The Descendants

The Bounty hunt

The air was fresh and the sky bright again in Firash city. Dara was strolling along the open field behind Firash castle, she wanted to map out the castle as best as she could. At the far end of the field was the starting point of the forest of Gevaar, and the base of Firash city's Red Corps infantry. Akachi had said she could go wherever she wanted within the castle grounds as long as she behaved herself, but no further than that. Kalen had taken her to Akachi, who had spoken to her subtly as one trying to coax a child. Surprisingly he was easy to fool, considering his prudent and ways. He had said that Zola was well and that she would be allowed to see her when he trusts her fully.

     Dara was almost midway into the field. She noticed some figures in the distance, it looked like they were fighting. Dara approached them cautiously, the grass rustling under her feet. They seemed to notice her as they stopped what they were doing and started towards her. Their figures became a bit clearer as they moved closer, they were both in black training gear. One of them had braided hair, and the other...
Wait the other one looked vaguely familiar.

He was much closer now, and she could just make out the smiling face of...
Timothy?

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     They'd been practicing to use their keys for some hours now, and Timothy was getting exhausted. It appeared that there was a down side to using your key, it used up a lot of energy. Timothy and Ron were honing their combat skills now. Timothy thought he was much better now. When he faces that lady again, he would be ready.

     Timothy looked down at his feet. They were covered with water up to the ankles. He looked up to a smug looking Ron. He tried hiding his hand behind him, but Timothy already saw the white flash of his key as he bent down to touch the water, freezing it along with Timothy's feet.

"Hey! That's cheating." Timothy protested. "We already agreed not to use our keys, remember?"

     "You whine too much." Ron replied with a smug smile of one who knew he had done evil, and was proud of it.

"Come on, that's enough for today, we still have to go see that keeper today. If she doesn't comply, Lord Akachi will use the transfer incantation on her with or without her consent, and we don't want that do we?"

     "We have to find a way to bring her on our side at all cost, then we'll have only the keys of iron and forest." Timothy said thinking of Tobi. He still didn't know how he'd find him let alone bring him to their side.

     Ron started towards the castle, and Timothy followed. Someone was approaching them. At first he thought it was Kiana, but on closer inspection, he realized it wasn't. She was a small figure with white hair. She kind of reminded him of...
Dara!

     His eyes were as wide as saucers when he realized who it was. "You know that girl" Ron whispered to a grinning Timothy who nodded in response.

     "Timothy?" said a confused looking Dara. "What the heck are you doing here?!"

     He placed his arms around her wrapping her in a tight hug. "I've missed you a lot." He said to her.
"I missed you too. But I have a lot of questions for you." said Dara

     "Me too. Let’s talk inside." Timothy said leading her back towards the castle.

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     The cold wind of the forest rushed into his eyes as he rode on Zera bounding through the forest following closely behind Nailah's bike, on a clear path big enough for a car to pass, her monkey still on her shoulder.
Riding Zera was quite uncomfortable on account of there was no saddle, and now his thighs and rump ached. Tobi really wasn't looking forward to the forthcoming confrontation, but he couldn't wait to get off Zera's back.