Welcome to Gaia! ::

(*nods in agreement* x_x)

After hearing some noises of everyone getting ready, Hope stired a bit. Her eyes fluttered open and she laid there with a dazed look for a moment before she could remember where she was. She blinked then sat up, looking around as some of her hair stuck up from sleeping. Her slender hands moved to rub her eyes, trying to wake herself up more.

She blinked and wobbled a bit after he helped her up, wondering when she would stop being dizzy. "Y-yes, I think s-so.." she said while rubbing her head as the spinning started to fade. She blinked and looked at him, still not looking completely awake yet and her hair was still a bit of a mess. "W-where are we going..?" she asked quietly, her eyes already drooping closed half-way.

"We are going to another settlement where we will be safe from Twilight and her hoard." He turns to Frensa. "We're leaving now. Everyone has had their rest, and we can't be garanteed safety here for much longer."

At the caves, what remains of the hoard wait for the arrival. A figure walks towards them Her long amber hair flows behind her as she strides towards them. Nervously the current leader of the hoard steps forward to report. She stops his words by grabbing his head and lifting him up off the ground. She starts to speak to the rest of them. "Would one of you mind explaining to me how you manage to lose most of your numbers to a band of undisciplined, disorganized refugees?" As she is talking, the skin on the demons head starts to bubble and blacken. By the time she is done the charred skin has peeled back leaving a blackened imprint of her hand on the creatures face. The palm of her hand muffles his terrifying shrieks of pain. "Shade has been a thorn for too long, The angel has stolen my sword, and the girl holds my secrets. I want them found, and I want them dead!" Twilight drops the demon who curls into a ball, clutching his ruined face. She turns and storms away leaving the terrified demons to scatter in search of some sign of the vanished refugees. It is not long before they pick up their trail.

Hope suddenly shivered and clutched onto her upper arms as if she were cold. W-why is it suddenly s-so cold..? she wondered, looking around to see if the others were affected. She blinked and wondered if perhaps she had hit her head again and moved one of her hands to lightly rub her head for a moment. Hope blinked again and looked at the man standing near her and Shade, shivering again at the name Twilight.

Hope blinked, startled by Shade's reaction. Quickly she kneeled beside him and pulled one of his arms around her shoulders while her arm wrapped around his middle, supporting him as she stood up. Hurridly she tried to follow the group while supporting Shade, managing to do a fairly decent job despite her fragile appearance. "A-are you alright Shade?" she asked, her eyes a bit wide as she glanced up at him.

"A-ahh..." Hope struggled to support Shade's weight as she stood their, the people passing them by. "I-I can b-but.." she looked at Shade then back to Frensa, blinking at his arm. "H-here, l-let me see your arm for a moment..." she said quietly before managing to reach out towards him, softly resting her hand on his wound as it glowed a faint white for a few moments. "Th-there.." she said, suddenly seeming to have a much harder time keeping Shade up. "P-please, h-he needs help walking..I-I can't support him for long.." she said quietly as she looked at Shade, feeling her knees about to buckle at any moment.