<strong>A note for Ashley:</strong>Even if you travel back to the forests, towards the hunting parties, you won't be able to reach Alfreic before his upcoming plot arc is completed. What I have in mind for him is really a private encounter. You can find him just after his storyline ends. Or you can head for the others. In any case, you have to visit the camp first. You can always stay with Ivy and Imogene as well.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/1523/ivymontaguenew.jpg)</div><strong>Ivy Montague,</strong>Secluded Area in the Forest [Ivy, Imogene & Ashley]<br/><br/>The three girls, on their pair of horses, traveled slowly back to Avonleigh. It had been simple enough to find the road, and now there was just the long stretch of highway before them. The two girls, Ivy and Imogene, looked exhausted, but somehow Ivy managed to keep her eyes open. She stared down at her horse's feet, but every so often her eyes drifted ahead to the horizon. She looked as if she had the strength to guide her mare home.<br/><br/>Nearby, Ashley began to convulse atop her horse. ((IC for Ashley only)) There were images, in her mind. Graphic, disturbing images. Alfreic, covered in blood, slumped down by a campfire. Antoine screaming madly, like a frightened girl...running from something. White. Her vision ended with a flash of blinding white. ((End of IC for Ashley only)). Then, as quickly as her shaking had started, it came to an end.<br/><br/>"Are you...are you alright, Ashley?" asked Ivy, her voice tired and faint. On the horizon, many miles to the east, there was smoke from a large campfire.<br/>