Durandel's Story

"You really don't need to try and pull along any of the injured." Durandel addressed Cerise, "I can see your wing is injured maybe, if it isn't those wings would just get in the way."

He also watched Nova push BattleDemon onto sled and roll her over. He walked to the front of it and asked, "Now that I've volunteered myself for this or want to, how'd any of us drag this thing around?" he pondered aloud as he looked for some kind of rope or tool to pull the wooden sled. He hardly took notice of Nova's poisoning since he hadn't actually heard whether Nova was fully poisoned or not.

"Eh, that might be a good idea, it might get us there faster with our injured, thats a plus." Schemeko said. "Yet I do have some concerns I would like to address." Schemeko cleared his throat, "First of all who is going to help drag the Alva?" "It wouldn't be wise to have you do it," Schemeko pointing his nose at Nova, "Although I'm able, I'm not the most physically powerful wolf of the land, and Cerise has her injured wing." "The Kamarian has left our company, so that would leave you two strong, Tenneths." "Don't worry, I will help with the burden if I can but I would need one of you two to do the hauling." "Then my next concern would be the Avens, as much as more medical expertize is needed, I do have my own concerns, I'm already risking quite a bit to help you and the Alva but I can't risk much more outside influences." "So when you do bring the Avens, if you can, I will need them to meet me at a more secure location." "Sorry if this sounds to inconvenient but I have my reasons as well." "Also who is going to detain the Alva?" "I'm sure she will come to after a while and she looks physically strong for a female." "The last thing is time, if you are going to go get the Avens' help, how long would that take?" "Time is a very important aspect when dealing with the sick and injured." Schemeko said voicing his concerns. Schemeko then turned his attention back to Nova, "Don't worry about that, I will happily play the trusty navigator!" Schemeko said with a laugh. "Yes whoever our team is or all of us, I will get us there no problem." he said lively.

Durandel walked over to Schemeko and slightly upset stated, "If you're calling me a Tenneth I'll have you note I belong to the Canicus pack which isn't much different than the Tenneth pack, but we're able to use lava. Think about what you call me from now on, just wanted to get things straightened out though."

Cerise's ears drooped. She wanted to help, but for now she was just another way of slowing them all down with her injured wing. She unfolded the wing slightly and saw that the singed primaries had already fallen and were being replaced. Still, it made her wings look a little lop sided but it will fix up by itself. Some of the primary covets, major covets, and secondaries that had been burned were still on though. She sighed knowing she would have to pluck out and preen her feathers. She hated preening in front of wolves with out wings. It made her feel... sort of awkward.

Cerise looked over at Durandel and rolled her eyes playfully. The Canicus, as proud as ever She thought.

Schemeko looked at the Tenneth that actually addressed himself as a Canicus. "Oh, I meant no disrespect my good wolf, you must pardon me if I don't know the exact distinctions, it's not like I'm some sort of Zalika and can read minds." Schemeko joked as he turned his attention towards the "Actual" Tenneth. "Human?" Schemeko asked confused, "What Human?" "I never heard of any Human that actually dwells on this island." Schemeko asked curious of this new information, he has heard stories of Humans, but nothing much more than that. It would certainly be an interesting discovery to meet with a Human, they are known to have very unique knowledge of many things, including science, or so he has heard.

Nova heard the outburst that began anew with BattleDemon, and wearily turned his head to watch the distressed wolf. Her words stung a little, for he knew they were coming from her heart, but none the less he did deserve them. How long would it take to make amends, should he even try? Is it the right thing to do? Silently the pensive wolf wondered if they should restrain BattleDemon to keep her from hurting herself, not to mention others. If she truly was in pain, the merciful thing to do was relieve her of her consciousness, so that her afflictions troubled her no longer. But this was the first time he had seen her awake since he had found her, who knew if she would wake again?

Gingerly approaching her, he asked for assistance in restraining her, before leaping upon her thrashing limbs to pin them to the ground. He tried to fix her broken leg to one position, lest she damage it any more by movement. He was no expert in medicine, but what he did know was that a broken bone won't set while its hurling through the air. "BattleDemon please, control yourself. We are trying to help you." Nova said as calmly as he could manage, struggling for confidence as he wondered how to approach this delusional wolf. His vision was blurring again, as exertion was accelerating his ailment. Maybe Schemeko really was telling the truth about Cerise's ineffective treatment. He stood alone with this mysterious Alva. Though in a crowd of acquaintances, Nova felt alone in this strange new endeavor. Was it the toxin affecting his thoughts and actions, or something else?

Before he could hear Rokunam's answer BattleDemon acted up. "OH NO! THE ALVA!" Schemeko went over to Nova as he went to help detain BattleDemon. "The Fever! Its getting worse!" Schemeko cried as he tried to hold her down but with BattleDemon's good back paw she accidentally kicked him off. "OOF!" Schemeko grunted as he fell over backwards on his backside and rolled to his side. "She is strong for a female!" Schemeko said as he lept back up and went over to her but this time he kept his distance. "Some more help would be appreciated if you don't mind?!" Schemeko shouted as he kept a good distance from BattleDemon's claws. After all if she drew his blood and it entered her wounds, they might as well dig a hole. "Yes! I know being surrounded by different wolves isn't the most comforting picture but please do try to make the best of it!" Schemeko said trying to calm down her down in his own way. "Would you like to hear a joke?" "They say laughter is the best medicine!" Schemeko said as he watched BattleDemon growl and snarl in pain. Oh this isn't good, I can't have her reach death this quickly, if we had something to calm her down with! Schemeko thought to himself as he tried to come up with some sort of idea.

Cerise's head darted to Battle when she started to speak. Before she knew it she was awake and thrashing wildly at nothingness. At first Cerise thought it was spasms, but where would they come from. Sure she lost her memory but that wouldn't cause spasms, would it? Although, from what she had said earlier, she's gaining some of her memory back but she cold be suffering from a nightmare. She had seen wounded warriors flail and attack the air as if some brutal enemy was on top of them and the enemy always seemed to be winning. She watched as Nova tried to calm her down and fix her leg while Schemeko panicked, also tried to calm her, only resulting in him being pushed down by Battles remarkable strength. She walked over to the wolf and down at her legs narrowly avoiding a paw. Cerise looked over at Nova and frowned. Battles remark about the traitorous Ausi had to hurt in some way. She shook this off though. "I know a common herb that's used as a muscle relaxant. It could calm her down. It's almost like Nitrous Oxide except it doesn't effect the brain really, only the muscles. Its really effective. In fact I've seen it used on warriors needing amputations or when they have spasms or they are in pain." She states as she dodges another paw and tries to calm Battle down as well.

"You really should step back and let her get whatever is in her system out. You're only making her spasms worse by crowding her like that." Durandel voiced sternly back off before she goes into a frenzy and possibly hurts herself even worse. She'll be less likely to have a panic attack if you do." He walked away from the sled and sat by as Cerise, Schmeko and Nova tried to deal with the problem. Waiting, he wondered if they would follow his advice or not and really back off from BattleDemon. She looked like she was having an unpleasant time and was nearly ready to kill something in self-defense.

Cerise, in complete disgust, shudders when the cracking and grinding of bones could be heard. She just wanted to cover up her ears and scream out stop. Thankfully, the awful noise stops and to Cerise's bewilderment, Battle gets up as if nothing has happened. Cerise jumps back a bit when she faces her only to calm a bit when a simple question arose. It was in this question that Cerise wanted to lay down and cry just out of pity and helplessness. She swallowed it in. "M-My name is Cerise..." She starts with a slight bow of her head. "I'm your friend remember?" She asks. How cliche. Still, Cerise frowns at such a feeble attempt to bring back her dear friends' memory.

Nova couldn't stop BattleDemon from pulling herself off the ground, and the miraculous spectacle that has just healed her had left him stunned. What had just happened? Whatever just transpired, it seemed to only heal the physical damage, mentally this wolf was still not all there. Was it really worth the trouble to try and befriend her? She was rather feral in this state, perhaps they should just let her go an let her survive off her instincts. It sounded too cruel to suggest, especially with it coming from Nova the Traitor. Snapping his mouth shut, he swallowed the comment, even if it may have been for everyone's own good.

Silently, Nova's mind drifted. This conversation was rather tense, and as Nova often did he decided to seal himself up in his own mind to wait out the storm. Backing away a little to try and wait until he could pull Schemeko aside and insist that the Hemlock at least tell him where to start walking, Nova doubted he would make it at top speed from how he had been feeling of late. He wondered what Nero was doing, when his friend would be back to receive another report. What would he say? Nova would probably tell him he was still traveling with a group of wolves for this or that reason, and he might even hint that his life depended on it. Nova would ask how the fort was coming along, and if relations with the Dimitrios were still hearty. Nero would naturally respond that everything was fine, Nova supposed, that the Ausi had never had a better military golden age. Nero would tell him of the great achievements that Ausi's have achieved, of the great battles that Nero himself had led, about the wonderful new warm water port that had been annexed that Nova himself could be viceroy of...

Nova shook his day dreams out of his head. If Nero really did come, Nova would have one question for him. Was his father alright? Had Nova had a divine messenger, or a strange fever dream? How could one wolf cross the realm into Isra, and return to tell about it? Why would it be Nova, the most insignificant of all wolves?

"Remarkable." It was all Schemeko could comment on this strange event. Never before has he witnessed such a feat of rapid recovery, it was...unnatural. Schemeko took a few steps back, never taking his eyes off the Alva. Just what is she? Schemeko thought to himself. I guess it's for the better that she came to, it would ruin everything if she did that later. Schemeko thought to himself as he saw Cerise speak to her. She was trying to reach to her friend, plead to her but the Alva seemed unresponsive until she spoke. She called herself WarriorDemon. Schemeko wasn't sure for once how to respond, faced with such an unbelievable occurance but he did what he thought was wise and said, "My name is Schemeko." Schemeko said cautiously unsure of what will happen. Schemeko liked surprises but he didn't like uncertainty. Almost every occurrence, whether known or unknown, can be predicted and evaluated, which is why Schemeko never was fully surprised when something unexpected happened. Normally, Schemeko expects the unexpected and often uses this as an advantage towards anything, making him alert despite his maniac demeanor. This time it's different, any other surprise is likely and physically possible, it was logical, scientific, this was...new...improbable...and at the same time spectacular. There was no way of predicting this outcome, therefor Schemeko is surprised and this made him uncomfortable, for once he wasn't in any type of control, small or large, noticeable or unnoticeable. Yet, Schemeko was also had a wind of scientific intrigue, it must be nice to have an ability that fixes such ghastly physical wounds. How could this WarriorDemon perform such a marvelous feat? As far as he knew Alva's didn't possess that kind of ability did they? He knew they feed of fear and can make a wolf relieve his deepest, darkest nightmares, but this! He never heard of a wolf who could instantly repair broken limbs and recover from a terrible fever, it was unbelievable.

"AH!" Schemeko screamed as he was violently brought to the ground. "What!? Was it something I said!?" Schemeko yelled as he was pinned she was strong as he let out big gasp for breath. "Gah!" Sounding a bit choked Schemeko pleaded. "Please...stop her....argh!" Schemeko pleaded with the others, he had no idea what was going on. How could she have turned so violently so quickly? Whatever the case she has gone out of her mind and he had no idea what would happen next. One thing was for certain, he wasn't going to die...not yet. "Please...stop her before...she harms herself." Schemeko said to the others as he was trapped underneath WarriorDemon's strength. "You've gotta...stop...otherwise...you'll infect yourself!" Schemeko coughs as his breath was becoming more restrained. "Help...me..." Schemeko pleaded once more as he looked towards her eyes, they were filled with so much anger. Yet it wasn't violent rage but as if it were a righteous anger. Schemeko was continuously surprised by this Alva, what secrets does she hold!?

Cerise jumped back a bit when Battle lunged at Schemeko instantly pinning him down. There was no holding back from Battle as she looked him in the eyes, Cerise knew what was going to happen next and trying to stop it was going to be a challenge. Cerise heard a plea from Schemeko. What am I supposed to do? She thought before looking over at Nova to see if he had any ideas on how to stop Battle.

"Bah!" Schemeko spat as he wiped of the blood with his paw. "I don't know what your problem is, the only conclusion is, you've gone insane!" Schemeko shouted as he began to laugh, "Now thats certainly the pot calling the kettle black." As he laughed even harder. "But I don't like you words...you've practically threatened to take both my life and the Asui's!" "I'm also reasonably sure the two wolves from the Vulcan Mountains, didn't appreciate you calling them tainted either!" Schemeko said, "Now I'll give you one more chance to back down, there is no need for unnecessary bloodshed!" Schemeko pleaded with the WarriorDemon. What is she rambling about? Schemeko thought to himself. Demons? Dormant? Rebirth? It was all confusing to Schemeko. Yet, he didn't like the situation, obviously she intended to take their lives, except for Cerise...so maybe she can convince her otherwise. "Cerise, could you pretty please calm your friend down?!" Schemeko pleaded with Cerise hoping that WarriorDemon would listen to her.

Cerise almost fell backwards when she heard another plea from Schemeko. She quickly flew up and in front of Battle blocking her view from both Schemeko and Nova. "L-listen Battle-Er, I mean-Yeah, Battle!" She said firmly. "Listen, Nova is you friend remember and uh... so is Schemeko... at the moment." she coughed. "Anyways, l-like Nova said, both-No- All of them have done no wrong to you. Listen," She said once more making sure that Battle was focused on her. "I bet that if let's say Schemeko turned on us... I bet you could take him out with one blow." She says while giving her friend a friendly nudge. "But he hasn't. So for right now you have no right to and that is the same for Nova. So he was a scout giving information about other packs to his own. We forgave each other now. That's all in the past. Me and him have already made up about it. Once again we are buddies." She says while sheepishly putting a wing on Nova's back. Her mind went blank as she stared into Battle's eyes. She didn't say nothing more after that.

Cerise listened and was taken aback by what Warrior had said and done. She remembered the day her father went into the wars to fight for his family, her, but he never returned... Her mother was so stricken by the death or her mate that she refused even the slightest bit of sympathy. Her mom was still her mom but she slowly drifted away from Cerise until one day after crying herself to sleep like a pup would do, she never again woke up. Cerise was shocked at the fact that Warrior would disgrace her father, her family. She watched, her mind blank of any emotion, as her friend left the small opening in the forest. It was then that a sudden vision flashed in her mind. It was of a huge black wolf that was smiling his skull like face at a huge beating crystal in front of him. The wolf then opened its jaw and lunged at the crystal before everything went black. Cerise winced a bit after the memory and looked at the others surrounding her. She then gently tugged on Nova. "W-we should probably go get that medicine..." She half whispered half, breathed out.

Schemeko watched the development unfold as the Tenneth, practically exploded in anger. Schemeko didn't know what to think of him, he was unusually calm for a Tenneth, but thanks to that little outburst he could see that famous Tenneth anger. "Wow, I've never seen your face before...it's scary when your angry." Schemeko commented at Rokunam. He then saw WarriorDemon disappear. Schemeko then heard Cerise mention about the medicine. He then turned his attention towards the two as Nova made a slight suggestion about moving on. "Oh I apologize, I have nearly forgotten." Schemeko said as he gave a light chuckle, "Certainly interesting company you keep Cerise." Schemeko said as he scanned the area. "Uh, judging from where we are we should travel westward." Schemeko said as he turned towards the others, "Now who is coming and who is staying?" Schemeko asked before they took off.

Cerise stared on at the path that Warrior had taken. She was then shaken back to reality when she heard Schemeko's voice break the small hush. Cerise looked over at the Hemlock and took a step forward. "Well, You know that I'm going." She says with a slight smile. She then walks beside the wolf before sitting down and looking at the others.

Schemeko heard of Rokunam's suggestion. That would conflict with his agenda and was about to formulate a rebuttal, but Nova helped with that. "Oh, yes indeed!" Schemeko said bobbing his head up and down at Nova. "Like I said all we need to do is arrive and I shall fetch us the necessary treatment for you." Schemeko said reassuringly. "Besides, How can we tell the cure the Human provide will actually work." "Sure it helped you recover, but the Asui is a special case I'm afraid." "My cure not only comes with a guarantee of no added danger, it also comes with the guarantee of success!" Schemeko said as he gave confident smile. Schemeko then looked around the remaining members of the group. "Like I said your welcomed to come as well." Schemeko said extending the invitation to anyone else.