Valek laced his hands together. His mind mussing over the chosen. The ones who some say could bring him down. Foolishness! He would not be stopped by some prophecy.... but still better safe than sorry, why give that fool of a queen and her deranged king hope? It would be far better to remove all sense of hope. They shall beg for mercy at the end.... and he would not grant it to them. Their reign was indeed over. He could taste the sweet wine of victory already. Everything was perfect!<br/><br/>Valek suddenly felt a chill run down his spine..... something was wrong! He stood up and ran up the stairs and into his looking chambers. His seeing pool was spinning and steaming. Muttering a few words the spinning stopped but steam still rose. Valek leaned over to look in, he could see people sitting on branches. A dragon stood out among them holding a strange device... then there was an elf.... and three humans.... two men and a woman and..... someone else..... yes the person appeared almost female at first glance..... but Valek was sure it was a male.... curious indeed. He smiled, the queen may have brought her so called chosen but she could not hide where they were from him. He knew now where they were, his smile widening, he would have the chosen and the queen and king would watch in horror as he ended their hope.<br/><br/>He walked back down the stairs, there was a knock at the door.<br/><br/>"Enter."<br/><br/>Five men cloaked in black robes walked in. Though simple in appearance one should not be deceived, for under the cloaks were all manner of weapons that were made for one purpose..... the art of silent killing. These men were the hunters. Men trained in the arts of stealth and assassination. They bowed to Valek and remained silent. they never did talk much.....  but when they did your blood would freeze. Everything about them inspired fear. They were the most ideal for this job. The chosen were new to this world! They would not know how to deal with them.<br/><br/>"Good you have come! The so called chosen have come, they have gathered in the forest just south of here between my kingdom and the queens. As far as I can tell they have not been found. Bring them to me alive before the kings men can find them!"<br/><br/>The hunters nodded and left. Valek laughed coldly everything was going how he wanted it. He was in control now. The king would realize al too late that he no longer held the winning cards.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Erik looked hopelessly at Shawne confused as what to do. That was when the new person started talking, his name was Lucian. Erik smiled weakly, "My name is Erik and this is Shawne."<br/><br/>Erik took Shawne's hands looked her straight in the eyes.<br/><br/>"Shawne listen to me! We are not dreaming and this is all real! Snap out of it! Please! I can't go on without you!  need you to be focused if we have any chance of getting back home! Please snap out of it!"<br/><br/>Erik was pleading and he knew he sounded desperate. But what else could he do? It was true, he wouldn't be able to make it without someone he knew! Shawne was the only person he knew and they needed to stick together to get through this. Sure Lucian might be in the same boat as them but Erik didn't have a clue who he was and wasn't sure if he should trust him! He had in fact been running from the cops.<br/><br/>Erik lifted his head for a moment.... "Ugh do you all hear something..... cause I think someone is close by."<br/><br/>As everyone was quiet one could here someone talking.... the words were indistinct but someone was close by.