The two Sea Elves realized something was wrong. Instead of joining them, the two Drow seemed to be... beckoning to them? They exchanged a look and then swam up to the surface, pulling themselves out of the water.
"Is everything okay?" Maraya asked as Kenzia took her hand and Jannavie offered them both lightweight armor and weapons. "What's going on?"
"I'm sorry... we have a problem," Kenzia said as she led them deeper into the glade. "Humans have entered the glade."
"Oh, how is that a problem, we will just turn them," Hannasil said.
"The problem is that there are a lot of them, around 16, maybe more," Jannavie said. "And some of them are armed. It seems that our glade has finally drawn attention."
Maraya sighed, this had been inevitable but she had hoped they would be stronger by then. She slid on her armor as they walked, nearing the deepest part of the glade where the rest of the Elves were waiting. They were not happy about this sudden change of events, but they were ready to defend their glade if they had to.
"We knew the humans would find us eventually," Alisariah said as she strapped a sword to her back. "What should we do?"
Astania paused a moment as a squirrel ran up to her. She knelt down and listened to the squirrel, nodding slowly. "It sounds like they are mostly police, with civilians mixed among them. I believe they do not see us as a threat... yet, they're here as a search and rescue team."
"They think we're in danger," Kenzia laughed. "Then I suppose we're going to have to correct them."
She ran a finger along a tree as spiders emerged. As Elves, they had power over nature itself. The magic of the Glade would bend to their will. They were able to turn them, but there was still a problem.
"If we turn them, we cannot allow them to stay here... not at first at least," she said. "They will need to leave the Glade in mortal disguise or we will just draw more attention. Perhaps we will have to weave a proper illusion over the glades as well, I don't want us to draw too much attention."
"So, what's the plan?" Hannasil asked.