[Daren]

((But I liked it! I'm so mean though you set it up almost perfectly for what I wanted to do. Also maybe I should stop trying to kill my character, Emily might find out sooner rather than later what Alton keeps having to take care of.))

If odds were in his favor then the wizard behind this sudden change in the surrounding area would not be near by. He knew very well he was in no condition to fight him if it came down to such a thing, a pawn or puppet would be hard enough to deal with. Let alone he had to keep acting like nothing was wrong even though his condition was worsening the closer he got to the town once more. Emily was not allowed to know, after she had completed her quest then she could know, but until then he needed to keep her in the dark about why he kept disappearing.

Though his mind was on more pressing matters at the moment, he knew all too well of the power the wizard had. He had to get to Emily before things were too late, killing her wouldn't be his objective but possessing her was another story... If done correctly he could leave her body and soul intact but she would be controlled by who ever had cast the spell. The undead puppets were low grade spells compared to this one, also known as the spell of the living doll. One among many spells that were suppose to be banished from this world, this can only be done once all who knew of the spells were killed.

The one body that was clawing its way through the ground to get to Emily kept her distracted long enough for the few others that had already freed themselves from their earthen tombs could surround her. The girl was already in a state of distress from her parents graves, she was in no condition to fight nor control her powers at the present time. Soon she was cornered in the graveyard, none of them dared to touch her. Oh no the master of these abominations had other plans first as one began to speak in a sort of broken tongue, a dry voice cracking and struggling to produce the words it was told to.

"Dear princess.. my mistress will be very happy to see you are ...." the animated corpse seemed to chuckle a little before going on with it's relaying of the message. "in one piece, at least for now." With that being said a hand extended forward mere inches from where Emily was cringing away from the creatures touch. Though it did not have to touch her to start performing the spell that was being cast through it's body as a dark black light seemed to flow from it's palm and towards Emily before breaking apart into several smaller strains. The only luck she had was that the spell would require a great amount of time to complete...

Nearly running into the guard Cambria had sent off to fetch more aid was all that it took to let Alton know aid would not make it on time. He never breathed a word of what he knew to the guard as the man ran off to do as he was told. Though he would have to get past Cambria with a spell to counter the aura in the area. This should be easy if the woman really did trust Emily and who the girl trusted. But he wasn't going to count on it being just that easy, nor did he have the luxury of time to explain what was going on.

Within a few moments he saw the woman from before standing a little ways off from the graveyard, he should have known that this foe would strike in such a place, necromancers had more power around the dead so it only made sense. Though the closer he got towards the gate the more on edge Cambria seemed to get, Alton held a similar aura to the one already infesting the area when he wasn't holding it back so it was natural for her to think he could be behind this.

The guard that had stayed behind and the woman seemed ready to stand in the way of Alton as he warned them both to back down. Each second he stood there waiting for the other side to make a move he felt the spell and it's energy trying to force its way into Emily's mind, to entangle itself there. Finally he gave up on waiting for them to trust him as he forced both the guard and Cambria to the wall as a vine quickly bound the two of them there. A dark plant that was lined with thorns as well as a few unopened purple blossoms that snaked their way along the vines length. The blossoms wouldn't need to open, it wouldn't take him that long, even if the two broke free Emily would be safe enough by then.

Emily was still in the corner of the graveyard when Alton was finally in range of her and the small army of risen undeads around her. The spell he had been focused on was finally unleashed as he hissed out a few words in his native tongue. It felt like a blast wave at first, but quickly seemed to break whatever hold was forcing the dead to walk again as the corpses quickly fell to the ground motionless once more. That one blast alone was almost enough to wipe whatever energy he had reserved for today from him. But he needed to make sure that Emily was at least out of harms way.

One of the bodies seemed to stay standing as it mocked Alton and his pitiful spell. Once more it spoke in it's broken tone. "The Queen did speak of a lost dog, never once did I dream it would be you.." It seemed to go on for a moment before speaking again "You've grown weaker since we last crossed paths... you'd do well to remember place." It seemed to be almost a riddle as it spoke, shortly after breaking apart just like the rest and falling to the ground as a black puff of smoke was released from it and drifted upwards before vanishing into the air.

Even with the little warning from the other Alton knew he was right, he was getting weaker. Sure he could protect Emily but he knew very well if he had to fight the Queen's top men he would lose. But thats why he was training Emily, she could win and return the realm back to the way it was. Even with the aura slowly leaving the grounds and the air returning to being silent once more he seemed to keep this guard up, not that he could cast another spell like the last one but he could still do a few other tricks.

Around that same time he released the poor guard and Cambria from their binds. They could do as they wished now, but either way Emily was safe and the spell hadn't managed to bury itself into her mind. Next time though... they might not be as lucky.

((I'm sorry that was long!))