Azure's POV

After all the excitement of the day before, this afternoon felt slow, and melancholy. I sat in the glamorous room, looking though the book I had brought.

It was the collected works of Lore Lupus. It was all fairy-tales. He had written, Cosmo had given it to me for my eleventh birthday. It was worn, and tattered with papers slipped in.

Cosmo new I hated sad endings, so he would rewrite the ending of the sad stories to help me sleep better.

The Wolf in the Fairy grove. Wilma Willmar. Ruby Red & Snow White. The Girl & The Tower. Cosmo used to read them with voices and would make the story feel so alive.

There was a knock at the door. Thinking it was Petra I took my time. Placing the book reverently on the nightstand and walked over to the door.

"Princess?" I looked up to see the guard that had first fetched us for a meeting, standing in the door.

"Oh, sorry I took so long." I apologized, and she nodded.

"Your brother Prince Noah is awake; he wants to see you."

I nodded, my heart thumping a little faster as I ran down the hall ahead of the guard, and into the hospital wing. Noah was awake and talking to Petra who was there. She was smiling and laughing. I stayed in the doorway a moment to give them a little privacy. An evil smirk played on my face as I watched. I could feel Faust approaching me from behind.

"What are you looking at?" He asked, and I snickered.

"Love blossoming." Faust chuckled, and looked with me.

We walked in, and I gave Noah a gentle hug, and Faust gave him one of those: You nearly got yourself killed idiot; try to be careful, Speeches.

"We're in Bight Moon." Noah sated, and we nodded.

"May I ask why?" He said cheekily, and Petra rolled her eyes.

"Azzy, and I got sick of hiding, and convinced Faust to take us here on the skiff." Petra smirked.

"We rode a Skiff!?" Noah asked shooting up and gripping his ribs.

"We flew a skiff." I confirmed, and Faust shook his head.

"You slept more than flew it." I waved my hand dismissively.

"Anyway..."

After we filled Noah in on the happenings, he was okayed to go move about the castle with one member of the pack with him.

Petra volunteered as Faust went back to his room to get some much-deserved sleep. I was hanging out in the courtyard, watching Bow shoot some arrows.

"So, what weapon do you use when you aren't a wolf?" Bow asked, and I looked over the rack of weapons gleaming in the sunlight.

"I owned Tomahawk back in Lupin." I trailed off as Bow fired an arrow it shot a net that wrapped around the target.

"Wow." I stated and chuckled in awe.

"Do you want to try?" he asked holding out another bow, and I took it from with a thank you.

I stood, using his position to right myself, and pulled back the arrow to my cheek. I fired with bow, and the arrow landed two feet in front of the target.

"Aw man." I groaned, and Bow walked with me to retrieve the arrows.

"Try putting your elbow a little lower." He offered, and I lowed my elbow a little.

"This good?" I asked, and he nodded.

I fired again, and the arrow hit the target's outer ring.

"Hey, that's great for a second go." He said, and I bowed.

"Thank you, milord." He chuckled and notched an arrow in his own bow just as Glimmer appeared in a flash of pink sparkles.

Bow yelped loudly and lowered the bow.

"Oops, sorry Bow." She said but was beaming so much she did not look sorry.

She looked at me, and grinned.

"Azure! Great you're here too." She said and hopped around.

"We're going to Elberon!" She said, and I cocked my head.

"That's amazing Glimmer... but why?" I asked, and she squealed running around.

"Why?! We're going to be noble defenders and kick some Horde butt!" She said looking over the whispering woods and planting her hands on her hips. "

We're just delivering resources, aren't we?" Bow asked, and Glimmer nodded.

"Yes, we are!" She admitted, unshaken...