Around The Mountain Pass......
Suddenly, she looks up. " Skysong? May we rest for a time? There is a stream nearby, and we are all thirsty" she asks you. The green Xyph at your opposite side, Feraln, voices his agreement with a high pitched yip.
You smile and let the lead male Sornal, and his mate Laurelan, take the lead.
Once you have found the coolspring, you sit down to rest, and the orange Xyph, Mndari, the eldest male, lies down next to you. You absently scratch his head, and he begins to purr. You smile and drift off to sleep.......
You awake sometime later to see the pack's ears and hackles are up, and they are growling a low, warning growl. Now this is something to be worried about. Xyph's are peaceful, playful creatures by nature, and it takes a LOT to frighten them, let alone anger them. You get up quickly and quietly, and try to soothe Azalia. Her mother looks behind her and smiles at you, but goes back to guarding. As you wait, you hear a low, buzzing noise growing gradually louder, until it is nearly upon you. You try not cry out, but it finally becomes too much. You cry out, and throw your hands over your ears, and there is an explosion from a dead tree causes you to jump. You get up as fast as you can, holding off a faint. Suddenly, there is a buzzing swarm of somethings fly over you. The stop in midair and turn around to look at their victims. When you look up, you see they are not bugs, but tiny dragons! Of a sort, anyway. The lead one, must be, it's the biggest, flitters up to you.
"Hume! Why have you come to our forest and disturbed the Hive?" she asks icily. "I was hiking downwards, and I required a cool drink and a rest. I meant no harm to your Hive, to be honest, I thought it was a dead tree. Had the noise not started, I would not have realized it" you reply, equally icy. She hisses at you, but flitts back to her people. She returns after a brief confernce with them, looking glum.
"My name is Kindheart, I am a drone. It is a sort of dragonfly. I am queen of this small flock, and you may meet the rest" she says, and leads you closer to the waiting mob. You grimace slightly, but follow.
"This is my mate, King Darsoarer, as I am Queen Kindheart. Next to him is my daughter, PRINCESS Honeysuckle" she says, anunciating the word directly at her daughter, who was behaving in a most unroyal manner.
"This is my sister Abalone" she tells you. The lovely turquoise drone nods to you. You wonder to yourself if all adult drones are this depressing. You mentally shrug, and follow Kindheart.
"This is my son, Prince Yalmar" she says, looking pridefully at her son, who very much enjoys being a prince, by his looks.
"This is Duchess Larelaia, my cousin, and the Duke Jorlakimz, and their child, Violeta" she says, seeming more friendly with her cousin and her family.
"This is Sir Sunstrayre, our Champion. His exact title is King's Champion, though we rarely need him for that" she says, looking happilly at the knight. You wonder what THEIR relationship is like.....
"This is Frelaz, the court jester. He is SUPERB at his job" she says merrily.
"And finally, here is Oronag, my nanny from when I was little. She even cared for my children"she says, nodding to a tired looking orange drone.
Suddenly, a whirlwind comes ripping through the foliage. You look at your feet to see a colourful canine creature panting and staring back up at you.
Kindheart buzzes up to your shoulder and sighs. "This is our Rainrunner, Mistfall. He was won in a contest to name his kind, and Starbreeze won, but he can be such a goof" she says imapatiently. You smile and pet Mistfall on the head. He sighs happily and lies down on your feet. The others laugh, and you blush.
Journey forth to the Stonehenge ?
You carefully walk the mountain pass down to the ground, the small Xyphs you encountered on your way down muttering quietly in different escort stations near you. The blue elder female, Oroxid, walks at your side, speaking softly to her daughter, pink Azalia.
You awake sometime later to see the pack's ears and hackles are up, and they are growling a low, warning growl. Now this is something to be worried about. Xyph's are peaceful, playful creatures by nature, and it takes a LOT to frighten them, let alone anger them. You get up quickly and quietly, and try to soothe Azalia. Her mother looks behind her and smiles at you, but goes back to guarding. As you wait, you hear a low, buzzing noise growing gradually louder, until it is nearly upon you. You try not cry out, but it finally becomes too much. You cry out, and throw your hands over your ears, and there is an explosion from a dead tree causes you to jump. You get up as fast as you can, holding off a faint. Suddenly, there is a buzzing swarm of somethings fly over you. The stop in midair and turn around to look at their victims. When you look up, you see they are not bugs, but tiny dragons! Of a sort, anyway. The lead one, must be, it's the biggest, flitters up to you.
Journey forth to the Stonehenge ?
The Xyphs & Drones are from:
Cheunix Savanna
Cheunix Savanna
I won Mistfall from: Evermore Valley