Friday, March 25, 2005

Chapter 17 (sooo srry for the wait)

Tyrrea walked shaky legged out of the cave. She had just made a coat out of thin air, and her exhausted feet did not wish to take her any farther. She ached, mind and body, but knew that she must gather the materials for two people in more pain than she could imagine, even at this moment. Her swerving path down past all of the birds showed Aguilo and Destina just how drained she felt, and they rushed to her side, Aquilo almost tripping over his new, warm coat.
Destina’s big hulking mass tried to fumble over the great hawks, but truly the walkway was more than big enough even for a dragon because it was made to fit three hawks breast-wise. The sleeping birds snored and whistled while their minds swam through images of color, or black and white; amazing scenes, or normal ones; their dreams. The jagged peaks encircled a great plateau in the heart of the great landform.
Tyrrea continued on her swerving path, but faltered when her tired legs dragged on a stone. She tumbled over, flipped down a few times, and finally landed face up in the grey-black rubble. The pair of huge animals doubled their pace at the site of that elf’s fall, and when they had reached her, she was just struggling up, her arms scratched and bruised; fatigue showing in her very being. At that moment Destina lost all hope of saving Brea and Timerian, but nuzzled her dear friend, helping her stand straight.
With Aquilo’s help, Tyrrea was soon on the dragon’s back. With a defeated look, Destina started to walk down the mountain.
“Destina; wait just a moment, where will you be going for the next ingredient.” Aquilo inquired.
“Home; Tyrrea and I would kill ourselves long before we gathered all of the ingredients.” Destina said, head slumped; almost dragging across the ground.
“Wait. Maybe I could help. What do you need? We birds could gather some of the items while you put Tyrrea to bed, and you could join us afterward.”
Destina’s head shot up, and the joy shined bright in her yes as she asked out of disbelief “You would do that for us?”
“Of course, I mean, I might as well not have lost all of my feathers for nothing!” He said flapping around his wings in a manner to show his now cloak.
She turned tail in a flash that no one would believe possible for a creature so large, and squeezed her neck around Aquilo in a huge dragon hug. “Thank you! Thank you! All right, then we will have to wake them all. Better yet, I will tell you the ingredients that you might be able to find alone, and you wake them to tell them and head out while I put Tyrrea to bed…”
“Don’t I have a say in this.” Tyrrea grunted in a weak voice as she struggled to a sitting position.
“Tyrrea, you are in no condition to come along. If you INSIST on doing something, go to the hospital wing, and look after Brea and Timerian WHILE you lay down yourself, all right?”
Tyrrea pouted, then grunted at the pain of that simple movement, and had no choice but to agree.
“As I was saying, I will fly Tyrrea home, and you wake them up. I’ll catch up with you. Some of the ingredients are two flowers from the Allamanda Cathartica, and two flitallaries. I should be caught up with you by that time. Mind you the flitallaries must be from human land, so we must go at night.” All, right, I must go. Please make haste.”
With that Destina once again traveled down the hill, but this time she held her head and tail high.

finally got the next chapter up^^
tell me wat u think, i AM BUILDING UP TO SOMETHING MIND U
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