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(lol part of me feels bad, but Raven is the type of person who would die for her beliefs and her morals also, this post might be short so sowwy.)

Raven watched taff as he walked away and sighed. she couldn't help but thinking that maybe he was right. And if really was impossible to kill the king, she would need a new plan. Despite her previous statement, she had started reconsidering. Maybe she should play along. Whether she wanted to or not, this collar put her at their disposal. She wouldn't have much of a choice anyway. The mere fact they put it on her was proof enough they intended on controlling her whether she cooperated or not. At least this way if she died, she would die with her dignity. She was proven right when the king walked in and demanded her to kneel before him. The shackles lit up, and raven tried to fight it to no avail. Her body, acting on its own accord, acting on the kings orders, walked to the king and kneeled before him. She was furious. Her body wasn't listening to her. It was listening to the king. So there she was, kneeling before the king, her body under his control. St this point she could only hope her friends would come save her, or they would kill her.

Elesa would nod to Will and carry the man along behind her with her Psychic seal, bringing him to rest somewhat close to Lilim. Once she was able to put her Psychic and Wind charms away, she'd withdraw her Plant charm and start using her healing magic to treat his wounds, and by the time the man had awoken, would have every last bit of his wounds healed. Having listened to Wills tales of the man as she worked, knowing she could trust him if he was an ally to the magical community as Will claimed him to be. The only pain that Merthyr would awaken to would be that of hunger, and to the curious gaze of a young girl with bright fluffy crimson hair and deep blue innocent eyes that were as far from hostile as anyone could be. As well as a likely well known ally that was Will Stone.

So 'captors' indeed...

About the time Merthyr would speak, Lilim would moan and shift a bit, still sound asleep as the day was not yet done.

this is to easy... she thought to herself as she kept her gazed lowered to the ground. Ransom?? He was willing to pay a ransom, in exchange for returning someone she had never met? The truth of the situation was that she had been knocked unconscious before she could even do a headcount of the people that had surrounded them. but obviously, she wouldn't tell him that. She would try and use this to her advantage. See if he was really willing to do anything to get his son back unharmed. She spoke to him as she kept her gaze on the floor.

"In view of the circumstances, I'm prepared to offer you a deal. Release me. Take these shackles off of me, and everyone else you've imprisoned. You are to let us all walk out of here unharmed and free. And in return, I'll personally see to it that your son is returned to you safely without any injuries. I'll even heal him myself. However..."

She says before pausing. Her eyes looked back up at him, a seriousness in her eyes.

"For every day you keep us here, imprisoned and shackled, your son will loose a limb. If we are not freed after 5 days, they'll chop his head off and leave nothing for you to find. My friends will make sure of that."

That was a bluff, but the king didn't know that. She would try to use the situation to her advantage to get them all out of there in one piece.

Raven watched as the king knelt down and removed the seal from her neck, having fallen for her trick. She stood up and rubbed her neck, watching as everyone else was being freed from their shackles. She couldn't help but smile, and walked with her fellow witches as they were escorted beyond the city's walls. Once the royal guards had retreated back into the city, raven grabbed the male witches face and pulled him in for a passionate kisses. He held onto her face as well as he kissed back before breaking it.

"well done! I can't believe that worked!!"

"Me either!! Only problem is, we have to find his son now."

"right...it's already night though."

"Then we better start looking."

She says before holding her hand up, sensing for the magical or human auras of anybody. She sensed several people inside a cave a fair distance away from them. She opened her eyes and smiled before taking his hand and running towards the cave.

Lilim barely woke up and stretched before glancing over and seeing Elesa looking curiously at someone, sitting up and seeing the man that she was gazing at. Lilim would gasp and look on, hearing the man speak, "C-captives?..." Lilim asked with a couple of dazed blinks, "E-Elesa?... Explain please?..." Lilim asks worriedly.

Elesa would make her way closer to the male and moves to hug him, tugging up on him to try the best her petite, weak, childs body could muster to help the man to his feet, "I found him in the forest, Big Sis Lilim. He was asleep and badly hurt, so I brought him here and healed him." she says with a smile, giggling as she turned her deep blue eyes to the man, offering him a warm smile.

Lilim would sigh and giggle lightly herself before getting up and hovering slowly over to help Elesa get the man to his feet, "I swear, Elesa... You're too kind hearted for your own good sometimes..." she says as she gets the man in a crutch carry and gently hoists him to his feet with her levitation, moving out from under his arm and out in front of him, cupping her hands together in front of her peacefully. Elesa as well would step back once she was sure he was stable.

"So, hun... Introductions are mandatory in the magical community. Titles and statuses aside, I'm Lilim. This is my little sister, Elesa, and behind us is Will. And your name?" she asks patiently. This spectacle might have taken the prince by all kinds of surprise, as he may not have been expecting to be treated as a guest by the same 'creatures' that he was supposed to be at war with.

After a few minutes, raven reached a fair distance away from the cave with the other witch. She squinted in the darkness as she tried to make out who or what was in there. However the pitch black made it nearly impossible. She sighs as she looks back to the witch.

"Get ready...here's hoping the prince is in here..."

"I'm right behind you..."

He says as raven nods and slowly creeps up towards the entrance of the cave. When she reaches the entrance, her hand lights on fire. Her own fire wouldn't hurt her, but any other fire, well, that was another story. The light shine on her face, as well as In front of her. She noted the princes face and smiled.

"Oh man! Am I glad I found you! Your father wants you back home immediately!! But uh, we need to find your horse first...."

She says smiling at him before noticing the others in the cave. When she made eye contact with lilim, a huge wave of relief washed over her, but despite the urge to run up and tackle her in a hug, she remains calm and just smiled brightly at her.

"Hiya lilim!! I told you I'd be fine, didn't i?? I'm so glad you guys made it out ok!!"

Lilim blinked as Merthyr asked for his armor back, believing he had not even looked at himself. She'd look him over from head to toe as Elesa was the one to tend to his wounds and she did not strip him of anything, "Um... You mean that armo-" she says as she gestures to his body, noting that he still had all of his armor on before hearing that familiar voice, looking up and instantly her face lit up with joy, "Raven!!" she shouts excitedly, rushing past Merthyr and gliding into a near tackle hug, "Oh Raven, I'm so relieved you're ok..." she says before moving out of the hug and looking into her face, "How'd you get away? What happened at the castle? They didn't hurt you did they?" she says before seeing the bandage on her head, "Mother above, it was that Lord Knight Captain wasn't it?" she says as she moves her hands to Raven's head, softly brushing her hair out of the way to get a better look at the wound, not interfering with the bandage just yet.

Lilim was clearly distracted now, so Elesa would step up to Merthyr, "We didn't take any of your armor off, Mister Tydfil... But your sword is probably still where I found you. I'll take you to it." she says as she reaches to take his hand, tugging on his hand softly to get him to follow her. Just like following a child, Elesa would lead him past Lilim and Raven as they had their reunion and would lead the prince to the place she had found him, a quarter mile away from the cave, to a large tree where his sword leaned undisturbed against the trunk, right where he had dropped it.

Raven smiled and chuckled as she stumbled back at the force of lilims hug, chuckling as she hugged lilim back, before looking her in the eyes. She was about to say something, before the other witch interfered.

"shell claim she's not hurt, but just before we left the king slapped her in the face...she's bleeding..."

"Huh??"

She says bringing a hand up to her cheek and looking at the blood on her fingers. she sighs as the adrenaline died down, but still smiles at lilim as she moves the hair out of her face to get a better look at the bandage on her head.

"It's....kinda a long story. When I woke up, they placed these shackles on me that would make my powers useless to me, keep me from being able to talk, and even control my movements. They basically tried turning me into a puppet. Fortunately the king started accusing me of kidnapping his son, and wanted to know what I wanted for his safe return. Soooooo I might have bluffed my way to freedom."

She says smirking before continuing.

"I told him that he had to free everybody in his dungeon if he wanted his son unharmed. I also told him for every day we we're still enslaved and imprisoned, his son would lose a limb, and after 5 days there'd be nothing left of his body to find. So, he let me go. But his son needs to return home unharmed, with all his belongings. Including his horse..."

Lilim looks to the bandages and to Raven's cheek, "I'll pulverize 'em... But first... Hold still." she says as she slowly removes the bandage from Ravens head and leans in to lick the blood off of her cheek, massaging her tongue sensually over Raven's wounds and coaxing them to heal from the attention of her licking. A lesser known secret about some Succubae is that their saliva can be used as a natural healing agent just as well as an intimate source of lubrication. As Lilim would demonstrate so long as Raven didn't start freaking out or wind up getting weak in the knees from the attention to her cheek. Once her cheek was healed though, Lilim's attention would move to Raven's head, her energy traveling with the saliva and into Raven's skull, finding the trauma to be much deeper than a simple scrape. Hitting her hard enough to make her bleed, the dumb Knight also splintered her skull. If he had hit her any harder with the hilt of his sword, he could have cracked her skull open and killed her. Lilim would spend a lot of time giving this wound attention, which Raven may feel a bit of a headache that she had before starting to fade the more Lilim licked at the wound, her tongue feeling very soft against Raven's skin, even if it may have made Raven weak in the knees from such sensual attention in general, even if it wasn't meant to be anything sexual.

Raven raises an eyebrow at lilim, tilting her head in curiousity, before her eyes followed her hands, watching her take the bandage off her head, before lilim cupped her face and began licking her cheek. w-what?! she thinks as her face begins turning as red as a beet. She felt herself getting weak in the knees, and the other witch noticed this, cause he ran up to her and held her up for support so she wouldn't fall and lilim would be able to heal raven.

"don't worry...I gotcha..."

"W-were taking care of you next...ok..?"

"alright.."

They say before going quiet. When Ravens cheek was healed, she didn't think much of the injury on her head, until she noticed that lilim was taking a long time to heal it. Was it really that bad that it would take this long? She didn't know. But she couldn't ignore the pounding headache that came at the start of healing her wound. Though it would gradually fade as it got better. She gave a weak smile to lilim, the adrenaline dying down, just now realizing how tired she actually was.

"T-thank you..."

Lilim takes her time healing Raven's head, making sure the healing is thorough, "Mmm... That jerk fractured your skull... (slirp) If he'd hit you any harder he'd have killed you..." she says briefly. Lilim would be holding onto her head, but once Raven's injuries are fully healed, Lilim shifts her attention from Raven's now non-existent wounds, to her lips. A passionate kiss would ensue, though not a draining one this time. This one was just to convince Raven to listen to her, and after several seconds, the kiss would be broken and Lilim would smile to her, "Now go lie down, Raven. Healed or not, you need to get some rest. I'm sorry rest wont come from a bed tonight, but you can use my pillow over there, ok?" she says as she points to Wills bundled up coat. Of course it may have had to be Lilim and Raven's friend that carried her to said pillow and laid her down with it, but if that's what they had to do, Lilim was not opposed to it. Raven was surely weak in the knees from Lilim's attention, and walking may have been a bit hard for her at the moment.

Will had helped Elesa get the Prince into the cave before going to get wood for a fire. He collected some wood for about five minutes before going back to the cave. He put the wood in a pile and lit it with his fire magic.

At this time, Prince Merthyr was awake and talking. He sat down on his rock and chuckled. "Prince Merthyr, never thought I'd see you alive again." Will told him.

Audemar made his way past the valley to the forest as it began to rain the foliage out somewhat help him keep dry. The the snapping of twigs under him echoed but only a bit and he sought to find these other magical beings; he had no contact with any magical beings in the longest time. he heard chatting just beyond the brush but decided to stay hidden in case they heard him and planned to attack.

Will chuckled and shook his head at the prince and went back to Elesa, trusting he could handle himself for a minute. Once he heard him shouting, he sat her down next to Lilim and drew his sword, walking out to get Merthyr. "Always getting into trouble." Will mumbled to himself as he saw a group of guys running at them. He walked over to them and cut the first one in half with an effortless swing of the blade. He was going to make sure no one touched any of his new friends, especially Elesa.

Audemar thought it would be well to help so he waved his hand and a river of tar and it caught the horse as it was galloping away. Its cries were piercing to the men as it tried to get away. Audemar summoned another river of tar that crept behind the men charging at Will. The men prayed and shouted for help as the tar burned them; it wasn't surprising to Audemar that this is the reaction he received but he would've hoped for a better one.

Will blocked the blades with his sword and pushed the man back before sealing off the cave entrance to protect Elesa and the other. "Not to sound pretentious or anything, but do you not know who I am?" Will asked him.

"It's not fair to blame others," Audemar said with a slight venom as he walked to where Glendale and Will raged in combat. The sorcerer waved his hand and the ground below Glendale disintegrated and the man fell in and was trapped by vines. Audemar walked to Glendale, "You can grovel at the feet of royalty if you so desire but I will kill you here if you fail to surrender."

The vines became thicker and tighter as Glendale tried to hack away at the vines. Audemar chucked lightly, "It's as if you seek death." The sorcerer then grew angry, "You can rot here with your closed mindedness."

Will stood at the edge of the pit and looked down at Glendale. " You see, thats where you're partially wrong. I used to be one of the kings men, the old king. See he was actually a great man, unlike the new king and his men." Will told him, watching him climb.

Will stood up and looked at him in the pit. "Some of us gave our lives for you sorry lots. And most of us never saw you different from us. Heck, the king even made me Lieutenant General and gave me my own batallion to deal with people like you, the infamous Basilisk Battalion." Will said before realizing what he said and laughed. "Jeez, I sound like I was spoiled."