To Walk a Dragon's Path, Chapter 2-Wills of a Demi-Goddess

[Lady Blue03]

As Avalon coasted above the clouds, he was hailed. Craning his neck down, he caught glimpse of Nelanin'Lomakk, a cousin of his. Avalon spiraled down,
"Ho cousin! What brings you here?"
The Silver Wyrm flew alongside him, "Quite interesting really. I was visiting your sister, and had stopped by your forest. A caught sight of someone's dimesnion door...I thought it might have been your love's sister, but upon investigation I saw it was...some deformed elf...half gold it seemed. He was screaming something horrendous, so I held back on challenging him..." he relayed the rest of what he had heard and saw.
"Figures," Avalon muttered to himself.
"You know the elf?"
"Unfortunatley. However, this news you gave me changes much. I must see Verloren and Alliene with all haste," he nodded at his cousin, "Thank you, Nelanin,"
"But of course, Avalon," the Wyrm chuckled and veered away towards his home.
Avalon flew in silence with his thoughts. Likely Alliene would not care who did what Calaethis did, but still, she must know.

[Skydracgrrl]

ooc- Okay, just a heads up to Aeris and Khalraan, we've made a two week jump. Just in case you didn't know/weren't notified... ^^;

ic- During the two weeks Skye practiced her bardic skill, much to the delight of the children and Aeris and his brother. She would occasionally appear for Verloren in order to calm her sleep and to check on Sylquis, to help calm Tyra's own distress. The rest of the time she spent wandering over Verloren's large domain, meeting some of the locals and finding inspirations for new songs, as well as keeping an eye out for a certain dragon and a past cousin of Alliene's.

The current day found the half elf clinging to a branch high up in a tree on the edge of Avalon's domain, near Verloren's land. "Shoo!" she waved her left foot, which was dangled dangerously near the jaws of a puppy. The small creature growled menacingly and nipped at the air. If it weren't for the danger of loosing her grip, Skye would have burst out laughing at the hilarity of the situation. "The Ferocious Sharp-teethed Monster and the Bard, now that will make an interesting tale," she remarked dryly, wiggling her foot again.

She had tried to outrun the little devil ever since she left town, but it had been very persistant. Pulling herself up all the way, Skye seated herself comfortably on the branch and took out her harp, checking the strings to see if they were still in tune. She scowled down at the puppy, who looked up with a goofy grin and wagged its tail. "If you wanted a song, all you had to do was ask, you big.. er, small bully," she retorted. Skye looked around embarrassed, hoping that no one she knew would see her in this predicament, while she started to compose a tune to go to her new ballad.

[Lady Blue03]

ooc-sure thing nano

Alliene was sitting in the same lime stone chair she had 2 weeks ago, the drow tethered at her side. She was stretched the length of the bench, hands folded beneath her chin. The weather had cleared up nicely, and sunlight was radiating down fiercley. It was more than her drow and sea elvish heritage prefered, so she had settled for her sea-elf shells and cut off sky-blue trousers. She had been studying the dorw, still without answers. Sighing she stood and untied him from the bench,
"Are you hot, dog? I'm going for a swim, and you're going to join me," Alliene selected a pool without lilipads and stepped into the cool water. Walking all the way to the bottom only brought the water level to the middle of her eyes, ubt it was refreshing all the same. Pushing herself up so she could speak, she grinned at the drow warrior and tuggedhim in with her, "Come now, bath time!"

[shadowhound]

In the two weeks that passed Shadow has not done alot, sleeping and eating has taken up alot of his time, as has Kai

[SomeGuy]

OOC: Why do you keep calling me Aeris Skye? I have a name.

IC: Through the weeks Malar and Aeris had took the time to catch up with each other. Malar had finally gotten to know some of the few better except for Verloren and Alliene. Aeris told him not to disturb them both. Through time Malar had sparred with Aeris in the garden and Aeris had lost most of the time. He had only overtaken him once.

[Lady Blue03]

Verloren had stirred herself from her sleep to rise and look out on her gardens from Alliene's balcony. Elon stood faithfully by her side, hand on his sword hilt, eyes always searching. The queen sighed as she saw Alliene tug the young drow into the wter with her, listening to the clang of Aeris and his brother's swords as they sparred. Skye had taken a day out in the foest beyond her walls, and she had not seen Zachana or Shadow about outside...not a surprise really. She welcomed the burning heat on her skin and the sunlight in her eyes, after laying in the darkness for so long. Khalraan and Slyquis had kept a constant vigil at her bedside, though not as steadfastly as her Captain.
A sudden glare above the woods caught her eye, and Verloren shaded herself with a hand as she peered at it. A flash of silver here, and a beating of wings. Her eyes widened. Avalon had come back to her!
"Elon, quickly, go to the stables and get Wind Shadow ready to ride,"
The Captain jerked in surprise but bowed before he sped away.
Verloren raced into Alliene's room and threw open her wardrobe...much to her dislike, the only clean garments were smoky trousers and her mother's black leather...she shrugged anyway and threw off her robe, donning her sisters armour and pants. Hunting around, she realized her scimitars were in her own room. After Verloren had jammed her feet into a pair of knee high turn down boots, she clambered down the stairs and flew into her room, never stopping as she grabbed her sword belt and rushed down to the stables, buckling it on. Elon was standing at its entrance with Wind Shadow at his side. The stallion nickered happily and raced up to her, pausing breifly to let her swing on, then he streaked through the gardens, past Alliene and Aeris and the others, to the small gate in the back wall.

Zachana watched with interest from her perch on the balcony ledge as Lady Verloren ran her horse into the forest to meet Avalon. Curling her slick black tail around her front paws, she looked back at Shadow and growled happily,
"Pray, srrak, would you like to go for a fly?" she bared glistening fangs in her draconic smile.

[Calaethis Dragonsbane]

Calaethis continued to sleep; he was almost in a deep trance, extremely fatigued and utterly exhausted. For some odd reason, no living creatures came near him. Sheverash was elsewhere anyway; near Amn in a nearby forest.

[shadowhound]

Shadow looks a bit uneasy, "You know how I feel about flying... and heights in general, but if you really want to..."

[Nanobyte]

Completely submerged, the young drow lifted his eyelids to peer around the crystal waters. Alliene, within an arm's reach, was focused steadily on him from above. He released some air from his lungs, allowing his body to drop to the bottom. Once there, he began to fiddle with his collar; he had been working at it for the past few days, and had been successful at loosening the ends. The compressed pressure expanding throughout the pool would surely minimize the magical effects of the collar, allowing him to be able to release himself from this bondage and escape.

Tugging at the overlap in the front, the dark elf received a sudden and unexpected jolt. Resurfacing, he let out a shriek of pain while grasping his right hand. Removing his hand from beneath the water, he saw a streak of tender red stretching across his palm. Turning his head to face his captor, the unseasoned warrior grumbled, "Taudl l'essnil."

[Lady Blue03]

Zachana brightened and shifted to her human form to give him a hug,
"You have nothing to fear about flying with me, half-elven one," she skipped into the room and gathered up some food, wine, a flask of brandy, and a large thin blanket, putting in a pack she slung on her back. She waited by the door for Shadow, "Come on, I can't just change to dragon form, or the whole city will see me. We'll go out Verloren's back gate to the forest and I'll change there," she led him just to that spot, waving at Alliene on her way. Once they had reached a sizable clearing in the trees, she shifted to full sized dragon form, he head lowered so he could climb on.

Alliene tsked as the drow submerged,
"What did I tell you about my magic, dog? The collar also prevents you from killing yourself, otherwise, what would be the point of it?" She waved at Zachana and Shadow as they left, "But isn't it so nice to be clean and not smell like your namesake?" she snickered and dove under to play with the large koi that roamed the bottom.

Verloren called Wind Shadow to a stop as they entered the plain were Avalon took his human form before being spotted by the city. And there he was, sitting cross legged on the tall grass, his hair glinting in the light. He bound to his feet when they burst through the trees, and scooped her off her horse and spun her around in his arms. With a happy cry she clung to him, feeling her hair whisk around. By the time he set her down, Verloren had already pulled his head to hers for a firey kiss, sweetened by the pangs of seperation and longing.

[ 02-21-2003, 07:50 PM: Message edited by: Lady Blue03 ]