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Aithne broke her fast with her brothers and sisters, she laughed and played with her siblings as they broke their fast. She caught a glance at her mother and father as they broke their fast, Collene was nervous and silent, and Desmond had put on his leader's face, fearless and brooding. Aithne looked down when her mother looked towards her children, Aithne managed to see her mother smile at her children's playfulness. Aithne looked up to her elder brother, he was watching his parents with uneasy eyes.
"Dwayne." Aithne whispered to him, leaning closer to hear him over the cries of laughter. "What's happening?" He merely looked at her and shook his head.
"I'm not sure." He admitted, before standing up and leaving the tent, Aithne followed after him. Once outside, Aithne and her brother both looked up to see smoke rising from another camp.
"That's not of our people's." Aithne whispered to her brother, they watched as many people scurried around the main camp, rushing to and fro.
"No." Dwayne murmured. "They're Children of Earth." He then grabbed his weapons, a bow and multiple weapons.
"You can't attack them!" Aithne warned him, grabbing his forearm. "We must let them pass peacefully." Aithne's brother pushed her away and made his own way into the forest. Aithne quickly followed after him, the bottom of her skirts covered in dirt as she caught up to him. "This is sacred ground, you can't kill here." Aithne whispered violently into his ear.

As they neared the camp, Aithne had given up on try to stop her brother but made him promise not to kill anyone, he would just scout the camp. Aithne used her magic to cause thicker shrubbery to grow, somewhere for them to hide in. They approached the camp and watched them.
"A woman leads them." Dwayne whispered to Aithne, a smug smirk on his face. "The men must be weak." Aithne punched her brother's arm.
"You're weaker than me." She muttered and he chuckled, a little too loud.
"In terms of magic, yes, in terms of might, no." He then went back to scouting the camp, it was too long until they were caught, however.