We were almost to Talia's house and my headache was getting worse. "Ahh." "You ok Neve?" said Wren. "I don't know." "We better hurry. I will carry her." said Quinn. They rushed back to the house and went in to put Neve down. "Talia!" said Wren. "What is it?!" "Its Neve!" "Ok coming!" Talia rushed over to Neve to see what was wrong. She was now unconscious. "What happened to the poor girl?" "Well she had a small headache when we left and she said it was ok enough to walk through town. Then we lost track of her. She said she thought she saw something, then she looked for someone to help. Aries helped Neve find us. After we walked a little more we came here. We were almost here when she had a bad headache. "said Quinn. "Let me feel her head. Oh dear. She has a fever." "I have a remedy for that. I have some medicine from a doctor if that will help?" "No. For this type of headache she needs the remedy I have. This isn't a normal headache." "That makes sense. Hang in there Neve." Said Quinn. "Big Sis. Be ok. Pwease be ok." Lucia kissed his sisters forehead. "You be ok big sis. I keep you safe." (cough cough) Neve started coughing. "Oh no." said Quinn. "She's coughing now. Her breathing is Ragged." 'Talia please hurry.' he said to himself.
Talia came back with the herbs. "Oh no. Its gotten worse. Her breathing is Ragged and she's coughing. (Cough Cough.) I better give this to her quick! After I give her these herbs, I need to go find someone. He can help. Let me know if anything changes." "Yes maam. Thank you." said Quinn. She gave her the herbs and left to find someone.
She ran to the elder and said, "Elder? Is Aries around? Its an emergency!" Aries heard some loud voices and came out. "What is it Talia?" "Its Neve! She needs help." He was wide eyed for and minute then said, "Got it. I'm coming." "Don't you dare die Neve! I just met you! You are a very good friend and you have a brother to care for' He said under his breath.
They finally got there, Quinn ran out and told them that her fever has worsened. "Crap" said Aries. "What are her symptoms?" "Fever Cough and headache. She passed out from a headache." said Quinn. "OK hold on. I hate doing this. It hurts but it will have to do." He got a knife out and cut his hand. "Don't worry. I won't make her drink my blood. It will be going on her forehead. It should lessen the symptoms." "Let's hope so." said Quinn. After he put his blood on Neves head and rubbed it in, the blood dissolved like it wasn't there. "Wow!" said Wren. "Its like you never put the blood on her." "Yeah my blood does that." After awhile Neve was calling for Lucia and Quinn. "Lucia. Quinn." While she was sleeping. "We are here Neve." "Big Sis." "Wren and the others are here too."
Neve opened her eyes slightly and saw everyone waiting on her. "Wren. Aries? What are you doing here? Ow.." "Relax. You need to rest a little more." said Quinn. "What happened to me?" "You passed out after we laid you down from a headache." Said Quinn. "Then you coughed and had a fever. Talia gave you some herbs. They weren't enough. So she got Aries and he helped you." I saw Aries hand wrapped up. "What happened to your hand Aries?" I said. "Oh I had to use my blood to help you. I put the blood on your forehead and it seemed to work. I'm a fast healer. Its fine." "I have a question. I said I Slowly sat up and Quinn helped me. "Is it true that there are very few Raiju left? Are you one?" "Yes I am. Most all of us here in the village are. Talia is one as well. As you know Frostine is." "Yeah. Before we left, she showed me. She is beautiful and soft." "Looks like she learned to control herself. That's good." said Talia. "Ok. get some sleep now Neve." said Aries. "I will see you tomorrow at the elders." "Ok thank you." I laid down and my eyes were falling heavy again and I went to sleep. Lucia stayed with me while the others went out and talked.
"OK. So we know Neve saw something. So we need to find out what she saw." said Quinn. "Yeah I agree." said Wren. "Usually when she see's something that looks familiar in her dreams, she gets headaches. Its most likely related to the Fox princess thing." "Yeah well. I'm afraid if she has anymore of these headaches, one of these days she won't wake up from it." said Quinn. "I'm sure she will be fine." said Wren." You know how strong she is now." "Lets hope so." Quinn sighed. "Ok I'm heading to our inn now." Said Artimis. "You two should get some sleep." "Yeah thanks man." said Wren. The 3 men walked on to the inn. "Lets go check on Lucia and Neve." said Quinn. So they did. "Hello?" said Quinn. Then he saw Lucia on a chair laying his head on his sisters bed. "Aww poor guy. So worried about his sister." Wren picked Lucia up and laid him back in the other bed. Quinn felt Neve's head and said, "Her fever has gone down a lot. Thanks to Aries and Talia." "Yeah." So they went back to their rooms and went to sleep.
The next morning it was about 8:00am. I had just woken up. (yawn.) "Aww. My little Lucia." I rubbed his head and gave him a kiss on the forehead. Then I left the room. Quinn and Talia were the only ones up. "Morning Quinn." "Morning Neve. How are you feeling?" "Huh? What do you mean? I feel fine." "Do you remember having a headache and Aries helping you?" "Oh right yeah. I just feel so much better now I forgot about it. Lucia is still sleeping. Are the others going to be up soon?" "Aries should be here soon. By then Wren should be up. The guys had to run some errands before they head over." said Quinn. "Oh that's good." "Big sis!" "Coming Lucia!" "That girl." Said Quinn. "What do you mean Quinn?" said Talia. "Oh nothing. She is something." "Yeah she is. Reminds me of Frostine and my other kids."
My brother and I came out just as Aries got there. "Hello Aries." "Well princess. Your looking well." "I am thanks to you and Talia. So thank you." I curtsied. "Your welcome. I was told to escort you to the Elder." "Oh Really? Thank you." I wore my flower dress. "OK. Wren you ready?" "Yeah I'm coming!" "OK I'm here." "Ok lets go." So they were off to the elders.
"Oh what about Artimis and the others?" I said. "Talia will let them know where we are. They will meet us there." "Oh good. So we all should probably see the elder this time." I said. "Sounds good. Here we are. I gotta go back for some business. See you later Neve and Lucia." "Bye Bye." Said Lucia. "Hehe. See you. OK shall we?" I said to Lucia. "Yep." Then the others went in as well.
"Hello elder." "Hello Neve and Lucia. Hello Quinn and Wren as well." "Hello elder." "OK Neve. Let me start by answering your questions. Yes I am Frostine's father. Thank you for telling me about Frostine. I wish I knew about my other two kids." "Actually sir. After we are done talking here, May I ask we speak alone?" "Yes. OK now. You have one more day here. I wanted to tell you I will be sending a couple people from our village to join you in your quest." "Wow! How many more do I need to protect me?" I said. "Oh don't worry. I'm only sending 2. You know one of them already. OK you two. Come in."
"Aries? Yep. I have come here to join you on your quest. I told the Elder about where you were headed and he agreed you needed 2 more men. He has a feeling you will need us." "Well ok. I just feel awkward being the only woman on the journey." "Actually you won't be. This is just Aries Brother Hunter. He came with Aries to say Hi." "Oh Hello. Nice to meet you Hunter." "What's wrong with hunter?" "Oh Sorry Neve." Said Aries. "Ever since a certain incident he hasn't spoken." "Oh I'm sorry." "Hunter you know who I need." He nodded and went to get the person. "Ah. Here she is. Introduce yourself please." said the Elder. "Hello princess. My name is Keyon." "I'm Neve and this is Lucia." Then Wren and Quinn introduced themselves as well. "Aries here is my cousin." Nice to meet you Keyon." "You too." "Pretty." Said Lucia. "Hehe." I giggled. Keyon knelt down and said, "Thank you young prince. Your quite handsome yourself". Lucia blushed. I nudged my brother playfully. "I assume you have powers by now Neve?" said the Elder. "Yes sir. I have the power of lightning its blue. I have already had to use it once." I told the elder what happened at the village where we fought. "I'm glad you are ok. I am also glad you listened to the Mistress." I left the part out about Aiden and Tenasia. "I just want to warn you. There will be dangerous roads up ahead." "Yeah I know. Lucia and I had a dream of one." I told him about the dream. "That is called a Gila. That is their home. They might have got scared because they are afraid of Foxes. They are also afraid of Raiju, Since they are similar to them." Lucia was shivering remembering the dream. "Its ok little brother. Big sis and the others will keep you safe." I embraced my brother. "That is only one of the dangers. Just be careful ok? I want you to come back here on your way back from your journey." "Yes sir." "OK. That is what I have to tell you. You said you wanted to talk to me alone Neve?" "Yes I did." I went in back to talk to him.