Judith breathed out a sigh of relief when the man's blade struck Rhyldrin's own blade instead of herself. She flinched as the two struggled unsure of what she could do to help, she seemed to be in shock until she heard Rhyldrin speak to her. Judith looked up at Rhyldrin though she could not manage a smile for him. "I was following a few others though they were all struck down, I got stuck in this mess." Judith lifted herself from the ground, her hands ran over herself in an attempt to remove dirt. Though she stopped seeing as it was pointless, she would just end up dirty anyways. "I could have handled this, I had a plan." the corners of her lips lifted though her smile was a nervous one. To be honest she wasn't very certain if she would have been alright or if what she had intended to do would have been successful.

Scarlett red was still scattered across her face, a sharp pain filled her chest every time she breathed in too quickly. Judith slowed down her breathing in an attempt to ease the sudden pain, that man had struck her far harder than she had thought. There was still a throbbing pain along her back, when her head had met the ground it had began to pound as well. "You don't need to worry about me so much," she struggled to say the words as she breathed out heavily. "You have to watch yourself in all of this. It's easy to be caught off guard with so many enemies about. I need to learn to not get so easily distracted." a nervous laugh escaped from her lips suddenly.

Judith turned as a sudden flash of light caught her attention. She jumped a little, it was unexpected. For a moment she felt confused though that changed when her eyes landed on a familiar Light Elf. Kane was nearby using her magic powers the best that he could, he had trained for years but was still considered an amateur. With a wave of his hand he made a circle of fire around an approaching enemy. His eyes were closed and he seemed to be lost in his own thoughts.

Kane opened his eyes, he watched the Ork that he had trapped begin to panic. Though the creature was still making an attempt to get to him, it appeared to be desperate to shed blood. A quiet sigh escaped from him, under his breath he chanted words. Kane brought his hand up, he held it in the air. Fire erupted as he clenched his fist without hesitation, the Ork let out a piercing scream as it began to burn. The creature fell to the ground then it shortly became silent. Kane waved his hand, the fire quickly went out.

Judith fell silent when Rhyldrin spoke to her again, she felt a little embarrassed with her sudden behaviour. Though it was also because Kane had caught her attention. Judith felt lost in her own thoughts as she watched Kane create and dismiss fire so easily. She knew that she may have not survived another close encounter with an enemy though something inside of her didn't want to admit to that. She didn't want to worry Rhyldrin, she didn't want him to now feel obligated to watch her or to always be there to help her. Though it had always been like that, Rhyldrin had always been there to help her when she needed it. Without him in the past she may have been dead long ago.

"I'm sorry," Judith breathed out heavily then looked up at Rhyldrin bringing her attention back to him. "I feel like a burden when I know that you are always worrying about me." Judith's ears fell, she brought one hand to the other then slipped her glove off. She brought her now bare hand to her face and brushed blood and dirt off of it the best that she could. She desperately wanted to bath. "We shouldn't stand around for much longer, we should find the leader." she slipped her bare hand back into the glove then looked up at Madaes. "Do you think that it would be a human or one of the Orks?" she asked, it would certainly be hard to tell who was in charge. There were Orks here so it was possible that the one in charge could be an Ork though there were also humans. There was always the possibility of there being two leaders, one to communicate with the humans and the other to communicate with the Orks.

Kane seemed a little dazed for a bit. He stood still and seemed to be mumbling a few words to himself before he brought himself over to the other three. "There's so many of them, I keep wondering when this awful nightmare is going to end." he said then breathed out a sigh. "I don't mean to ease drop, it's rude of course but..." his eyes shifted from Madaes to Judith then they rested on Rhyldrin finally. "I heard that you plan to seek out the leader? May I be of any assistance? It's better to travel in a group that is strong."

( HORRIBLE POST. - dies )

"Do you think that Marcus is here?" Judith asked once the group fell silent for a brief moment. "If we could find one of the Dragonkin on the ground we could ask them if they have seen him, he would help us greatly." Judith's eyes tore away from the three men who stood by her, she looked around the surrounding area seeing if she could find a Dragonkin for assistance. "Though we could always ask one of the Dragonkin who are on the ground to come with us. All of them are strong and we don't need a specific one. I suppose that it does not really matter." though she thought that it would be better to have the company of one that she knew and trusted. Judith assumed that Rhyldrin trusted Marcus as well, considering that he had tried his best to keep both of them away from any harm.

"We can try to find him, though we absolutely can not stay here any longer. Madaes is right, they are starting to notice that we have just been standing around. It's no longer safe to stay here. We must move now!" Kane's cheek burned a little, every second or third word had been stuttered. He still didn't find it easy to speak to a woman. He looked away from Judith and returned his eyes to Rhyldrin briefly. "There are a few Dragonkin over there, I saw them a bit earlier. Let's hope that they are still there, it would be good to have one come with us. It's always good to have a group with different talents and strengths. We can also do what Madaes suggested." he managed a smiled then pried himself from the group.

Judith stood for a moment, she hesitated to move at first. Though when Kane seemed to not be willing to wait for anyone she began to follow him. As she walked her eyes scanned the surrounding area for any weapons that she could take. It wouldn't be a very smart idea for her to explore a battlefield without one on her. Judith was of course very talented with the bow but there was no time to be picky now that her bow was broken. She would take whatever she could find in one piece. Hopefully she could find a weapon that was not too heavy, the weight of her armour was starting to make her shoulders sore.

"I suppose that I should expect such things from him considering his line of work," Judith let out a quiet laugh though it probably made the others believe that she was nervous. "I really need to stop worrying about him so damn much, he can take care of himself." she breathed out quiet sigh then shook her head a little. "You need to tell him to stop worrying about me as well, I may look... as if I'm not a threat but I can be one if necessary." she looked up at Madaes with a weak smile across her face. "I wonder if the Winter will slow things down?"

Judith jumped a little when she heard footsteps behind them, she looked over her should briefly to make sure that it was not a potential threat. "It makes sense that they would struggle, the Orcs are big creatures... I don't think that any of us have ever dealt with an Orc before this." a weak laugh escaped from her, Judith had never thought she would be caught in such a war. She had never thought that she would be in another war after the one between the Dark and Light Elves.

"Look, up ahead!" Kane said aloud, he looked back at the other three. "It looks like we have found them and you're right Rhyldrin, they appear to be struggling." it was an odd thing to see a group of Dragonkin struggling against anything considering how strong they were. "Let's help them out, they could use all the help that they can get. Then we can find Marcus afterwards." Kane quickly left the group, Judith hesitated to follow she had not been able to find a weapon while travelling to here. She looked at Rhyldrin helplessly before speaking. "I lack a weapon... I'm useless when it comes to this right now."

Judith was certainly concerned about the upcoming Winter months, she dreaded the day that it would begin to snow. Madaes was right, snow was a foreign thing to the Elves. It would be a disadvantage to their side and more of an disadvantage to those who crept quietly from place to place. With the snow their footsteps would be left everywhere, a single move could alert the enemy to their presence. It was about the same when Fall came around, the leaves always became an annoyance. Being an archer Judith would have to be more careful now seeing as she would be one to stay behind while the others would go forward or if she was off on her own she would hide waiting for the enemy to come along. It made her feel incredibly nervous thinking about it.

A nervous laugh escaped from her when Madaes told her that Rhyldrin hated the cold. Judith did not mind it if it did not put her at a disadvantage, she had seen snow before though it was rare for the Capital to get much of it. "That's alright," she said then threw her shoulders back in a shrug. "If he has a problem keeping himself warm then I can help." a smile crept across her face, she looked over at Rhyldrin and held back another laugh.

Judith nodded slightly she hoped that the snow would not cause too much trouble for Rhyldrin. Despite not wanting to worry too much about him this problem made her worry even more so. Judith watched as Madaes and Kane began to assist in the struggle, she brought her eyes back to Rhyldrin as he spoke to her. "Oh," was all she could manage to stutter before he took off to join the other two. "If it can be used then it is good enough." she said though she doubted that he had heard.

She examined the bow that she had been given by him for a moment before drawing an arrow from her pouch. I wish that mine had not broken, I need to start being cautious, she breathed out a quiet sigh. She lifted the weapon, then drew back the arrow, Judith held her breath then let go.

By the end of the struggle Judith surprisingly still had a few arrows left in her pouch. She had expected to use the rest on them. Thankfully none of the enemies had decided to approach her, she kept a safe distance and was easily able to pick off a good amount of them. With her talents with the bow she was also able to avoid accidentally striking any of her allies. As she approached the others it appeared that they had been even more successful than she had originally thought. The leader was here, she kept quiet in his presence preparing herself for another struggle. It would be much more difficult with the little arrows that she had now.

Though it became clear that there would not be another struggle. Judith watched as Rhyldrin held a young girl captive in order to pry information from the leader of this attack. She watched nervously hoping that the man before them would spit up any information that he had. If he didn't then she knew damn well that they would have to capture the man then attempt to pry information from him that way.

What the hell? Judith kept herself from speaking as she listened to the man speak. It was almost unbelievable what he was telling them, was any of it really true? If it was then this was a much bigger problem than they had thought. Who was the one that had convinced the Orcs and humans to go to war against the Elves? Her eyes shifted to Madaes, Kane then she looked up almost helplessly at Rhyldrin. "What are we to do now with this new information?"

"I will be the one to tell King Bryon of this news, he will be pleasantly surprised that we no longer have to deal with the Orcs and humans. Though... it seems that good news comes with bad news all the time now." Judith looked up at Kane as he spoke, it was rather surprising that he had decided to take on such an important task and that he was speaking without a single stutter. "It will be good though to have a truce, King Bryon has never turned away from a truce or thought poorly of one." Kane managed to smile though it was a rather weak one. He was sore and tired from the past few days of conflict though he would push himself to deliver the news.

"I'll go with you," Judith finally spoke, Kane looked down at her with a smile. It was much better for him to travel with company than to travel alone. Especially considering the current conflict, it would be better if he had her with him if they came across a problem or a few problems. "It would be better if you had company. I need no rest, we can go as soon as you would like to." Kane nodded then looked up at the man with his daughter. Though he held back any comments. There was no need to make the man feel more guilty of his actions, Kane hoped that he had learned his lesson. Everyone was a target in the war.

Judith's ears fell a little as she looked back up at Rhyldrin, she wondered how long it would be until she saw him again. Though she had to push away any emotions that were threatening to explode. She had gotten better at controlling herself, she had to if she wanted to make herself stronger. "I wish you luck with your journey to the Dark Elf Capital, please be safe." she smiled weakly at him. Then she left with Kane.

By the time Kane and Judith had reached the Light Elf Capital Bryon had already heard quite a bit about the truce. It didn't take long for word to get out. Which was not surprising considering how much of a change the news would make. After a rather brief meeting with Bryon they were excused and given permission spend time with their family. Judith took this opportunity to spend time with her father, she had heard that he had become ill shortly after she left for the war. Kane left the Light Elf Capital to return to the small village that he had been raised in, his family greeted him with great enthusiasm. He planned to return to the Light Elf Capital after spending a few weeks in the village.

During the time that she spent in the Light Elf Capital Judith's father gradually became better. She suspected that one of the reasons for him suddenly becoming so ill was that she had left for the war. She knew that she was the only one that he had left and could understand that the stress of knowing that would eventually take it's tole. When she had first entered her home he held her so tightly that she almost could not breath. Though he could not hold her for very long at the time, he had grown rather weak during Judith's absence. Every day he remained in bed to rest.

Despite the announcement of the truce between the Elves, Orks and humans there was still a great amount of tension within the Light Elf Capital. Bryon has tried very hard to keep word of the new threat from spreading though it did not take long for rumours to begin. Then those rumours turned out to be actual fact. He had not wanted others to know yet until it was a confirmed threat, though now it was a little too late for that. He tried to keep himself calm and tried his best to assure his people that all would be well. However that did not seem to work as well as it usually did, everyone had grown tired of the constant conflicts. They wondered if they would ever end.

It was a rather sunny, warm Fall day. Judith wandered out from her home after helping her father with a few things, she would do what she had been doing for the past few weeks. The garden needed to be tended to and a few other things. She hummed peacefully to herself as she prepared the land for new crops next Spring and she plucked the ones that had withered out from the ground.

Judith jumped from the sudden touch, though she settled down once she realised who it was. At first all she wanted to do was scold Rhyldrin for sneaking up on her like that, this was certainly not the first or even second time that he had done this to her. She had warned him not to do it again and had given him a good smack every time he did this. Though when his lips touched hers she melted into his arms instantly. Judith brought her left hand to his hand, she ran her fingers up from his hand to his shoulder then to the back of his head. Her fingers curled around a few strands of his hair, she began to play with his hair. Her right hand travelled up from his stomach to his other shoulder then rested there.

She pulled away from the kiss, her eyes fluttered open and she watched him for a moment before she finally spoke. "I hate it when you do that..." she mumbled quietly, she pulled on his hair roughly. "I hate it when you sneak up on my like that, then you kiss me? That isn't fair!" though she tried to seem upset with him she could not stop herself from smiling. It had been so long since she had last seen Rhyldrin, all of this time spent apart was unbearable. "I should be mad at you right now, you're lucky that I'm not. These gardening tools can be used as weapons, you should watch yourself next time!" she hissed playfully.

Her eyes closed slowly, her lips lingered close to his. "I should give you a good smack but I won't this time, I like being so close to you again..." color came to her face though it was barely noticeable. "It's been too long, how long are you staying here for?" Judith pressed her lips against his before he could answer her, at first the kiss was soft then it became hard. She pulled away slowly then breathed out heavily.

Judith allowed herself to melt in his arms for a brief moment as she listened to him speak, her eyes fluttered close and she felt as if she could never get enough of his touch. Feeling Rhyldrin hold her once again, feeling him kiss her like he always did was overwhelming. When he was gone she missed him terribly, she sometimes ached during his absence. "If that's the case then I hope that the war will never start," she hissed quietly. "All of this nonsense is starting to make me grow weary." a sigh escaped from her lips, she opened her eyes then looked up at him. "When this is all over we can finally be together, we won't have to worry anymore. I swear, my hair is going to fall out soon from all of this!" a laugh managed to escape from her.

Judith fell silent for a brief moment, it didn't take long for her to have more to say. "You must be exhausted, if you plan to stay in the Capital for a few nights then you are welcome to stay in my home. I don't think..." she paused for a moment, a smile crept onto her face. "I don't think that my father would mind, it's odd actually. He asked about you, it was almost..." she paused to think of the perfect word. "Cute?" she giggled quietly. "He wanted to know if I would see you after I returned home, I think that he likes you."