A Cave on the Sea

Katherine watched them then tossed the gem up into the air, then catching it. The dimonds in her ears sparkled. The corset armor clinked as she shifted her posistion.
"Aye, that's because I am." Katherine inspected Shard with her missmatched eyes. Then she answerd shards question. "No, I do not know them. Your lucky I showed up when I did."
She turned to Lyssa, "adventure does not apear to be your forté miss, you look like your about to die of cold.."
She tucked the map and gems into the pouch around her waist. "Let's get out of here shall we?"
She motioned to the hole in the ceiling.

The first time Katherine opened up her mouth, Lyssa decides something: she doesn't like her. She didn't hate her, she was more afraid of her. She stares at her, fear glistening in her eyes. Even though she appeared to want to help, Lyssa didn't trust her. She then looks up at the hole in the ceiling.

'H...how are we going to be able to g...get up there? T...the ceiling is at l...least fi...fifteen feet up.' Lyssa asks the girl, shivering. Now let them see how smart and friendly she really was.

Katherines smile was slowly spreading across her face. She had the air of a pleased child. She looked up exsamining the Katherine shaped hole. "It looks a bit small for a polar bear don' cha' think?"
Katherine had a look of consentration cross her face, then with her left foot she took a step. When she did this she was litteraly walking on air. She kept climbing the air untill she was high enough to pull herself through the hole. Then a few moments later she broke some of the ice so the hole was big enough for Ursa to fit through. Walking to metias she pulled a thick rope out of the saddle bags and tied it around the saddle horn. Then she chucked the rope down the hole.
"Tie your selves and metias and I will pull you up." She called down.

'I....I can get up j....just fine.' Lyssa grumbles. She didn't like this girl, she just seemed like trouble. Lyssa decides to already go ahead and drain some of her power. She concentrates on the air around her and makes it become a hard surface. She then uses he hardened air to rise her up from the floor to the hole in the ceiling. Once up on to, Lyssa smirks at Katherine.

'I'm no...not as pi...pitiful as I look.' Lyssa tells Katherine.

Katherine pulled up the rope and untied it from Metais. First, she Tucked it into a saddle bag then fished out a dry pair of pants and shirt. She tossed them to lyssa.
"I never said that," she told lyssa reprochfully. "Here you can borrow those, I apologise if they are a bit big."
Katherine was indeed tall for her age and still growing. She pulled her cloak over her armor, shivering slightly.
"An' don't worry bout the map. I've got it."

Lyssa throws the clothes back at Katherine. She didn't need any help....with anything.

"I'm fine." Lyssa growls at her. She had a little tree fort near where the group was, so she would probably just swing by there and grab some clean clothes and armor. She then just starts making her way through the tunnels, not waiting for the three.

OOC: Sorry for the super-short post.

Katherine fround at Lyssa's back. The girl seemed frusterated by Katherines presents.
"Did I do something or is she just naturaly like that?" Katherine asked arching a thin eyebrow watching the girls retreating figure. Out of habit she twisted the dimond stud in her left ear. "The names Katherine SparrowHeart but most people yell Sparrow to get my attention. "
She mounted Metias and offered a hand to Shard so they could keep coversing comfortably.
"I did find these how ever." She pulled the red and green gems out of her pouch. A thrill of tingling power went up her arm. She would hand them to her after she mounted.

OOC: What about the map? Katherine kind of ignored Shard's question.

OOC: Sorry that I was unclear. I meant Shard's question of if Katherine knew what the map was/where it led.

As Lyssa walks ahead he the others, she had to be extra careful not to step on any traps. This place was loaded with them. Tripwires, pressure plates, switches, you name it. As Lyssa jumps over a wire, she sees a ghastly blue glow illuminating a bend in the tunnel ahead. She slowly creeps up and swings her head around the corner. More of them. Lyssa quickly retreats her head. She didn't want to get spotted. She turns around and starts running off to Shard and Katherine, making sure to keep her footsteps light and to watch out for traps.

'W...we have m...more co...company.' she says, trying to hide the fear that came naturally to her. She didn't want to be afraid, she just was. She didn't want to appear fearful though, so she plasters an emotionless expression across her face.

'G...get on a h...horse?' Lyssa shivers. She was pretty darn afraid of horses, well actually any animal that was larger than her. She looks up at Katherine. Lyssa knew what she had to do. If she wanted to live she would have to get help. Sighing to herself, she walks over to the horse.

'N...nice ho..horse.' Lyssa whispers, shaking more out of fear than anything. She looks up to the horse's face. It looked like a normal horse, no signs of aggresion towards her. Calming herself down mentally, she climbs up onto the horse.

'C..can we j..just do this q...qu..quickly?' Lyssa asks the two. She was really starting to feel cold and numb, and all she wanted was to get dry clothes of her own on.

Katherine pulled Lyssa onto the Metais back. The horse was massive, black, and not to metion trained for war. Katherine tied her pouch shut. She reached for her bow and knocked an arrow.
"Hang on," She told Lyssa. "What do you know about these creatures?" She asked tightening the bracers on her arms to prevent them from slipping. Her eyes narrowed as she took in their movements and she bit her lip thinking rappidly. The gems and Map were instantly shoved to the back of her mind as she loosened her sword in her shieth.

"Absolutely nothing." Lyssa admits to the girl, much to her dislike. She wanted to appear to be a tough and harsh, but she just wasn't cut out for it. She needed to face the fact: she was weak; she was timid; she could not do this on her own. She tries to dodge thinking that in her mind, but it just kept moving forward in her thoughts. A troubled looks spreads across her face as she thinks this, but she does her best to contain it in her words.

"I would help, but my bow is snapped." Lyssa tells Katherine sadly. Maybe thinking about how she would repair her bow would get her mind off of her troubles.

Katherine right before Shard said 'Go' passed her bow and quiver to Lyssa. They would need everybody fighting if they were to live passed this. The ghost like beings seemed to sway with each movement. A ripple on on the water... almost.
"Yah," Katherine kicked Metias in the ribs. He jumped forward and if one of the ghosts jumped out at him he would preform a spinning movement kicking the ghost strait through the head. Then they would dissolve and reform but Metias left them in the dust.
All at once, Katherine yelled as a ghost came out of no were wrapping its transparent fingers around her leg. She felt like it had been doused in ice water. She was yanked from her saddle and sent flying.
Manipulating the air current she halted midflight and landed on her feet. The ghost was upon her!

Before Lyssa knew what was happening, she had a bow in her hands and was on the horse by herself. Luckily, the horse had stopped when Katherine fell off of him. Quickly, Lyssa notches an arrow and takes careful aim. She sends the arrow soaring through the ghost's head, dissolving it for a little while.

"Come on! We don't have any time!" Lyssa yells at Katherine.

OOC: Sorry for the short post. I have a bad case of rp block.

Lyssa turns to face the flames. She knew what she had to do. She would do it if it cost her her own life. She puts her hands on her head and focuses on the two other girls and their companions. 'Go!' she cries out as she uses her powers to thrust the four others through the rest of the cave. Good thing they were extremely close to the exit.

You idiot, are you going to give up your own life to save four Lyssa argues in her mind.

'Yes, I will!' Lyssa yells out as she gives the four others a final push that threw them back onto the beach. She lets out a scream of pain, then falls to the ground.

First came the walls, then the ceiling. Lyssa did her best to keep a protective shield of energy around her, but she had completely drained herself of power. With one last final cry of pain, she wills herself to rise ro her feet. One last time, that is all she needed. One more time to use her powers. She decides to take the chance, and focuses on herself. Her body begins to float, and she launches herself through the air and out of the tunnel. She lands on a hard layer of ice on the ground, unconcious.

Katherine let loose a wild snarl as metal bit deep into flesh due to strange shoving sensation. Her right arm went limp. A wild wind responded tearing through the
tunnels knocking ghosts off course Those who broke their swords flickered out and died. The flames sputtered out like a candle. Katherine picked p her sword in her left hand and swung it with so much ferocity the ghost's sword shattered.
"BREAK THE SWORDS!" Katherine bellowed fighting her way over to Lyssa. She shiethed her sword and swung her over her shoulder. Then dumped her o top of metias. Her face drained of all color, with the effort. The freckles on the bridge of her nose stood out vividly against her pale skin. Successfully rescuing lyssa katherine hurried towards the exist.
OOC_ sorry it took me so long to respond. My tabled died andd I was out of town.

Katherine backed Metias up. Her thoughts racing. This was a situation were she could only do one thing... incredbly mad the idea was.
She moved forward to stand infront of the group. She dismounted and handed the reins to shard.
"Run," she said in a deadly voice. She raised her good arm towards the ghosts and brought it down in a violent slashing motion. The air shreeked and howled. A visable sheet o air colided with the ghosts. The people behind her were safe... the ghosts not so much. All of the ghosts swords shattered upon contact. Then she turned and. Sprinted towards the exsit with the last of her energy. Once a safe distance out Katherine let herself colapse.