Roleplay/Atlantis/Open2

Featuring: Caradoc Kwelv, Calla Foster, Syd Foster, Ria Cirrics, Kara Hawkefire

This roleplay is open and anyone can join.

Max Roleplayers Per Person: 2

Max Occupancy of Page: 10

Current Occupancy: 5

Communication Method: Any

SUMMARY: The new feature is out, and it's time to celebrate! All are welcome, and you can use whatever communication method you wish! Just have some fun and mingle with the other roleplayers! But the party has gone terribly wrong, and a visit from an old foe of Kara Hawkefire means they need to find somewhere safe to go. But what path will they choose?

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CALLA FOSTER: What her friends didn’t notice was that she snuck out, yes, it wasn’t the best idea. A forest with a killer without any back up, but she had a plan. All her years pranking came down to this moment. “HEY LOSER, ITS ONLY ME HERE COME OUT ALREADY!” She walked around for a few minutes, but then she heard the creepy laugh.

CARADOC KWELV: "Ugh, he's not here," Caradoc said. Then he realized Kara wasn't there, and it was just Ria and him. Someone wasn't there. Someone that could be being attacked right now. Calla.

RIA CIRRICS: Ria looked at Caradoc and came to the same realization."Im going to try to transmit to her" she yelled to Caradoc.She stretches her mental shield and finds a trickle of warmth far away. Calla,if you can hear me,please respond.

KARA HAWKEFIRE: "Where are you?" Kara yelled, stumbling through the forest. "Show yourself!" She would put an end to this - once and for all. Even if it meant death by the hands of someone she use to trust. "I never thought you could turn down a challenge," Kara mocked. Then the laughter returned. "Oh Kara. Sweet, sweet Kara. So naïve." She froze. That voice... it was too much. "How could you?" she whispered. "How could you betray me like this?" "The world needs a ruler like me, Kitty," the voice replied. "Don't call me that!" Kara snapped. "You lost the privilage when you became a traitor!" The voice chuckled. "No time for chit-chat," the voice chided. "It's time to end what my father started." Before Kara had the chance to retort, sudden pain clouded her mind, and she screamed. Then everything turned black.

CARADOC KWELV: He felt Kara's life force after focusing for a few seconds--she was alive. So was Calla. But they were both in pain. How was that possible? It would only be possible if he could be in two places in once, but that was highly unlikely. All that mattered was that they were both in danger. Caradoc turned toward Ria. "Ria, I know it isn't a good idea to split up, but I want you to go after Calla. I need to find Kara." With that, Caradoc ran off toward where he sensed Kara's life force was, and he could feel the life force getting dimmer and dimmer as he got closer. The villain was killing Kara...and time was running out. Caradoc got his lightning bolts ready, as he approached the clearing where perhaps Kara might be.

CALLA FOSTER: If the king could kill people with his voice Calla would be dead by now. “You really know nothing.” She raised an eyebrow, “Really, I know nothing, let’s put that theory to the test shall we?” Calla definitely sparked his attention, “Let’s have a duel, if I win, you leave, if you win, well I would be dead. First person who can’t move loses.” The king was very confident, 100% sure he wouldn’t lose, “Okay.”

CARADOC KWELV: Caradoc felt Calla's life force getting weaker, but he had to focus on finding Kara. But Caradoc was stopped in his tracks by the same voice in his head. ''You won't be able to find Kara. You won't be able to defeat any villains. You will just fail. It's the only thing you've ever been able to do in your miserable life. ''Caradoc clawed at his forehead. He tried to clear his vision, and ran toward Kara, his electricity ready to fire whenever he wanted.

''KARA HAWKEFIRE: Useless. Pathetic. Weak. Stupid. ''These words floated around Kara as she stood in the dark void. They taunted her, teased her, reminded her of who she really was. ''You can’t destroy him. He will come after your friends. They’ll die, and it will be all your fault. Can’t you learn that whoever you care about will vanish from the world as long as he treads it? You’re nothing, Kara Hawkefire. Nothing at all. And you will never, ever become something. Your “friends” will hate you after they realize why your parents are truly dead, and you will forever remain alone. This is your fate. You can’t run from it. It will just chase you until you surrender to it. So just give up. There’s no point in fighting now.''

He’s already won this war.

CARADOC KWELV: He saw her on the ground, and he knelt down beside her, grabbing her wrist. "Come on, Kara. It's time we make an exit." Caradoc tried pulling her up, but images flooded into his head. Images of pain, and anguish. Sadness. Death. Torture. So horrible, so terrifying, he thought he would never be able to pull away from the dark pull. When he finally did, he was breathing quickly. Somehow, someway, he had viewed what she was thinking--the visions she was getting, without intentionally reading her mind (he wasn't even a Telepath). Somehow, unintentionally, her visions had invaded his mind. Now he understood why she was so determined to sacrifice herself--so she could stop this...all the pain. Caradoc didn't try to pull her up again, but instead stood guard in case that the villain came to kill her. Caradoc hoped she would wake soon, and be alright.

KARA HAWKEFIRE: He hasn’t won the war, my dear, a voice - Kara’s mother’s voice - whispered. ''He’s only won the battle. Now get up and fight. I don’t think your best friend will be able to hold him off for very long.''

Kara jumped up, stumbling into Caradoc’s arms. “Caradoc? Get away from here! He’ll kill you!” The voice returned. “So it looks like you’ve already replaced me, huh?” he asked. “There was nothing to replace,“ Kara growled. “Hm, this elf is strong. Too strong. He will have to go,” the voice mused. “Don’t you dare touch him!” she cried. “This fight is between you and me only!” “If you say so,” said the voice. Then lightning appeared in the sky. Kara pushed Caradoc away. “Go! Get out of here! Bring the others’ to safety!” She turned back to the lightning. “Let’s finish this - once and for all.”

CARADOC KWELV: Caradoc's eyes brimmed with tears, and they streamed down his cheeks. It was hard--too hard--to see Kara fight this beast alone. But could he really thrust himself into danger like this? No. But maybe for just a minute. Caradoc's beautiful blue eyes turned from their regular shade to a dark red, adn red lightning flashed in the air. Red lightning zapped everywhere. Caradoc hoped it hit someone if anyone was up there. Then, he snapped. A red force field appeared above Kara. "That will protect you from harm for a few seconds at least...you'll need it." Caradoc took one last look at the pretty elf he had made friends with only earlier taht day and he was already saying goodbye to her. "I believe in you, Kara. You're the strongest person I've ever met." Caradoc hugged her, and ran. Then, with one last glance, he disappeared in a puff of red smoke.

Caradoc had faded into the light--an old trick the Neverseen had taught him how to perform. Caradoc wiped a few tears from his eyes. ''She'll be alright....right? ''But doubt clouded his vision. There was no way Kara would get out of that situation, but he wanted to make sure at least Ria and Calla did. He first headed toward where he sensed Ria was. He saw Ria, but couldn't quite make out what she was doing. "Hey Ria! We need to leave! Now! Help me find Calla!"

 KARA HAWKEFIRE:  Kara watched as Caradoc disappeared, praying with all her heart that he and the others would get away from here. She made her first friends in a long time just an hour ago, and she had already lost them. But there was no time to weep for herself now. She had something to take care of first. ”Looks like it’s just you and me,” Kara said. She could hear the voice sigh. “Bummer. He seemed powerful. He could‘ve joined us. Oh well.“ Flashes of purple lightning tried to break through the force field Caradoc had given her. ”Oh my, this elf is quite powerful.“  BOOM. “But I am stronger.” The force field cracked, then broke apart. “At least you‘re not a coward,“ Kara said. “Now all you have to do is show yourself.” “As you wish.” The wind screeched, then became a form of a boy. Kara found herself staring into the eyes she trusted since she first saw them. She saw the boy that let her cry on his shoulder. The boy who pushed her to do better, the boy who she laughed with. Kara felt her heart breaking over and over again.

For this was the boy she had fallen in love with.

His perfect lips twisted into a cruel smile. “Let’s finished what you started, Kara Hawkefire. And this time, I, Jackson Dawnslayer, will emerge victorious.”

CALLA FOSTER: Battling the king would be hard, but not impossible. Everytime he came close to hurting her, she dodged, everytime she came close to hurting him, he dodged. But eventually he got a hit on her. She was cornered to a tree, the king came up to her and sneered, “Admit it, you are weak. You have no power, I don’t even know why I bothered to give you a chance at living.”

That stuck a cord, finally, all of the rage she had been holding togather came free. The rage at her parents, her brother, her best friend, Every. Single. Person. She gritted her teeth, “Listen hear, I can be rude, mean, annoying, but no way am I weak. I may not like being treated differently because of my parents, but right now I am going to warn you to run far far away, because I will show you how similar I am to them.”

For a brief moment the King was in shock, this was to moment she struck. Streching her mind past her limits, she used her telekinesis to slam him into a tree, which fell down. She pushed him again

and again

and again

and with one last push, she used a brain push which slammed him into three different trees, knocking him out cold. She too was about to collapse, but instead, she took a rope and tied him to a tree. She almost fell onto the ground immediately, unable to get up. Defeating a villan drained you. Almost passed out, she transmitted to Ria,

I defeated the bad guy.

KARA HAWKEFIRE: As soon as they began circling each other, Jackson winced in pain. “You’re manipulating air again, aren’t you?” Kara realized. “You’re in two places at once.” Jackson smirked. “Took you long enough.” In return, Kara gave him a cold smile. “And judging by your posture, my friends have defeated you. Such a shame. Your father would have expected better.” He glared at her. “Don’t you dare talk about what my father expects,” he growled. But Kara didn’t hear him. “Or should say, both your fathers? It’s hard, being adopted and someone else’s son at the same time, isn’t it?” “Shut up!” The wind picked up and threw Kara onto her back. Jackson loomed over her, a very familiar half-smile playing on his lips. “I was always stronger than you,” he said, his eyes mocking her. Kara couldn‘t speak. It was the same thing he said to her when...

Don‘t think of him as your Jackson, Kara, her mother whispered. ''He’s gone now, under the influence of someone greater than him. Only you can bring him back. But now is not the time. Finish the battle. You can win the war later.''

Kara kicked him right in the stomach. “And you taught me too well.” Slipping one hand into her boot, she took out a dagger and ran towards Jackson, slicing it through him. He vanished in a puff of smoke. That wasn’t him, she reminded herself.'' I’ll get you back, Jackson. I promise.''

The weapon slid out of her hand as she fell down to the ground and started crying.

CARADOC KWELV: Caradoc kept running, hoping Kara was okay. Maybe she had defeated the villain, but Caradoc couldn't tell anymore. Caradoc was running, and found Calla, tired and on the ground, gasping for air. But the villain was nowhere to be found. That could only mean that Calla had defeated him. Caradoc took out a small bottle he kept in his pocket just in case this happened. He could tell she was drained of energy, so he made her sip some of the pink liquid inside. It wouldn't automatically heal any wounds she had suffered, but it could help her recover quicker. But then Caradoc felt it--a shift in the balance. Kara was safe, or so it seemed. Maybe the villain would return, but for now--it seemed--they had won the fight.

CALLA FOSTER: Calla was in pain, it wasn’t even physically, her emery was drained. But she took the amount she had to sit up and point to a tree where she had tied the bad guy. “I got him.” But even that cut her enery source. Causing her to fall backwards.

CARADOC KWELV: "You did it, Calla. You did great!" Caradoc said. He slumped against a tree and rubbed her shoulder slowly. He himself was tired. "Was it hard? To defeat him?" Caradoc wasn't expecting an answer.

CALLA FOSTER: “H-he kept dodging at first and so did I. But then he got a hit and said something that, well I guess made me see red. Then I slammed him into a bunch of trees, it knocked him out. So not really, though I needed a lot of mental energy to use telekinesis so much. Which is why I’m drained.” One that note, she tried to get up, only to start falling again.

CARADOC KWELV: "Yeah, that guy is strong. But you're stronger, Calla," Caradoc smiled. "But mayeb don't try to get up for another few minutes. You still seem a little drained." Caradoc sighed. "I tried to protect him from getting to Kara, but it only worked for a few seconds. Kara told me to round up Ria and you, and get you both to safety."

CALLA FOSTER: She gave up a small smile, “What can I say, trees like me.” She looked off far into the distance, “What do you do in your free time?”

CARADOC KWELV: "I like to make elixirs...it helps me take my mind off my crazy life." Caradoc winced. "This place brings back way too many painful memories. My leader, King Fury, had locked me up in his prison after I had shown signs of disloyalty to him. Then, when I escaped, he slaughtered the one person I had ever loved...right in front of me. He tortured her, until she begged for relief--for death. That's...why I like to take my mind of things--which is why I make elixirs." Caradoc looked at the pink bottle of elixir. "Do you want some more of this? It will help restore your strength. It's not a sedative, just a medicine."

CALLA FOSTER: Calla shook her head, “I can’t stand any form of medical assistance anymore, not after what happened.” She looked up at a tree, thinking about her past, suddenly she said, “I didn’t want to bring you here either, the council doesn’t know of this place so thought it would be safe. Being here brings back so many memories, that I try to forget. I’m sorry.”

CARADOC KWELV: "No, no, it's fine. You know, even though we were here, battling a crazy villain, I'm really glad I met you, Calla. And Kara and Ria, too. It's been an adventure-- a terrifying one, but aren't those the best kind?"

CALLA FOSTER: Calla grinned, “They definitely are, I mean what’s an adventure if you don’t have a life and death moment? A-My friend once said, “If your adventure isn’t terrifying, it’s not an adventure at all. I think you would get along with him. Wait, how old are you?”

CARADOC KWELV: "15. Almost 16. Why? And who is this friend i may get along with?"

CALLA FOSTER: “I was just curious.” The other question caused a pain within herself. “The person is named Abben Song, But he-he’s not in my life anymore.” Unable to speak after that she stared at the sky.

CARADOC KWELV: "Hmmm...I'm very sorry about that," Caradoc said. He rubbed Calla's back. "I'll see if I can find him and talk to him one day. But for now maybe we should focus on not dying while we get back to somewhere safe."

CALLA FOSTER:  Calla got up to start walking to safety. “I’ll transmite to Ria, maybe she will respond. I can try to track Kara and Ria’s thoughts, I’ll be able to find their locations.”

Ria, if you can hear me, please respond.

RIA CIRRICS: Ria heard Calla's transmit.

I'm fine.Everyone else is ok?Where should we meet up?

CARADOC KWELV: "Has Ria responded? I can feel her life force--it's getting closer to us. I think she heard you, Calla."

CALLA FOSTER: “She responded, I told her to meet us at the cave. What are we going to do with the bad guy?”

RIA CIRRICS: "I'm here" said Ria as she crashed through the bushes to the clearing where everyone was."and like Calla said,what are we going to do?He's stronger then us,and I really don't think we can waltz away with him following us."

CALLA FOSTER: “Good thing this cave is loaded with equipment for every type of thing.” She we deeper into the cave and came out with pile of boxes stacked on top of each other. “There is more back there, but Indont think we will need it.”

RIA CIRRICS: "What's in the box?" Ria says with interest.

CALLA FOSTER: “Ropes, weapons, blindfolds, ballons, a bunch of stuff I needed when I was training for something. We can find what ever we need in the cave.” Calla started taking things out of the boxes and placing them on the ground. After it was all laid out se said, ”So, what do we need?”

CARADOC KWELV: Caradoc thinks. "Do you happen to have a sword back there. I was trained to be good with a sword, and maybe I can even concentrate some of my power into it." Then Caradoc laughed. "Can I also take a blindfold and a few balloons if you have them?"

RIA CIRRICS: "I'll take the rope.Maybe I can tie him up, and then Caradoc can use him powers on him.What do you think?"

CALLA FOSTER:  Calla goes back to where she got her supplies, and comes back with a gleaming sword. She hands it to Caradoc and says, “Will this do?” While he inspects the swor, she goes back to where she layed out all the supplies and grabbed some ballons a blind fold and rope. “Great plan, but where are we going to tie him up?”

CARADOC KWELV: "Ah, yes, this will definitely do." Caradoc said. "Hmmm...I don't know. You said you knocked him out by whacking him against a tree or something? Maybe we could do something similiar. But it'd need to be a pretty strong tree. Maybe something other than a tree...I don't know..."

CALLA FOSTER: Calla smiles fondly, “Good times. There is this large cliffnear by, we could slam him into that.”

CARADOC KWELV: "He destroyed one of my force fields in a second. He's very powerful. If we can knock him out or stop him from using his powers, we could beat him up pretty badly."

CALLA FOSTER: “I could throw him at the cliff a few times, my energy will be back to normal by the time we reach the cliff. Besides, knocking him out was satisfying last time.”

CARADOC KWELV: "Okay, but what about--" It had already been too long, and he knew it. It didn't really mean the villain was near, but the same evil laugh sounded out through the clearing. "You don't suppose there's a new breed of rabbit that growls like that?" When it sounded off again, he jumped back. "Nope. Definitely not a rabbit. It's him!"

KARA HAWKEFIRE: The laugh began again. ''No... He’s found them. But how? He had only split his essence between me and them, hadn’t he? Unless...''

''Jackson wouldn’t stoop to that level, right? ''

''Not my Jackson, at least. ''

I’ve got to find my friends.

Kara pushed herself to her feet and began yelling out her friends’ names. “Caradoc? Calla? Ria?” She kept on shouting, walking around the forest in hopes of finding them. She couldn’t let them get hurt. But it wasn’t just that. She couldn’t let them hurt Jackson. It was a selfish thought, but maybe, just maybe, the real him was still in there. After all, Kara was told that she could bring him back.

And maybe the suffering would finally end.

CARADOC KWELV: Caradoc took the sword in his hand, ready to fight. He felt Kara—she was coming near. The laugh got louder—he was here."Show yourself, freak!"

KARA HAWKEFIRE: Kara could hear Caradoc yelling and immediately ran towards the noise. "Caradoc! Thank goodness you're safe!"

CARADOC KWELV: "Kara!" Caradoc said, happy she was safe. "You're alive! But be careful, the villain approaches."

CALLA FOSTER: “Oh that evil person is not getting anywhere kf I have anything to say about it.” Calla said while expecting their surroundings.

KARA HAWKEFIRE: "Guys, he's really not evil. He-he's hurt. His father had blackmailed and used him. Ja-the poor guy is desperate to get into his good graces again." She looked around. "And the laugh doesn't belong to him. It belongs to E-someone much, much crueler." She turned to Calla. "Describe your fight with the villian."

CALLA FOSTER:  Calla sighed, “I was seriously looking forwards to slamming him onto a cliff, but if you insist. I called out for him and he appeared, then I challenged him to a duel and he excepted thinking that he would win. As if, I would have never done it if I knew I would lose. But when ever I attacked he dodged it and whenever he attacked I dodged it, but eventually he got a hit and cornered me to a tree. Then he said that I was weak and he should have just killed me. Then I bursted, and slammed him onto trees knocking them over. On the last one I used a brain push and knocked him out cold.”

CARADOC KWELV: "Kara, I'm all for second chances and all, but please think this over--did he not just try to kill you five minutes ago?"

RIA CIRRICS: "We could always throw a beam of light from a pathfinder at him.It would take all of his concentratration to not go with the light.We could strike then.We wouldn't kill him,just immobilize him." said Ria

KARA HAWKEFIRE: She cursed. It was just like she thought. Jackson had stooped to that level. "The guy you battled? It wasn't the same person I did." The full reality of the battle crashed over her. "Oh no. No no no no no. You battled him. The guy who started this mess." Kara took a deep breath. "Calla, you battled the Blood King."

CARADOC KWELV: "Wow, Calla. You need to teach me some of your tricks. I always knew you were strong, but this is like next-level stuff."

KARA HAWKEFIRE: She shook her head. "Calla only battled him, not defeated him. It's impossible to do that. Calla did buy us some time though." She motioned for them to follow her. "Do exactly what I say, or no one is getting out of here alive."

CALLA FOSTER: Calla grinned, “Thanks Caradoc, I’ll teach you some other time.” Her expression turned serious, “As for the thing about living, I have no intention to die today.”

RIA CIRRICS: "Neither do I.Lead the way Kara." said Ria

CARADOC KWELV: "Life sounds much better than the other option," Caradoc said. "I'm following your lead, Kara. Whenever you're ready."

KARA HAWKEFIRE: "Since we can't defeat him, we need to send him back to where he came from." Kara opened her palm and concetrated on the one weakness the Blood King has. "My abilities to crete illusions will come in handy. Calla, how good are you at trash-talking?"

CALLA FOSTER: Calla grinned the grin that always made her mentors know that they would get detention slips ready. “You came to the right elf. Prepare to eat dirt Blood King.”

KARA HAWKEFIRE: She nodded. "I can already see him begging for mercy at your feet." She turned to Caradoc. "Be ready with your force field, okay?" Looking at Ria, she said, "You're with me."

CARADOC KWELV: Caradoc readied the energy in his hands, ready to make a new force field at will within a second or two.

KARA HAWKEFIRE: Kara looked at Calla. "That's your cue. Start the talking."

RIA CIRRICS: "Let's do this" said Ria with a grin.

CALLA FOSTER: Calla walked out of the cave and at the top of her lungs, yelled “HEY UGLY, SHOW YOURSELF! OR ARE YOU TO EMBARRASSED TO AFTER HOW I BEAT YOUR SORRY BUTT. YOU KNOW I PITY YOU, FIRST YOU GET SUCH A TERRIBLE NAME, I MEAN THE BLOOD KING, REALLY? THAT IS THE MOST CLICHE NAME EVER FOR A AN EVIL THING THAT SUCKS AT ITS JOB. THEN YOU GET BEATEN BY A SIXTEEN YEAR OLD THAT IS SMALLER THEN YOU BY A MILLION. SO LETS GET REAL, YOU SUCK ITS A FACT THAT EVERYONE KNOWS!” That definitely got the oh so amazing blood king to show himself, when he came out Calla said, “It’s about time, I have been waiting here forever. Remember when I slammed you into that tree? Well guess what you better get some bubble wrap because we are going harder and worse. Oh wait, you won't remember, I knocked you out and you probably lost your memory from that smaller then a pea sized brain.”

KARA HAWKEFIRE: Kara stared at Calla in amazement. That was gold. She looked back at Caradoc. “Your turn,” she whispered.

CARADOC KWELV: Caradoc nodded and looked at the Blood King. He was quite the intimidating figure. He thrust out his hands and a giant thick red wall of electricity surged up in front of Calla. He kept his hands out, mentally stabilizing it so it couldn't be easily knocked down. But keeping up such a large force field was draining, and he could only do it for a minute or so.

KARA HAWKEFIRE: Kara could see that Caradoc couldn‘t hold the force field much longer. This was her cue. “Ready?” she asked Ria. When she nodded, Kara yelled, “Hey old buddy! Remember me?” She let her illusion show - a picture of both her parents. “Remember them?”

CARADOC KWELV: He watched in awe at Kara's bravery. But he himself only had two minutes of energy left to hold the force field up, at most. "Kara!" Caradoc called. He looked at her. "It's time you finish what you started."

KARA HAWKEFIRE: Caradoc was right - it was. The Blood King stared at it with guilt. But he quickly regained his posture. "If you think that's what it will take to beat me, you're wrong, Kara Hawkefire." She smiled. "But it wasn't meant to beat you, old pal. It was only meant to distract you." Kara pointed to Ria, who came behind the King and tackled him to the ground. The picture vanished, and Kara sprinted to him and held her dagger at his throat. "Any last words?" she asked. The King looked up with a cold smile. "Yes, I do. This isn't the end, Kara Hawkefire.You may have won the battle, but we will win this war." With that, he vanished, leaving his last gift with Kara - terrible pain that caused her to fall unconscious.

CARADOC KWELV: "KARA!" Caradoc yelled, dropping his hands. The force field fell, and he ran to her side, looking at her. She was unconscious, but she seemed alright. She wasn't dying, and that was good. Caradoc got out his pink bottle of medicine, but he fell to the ground quickly. He was too tired. He too, now, was unconscious.

CALLA FOSTER: Calla found both Caradoc and Kara unconscious on the ground, she levitated them back to the cave and started feeding them the pink medicine that Caradoc had created. Along with that, she fed them the things she had in the cave. When nothing was working and no one was waking up, she got a bucket of water and dumped it on them. Unfortunately, just as she was dumping it on Caradoc, he woke up. She immediately apologized and got spare clothes, “These should fit you. Now... I have to get Kara up.”

CARADOC KWELV: After Caradoc was in spare clothes, he walked outside into the main part of the cave. Kara was still laying down, and barely moving. "Any luck yet, Calla?"

''KARA HAWKEFIRE: Pain. ''

It was something Kara was used to. It always came back. It was an old friend to her. Sometimes, she just wanted to give in. But this time, she heard voices. ''Come on Kara, wake up. ''It sounded strangely like Calla's. But why? Kara wanted to ask. It was so comforting here. The pain offered a blanket of mercy. All she had to do was lie on it... SPLASH. Kara shot up, shivering in the cold water someone had splashed on her. She wiped some of it away. "Was that really necessary?"

CALLA FOSTER: “Well you wouldn’t wake up when I was in your brain so yeah.”

KARA HAWKEFIRE: "In that case, could I have some spare clothes?" She just banished the Blood King. The last thing she wants is to die a humiliating death by freezing.

CARADOC KWELV: "I bet Calla has some more spare clothes. But I'm glad you're up, Kara. You did so amazing!"

KARA HAWKEFIRE: She smiled up at him. "Thanks, and so did you. That force field was pretty strong!"

CARADOC KWELV: "Thanks, I haven't done one that strong since--" ''Since the night Fury killed her. ''He tried to keep the tone happy. They had banished a bad guy--that was good! "Well, nevermind. We all did very well."

KARA HAWKEFIRE: ''Since the night Fury killed her. Oops. I invaded someone's mind again. I really need to learn to control myself. ''"Caradoc... is there something you want to talk about?"

CALLA FOSTER: Calla wasn’t the only one who invaded his mind after all, “Yeah, anything at all?”

CARADOC KWELV: ''She read my mind. ''"Uh...I mean...I guess I could," Caradoc looked at Kara. Caradoc took a deep breath. "I tried to escape the Neverseen base, but King Fury locked me up. When I escaped, well....King Fury tortured Emily...my crush...brutally until she begged for death. I tried to save her...I failed. King Fury was too strong. Her screams still echo in my ears...every day." Caradoc sighed and leanded against the wall. The guilt invaded his mind...the memories were overwhelming...

KARA HAWKEFIRE: ''Here I was, wallowing myself in self-pity, and Caradoc was going through that? I'm a horrible friend. ''Kara stood up, still wet, and wrapped her arms around Caradoc. "I'm so, so sorry, Caradoc. I know how it feels to lose someone you love right in front of your eyes."

CARADOC KWELV: Caradoc leaned into the hug. "It's ok. I'm used to it. You're a great friend, Kara." But he wasn't used to it. The screams...they echoed in his head. Her last words. ''Caradoc...you're the best person I've ever met. I'm sorry you couldn't save me--but it's alright. I've heard it's nice in heaven. ''

KARA HAWKEFIRE: Kara looked deep into his eyes. "Caradoc, listen to me. Don't let the guilt take you over. Let the anger - but only when the time is right. Your Emily wouldn't want you mourning her and walking around like this is all your fault. It's not. It's all because of this King Fury." She smiled dangerously. "You know, I bet I could take this king on. Hey, he and my buddy the Blood King could become besties!"

CARADOC KWELV: Caradoc smiled, though mostly to try to cheer Kara up. "Yeah, I guess they could. But King Fury is no easier to defeat than the Blood King. He's somewhere, plotting how to kill me. He'll probably get what he wants eventually. And do you know what happens when I get angry? Do you want me to show you? Read my mind, and I'll show you."

KARA HAWKEFIRE:  “Okay, let’s see you’re anger.” Kara plunged herself into his mind and found...

Rage. Pure, unmerciful rage.

CARADOC KWELV: ''This was the night after Emily died. ''Caradoc stood in front of a giant city, on top of a small hill. Red lightning struck down across the skies and within a minute the city was burned to the ground. More rage boiled around his mind. So much, it wasn't almost too overwhelming.

KARA HAWKEFIRE: Kara stared, astonished at the destruction Caradoc had caused just because the love of his life had died. In some strange way, Kara could relate. She had also felt so angry when she’d witnissed her parents’ death. But never this much anger. She wanted it to stop. Caradoc, I think I’ve seen enough.

CARADOC KWELV: Caradoc nodded, and shut out the memories. He was always so kind, so caring. But this had brought back too many memories--he couldn't contain himself any longer. "I'm sorry you had to see that."

KARA HAWKEFIRE: She shook her head. “Don’t be. You needed to get all that pain off your chest. The best way to do that is to share it with someone.”

CARADOC KWELV: "Thanks for being the best friend anyone could ever ask for."

KARA HAWKEFIRE: “Eh, all in a days work. Besides, it’s my duty to let you cry on my shoulder when you need to, right? Just like you let me cry on yours.” She glanced outside. “Now, how about we get out of here? I don’t want to miss the party.”

CARADOC KWELV: He took a deep breath. "Yeah--yeah, let's go to that party. Calla, Kara, Ria, you guys ready?"

CALLA FOSTER: Calla groaned, “Not a party, curse Kenric for winning that bet.”

CARADOC KWELV: "I wasn't so excited about going back there either. So...where do you guys want to go? Or do you have plans? If you have plans, we can always meet up again sometime later."

KARA HAWKEFIRE:  She glanced down at her wet attire. “Um, before we go, could I get some clothes?”

CALLA FOSTER: Calla dashed to the back of the cave and grabbed some clothes for Kara. After she came back dressed, Calla stated, “Actually, I hace somthing we can do. I need a little revenge on someone, do you wan to help?”

CARADOC KWELV: "Uh, yeah. Sure, Calla."

KARA HAWKEFIRE:  Her eyes glittered mischievously. “You came to the right people, Calla.”

CALLA FOSTER: “This Guy is so going to get it. Okay so his name is Abben Song, a... friend of mine. We need to do something bad really really bad.”

KARA HAWKEFIRE: “He must’ve done something really bad to you for you to play such a dangerous prank on him...” Kara wasn’t sure if she liked where this was going.

CARADOC KWELV: "I'll help however I can."

CALLA FOSTER: Calla’s eyes turned a shade darker, “Trust me, I’m being hpnice about this.”

KARA HAWKEFIRE: “What do you need us to do?” Kara asked. Now she was really curious to meet this Abben. He must’ve done something terrible to Calla. She would have her daggers at his throat in a second if Calla needed her to.

CALLA FOSTER: “We need to sneak into my house and grab Iggy, our imp. He absolutely hates Abben, which will cause a distraction. He is going to end up trying to get out of the house to release Iggy, which is where you guys come in. I need you to stall him, talk to him. Do anything to keep him out of his room. As for the rest, leave that up to me. Oh, and make sure when I give you the signal you are at least 100 metres away from his room. You won’t have to worry about him telling someone about you, I’ll make use he knows it was me and he wouldn’t dare to spill your identities.”

KARA HAWKEFIRE: Kara saluted Calla. “Gotcha, boss! We won’t let you down.” She rubbed her hands together. “Let’s do this thing.”

CALLA FOSTER: Calla had teleported everyone to her home. There, she snuck them into her room, “Iggy is in my parents room, I’ll be right back, feel free to... explore my room.”

KARA HAWKEFIRE: Kara wandered around, staring at Calla’s room in amazement. Everything was so neat and tidy and comfortable! Then she saw the bed. It‘s been so long since she slept in a bed. It wouldn’t hurt to close her eyes for a second, right? Kara climbed onto the bed and drifted off.

CALLA FOSTER: Calla walked back into her room to find Kara peacefully sleeping on her bed. She didn’t want to wake her up, but she had to for this plan to work. So she transmitted into her mind,

''Kara, you have to get up. We need to finish this plan. I know being banished can be tough, so if you really like my bed that much y-you can stay the night.''

KARA HAWKEFIRE: '' Really? ''she transmitted back. When Calla smiled, which was equivalent to saying yes, Kara hopped off and grinned. “I’ll take you up on that offer. But for now, let’s go play this prank on this Abben dude.”

CALLA FOSTER: Calla told everyone to wait as she rounded up her last piece of ner prank, Goluns. She had used them in a prank earlier on with Kenric, but he said they may come in handy before she gave them back to Havenfeild.

KARA HAWKEFIRE: Kara looked up at Calla’s home, her expression sad. She may not have lived in a fancy mansion, but at least she had a home, which was much more than she could say right now. What she wouldn’t give to have her mother sing to her again, to hear one of her dad’s jokes.

CALLA FOSTER: “Everone, get ready. Abben will be down in about two and a half minutes after I get into his house. You can do anything to distract him. I’m going to go now, and remember, stay at least 100 metres away from the house after he leaves.”

KARA HAWKEFIRE: Two and a half minutes came and went faster thaN an eye blink. An elf with teal eyes and black hair came towards them. So this must be Abben, Kara thought. ''I wonder what he did that made Calla so angry at him. ''She smiled sweetly at him. “Hey, uh, my friends and I are lost, and can’t find the, uh, the elixir shop that we heard about. Slurps and Burps?” Abben just stared at her, then nodded. ”Yeah, I can.” Kara and the others followed him. About a hundred and fifty feet late, he pointed. “Just follow this path, and you’ll find it.” Abben looked at them curiously. “Don’t you have a pathfinder or something. “Actually, we all forgot ours at ur home,“ she said. ''Come on Calla, hurry up. I don’t think we can distract him much longer, ''Kara transmitted to her friend.

CARADOC KWELV: "You look familiar, Abben. Do you by any chance know a guy named Maximus Gaunt? He's my half-brother."

ABBEN SONG: So this is the guy Max was talking about.

Abben grinned, “Max is a friend of mine, he has told me about you Caradoc.”

KARA HAWKEFIRE: “Now that Caradoc has mentioned it, I remember my friend telling me about a guy named Maximus Gaunt. Do you know Maya Dawnslayer, by any chance?”

ABBEN SONG: Kenric nodded his head, “I do.” A pained look appeared on his face but he still asked, “Do you guys know a Calla Foster.”

CARADOC KWELV: "Oh, Calla? Yeah, she's really nice. Why?"

KARA HAWKEFIRE: "There's something going on between the two of you, isn't there?" she blurted out.

ABBEN SONG: Abben bursted out laughing, “You’re calling her nice? You didn’t see the time she insulted this one person so much she was red the whole day. Everyone thanked her after that.“ He turned towards the girl, trying, but miserably failing to keep his face neutral, “W-What makes you think that?”

KARA HAWKEFIRE: She smied sadly. "I know the minute I see them that someone is in love." She looked down. "And when their heart is broken."

ABBEN SONG: Abben turned red, “I am not in love with Calla!”

CARADOC KWELV: "Oh, Kara, you are good."

ABBEN FOSTER: Abben gave Caradoc a confused look, “What did she do?”

KARA HAWKEFIRE: "Don't try to hide it, Abben. I can see through any illusions you send my way." She turned to Caradoc. "Yeah, what did I do?"

CARADOC KWELV: "All I was saying was that you're good at seeing through people. Like, in this case, seeing who they like. It's a compliment."