A Guild of Moonlit Shadows (A KOTLC FanFic)

~10~ Our Salvation or Damnation?

Prince Cato walked into the training arena that was in the middle of the back courtyard of the castle.

"Are you okay?" Cato asked, Ruy jumping slightly at the sudden voice. Cato swallowed, the dim lights and Ruy's general tall and intimidating stature making him seem unapproachable. 

"Yeah, just worried." Ruy shrugged. Cato bit his lip, trying to understand where his brother was coming from. Surprisingly, Ruy started the conversation first.

"Are they cool?" He asked smirking.

"What?"

Ruy pointed his head to the pair of leathery wings on Cato's back.

"Oh, yeah. It's pretty awesome. I got my- our Father's wings. I really want mom's feathered ones, though. The updraft is much less killer on those typed wings. I'm sure you are going to get dad's leather wings when you learn to open them." Cato chuckled, awkwardly shuffling his wings.

"Yeah, I guess." Ruy shrugged.

"Do you not think you can open your wings?" Cato asked.

"No, I'm just... not that attached to opening them. This is all so new to me, and I don't really care about flying. I mean, it seems cool, but I would use it for convenience, for the practicality of having this Dunmer side of me." Ruy chuckled slightly, "Listen to me, I might have the ability to fly and have all these new abilities to help people, and I'm bitching about them. If Soph heard me saying this, she would smack me. She can't stay out of the sky, she is always on Ricin, riding as far as the horizon can take her and exploring new areas. That is one thing I think I could use the Dunmer side for, seeing new places, exploring areas never before seen." Ruy admitted. Cato sat down on Ruy's bed, opening up a box of candies he had on his desk. Ruy didn't even know they existed until Cato started snacking on them.

"Tell me about them." Cato smiled.

"What?"

"Your family? What are they like?" Cato asked, sitting forward in his seat. Ruy puckered out his lip in thought.

"Well, there is Maria and Filomena, they are Sophie's aunts, and Alexios's mothers. Filomena has a tendency to be a bit overbearing. Still, she is the kindest soul you have ever met, and she makes killer pastries. Maria is a bit of a fanatic; if she finished one thing, she is starting another. She runs a fashion line, holds down one of the main Cyevan spy bases in Renisanca, is the head technopath of the guild, and is a popular socialite. If she isn't inventing some new weapon, she is hosting a gala." Ruy smiled.

"Then there is Alvar and Mansi. Alvar is an elf, who stumbled across Inalia years ago, and has been a part of it for years. He is actually one of the voices of reason among the inner circle, but he always somehow gets over his head. Mansi is an extremely powerful pyrokinetic Vatarian from Wamponoug; she joined the Cyevan guild years ago after she escaped a slave trader dealio with Nour and Sophie. She is somewhat hot-headed and loud, but she is awesome to hang out with, and one of the strongest fighters I have ever seen. She and Alvar recently got engaged, actually!" Ruy explained.

"Really? Are they doing an Elven wedding or a Vatarian one?" Cato asked.

"No clue. They haven't had much time to talk about it, things have been a bit crazy ever since they got engaged, with the whole, protecting the world, working in the shadows, the whole deal." Ruy noted.

"Then there is Maha, the hopeless romantic spy who, I swear to the gods, has saved our asses so many times. She has secret identities all over the place, even snuck into the Elven Council as an elf. She is bubbly and light-hearted, but she knows how to be serious when it matters. Then there is Nour, who is honestly the exact opposite of Maha. He is quiet and stern, loves quiet calculation. But once he is around those he trusts, he loosens up a lot, and trust me; he knows how to party. He and Soph are pretty close." Ruy laughed.