Breaking the Ice

[Unna Hi Chaanu]

The commotion from inside the locker startled Unna and her head rose up from Ashla's shoulder. As Ashla stepped closer to the locker, Unna got closer to the locker as well so she could hear better through the door. She looked at the locker as Todd spoke and then looked to Ashla. "She just ran in there as soon as she saw me. I'm used to her just normally ignoring me, but it seems something terrified her this time."

Unna stepped closer to the locker, but not so close that the door would hit her if it were to suddenly open. "Todd, I saw the events which are to come in the close future and they can be prevented if we can find common ground and set differences aside. I can not say what will happen in the far future, but if we do not learn to get along, Ashla and I will not be around to fight the darkness. We will be dead, along with Duncan and Jayden."

"Todd," Unna pleaded, "It sounds horrible. It is all so horrible. Believe me, I know what it is like to have loved ones die. I watched my mother and God parents be engulfed in flames from a battle. I watched my own father bleed to death from wounds sustained from the same battle. I couldn't save him. I was just a kid. I saw both of my mentors die and many of our friends die. It is truly horrible and images I can never get out of my head, but I keep fighting it. We must keep fighting the darkness. What we need to stop fighting is each other. If we don't stop, all that will be left will be you and Auro!"

Unna breathed rapidly after her speech. It was hard to talk about. This was certainly not the time, place, or person she planned to confide her demons too, but like she said, if they could not find common ground, more death was imminent. She turned her head to look to Ashla. Ashla would know that Unna never spoke of the death of her family. The group as a whole never seemed to discuss the deaths of Nontho, Passik, and the rest of the younglings from their enclave.