Barker walked into Amaya's office. "Where is she?" he asked. "Where'd she go?". Amaya looked up. "Yes. Syrus Riverstone. Well yesterday she told me to tell you, that she doesn't want you to look for her. She also said...would you rather I repeated the whole message?" Amaya told him. Barker nodded. "Please". Amaya closed her eyes. "Tell Dad not to look for me. Tell him to not bother. Tell him to not even explain to Mum, she won't care, she's going to have another kid to replace me. Tell Mum that... that I hope she's happy with her little full breed. I never want to see it in my life. Who am I kidding? I don't have a life! Amaya, this world is much more beautiful than Myeu. I want to remember it that way. Goodbye." When she was finished, Barker nearly strangled her. "You saw her and you didn't even try to stop her? How could you?" He spat. Amaya eyed him. "She has chosen her path. There were four
for her to choose once she came home from then Myeuen celebration. She could have killed herself, and stayed in Myeu, which she didn't. She could have not run away, but she did. She now has two choices left on this particular path. She can stay in the safe place that she is at, or she can go down the darker path. The path filled with cracks and thorns. I do not know which she shall choose. There are not many things that can keep her on the smooth path." Barker was lost. Syrus had been playing with fate from the moment he had asked her if she wanted to come to Fey. If she said no...she would have killed herself. He didn't believe that. She was a pretty girl, and had everything. "How are you sure she had everything? From her emotions, it was like there was nothing in the universe that loved her." Amaya informed him. "That's not true!" he yelled. "She had her mot-" he stopped. She didn't have her mother. Her mother never had anything to do with her. "She-she had me" he whispered. Amaya raised her eyebrow. "Did she know that?" She asked softly.
Barker shook these depressing thoughts away. "What happens if she takes the dark path? She does what, causes mischief wherever she is? That can't be too bad." He thought out loud. Amaya gave him a lost look. "I don't know. I can't see down that path. Wait...what in the...!" Amaya's eyes widened in panic and she slumped to the ground. Barker rushed over and picked up her limp head. "Healers! Bring the healers!" He yelled at the door. Several Feyarie burst through the door and dragged Amaya away from him. "What happened? A wide-eyed healer asked him. He just shook his head in shock. What happened wasn't normal. He had a sudden thought. Had Amaya been looking at Syrus' 'dark path' when she collapsed? Yes...yes she had been. He had to be there when she woke up.
