Pieces Will Come Together

"Pieces Will Come Together" is a [SEASON NUMBER] thread written on [IRL DATE].
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Right as soon as the Chief and her husband kissed...there was a knock on the door. 
“CHIEF GREY! SIR BRANDT!” the voice on the other side of the door shouted. “OPEN UP! IT’S URGENT!”
Grey and Brandt pulled away from the kiss and looked at the door. The both quickly stood up tying their robes over their pajamas before rushing to the door after hearing Hroar’s voice. The Chief opened the door seeing the councilmember standing at the door clearly out of breath and rattled. 
“Hroar, what is it?” Grey asked.
“It’s...” he took a deep breath, “y-you both have to come with me...something has happened in the village! We need to go to your mother’s hut immediately! There was a murder!”
The Chief and the second-in-command widened their eyes and looked at each other and then back at Hroar, and without any hesitation, Grey woke up Shadow and told her to come with them. Brandt shouted up to the kids to tell them to stay in the house and that they would be back soon. 
“What happened?” Grey said as she and Brandt threw on their boots and ran out with Hroar and Shadow next to them.
“Three witnesses reported it as soon as it happened,” Hroar explained as they ran to the healer’s hut “They saw it happen outside one of the houses as soon as the Night Furies attacked. We tried to find you sooner, but you were busy. So we moved him to your mother’s hut. The witnesses are there as well.”
“So this was just a few hours ago?” Brandt asked.
“Yes!” Hroar replied.
“So the person responsible must be nearby,” Grey mused. 
“We can hope,” Hroar replied. 
Soon enough, they reached Ingrid’s healer hut, and they found Ingrid with a few soliders and three civilians...young Heidi and her brother and mother. 
“Chief Grey, Sir Brandt!” Heidi shouted as she ran to up to the Chief hugging her. 
“I’m so sorry we called you this late, Chief,” Heidi’s mother, Helga said with tears in her eyes. 
“It’s alright,” Grey said quickly. “We came as soon as possible. Who is--” Her eyes immediately went to the cot...and on the cot, there was a body...a man with blonde hair. His eyes were closed, but Grey and Brandt recognized him immediately. “Magnus...” 
It was Heidi’s father and Helga’s husband, Magnus. 
“Oh Hel...” Brandt said as they walked up to the body.
“Mom?” Grey asked her mother looking at the healer.
“He was gone before I could do anything,” Ingrid said sadly as Helga gathered her kids into her arms and cried. “He was stabbed, Grey, in the heart...right in front of...” Her eyes darted to the family sitting next to Grey.
Grey turned to the little girl, and her heart broke once again. Heidi had witnessed the murder of her father. 
“Who could be so heartless to murder a man right in front of his daughter?” Brandt asked as anger flowed through his body.
“And who would murder one of my people on my own island?” Grey asked under her breath. She got down on her knees in front of the family. “Helga, I am so sorry for your loss.”
“Thank you, Chief,” Helga replied sniffling. “Umm...Heidi was the one who saw what happened. I...I was trying to gather our things inside so that we could get somewhere safe, and...she was outside with Magnus. She ran in crying and took me outside.”
“I’m so sorry I couldn’t--”
“No, no, please, Chief, you were busy. It’s alright. Magnus wouldn’t hold this against you. He knew how much you cared about your people. He’s known you for a long time.”
That was true. Magnus was one of the teens who watched Grey grow up over the years. When she was little, she would often follow Hroar, Magnus, and their group to the arena to watch them train, and he and Hroar helped her father teach her how to hunt. But she would save her tears for later. Right now, she needed to focus on who was responsible for this.
“Is it okay if Brandt and I ask Heidi what happened?” Grey finally asked. 
Helga nodded. “Heidi,” she said gently to her daughter, “Chief Grey and Sir Brandt want to ask you about what you saw. Would you like to stay with Mommy?”
“No, it’s okay,” Heidi replied. “Daddy always said we can trust Chief Grey.”
Grey smiled. “Come on, sweetheart,” she said. “Let’s go outside.”
Grey took the little girl’s hand and led her outside while Brandt stood in the doorway so that he could listen in. “Alright, tell me what happened, sweetheart,” Grey said as they sat in the grass while Brandt stood in the doorway. 
“Well...we were inside the house and heard a loud boom outside,” Heidi began. “Daddy ran outside and back in telling Mommy that the dragons were attacking our village. Daddy took me outside while Mommy stayed inside with my brother to get some of our things, and when we ran outside, I was behind Daddy. We saw some half-breeds outside in front of our house...” She took a deep breath. 
“What did they look like, Heidi?” Brandt asked. Neither he nor Grey liked where this was going. 
“One of them a goat boy and the other was a deer boy--I saw his antlers,” Heidi replied. “And one cat half-breed. The deer boy was carrying the cat half breed.”
“Sounds like Kendra, Dario, and Milae,” Brandt said quietly to Grey. 
The Chief nodded and turned back to Heidi. “Then what happened, sweetie?”
“The deer boy turned around, and then...the goat boy...turned around and faced Daddy...” she sniffled. “He...had a knife...and he...he hurt my daddy. He fell down...and...he wasn’t moving...Then the goat boy disappeared with deer boy, and they left the cat girl behind.”
“Milae...” Grey whispered to herself as she looked at Brandt again. Then she turned back to Heidi. “Thank you so much, my dear. I promise we will find the one who’s responsible for what happened to your daddy.”
Heidi nodded. “Okay, Chief Grey,” she said quietly. She sniffled. “He adopted me, and...he was so nice to me. Why would goat boy hurt him?”
“I don’t know,” Grey replied, “but I promise, we will find out.”
Heidi nodded and went back inside the hut leaving Brandt and Grey outside. 
Anger surged through the Chief at the thought of the very goat half-breed who helped them find Sven and save him from Rhenco. They trusted him...allowed him to stay on Haligan Island. Why would he murder one of her people? It sounded like Magnus did nothing to provoke the situation. 
“Sounds like we’ll need to talk to Milae and Dario,” Brandt said.
“Oh, believe me, we will,” Grey said with a glare.
Category:BOTGD 2
Category:Events
Category:Act I
Category:Grey Bergman
Category:Brandt Felman