Up one hill and down the next. The trio had spent a few days doing this and now they were getting close to their last destination. It was looking hopeless. They had visited all the other clans and now they were down to one. Stewart.The plan of action was to stay with each of the clans for a while to try and learn who had framed the MacGregors. This was easier said than done. While Johnnie and Merida were Campbell's, the most powerful clan in the area, other clans were slow to trust outsiders, even powerful ones. Johnnie, Merida and Douglas had to sneak in and around the camp to learn the necessary information.

Stewart would have a good motive. Earlier that year they had attacked the MacGregors and lost-badly. The Stuarts couldn't have chosen a better time to attack. The Chieftains of the other two clans were on the verge of signing a peace agreement.

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Night was approaching. The teens had been waiting in the outskirts of the village waiting for the perfect opportunity to sneak in. Slowly, quietly, under they cover of darkness they crept toward the Armour. Locked! The door was locked. The teens looked at each other and grinned. How stupid were they. They had planned to sneak all the way through the camp and then enter through the door like civilized people. Climbing through the open window they looked around. There was the typical armor, swords,and other tools lying around. The clan crest was embedded on each breastplate. Yards of the Stewart tartan hung on the walls.

Despite the darkness, Douglas caught something out of the corner of his eye.
(A/N: Comment below what you think Douglas sees before moving on.) Stuffed in the corner, partly hidden by straw was another tartan. Waving the others over, he took a look. It was without a doubt, a MacGregor Tartan. Digging further, they saw everything. Everything was there that was stolen from Alasdair and his clan. Everything from tartan,crests, amour, you name it.

Creak!

Hurriedly, the three turned.They had to get out of here before they were caught. They scrambled out the window and ran off into the night.

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Three days later they burst into the barn where Alasdair was staying. He looked up expectantly."Did you find out who it was?" He asked.

"Yes, we did. It was Clan Stewart."

"Why those thieving, good for nothing, lowlifes!" Alasdair raged. "They turn their backs on us they moment we are nice to them!"

Johnnie tried to calm him down and failing, he had to let him rant. Merida warned him that if he didn't keep quiet he would be found and killed. That shut him up.

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"Hold still!" Merida exclaimed. She had been checking in Alasdair's wounds and they were healing nicely. "You can hardly tell that you were shot. You will just have a small scar."

"We have something important we need to discuss." Douglas piped up. "Fall is approaching and the three of up will be needed in the fields. That means that we won't be here to protect of keep an eye on you. We need to find a new place to hide you. I know of three other people that know where this place is. If they find out we are housing a MacGregor we are dead!"

"Yeah, true. However, I don't really want to move. Trust me, I know this area and there is no deserted place within a hundred miles of here! Come on, I can run if I need to."

"OK. We will see you in a few weeks!"

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Three months later, three men came ridding up to the barn. Roughly, they banged down the door.Charging at Alasdair they caught him and put him under arrest. "What do you have against me? What have I done?"

"You are a MacGregor. You murdered the men and women of the Colquhoun clan. What do you mean'what have I done'?"

"No! You must understand we were framed. It was those blasted Stuarts! Please!"

"Why should we believe you over them? They are they ones helping us! Now, tell us who has been helping you?"

"They are my friends and I will never betray them. Good friends don't do that!"

"Then you will die."

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