The clearing before you is quiet, unnaturally so. Stepping off of the trail below your feet, you enter the clearing, the sunlight streaming down through the canopy. The sunlight makes shifting patterns on the rough ground beneath your feet, hard packed dirt making up the floor of the clearing. The wind whistling through the leaves in the trees seems to be the only sound, the only sound prevailing against the dominant silence.

Your feet still in the center of the clearing, your eyes trailing over the trees circling the small patch of ground. You wait a few moments, waiting to see if any of the Forest�s caretakers will come to guide you through. But eventually your patience runs out, and you walk to the small sign stuck into the ground on the side of the clearing. On it, you find a much revised list of critter names and which paths to take to visit them. Using your index finger, you go down the list of names. At the very bottom, you find the latest addition to the refuge. Enchanted Realm with the number four next to it, indicating the second trail to the right of where you stand.

Standing up, you look at the path that the sign indicated. It is fairly new, another trail added to the innumerable amounts already scattered throughout the forest. You step onto it, and look over your shoulder at the clearing. The wind blows through, shaking the leaves, a lonely sound to match the empty space. You quickly make your way down the trail, listening to the wind amongst the trees. The trail you walk on is as lonely as the others, the sunshine seemingly your only guide. You watch the ground pass beneath your feet, wondering on whether you might have taken the wrong trail or something.

�Hello, Traveler,� a voice says somewhere above you. You look up, startled, to find Desiree sitting above you in one of the many trees. A white lizard with blue tiger stripes looks down at you also, black eyes sparkling happily in the warm forest. Desiree slips down the tree with the small lizard perched on her shoulder. Once Desiree meets you on the ground, the lizard squeaks, apparently as close to a hello as the small creature could make.

�This is Ritoru,� she motions to the lizard who waves his tail in response. She smiles and continues, �Her name means little; fits her well, no? Come, follow me�� Desiree turns and begins to walk down the trail, further into the forest. You begin to follow her; curious as to where she might be taking you.

You hear some rustling in the bushes, and Desiree stops to look within it. Soon she stands up again, but with a brown snake-like creature in her arms, spikes decorating him. This creature�s eyes are warm, reflecting back the sunlight.

�This is Ishibei, his name meaning stone wall. He is a Tagon.� Ishibei�s eyes look at you, intelligence burning in his eyes. �I�ve got two more creatures to show you, both Fairazogs.� She continues down the trial once again, both of the crits held in her arms.

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Name: Ritoru
Gender: Female
Id: li1
Species: Lizard



Name: Ishibei
Gender: male
Mutations: odd spikes
Id: t003m
Species: Tagon



Name: Kaji
Gender: Female
Elemant: Fire
Rarity: Common
Mutations: None
Id: f4f1
Species: Fairazog



Name: Hateshi
Gender: Male
Elemant: Fate
Mutations: No mane, horse tail
Id: f10f1
Species: Fairazog


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