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Zoe glanced back, and saw Rogue tlaking to Nova. "Looks like Nova's the strongest. Lucky Rogue." She muttered, walking up to Eve. "Ready?" She asked. Ben jumped out of the undergrwoeth, and tackled her. Zoe was trying to pull out her sword when Ben hugged her. "Zo." He muttered, giving her a bear hug so tight she couldnt breath. "Cant...Breath..." She gasped, and Ben released. "Im so sorry Zoe! please forgive!" HE fellt o hius knees, her hand in his hands. "Oh Ben!" She cried, and fell to her knees, and hugged him tight. "Woah, do you want Aun knowing we broke free just yet?" Ben laughed quietly, standing. He looked her over, and grabbed her right hand. "Zoe, what did you do?" He said, angry. Zoe laughed nervously. "Eheh, i inda made The Vow." She muttered, hanging her head so she didnt have to look at him. "What did you Vow?" He said, his voice angry and slow. "To avenge mom and dad, save you,
Nova, Elia and everyoneelse, and take Aun's last breath away from him." She said quietly, not lifting her head. "Zoe! you know how dangerous that is! i broke free for you, and this is how you greet me?" He fumed, holding up her hand. "Three vines." He murmered. "Oh." He gasped, as half of one of the vines fade away. "i saved you boys." She muttered, pulling her hand away.

Ben looked around, and smiled a bit. "Dont we know this place?" He said, looking around. "Yeah, we do, thats why we have to leave. Now." She said, struggling to push him back into the undergrwoth. "Is our cottage still here?" He asked, pushing past Zoe, and running in the direction of their cottage. "Ben!" She shouted, shifting to a horse, and galoping after him. He stopped at the door of the cottage. Zoe came up behind him. "You have to go, Aun is going to find out!" She told him, but he opened the door, and went to his room. He sat at the wall, and traced the pictures he and Zoe drew. "I remembered, back at Aun's place. I remembered these, and so did you." He said quielty, stanidng. "Sorry for bursting on you like that back there. I didnt want you to leave, and not for Aun, but for me." Ben said, quietly. "Its over Ben, you have to leave, and so do we!" Zoe said, shifting to human. SHe grabbed his hand, and dragged him back to the others. "Nova, please reason with Ben. He wont leave." Zoe said, holding Ben against his will. "Sorry to interupt anything, but we have to leave." She said, pulling out a rope from the supplies, and throwing over the branch of a tree. SHe made a knot, and pulled it until it met the branch. She gripped the rope, and climbed, Ben sitll in her hand. "Ben, your an idiot afriad of heights. Time to go higher." Zoe said, pulling Ben to the top of the tree. "No way man, im not going up there!" Ben said, struggling. "Hold still!" Zoe said, trying his hands to gether at the top oif the tree. She puled the branches infront of him, and now no one could see him. She jumped down. "When your ready to leave, untie him." She said, walking up to Eve. "Im going scouting ahead. I knowthe direction of the beach, so the house wont be hard ot find." Zoe said, shifting to a red tailed hawk, and shooting off into the sky in the direction of the beach.

Zoe landed in a tree when she saw Eve's old houise on the beach. She scanned the area, then flew away to the others. She landed next to Rogue. "Everything is clear there, and so is the path." She said, looking up to see Nova talking to Ben. She looked at Rogue, then to Nova. "Whats up? You dont look very happy." Zoe said, turning Rogue to face her. "What did Nova say?" She asked, worried.

Ben frowned when Nova appearred infront of him. "Untie me dude. This is really annoying." He said, trying to rip off the rope, but it didnt work. "Stupid magic ropes." He muttered, not giving up his struggle.

((at hospital, kinda hard to type. sweatdrop i'll post for terrion and elia later))

((Ah! I rearranged myself and now I can type! Yes, my PICC is still oozing blood, but they don't seem overly concerned with it. I have a long way to go before we're done here, so... ya...))

Before they had left to go to Eve's old house, Terrion had been jumped by Elia. At first, she had brandished her swords, but she remembered that he had turned. They had talked but then Terr had to go.

"I'll watch from behind, 'kay?"

"'Kay." Terrion ran over to the others and followed. ((or rode Zoe, I couldn't exactly read it all... They gave me sleepy meds! stare ))

Eve eyed Ben and Nova suspiciously. "I do not trust them," she muttered to herself. She walked down the path to the house. It would be a long walk, but she knew they could do it. The path was definitely overgrown and she heard one of her companions groan as a tree branch Eve had pushed aside hit her in the face. "Sorry…." Eve said. She kept to herself for most of the walk. The path brought back too many painful memories she didn’t think she still had, walking down it seemed almost like a routine even though she hadn’t walk down it for a couple of centuries.

"We're here." She paused in front of a small bush and bent over. She touched one of the branched and the house appeared before them. She opened the door and looked inside. Everything was just the way she had left it, except for the dust.

((I hate hospitals..... I hope they finish soon so you can be out of there!))

Nova untied Ben and held out a hand. "Come on, here. Close your eyes." He grasped Ben's hand and transported them safely underneath the branch they were previously on. "You okay??" He suddenly turned to watch Rogue disappear with the others. They caught eachothers' eyes and sent the same message. 'Be careful.'

Zoe loooked around. The beach was beautiful. "I wonder..." Zoe said, standing and walking to the tide. She had never swam in the oean, she she thought it was different then swimming in lakes or ponds. She pulledoff her clothes until all she had on was her shirt and shorts. She walked into the cool water, then once she was out a bit, she ran forward, and dived head first in. She opened her eyes, and a horrible pain hit her head. She had dived head first into a coral reef, and there was blood everywhere. She shifted to an otter, and shot to the surface. She swam yo the beach, and shifted to human, gripping the back of her head. "Never... swimming in the ocean again." She muttered, pulling her clothes back on. She opened the bag, and pulled out a bandage wrap, and wrapped it around her head. "Not again." She muttered, when she realized it was the same spot she had cracked her skull open as a child. Once the blood stopped coming out, she took off the bandage, and rubbed her head.

((HAPPY NEW YEARS!! WOOT! ITS 2010! WOOT!))