ess around her threatened to consume her. Just then she felt a surge of pa

mongst the blinding dark yet it felt like a ro

remaining strength and with renewed energy spoke, "I

the dark mist lift a little, like it had let in a ray of light. She focused on that

ound in the woods. She inhaled deeply the fresh air of the cool night, and actually gasped wh

oking both happy and worried at

quired, still dazed and d

there is danger waiting for us," he replied making sure to

d of the last traces of the void. "We need to ge

d them on their way forward. Kaida's heart raced, not out of fear this time but out of

followed?" Kaida asked as she

es best at night. It will not let go so easily,"

d, her voice laced with implicit

her. "I think it craves you. There is a prophecy, a

s though the very fire of the prophecy knotted her insi

his face. "But ignoring it is not an option for you. It

, Kaida was filled with a new purpose. "I

heart pounding as the dark mist began to wrap around them again, this ti

id, altering the tone of h

ze locking on Kaida. "Do you really think you can outrun your destiny?" the apparition skill

, still steady even with the fear boiling ins

n her. "You have courage, little wolf, yet courage will not suffi

growled, stepping in front of K

ure's irises. "Very well. Let

a sensed the wind's rush from the attack and so without thinking,

, shifting beside her, his powe

hine, skirting its blows and attacking with equal ferocity. They were a fearsome tw

owly avoiding a slash from the figure's finge

alled upon her wolf's strength. There was power inside her,

ready to bite its shin. It sidestepped, but Kaida was alert this

s attention- getting. He rushed forward striki

pieces interfered deep within the woods. "What, do you thi

o, she simply held on. "You're not taking me!" she

nced around in a twisted manner. "You might be quite strong at the moment, but count me

ep back, out of breath. "Did we succeed i

anting breaths. "But it will be ba... We need to get

ruck within her system. "I will not allow it

rberated from the inner parts of the trees warni

outhed, a feeling of f

visible on his countenance. "No idea

e they could get ready a spotlight appeared from the treetops. This light hurt Kaida'

out as she tried to keep he

yelled as he appeared t

emanating a brilliant glow that did not seem of this world

easant yet authoritative. "Greatness there lies

edia asked, the mixture of fear and i

ted, eyes unfriendly. "But you are not done with the sh

eeling both dread and excitement at the same time. She felt as if she was at a junction

ellan who had to turn back because the clou

t that exact moment that Kaida knew that the real fight had just begun. The fig

off into the void, the darkne

t the end of her quest, and that which l