Dinner and a dash of Snooping...

Shortly after Parsley returned to her room and finished preparing for dinner, one of the novice Sisters arrived to lead her and the others to the meal.  Hewy, nervously fiddling with his necklace, followed the others down the mass of connecting hallways as they headed to the dining room.  He heard Efem ask the Sister if they would be meeting their host to which the novice replied,

"This meal is for you, our guests.  There will be no others there tonight," the Sister answered.

Disappointed, Hewy knew he wouldn't be getting his answers this evening.  Walking slower he started to look down the adjoining hallways in hopes of at least seeing Awena.  At one hallway he noticed a grand entrance way with the doors not quit closed.  He was about to look in when the Sister appeared and whisked him away to join the others who were waiting for him in the dining room.

Dinner was quiet with only a few words said as each of the travelers ate. They tried to make small talk about some of the strange things that they were finding in their rooms but even Sprout was quiet as he ate his weight in food.  Shortly it was over and the Sister lead each of them back to their room asking if there was anything they needed.  Again they were each told the same thing that  "You will meet with Sister Awena in the morning.  Good Night."

As the Sister left Hewy, he had already decided that he was not going to wait that long.  One gift that every troll has is that they cannot get lost.  They instinctively can always find their way back from anywhere they have ever traveled. This made it easy for Hewy to return to the doors that he wanted to open and to see what was inside.  Call it inspiration or just a feeling, but he knew that he must see what was behind the doors.  

Upon arriving, Hewy discovered that the doors were already open as if waiting for him.  A moment of doubt entered his mind, but only a moment.  He came to see what the Petal Post message meant and if Awena had anything to do with it.  No time to turn around and leave now...

As he entered, he noticed a Sister was sitting and meditating in the center of a large room.  Quietly he neared to get a closer look as he could see something most trolls don't see every day - a magical light floating from her hands.  

"Hewy, please take a seat before me.  I have been waiting for you," the Sister said.  Startled, he sat before her and watched as she continued her meditations.  Soon the magical light was extinguished and she opened her eyes.  It was then that Hewy was sure.  He had found Awena after all of these years!

So many things came to his mind.  So many questions, but all he could finally tell her was, "I have missed you."  Smiling sadly, she felt his pain for she also felt the loss of their young love but she knew that she had made the right decision to join the Sisters.  She had a part to play in telling him of the prophecy that he was fated to be a player in.  It was in her latest clouded vision of the one who would bring the greatest threat to the Realms that made her glad to see Hewy and yet afraid for him. Things still weren't clear enough in her mind to know how this was all going to occur especially with the changes that the prophecy alluded too.