. *Yes... yes it seems that way...* Brisingr's sarcastic voice rang in his head like a chime.