The sun was already shining bright and the birds were singing at the moment Elong opened her eyes. She sits up and stretches a bit. Her feet hurt still a bit and she noticed that she forgot to pull out her boots. Smiling a bit again she took them off and search through her bag she threw on the ground yesterday night. Smiling she takes out her best dress. It had no arms on it, there was also a little split on the side of the dress. And the dress had some motives that look like flowers on it. She really loved that dress and when she wore it she always felt good. Stepping out of the bed she pulled out the clothes she wore that whole day and looked in the mirror that was in her room. A bit shocked she looked at her face. Her whole face had scratches on it. There were different kind of leaves in her hair and even a little spider she could see. With a deep sigh she started to concentrate herself on some mysterious power she always felt when she started to sing. While concentrating on that she made some hand movements. After a little moment there was some light ball in her hand. Still with her eyes closed she made a few movements like she was rubbing her face. The scratches she had started to faint slowly till they were all gone. When looking in the mirror again she saw that everything looked all right again. She saw the fountain in the corner of her room and washed her hair and face. The cold water waked her up and when she looked again in the mirror she saw the Elong she knew. Smiling towards the reflection in the mirror she decide to go out and eat breakfast.
She took all her stuff and putted it back in her bag. With a big smile on her face she walked down and gave the key of the room back to the bartender. He smiled at her and wished her a good day. Then she walked out of the tavern.
Outside the sun was shining bright. It was warm and Elong looked around. There were all people laughing and smiling, doing groceries or just walking around. Elong looked at them and smiled. It looked all so nice here. When a lady passed by and Elong saw bread in the basket she was carrying she got really hungry. Realizing she almost did not eat for 3 days she grabbed her pouch. The smile on her face disappeared for a moment. She did not had any money left! With a deep sigh Elong putted the pouch back. She needed to earn some money somewhere. Maybe she could sing somewhere here in Elysia, maybe people would give her money for that.
With a smile on her face again she walks to the first person she saw at the marketplace. ,,Excuse me Sir. Is there a kind of meeting place somewhere here in Elysia?� The sir was an halfling. He looked up at her and smiled. With a happy voice he answered: ,,Of course Lass.. There is one here. I was just on my way to it.� He makes a bow to her. ,, The name is Zane. And your name might be?� he looked up at her and smiled, he had little fun lights in his eye. She looked back and made a graceful bow. ,, My name is Elong Singalong. It�s a pleasure to meet you Sir Zane.� The halfling looked up to her and started to laugh soft. ,,Oh please no Sir.. Zane is enough. And the pleasure is all mine.� He winked to her. ,,If you would like to follow me Miss Elong then we will go to the Elf gate.� She smiled to the halfling. ,, No miss Elong either then Zane, just Elong.� The halfling laughed again of joy and winked to her. ,,Ok Elong, your wish is mine command.� She laughed soft and followed the joyful halfling. Leading her to the city they start talking. ,, Say Elong, what brings you to Elysia?� ,, Me? Well I am just traveling around seeing a bit of the world. It seems lovely to me to see whole Avlis and sing my songs in every city.� Zane looked at her and jumps around a bit. ,,Oh my!! You are a bard? Oh oh!! Then you are even a college of mine!!� he says in a happy voice. Elong looked at Zane and starts laughing. ,, Oh that is great Zane!! What kind of instrument do you play?� ,,I play the lute.� Proudly showing his lute. Elong smiled and looked at it. ,,Oh it is a lovely lute Zane!�
Talking and talking about music and instruments they arrived at Elf gate. There were a lot of people sitting there, talking and laughing. A bit nervous she looked around. There was nobody she knew. When she looked at Zane and he was skipping a bit of joy she calmed down and followed Zane. ,,Oh Elong let me introduce you to some people.� She smiled warmly and followed Zane to a group of people. There was an elf female with long silver hair, a elf man with a brown taint, a green fairydragon, a man with religious clothes on and an other female with red hair. ,,Elong, this is Eldraea, Rinlar, Eldraea�s dragon, Brain and Gill. My friends, this is Elong.� She made a graceful bow and smiled towards them all. All person greeted her and smiled at her. ,,She is a bard too!� Elong nods in agreement with Zane. ,, Yes I am a bard too.� Then she smiled again. The female with silver hair which was called Eldraea smiled at her. ,,Would you mind to play a song for us?� She smiled at the man with the brown taint that was sitting next to her and hugged that person for a moment. ,,We love songs.� The man smiled and laughed soft. ,,Yes indeed we do all.� The others start talking also about songs they had heard and loved. A bit blushing Elong answered. ,,Well I know a song.. if you really like to hear one.� All the persons that were sitting nods and cheered to her. Elong started blushing and Zane was smiling and looking very enthusiastic. ,, Oh Elong!! Sing! I want to hear my fellow bard sing.� Elong smiled and took the box out of her bag. She opened it and you could see there was a white harp in it. It had green lines on it like there was a plant climbing on the harp. She took it out carefully and start playing a few notes on it. All the people that were sitting at Elf gate suddenly felt silent. ,, This song is called spring flowers.�
A bed of flowers welcomes the sound of rain
Yellow, white, red and purple all seem to faint
Rain mess-ups the colors and the smell
All doing this very well
I am trying to catch a teardrop from the sky
And close my eyes try to fly
The rain song takes me up
And makes me fly, seeing trees beneath me
The wind whispers to me
The rain tells me a story
They drop me off again and leave
Leaving me behind with an hollow feeling
When she ended the song the people start clapping. A bit blushing she made a graceful bow to them. ,,Oh Elong! That was lovely.� Eldraea answered. ,,Thank you Miss Eldraea. And the others also.� When Elong looked up again and around she saw in the corner of her eye a wolf standing. The wolf recognized her and start wagging his tail. He ran towards her and jumped on her again, licking her face. ,,SUMMER!� a deep male voice(next page)