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Alton received a look when he teased her, Emily shook her head a little then returned her gaze to the trail ahead. It seemed that the rest of their journey to their destination would go undisturbed and eventually they finally made it to the town. She was expecting a grand, large place but was still surprised with what she saw before her. The gate was closed in front of them and quite a few guards stood outside of the walls of the town, Emily could not tell how tall the walls were just by simply looking at them but she knew that they were as not as tall as the castle inside. She could see it in the distance towering over the village below it.

Emily lifted herself off of her horse and then taking the reigns in her hand she slowly walked towards the entrance of the town. As soon as they had come into view the guards became alert and their eyes were on her and Alton. Once she stood close enough a guard approached her and questioned what her business here was. "I was told to come here by my fiance," she said and saying that Felix was her fiance left a bad taste in her mouth. "Felix, he told me to speak with Cambria." The guard looked over Emily for a few moments then his eyes wandered over to Alton. "And him?" He asked then looked back at her. "My companion, he has traveled with me all of his way and has kept me out of harm." She said then smiled at the guard. The guard seemed to hesitate at first, perhaps thinking over the information that he had been given then he turned to the others and commanded them to open the gates.

"You both may enter, but you will be escorted by some of my men to the castle." He said then stepped away from Emily, the guard wondered over to two other men and told them to escort Emily and another two guards wondered over to them to take their horses. Once the horses were taken Emily thanked the men and then turned to Alton. "Looks like we have finally made it." She said relieved that she could finally get some rest, then she followed the two guards inside.

Inside the town Emily suddenly felt a weight being lifted off of her shoulders. Behind her and Alton the gate closed and as they made their way towards the castle they drew the attention of many people. Emily tried to avoid making eye contact with anyone but every so often she looked up out of curiosity. During their walk she saw a variety of different races and it made her even more curios. Light Elves and what she believed to be High Elves, there were even a minority of humans here.

Finally they came to another gate and a great wall that surrounded the castle. When it was opened they stepped into a massive front yard, then ahead was a staircase that lead up to the castle. Along the way were many trees, bushes, fountains, even small homes perhaps built for the guards and their family. Emily noticed a small ponds with bridges built across them and a variety of other things that made this seem like paradise.

When they approached the staircase Emily paused for a moment to look up in surprise. It did look rather massive from afar but up close she realized just how long and tedious it really was. When one of the two guards looked up at her questioning why she had stopped she pushed herself to continue, about half way up the stairs was a flat surface and as Emily tried to make it up the other set of stairs she collapsed. She fell forward against the stairs and used her hands to stop herself from falling face first against them.

One of the two guards rushed to her side and Emily refused his hand. "I'm fine," she said then stood up straight by herself, Emily knew that she was being a bit stubborn but insisted that she could walk the rest of the way. It wasn't until now she realized just how thirsty, hungry and exhausted she was. She told the guard that she could make it but even when she said that she was unsure.