:[ Raziel's Place ]: ~ :[ Kira of Flames ]:

[Kira of Flames]

December 26th, 2006

What an interesting Christmas. Not only was I unable to spend it with my parents and family because they decided to go on a cruise to Alaska, but somehow I became a mother.... or at least a guardian of a child. On top of all of this, I'm now living in a forest by the most beautiful and unpolluted lake. The child I'm watching over I've named Raziel, and he's nothing I have ever seen before. He looks almost humanoid, with a devil's tail and wings.

He's very quiet and keeps to himself, and it seems that maybe he may have a hard time making friends if this habit isn't broken.... Oh well, it will be interesting to watch him grow up. I feel a bit too young to have to care for a child, but perhaps this will only be temporary if I can find his parents....

~Koorie  

[Kira of Flames]

March 12, 2007

Raziel has grown up so well, but I still worry for him being so stand-offish towards others. He seems more interested in his surroundings. He's always wandering off, and I find that if I don't keep a close eye on him, he's gone before I know it!

Raziel

Amethyst had wandered away again. She rather liked exploring by herself. The "others," as she thought of her family, only seemed to hold her back, always afraid she would get hurt or lost. That was part of the fun!

Speaking of lost, she had no idea where she was right now. It was a grassy area the long tendrils reaching up to tickle her arms as she slowly moved through the "jungle." You could tell it was spring out, the sky a perfect shade of blue with pearly wisps of clouds slowly floating across the endless expanse. She laid down on her back to watch, imagining the clouds were something else.

Raziel snickered to himself, propping himself up with the foliage of the area as he waddled. He was just learning to walk, and had become bored of waiting for Koorie to wake up from her short nap. He blinked, seeing another Pae in a clearing, and threw a rock in the direction, sitting down as his little legs gave out. The rock went into the grass, but it didn't go too far.

Amethyst sat up as she heard something land with a thud nearby. She scanned the area and saw another toddler - a boy. She frowned. Another toddler meant another big person that would pick her up and carry her away back to the "others." She looked around and finding none, decided maybe this boy was safe. She crawled over to him slowly, expecting an adult to jump out and scoop her up any second.

Raziel sat there, watching her. He then looked around and found another rock, picking it up. If she did something that would hurt him, he'd hit her with it.

Amethyst stopped short when she saw him pick up a rock. Hmm, so maybe that's what that sound was earlier. But wait, why was he throwing rocks at her? She hadn't done anything to him! She glared at him and stalked over the rest of the ways to him (that's is, if you can stalk and crawl at the same time). She plopped down in front of him and stared.

Raziel stared back at her, the reached over and poked her curiously. He blinked, seeing they both had tails. Slowly, he put the rock back down.

Amethyst's eyes grew big. He poked her!! The nerve! How dare he! Her wings fluttered behind her in agitation. She should poke him back. Or bite him. Or pull his hair. Each of these sounded equally appealing though and she couldn't decide which to retaliate with.

"Why poke Ame?" she finally demanded.

Raziel tilted his head when Amethyst spoke. He stayed quiet though, not one to talk much, even though he was learning quickly from Koorie. Instead, he sized Amethyst up, figuring out if he could win a fight if he had to.

Amethyst contemplated him for a few moments after receiving no answer. She crawled in a circle around him, looking him over as well, trying to judge his character. She hadn't met very many people in her adventures yet though, and wasn't a very good judge. The only thing she could tell for certain was that he was a demon like her, with wings and a tail. As she completed her circle, she moved in close, so close in fact, that their noses where almost touching each other as she glared into his eyes.

"Why you poke Ame?" she demanded again.

Raziel looked back at her. "A...me?" He stuck his hand out, placing a finger on Amethyst's chest. He didn't quite understand social situations, since he preferred to wander away from them, but for some reason, this girl kept his small toddler attention very grasped. He blinked his eyes a little.

Amethyst sat back on her heels, wondering what in the world he was talking about. Of course she was Ame! She pointed back at herself. "Me Ame" and then at him. "Who you?"

Raziel blinked, then smiled and laughed. He then pointed to himself. "Me, Raveel" He grinned, thinking he made a friend.

Ame repeated the name after him "Raveel." It was a nice name, certainly not as nice as hers, but still nice. She waved one chubby hand at him in greeting, saying "Hi Raveel" and tugging on a pigtail with the other hand. She had temporarily forgotten her all important poking question.

Raziel grinned and tilted his head. "Ame pway?" His demon tail swished a bit on the ground. His grin, though a little friendly, was very mischievous and had a promise of trouble.

Ame looked around suspiciously...where was Raveel's big person? She didn't like big people. At all. And little kids didn't just wander around without their big people. Well, 'cept her.

"Where you big person" she finally asked the boy toddler?

Raziel looked around and shrugged. "Nappy-time fo Kowee" He then looked around himself. "Where your?" He grabbed his feet, playing with them a bit and feeling a little restless.

"Me no like big sis. She 'noy Ame." She nodded enthusiastically.

"Let pway then. What Raveel want pway?

Raziel grinned even bigger. "Westle!" He was a rough houser, he liked rolling around in the dirt. It was a shame that Pastela was still too young for him to really play with. The baby could hardly crawl and Koorie had forbade him to wrestle with her.

Ame blinked. Westle? Her little mind scanned over all the games her big people had taught her to play, but she didn't know remember a game called westle.

"How pway westle?"

Raziel grinned and let out a snicker. "I sow!" He suddenly tackled her, giggling and holding her by the shoulders. "Pin 'ou!" He got off of her and sat back down. "You twy!"

Amethyst suddenly found herself lying on her back, unable to move. She sat back up and looked him over carefully as he released her. So that's what westle was.

Ame narrowed her eyes. So he wanted to play fight did he. Well, she bet she could kick his little diapered butt. She reached out and grabbed his arm to pull him off balance. Meanwhile her little wings where fluttering faster than the eye could see, as she lifted herself up and sat down on his chest once she had pulled him down.

"Ame win!"

Raziel, try as he might to squirm from her hold, couldn't roll Ame over. He then did something he saw Koorie do once to Pastela. He reached up and began to try to tickle Ame on her side and under her arms with his little fingers.

Amethyst scowled down at the little boy wondering what in the world he was doing. It felt funny, a slight tingling, but nothing more. She didn't like being touched so much though and slid off him to glare at him some more.

"What Raveel do?"

Raziel looked disappointed. "Awwwww" He groaned. "Ame no tikwish...." Somehow, he managed to roll onto his side. He then grabbed Ame's side and used his body to roll her over so he was sitting on her.

Ame found herself on her back again! And this time he was sitting on her. She struggled to get free but wasn't able to wiggle her way out. She finally just reached back and grabbed hold on his wings and pulled! just as hard as she could.

"Off!!"

Raziel's eye widened as pain shot through his wings. Instead of crying, he grabbed Ame's pig tails, pulling them as well. "OW!"

Hey that hurt!!! Meanie! Well if he thought she was going to let him win just cause he pulled her hair...well he didn't know her very well. She grasped his wings tighter and used them to pull him closer until he was within range. She lifted her head as far as she could with him pulling her pigtails and bit him hard on the arm, sinking her few, tiny little teeth down as hard as she could.

Raziel dug his soft nails into Ame's scalp, bitting her shoulder. He would show this little pae who was tougher; him!.

Amethyst opened her mouth in a cry when she was bitten. That was her move! Cheater! She re-latched onto him with her sharp teeth, this time into the soft fleshy tissue of his ear.

Raziel whimpered and let go when his ear was bitting on, trying to pull away from Ame. He then started hitting her a bit, trying to fight against the pain coming from those sharp little teeth.

Ame grinned wickedly and released his ear to better defend herself against his little fists. But now that he wasn't grabbing her pigtails she could use her hold on him against him. She raised up her legs and placed them over his chest pushing him back with them.

Raziel rolled so that he was the one on the ground, but he grabbed Ame's pigtails again, pulling her with him. Something about this was kind of fun to him. It was like extreme wrestling.

Ame blinked, surprised to find herself back on top. How did that happen? Oh well, more maneuverability.

Ow! The little punk pulled her pigtails again! 'Let's see how he likes it' the girl thought as she released her hold on his wings and moved to grab two fist fulls of hair. But somehow she lost her balance on top of him and lurched forward, slamming her forehead hard into his, head butting him.

Raziel let out a small whimper of pain, then gritted his teeth and kicked up into Ame's stomach with his feet. His leg muscles were a little stronger then Ame's because of his practiced walking.

Ame wasn't as quick to bounce back as Raziel, the shock of pain flooded her head leaving her rather dazed for a moment. So when the boy kicked into her stomach, she found herself pushed off of him, landing nearby on the soft grass.

Raziel blinked, moving quickly over to Ame and tried to pull her back upright. "Ame ok?" He had a hint of worry on his face, and deep down he hoped that she wasn't hurt. He liked this playmate.

Ame used his moment of concern to clear her head and plan her next move. As he reached out to help her, her arm snaked out grabbing his and pulling him forward onto his stomach. Once he was down she used her wings once again, flapping wildly in the air, to help her sit down squarely on his back, pinning him down.

Ame giggled evilly. "Ame win!"

Ame moved so quickly, it almost made Raziel's head spin. He had to blink a bit to clear his head and realize what just happened. He then laughed himself. "Ame Win." This was the first time he'd lost to someone.

Ame giggled more and clapped her hands together happily for a few moments before climbing off Raziel to play with her tail. "Fun! What we pway now?"

Raziel sat up and grinned. "Pebble look!" He got onto his knees and started to crawl around, even though he could walk, looking for pebbles that caught his eye.

Ame watched as he crawled around. What was pebble look? It looked kinda boring anyway so she just sat, her eyes following him, while she kept playing with her tail. She usually forgot she had one but for some reason today it captivated her attention. Right now she had it between her legs trying to stretch it's pointed end far enough to get it into her mouth - after all what else could a tail before if it wasn't tasty? It wasn't quite long enough though and as she leaned down to it, she must have bent too far because suddenly, she rolled over in a somersault. Ame blinked her eyes in surprise and giggled. That was fun!!!

Raziel grinned and held up a shiny black pebble. "AME! Lookie wa' I find!" He blinked, seeing Ame rolling over. It looked like it was fun, and he saw Ame giggling. He decided to try it himself, flipping himself over in a ball. It was fun! He started laughing.

Ame was distracted from her rolling by his shout. She couldn't see what he had held up in his hand and was mildly curious, so she started to crawl over to take a look, but was almost run over by a rolling ball of blue toddler. She scowled at him for a moment before her face broke out in a grin of her own and giggled with him some.

"What Raveel find?"

Raziel grinned back at her, a little dizzy. He then held out a sparkling white stone with a slight pink tint to it. It was rose quartz. "Pwetty?" He rubbed his arm a bit, where he had 'found' this other stone by rolling over it.

Ame squinted to look at what the boy had in his hand. It was a little hard to see so she snatched it out of his grasp to examine it closer, turning it over and over with her tiny little fingers. Finally she look back up at him with a glare and clutched it to her chest protectively.

"Mine" she yelled at him, daring him to come and take it back from her.

Raziel blinked, tilting his head. "You no want this one?" He held out the pretty black pebble that sparkled in the sunlight.

Ame's arm shot out to snatch this one from his hand as well.

"It Ame's too."

Raziel blinked when the toddler Pae had taken both stones. "Ok..... You wanna look fow mowe? He tilted his head, wondering what Ame would find if she did join him. Her eyes probably would find something super shiny and starkly.

Amethyst thought for a moment before nodding her head. "'Tay. We go look. But Ame get all pwety ones. Get lots of pwety shiney rocks, all twesure for Ame. " She started to crawl off a ways, but discovered it was slightly difficult to while attempting to keep a tight grip on her new treasure. She looked around for a place to leave them but her eyes landed on Raziel instead and she frowned...she couldn't leave him where he could get to them...she didn't trust him at all. So instead she just shoved them into her diaper...they should be safe there.

Raziel ignored Ame's demands about getting all the pretty ones and looked for ones that caught his eyes. He had taken some bark and covered his pile with it, letting the different pebbles of size, shape and color rest under the bark safely.

Ame continued to crawl around looking for stones, occasionally ripping out tufts of grass she thought were hiding some nice ones, and shoving them into her diaper along with the other ones. Before long she crawled back over to Raz and demanded "Where Ame's pwety rocks?"

Raziel smirked and handed her some oddly shaped pebbles. "What Ame tink is pwetty is diff'ent fwom Rafeel." The pebbles in her hands were in fact, very interesting. They were different shapes, sizes, and a few had some color variation. Raziel pointed to one. "I like dat one best. Wooks wike wing."

Ame looked them over carefully, before shoving all but one into her diaper. It was starting to get rather full and heavy. The one rock she held back out to Raziel, thinking she should at least let him keep one, especially his favorite.

"Here. You keep rock you like more."

Raziel blinked, then took the rock from Ame. "Tank you, Ame." He smiled to her brightly. "You no empty dieppy soon, it fall off." He giggled a little at the idea of rocks spilling out of her diaper.

Amethyst's face flamed and she reached down with both hands to grab the sides of her diaper and hold them up.

"Nuh uh!" she cried back at him.

Raziel giggled more at Ame's reaction, clapping his hands in amusement. His wings fluttered a bit and he blinked, feeling his bottom float off the ground before his little wings got tired again. He thumped back onto the ground and giggled, clapping his hands again. "FUN!"

Ame glowered at him thinking he was laughing at her. When he fly up in the air she scowled even more. Was he trying to showoff? Pft, well she could fly higher than that! "Ame fly higher than Raviel!!" She gathered all her energy and started to flap her wings as fast as she could. She had just lifted her bottom off the ground when to her surprise she couldn't manage to get any higher than that no matter how hard she beat her wings. She had flown higher than that before, what was the matter?? She looked down and noticed her diaper was hanging down some - it was all those rocks fault! She fumed. The fact that Raziel was right made her even madder.

Amethyst came back down to the ground with barely a thump and huffed. "Well Ame can. Just not want to right now." She crossed her arms in a pout.

Raziel blinked and tilted his head to the side. "Why Ame not take wocks out? I no take them...." It seemed like a simple solution to him. He started playing with one of his toes, rocking back and fourth a bit.

Ame looked him over carefully. He hadn't tried to take them before, maybe she could trust him. "Otay" she said as she reached into her diaper to pull out a handful of rocks and place them on the ground next to her. "But you take and Ame hurt you!" She held out a fist menacingly.

Raziel puffed his cheeks and chest out. He put his hands on his side. "I no take them!" He said, a little angrily. "I awedy say I not take 'em." Couldn't she trust him? If he had really wanted the rocks, he would have just kept them himself. Koorie had taught him that sharing was good, among some other things.

Ame couldn't explain why, but she felt like she had done something wrong. She'd never felt this way before, not even when Alaera told her off. And she didn't like the way it made her feel either. Her face lost its menace and she reached another hand into her diaper. "Sowwy. Here Raviel take these." She held her hand out to him, full of rocks as a token on her apology.

Raziel kept his look for a few more seconds, then reached out and closed Ame's fingers around the stones. "Wocks were picked for Ame." He smiled, a little sheepishly. It was a little awkward to be around someone else, he wasn't used to social situations. Somehow he knew though, that the moment he had gotten Ame's attention, he wouldn't be able to block her out.

Ame looked at his hand closed around hers. He didn't want her rocks? She was confused. No one had ever shared with her, Sylvestanya and Asrai were always everyone's favorites cause they were specialer. She didn't know what to do now - better just pretend nothing happened.

"What we pway now?"

Raziel looked around a bit, then grinned. "Les pway Espwowes...." He liked exploring, despite that a lot of the time he kept to himself. The more he knew about the surroundings, the more he would be able to be more mischievous to Koorie.

Ame looked at him with a blank face. She had no idea what espwowes was. 'Course she didn't play with many other children her age either. "Wha that?"

Raziel blinked. She hadn't heard of Espwowes before?! How strange! Koorie always had him play that when she needed to rest. He sat down, tugging on his tail, trying to figure out the best way to explain it. "Is when you goes awound wookin at stuffs...."

Ame titled her head, still a little confused at his description. It sounded kind familiar....did he mean? "Like 'splore?"

Raziel nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah! 'Cept we in a different pwace! Like snowy pwace! Or maybe dwy!"

Ame frowned again. Just when she thought she understood. "But no snowy here."

Raziel pointed to his forehead. "Pwetend! Use Im a... Ima..." Koorie had tought him this word, but it just didn't like going across his mouth. "Imavination!"

Ooooh so that's what he meant. When explored usually she just wandered around looking at stuff, but when you're a toddler you can't get around too far and looking at the same old things everyday got a bit boring so sometimes she imagined adventures and new places. But never with anyone else before.

"Otay. We pwetend. "

"What Ame want to pwetend?" Raziel smiled and slowly and shakily stood up, excited. He was glad to have met Ame, she was the first person out side of Koorie and her charges that he had met.

 

[Kira of Flames]

Continued

Ame watched in wonder as Raziel stood up successfully. She had done so before too, but had always fallen down later and usually ended up with a scraped knee. She pushed aside her competitive nature...she didn't want an owwie today. Instead she thought for a moment on how to answer his question but nothing good popped into her head. She wasn't very good at this.

"Raveel pick."

Raziel blinked, a little surprised by Ame's question, well, more like demand. He nodded and reached out to Ame, deciding that maybe questioning her and putting her competitive drive back to the surface wasn't the smartest idea. "Ok!" He grasped her arms and used all his might to lean backwards to get Ame off the ground.

Ame's eyes grew big as she was suddenly being pulled off her feet. She couldn't stand up yet (well for very long anyways), what was he doing! She was going to fall and get hurt and she did NOT want an oowie today. Oowies meant that Alaera would fawn over her and coddle her and not let her go exploring for awhile. And she hated being caged up and treated like that. While she was lost in the thoughts, Raziel somehow managed to pull her up, and she realized she was standing Ame clung to him for support.

Raziel blinked, feeling Ame cling to him. He looked down at the girl, concerned. "Ame afwaid?" He was worried for her, he didn't want his only friend to be hurt or scared of him. He was actually having fun being around her.

Ame quickly let go to put her hands on her hip and defiantly yell "No!" But a moment later when she felt herself starting to wobble she reached back out and grabbed his shoulder to steady herself.

Raziel, not understanding why Ame was still clinging to him, caught her by the arms when she grabbed him again, trying to help steady her. "Why Ame hold Raveel?"

Ame wretched her arms out of his again. She hated needed someone's help just as much being caged. Starting to teeter again she held her arms out for balance this time instead of holding onto Raziel. She bit her lip before answering, reluctant to admit to him that he was better at standing up than she was..."Ame no stand. Ame fall lots."

Raziel blinked, looking at the teetering Ame. His small little mind was trying to figure out why he could stand and she couldn't, when he blinked. "Bawance wit wings...." He spread his own wings out and fluttered them a bit to show her. "Maybe help?"

Ame snorted at his suggestion. Well that was the stupidest thing she'd heard all day. But her gaze happened to fall across his hopeful, eager, helpful looking face and Ame just sighed. She might as well try it just to humor him. She spread her wings out from their folded up position and flapped the lightly to stretched them out. It felt weird at first to hold them out for so long instead of folding them up to protect the delicate little things like she normally did, but after a moment it wasn't quite as hard. And she noticed she was balancing better and not wobbling so much. It actually worked! She suddenly felt a bit silly and her cheeks blushed as she mumbled out "Oh. Tanks."

Raziel couldn't help but grin. "No pobwem!(problem)" He pointed to a rock. "Lez climb the wock! It's a biiiiig mountain!" As he emphasized the word 'big', he stretched his arms up as tall as he could for visual emphasis.

"Wace!!" Ame cried out before taking off running, her wings flapping as she used them for balance occasionally getting lifted off the ground as a slight gust of wind brushed past her wings, skipping her along. As she neared the rock, she glanced back to see if he was following her.

Raziel was blinking in a bit of a stupor, and when he finally realized what was going on, she was already a good yard away from him. He quickly ran after her, tilting his wings so they lay flat to give him a bit more balance. Little did he know was that it also helped him be a little more arrow-dynamic. Little by little he gained on to Ame.

Ame was surprised to see, that when she looked back, Raziel was catching up and quite close. She put some more speed on and moved in front of him. If she couldn't run faster than him, she'd just have to get in his way and block him from getting there first.

Raziel let out a shout of frustration, then lost his balance, tumbling forward. Natural instincts kicking in, he reached forward to grab the nearest thing to get his balance; Ame's tail and wings. One hand grabbed a wing, the other grabbed her tail as he fell to the ground, letting out an 'oomph'.

When Ame heard Raziel's shout of frustration a grin started to spread across her face and she opened her mouth to let out her own shout, one of triumph. But her shout turned into one of surprise as she felt something latch onto her tail and wing and pull rather painfully, stopping her forward motion and actually causing her to fall backwards and tumble head over heels.

Raziel winced and knocked his head against Ame's by accident. "Ah!" Pain shot through the side of his head where it had hit against Ame. He tried to regain balance, but fell onto the ground, nursing his head now. "Owies...." Tears were starting to brew in his eyes from the pain.

A scowl started to cross Ame's face as she rubbed the rising painful bump on her head and she raised her eyes to start to glare at the cause of her now aching head, tail, and wings. But when she did, she couldn't help but notice he was doing the exact same thing as she was, just in the opposite direct. It was like looking into a mirror. She couldn't help herself, Ame start to lightly giggle and then burst out in laughter, completely forgetting about her pain.

Raziel wiped away his tears and looked at Ame like she was crazy. Wasn't her head hurting? If it was, why was she laughing of all things? This Pae must have been taught some very strange habits.

The bewildered look on Raziel's face was priceless. Her laughter only intensified as she fell do the ground and started rolling around in amusement.

Feeling a little weird, and knowing that Ame was laughing at him, Raziel had no idea what to do. That is, until he saw the rock they were racing to. Slowly he stood up, then started the race again, moving towards the rock. He didn't stop or look back until he was on the rock, huffing, his wings sprawled out on both of his sides. "I...win...." It was the only way he knew how to react to Ame, to take advantage of her distraction.

Ame continued laughing and rolling on the ground - at least until she heard the soft "I win." The laughter immediately faded away and she sat up to look up to the rock. Her face clouded over as she saw him there. She stood up and stalked angrily over to the rock, hands on her hips.

"You cheated!"

Raziel sat up, still breathing a little heavily. "Nuh uh! I no cheat!" He frowned a bit, frustrated now. He crossed his arms over his chest.

Ame was grumpy now. She stomped her feet as she screamed "Cheat Cheat Cheat Cheat!" crossing her arms over her chest as well.

Raziel huffed now, scruntching up his nose. "I no cheat! Liah Liah Liah!" He stuck his tongue out at Ame and then turned his head away from her, mad. He never cheated.

"Yeah huh!!! You wait 'til Ame busy giggly at us and then you cheated! " She plopped down on the ground next to the rock with her back to him and pouted.

"You cheated too! You wun off wit out say'ng 'weady set go!' You cheated so NYAH!" He stuck his tongue out again at her, this time giving her a big wet raspberry. "THBPBPBPBPBPB!"

Ame stuck her tongue back out at him. "Yeeahs well you pull Ame down just to make her fall, so you cheated more!!"

Raziel turned around, enraged. "I no mean to!" His little fists shook in tight balls by his side, and he stormed off, close to tears in frustration.

Ame turned around when she heard his footsteps growing distant. Where did he think he was going? She got up and followed him, hovering right behind him. "Where you go?"

"Fah Fah away." There was a little hint of pain in the little Pae's voice and he moved even faster now, his wings fluttering. He didn't know how to react to these emotions, and this was his first friend, so he didn't want to hurt her or upset her any more than she already was.

Ame picked up her pace struggling to keep up with him. He could sure walk fast when he wanted. "Why you go fah fah way?"

"Cause I 'set Ame.... No want Ame hurt anymore." Raziel took a quickly glance over his shoulder, then looked back ahead. He couldn't figure out why the toddler was following after him.

"Owwie not hurt that much. It be all bwetta soon. 'Sides, Raviel showed Ame how to walk. That not hurt!" She kept following him...she didn't understand why he kept walking away from her. "Does Raviel not like Ame no more?"

Raziel turned around, blinking. He then shook his head vigerously. "Raviel just no wanna huwt Ame's feewings..." He looked down at the ground, feeling a little embarassed.

"You no hurt Ame's fweeings. Ame having fun till wock. But we no play that game no more. New game!" She was glad he hadn't said no. She didn't really have any other friends either.

Raziel was a little taken back, but he smiled a little. He was happy as well that she still wanted to be friends with him, her being the first pae he knew outside of Koorie and Pastela and Shale. "Otay..... Ame is Raziel's bes fwiend." He smiled to her.

"Yay" Ame clapped her hands enthusiastically and jumped up and down. "Raviel Ame's bwest fwend too" she said with a gigantic yawn, while trying to cover her mouth with her hand.

She plopped down on the ground. "Ame tired" she announced.

Raziel, catching that contagious yawn, plopping on the ground beside Ame. "Raviel tired too...." He yawned again, stretching his arms, legs, and wings out. He then lay down on the grass. "Ame nap time too?"

The yawn Raziel received in response probably answer his question, but Ame still nodded sleepily. Her eyes were getting heavy as she pulled herself over to the little boy and laid down next to him. "Ame go nini now." She yawned again.

Raziel snuggled into the other toddler, sleeping soundly and happily. It had been fun playing with her, but definitely exhausting. His wings fluttered a bit in his sleep until they finally rested folded against his back.

Alaera walked through the fields of grass nearby the forest and the HQ. She hadn't seem Amethyst for hours and was really starting to get worried. She had looked everywhere it seemed, and still the toddler remained elusive.

"Amethyst??" Amethyst where are you?" she called out in exasperation.

Koorie was moving swiftly through the forest. "Raziel! Raziel, please answer me!" She had left for all of an hour to go foraging for food, and had been sure to settle the three young Pae she watched over down for a nap. She had come back to find the oldest one missing.

"Raziel! Please, come out where ever you are!" She cried out, feeling desperate. She had to find him.

Alaera paused as she caught the fadings of another voice, one that sounded just as worried as her own. She turned from her path to follow the voice to its owner. One thing she knew well was that trouble usually came in multiples and she had a feeling Amethyst may have found a partner in crime.

Finally coming upon the owner of the voice, she asked the woman "Umm excuse me, have you seen a purple demon toddler girl?"

Koorie looked over to the Pae. This one looked different from Raziel, and she assume her to be full grown. "No, I regretfully haven't. You haven't seen a little blue and greenish demon toddler boy running around have you?"

Alaera shook her head, regretfully. "No, sorry I haven't. I think the toddlers on this island have a tendency to wander off on their own" she laughed lightly. "Would you care to look together?"

Koorie smiled and nodded. "Sure, we'd be able to cover more ground together. My name is Koorie, and the child I'm searching for is named Raziel." She knew it would be best to pair up with someone who might know the land better than she.

The demon pae smiled. "My name is Alaera. Nice to you meet you. And the little one I've managed to lose is Amethyst" She laughed again. She resumed calling out "Amethyst" but this time added in "Raziel." After taking a few steps though she stopped and listened intently. She thought she had heard something. Turning to Koorie she asked "Did you hear that?"

Koorie, who had been calling for Raziel and Amethyst, stopped and grew quiet. After a few moments, she looked to her companion. "It almost sounds like snoring....."

Alaera continued to listen for a moment before nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I think you're right. And it sounds like it's coming from over there." She pointed to a cluster of tall grasses that were swaying slightly in the breeze. Walking over she looked down and started laughing under her breath, gesturing for Koorie to come over and join her.

Koorie walked over and smiled a little, covering her mouth to hid a chuckle. There in the grass were two little trouble making toddlers, snoring away in a sleep. She looked to Alaera. "Should we wake them?" She whispered.

Alaera raised an eyebrow at the girl. "You haven't been doing this long have you? Either that or Raziel is waaaay better behaved than any toddler I've ever met. You never want to wake a toddler up once they've fallen asleep." She laughed lightly with a smile "It's the only break we get from the chaos they bring while they're awake!" She bent down and gently gathered the sleeping girl up in her arms, trying to disturb her nap. "No, I think it's better we just take them. They look like such angels when they sleep don't they?"

Koorie smiled and picked Raziel up. "I suppose I am blessed, but for a while I was worried with him. He tended to be a bit of a loner, and stayed away from others. I'm really glad to see he's made a friend." She smiled down at the sleeping tot in her arms lovingly.

"Same with Amethyst. Actually I think this is the first person she's met that's her age that's not family. " Alaera shifted the girl in her arms - when did the toddler get so heavy she thought, not knowing about the collection of rocks stashed in her diaper. She smiled at Koorie "I better get her home before she wakes up. It was nice meeting you. "

Koorie smiled and nodded her head. "Mutually, it was wonderful meeting you. I hope that these two can get together and play again sometime soon." She shifted Raziel so that his head was resting on her shoulder, his small body curled up in her arms.

"Oh definitely! " Alaera replied secretly thinking she may have found herself a babysitter in Amethyst's new friend. Well not really a babysitter but someone to keep the toddler occupied. Raziel certainly looked like a cutie, especially while sleeping. She smiled at the adorable scene. "Well, I better be going I've got a long walk back to the forest. I'm assuming you live in HQ?"

"Oh ok. Most of the humans around here live in HQ. Maybe I'll take you there one day, it's a very useful place. We live in the forest there by the lake, so maybe we will run into each other someday." Ame was growing heavy. "Well, take care!" She turned and started walking to HQ herself. She didn't think she could carry the toddler the whole way home. They could both take a nap at HQ and walk home later.

Koorie smiled and waved her good bye to Alaera, then began her own trek to the camp. She wouldn't stop until she got there, since she had to leave the other little ones alone. Getting back was a first priority to her.

Once we had gotten back to camp, and Raziel awoke from his slumber, he told me all about Amethyst and how much he liked playing with her. I was so happy to know that he had finally made a friend with a different Pae.

~Koorie

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