Silva followed behind Faye. He looked back at his shop and snapped his fingers. The entire shop disappeared, leaving only a brick wall that was connected to a nearby building. Magic was basically an instinct for him, so being intoxicated did not prevent him from using it.

Perce heard Faye's call and went galloping into town, Senshi hot on his heels. They raced past people and cars, both skidding to a stop in front of Faye and Silva.

Faye turned and stifled a gasp when she saw the shop disappear. Shaking her head, she patted Perce on the neck and turned to Silva.You take Senshi. She said, swinging lightly onto Perce's back

Silva watched Faye get onto Perce's back before turning to Senshi with a grimace. He'd ridden drunk before, it didn't end well. He sighed before reaching up and grabbing onto the saddle horn and cantle. He put his foot into the stirrup and started to swing himself up into the saddle. He put to much force into the swing and if it wasn't for Senshi taking a quick step to the side, he would have slipped right off the other side. He quickly sat himself in the saddle and grabbed onto the saddle horn. He trusted Senshi enough to not use the reins.

Faye rolled her eyes slightly and suppressed a giggle at Silva's attempts to mount the horse. She asked Perce to please take her home.

Perce gave a soft snort before taking off at a gentle trot back towards the ranch. He was relieved to see Silva returning with them despite the man nearly looking like a bag of bones and smelling of alcohol. Since the Demon had last seen the half blood spell castor it was obvious that he had lost a lot of weight and sleep, if the dark circles under his eyes was anything to go by.

Silva caught the roll of Faye's eyes and was about to say something, but the sudden lurch beneath him sent his head spinning as Senshi took off after Perce. Silva's head pounded with every step Senshi took, making the easy trot torture.

Faye kept in time with Perce's trot easily, keeping a wary eye on Silva lest he should fall off.

Perce moved quickly, exiting the town and heading down the road in the direction of the ranch.

Silva sat hunched over the saddle horn, clinging to the saddle with a grimace.

Faye eyed Silva warily. If he could just hang on until they got there..

After a relatively long ride, Perce finally had the ranch in sight. A loud whinny reverberated through the air, sounding the arrival of Perce's herd which had been coming to the ranch every couple of weeks in search of their lead stallion. Perce nickered and took off at a gallop towards the ranch, excited to see his herd again after nearly a year.

Silva caught sight of Perce taking off and instinctively strengthened his grip on the saddle beneath him. Which was a good call, because Senshi took off from underneath him. He gritted his teeth as the large, black stallion galloped under him.

Faye moved easily with Perce, keeping a firm grip on his mane should he stumble.

Perce felt the grip on his mane, but didn't lose his stride. His thoughts strictly on seeing his herd. He raced towards the stables which were next to a large field that separated the main part of the ranch from the surrounding forest. Standing inside the field was his entire herd.

Senshi paid close attention to the man on his back, but kept stride with the younger stallion. In his opinion Silva knew better than to let himself get as drunk as he was.

Faye held on patiently, waiting for the horse to stop so that she could dismount.

Perce slid to a stop right next to the entrance of the stables. He figured that Faye would want to be closer to the ranch house so that she and Silva could go inside.

Senshi slowed to a stop a little more gentle than Perce so that he wouldn't send Silva flying off of his back. The silver haired man moved to dismount the moment the stallion stopped and lost his grip. He fell off of the horse and hit the ground with a thud and a groan, his head pounding even harder.

Faye started to dismount Perce as she always had and realized halfway through that this was a big mistake. A sudden shock of pain sent her to the ground and she collapsed to her knees, her hand on her side.

The moment Faye fell Perce shifted to his human form along with Senshi, both rushing to her side. "Faye? Faye, are you alright?" Perce asked frantically. "What happened?" Senshi asked in his deep, calm voice. Silva heard Faye hit the ground and immediately staggered to his feet, moving quickly to her side. "What's going on?" he asked worriedly.

(Okay so basically what I've been thinking is that she's had a run-in with some vampire hunters and they think she's disgusting so they burned her over and over so she couldn't heal. There are burns all up the left side of her body, down her arms and some on the side of her face, covered by her clothes and hair. The burns cannot be healed, and they're 3rd degree so the skin is seriously scarred and puckered. Sound okay?)

Faye waved them off. I'm fine. Can we just go inside now? She asked, blinking the tears away before anyone could see.

( Sure! Gruesome, but it works lol )

Perce grew even more worried for his Master, but kept his thoughts to himself, afraid of getting pushed further away.

Senshi frowned deeply before stooping to lift Faye up into his arms. "I'm tired of this. You obviously need help and you are going to get it." he grumbled. The moment he had Faye situated carefully in his arms he started walking towards the ranch with Faye close at his heels, a shocked expression on his face, and Silva stumbling behind them.

(Eh I'm annoyed with school, gotta take it out on someone)

Faye held back the squeal of pain when Senshi touched her. Senshi let me down, now! She yelled, shoving at his chest. She looked at Silva for help.

(Poor Faye )

Senshi refused to listen to Faye. He believed it would be better to cause a short amount of pain to try and eliminate the girls pain completely rather than just let it continue.

Silva frowned at Faye's look. He wanted to help, but with his head pounding he couldn't even think straight.

(Haha I couldn't think of anyone else!)

Faye hit Senshi with her fist.Senshi, stop! Let me down!Perce, help me! She said, struggling to get free from Senshi's grip.

Senshi didn't even flinch at the hit, ignoring her protests completely. Perce on the other hand was struck hard at the command given to him. Although he didn't want to and respected the older Demon greatly, he couldn't stop himself from reaching forward and grabbing Senshi's arm. The other Demon simply attempted to shake him off, but when Perce persisted in trying to 'help' his Master Senshi had to react. He reached out a hand and shoved Perce away, hard. Perce was knocked to the ground by the force of the push, but still got up. He tried again to stop Senshi, this time moving in his path and taking a threatening stance. His entire body language screamed that this was a challenge. Senshi wished that he could just simply move around Perce, but his instincts would not let him back down from the unwanted challenger.

Faye panicked.Perce, I've changed my mind, don't do that. Just... come with us. Faye said. She knew what was about to happen and she didn't really want it to.

Perce glanced briefly at his Master, a look of regret on his face before turning back to Senshi. He didn't have a choice anymore. What was done was done. Senshi turned to Silva and placed Faye on her feet beside him. "Move her out of the way." he told him, his deep voice almost saddened. Silva pulled Faye a good distance away towards the house just as the two Demons shifted back to their horse forms.

Faye bit her lip and drew in a pained breath when Senshi put her down, and when Silva moved her.[b]What are you doing?[b/] she said to the two horses.

Silva held Faye gently against him. "You need to close off the physical bond between the two of you. The challenge has been made and no amount of magic can stop instinct that strong. We need to warn your father as well." he told her, his voice finally clear of slurring although the pounding in his head was making thinking difficult.

The two Demons had begun circling each other. Both of them waiting for the other to make the first move.