RPG Dragonial 4

[9mm Avenger]

[color=royalblue][i]Marth watched as Lethe dived into the river Anduin, then turned his attention to cooking. he reached into Lethe's bag, and pulled out a few pieces of waybread, a couple slices of meat, and an assortment of condoments.

Marth turned towards the fire pit, but realised he didn't have any incindenary items. Looking back at Lethe to see that she was underwater, he focused his attention on the fire pit, and let his hatred for his father grow. As he thought of that incompitent ignoramus, the fire sprang 10 feet into the air, then settled back down. Marth smiled and nodded, and speared the waybread and meat with a sharp rod, and held them out over the fire to cook. Soon, the delcious scent of waybread and sizzling meat filled the area. Marth's mouth watered, and turned around, and called Lethe to come eat. Lethe climbed out of the river, put on her clothes, and came and sat down.[/i]

[b]Lethe:[/b]Smells good...*takes a waybread sandwhich, and put some toppings on it*

[b]Marth:[/b]Thanks.*starts eating his sandwhich* You have a pretty good diving form, I must say.

[b]Lethe:[/b]Thanks...Say, how'd you get this fire started?

[b]Marth:[/b]I don't know...Twigs and stuff.

[i]Lethe nodded, bit the look of puzzlement was on her face.

Soon, the pair had finished the sandwhiches, and Marth began to clean up.[/i]

[b]Marth:[/b]Well, we should get going.

[b]Lethe:[/b]You don't wanna swim?

[b]Marth:[/b]Not really.*gets up, but his back makes a groaning noise, and his shoulders pop*Ow...Guess were staying here for a while.[/color]

[Deedlit]

[color=green][i]Elsyan and Roe had quickly hurried out of the area. According to what Roe had said, that snake was something one didn't want to confront. After several hours, Roe sat down on the grass.[/i]

Roe-Okay, I think we outdistanced it.

Elsyan-That's good. Any more running and I think my feet would fall off.

[i]They rested for about an hour before they continued travelling. It was somewhere around sunset when they finally stopped once more.[/i]

Elsyan-It looks like it's going to be pouring down rain tonight. We better find some sort of shelter.

Roe-I think your right. I thought I saw several overhanging trees a bit back that way that would be nice. We can go there.
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[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue]Lethe: ...heh, that's what happens when you swing it on with one hand.

Marth: ...*groan* Thank you for the warning...[

Lethe: ...if you weren't royalty, I would be inclined to laugh at you....

[i]She pulled off his jacket before he could protest and examined his shoulder.[/i]

Marth: ...Whadaya-

Lethe: Here, I learned this from one of the medics.....

[b]POP![/b]

Marth: HEY! That hurt!

[i]She chuckled and rumaged through her pack again. In a few seconds, she pulled out a small jar of cream. With a couple of deft movements, she rubbed a portion onto the offended area. Within the next half hour, Marth noticed a definite ease in the pain.[/i]

Lethe: ...Feeling better?

Marth: ...*swings shoulder experimentally* yeah actually......wow...what did you do?

Lethe: Popped your shoulder back into place...again. And the ointment is my own recipie.

Marth: How did you make it?

Lethe: ....Find the sheaf of silver grass, a leaf from the mallorn, fresh spring water from Nimrodiel, and thirty kual nuts. Grind the ingredients together by the light of the full moon. After three days, it's ready.

Marth: ....amazing...

Lethe: It's a gift.

[i]She smiled at him gently, then gathered the things together again. Adjusting the sheath of her blade, she looked down the path...[/i][/COLOR]

[9mm Avenger]

[COLOR=indigo][i]Marth followed Lethe's gaze for a few seconds, then turned around. Shadows gathered around his eyes, and they narrowed quite a bit. When he spoke again, he had a slightly raspier voice, and it was a bit deeper.[/i]

[b]Marth:[/b]We go that way.*points over the river*

[b]Lethe:[/b]Huh? How do you know that?

[b]Marth:[/b]Just a feeling...We continue the path were going on for about 5 miles, then turn left. That should go where we want.

[b]Lethe:[/b]Bit certain about a feeling, eh?

[i]Marth nods, then walks past Lethe.[/i]

[b]Lethe:[/b][thinking]I wonder what's up with Marth? He keeps acting like that...[/COLOR]

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue][i]Marth turned around and beckoned for her to follow. In that second, she stared deep into his eyes and saw what had a grip on his soul. Lethe screamed aloud and immediatly had thrown both hands forward, pack abandoned on the ground. He reacted instinctively, throwing his own things to the banks of the river.[/i]

Lethe: ....you're one of theirs.

Marth: Going to try and kill me now?

Lethe: If it comes down to that.

[i]She walked back a step then let her hands drop to her sides. Then she raised her voice in a quick worded chant.[/i]

Lethe: Tenago Hai! Lasto erilian virilymiate!!!
Let it go....run and hide.[/COLOR]

[Dragon Warrior]

They quickly ran to the spot Roe pointed out because the rain began to pour. It also was getting dark out and it wasn't bright to be out in the rain and the dark of the night. Especially with Iris out there. They made it to their natural shelter and settled down.

"Hm... well... I guess we should start a fire and make camp." Roe suggested.

"Right." Roe went out to gather some wood as Elsyan started to build a good spot to camp. The rain blurred her vision in the distance so she couldn't see if anyone was coming or leaving. Even Roe. This worried her as it would for anyone.

She finally got everything set up and sat down to wait for Roe to return. She saw a figure coming and got up. "Roe?" But it wasn't Roe. She was snatched up by a bunch of men with knives and bows. She screamed out "Roe!" but there was no sign of the calith.

"Shddup!" One said and smacked her on the head. She turned around and stabbed him with his own dagger. She fell to the ground in pain. Another one approuched.

"Why you little..." She stabbed him as well. Then another. And another. That's when they all ganged up on her. There was too many to count. It was like a small army. She was trapped. But if on cue, Roe emerged from the woods with his sword and slashed everyone in his path. He grabbed up Elsyan and ran away from them.

"Well this is familiar." he said to her. Then he tripped and fell.

"That was too." She said in an odd tone. They turned to see they were surrounded from all sides by roughians.

"Let's mess 'em up." One said and they approuched with knives and bows.

[GinnyLyn]

Then they heard it:
"BBBBBBBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!"
There was an awful screeching noise, and a young woman with a white lizard on her shoulder ran into view. She stopped and gasped at the scene.
"Out of the frying pan, into the fire."
The lizard chittered fearfully, as the enormous mother Roc bowled into the area. Roe and Elsyan ducked to one side, as did Kehho and Bip. Completely ignorant of the danger, the rough men faced the bird.
"Let's carve this pretty up!" one called, twirling his feather decorated dagger. Others readied their bow and arrows, the shafts also made with feathers.
The mother Roc eyed the men, and threw itself into a rage when it saw the feathers. Before they could react, the Roc had already skewered the lead man on one of her massive claws. In response, several of the attackers let loose some arrows, injuring the Roc in her right shoulder. Screeching, she slashed out with her lethal beak, taking down more men as the storm rampaged overhead.
The massacre was on.

[9mm Avenger]

[COLOR=indigo][i]As soon as Lethe chanted those words, Marth knew they had an affect on him, but he didn't know what. In the blink of an eye, he drew his sword and dagger, the black blades shined like a reflection of Marth's soul.[/i]

[b]Marth:[/b]Try all you want, this body is mine, and I'm not going to leave it, even if I have to through a thousand elves!

[b]Lethe:[/b]Why did you inhabit Marth's body?

[b]Marth:[/b]After thousands of years of searching, i finally found a body perfect for me. His raw hatred for many of his own race, his inner vicioucness, he was quite eay to bend to my will.

[i]But as the evil spirit talked, Lethe's quick chant began to have an effect on the spirit.

As it continued talking, Marth's body began top wriggle in pain, and fell to the ground, unconcious. The evil spirit exited Marth through his mouth, and Lethe sent a gleaming fist straight through it, banishing it to damnation.[/i]

[i]Several hours later...[/i]

[b]Marth:[/b]What...What happened?*looks over at Lethe, and sees her making a healing balm*What happened, Lethe?

[b]Lethe:[/b]The evil spirit residing within you made a grab for complete control. I fought it off, but you need to more careful in guarding your inner most emotions and desires. That's what opened you up to the spirit.

[b]Marth:[/b]I owe you one..Again.*he sits up*Man...Sorry.

[b]Lethe:[/b]*smiles*Ah, it's okay Marth. Here, drink this.*offers him a bowl made of leaves*

[i]Marth drinks it, and nods in satisfaction. He falls back asleep again, and Lethe sits down, looking at the fire pit Marth had made. How he got it started, with no tiwgs of leaves, was a mystery to her.[/i][/COLOR]

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue][i]She picked up one of the chared peices of wood, then sniffed it. Satisfied, she set it back down and looked over at Marth. Clever concealment worked, but only for a time. Lethe opened her pack and removed another one of her daggars. Working quickly she polished the sides, then held her hands over them, murmering a quick spell. The sides flashed, then a curled red pattern appeared on the blade. She set it down and pulled out another.

And time went by...[/i][/COLOR]

[Deedlit]

[color=green][i]Roe, Elsyan, and Kehho dropped to the ground and covered their heads, lying as still as they could as the roc charged at another man. Screeching and cawing, reeling and circling, tearing and slashing, the mother roc slew many of the men with her lethal talons and beak. It wasn't but a few minutes later until all of the roughians were lying on the ground dead. Satisfied that she had gotten her revenge, the roc flew off towards the forest. Only when they were sure that the coast was clear did any of them dare to move another mussle.[/i]

Kehho-That was close.

Elsyan-It sure was.

Roe-Hey! You're a Calith too, aren't you miss-

Kehho-Kehho. And this is my friend Bip.

[i]Introductions went all around as they quickly got up and left the awful bloody scene.[/i][/color]

[Dragon Warrior]

OOC: Awful bloody scene! Charming description ^^

IC:

Still, the night was long and they settled in another nearby spot where the canopy was thick. But they all went out to get firewood this time. And Roe was fascinated. "So this Mother Roc thing. It's a bird?"

"Yes." Kehho replied.

"And it is powerful I could see. But how-" Elsyan put a hand on his mouth and dragged him along.

"Leave Kehho alone. Sorry, Kehho. He's had a long day." She tossed Roe down to the ground as they walked.

"Ow." Roe said, face in mud. He fixed his headpiece and got up, not aware of the dark red eyes glowing in the depths of a nearby bush. Suddenly, some thing shot out and attacked Roe. As it did, Elsyan and Kehho continued walking, holding a grand conversation about the things of today.

"And have you seen a picture of that Greg Toreclaw guy?" Elsyan asked.

"Yes. He's so cute!" Kehho replied excitedly.

"AHHH!!!" Roe yelled as whatever it was clawed his face.

"I'd like to meet him one day." Elsyan continued.

"Who wouldn't." Kehho agreed.

"Roe wouldn't." They giggled and turned to see Roe and noticed he was being invaded... by a small bird. "Roe.. what are you doing to that bird?" Elsyan said, crossing her arms.

"It's not me! It's a stupid falcon!" The falcon clawed Roe once more, then flew up into the sky. "Finally." Elsyan and Kehho giggled again when they saw Roe approuch. His face was scratched up good. "Ha ha. Funny, funny. I'll have to cheer myself up." He took out a small flute from his knapsack and began to play a soothing song. Then, out of the sky, the same falcon dove at Roe. "NOT AGAIN!" But instead of attacking feircely, the bird, perched on his shoulder as if under a spell. "Wha?"

"Roe. Play your flute." Elsyan urged.

"Okay." He did and the bird swayed his head again. "Hehe! It's listeing!" They now got a better look at the small bird. It was a falcon as Roe said. But not just a falcon. It had silver wings and it's beak looked like it shined of gold.

"What kind of falcon is that?" Kehho asked.

"I can't say." Elsyan said, turning her head with the bird.

Roe stopped playing for a moment. "Whatever it is, it's mine now. I have a pet just like Kehho and Bip. I shall call him Macgowen. It means metal, but I'll call him Mak for short."

"What if it's a girl?"

"Er... are you a girl?" The bird nodded it's head in response. "Dang it all. Well, you shall be Eirian because that means silver. Fits ya better anyways." And so, they gained a new friend, Eirian. "Indeed we did."

[9mm Avenger]

[COLOR=indigo][i]Marth woke up from his potion-induced sleep, but kept his eyes closed. He feinged snoring, so Lethe woulden't know he was awake.[/i]

[b]Lethe:[/b]Please...When you snore, it's two octaves higher.

[b]Marth:[/b]*mumbles*Your just Ms. Know-Everything, eh?

[b]Lethe:[/b]*smiles*I like to think that, yes.

[i]Marth gets up, and pulls on a fresh shirt. He wonders over to where Lethe is sitting, and crouches down.[/i]

[b]Marth:[/b]So..That spirit is gone forever, yes?

[b]Lethe:[/b]I'd like to think that...These evil spirit types are very tenacious.

[b]Marth:[/b]Yeah, my father never let up..*laughs*

[i]Lethe laughs too, and Marth stands up again.[/i]

[b]Marth:[/b]Well, whaddya say? Stay for a while, or go..?[/COLOR]

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue]Lethe: Well...since you have a gift with fire, I'd like to experiment a bit...

Marth: ...and I'll say it again.......Ms. Know Everything.

Lethe: It's obvoius. I dug through your pack while you were asleep. No matches, no flint, no tinder. There's no way you could make any type of fire without the power of your spiritual essence....

Marth: *sigh* And here I was thinking you were a sweet young elfin girl....

Lethe: *giggle* Oh stop. Anyways....I've been doing my own magical daggars for quite some time. Every swordsman shop I run into, I pick up more. They only work once or twice.....but I was wondering if your fire could prolong their lifespan...

Marth: How do you pay for them...?

Lethe: Simple really.....I buy a few, make some extra to sell to other weapon's dealers....and sell the healing balms whenever I run into a pharmacist.

Marth: ...Oh. I should've known...

Lethe: So anyways, let me see your hands.

[i]He shrugged and held out his hands. She touched his palms, then placed a fresh daggar in them. Then she closed his fingers around them and placed her hands on top of his.[/i]

Lethe: ....concentrate on the blades....fill them with your energy.

Marth: ....are you sure this will work?

Lethe: Touch and go...

[i]He closed his eyes, then opened them again, then his strength spiraled out of control and the entire daggar was engulfed in flames. Lethe held her hands in place, they glowed with a translucent energy, and were still unscathed. Then he stopped and inspected the blade. A twisting pattern of fire was imbeded in the blade.[/i]

Lethe: Excellent!

Marth: Wow...that was ...different.

Lethe: Now to test it......[/COLOR]

[9mm Avenger]

[COLOR=indigo]ooc:Raiha didn't leave me much to work with, 0_o

IC:

[i]Marth stared at the dagger in Lethe's hand, watching the shifiting, moving patterns the fire formed on it's blade.[/i]

[b]Marth:[/b]Test it..What do you mean by that?

[b]Lethe:[/b]Find something, and hack at it.*twirls the blade around*

[b]Marth:[/b]Subtle...Very subtle, Lethe.[/COLOR]

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue][i]There was a slight slipping noise, then Marth whipped his head around. The point of the daggar was quiviering in the middle of a fallen leaf. Several seconds past, then the whole thing burst into flame and disapeared...[/i]

Lethe: You were saying?

Marth: I stand corrected.

Lethe: Let's keep it that way.

[i]She winked and plucked the blade from the ground. The fire pattern was still shimmering in the center of the blade. In a quick movement, she tossed it in the air, then caught it by the hilt. Placing it in Marth's hands, she turned and shouldered her pack.[/i]

Marth: Do I...keep it?

Lethe: Oh no, by all means, please, give it to the nearest villan you see, so that when we're asleep at night, he can come and slit our throats.....and then we can burst into flames.[/COLOR]

[Dragon Warrior]

Morning came in a flash because they all konked out like logs. Roe was happy to see the sunlight spire over the mountaintops in the distance. It was warm and dominated the cool morning air. He commanded Eirian to wake Kehho as he waked Elsyan. Once all of them were awake, they set off into the woods again. It was more cheerful in the day. But somehow it still could give you the chills.

"A little cold out here." Elsyan commented. Roe watched his breath show in the wind and nodded.

"Yes, but I feel quite warm right now. That sun is right on me."

"Only because your behind us where the sun is."

"Well here then." Roe took off his cloak and handed it to Elsyan. He happily excepted the offer and put it on.

"Wow. No wonder you were warm. It wasn't the sun I don't think."

"That cloak is special to me." Eirian let out a cry as did Bip on Kehho's shoulder. Kehho turned to her companions with a stern face.

"Orcs." she said deeply.

"Orcs? Out here?" Roe questioned, but Kehho didn't answer. She studied the winds and the sounds of the forest. "Oh no." She said finally.

"What is it?" Elsyan asked, a little worry in her voice.

"They're very near." Her tail waved from side to side as a warning sign. "We must go. We must go now!" She quickly took the two and rushed through the woods. They now heard the roars and cries of the orcs. Every single shout from one of those monsters, Roe's mark on his head glowed and burned like it was freshly made. He put a hand to it as he ran, but ended up not seeing where he went.

He silently slide down a grassy hill side without Elsyan and Kehho knowing. They continued running as Roe grew farther and farther from his friends. He landed with a [I]thump[/I] on the hard forest floor. Eirian slowly fluttered to the ground by his side. He lifted his head up to look at her. She squawked softly. Roe gently laid his head back down and didn't move again.

[9mm Avenger]

[COLOR=indigo][b]Marth:[/b]Oh, thanks...And, by the way, I really coulden't hear the degree of sarcasm in your voice.

[b]Lethe:[/b]We'll, I didn't expect you would.*smiles* Well, We should get going, now that we have the flaming daggers and all.

[b]Marth:[/b]Sounds good.[/COLOR]

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue][i]As they walked, they began to notice a strange scent in the air...one they had never smelled before. After several minutes of this, Lethe and Marth stopped.[/i]

Lethe: What is that?

Marth: ...beyond me.

Lethe: I don't like it.

Marth: hm.....it's like death...but not quite.

Lethe: .....*cough* ....I don't think we should linger anymore. We need to get out of here.

[i]He took the advice and the two took off, feet barely touching the ground as they raced down the path....

Lethe and Marth stopped after some time, and looked behind them. There was nothing out of the ordinary...and the scent had disapeared. Lethe gazed closer....then frowned.[/i]

Marth: I think we're being followed.

Lethe: .....Let them taste this....

[i]She clasped both her hands together and tilted her head to the sky.[/i]

Lethe: Elbereth Gilthoniel....lady clear, snow white of the heavens!
We remember thee, we who walk this world,
Of forever woven trees!

Gilthoniel Elbereth, bright is your beauty, clear is your breath!
Bright stars, still stars,
Lead us to the Sundering Seas!

Marth: ........

[i]Lethe gazed into the forest once more.....A faint shreik was heard, then scilence. The birds were not singing, the trees were not whispering.[/i]
B[/COLOR]

[Deedlit]

[color=green][i]Elsyan and Kehho kept running down the path from the army of Orcs, thinking that Roe was right behind them. It wasn't until Elsyan glanced over her shoulder to see if the Orcs were gaining on them when she realized Roe was missing. She skidded to a sudden halt as Kehho did the same.[/i]

Kehho-What's wrong?

Elsyan-Roe! He's missing again! We gotta find him! He must've gotten lost back there.

Kehho-This is just great! There's about 100 Orcs on our tails, and he disappears.

[i]Kehho and Elsyan turn to face the Orcs. If they were to go back the way they came to look for Roe, they would have to go through the Orcs. Kehho drew her dagger and Elsyan drew her sword. Then they both charged at the oncoming Orcs.[/i][/color]

[9mm Avenger]

[COLOR=indigo][b]Marth:[/b]What the devil was following us?

[b]Lethe:[/b]I don't know..But there might be more of it..*she takes off in a fast sprint, and Marth hurries to keep up*

[i]As Marth and Lethe sprint through the darkening forest , Marth picks up the sounds of the notches on bows being tightened[/i]

[b]Marth:[/b]Lethe! get down! NOW!

[i]Marth lept forward, tackling Lethe to the ground as dozens of arrows piereced the air where they once were.[/i]

[b]Marth:[/b]Thank me later. Comon!

[i]The pair keep running, and arrows whiz all around them..The situation looks hopeless...[/i][/COLOR]

[Dragon Warrior]

Roe awoke from sudden battlecries in the distance. He glanced up and saw Eirian perched in front of him. She sqwauked and Roe got up, dusting himself off. He felt his forehead and winced. "What happened, Eirian?" The falcon flew to his shoulder and took lookout duty as Roe rubbed his eyes.

They started walking again when they saw a battle in the distance. Orcs again. He squinted and noticed it was not only orcs, but Elsyan and Kehho as well. He whispered to Eirian to get a better view of the scene. The small bird shot out immediatly and scanned the small combat. She flew back in short moments.

"What's the word, Eirian?" Eirian perched on his arm and acted out that Elsyan and Kehho was in trouble. "I wouldn't blame them. No two regular warriors could take on hundreds of angry orcs. We must help them. Come on Eirian!" Roe shot through the woods towards the fight, but collapsed halfway there.

As he fell, Eirian flew to the treetops and watched from up there. Roe's mark on his head started to glow and he shook all about him. Suddenly, his body glowed and he grew to a bigger form. Eirian's eyes widen at the sight.


Meanwhile, Elsyan and Kehho were holding the orcs off. "You foul beasts!" cursed Kehho. They stabbed and slashed through the orcs, but were soon overrun.

"Were done for..." Elsyan said, slashing another orc's face. Suddenly, orcs in the far back of the horde were flying from their positions and high into the sky. This attracted all attention. A dragon with black and white armor and a sharp cutlass-like falchion flew through the crowd and slashed all that he could see.

The orcs he missed he just shot thunder down and burnt them to a crisp. It was like an unstoppable force. He managed to kill all the orcs (or at least injure some as well) within seconds. But it wasn't over there. The leader of the orcs, an ogre, approuched the scene, two massive axes in hand.

"You kill my army. You shall not get away with it, dragon!" the ogre spewed.

"We'll see." the dragon said calmly. His voice seemed oddly familiar to Elsyan and Kehho. The ogre came dashing at the dragon and slashed his axes about. The dragon's blade met with the ogre's and a huge fight began.

The dragon's thunder attacks were blocked everytime by the ogre's second axe and he had no way of getting past the 1st one. It was trouble. But this dragon was sly. He did a legsweep with his tail and tossed the ogre aside. Then he spread his wings and flew off. The ogre shook an axe.

"Go ahead and run, you coward! I'll get ya, though!" The ogre ran after the dragon who landed safely in a nearby pond. The ogre emerged from the bushes and stared blankly out into the water. "Now I've got you." His axes glowed with blue swirls and he merged them together to create one big axe. "Time to take out the trash." The ogre leapt into the air, axe overhead and came down to where the dragon stood.

The black and white drake quickly shot out of the way and into the sky. The ogre turned to see the dragon summoned a ball of energy into his claws. "Now I've got you." The dragon mumbled and the skies darkened and lightning flashed. The ogre looked up in horror.

At this time, Elsyan and Kehho came out of the bushes to see the action. "Who is that dragon?" Kehho asked.

"I dunno, but it seems familiar." Elsyan said, standing her distance from the fight. The dragon's energy ball grew with every giving second and the ogre choked.

"What are you doing?" It cried.

"I'm taking out the trash." The dragon grinned and the energy ball grew to a staff and became a thunder falchion. He turned the blade to the water and slammed it down, creating a huge explosion of electricity. The ogre was no more. The dragon took quite a shock from the attack himself and it flung him into some trees where he lay. All that remained of the ogre was bits of his axe that floated to the surface of the water.

Eirian the falcon flew to the side of the dragon. The dragon slowly turned back to Roe.

[Raiha]

[COLOR=seagreen][i]Hot fury rose in Lethe's chest....she felt her body begining to pulse with energy....something had to break....She stopped instantly, whirled around, both hands raised upwards...Throwing her head back she roared out a challenge....Energy shield crackling around her body.[/i]

Lethe: Saliyariel in Dominel! Saliyariel en galad, anedraith ammen!!

[i]Marth looked back....the slender elfin girl he had so underestimated was standing tall, legs planted firmly in the ground...hands stretched, fingers clawed. Her eyes had changed to those of the Valar.....her wrath was rising...[/i]

Lethe: Shake in your skins Yrch of Ochkik! Elbereth Gilthoniel's child is waiting![/COLOR]

[GinnyLyn]

Elysan's mouth fell open. Kehho was wide eyed. Bip was nuzzling against Roe happily.
"Did he just..."
"...yeah..."
"...and he was a..."
"...yeah..."
"...and then he..."
"....yeah..."
The two girls fell silent. Their brains were having difficulty putting together enough words to form a decent sentence, much less grasp what just happened.
Roe looked a little unsure of himself as well, but pretended to be nonchalant as he brushed Eirian's neck feathers. "What's up with you two?" he asked the girls.
"It's not every day you see a dragon turn into someone you know!" Elysan finally yelped. Kehho nodded, her tail still frizzed from the unusual fright they had just had. Elysan noticed this, then backed away from her.
"What's wrong?" Kehho asked.
"You're a Calith, like Roe..."
"Yeah?"
"And if Roe can turn into a dragon...or if he really is a dragon, does that mean you are really a dragon, too?"
"What?!" Kehho was incredulous at this accusing sounding statement. "Wait a minute--Elysan, you're not scared of me, are you?"
Bip chose this moment to leap off of Roe and climb up Kehho's skirt onto her head. Feeling playful, he hissed at Elysan, mimicing the Roe dragon.
Elysan shrieked and bolted through the brush; she was lost to sight in an instant.
"BIP!" Kehho shouted at her scaly friend. She grabbed him with both her hands and shook him. "You scaly little IDIOT--what am I gonna do with you?"
The albino lizard instantly opened his mouth and pointed to it.
"Scaly little idiot is right," Roe nearly exploded. "We should let you starve, you know!"
Bip razzed Roe, as if to say that Roe didn't matter to him. Kehho sighed and shook her head.
"We need to go find Elysan, and fast. Who knows if there are more orcs--or worse--out there."

[Dragon Warrior]

In a bit, Roe and Kehho decided to seperate and meet back at that spot in an hour. They were accompanied by their friends so they weren't all alone entirely. Roe took off through the brush that Elsyan was seen to fall through and Kehho took a similar trail near it just in case she took another turn.

The bad thought in Roe's mind was what if Elsyan ran at the sight of Roe because he became a dragon? He became a dragon? When did this happen? Roe couldn't remember anything of that. "Come to think of it..." he said out loud and attracted Eirian's attention, "I do remember a dragon in black and white armor. And he got down thunder. Strange." Not seeing where he was going and being clumsy, he tripped over a shadowed object.

He fell to the ground and immediatly turn to the object that tripped him. "Elsyan?" He said. Then turned the person over. It was. "Elsyan. You okay?" Elsyan slowly opened her eyes and a blurred vision came into focus. Roe's image slowly grew into a perfect picture. "Hey! Your awake!"

"AHHHHH!!" She screamed and Kehho and Bip came rushing through the brushes to the scene. Elsyan stood up and backed away from them. "Stay away. You may turn into a dragon."

"Look, I assure you it's not a calith thing." Kehho soothed. "It may just be a Roe thing." Elsyan shot a frightened glance at Roe.

"Good work, Kehho. That helped." Roe said sarcastically. "C'mon, Elsyan. I don't even know what your talking about. A dragon?"

"You don't remember?" she said softly, still keeping her distance.

"No. I have no idea about this dragon."

"Hmm..."


Meanwhile, off near the pond where the fight was done, a burnt and bruised form crawled from the water's depths. It dug it's grimy claws into the dirt and pulled some out in it's hand. It threw it back to it's native soil and crawled the rest of the way to shore. It removed all the seaweed and gunk and turned towards the woods. It snorted. "I shall take out the trash." The ogre wasn't dead and it wanted revenge.

[Deedlit]

[color=green][i]Elsyan stared at Roe uncertainly for a while then sighed.[/i]

Elsyan-I'm sorry. I guess I was frightened because it happened so suddenly.

Kehho-Don't worry. I was a bit surprised myself when I saw that it was Roe.

Roe-Yeah. I'd be surprised too if I suddenly saw a dragon appear. It's alright.

Elsyan-Okay. Just try to warn me next time you change.

Roe-Well, I don't know about that. I didn't even know that I was turning into a dragon, so I may not be able to tell you when I'm about to.

[i]The three then went into a conversation about the battle, Roe turning into a dragon, and several other things when Eirian turned and cocked her head as if she were listening to something. Then she took off from Roe's shoulder and flew into the air. By the way she was circling, they could tell that something wasn't right.[/i]

Roe-What's wrong, Eirian?

[i]Eirian flew back down to Roe's shoulder and started to do a sort of hop-skip, trying to tell Roe about something.[/i]

Kehho-What's she trying to say?

Roe-I don't know. She seems to be frantic about something. Is something out there?

[i]Eirian vigorously nodded her head and lifted a wing, pointing behind them. They all turned and to see the bushes behind them rattling.[/i][/color]