Willy had fallen asleep with his hand clutching tightly onto Emmy's. He woke as the door suddenly burst open to reveal Quint, who's face was red with anger, and his mother, glaring angerly at Quint.

"Quint! He needs his sleep!" She yelled at him. Quint ignored her and advanced towards his skirl. Willy dropped Emmy's hand and slowly sat up.

"This is all your fault!" He said coldly. Willy felt himself blush as he nodded.

"I know." Willy said.

"No you don't! Emmy wouldn't have been put into danger if it wasn't for you! You never think of others, it's always about you." Quint was on the verge of yelling. Willy glared at him.

"I know it was my fault, Quint! I never wanted to put anyone in danger! I went to go find my mother. I didn't ask for her to follow me, but she did. I shouldn't have let her go, I should have sent her back. I should have kept her in my sight, but you know what Quint? Life is full of should haves, and we need to move on, because what's done is done. If you think I'm not torn up about Emmy, then you're wrong. I'm not leaving her side until she wakes up, and not even after she wakes up either." Willy said forcefully. Quint stared at him for a moment before let out a deep sigh and storming out, pushing past Abby and slamming the door shut. Abby looked at Willy with a sad look in her eyes.

"Don't give up hope, Willy. She'll come around." she said. She then left. Outside the old hunting cabin, Evangline ran up to Abby.

"My daddy is back, aunt Abby." Abby bit her lip and took the childs hand as she led her down the mountain, back towards their destroyed home.

***

The smoke was heavy in the air as the Heron glided into the harbour.

"What in Gorlogs nose hairs happened?" Stig asked. He stood next to Hal as Hallasholm came into view. The fires were still kindling and the who village was blackened with char. They docked and all hurried off the ship, only to be met by Hal's daughter and sister.

"What happened?Where's Lydia?" Hal asked in a panick.

"Arridans soilders is what happened. Lydia is fine. But Willy and Emmy are in bad shape." She said. Jesper rose an eyebrow.

"What happened to Willy?" he asked with slight panick in his voice.

"He saved me from the fire. Him and Emmy. Emmy was still in the fire, so he went back for her. The heat and smoke wasn't good for them. Willy woke yesterday, and Emmy has yet to wake." Abby responded with saddness in her voice.

"Where are they?" Stig asked.

"At the old hunting cabin." Evangline piped. She took her fathers hand and led him and the crew back up the mountain.

***

 "Bente?" MJ asked confused as he opened the door to reveal the Skandian girl. She gave him a small smile.

"The baron said I could find you here. I need you to take me back to Hallasholm, MJ." She said. He rose an eyebrow.

"What about Preston?" He asked. she rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, I kind of ran away, on my wedding day." She said biting her lip. MJ smiled a bit.

"That is something you would do." He said pulling her into an embrace. There was footsteps behind him, and Will approached him, looking quite pale as he read a letter.

"MJ, You might want to read this." He passed the letter off to his grandson. MJ read the letter in silence before dropping down into an armchair and staring at the letter.

"What is it?" Bente asked.

"A cargo ship reported to Queen Cassandra last night that Hallasholm was attacked. Everything is gone. There are signs of Skandians still alive, but all of the buildings have been burned to the ground." Will said. Bente stared at him in horror.

"We have to go back. We need to make sure our families are safe, and the people are alright. We thank you, Will, for letting us stay here, but it's time for Lynn and I to return to our own country." MJ said standing. "We never should have left." He said coldly. He opened the door and yelled out to Lynn who was shooting her bow. She ran back into the cabin and smiled at Bente, then frowned when she saw the look on her face.

"What's wrong, MJ?" She asked.

"Pack up. We're going home." He said darkly. She nodded once and left to pack.

***

"Willy?" Willy woke with a start at the sound of the voice. His father stood next to him. Jesper knelt down on the ground and felt his head. "Your fever is gone. How are you?" He asked. Willy glanced over at Emmy, to see her in the same place she was before. She looked almost dead.

"She's still not awake?" He asked. Jesper shook his head.

"No." he said simply. Willy let out a depressed sigh and glanced back up at his father. "Have you left her side at all, Willy?" Willy shook his head.

"It's my fault, So I'm going to watch over her until she wakes."He said. Jesper placed a hand on Willy's shoulder.

"We'll get one of the other boys to look after her for an hour, because you need a bath, you stink." His father said. Willy gave him a small smile.

"Fine." He then stood and made his way out of the cabin with his father.

***

  Quint smiled as Emmy's eyes slowly flickered open. She looked around, confused for a moment before her eyes landed on Quint.

"Where am I?" She asked.

"A hunting cabin outside of Hallasholm. How do you feel, Emmy?" He asked. She held her head.

"My head really hurts and it hurts to breathe. What happened?" She asked. His eyes darkened.

"Willy. He led you into a fire, and you were almost killed." He said bitterly. She groaned and layed back.

"I don't remember much. I just remember running after Willy. The rest is a blur." She said. "Where is he now?"

"With his parents." He said. She nodded once.

"I want to see my uncle. Where is he?" She asked. Quint stood.

"Let me go alert them of your wakenings."He said. He then left, only to return five minutes later with her uncle in tow. Erak let a tear fall onto his bearded cheek as he pulled his neice into a bear hug.

"Gorlogs breath lass! You gave us all a good scare!" He cried. She gave him a small smile before she let out a cough. "It's all that smoke. Willy has been coughing like that a lot lately also." Erak said.

"Is he alright?" She asked. Erak let out a big laugh.

"He's been worried sick about you! Hasn't left your side until an hour ago, when his dad forced him to take a bath!" He chuckled. This made Emmy feel a little better.

"I want to see him." She said slowly sitting up. Quint gave her a small smile.

"I'll go get him." He said. He exited the room and headed across the clearing to where Willy was speaking quietly with his parents as he dried his wet hair. He looked up at Quint as he approached.

"How is she?" He asked, rudely cutting his mother off from speaking. Quint bit his lip,  and evil plan coming to mind,

"Willy, She's...She's dead." He said. Willy's eyes widened in horror and he stood in a hurry, and shoved pass Quint, and ran to the cabin. Willy threw the door open and felt tears well up in his eyes as he saw Emmy sitting up and smiling as she spoke to her uncle. She turned her gaze towards him and smiled.

"Hello, Willy." She said. Willy ran to her and pulled her into a tight embrace, burying his face in her hair. "Okay then, I feel loved." She teased. Willy looked up as Quint entered the room again. He gave him a guilty smile and Willy stood.

"You told me she was dead! You pratt!" He growled. Emmy glared at Quint.

"I asked you to get him, not to tell him I was dead!" She said. Quint smirked.

"I wanted to see his reaction." He said innocently. There was a breif flash as Willy tackled Quint to the ground. Emmy stood and glared at the two of them as they wrestled on the ground.

"Oh stop it! Both of you!" She said. They froze and both stood, dusting themselves off. "You're acting like children." She snapped. They both hung their heads in shame, but that didn't change her mood. "Uncle, Quint, if you could please leave, I want to speak to Willy alone for a moment." She said. Quint flashed a brief glare at Willy before following the Oberjarl out of the cabin.

"You wanted to speak with me?" Willy asked Emmy warily after the door was shut.

"I wanted to ask what truely happened that day. Quint said it was all your fault, but I don't believe that." She said. He looked at the floor.

"You followed me into the eating house. It was too dark in there. We found my mam, but I lost you. I went back for you and you fell unconsious. I had to carry you out, and I guess I fell unconsious after we got outside, because I woke up two days later." He said. She said nothing. Her eyes filled with tears and she let out a small sob. She hugged him tightly.

"It's not your fault, Willy." She cried. "I'm sorry."  There was a sudden knock on the door and Hal opened it.

"'Willy, you might wanna come see this."

***

Hey! It's thanksgiving week! biggest holiday besides St. Patricks day in the Knight household. Thanks for reading! Yay, Emmy's awake! and Quint is being a jerk! Hehe, Keep reading loves!

~Avis