Young Blood

[saphira]

sapphire took to the air and tackled a gyrada while repeatedly stabbing another with her tail spike while leaf flew up high turned upside down so his back spikes faced the creatures and did a back flop to the ground landing on several gyradas either knocking them out or impaling them on his spikes. sapphire burst out laughing " you really do keep people on there toes don't you?" she managed to say.

[saphira]

leaf was about to unleash a wave of electricity when the gyradas started retreating. " there probably just regrouping but for now we should eat and get some rest." he said. "alright lets go then" sapphire replied and with that they flew back to leafs den. "bone appetite" leaf said to sapphire as he tossed her a carcass from the storage. sapphire immediately dug in and leaf settled across from her digging into his own carcass. after dinner or lunch whatever it was, sapphire settled in to sleep. leaf looked at sapphire after she had fallen asleep feeling a little awkward until he saw her shivering in her sleep. "she must be cold" he thought to himself, he looked around for something to help warm her up but found nothing, "ohhh," he mentally groaned " i didn't want to do this but it's only way she'll be warm." and after weighing the pros and cons he quietly walked up beside sapphire as she lay shivering in her sleep and settled as close to her as possible and went to sleep, letting his warmth seep into sapphires scales.

[Zetherus]

Pandora felt the shadowy presence become stronger as it approached. She turned her head to look behind her and saw a small four foot tall being wearing a black cloak appear out of the shadows and started to speak like an old lady. ,"Well I thought I would check up on you to see what you were doing and I saw that you made a meal of a human. Well don't you find that ironic seeing that you used to be a human yourself?" It laughed with a deep growl following behind it. Pandora turned her whole body to face the small creeper. "Who are you and how do you know of my past?" She spoke with a hateful growl showing her teeth. The old lady spoke again not showing any signs of fear. "Don't get hostile girl, I was the one that gave you that body remember that." With same evil laugh as before. Pandora knew instantly who this is and charged grabbing the small being in her jaws and started to shake her head trying to kill it. She stopped to notice that she had only a black cloak in her mouth not the creature inside of it so she opened her jaws to watch the cloak float off with the wind and whispered. "damn! There will never be an end to this!"

She looked to her right to see a bunch of giant dragon sized birds running toward her and so she growled once again Shadowstepping to the closest one and jumped clawing it in the throat severing the windpipe. The creature fell instantly chocking on it's blood as the other ones charged at the dragon with talons and open beaks ready for the kill. She couldn't escape from her location so she brought up her four wings and trusted them forward causing an intensely powerful wind blast that knocked most of the closest back giving her enough time to look for a far exit. She looked up at the mountain and saw a dark cave at the middle of it that would be a good drop on the enemy. She turned and ran the opposite direction of the enemy finding a large cluster of large trees creating a dark shade in the center. She Shadowstepped through and appeared in the cave not knowing that two sleeping dragons were behind her. She walked to the opening of the cave covered in the one Gyrada's blood looking down at the camp she first appeared next to.

[saphira]

sapphire opened her eyes her lids making "snick" sound as they opened she looked beside her to see leaf snoring against her. she stood up waking him in the process. " whaz goin on?" leaf asked drowsily. " shhh someones in the cave." she whispered to him then snaked her head around the corner of the alcove they where sitting in. she immediately saw another very small dragon. "who are you and why are you here?" she asked briskly.

[Zetherus]

Pandora was startled by the words echoing behind her. She turned to face the creature while she ducked low to the ground showing her teeth at the opponent in the sudden surprise. "What the hell! How long were you standing there?" She demanded as she inched herself to the entrance of the cave looking at the large dragon with her evil red eyes. She started to sway her spaded tail as her wings unfolded from her sides with a black mist surrounding her.

[Kauria]

Haleth groaned. His talons curled slowly, and, all around the near-unconscious gyrada, magic began to seep from the recent dead. Haleth's claws shrank back into fingers, feathers vanished in puffs of ash, and the sorcerer pushed himself off the ground and stood.
He spread his arms emptily, and with a gesture, at once drew out the souls of a dozen dead companions, gold sparks dancing across his hands. A glimmer returned to his green eyes behind lank hair, unnoticed by those fighting nearby.
A flick of the wrist, and the light shot towards his chest. Haleth gasped at the abrupt return of energy, but he still messily patched his wounds with the fragments of spirits, again suddenly powerful and suddenly whole.
The newfound strength filled his limbs with warmth, crept from his chest into his throat. It was delightful, it was delicious, and it was dangerous.

There was a reason people didn't call the recently deceased back into their own bodies. Haleth knew this. But this was a matter of life and death, of whether to bleed out on the ground or to keep going.

A clamor of voices rose in his head, and he struggled to assert his own thoughts, muddled and weak as the fight had made them. The fallen wizards and witches whispered advice, hissed and spat unwanted suggestions.
Still alone on the battlefield, Haleth fell to his knees.

Find the young ones, was a cry shared by the voices.
Learn how they were unaffected by your dragonsbane, a clipped voice offered.
It is unimportant, for you will kill them.
A sibilant voice burst next to his ear, with unexpected venom, No, find the one who took my life! The younglings are no threat yet.
Watch them writhe and burn, hear them scream. His own thoughts? There was a hollowness to them that was foreign, ancient.
Flee.
Fight! They will not expect an enemy they believe dead!
Can you not see we need no such advantage? Confront them!
One voice rose above the others, too cunning to be his own, with a confidence that silenced the others.
You will kill them, it said. But wait. You have our magic; withdraw from this losing battle. A single wizard—
Haleth's own voice roared up from the swirl. DO NOT CALL ME THAT! His body bolted to its feet.
The other voice replied placatingly, A single spellcaster, then, is more nimble than an entire army. Withdraw, observe, grow stronger and smarter.
Other minds started to join in, a coherent course of action forming between them.
Learn them.
But do not let vengeance consume you. Their death will come. Focus on the other dragons.
Whittle away at their wills, at their population. Pick off the unsuspecting, just another gyrada attack from the mountains.
Haleth could feel himself smile, hunched as he was on the field of battle.
Send a spell to the garuda, and he will see that Sha'kalee is safe on the continent. You will need your old host if you are to search for a new one.

"Yes." The word grated from somewhere deep inside his throat, escaped from his grin. The transformation swirled around him.

A gyrada, whose green eyes now glowed with gold, spread its wings and tore from the fray.

[saphira]

" about since yesterday afternoon since I'm guessing it's early morning." Leaf said as he steeped out of the alcove and then cast a energy ball to shed some light on the situation. "but you still haven't answered my friend's question, but im sure if your like the rest of us then you could use a good meal and a rest," he said to the tiny dragon, "now what would you like to eat my mom has prepared everything from rabbits to fish, all with either sleeping herbs to help you sleep, healing herbs to help heal, calming herbs, or even just herbs to make it taste better. And no this isn't my mom she's out and about somewhere."

[Zetherus]

Pandora felt her power vanquish from her as the ball of energy's light touched her scales. The dark mist vanished from her as well when she thought to herself. "Well there is no escape now seeing that my shadow powers were vanquished from that ball of light the energy dragon has made. I guess I could trust this dragon for now especially when the late mourning is near." She stood up then took a deep breath to calm herself and said calmly to the dragon. "My name is secrete to those I do not yet know for safety reasons only not trying to be a problem but thats how I've been living my whole life here in the shadows. If you want my name then I must hear yours first." She folded her wings back then moved to the wall left of her, the wall on Leaf's right, and laid down watching the dragon with her right eye. "I don't need any meat for now but I could use a few of those calming herbs for my attitude so can sort of trust you both." She continued as she placed her head on the rocky ground still watching him.

[saphira]

" yes, yes, i quite understand its hard to trust anyone these days. let me go get those herbs." he said. upon returning he set the herbs down in front of the dragon and said, "I'm leaf and this," motioning towards sapphire, "is my good friend sapphire, sorry about before she can be quite prickly even when you know her as well as i do."

ooc: its funny with what hes saying you'd get the impression he would have a British accent or something. when i actually intend him to have a very deep and rich voice.

[Zetherus]

"Good to meet you Leaf and Sapphire my name is Pandora and I appreciate the herbs you've given me. It should help my attitude toward you both." She said as she sat up scooping the herbs with her three taloned hand and began to eat them. "I'm new to this area so I have no clue to what area I'm in! Can you tell me?" She spoke after she had finished off the herbs and made full eye contact at the dragon.

[saphira]

"well yes i can right now your in part of energy peak." leaf told the dragon.

[Zetherus]

"Energy Peak! I've never heard of this place before so I guess I'm grateful to venture this far then!" She said with a odd unhappy gesture that followed her when she laid back down on the rock and curled her neck toward her belly to rest warmly for the slowly approaching afternoon.

[saphira]

leaf decided to let her sleep but cast a spell that let him know if she left the cave. with that he went outside with sapphire to asses the camp below them. "you could probably cast a lightning bolt on several of the tents to start a fire." sapphire observed. "that's a great idea!" he said and with that successfully set fire to some of the tents using lightning. soon half the camp was engulfed

[Midnightmoon]

"Ourias their forcing their way up the side! Take care of them." Dinara snarled, though not at the dark dragon. She turned her attention to Zephyr who was coming down the mountain again. "You've had your fun, now help stop their assent!" "Does this look like fun to you?!" Zephyr growled, zapping one enemy while another jabbed at him. He side stepped most of the attack but got nicked. Snarling he smashed the birds chin up and slashed it's throat. He followed up with aspin that sent it into yet another advancing bird. Dinara stopped the underground attack and gathered up a blob of water and flung it at a group, sweeping them off their feet and down the mountain face.

Minara circled far up in the sky with her escort. Taking a breath she gently took out a crystaline ball the size of her fist. Fern frost decorated the surface and ice poweder floated around the interior. "Well by pet, it's time to prove yourself again." Something formed in the cyrstals and a vague shape appeard and lpurplish- blue eyes looked out at her. "You were the first, and you won't be the last. Help me gain another." Minara whispered, stoking the globe with a tender hand. She paused another second in silence, then blew into motion. She bade Skern to hover and started making smooth complex stroke in the air in quick motions. This spell took longer to set up then the others she'd done. After a few minutes she had almost completed the circle when she looked down in hate at the blue spec bellow. Then she thrust the globe in the center of the seal, not noticing the flaw of the final circle.

The globe started to pulse with jagged crystal magic. first it was small, then it grew and Minara let go to let the thing float by itself. Retreating a short distance she turned back to look at her greatest acheivement as the crystal magic became a more physical form. Then all of a sudden a savage winter wind came up and scattered her escort and nearly knocked her from Skern. Then another and another, her gyradra's fell one by one as corpses as they were struck down by the unbeleivable cold and the tiny frozen water mites in the air froze and driven at them by the wind. Minara held on for her life to Skern, not that it mattered. "ISIS!" She screamed in terror as the ice mites blew into the vague shape dragon head with purplish eyes fell upon her, swollowing her whole. She and her mount fell through the bottom of the apperition and by the time they hit the ground to shatter, the form had disipated. All that was left that high in the altitude now was the globe, it's magic receiding. With no more magic to suport it the symbol shattered to the four winds and the globbe followed the dead witch.

It landed in the water of the new stream, it's chill freezing a barrier around it's surface and it floated with the current.

Bellow, after the witches demise, a contingent of gyradra's started to go wild, attacking anything that moved in a rage.

(OOC: RIP minara. heheh, I'm practically done now.)

[Nohiki]

OOC: @osm: I hope it's OK to use it, yell at me later if you have problem with it and i'll edit it ;D Feel free to take over her mid if you want.

"It's coming. Soon you'll have the rewards you desired." Lantea heard her uncle's voice in her head. She swung her whips for the last time, making her way to Phoenicia and Sol'Lux. "Duck and cover!" she said as a fireball was coming out of the sky. Lantea concentrated the whips into a ball lightning, having it circle around one of her hands. "Tea, RUN!" shouted Phoenicia when she noticed the fireball was heading right for her. Too late. when the dust around settled, both Phoenicia and the wizards were looking at Tea, holding a golden amulet. "This... ends... NOW!'" said the blue dragoness, merging the atlantean weapon and the amulet containing Visron's soul together and put it around her neck. She could feel the power like she never did before. Like it was part of her. Natural. "When did you go mad, dear?" said Phoenicia and boosted her shield to maximum, as Lantea swung her hands and massive storm erupted all around the place. Fed with the demigod's power and passing the wizard's guards due to the magic of the atlantean weapon, the lightning turned all wizards in the area into plasma. When the maelstrom ended, Lantea looked around. Her gaze fell upon her hand. She could see small bolts crackling between her fingers.