Quiet sobs echoed through the hallway. She'd found a dark hallway to sit in. No one had been in it and she figured none of the guards would be around yet. Though, she didn't care. She just wanted out. She wanted to go home. She never thought any of this adventure stuff would be so difficult, emotional, and...heartbreaking. She'd never been manipulated like that in her life.
He used me...just to get back into the Den. And to get a higher position! To think that I may have- She stopped, not willing to admit the way he had charmed her at first. His good looks. His charming personality and his offer of kindness. Her hands clenched into fists and anger boiled into the mixture of the many different emotions in her. Tears still fell down her cheeks as she completely broke down. She tucked her knees to her chest and buried her face in her arms that were wrapped around her knees. She missed her mom...her dad...and her brother.
Atticus...why can't you be here? Why can't you come save me??? I need you...
She felt alone, helpless, and...
Hopeless.
She'd hardly ever felt hopeless. There was nothing she could do. She was at the mercy of Austin and the Den. She didn't know anything about the Den and the only time she'd escaped was out of luck and help from another dragon. She couldn't engineer a way out of the situation this time. She was trapped. Trapped inside a dark pit.
Where the only way out was the person she hated more than anyone in the world at this very moment.
@-Shade-
I tagged you because I figured that Whitestar was about to find Alyssia.
Whitestar skidded around one of the hallway intersections, hearing his name echo loudly from Austin's voice back the way he'd come.
They were getting nowhere with that self-centered little creature. Alyssia was missing. Bamboo and Apple were in the middle of a dangerous place with little more than Austin's lies to protect them. Blackout wasn't anywhere closer to finding the Lunarwing he'd come for. Citrus, while new to the group, wasn't even close to being free.
And Whitestar didn't even know the first place to start looking for Eclipse. Fear tore at his mind, threatening to drag his thoughts back into the icy whirlwind of panic. She could be dead; Somewhere among the bodies that littered the floors in the Den. That thought terrified him more than anything.
Whitestar slid to a stop at another intersection, his chest heaving, tail lashing. He was already completely lost, and he didn't even know the first place to start looking for Alyssia, let alone the exit after that. He was also pretty sure he wouldn't be able to make his way back to the others if he even wanted to.
Think, Whitestar, come on. What do you have?
He turned a full circle, trying to ignore the few dead humans slouched against the walls.
Strength. That doesn't do me good now, but I can probably survive a fight with some Nigthwings if I had to. Helpful, I suppose. I have ice too. Maybe...
He glanced around, guilt tugging at his chest as an idea began forming in his mind.
I should have done this from the start.
He reached down toward one of the humans and lifted a sharp, metal pole off the ground from beside it. The object looked sort of like a spear, but not exactly long enough and as sharp as would likely be recommended.
"Enchant this... tool to find Alyssia the human," he whispered, not entirely sure why.
The metal rod lifted out of his talons and swiveled in the air like a compass needle, suspended in the air by some invisible force. Whitestar ignored the horrible chill coursing through his veins as the spear shot off down one of the tunnels, the Icewing close behind.
The metal rod whizzed and twisted through the halls, barely slow enough for Whitestar to keep up, and he nearly slid into the walls of the maze several times. He wasn't running for very long though, before he rounded a corner and found the tool stopped in the air, frozen, and hovering less than a foot from the human crouched against the wall.
"Alyssia, thank the moons," he breathed, still panting.
Remove all enchantments on this tool.
The spear clattered to the ground at Alyssia's feet and Whitestar paced toward her, his wings sagging with relief.
@Yukiko
(I honestly can't wait to read her reaction to this)
