Aries carried Neve, and Vain carried her stuff. They finally got to a cottage. Vale knocked on the door. (knock knock) "Coming!" said a male voice. The man opened the door and saw Vale and Vain. "Well I thought I would never see the day when you two would come knocking on my door. Please come in." So they all went in.
"Who might these people be? "Said the man. "This is Aries. His girlfriend Neve. She is the reason we are here. The people who raided and killed some villagers are at the village. Until they are gone, she refuses to step foot into the village. She is a fox. Aries is a Raiju." said Vale. "Well. I haven't seen a Raiju in years. What's wrong with the girl?" "Neve lost consciousness on the way to the cottage. She may have symptoms of the sword that was said to be destroyed." Aries brought the book out and showed him. "I see. I thought as much. Let me see her. I can tell if its a symptom of the sword or not." The man checked her out. "Oh dear." "What? What is it?" said Vain in panic. "Well. There's good news and bad news. The good news is its not from that sword. The bad news is, The scratches she got from another sword is what's causing her weakness. The one she was sparring with? Was the Sword poisoned?" "It may have been." said Vale. "I have an antidote for it. Hang on. Ah here it is. By the way my name is Rayden." He got a needle and got a small dose of the antidote. "Hopefully this works." He put the needle near the wound and they waited.
"Come on Neve. Please wake up. Please." said Vain. Neve started to have ragged breathing. "Oh dear. Whatever it is, its not what I thought. I really don't know what's wrong with her." "Why is her breathing ragged now?" Said Vale. "Its a side affect of the antidote. She will be fine in a bit." "What should we do to help her then?" said Aries. "I can keep her here until she wants to go back. I will do what I can to ease her pain and weakness." "Thank you sir." Said Aries. "When do you think she will wake up?" "Well. I don't know for certain." Said Rayden. "It depends on what caused her weakness and how long it takes for her body to recover." "Damn!" said Aries. "Oh yeah. Could one of you guys send a letter back home for me?" "I will." said Vale. "I have to head back that way anyway for work." Aries wrote his letter and gave it to Vale. "OK I better get back. See you later everyone." "You boys can stay here as well."
Neve's arm was starting to show signs of the poison. Her arm looked like it had purple veins. Rayden saw this and said, "Shit! Looks like we are going to have to cut off her arm. If the poison spreads any more she will die. Aries Vain I need you to hold her down." "Are you serious? Its that bad?" Said Aries. "Yes it is so do as I say she doesn't have much longer." So Aries and Vain listened " I will try to make this as quick as possible." said Rayden. He got his sword and sliced her arm off. Then he quickly wrapped it to stop the bleeding. "There done. She should hopefully be ok now."
(In Neves head)
What Now? What happened to me? last I saw I was with Aries. He looked worried. I couldn't move at all for some reason. Agh. "Neve. Ne..eve." "Hello? Who is it? Mistress Annabeth?" "Sorry I'm not her." Then the person showed up. "W-who are you?" "Don't be scared Neve. You don't know me yet. You will soon enough." "Are you the one who is making me weak and not move?" "No I am not. When the leader scratched you, you were poisoned. I need to talk to you." I couldn't take my eyes off the man because he was so handsome. I shook my head. "Excuse me but can I know your name?" "You will know in time. I came to talk to you about something important. I heard your promise to come back to the foggy place." "Yes I did. I will. I just have to stay at the village for another 5 days or more. Then it will take a week to get back home. I have to rest a few days then I got to get the people I want to take with me." "That is fine. Just don't take too long." "Why what's going on? Is it about me?" "Partly yes. The other part is the rest of your family. The ones who are cursed as well." "I-I see. They said that they enjoyed being what they were, and regret if they had to stay one thing." "I will think of something then." "If someone can remove the curse and still let them do that, it is fine. So what is this thing you need to tell me?" "I just want you to be careful. I assume that you were told you can bring 3 people in with you maximum." "Yes I was. I choose them already." "Good. I want to tell you there will be some dangers on what you have to go through to see me." "(sigh) I guess I should be used to that by now. Everything I do ends up dangerous. You know I am the current fox princess?" "Yes I do. Only the fox princess or prince can deal with what you are going to do. You have 4 more years before your time is up being the fox princess. Your brother the fox prince, its the same. Until he is 20 or can't do his duty anymore he will be the fox prince. He is still young yet."
(Back outside)
"Neve. My poor Neve. When are you going to wake up?" said Aries. He was holding her hand sitting beside her. Vain was on the other end of her. Holding her other hand. "Aries? Can't you do something with your blood?" said Vain. "Its not that simple. I wish it were. Unless I know what exactly is going on I can't do anything to help. I just guessed since it was animal related to her mom I might be able to help." "Aries I'm scared." Neve said unconsciously and weakly. "I'm right here Neve. I'm not going anywhere."
(Back inside Neves head)
"If I may ask? What sort of dangers are there? I want to be prepared and make sure I can defend myself." "Do you remember the monsters you fought saving your dad and grandpa?" "Don't tell me I have to fight more of them?" "Well some of them yes not all of them. The goblin who stabbed you was the younger brother of the goblins you will have to face." "Damn it!" "Also there will be a two headed giant Lizard. Other than that I'm sure there will be new monsters I can't really name. You will just have to wing it." "I hate winging it. Every time I do, I end up getting stabbed, poisoned, or almost die somehow. I can't keep letting Aries hurt himself because I am weak." "Oh Neve. You are stronger than you think you are. You will find out soon enough. Neve. There is one thing I can tell you about myself though. You used to know me. We hung out together at the village. I just wish you would remember. Although I am sure you will once you see me. If not I can try to jog your memory once we get safely out." "Wait! I thought I was here for a curse. Not to get you safely out." "You will know what to do when you get there. I shouldn't have to explain too much. I just wanted to tell you about what sort of danger you would face and what you would be coming for. Now you have to get back to Aries and Vain. Vale should be there around nightfall." "Thank you whoever you are." "haha. Your welcome Neve. See you soon."
(Outside of Neves head)
"Neve. Come on. Why won't you wake up?! I can't help you if I don't know what this is." Aries was holding back tears. Vain was actually crying. "I know how you feel Vain. I'm trying to hold mine back." "Aries? Vain? I said weakly with my eyes still closed. "We are here." said Aries. "I'm here too Neve." said Vain. "That's good." Then I relaxed in relief and was sleeping peacefully. "Thank god she's ok." said Aries. "She's sleeping peacefully now. I will go tell Rayden about Neve." Said Vain.
"Hey Rayden." "Oh hey Vain. How can I help you?" "Neve is sleeping peacefully now. Aries usually can tell if he can help a person just by touching their arms and head." "That's a relief. May I go in and check on her myself?" "Its fine with me."
"Hello Aries." Said Rayden. "Hi sir. Neve is sleeping peacefully now." "Vain told me. Mind if I take a look at her." Rayden felt her forehead and it felt a little warm. "Looks like she might have a slight fever. Nothing to worry about." "Yeah I felt that too." He felt her pulse under her neck. "Her pulse is a little fast. I wonder if she really is going to be ok." "Rayden. Trust me. She is a fighter." said Aries. "Well other than that she is good. Thanks for letting me take a look at her. I will be outside if you need me."
"Hmm." Neve was finally starting to wake up, and the boys were asleep. I slowly opened my eyes. "Hehe. Poor boys. I know I worried them. Aww. They both held my hand. How sweet." I removed her hand from both of them as to not wake them up. I felt a pain in my other arm. I looked up and was shocked my other arm was gone. "What?! What happened?! Where is my arm?!" I didn't realize I was being loud and woke the boys up. Aries was half asleep when he said "Neve?" "Yes its me Aries." "Neve! Your awake!" He gave me a big hug. "Ow." "Sorry. Vain wake up! Neve's awake!" "Huh? Neve! How are you feeling?" "Like I got my arm chopped off. Sorry for waking you up." Aries felt Neve's head and said, "Well that slight fever went away." "Oh. I had a fever?" "Yeah a little one. I will go tell Rayden you are awake." said Vain. Once he left I looked at Aries confused. "You were unconscious. This is Rayden's house. You said you wanted to live outside the village until the rogue Nue were out." "Yeah that I remember." "Well Vale said he knew someone you could stay with." "Oh. Its dark already?" "Yeah. You slept a long time. Its about 10:00pm." "Woah already?" "Its ok Neve. What's important is that you are awake."
Rayden finally came back. "Hello there little lady." "You must be Rayden. Nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you too Neve. How are you feeling?" "Sore. What happened to my arm?" "Lets let Vale tell you I will be right back." said Rayden. So Rayden left to get Vale. "So did your dad have any news on the rogue Nue?" "He said he wanted to tell you himself what they decided." "Oh ok." After we talked a bit Vale finally came in.
"Hello Neve. Good to see you awake. I'm sure your curious about your arm." "Yeah what happened?" "Remember when you had that fight with the leader before you ran off?" "Yeah but all he did was scratch me." "That's all he had to do. The sword must have been poisoned. Rayden said that your arm looked like it had purple Veins. If it went any further you would have died." "Oh. Thank you Rayden. For your help." "No problem little lady." "Oh just call me Neve." "Ok Neve." "I'm sure you want to know the sentence of the rogue Nue?" I nodded yes. "Well its not what you hoped. They didn't get the torture sentence. They were banished from our village and anywhere near your old village area. They can't be within 500 feet from it. If they attack other villages, I'm sure they will take care of them." "Y-yeah. Well I guess that is a fair punishment. I just feel sorry for their families who will only be able to see them outside the village. If I can't see my friends they shouldn't be able to see there's. If I had the choice I would have tortured them myself. Luckily I don't have the energy. I just wonder where they are now?" "Oh they were banished at sundown. Luckily Nue's have good eyesight at night." "Yeah. oh speaking of Nue? Vain. How is your transformation speed coming?" "Actually its getting there. I'm surprised at how fast I can do it now." "That's good. You will have to show me in the morning." "The Nue rogues are gone. Do you want to go back to the village? You are welcome to stay here as long as you need to." said Rayden. I smiled and said. "I think I will stay here one more night. Then I will have to go back to the village. Thank you for letting me stay here sir." "Your welcome Neve." "Can I get up and get some fresh air?" "As long as someone helps you." "Thanks. Aries Vain. Can you help me outside?"