Kingdom of Aldden

Kennedy raced through the forest, her long legs carrying her as the fast as the would back to the trees she called home. She looked back once in a while to see if the guard had spotted her and was now following her. She gasped for breathe as she entered the Tree house she shared with her brother and sister. "We have a problem!" she said in heavy breathes as sweat rolled down her forehead. "The kings guards are getting closer to finding us, we cant stay in these woods much longer." Kennedy began to pack and run back and forth between the tree houses gathering anything possible to carry as Claire and Will sat there and watched shocked and confused.

Please disregard this post it was an accidental double posting!

Claire would sit there with a confused look on her face at her sister running around like a mad man. Normally its her that does this massive amount of panicking. "Kennedy! Calm down. They haven't found us for years! They won't now. Just keep quiet or then they will find us! What with you running around like an insane human!" she'd shout out at Kennedy. Claire then turns to Will and then walks to the door of the tree house and goes down the shoot and starts walking towards where Kennedy came from. "I will go see for myself how close these guards are seeing how someone gets caught easy." She shouted at the tree house. She headed towards the edge of the forest to see humans.

Sebastian scanned the forests, looking for anything that might give hint towards which way that girl had ran off to. His father, the king, had finally decided that it was time to shed some light on the mystery of these... Watchers and instructed his three boys to take the company of his best guards and head towards the woods to hunt down the Watchers. With curiosity and intrigue overshadowing curiosity, Sebastian eagerly agreed to do his father's wishes. Shortly after leaving the kingdom walls, Sebastian caught eyes with a girl he had never seen before. He called out to her, but received only a shocked face in return before the girl suddenly broke off into full sprint, exploding into the woods and tearing apart the thickets and brush blocking her way. Aside from these disturbances, there was little to no other indication to which path the girl had taken through the forest.

A small breeze rolled through the forest, carrying the thick scent of earth and soil, accented by a slight floral smell. The beginnings of spring were evident in the forest, which made the day an excellent choice to be outside the kingdom, where the walls kept the winds from blowing any sort of refreshing scent through the sectors held within. Out here, Sebastian could take a deep breath and not be taken aback by offensive odors from the slums or presents horses and other animals left behind. Revolting. If anything could be said about the Watchers, it's that they have excellent taste for choosing to live in nature rather than in a kingdom.

But then again, he thought, "It's not like we would accept them with open arms."

A grim smile toyed at the edge of Sebastian's lips. Better not to sympathize with the enemy. Even if they do exist, they may not be civil. Spend enough time away from mankind and you'll find yourself inevitably falling more and more into savagery. These Watchers may not be any different.

"Captain!" Sebastian called out, shattering the silence that befell the party as the scoured for a trace of the girl.
"Yes, Prince Sebastian?" The captain and his men stopped what they were doing to pay attention.
"Anything to report? Did you find anything? Foot prints, unnatural marks on trees, disturbed grass, irregular patterns of leaves, anything at all?"
"Nothing at all... besides the short path of footprints we found and followed here."
"She couldn't have just disappeared. Look harder, make sure she didn't back track and head off in a different direction. Stay vigilant."

There was a crunching sound that hit the ears of Sebastian. Like the crunching of feet stepping on grass or a leaf or a fallen stick. Only, he had not dismissed the guards to continue looking. Why would they move? Of course, when Sebastian looked at his guards, they had not moved yet and were still awaiting dismissal.

So they had not heard... A quick glance to his side confirmed that Liam had noticed as well. Dax's face, though, was passive as always so it was hard to tell if he had picked up on the disturbance.

Sebastian cleared his throat. "I- We know that someone is out there. We are not here to hurt you, we only want to talk. If you are Watchers, or whatever you actually call yourselves, then you have been living right under our noses all this time and we only want to learn about what lies outside our walls. Think of it as... inviting your neighbors to dinner so you can figure out what kind of people they are."

This was a lie, though. Well, slightly a lie. Sebastian was not there to hurt anyone, he only wanted to learn about the Watchers, find out if they are myth or normal people who's abilities have been grossly exaggerated, or if everything was true. He waited, hoping he hadn't made a mistake in calling out a being who's intentions and capabilities were completely unknown,

Dax was scanning the area around where he had heard the noise, his eyes moving restlessly, though his face remained impassive and his body still. At the same time, he was listening to Sebastian and resisting the urge to wince at the way his brother had phrased it. If the Watchers were even half as suspicious or mistrustful as he was, then they would pick up on the awkwardness of what Sebastian had said.
He would say something, but Dax didn't like having all these guards around. He could speak more freely around his brothers, who somewhat knew him. But the guards only knew him as the mysterious prince who people only glimpsed occasionally. Although they were well-trained, he could feel curious glances on him.
Dax suddenly focused on a certain area of the space they were in and silently stepped forward, surprising one of the guards. He had a feeling that this was where the sound had come from. He stepped deeper in, searching around for any trace of something unusual.

Liam leaned against a tree. "They aren't coming out you know." He said, pushing off the hard bark, "Guess we'll just have to find the little assholes ourselves."

He looked where his brother was staring at and looked up at the trees.
"If they're not on the ground... Where's the only other place they can be?" He said, in almost a whisper in case the mysterious people could hear him.

In truth, he really did not want to be on this mission. But he was more forced to do so. He scowled at his brothers as they tried to talk the people/person into view, which obviously was not going to work. If only they had hounds with them.

Claire stared out from the darkness of the forest listening to the males carrying on as she stepped closer to hear better, as she stepped on a branch making a small noise. She gasped quietly as seeing the princes look over and step closer to the forest. Shed jumped into a tree hanging right above the guards sitting on a branch watching their confused faces as she thought to herself. "Ya. like were going to give ourselves ups to dirtball humans I don't think so" shed chuckle to herself.

Claire wasn't the typical courageous one of the family but she was curious alright, curious of what humans thought, and how they acted. She never really encountered one before seeing how Kennedy and Will would never let her do such a thing. But Claire was very sly and did like to cause a little mischief.

Sitting there watching the Boys talk among themselves and hearing one of them calling us assholes made her angry. Her eyes turned into two different colors one a light pink and they other husky blue, she the formed a ball of ice in her hand and aimed it right for one prince that called them assholes and throw it hard straight at him.

Liam easily dodged the ice ball that came hurtling at him. "Oh. So there really are people in the trees." He said as he stabbed the ice with his katana, "If it went any faster I probably would have had my head taken off."

He looked up at the area in the tree where he predicted the ice came from, "Better luck next time. Just learn how to throw, 'cause right now... You throw like a girl."
Right about now, he was actually assuming it was a girl who threw it 'cause it was weaker than what a male would throw. Now if only his brothers would do something.

Sebastian let out an exasperated sigh. His right arm flexed involuntarily, and he winced feeling the steel chain link dig into his arm. He cast a quick glare towards Liam and scowled. In a low whisper to keep the Watcher from hearing, Sebastian began to scold his brother.

"Don't be so hot headed, Liam. If you instigate and taunt it, there won't be any way we can get anything out of the Watcher without a fight. We don't have any idea what they can do. Maybe they're all limited to ice balls and above normal strength, or maybe they have the power to tear you asunder with just a thought! Don't such a fool!"

He quickly cut off and took a few steps towards the tree that the ice ball came from.

"I know this isn't your first time seeing guards or people from our kingdom. So when you look at the three of us-- my brothers and I," he nodded towards Liam and Dax for identification. "Doesn't it seem a little odd that we're dressed fancier than anyone else you've seen? We're very important people in the kingdom, and our father, the king, would not have sent us here with so little protection. You've given up your position and we know you're there. Try to run, and you'll be captured by one of the many guards we sent to surround the area. Don't you think it would be much better for everyone if you just... came down and talked for bit?"

Dax felt something whoosh over his head and with a hand on his hair to make sure it wasn't aimed at him, he followed it's path to see Liam dodging an...ice ball, was it?
Well, it was apparent that these people had powers, but Liam still shouldn't be instigating it. Sebastian was right in that respect. But, he shouldn't have said that they were important people, or saying that they were the princes. If the Watchers weren't friendly, and had powers, they most likely would take them hostage, no matter the guards.
He recalled that the ice had been thrown from a tree and looked up, trying to find a glimpse of the thrower.
There, was that...? He walked closer and settled on a simple, "Hello." It seemed to be a girl, and she seemed rather at home in the tree.

"Oh. So it seems Older Brother's seen the little girl has he?" Liam said to Dax. Currently, he was rubbing his temples with one hand because of an increasing headache Sebastian was giving him. Was he seriously stupid enough to say that they were important people? And if they haven't been able to capture them for years, what made the idiot think they would succeed so easily this time?

So far, he was the only one who has done something. He insulted them, and they gave away their position. "You would think that if they were so powerful, they'd have already killed us. But that hasn't happened now has it?" Liam said, looking up at where he had originally assumed the girl to be.

Kennedy had finally managed to calm herself down and stop her manic packing. It was then she realized that Claire had gone out to see the humans alone. Kennedy sighed as she ran after her sister knowing Will would kill her if anything happened to Claire. With a groan of annoyance Kennedy left the tree house and followed her sister into the forest.

Sneaking back through the forest Kennedy saw the guards and three other guys who looked rather important to her. She smirked as she crept through the forest and heard Claire throw an ice ball at the nearest fancy guy. Kennedy grinned as she crept up behind the guards and quickly and quietly knocked them out. She smiled up at Claire in the tree as Kennedy entered the clearing behind the three guys.

Claire watched and smiled at her sister as she crept up behind the men, taking them down quickly as the three boys turned towards Kennedy. Claire jumped down from the tree with a graceful, quiet leap, landing in a cat like stance gazing at the three with skeptical eyes. Her eyes slowly changed back to a bright, husky blue as she stood up and watched closely without saying a word.

Liam smirked as the girl from the trees jumped to the ground to meet them at. He quickly lunged at the girl with his katana and place the tip of the elongated sword at her throat.
"One wrong move, and you will have no more throat. I am not here to play games and I do not intend on gambling the lives of my brothers or mine. So are you good or evil, miss?" He threatened/asked.

He knew he'd get yelled at by his brothers, but he didn't want her to have the perfect opportunity to harm anyone he actually somewhat cared about.

Dax put his hand on Liam's shoulder. "Calm." He instructed quietly. He didn't know whether Liam would actually listen to him--Dax wasn't that forceful--he was the intelligent one.
Liam probably had good intentions deep down somewhere, but this was a little bit extreme, even for him.
He assessed the situation. All the guards were knocked out. The girl he had seen in the tree had a sword held to her throat by Liam. Another girl was present, and had accounted for the guards. Sebastian hadn't reacted yet.
Dax resisted the urge to sigh. This was more complicated than he had expected. It really would have been easier to send a couple of spies instead of this large group of people. But then again, his father had thought this was better and while he could cross his father, his father wouldn't listen to him--even if he was in charge of intelligence.

Prince Liam rolled his eyes at his brother.
"Yes. Because that's a great idea. Calm down so that we all turn out like our guards. We could have stood a better chance if Mr. Almighty over there hadn't announced that we were important people." Liam spat. He was getting angrier and angrier by the second.
What was making it worse was that the girl hadn't said one word. 'What. Does she not understand us?' He briefly wondered.

Claire would look back and forth between the two guys bickering as she rolled her eyes and gave a smirk towards Kennedy. She would then slowly become transparent as she started to descend into the tree she was held against, she would appear beside Kennedy with a calm look on her face as she watched the two continue to argue.

Liam took in a slow breath through his nose and let it out his mouth. He lowered his katana, not having to look over in the direction where the girl used to be knowing she was gone.

He turned and glared at the girl who was now by her sisters side.
"Do you take amusement in annoying me?" He asked as he strides towards the girls.

He simply just wished his elder bother would do his job and capture these women.

Kennedy smirked as she watched the two boys argue with their back still to her. If she wanted to she probably could have knocked them out to but she was amused by the fighting. When she saw the one pull a weapon and theaten her sister Kennedy went to protective mode. She stepped closer then laughed as her sister disappeared and the reappeared right next to her.

"I enjoy annoying anyone who dares to threaten my family. Now may I ask what the heck you are doing in my forest?" Kennedy smirked as the boys finally turned around to face ther two sisters. It was clear the boys intent was to capture them but that would not happen as long as she was around.

Claire quietly laughed at Kennedy as she got an attitude with the men as she saw one of them stepped towards the girls her eyes changed colors and had a mean look on her face. She was getting angry at the rudeness of him and wanted to shut him up. But decided to let Kennedy to the talking.

Sebastian watched quietly as his two brothers took their courses of action. As usual, Dax was quiet, calm, and extremely observant. Equally as unsurprising, Liam took a direct approach, wanting to get things over with as quickly as possible. There was still a long way to go.

Even though it was obvious that telling a possibly hostile enemy that you were important wasn't the greatest idea, Sebastian did so for two reasons. The first was that in knowing that the three were princes, if the watcher they found was not alone, in order to capture all three men, she would need help. If there were other watchers, this would draw them out. The second was to drill Liam and Dax on dealing with hostilities. Sometimes you are mugged for random reasons, and other times you are attacked with impossible forces and odds in order to maximize the success if capture. Liam and Dax needed to know what to do in these situations.

But he hadn't counted on his guards being assassinated one by one while he was distracted. He sneered slightly as he was questioned, too distracted by his mistake to really compose himself to answer politely. "Does it really matter? Those were good men that you just killed without provocation. Where do you get the nerve?"

He noticed that the eyes of the girl who had not been speaking had changed colors. She looked irritated and on the brink of attacking. "Liam," he warned. "I know I don't need to tell you, but keep an eye on that one. She looks like she's got it out for you." He nodded towards the older looking of the two sisters. "I'll do my job. Just make use of that sliver of metal you call a sword and watch my back."

Sebastian cast a quick glance towards Dax. He was curious to see how he would react, because it wasn't too often that Sebastian got to watch his brother fight. He let out a slow exhale and took his stance. "Now, we can do this easily and you just submit-- or my brothers and I will take you by force. It's really up to you."

Dax just rolled his eyes, muttering quietly so neither of his brothers caught him. "Now I remember why I locked myself in my rooms with so much paperwork."
He loved his brothers, he really did, but they would try the patience of a saint, and he wasn't even close to one. At this point, he was seriously considering confiscating everyone's weapons and tying them all up together. Yes, it was stupid, but maybe they could get something accomplished instead of standing around doing nothing, and getting nowhere.
And when he got back home, his father was going to hear from him, never mind the fact that he was king and his word was law. This was sheer, utter folly, and they should have sent out a couple of spies rather than a large party that made a lot of noise and contained all three of the princes. Between Sebastian and Liam, he was having trouble deciding which one was the greater fool. Currently, his sympathies were with the girls, the Watchers, as they called themselves.
He sighed and backed away from the clearing, content to let both of his brothers go through the trouble of catching the girls. They brought this upon themselves, after all.

Claire looked at the man who was speaking and gave a low growl as she squinted her eyes and stood there tense. As she thought to herself. (ya, I got it out for all of you, you nasty humans. Coming into my older brothers and sisters forest.) She would look back at the man who moved from the clearing, (So he doesn't want to fight then why come here and let his brothers act in such a way?). Claire wouldn't say a word as she waited for Kennedy to say something as she was the one to speak her mind. Claire wanted so badly to dispose of these irritating humans with just one touch she could. But it was against her beliefs so she would stand there and wait till Kennedy told her to do otherwise.

Liam let out a low growl at he sheathed his katana back into its hilt. He turned to his brother, "How do you not care that they," He pointed to the two girls, "Killed all of your men!? You don't even seemed fazed! God, and I thought father had no heart."

Liam rubbed his temples to sooth an oncoming headache. He glanced up at the one with brown hair who seemed to hate him. She seemed to be waiting for something. He looked over at the blonde. 'Well, she seems older then the brunet. Maybe their kind follows the eldest in the group... God. There better not be more of them.' Liam thought as he leaned on a tree, 'Two are enough.'

"Sebastian, would you please just capture them already? I don't know what you're planning, but father will either grow worried over the fact that you aren't back yet, or he'll grow angry we haven't figured anything out yet." Liam said to his brother. And to think, this was only a "simple" information mission.