The three day trip was precisely that, however, Nite learned to her dismay later that it wasn't going to be a simple six to ten days away, including travel time with them resurrecting Darius' mother in the time there. Once at the mountain range, the slow and painful task of finding the cave had begun, and the fact that the mountains were all snow covered didn't help the search one little bit. At night, the two huddled close near the fire, sharing the fire's warmth as well as body heat as they ate their dinner while they talked. During the day, they were required to use the strenuous activity of their search to keep them warm.

     And so, the few days turned into a week, and then into two weeks, and then into a month. Nite never complained, and Darius was thankful for that, and aside from the odd wondering as to what Cartoarn was up to, neither mentioned New Dunbouri on their stay. The two found things relevant to what was going on to discuss between them, and when they couldn't they simply basked in the fire and a comfortable silence.

     And so, two months later they agreed that if nothing was found that day they'd go back and get more supplies and then come back. The day began like any other, the resbrinn and the half avariel taking to the air and flying in separate directions as they went searching for the cave. They'd moved camp on several occasions to cover more ground in the mountain range, and for the same reason they split up every morning to search through the day.

     The day was truly like every other day for the past two months to Nite. It was freezing cold, the wind was sharp, and she was having no luck in finding the cave where Darius' mother was supposedly entombed. For all her silence she was starting to doubt the cave was even here, and at night she could see in Darius' eyes that he was starting to feel the same. The trip wasn't a total loss though, they had officially become an item, Darius' small outburst by the river, strengthened by them sleeping next to each other for the past couple months to share body warmth had done wonders for them.

     They still hadn't made love, she idly noted with a grin, Darius seemed far to set in his ways for him to ever propose that. It was cute the lengths to which he respected her, whether it was from how he was raised or not, she knew she'd never be seen as anything less than his equal in the relationship, and in a generally male dominated world that was quite a blessing to have.
Her musings during the day were broken however when the sun which was halfway through it's descent caught just right off one of the mountains. There was something down there. The mountain must've been right in between both their areas to search as she could see Darius coming. Waving to him she twirled once in the air before heading for what she'd seen.

     True enough, there was a cave there set into the mountain. The two flyers landed gently on the ledge, stepping into the cave cautiously. It was dark inside, but at the very least to the relief of both, it was warmer. The cave went into the mountain for a good twenty yards before it took a sharp left and went on for another ten yards before suddenly widening out. They'd found the tomb.

     The room was well lit, surprising considering it was the tomb of a drow, and the walls all along were carved in symbols of drow religion, and engraved in an odd dialect of the drow language that Nite couldn't make out. A large set of stairs descended in front of them a good two hundred yards into the large tomb, the room was a marvel of construction and it seemed almost too big to fit into the mountain. At the far end of the large room, raised on an altar was a large coffin, in the wall behind it were what appeared to be four doors, all closed with the slabs slid down to block the tunnels. To the left and right of the coffin were large pillars with their own symbols engraved into them, and all around that altar were skeletons.

     "Your mom must've been pretty important Darius.." Nite breathed out as she took in the room. It almost hummed with magic as they continued to look around, as if the room came to life as soon as two living beings entered it.

     "Yeah, I didn't think she was this important though..well..lets see." Darius said as he went to step down, Nite's hand grabbing his shoulder suddenly put a stop to that plan as he looked back at her.

     "Look at all the skeletons..it's probably trapped. Can you read what those say?"

     "No, too dark..nothing except this one" Darius replied as his eyes focused on one glyph, "danger".

     "Lets go back to camp then, we'll come back here in the morning and check it out with torches and the gear." Nite suggested, she didn't get any argument from Darius, and together the two flew back to camp…

     …At camp Darius quickly assorted the supplies they would need for the next day while Nite cooked dinner for the evening. The gear was neatly stacked, divided into what he would bring and what Nite would bring, and then packed into their back packs which were then set inside the tent.
The two figures sat side-by-side eating some of the last stew they could make. They had enough food left for two days, a day extra for getting back to the nearest town for restocking, so they could do their business tomorrow, and then get back to town.

     "Nite, remember your promise?" Darius asked about halfway through their meal."

     "Which one?"

     "That if it got dangerous, you'd go home" he reminded her.

     "Yeah, what about it?"

     "The sign said danger, I don't want you to be hurt"

     "You promised you'd come with me though" Nite said, knowing very well what he meant.

     "I can't go, I swore an oath. You didn't."

     "I'm not leaving Darius, so forget it" Nite shot right back, her tone of voice saying she'd brook no arguments.

     "Fine" Darius responded, admitting defeat, "But I go through first got it?"
Nite nodded reluctantly to the counter-demand to balance her staying with him for now. Still, after all was said and done, both seemed relieved that they'd be staying in the company of the other for at least another day.

     "Y'know Darius, knowing drow and the craftsmanship, whoever built that room probably put a lot of traps in there. I mean, did you see all those skeletons?"

     "Yeah, I did. We'll have to be careful" Darius responded, not catching the hint on where Nite was going with this.

     "They're probably really deadly too, good chance we might not make it out of here….but I'm staying!" Nite continued, the last part added when she saw Darius about to ask her to go home again. Leaning back a little she reached into the tent and grabbed something that Darius couldn't see what. Apparently satisfied she had a good grip on it she continued, "Do you think there's a chance we'll die?"

     "Yes, that's why I'm worried about you. But I wont' ask you to go" Darius responded. Nite simply nodded, she knew what she was doing, what her reason was was cliché, but apparently Darius didn't and so it would work. Darius stayed oblivious until she breathed out "Well then" and her lips met his as her arm fully brought out the blanket from their tent. She managed to wrap it around the two of them as she drew Darius to lie with her on the blanket by the fire as they kissed…

     ….Darius put another log on the fire as he pulled his shirt back on. The sun would be up soon, and he wished it would stay down forever. The feeling was only strengthened when he looked back down at Nite, sleeping soundly rolled up in the blanket. Neither of them had made it inside the tent, and a glimpse of Nite's exposed naked thigh drove the reminder home of just why they hadn't to Darius. Reaching over, Darius fixed the blanket to properly cover Nite as she continued to sleep. She looked absolutely beautiful in the dim light before dawn.

     As his hand gently touched her cheek she stirred and woke, her eyes almost immediately focusing on him, "morning already?" she asked sleepily. He nodded, almost wishing he didn't have to be the one to announce that morning was here. He grinned slightly as she sat right up, apparently oblivious to her nakedness as she was still half asleep, "I had the most wonderful dream…where are my clothes?" she said, realizing why she was feeling a chill, that she wasn't in the tent, and that it wasn't a dream all at the same time. A small grin spread over her face "So it wasn't a dream.." she said, her voice saying how glad she was of that. Still, there was no time for much idle chit chat, and after a breakfast, as no one wants to face death on an empty stomach, the grabbed their respective packs and left for the cave…

     ….The cave was much easier to spot this morning, especially since they knew where to look. Landing outside the two winged humanoids clasped hands as they stepped towards the entrance. "Whatever happens, I love you" Darius whispered as they slowly walked through the cave to the tomb.
"And I you" Nite responded, leaning over she gave him a gentle kiss "for luck" she explained. Still, as the entered the tomb deep down she had the largest feeling of dread that only one of them at most would be leaving the tomb.