"It'll be fun! I promise!", Making their way to Guardian Mountains

[SilverRoseFox]

They had finally gotten out of the forest, and they found themselves in a large field. Melody smiled brightly, she threw her arms up, holding her staff above her head, the blade on one end glistening in the light from the sun, "Isn't it nice out, Kiyoshi?" She asked, spinning around on her heel a couple of times.

"Yes." Came Kiyoshi usual quiet reply, he smiled a small and shy grin, and looked up towards the sky. Across from them, on the other side of the field were the Guardian Mountians. He hoped silently that Melody didn't want to climb them alone,,, But Melody loved to explore, and the older girl would do anything to find a place she had yet to have been; not matter how dangerous it could be.

Melody lowered her hands, and held her staff to her side, "Okay! Let's go!" She starting marching towards the other side of the field, a smile still on her face, as she swung her arms at her sides, "Left, right, left, right, left right," She sang in a military type voice, matching her steps to it.

Apparently they were no longer trying to be quiet... Kiyoshi smiled at his 'elder sister's' antics, and followed after her, timing his own steps to match hers.

"Left, right, spin around," Melody jumped and spun, before continuing to walk. Kiyoshi didn't bother spinning, but laughed quietly as she did. Melody paused in the middle of the field, her bright blue eyes sparkling, "Let's sing a REAL song, okay?"

"Haritsumeta yumi no furueru tsuru yo, tsuki no hikari ni zawameku omae no kokoro," Melody began to sing, as she returned to walking. Kiyoshi followed, clapping his hands in rhythm with Melody's voice patterns.

"Togisumasareta yaiba no utsukushii sono kissaki ni yoku nita sonata no yokogao kanashimi to ikari ni hisomu." Melody paused, and took a deep breath, "Makoto no kokoro wo shiru wa mori no sei mononoke-tachi dake mononoke-tachi dake...."

Melody stopped singing for a minute, before turning to look at Kiyoshi, "This is going to be fun, you'll see!" She tilted her head to the side, and smiled brightly. "I promise."

Kiyoshi sighed and nodded. Feeling that he trusted her again, Melody turned around, and began to sing the song again, this time in a language Kiyoshi knew, "The trembling bowstring of a drawn bow
Pounding in the moonlight, your heart...."
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They came to a stop at the bottom of one of the mountains, and Kiyoshi felt his stomach tying itself in a knot. Maybe he could talk her out of this? Or maybe, hopefully, she would see how utterly dangerous this was. He glanced at her, and felt that hope slip away, the look on her face said that she couldn't wait to start this climb. "Umm... Melody?"

Melody looked at him, "Yes, Kiyoshi?"

"I'm not feeling to good..." He held his stomach, and let his gaze drop to the ground, a frown on his face. He really didn't want to climb this mountain, and risk them both getting killed... or.... They were in the Orun Territory, weren't they? What if a dragon got a hold them? Then what?

Melody's expression went from happy, and cheery to worried within a split second, "Oh? Are you okay? Maybe we should just find a place to camp for the night?" She asked, looking around. The only place she could see was back in the forest. It was a long walk, and she wasn't sure she wanted to make it again, with Kiyoshi not feeling good.

"Okay... I guess...." Kiyoshi replied, trying to fake a pained voice. He was about to say something else, when Melody knelt down, her back to him. "What..."

"I don't want you walking if you're not feeling well. We have to stay somewhere sheltered, and the only place that I can think of that's sheltered is in the woods. So, climb on." She looked over her shoulder, and gave him a smile.

Kiyoshi did as she asked, and climbed onto her back, and let her carry him across the field, and back towards the forest.

It took them a while, but when they got back to the forest, they were able to set up camp.

Melody gathered some sticks for them to burn, and Kiyoshi said a quick incantation to start the fire.

They sat together beneath the trees for a while, before sleep overwhelmed them both.... Kiyoshi lay close to Melody, his head resting on her shoulder, and her arm wrapped around his shoulders.

[King]

It had taken quite a while to trace that song, especially since it was so far away. Dragons, however, have excellent hearing. It wasn't long before the trio had reached the edge of the mountains and were looking down on the moonlit plains below them.

Taron looked out across the expanse and smirked when he spotted a small campfire, he turned to Aerix and Shane. "I do believe I found our songbird. Come. Time to spread our wings, Aerix."

Aerix mumbled something obnoxious and stretched his leathery wings, "Yeah, fine."

The Dragon King beat his coal-red wings a few times, testing their sleepy muscles. He turned to Shane and smirked arrogantly, "I assume you can make your way down." and with that he leapt into the night-time abyss. His great wings spread wide and beating, he shot into the air. Looking as regal as he acted.

The smaller dragon shrugged at Shane and jumped forward as well. They would reach the edge of the woods by sunrise, the odd pair still camping were in for quite a surprise.

[Pied Piper]

Shane watched as the two dragons soared to the ground. "Thank the lord I have this..." After he said that two dragon like wings came from his back. Were they wings? No not at all. But they are very similar. These pseudo-wings worked to let the wearer glide. Made by the goblins and sold to the band of entertainers. Shane had taken one before he left the caravan. He secured anything he had and put his hood over his head.

"Well here it goes" He then ran and jumped off the cliff soaring down quickly straight to the ground. He then landed beside Taron and Aerix. "You dragons and your wings..." He turned his head to the sorce of the singing and sound. This kind of melody was very rare. VERY rare, his mind traced over different things, random things acctually. "Taron that type of voice is rare without one of the Masks of the Sirens or the one I currently wear. But that voice is not alltered by magic of any sort. This may not alarm you but this person must be special. Of some use to us even....." he compacted the 'wings' and pulled down his hood. He brushed his left hand through his hair and thought of something, That type of voice is rare. I wonder who this person could be....

[SilverRoseFox]

Melody woke up, feeling Kiyoshi moving around next to her. She looked at him, and realized he was having a nightmare again. Kiyoshi suffered from constant nightmares, but he never told her what they were about... She wrapped her other arm around him, and pulled him closer, she began to hum a slow and calming melody, trying to calm him down.

After a few minutes, he stopped moving about so much, and she was able to lean back. She lay there with him, just humming quietly, hoping to keep him from having another nightmare.

As she hummed, she watched the fire, which was begining to die down...

[LadyChaotic]

A narrow eyebrow flicked up as Aerix watched the human land next to him. A wave of resentment washed over him, his father's prejiduces seeping in.

Wings are a dragon's gift, not something meant for the likes of any other race. Aerix shook his head slightly, ignoring his father's words. He leaned against a tree, idly picking at the scales on his abdomen. He really didn't even know what he was doing here with these people.

He saw a girl and a boy, an elf and a human. He couldn't help but feel that he'd really rather travel with them instead of these two lunatics, but what choice did he have? He didn't really feel like dying now, either.

[JierdeenFikraag]

Jierdeen finds himself wandering around looking to test his newest sleeping dart crossbow. He wanders aimlessly around examining the countryside. He sees several dragons and a few blurred humanoid figures. He jogs over bow poised, and eyes the creatures. As he gets closer he notices a blue dragon, "A dragon in this area? What are you doing here? I sense a great share ofconfusion inside you."

[Pied Piper]

Shane walked over to Aerix. He whispered so only he could here him, "If you think he is crazy you are not alone. I am only doing this to find out about this symbol. I doubt he knows anything though. But you never know." Shane walked cloase to the Elf and the Human.

He then called back to Aerix. "A warning, If you ever hear of a creature named Beelzebus becareful. he is a necromancer so loyal to plague he did not become a ghost he contenued to live as a skelleton and can use his powers with almost no limitation. He is very dangerous." He started to watch the girl and the boy.


But his attention soon turned to something else. He put on his mask and walked to the creature he spotted. "You there why are you spying on us?" The thing would see Shane had no weapons and think he would eb an easy target. But it would be wrong all too wrong. one attack made at him and he would hurt this man. By strikeing him with his flute.((i forgot if jierdeen is a human or not))

[JierdeenFikraag]

((Indeed he is human)) Jierdeen pointed his Dart Bow at the masked man. He quietly approached him. "Why do you have on that silly mask and why shouldnt I put youto sleep" jierdeen said in a half menacing have scared tone.....He summed up the maskedman andwas slightly mroe scared than he was at the beginning his hands trembled......

[Pied Piper]

Shane noticed the man's hands trembleing.Sacred. The man was scared. Might as well use this to my advantage He began to speak in a very deep and loud voice. This voice would normally be heard coming from a strong male dragon or a great minitaur. "Tell me do you like music?" Shane took out his flute and pulled his hood down. Behind his mask he smirked. He then licked his lips prepairing to play the flute if needed.

(ugh writers block ))

[King]

Taronvalios scowled and tightened his fists, the razor bladed guantlets creaking slightly under the pressure. He first turned to the blunt and incredibly irritating piper, "What the hells are the babbling about? Beelzebus? Where did that burst of insipid conversation arise from?"

He whipped around and stormed past Aerix to stand before the newest arrival, "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?! I don't know WHO'S confusion you're sensing, but frankly, I'd rather rip your intenstines out and wear them as a belt!" Than with an impatience fueled snarl his guantlet smashed into a nearby tree, splintering wood and sending it falling down with a mighty crash.

The Dragon King gave Aerix a quick glance, but otherwise paid him no heed. Taron instead walked past Shane and glanced at the two, VERY awake, small ones. "It was not my intention to intrude so bluntly. My servents are merely imbiciles. I only wished to hear you sing again." his face was full of fury, his eyes burning and his fists so tight they could turn coal into diamond. Yet he spoke genuinly, like royalty greeting his court guests.

[JierdeenFikraag]

An angry dragon and a flutist in a mask how much more weirder could things get thought Jierdeen. He felt more reassured now since the voice remindedhim of his minotaur friend."The only music I like is the ticking of a clock my masked friend, O and Mr. Dragon Im Jierdeen Fikraag gunsmith and marksman of the Xaeli clan" Jierdeen now felt a sense of pride that he was standing up to these 2 fiersome creatures.He relaxed a little

[Pied Piper]

"Taron I am not your servent. I am merely a hired hand. You can't get past the dragon gaurds without me. Remember that..." he cracked his neck and put his flute away. Ignorant dragon, he has no idea how strong beelzebus really is. I hope he gets attacked by him some time soon....


He cleared his throat then spoke once again, "Remember I am hired not your servent..I am the only way to get past the gaurds..." He stopped talking and most likely wouldn't talk for awhile. He pulled his hood back over his head.


(( I sooo hate writers block))

[LadyChaotic]

((Eating the board is a no-no.... Very impolite. Breaching rules of roleplay ettiquite.))

Aerix rose an eyebrow at the flut-player. "Alright, human," Not good. Usually he could control his prejiduces. "You've obviously never met the Alphas. If there's anyone who could introduce this dragon to my aunt and uncle, it's me. After all, I'm a blood relative. I don't think that a mask is going to hold any sway over them. Why waist time with blood shed and magic tricks when I can walk right in?"

Great, now he had a headache. He walked over to the campfire, ignoring Taron's rage (despite how impressive it was) and the stranger. He looked to the girl and her elf companion. "I'm sorry for all of this."

[King]

The Dragon King's wings twitched, he turned towards Shane, slowly, "You presumtious pile of pestulant fecal matter..." the air grew warm as he spread his wings and bared his very sharp teeth.

Taronvalios' gauntleted hands opened and closed, gnashing the air with barely contained bloodlust. "You assume I need you? I could crush them, with or without you. I decided bringing you along could be amusing, perhaps even beneficial." He clawed feet dug into the earth, his legs tight and ready for release.

"Yet you stride about, acting the part of king. I could break you without hesitation. I will not allow you insubordination within my ranks. You will bow to my leadership, leave, or die.", he exhaled a blast of draconic flame. It curled about the Dragon King's face, a viel of fury.

[Pied Piper]

"Well put Aerix. I am sorry for offending you. I don't wish to cause a dispute. it will waste time. I also don't doubt the power of the Alphas. I am but a simple human who can't understand dragons at all. I hope I did not hurt you in anyway." Shane walked over do a logg near the fire and sat on it. He ignored the Human and the Elf and just sat there quietly. He took out a clothe and began cleaning his flute.

Hundreds of miles away Beelzebus stood in a dark underground temple consulting with the Wretched Plague. "Beelezebus, I have granted you a gift to live and serve me. Don't turn your back on me. I can destory you. The skelleton replied, "Yes master"


Now back to Shane and the others. Shane finished cleaning the flute and started to hum a simple tune.