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", "writing": "[center][b][u]Chapter 11\nInto the Dawnwood[/u][/b][/center]\n\nAs the day grew late into the evening, young Maverick made his way up the stairs to the inn room with a exhausted yawn. He pondered the events of the day, contemplating the man’s answers to his questions. The man stayed true to his word, answering all without hesitation, and yet the answers only raised more than few. Maverick sighed as he reached the door, before putting up a smile as he stepped inside to greet his friend. Liam lay resting on his stomach on the bed, humming to himself as he wrote in what seemed to be a small leatherbound journal. \n\n“Oh…! It’s just my journal, hehe~ I was just writing about the last couple days, that’s all!” Liam responded with a cheerful smile.\n\nMaverick smirked, raising his finger and thumb to his chin and closing one eye in a cheeky attempt at looking cool. \n\n“Anything about me in there~?” Maverick snickered.\n\nLiam nodded with a soft giggle, to Maverick’s surprise. \n\n“O-oh, really? W-well lemme see!” Maverick smirked, running over to look over Liam’s shoulder as he tried to play off the red in his cheeks. \n\n“Eek! H-hey no peeking! Staahahahaaaap~!!” Liam laughed, closing the journal quickly as the older boy tried to get a look inside. “Mister Journal is privaaaate!”\n\nMaverick huffed, flopping down on top of young Liam’s back. “Fiiiiine~”\n\nLiam coughed out, reaching out a paw at the air as the weight of the fox came down on him. With a wheeze of feigned air escaping his lungs, Liam planted his face in the bedsheets and played dead.\n\nMaverick chuckled and furrowed his brow. “Oh come on, I’m not that heavy!” He said nipping the lithe young mage’s ear, making the kit squeak back to life. Liam wriggled around to face Maverick, sticking his tongue out in defiance until both finally began to laugh, breaking their facades. \n\n“Oh yeah!” Maverick sat up, reaching or his bag beside the bed. “Check out what we got!”\n\nLiam binked quizzically looking over to the bag as Mavy rummaged through it. Within moments the silver fox pulled out a small pouch, and with a tug on the drawstring and a quick turn dumped it’s contents onto the bed, letting the gold coins clink against the sheets. Liam’s eyes widened at the gold coins, there had to be at least ten or so pieces together!\n\n“Woaaaah! That’s more than mom ever gave me for my allowance! How much is it? Where did you get it!?” The excited young fox squeaked.\n\n“Heheh~ Remember that watch? Wellll I turned in the watch for us and he gave us the reward, plus a little extra after telling him we found it together. We got exactly twelve gold pieces, so we both get six!” Maverick smiled, watching young Liam’s face positively radiate with glee. Each of the boys took their share of the reward, placing them safely in their packs.\n\n“I kinda wish I coulda turned in the flier though, it was like my first quest hehe…~” Liam chuckled.\n\n“Yeah, I get ya… But trust me, there will be more stuff to do in the future! You could even enroll in the Adventurer’s Guild and go on official quests some day! The stuff you do for official guild quests makes this stuff look like spare change~” \n\nLiam’s eyes widened, his adventurous spirit sparking back to life hearing that. 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After all I’ve been on my own a long time, so you can count on me to help you every step of the way, okay?” Maverick smiled, rubbing Liam’s shoulder as he tried to reassure the young mage.\n\n“But what about your Catalyst? It doesn’t work anymore… How can you fight without magic?” Liam looked up at Maverick with concern plain on his face.\n\n“Hey! I don’t need some silly magic to fight! I knew how to use my daggers way before I ever learned how to use Catalysts!” Maverick huffed, letting a bit of his pride show. “You still have your Catalyst too though, so honestly, you are better off than I am heh~ I can even teach you how to use it better along the way, right?”\n\nLiam let a hint of a smile across his cheeks as his friend’s optimism filled him with a hint of courage and reassurance. ‘Maybe it won’t be so bad.’ Liam thought to himself as he rolled back on the bed.\n\nThe two spent the final hours of their night continuing to talk over lighter topics to ease their minds, until eventually their eyes became heavy. Before they even realized it, they eventually collapsed, sound asleep to await the morning.\n\n-------------\n\nThe two boys yawned in unison, having packed their belongings and made their way outside the inn where they were greeted by Tinte and Danny. Danny had packed his things as well it seemed though it was clear the young fox rabbit did not possess a magical bag as Liam did, seeing the large pack that seemed to be an amalgamation of tools, camping gear and the like.\n\n“Wow Danny, a-are you really gonna bring all that stuff?” Liam asked, wide eyed.\n\n“Yeah! No worries! This isnt as heavy as it looks, I figured you two had stuff like this too so I packed light~”\n\nBoth Maverick and Liam stared for a second having to look up slightly as the older boy’s pack reached over his long rabbit ears.\n\n ‘[i]THAT is light!?[/i]’ The two fox kits thought to themselves. \n\nTinte stepped forward, holding out her closed hand toward Liam, who seemed confused but held out his hands. The pink furred bunny placed a small pouch in his palm that came to rest with a quiet jingle. \n\n“You didn't get to stay your full stay at the inn, and less so in Ellenvale. So I wanted to give you some money as an apology, you’ll need it on the road ahead, wherever you decide to go…” Tinte said rather sullenly.\n\n“Miss Rose… I couldn’t! I mean… You don't have to-\" Liam started before his lips were met with a soft touch from the rabbit, silencing the protesting young mage.\n\n“Hush now, I won't take no for an answer~ If it bothers you so much, then promise me you’ll pay it back next time hehe~”\n\n“Next time…” Liam muttered quietly, a sparkle of reassurance in his eyes. He smiled up at her and nodded swiftly, to which Rose returned happily.\n\n“Soooo, should we go to the marketplace before we head out? I’m sure it wouldn’t hurt to buy any last minute supplies.” Daniel piped up.\n\nMaverick thought back to his dagger with the hole in it where the source of his wind magic once was held, and he knew it it’s condition it simply would not last another fight.\n\n“Yeah, I kinda need a weapon now I think about it… I’m up for it.” Maverick agreed.\n\n“I’ll look for some more food and cool stuff!” Liam grinned.\n\n“Remember we are going into the wilderness with no direction or anything, don’t spend all you got on ‘cool stuff’ Liam.” Maverick scolded in an almost brotherly tone.\n\n“I wooon’t! I know what I should and shouldn't get!”\n\n“Alright! Alright! Heh.” He trusted the younger vulpine enough to let him go without any further instruction.\n\nLiam and Maverick took off with Daniel turning to run after them. Rose sighed with a smile. \n\n“I'm sure those boys will be just fine.” Rose whispered to herself as she looked to the summer sky. “At least... I hope so.”\n\nAlmost an hour passed as the three boys split up in the market, each taking the time to make any last preparations. The markets were not as populated as the day Liam first arrived, likely due to the threat of Karma’s recent attack. But as Liam made his way down the road stuffing some food he had bought into his magic bag, Liam’s ears perked as he noticed a familiar face stocking his carriage and seemingly preparing to leave.\n\n“Mr. Herson!” Liam called out running over to the buck.\n\n“Hmm? Oh! It’s you, the lone boy from the other day. Liam was it? Liam Niedlich, that name has been going around a lot here, haha. Heard you and your friends had a run in with that Karma fellow.” Herson said. “I’m sorry you have to leave Ellenvale son, nobody your age should have to leave their home so young…”\n\n“Yeah… It’s okay though, we’ll be alright on our own!” Liam said, brimming with a combination both hope and confidence; quite a few shades different than his demeanor in his first encounter with the other.\n\n“Heh, i’m sure you will, son. Here.” The huge buck held out a rolled up parchment and a small box down to the much smaller fox boy, who took it gingerly and looked it over.\n\n“What's this?”\n\n“It’s a map and compass little one, so no matter where you are on Aetheria you’ll be able to find your way. Remember, the sun always rises in the east and sets in the west. Now, I gotta head out of town myself, business calls after all. I wish you and your friends the safest of journeys, maybe we’ll meet on the road someday, haha.” Herson chuckled, patting Liam on the head before taking hold of the reigns once more.\n\nWith a flick of his wrists he snapped the reigns, the horses slowly trudging forth along the northbound roads. Liam waved to the man as he left, looking on as he slowly became smaller and smaller in the distance. Perhaps he looked too long, as deep in his gut he felt a twinge of emotions as he thought of all the people he was leaving. He wiped away a few tears that brimmed at his eyes and turned to find his friends.\n\nThe three boys gathered at the south entrance of Ellenvale, each with their packs slightly more full. They looked at one another and nodded to one another as they started down the road. They waved goodbye to everyone who stood by the gate to see them off. Rose, Belu, a number of the guards whose faces they recognised as the fallen from Karma’s assault, and even captain Grahm himself standing stoic with arms crossed over his chest. They waved goodbye until Ellenvale was but a memory in their mind’s eye as they traveled along the southern roads, and into the Dawnwood.\n\nThe sun bared down on the three young adventurers as the afternoon came and went, shimmering through the leaves of the trees and shrubbery that shaded their path above. They traveled for hours, taking in the scenery as they went. Occasionally they would catch glimpses of wildlife through the trees and along the road which would skitter back into the woods at their approach, and each time Liam met with excitement at simply seeing the fauna. The young mage pulled out his journal and flipped towards the back pages and started to scribble notes on each new beast he saw. Maverick chuckled, peeking over Liam’s shoulder.\n\n“Haha, you really lived a sheltered life huh? I’ve never seen someone so intrigued by seeing a rabbit before!”\n\nLiam smiled, stuffing his journal back into his pocket and replacing it with his spellbook. \n\n“Hehe, yeah I guess I am… I’m just really excited to be out here like this, it’s like we’re heroes out on a grand quest to slay the dragon and explore new places, just like in story books!” Liam giggled, flipping to a page in his spellbook.\n\n“Heh, I think you are gonna need more practice hero~ Not gonna slay any dragon if ya can’t cast any magic yet. Let’s take a rest, and we can practice on your casting some!” Maverick smirked.\n\n“Yeah, that sounds like a good idea.” Daniel agreed. The rabbit sighed tiredly and sat upon a fallen log on the side of the road to catch his breath. Maverick and Liam followed suit, taking a spot in the grass beside the log.\n\nWithin the hour the boys ate and drank to recuperate, however young Liam spent most of his time memorizing his spellbook. He began to practice, waving his small staff in the air and creating all manner of minor harmless spells, from a misty illusion of a butterfly to accidentally causing his upper robes to vanish like before. Liam huffed, dissatisfied with these results but thankful regardless that he hadn’t made his full wardrobe vanish again. \n\nLiam got a bit bolder and stood up, aiming his staff to the sky as he prepared to cast a more offensive spell. He tightened his focus, struggling to find his concentration. The duo watched on, becoming a small and silent audience for their younger companion's magic display. After Liam had gained his focus, his lips parted and he began to utter the name of his spell.\n\n“Fros-... Huh?” Liam stopped, his ear ficking in the direction deeper into the woods.\n\nMaverick and Daniel heard it too, turning their attention in the same direction. On occasion tbe trio could hear a soft grunting noise coming from deeper in. Suddenly that grunt was followed by a sharp yelp, and all at once the boys were at attention and bolted into the underbrush. They pushed through the bushes, ever closer to the grunting sound. As the neared, they could swear they heard a soft giggling between the grunts until the three curious adventures peeked their faces through the brush to the source of the matter. Squinting, Maverick and Daniel glimpsed through the leaves, and at that moment, they felt a heat adorn their faces that was much warmer than the summer air that surrounded them.\n\nLiam poked his head through, whispering. “Hey, what is it? Lemme see!” \n\nAs Liam finally got sight of the source of the noise, his face became one of curious confusion. There in the grass lay a boy looking not much older than he was, a white lop eared rabbit with wrapped leather garments, colorful feathers and natural looking jewelry, and a staff seemingly formed from a sturdy branch at his side. However, Liam noticed this rabbit boy’s clothing seemed to only cover his arms and legs, however this did not appear as the most pressing matter for the moment, as his eyes widened at the large wolf standing over the bunny boy. Liam started to take action, but then he realised the small bunny was laughing. \n\nThe wolf that bared itself over the prone young rabbit did not seem to be attacking him, but making a strange motion as it lay its body over the boy’s back. It’s back was arched and its hips jumped against the rabbit’s rear, and each time it did, the white bunny groaned out and giggled more. The beast was panting hotly, whining and nipping at the nape of the rabbit boy’s neck.\n\n“A-ah! Hah.. Not so rough! Nng!” He squeaked under the canine, his voice labored and jumpy as he was rocked by the wolf’s thrusting pelvis.\n\nLiam suddenly felt his eyes covered by a pair of familiar paws as Maverick shielded him from the lewd sight.\n\n“H-hey!” Liam yipped out, rather too loudly in fact. As the white rabbit boy looked up hearing the unfamiliar noise, but his attention was drawn back in an instant as his canine companion suddenly pinned him down, aggressively holding the back of the boy’s neck with it’s teeth as it’s rutting suddenly became fast and erratic. The young bunny gasped out several squeaky moans as his body was jerked about beneath the wolf, until suddenly the creature’s hips halted and the beast released the boy’s nape, panting heavily with feral look of satisfaction along its muzzle.\n\n“H-hah... Haah… I know… it’s hard to find a mate.. but.. hah.. go slower next time buddy?” The boy gasped out, his white fur of his cheeks a bit red.\n\nThe wolf whined almost apologetically, its tail wagging behind it. The two seemed to rest there for a few minutes until the wolf hopped off the boy and with a few tugs, its hips released from the boy’s rear causing a soft squeak from him. The boy took a moment to breath as he sat upright, his legs shaking as he tried to stand, holding onto the wolf’s back to help himself up. \n\nThe rabbit turned to the bushes, curious of the noise he had heard earlier. Meanwhile Liam, Daniel, and Maverick stayed as quiet as they could, as though they were trying to blend in among the thicket, the latter two boys only knowing what exactly had transpired in front of them, their cheeks still flushed red. The white furred boy picked up his staff, and placing his hand to the ground and closing his eyes he seemed to concentrate for a moment.\n\nSuddenly the bushed seemed to move around the trio, and in an instant the vines and branches grabbed them. They yelped out in unison as they were pulled into the clearing, falling over themselves in a daze as they now found themselves in front of the white rabbit child, who stood now in full view. The boy indeed wore garments only around his arms and legs, meanwhile his torso and lower extremities laid bare in the wind. His pristine white boyhood, now resting back in its flaccid and dripping state was the first thing the three saw as they finally looked up at the boy. The lapine boy looked at the three others who were now exposed to him, tilting his head a tad curiously at the trio.\n\n“Heeey, why were you hiding in the bushes?” The boy asked, not seeming the slightest bit bothered by his own nudity in front of the new boys. “And why are you all wearing so much? Are you cold?” \n\nThe three just stared awkwardly even at the boy’s inquiry, the whole situation taking them by surprise. Liam blinked curiously as he stared up at the strange naked rabbit. \n\n“We were just-... Wait, why are you naked?” Liam asked.\n\n“Uh, not really the biggest issue at the moment, Liam.” Maverick said, trying not to stare at the nude boy’s matted inner thighs even as a few subtle drips of a strange white fluid that had once blended with his fur dripped down into the grass.\n\nDaniel kept silent, though the older rabbit’s reddened cheeks were plain as day. He shifted himself upright, while subtly crossing his paws over the front of his pants.\n\n“Hey, I asked first! What were you all doing in the bushes?” The white rabbit asked once more.\n\n“Well… We were resting on the road and we heard someone yell, we thought maybe someone needed help.” Daniel explained, to which the other rabbit boy tilted his head at in confusion.\n\n“Yelling? .... Ooooh, Im sorry, I must have been too loud. My friend here was just being a bit rough that's all!” He said with a childish snicker, not seeming the least bit embarrassed.\n\nThe wolf tilted its head, sniffing curiously at the three. Maverick backed up a bit, only slightly wary of the wolf just yet, especially after seeing the work it had just done with the young rabbit moments ago.\n\n“Anyway, why do you ask why I am naked? If anything I should ask why you all aren't! We were born this way, and with fur wouldn't anything more be hot?” The bunny inquired, his head going back to its confused tilt. The whole situation seemed to be quite confusing for all four of the children.\n\nThere was some truth to what the boy said, though it was clear to all that he was not from any city. \n\n“Do you live here?” Liam asked him.\n\n“Yeah! I’ve always lived in the Dawnwood! Where are you all from? One of those places with all the big wooden squares?”\n\n“...Houses?” Maverick piped up, an eyebrow raised.\n\n“Yeah those things!”\n\n“Yeah, we are… Sorry if we stare, it's just that our culture is well, a bit more reserved about being nude, eheheh…” Daniel tried to explain.\n\n“Hm? That's weird, what's wrong with being naked?” The bunny seemed even more confused.\n\n“Um, nevermind… Well, since we are here, what’s your name?” Daniel asked the bewildered bunny.\n\n“Oh! My name is Kaeh’viinalian Snowpaw!” He grinned, cheerfully puffing up his snowy white chest.\n\n“Kay… Keh… Um, that's a bit long…” Liam said struggling to pronounce the name. “Um, do you go by anything shorter?”\n\n“Shorter? Hmm… Well, what would you call me in your tongue?” The white rabbit blinked.\n\n“I dunno really… Kaeh… Keahv… Oh! What about just ‘Kevin’?” Liam smiled.\n\n“Keh’vin? Hmm, if that works best for you! I don't mind!” Kevin grinned back at the young fox boy.\n\nMaverick brushed himself off, pulling a twig from his hair as he stepped closer to the boy. From this distance he could tell he was easily a head taller than Kevin, and that he was likely close to Liam’s own age.\n\n“My name is Maverick. But you can call me Mavy if you want, heh~” He said extending a paw to Kevin as though for a handshake.\n\nKevin blinked at Maverick’s paw for a moment before extending his own paw right up toward Maverick’s face with a naive smile. Maverick twitched back a bit as the paw nearly met his face, he chuckled awkwardly.\n\n“Eheh… Nice to meet you.”\n\n“I’m Liam! Liam Niedlich!”\n\n“And I’m Daniel, but I prefer Danny haha… Nice to meet you, Kevin.” \n\nKevin smiled big and extended his paw towards each of their faces as they introduced one another, clearly not grasping the concept of the handshake.\n\n“What funny names you all have! But nice to meet you! I love making new friends!” Kevin smiled, bouncing idly on his heels.\n\n“Hey, shouldn’t we go get our things?” Daniel asked, realizing they left their belongings by the fallen log.\n\n“Oh yeah! Let’s go! Wanna come with us Kevin?” Liam asked the boy.\n\n“Mm sure! I don't see why not!” Kevin giggled, the naked bunny following after the trio.\n\n“Sure you don’t uh… Wanna wash up first…?” Maverick pointed out, the matted fur and musky scent of the wolf’s fresh fluids emanating from the young bunny.\n\n“Hehe, i’ll find a stream to wash up in soon, no need to worry!” Kevin said as carefree as ever, unbothered by his still newly matted rump.\n\nThey tucked back under the underbrush, the young rabbit patting his wolf friend on the head before the beast rushed off back into the woods. They made their way back to the log with their things laying untouched. They breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed back against the fallen tree. Kevin stared in awe at the boys packs, especially young Daniel's oversized bag.\n\n“You have even more things!? Why do you all need so much stuff with you?” Kevin asked, wide eyed.\n\n“Hmm? Well, we wanted to be prepared, we don’t live in the forest after all, and we have a really long journey ahead…” Maverick told the white rabbit, giving him an odd glance.\n\n“How far could you possibly go that the forest would not have all you need?”\n\nLiam blinked at Kevin, unsure whether the boy was serious.\n\n“I dunno, we don’t know much about the forest. I don't know where we’d even find food!” Liam pointed out.\n\n“Eh, if that is what you wish. Still very strange to me though.”\n\nLiam gave a subtle giggle. He hopped up to his feet after some minutes and pulled out his staff.\n\n“I’m gonna practice some more over there guys!” Liam called back as he rushed towards an open patch of grass near the road.\n\nMaverick and Daniel waved after the young mage, before Daniel turned to Kevin once more. \n\n“So, um… Why was that wolf, well, you know… doing that to you?” Daniel asked feeling his cheeks redden at the memory, unhelped by the still nude rabbit’s form.\n\n“Huh? Doing what?” Kevin stared blank faced, before it came back to him. “...Ooooh, that! He was having trouble finding a mate so I helped him relieve some stress, hehe!”\n\n“Wha…- by letting him just… do THAT to you!?” Daniel stared, rather flustered. “How do you even know thats what it wanted!?”\n\n“He told me so, silly!”\n\n“He… told you? You mean you can speak to animals or something?” Maverick inquired, checking to make sure Liam was still out of earshot while they discussed the lewd circumstance.\n\n“Well yeah! Can’t you?”\n\nThey shook their heads, to which Kevin sighed with further exasperation.\n\n“You three really are weird!” Kevin laughed, the two sighing and hanging their heads in disbelief. \n\nMaverick just continued to watch Liam cast spells into the air, each bolt of ice of the spell disappearing amidst the crystal blue sky. Kevin, having found a place atop the log between Maverick and Daniel, watched as well.\n\n“I am unfamiliar with this magic, but he seems to respect nature enough that he does not cast such spells at the trees.” Kevin smiled, seeming to respect the young fox for that. “My father always told me outsiders were cruel people that cared little for the forest, but he doesn't seem that way at all!”\n\n“Mm yeah… I’ve only just met Liam the other day, but I can tell that kid wouldn’t even hurt a fly if it crossed him.” Maverick snickered.\n\n“That speaks well of a kind heart, something I wasn’t sure outsiders had from what father says.” Kevin smiled.\n\n“Why do I get the feeling I don’t want to meet your father…?” Maverick muttered.\n\n“AAAahhh!!!”\n\nMaverick, Liam, and Kevin all jumped, startled by the noise that was quickly identified as Daniel fell backwards.\n\n“T-the hell!? What was that about!?” Maverick snapped, his fur slightly rustled.\n\n“T-t-there’s something in my bag, m-moving!” Daniel yelped, pointing to his pack that indeed seemed to shift and \nwriggle as though some small creature had made its way into it. Maverick shrugged and stepped to the bag, grasping the folds.\n\n“I thought you were a ‘brave knight of Ellenvale’, sheesh… It's probably just a squirrel or raccoon or... - what the!?”\n\nAs Maverick flipped open the bag, some kind amorphous blue liquid leaped from its confines, causing him to fall backwards in shock. The strange gelatin like creature slunk into the grass in front of them, stretching upwards to meet Maverick’s face like some strange tendril of slime. Within the blue things liquid like body shifted what appeared to be some of the wrapped up rations that Daniel had set aside before their encounter with Kevin.\n\n“Hey! That’s mine!” Daniel shouted at the amorphous creature, which recoiled its stretched body quickly. Liam ran over, hearing the ruckus being made by his friends.\n\n“What’s wrong? What’s all the noise for? ….What is that?” Liam said tilting his head at the shifting blob.\n\nThe creature seemed to vibrate and hiss as Liam neared, recoiling as the young fox pointed its stick to poke at it. Kevin at this point leaped from his perch on the log to the ground his staff held up defensively. Magic energy surrounded the end of the wooden staff and the slimy creature seemed to violently wriggle and slink back.\n\n“Quick! We must get rid of the creature, before it calls more!” Kevin shouted. The other boys eyes widened, Daniel and Maverick barely getting the time to draw their weapons before a vine from a nearby tree sprung to life. Enshrouded in a green aura of aetherial magic, the vine snapped forth at the blob. With a wet smack like a whip hitting water, the slimy creature splattered about the area. The thick slime of the thing clung everywhere it landed, including all over the three still gawking boys. The liquid seemed to thin quickly and melt, dissolving into a liquid as thin as water.\n\n“Why did you-!?” Liam started, in shock watching the small blob violently splattered.\n\n“Don’t mourn that creature, it’s an elemental. As long as there is water, it lives. However…” Kevin said, holding up his staff.\n\nThe bushes rustled, and emerging from every side of the forest around them. More blobs of the same blue liquid slunk through the brush towards them. The blobs were in various sizes, from as small as the one before to as big as the boys themselves.\n\n“...These elementals are pests at best, and disrupt the very balance of nature with their thieving ways. You may wanna get ready to fight, or you may end up losing all that stuff you brought!”\n\nLiam’s eyes widened, holding up his staff defensively. The four stood in a circle with their backs to one another around their belongings, weapons readied as the amorphous creatures surrounded them.\n\n“Looks like you might get some practice in after all, Liam…” Daniel muttered, with shield held up.\n\nLiam gripped his staff nervously, watching the mob of slimy, translucent creatures encroaching around them in more and more numbers.\n\n“Y-yeah…” Liam muttered quietly under his breath.\n\nThe tension was thick in the air with the reality that the young adventurers were about to enter their first real battle together. Danny had his shield held high, defensive and ready. Maverick, body ducked low, grinned at the excitement of getting to try out his new blades, and of course not missing an opportunity to show off. Kevin stood on the ready as well, his playful demeanor now traded a more serious stance, knowing the trouble these creatures could be. Liam, however, stood, staff close to his chest, and breath heavy. His first real battle.\n\n\"You ready for this, Liam?\" Maverick called out to him.\n\n\"Yeah...l-let's do this.\"\n", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "
Chapter 11
Into the Dawnwood


As the day grew late into the evening, young Maverick made his way up the stairs to the inn room with a exhausted yawn. He pondered the events of the day, contemplating the man’s answers to his questions. The man stayed true to his word, answering all without hesitation, and yet the answers only raised more than few. Maverick sighed as he reached the door, before putting up a smile as he stepped inside to greet his friend. Liam lay resting on his stomach on the bed, humming to himself as he wrote in what seemed to be a small leatherbound journal.

“Oh…! It’s just my journal, hehe~ I was just writing about the last couple days, that’s all!” Liam responded with a cheerful smile.

Maverick smirked, raising his finger and thumb to his chin and closing one eye in a cheeky attempt at looking cool.

“Anything about me in there~?” Maverick snickered.

Liam nodded with a soft giggle, to Maverick’s surprise.

“O-oh, really? W-well lemme see!” Maverick smirked, running over to look over Liam’s shoulder as he tried to play off the red in his cheeks.

“Eek! H-hey no peeking! Staahahahaaaap~!!” Liam laughed, closing the journal quickly as the older boy tried to get a look inside. “Mister Journal is privaaaate!”

Maverick huffed, flopping down on top of young Liam’s back. “Fiiiiine~”

Liam coughed out, reaching out a paw at the air as the weight of the fox came down on him. With a wheeze of feigned air escaping his lungs, Liam planted his face in the bedsheets and played dead.

Maverick chuckled and furrowed his brow. “Oh come on, I’m not that heavy!” He said nipping the lithe young mage’s ear, making the kit squeak back to life. Liam wriggled around to face Maverick, sticking his tongue out in defiance until both finally began to laugh, breaking their facades.

“Oh yeah!” Maverick sat up, reaching or his bag beside the bed. “Check out what we got!”

Liam binked quizzically looking over to the bag as Mavy rummaged through it. Within moments the silver fox pulled out a small pouch, and with a tug on the drawstring and a quick turn dumped it’s contents onto the bed, letting the gold coins clink against the sheets. Liam’s eyes widened at the gold coins, there had to be at least ten or so pieces together!

“Woaaaah! That’s more than mom ever gave me for my allowance! How much is it? Where did you get it!?” The excited young fox squeaked.

“Heheh~ Remember that watch? Wellll I turned in the watch for us and he gave us the reward, plus a little extra after telling him we found it together. We got exactly twelve gold pieces, so we both get six!” Maverick smiled, watching young Liam’s face positively radiate with glee. Each of the boys took their share of the reward, placing them safely in their packs.

“I kinda wish I coulda turned in the flier though, it was like my first quest hehe…~” Liam chuckled.

“Yeah, I get ya… But trust me, there will be more stuff to do in the future! You could even enroll in the Adventurer’s Guild and go on official quests some day! The stuff you do for official guild quests makes this stuff look like spare change~”

Liam’s eyes widened, his adventurous spirit sparking back to life hearing that. However the more he looked at the coins, the more the boy’s face grew more sullen as he thought about what would happen come the morning.

“Y’know, Mavy…? I’m still really nervous about leaving Ellenvale tomorrow morning… I don’t even know where we should go first. I’m not even good enough at magic yet, I mean… I only cast one spell at anyone, and that was Karma. I wasn’t even thinking about it, I just reacted. What do I do if we gotta fight something, or someone? What if I…-” Liam muttered, noticeably starting think harder on the harsh reality of their situation before Maverick placed a comforting paw on the kit’s shoulder.

“Hey, I know how you feel… This must be hard on you, having to leave the only other place you have ever called home and go who knows where in a huge unknown world filled with who knows what. But listen, try not to think about it too much okay? After all I’ve been on my own a long time, so you can count on me to help you every step of the way, okay?” Maverick smiled, rubbing Liam’s shoulder as he tried to reassure the young mage.

“But what about your Catalyst? It doesn’t work anymore… How can you fight without magic?” Liam looked up at Maverick with concern plain on his face.

“Hey! I don’t need some silly magic to fight! I knew how to use my daggers way before I ever learned how to use Catalysts!” Maverick huffed, letting a bit of his pride show. “You still have your Catalyst too though, so honestly, you are better off than I am heh~ I can even teach you how to use it better along the way, right?”

Liam let a hint of a smile across his cheeks as his friend’s optimism filled him with a hint of courage and reassurance. ‘Maybe it won’t be so bad.’ Liam thought to himself as he rolled back on the bed.

The two spent the final hours of their night continuing to talk over lighter topics to ease their minds, until eventually their eyes became heavy. Before they even realized it, they eventually collapsed, sound asleep to await the morning.

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The two boys yawned in unison, having packed their belongings and made their way outside the inn where they were greeted by Tinte and Danny. Danny had packed his things as well it seemed though it was clear the young fox rabbit did not possess a magical bag as Liam did, seeing the large pack that seemed to be an amalgamation of tools, camping gear and the like.

“Wow Danny, a-are you really gonna bring all that stuff?” Liam asked, wide eyed.

“Yeah! No worries! This isnt as heavy as it looks, I figured you two had stuff like this too so I packed light~”

Both Maverick and Liam stared for a second having to look up slightly as the older boy’s pack reached over his long rabbit ears.

 ‘THAT is light!?’ The two fox kits thought to themselves.

Tinte stepped forward, holding out her closed hand toward Liam, who seemed confused but held out his hands. The pink furred bunny placed a small pouch in his palm that came to rest with a quiet jingle.

“You didn't get to stay your full stay at the inn, and less so in Ellenvale. So I wanted to give you some money as an apology, you’ll need it on the road ahead, wherever you decide to go…” Tinte said rather sullenly.

“Miss Rose… I couldn’t! I mean… You don't have to-" Liam started before his lips were met with a soft touch from the rabbit, silencing the protesting young mage.

“Hush now, I won't take no for an answer~ If it bothers you so much, then promise me you’ll pay it back next time hehe~”

“Next time…” Liam muttered quietly, a sparkle of reassurance in his eyes. He smiled up at her and nodded swiftly, to which Rose returned happily.

“Soooo, should we go to the marketplace before we head out? I’m sure it wouldn’t hurt to buy any last minute supplies.” Daniel piped up.

Maverick thought back to his dagger with the hole in it where the source of his wind magic once was held, and he knew it it’s condition it simply would not last another fight.

“Yeah, I kinda need a weapon now I think about it… I’m up for it.” Maverick agreed.

“I’ll look for some more food and cool stuff!” Liam grinned.

“Remember we are going into the wilderness with no direction or anything, don’t spend all you got on ‘cool stuff’ Liam.” Maverick scolded in an almost brotherly tone.

“I wooon’t! I know what I should and shouldn't get!”

“Alright! Alright! Heh.” He trusted the younger vulpine enough to let him go without any further instruction.

Liam and Maverick took off with Daniel turning to run after them. Rose sighed with a smile.

“I'm sure those boys will be just fine.” Rose whispered to herself as she looked to the summer sky. “At least... I hope so.”

Almost an hour passed as the three boys split up in the market, each taking the time to make any last preparations. The markets were not as populated as the day Liam first arrived, likely due to the threat of Karma’s recent attack. But as Liam made his way down the road stuffing some food he had bought into his magic bag, Liam’s ears perked as he noticed a familiar face stocking his carriage and seemingly preparing to leave.

“Mr. Herson!” Liam called out running over to the buck.

“Hmm? Oh! It’s you, the lone boy from the other day. Liam was it? Liam Niedlich, that name has been going around a lot here, haha. Heard you and your friends had a run in with that Karma fellow.” Herson said. “I’m sorry you have to leave Ellenvale son, nobody your age should have to leave their home so young…”

“Yeah… It’s okay though, we’ll be alright on our own!” Liam said, brimming with a combination both hope and confidence; quite a few shades different than his demeanor in his first encounter with the other.

“Heh, i’m sure you will, son. Here.” The huge buck held out a rolled up parchment and a small box down to the much smaller fox boy, who took it gingerly and looked it over.

“What's this?”

“It’s a map and compass little one, so no matter where you are on Aetheria you’ll be able to find your way. Remember, the sun always rises in the east and sets in the west. Now, I gotta head out of town myself, business calls after all. I wish you and your friends the safest of journeys, maybe we’ll meet on the road someday, haha.” Herson chuckled, patting Liam on the head before taking hold of the reigns once more.

With a flick of his wrists he snapped the reigns, the horses slowly trudging forth along the northbound roads. Liam waved to the man as he left, looking on as he slowly became smaller and smaller in the distance. Perhaps he looked too long, as deep in his gut he felt a twinge of emotions as he thought of all the people he was leaving. He wiped away a few tears that brimmed at his eyes and turned to find his friends.

The three boys gathered at the south entrance of Ellenvale, each with their packs slightly more full. They looked at one another and nodded to one another as they started down the road. They waved goodbye to everyone who stood by the gate to see them off. Rose, Belu, a number of the guards whose faces they recognised as the fallen from Karma’s assault, and even captain Grahm himself standing stoic with arms crossed over his chest. They waved goodbye until Ellenvale was but a memory in their mind’s eye as they traveled along the southern roads, and into the Dawnwood.

The sun bared down on the three young adventurers as the afternoon came and went, shimmering through the leaves of the trees and shrubbery that shaded their path above. They traveled for hours, taking in the scenery as they went. Occasionally they would catch glimpses of wildlife through the trees and along the road which would skitter back into the woods at their approach, and each time Liam met with excitement at simply seeing the fauna. The young mage pulled out his journal and flipped towards the back pages and started to scribble notes on each new beast he saw. Maverick chuckled, peeking over Liam’s shoulder.

“Haha, you really lived a sheltered life huh? I’ve never seen someone so intrigued by seeing a rabbit before!”

Liam smiled, stuffing his journal back into his pocket and replacing it with his spellbook.

“Hehe, yeah I guess I am… I’m just really excited to be out here like this, it’s like we’re heroes out on a grand quest to slay the dragon and explore new places, just like in story books!” Liam giggled, flipping to a page in his spellbook.

“Heh, I think you are gonna need more practice hero~ Not gonna slay any dragon if ya can’t cast any magic yet. Let’s take a rest, and we can practice on your casting some!” Maverick smirked.

“Yeah, that sounds like a good idea.” Daniel agreed. The rabbit sighed tiredly and sat upon a fallen log on the side of the road to catch his breath. Maverick and Liam followed suit, taking a spot in the grass beside the log.

Within the hour the boys ate and drank to recuperate, however young Liam spent most of his time memorizing his spellbook. He began to practice, waving his small staff in the air and creating all manner of minor harmless spells, from a misty illusion of a butterfly to accidentally causing his upper robes to vanish like before. Liam huffed, dissatisfied with these results but thankful regardless that he hadn’t made his full wardrobe vanish again.

Liam got a bit bolder and stood up, aiming his staff to the sky as he prepared to cast a more offensive spell. He tightened his focus, struggling to find his concentration. The duo watched on, becoming a small and silent audience for their younger companion's magic display. After Liam had gained his focus, his lips parted and he began to utter the name of his spell.

“Fros-... Huh?” Liam stopped, his ear ficking in the direction deeper into the woods.

Maverick and Daniel heard it too, turning their attention in the same direction. On occasion tbe trio could hear a soft grunting noise coming from deeper in. Suddenly that grunt was followed by a sharp yelp, and all at once the boys were at attention and bolted into the underbrush. They pushed through the bushes, ever closer to the grunting sound. As the neared, they could swear they heard a soft giggling between the grunts until the three curious adventures peeked their faces through the brush to the source of the matter. Squinting, Maverick and Daniel glimpsed through the leaves, and at that moment, they felt a heat adorn their faces that was much warmer than the summer air that surrounded them.

Liam poked his head through, whispering. “Hey, what is it? Lemme see!”

As Liam finally got sight of the source of the noise, his face became one of curious confusion. There in the grass lay a boy looking not much older than he was, a white lop eared rabbit with wrapped leather garments, colorful feathers and natural looking jewelry, and a staff seemingly formed from a sturdy branch at his side. However, Liam noticed this rabbit boy’s clothing seemed to only cover his arms and legs, however this did not appear as the most pressing matter for the moment, as his eyes widened at the large wolf standing over the bunny boy. Liam started to take action, but then he realised the small bunny was laughing.

The wolf that bared itself over the prone young rabbit did not seem to be attacking him, but making a strange motion as it lay its body over the boy’s back. It’s back was arched and its hips jumped against the rabbit’s rear, and each time it did, the white bunny groaned out and giggled more. The beast was panting hotly, whining and nipping at the nape of the rabbit boy’s neck.

“A-ah! Hah.. Not so rough! Nng!” He squeaked under the canine, his voice labored and jumpy as he was rocked by the wolf’s thrusting pelvis.

Liam suddenly felt his eyes covered by a pair of familiar paws as Maverick shielded him from the lewd sight.

“H-hey!” Liam yipped out, rather too loudly in fact. As the white rabbit boy looked up hearing the unfamiliar noise, but his attention was drawn back in an instant as his canine companion suddenly pinned him down, aggressively holding the back of the boy’s neck with it’s teeth as it’s rutting suddenly became fast and erratic. The young bunny gasped out several squeaky moans as his body was jerked about beneath the wolf, until suddenly the creature’s hips halted and the beast released the boy’s nape, panting heavily with feral look of satisfaction along its muzzle.

“H-hah... Haah… I know… it’s hard to find a mate.. but.. hah.. go slower next time buddy?” The boy gasped out, his white fur of his cheeks a bit red.

The wolf whined almost apologetically, its tail wagging behind it. The two seemed to rest there for a few minutes until the wolf hopped off the boy and with a few tugs, its hips released from the boy’s rear causing a soft squeak from him. The boy took a moment to breath as he sat upright, his legs shaking as he tried to stand, holding onto the wolf’s back to help himself up.

The rabbit turned to the bushes, curious of the noise he had heard earlier. Meanwhile Liam, Daniel, and Maverick stayed as quiet as they could, as though they were trying to blend in among the thicket, the latter two boys only knowing what exactly had transpired in front of them, their cheeks still flushed red. The white furred boy picked up his staff, and placing his hand to the ground and closing his eyes he seemed to concentrate for a moment.

Suddenly the bushed seemed to move around the trio, and in an instant the vines and branches grabbed them. They yelped out in unison as they were pulled into the clearing, falling over themselves in a daze as they now found themselves in front of the white rabbit child, who stood now in full view. The boy indeed wore garments only around his arms and legs, meanwhile his torso and lower extremities laid bare in the wind. His pristine white boyhood, now resting back in its flaccid and dripping state was the first thing the three saw as they finally looked up at the boy. The lapine boy looked at the three others who were now exposed to him, tilting his head a tad curiously at the trio.

“Heeey, why were you hiding in the bushes?” The boy asked, not seeming the slightest bit bothered by his own nudity in front of the new boys. “And why are you all wearing so much? Are you cold?”

The three just stared awkwardly even at the boy’s inquiry, the whole situation taking them by surprise. Liam blinked curiously as he stared up at the strange naked rabbit.

“We were just-... Wait, why are you naked?” Liam asked.

“Uh, not really the biggest issue at the moment, Liam.” Maverick said, trying not to stare at the nude boy’s matted inner thighs even as a few subtle drips of a strange white fluid that had once blended with his fur dripped down into the grass.

Daniel kept silent, though the older rabbit’s reddened cheeks were plain as day. He shifted himself upright, while subtly crossing his paws over the front of his pants.

“Hey, I asked first! What were you all doing in the bushes?” The white rabbit asked once more.

“Well… We were resting on the road and we heard someone yell, we thought maybe someone needed help.” Daniel explained, to which the other rabbit boy tilted his head at in confusion.

“Yelling? .... Ooooh, Im sorry, I must have been too loud. My friend here was just being a bit rough that's all!” He said with a childish snicker, not seeming the least bit embarrassed.

The wolf tilted its head, sniffing curiously at the three. Maverick backed up a bit, only slightly wary of the wolf just yet, especially after seeing the work it had just done with the young rabbit moments ago.

“Anyway, why do you ask why I am naked? If anything I should ask why you all aren't! We were born this way, and with fur wouldn't anything more be hot?” The bunny inquired, his head going back to its confused tilt. The whole situation seemed to be quite confusing for all four of the children.

There was some truth to what the boy said, though it was clear to all that he was not from any city.

“Do you live here?” Liam asked him.

“Yeah! I’ve always lived in the Dawnwood! Where are you all from? One of those places with all the big wooden squares?”

“...Houses?” Maverick piped up, an eyebrow raised.

“Yeah those things!”

“Yeah, we are… Sorry if we stare, it's just that our culture is well, a bit more reserved about being nude, eheheh…” Daniel tried to explain.

“Hm? That's weird, what's wrong with being naked?” The bunny seemed even more confused.

“Um, nevermind… Well, since we are here, what’s your name?” Daniel asked the bewildered bunny.

“Oh! My name is Kaeh’viinalian Snowpaw!” He grinned, cheerfully puffing up his snowy white chest.

“Kay… Keh… Um, that's a bit long…” Liam said struggling to pronounce the name. “Um, do you go by anything shorter?”

“Shorter? Hmm… Well, what would you call me in your tongue?” The white rabbit blinked.

“I dunno really… Kaeh… Keahv… Oh! What about just ‘Kevin’?” Liam smiled.

“Keh’vin? Hmm, if that works best for you! I don't mind!” Kevin grinned back at the young fox boy.

Maverick brushed himself off, pulling a twig from his hair as he stepped closer to the boy. From this distance he could tell he was easily a head taller than Kevin, and that he was likely close to Liam’s own age.

“My name is Maverick. But you can call me Mavy if you want, heh~” He said extending a paw to Kevin as though for a handshake.

Kevin blinked at Maverick’s paw for a moment before extending his own paw right up toward Maverick’s face with a naive smile. Maverick twitched back a bit as the paw nearly met his face, he chuckled awkwardly.

“Eheh… Nice to meet you.”

“I’m Liam! Liam Niedlich!”

“And I’m Daniel, but I prefer Danny haha… Nice to meet you, Kevin.”

Kevin smiled big and extended his paw towards each of their faces as they introduced one another, clearly not grasping the concept of the handshake.

“What funny names you all have! But nice to meet you! I love making new friends!” Kevin smiled, bouncing idly on his heels.

“Hey, shouldn’t we go get our things?” Daniel asked, realizing they left their belongings by the fallen log.

“Oh yeah! Let’s go! Wanna come with us Kevin?” Liam asked the boy.

“Mm sure! I don't see why not!” Kevin giggled, the naked bunny following after the trio.

“Sure you don’t uh… Wanna wash up first…?” Maverick pointed out, the matted fur and musky scent of the wolf’s fresh fluids emanating from the young bunny.

“Hehe, i’ll find a stream to wash up in soon, no need to worry!” Kevin said as carefree as ever, unbothered by his still newly matted rump.

They tucked back under the underbrush, the young rabbit patting his wolf friend on the head before the beast rushed off back into the woods. They made their way back to the log with their things laying untouched. They breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed back against the fallen tree. Kevin stared in awe at the boys packs, especially young Daniel's oversized bag.

“You have even more things!? Why do you all need so much stuff with you?” Kevin asked, wide eyed.

“Hmm? Well, we wanted to be prepared, we don’t live in the forest after all, and we have a really long journey ahead…” Maverick told the white rabbit, giving him an odd glance.

“How far could you possibly go that the forest would not have all you need?”

Liam blinked at Kevin, unsure whether the boy was serious.

“I dunno, we don’t know much about the forest. I don't know where we’d even find food!” Liam pointed out.

“Eh, if that is what you wish. Still very strange to me though.”

Liam gave a subtle giggle. He hopped up to his feet after some minutes and pulled out his staff.

“I’m gonna practice some more over there guys!” Liam called back as he rushed towards an open patch of grass near the road.

Maverick and Daniel waved after the young mage, before Daniel turned to Kevin once more.

“So, um… Why was that wolf, well, you know… doing that to you?” Daniel asked feeling his cheeks redden at the memory, unhelped by the still nude rabbit’s form.

“Huh? Doing what?” Kevin stared blank faced, before it came back to him. “...Ooooh, that! He was having trouble finding a mate so I helped him relieve some stress, hehe!”

“Wha…- by letting him just… do THAT to you!?” Daniel stared, rather flustered. “How do you even know thats what it wanted!?”

“He told me so, silly!”

“He… told you? You mean you can speak to animals or something?” Maverick inquired, checking to make sure Liam was still out of earshot while they discussed the lewd circumstance.

“Well yeah! Can’t you?”

They shook their heads, to which Kevin sighed with further exasperation.

“You three really are weird!” Kevin laughed, the two sighing and hanging their heads in disbelief.

Maverick just continued to watch Liam cast spells into the air, each bolt of ice of the spell disappearing amidst the crystal blue sky. Kevin, having found a place atop the log between Maverick and Daniel, watched as well.

“I am unfamiliar with this magic, but he seems to respect nature enough that he does not cast such spells at the trees.” Kevin smiled, seeming to respect the young fox for that. “My father always told me outsiders were cruel people that cared little for the forest, but he doesn't seem that way at all!”

“Mm yeah… I’ve only just met Liam the other day, but I can tell that kid wouldn’t even hurt a fly if it crossed him.” Maverick snickered.

“That speaks well of a kind heart, something I wasn’t sure outsiders had from what father says.” Kevin smiled.

“Why do I get the feeling I don’t want to meet your father…?” Maverick muttered.

“AAAahhh!!!”

Maverick, Liam, and Kevin all jumped, startled by the noise that was quickly identified as Daniel fell backwards.

“T-the hell!? What was that about!?” Maverick snapped, his fur slightly rustled.

“T-t-there’s something in my bag, m-moving!” Daniel yelped, pointing to his pack that indeed seemed to shift and
wriggle as though some small creature had made its way into it. Maverick shrugged and stepped to the bag, grasping the folds.

“I thought you were a ‘brave knight of Ellenvale’, sheesh… It's probably just a squirrel or raccoon or... - what the!?”

As Maverick flipped open the bag, some kind amorphous blue liquid leaped from its confines, causing him to fall backwards in shock. The strange gelatin like creature slunk into the grass in front of them, stretching upwards to meet Maverick’s face like some strange tendril of slime. Within the blue things liquid like body shifted what appeared to be some of the wrapped up rations that Daniel had set aside before their encounter with Kevin.

“Hey! That’s mine!” Daniel shouted at the amorphous creature, which recoiled its stretched body quickly. Liam ran over, hearing the ruckus being made by his friends.

“What’s wrong? What’s all the noise for? ….What is that?” Liam said tilting his head at the shifting blob.

The creature seemed to vibrate and hiss as Liam neared, recoiling as the young fox pointed its stick to poke at it. Kevin at this point leaped from his perch on the log to the ground his staff held up defensively. Magic energy surrounded the end of the wooden staff and the slimy creature seemed to violently wriggle and slink back.

“Quick! We must get rid of the creature, before it calls more!” Kevin shouted. The other boys eyes widened, Daniel and Maverick barely getting the time to draw their weapons before a vine from a nearby tree sprung to life. Enshrouded in a green aura of aetherial magic, the vine snapped forth at the blob. With a wet smack like a whip hitting water, the slimy creature splattered about the area. The thick slime of the thing clung everywhere it landed, including all over the three still gawking boys. The liquid seemed to thin quickly and melt, dissolving into a liquid as thin as water.

“Why did you-!?” Liam started, in shock watching the small blob violently splattered.

“Don’t mourn that creature, it’s an elemental. As long as there is water, it lives. However…” Kevin said, holding up his staff.

The bushes rustled, and emerging from every side of the forest around them. More blobs of the same blue liquid slunk through the brush towards them. The blobs were in various sizes, from as small as the one before to as big as the boys themselves.

“...These elementals are pests at best, and disrupt the very balance of nature with their thieving ways. You may wanna get ready to fight, or you may end up losing all that stuff you brought!”

Liam’s eyes widened, holding up his staff defensively. The four stood in a circle with their backs to one another around their belongings, weapons readied as the amorphous creatures surrounded them.

“Looks like you might get some practice in after all, Liam…” Daniel muttered, with shield held up.

Liam gripped his staff nervously, watching the mob of slimy, translucent creatures encroaching around them in more and more numbers.

“Y-yeah…” Liam muttered quietly under his breath.

The tension was thick in the air with the reality that the young adventurers were about to enter their first real battle together. Danny had his shield held high, defensive and ready. Maverick, body ducked low, grinned at the excitement of getting to try out his new blades, and of course not missing an opportunity to show off. Kevin stood on the ready as well, his playful demeanor now traded a more serious stance, knowing the trouble these creatures could be. Liam, however, stood, staff close to his chest, and breath heavy. His first real battle.

"You ready for this, Liam?" Maverick called out to him.

"Yeah...l-let's do this."
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