" ј υ ṡ τ ~ в ε τ ώ ε ε ṉ ~ ÿ ø υ -&- ṃ ε ~ (DW)

[deepwallow]

Jack felt himself gradually calm down as she settled into sleep. He let out a long breath and felt himself relax. Good, she was asleep. Now it seemed a bit more normal.

[CrimsonMoon]

Hmmm.... I think i knoww hatto do xD)

She dozes off quickly

-Time skip-

Later that night, te warm pocket that made up ari eside him slipped away. Only a faint struggling motion signaled her departure

[deepwallow]

O.o? Uh oh....)

Jack, light sleeper as he was, felt the sudden absence and woke up, sitting upright. He looked around for his sister, to find her missing. Frowning, he grabbed his sword and got out of bed, exiting the tent

[CrimsonMoon]

Outside... The guard was lying dead with his throat slit open, one of the pictures that she had drawn of a lion was lying on the man's chest.. Dotted with blood

[deepwallow]

Jack frowned deeply, looking around before thinking he saw something off in the woods. Gripping his sword tightly, he started after it carefully

[CrimsonMoon]

A startled stag leaps off into the forest... In the distant a small cry comes from the darkness

[deepwallow]

Jack hears it and hurries toward the noise, being careful to make no noise of his own, and looking carefully through the darkness, his eyes adjusting

[CrimsonMoon]

Another scream tears through air, but this time it clearly sound like 'Jaacky!!' Folowed by a shriek of pain

[deepwallow]

Jack frowned and went quicker, still keeping quite but practically running now. Where was she?!!?

[CrimsonMoon]

Another cry tears the air, behind him, the cmap was in turmoil.

[deepwallow]

Jack kept running, trying to find his sister, when he finally saw something in the darkness. A figure. He raced toward it silently

[CrimsonMoon]

The man was raising a dagger into the air, Ariella was curled into a ball of pain. Her legs, stomach and arms all wounded quite savagely

[deepwallow]

Jack felt something in him snap as suddenly he burst from the tree line, ramming his sword into the man's side while charging so violently, it nearly rent the man in two. He stood there, huffing a bit, before turning to look at his sister. "Ariella! Are you ok?!?!" He asked, hurrying over

[CrimsonMoon]

Ariella was shaking and covering her eyes with her bloody hands. She mustve changed into a nightgown soemtimes earlier in the night, for the fabric was covered in blood

[deepwallow]

"Ariella! It's me!" He said, crouching next to her and hugging her close. "It's ok now." He said gently

[CrimsonMoon]

She trembles in his arms, sobbing

[deepwallow]

"Ariella....." He says, kissing her on the cheek. "It's ok now. I'm here."

[CrimsonMoon]

She sniffles and hugs him back, burying her face into his shirt

[deepwallow]

Jack hugs her closely. "What happened, Ariella?"

[CrimsonMoon]

" H-he..." She chokes on sobs, trembling and just crying