"Water's in that big cabinet next to the cauldron, Sheikah," Koura calls over her shoulder. She then turns back to the group to answer Alex's question.

"Yeah, I could sure use some fish," she says with a smile. Growing more serious, she moves on to the important question: her "plan," as the Zora had put it. "Well," she starts off, "a long time ago, my step-mother and I found a cavern just to the north of this lighthouse you're all talking about visiting. It held an ancient set of ruins that I think may contain some old rituals and spells. I can't say for certain of course, but there's also the chance that that's where your master is hiding."

"Sounds as good as any place," Rose says, getting up and stretching. "How much longer until Calla wakes up?"

"I'd say about fifteen minutes and she'll be ready to go," the Gerudo says as she walks over to where the Rito sleeps.

"In the meantime, would someone mind telling me what happened to you guys who went for Shada?" Alpha asks again.

"Let me" said Alex calmly.
"It didn't took long to track Shada to Rauru, when I found her she was in streets, a little later Blank found arrived too; we were about to go when we saw Yukie being chased by three Hakiems" he let the word 'hakiem' to reamin in the air for a second.
"We started fighting them, actually it was pretty easy. Then Yukie told us why was he being followed; we were on our way back to here when we saw you fighting Wraith, and here we are..."

"I see," Alpha says slowly. "So the Hakiems have stopped going after merely the Golden Ones, but those around them as well..." With a sigh, he shakes his head. "What has become of their sense of honor? Back when I traveled with Master, they would never attack bystanders unless provoked...now they are willing to let the ends justify the means. They may have held a perverted form of honor, but it was still honorable to a large degree..."

"Maybe they feel threatened, I don't know why, but it's like a prey, it attacks desperately when cornered" making comparisons was they way of Alex...

OoC: Let's see if I can participate at least a little bit in the action...

IC:

Once again, Tayro traveled under the morning sun of Parapa. Although still tiring as his feet sank in the dazzling sands in each step the boy took, the journey was less strainful, as this time, the group served as a post, a guide to tell him the way he should take, hopefully not getting lost this time. He wondered what would Alpha and Calla be doing in that particular moment, if Calla was already out of danger, Alpha healed... those were questions that, hopefully, would be answered preety soon.

It didn't take long until the rocky cavern, Koura's house, formed in the boy's sight.
Phew! Finally some rest! I really could use it! - he thought, recalling the tiredness and pain that filled his body, stinging him each step he took, like a curse or an illness, feeding on the energy that flowed on his body. Surely he could relax at least for a bit when he arrived. While he thought about all these things, hislegs seemed to automatically lead him to the cave, like they thinking on their own that they also could use some rest. It wasn't long before he arrived.

Entering Koura's simple but humble abode, the first thing Tayro did was sitting down and rest a bit. He was exhausted of all this walking, and he also hadn't slept for the night. Surely they could sleep a bit now, no? He then head everyone talking, their speeches entering his mind and getting registered in it, things that he would remember later on. However, he might have been hearing all that, but since he had not entirely participating in these tasks, Tayro had nothing to tell of his own. Surely they didn't want to know of him getting lost in the desert. That was uninteresting, and really unnecessary to say. The sleep finally getting over him, Tayro simply dozed off, fell asleep sitting down, with his back and head against the wall. Soon after that, if one payed enough attention, he could faintly hear the mage apprentice snore.

"I suppose that that's true, Alex. I can't help but think, though, that Zaboorak's influence is continuing to corrupt them even further than they had already been..." Alpha says as he sits back against the back of his wooden chair.

He slowly takes in the group around him. He sees Tayro in the back, who has been sleeping ever since the others arrived an hour ago. Rose has described the many forms she took, and Alpha can't stop himself from trying to envision all of them...even if he hadn't heard of any of them before. Shada was giving Koura a dirty look...which the Gerudo returned by sticking out her tongue. And the others are sitting around as they await Calla's reawakening.

Time passes, and soon enough Calla has indeed awakened. Naive to the fact that she was so close to the edge of death, the Rito merely believes she slept for a while, and in hushed tones Koura advises to the others that they not tell her otherwise.

When Calla is fully ready to go, Alpha turns to their Gerudo guide. "Alright, Koura, lead the way to these ruins you were talking about."

With a grin, the Gerudo grabs her scimitars and cloak again, and this time adds a gauntlet to her ensemble. Moving into the afternoon air of the desert, she places her fingers to her mouth and sends out a high-pitched whistle. Several minutes pass as the red haired woman stands still, waiting…waiting…and then her whistle is answered by a bird’s call. Holding out her gauntleted left arm, a hawk swoops down to land on the leather.

Softly stroking the brown and white feathers of its body, Koura turns back to the others. “This is my good friend Skye. She used to belong to my step-mother, and these past years she’s been my only company in Exile. Since I was only a child when I visited the ruins last, she’ll be serving as our guide there.”

Lifting her arm skyward, Koura shouts, “To the Shrine of Spirit, Skye!” The hawk squawks in confirmation and soars off, back to the north. The Gerudo moves to follow her pet, and Alpha and Shada are not far behind...

OOC: Well, that's it for this stuff. I'll post Part 6 some time tomorrow. Probably late, so I can focus on homework for most of the day...stupid homework...

OOC:Will this be a dungeon chapter?

OOC: No, not really. Sorry to disappoint, Alex, but I don't have any more dungeons planned for FoG - of course, that doesn't mean there won't be any. Just probably not. I might choose to design one spur of the moment; I do that sometimes. Like 'The Assassin', that was completely spur of the moment. By doing that I no longer know for certain how many parts FoG will contain...depends on how much with Wraith I choose to do now and how much I choose to save for later.

So, even I don't know what will happen next. But it probably won't be a dungeon.

'Alright. I found it.' Raven replys and fills up his flask from the water he finds there. When he sees Calla has awoken he says: 'About time you woke up. We've been waiting.'

Great more sand.As he follows the Hawk as it flies off and makes it's way to the shrine.

Rose dashes off behind Koura, only half a step behind Alpha and Shada. She had taken to the two Sheikah, and she was willing to do anything to help them.

OOC: If that seems cheesy, sorry. *coughZVcough*

Anywho, I need to catch up on some homework myself. But I'll probably keep this up since I'm a pathetic slave to HA2.