Pick Your Path: Book 1

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" I can't take it." you thought, " I just met him, why would I choose someone I just met?" you wanted someone who you knew and trusted. You spent the rest of the day with Morphia, running around the whole kingdom. You saw the marketplace, the town square, and the soldier headquarters. Raven had slipped off again as the soldiers requested that she go see the General. She's always coming up with excuses to get away from the tour. It's almost like she doesn't want to get too close to Morphia... But that's not likely, she's her sister after all.. She doesn't return until dusk.

" Are you sure she'll be back?" you ask Morphia who was setting a plate of venison and greens.

" Yep, she'll be back later." she responds placing the food on a table. " She just has some business to deal with."

" You really trust her, if she disappears for long periods of time like this. You still are confident that she will return." you remark. The two sisters certainly had a close bond with each other.. Which backs the fact that Raven would never keep a secret from Morphia...

You hear a soft creak as a familiar black and grey half-breed steps in. She silently makes her way to the food. She doesn't take any, instead, she settles herself onto the hammock chair near the balcony. She pulls a book from her bag and begins to write in it, the quill scratching quietly on the paper. She hummed softly as she wrote.

" Hey, Raven." as you prepare to go up to her, Morphia walks out of the kitchen area and greets her. " Back from the meeting?" she glances at the plate of untouched food, " Are you going to eat?

" Yes... And no, I'm not... I already ate.." she responds, but doesn't stop writing. She takes the quill and dips it in the ink next to her. She flips to the next page in her book and continues.

" Raven? What were you and the General disusing?" she didn't respond, her hand reaching to dip the quill in the ink again, her tail curled neatly beside her" Raven!" Morphia snatches the ink away.

" W-what..?" Raven looks up, placing the quill in her book and closing it. " Is there something you need, dear sister..?"

" What were you and the General discussing?" Morphia demands again, slightly irritated.

" Nothing major..." Raven paused, sighing, " J-just the usual... Borders, White soldier attacks... Nothing too exciting.." she grabs for the ink holder, " Give the ink back, please..." 

" No." Morphia backs away with it. " Not until you tell me what actually happened."

" I already told you, nothing major happened.." Raven sighs, " Give me the ink, I need to finish something..." She hops off the chair. Her tail curls behind her as she follows Morphia, trying to grab the ink.

" What's the notebook for then?" Morphia points to the notebook that layed on the hammock chair.

" T-that's... I-it's..." Raven stops, her ears twitched as she detected something. Probably some noise that you or Morphia couldn't detect. A small note bounced in through the open window. Raven's tail swipes at it, picking it up in her fur, making it look casual so that her sister doesn't get suspicious. " I-it's private matter..." she whispers, closing her eyes. " Y-you don't n-need to know..." she picks up her quill and book, then turns and quickly heads upstairs.

" Raven!" Morphia storms up the stairs after her sister, prompting her to bound up the rest of the staris. You hear some banging coming from upstairs as Morphia's yells echo through out the house, " Open the door Raven!!" you walk up the stairs to see the door to a room closed, it was Raven's ' study' room. She usually read book and drew art in there. " Open it!! Or I will kick it down!!" you hear a loud crash as Morphia's wind attack slams into the door. Once the wind had cleared, the door was still standing, probably because Raven used some spell of hers on it. But, much to you and Morphia's surprise, it opened  with a click.

" Huh??" Morphia rushes into the room with you behind her. Something felt off, " This isn't right. Raven would never be so careless to leave the door unguarded like that. What if..."

" UGH!!" you're theory comes true, Raven was nowhere in the room. She had left the room as a decoy so she could leave. " RAVEN!! GET BACK HERE!!" you hear Morphia yell to the empty room. You back away and tiptoe out of the room, afraid to catch the attention of Morphia, who looked like she was about to erupt into flames... You make your escape to the third floor, where you encounter a shadow sitting on one of the windows. The shadow was folding up a piece of paper that looked like the paper ball that flew into the room earlier this evening. The shadow then leaping out of that window. Dark grey ears and tail tip glimmered dully in the moonlight. You run over to the window. Raven landed gracefully on one of the higher branches of a nearby tree. She stops for a minute before leaping to another branch. Where was she going? And why? You could follow her and find out... But it could be dangerous. Raven is a skilled fighter, what would happen if she caught you? You could always stay here at the house... With the angry Morphia... The choice is yours...

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Meeting him tonight... Must make sure to shake off Morphia and the recruit first... No one must know about him... It'll be great to see him again... Time doesn't matter for now, Shadow... ~R

Ready to see him, Raven? I know you're excited. I don't judge you for it. I'm actually excited for this too. I've grown quite fond of that feline... It's been a couple of months since the last signal came in. Let's make the best of our time, Raven. We don't have all day... Just the few ticking hours under the cover of night... ~S