Eliese was nervous as she stepped into the council chambers. The elders looked to her and one of the stood, prompting the rest to do the same. "Miss Kon'rey? What have you decided to do with the young intruders?" The chief Councilman asked her. She took a deep breath and chose her words carefully. "I cannot be the one to kill them, sir." She said.<br/><br/>The council looked between each other. "You found them. By our laws, they are your charges if not killed. Why, pray tell, is it they will not die by your blade?" He asked her. Eliese frowned. Here was the difficult part. "Sir... they claim to be the Crestfaren twins. I wouldn't have believed it, but... They CAN perform magic, and their mother was my teacher in the elven magic arts before I saw her de-"<br/><br/>"Are you certain you can allow them to go free? think carefully of the consequences, Kon'rey." One of the women spoke up as a tear ran down the elf's cheek. Eliese calmed herself and answered. "They claim to be running from home and only wanting to be away from the abuse their father gave them... I told them I would give them an ultimatum as i left if they were allowed their lives."<br/><br/>This caught the attention of all present, and a great amount of noise arose before the chief councilman yelled "QUIET! Miss Kon'rey, what did you have in mind?" He asked. Once again the entire group's attention was on her.<br/><br/>"I was going to allow them to live here, and have them learn to be one of us..." She said.<br/><br/>"And the alternative?" A skeptical councilwoman asked, narrowing her eyes as though she would be disgusted if there wasn't a "bad" choice.<br/><br/>Eliese gulped. She most certainly couldn't kill her old teacher's children, but that didn't mean they couldn't be killed...<br/><br/>"I will pit them in the Arena seeming as they are my charges either way, our laws do not say what I must do with any charge I am given." She managed to get out.<br/><br/>"Agreed. I!"<br/>"I second the motion."<br/>"Third!"<br/>"All opposed? None? Good."<br/>________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br/><br/>Eliese walked into the cell's room and nodded to Chrysabelle before turning to the boys. "The council has given you over to my discretion, however, as our laws dictate, either you die by my blade, or are put in my care. Your mother was... a friend, and as I cannot kill you myself due to personal reasons... You must either agree to live with us here in the forest, or be thrown into our arena, where you shall fight until your demise." She explained.<br/><br/>Dedrick smiled. "So you won't kill us if we choose to live here. That about sum it up? Better than being abused day in and day out. What do you think Nathaniel?"<br/><br/>Eliese was secretly glad she wouldn't be watching them die, and unlocked the cell. "Follow me! First we need to get you both a bath and some new clothes. Such a cape will make you stick out a little too much. Then I will need to prepare my home for new guests and-"<br/><br/>Dedrick chuckled. "Won't it look awkward for us to be sharing a room with you?" He laughed as she realized two men in her house was... undesirable and would be frowned upon. Turning to Chrysabelle, she asked, "Could you house one of them? I do not think it would be proper to have more than one of them in my abode..."