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Edel looked at the young woman for another long moment, then glanced back at the young ghost behind her. "Well then... we'd better try and see if we can find out what is going on." she said, and motioned for Mira to move out of their way. Pendragon could probably tell the girl wasn't alive... but it still tended to odd people out to have such visible and physical apparitions walk through you.

Miranda nodded, then floated back out of the doorway.

Edel turned back to Pendragon and motioned for her to follow. "It will be easier to discuss things inside. There I can show you more about.... my world. And we can figure out what has happened." Edel replied.

Thinking about it... she hadn't looked around the world yet today. Her appointments never showed up. She woke up feeling odd. Perhaps SHE was the one who'd gotten tossed into something new.

Edel smiled lightly as she continued leading Miranda and Pendragon through the hallway. "I've prided myself in what I've been able to collect and grow throughout the years. I originated in Europe, but reincarnation has made me more American bound. There are areas all over the globe that are seeping with magic. Most of which are hibernating. This place was an abandoned colonial town. I bought it and made it my own. Using the natural magic of the land to help my own magic recreate this sanctuary and the town around it. As long as I keep the land healthy with magic, I have no problem keeping magic permeating every stone and blade of grass under my dome." she replied.

Suddenly the older woman stopped, for seemingly no reason at all. She held a hand up, to motion the girls behind her to remain silent. She looked around a moment, listening.

Then she frowned. "Oh, no." she said softly. Then she immediately turned and tried to motion for Pendragon to head back the way they came. "Out. Back outside. Quickly now."

"Outside..." Edel repeated. Her voice a low growl this time. "I don't wish for my home to be partly destroyed because my-" she began. But it was too late.

There was a long, low rumble from under the floorboards. Then a few decorations on the walls began to shake. Then the walls themselves shook. Decorations fell off the walls. And the sound of busting rock and molten liquid bubbling and boiling began to fill the hall.

Edel cursed under her breath and turned her attention to the floor. She aimed her hands downwards and shouted something in a long-forgotten language. Instead of stopping, whatever it was practically exploded through the floor under Pendragon. Forcing her through the ceiling, next floor, floor above that, roof, and finally threw her away from the house.

Standing in the center of the roof was a molten, flaming dragon. It's horns on fire, its scales glowing like molten rocks, its eyes glowing, and it's two foot long claws digging into the roof. The creature looked as large as the house

The creature roared at her. Sparks flying from it's mouth as it tried to crawl out of the hole it had made in the building. Edel shouted something in that same unfamiliar language, and the creature took one brief moment to look down at her. Then it turned back to Pendragon, growled, and shoved it's way onto the roof and out into the yard. Destroying half of the roof on it's way out.


With it's feet firmly on it's ground, the creature twisted and curled itself into a more mobile position. It had no wings, just one long tail filled with spikes. The way it had attacked, it was safe to say the creature was more adapted to living underground than flying.

The creature growled and reared back as she reached out to it. Hissing and jerking it's tail back and forth, sending trails of flames across the ground where the tail swept past. But.. it did not seem to want to attack her again. Or back away. She was standing her ground, the dragon was standing it's ground. Though it seemed to be caught between angry and intrigued at the stranger.

The dragon grunted and kept his full attention on the floating woman. He growled lightly, but other than that didn't seem to know what to do. The intruder wasn't attacking him, wasn't running away, wasn't injured by him, and was...

The creature snorted once and shook his head. Seemingly displeased with having it's nose touched. Then he focused on the woman again. No longer growling, no longer spitting fire or laying waste to the grass around him with his tail.

The creature snorted again and shook slightly as she pet him. He wasn't used to having someone touch him it seemed, and the fact that he wasn't moving away from her completely suggested that he wasn't sure how he felt about it.


Edel was standing in the doorway of her home. Both hands resting on the door frame, her attention fully on Pendragon and her... well dragon, and her mouth parted slightly in amazement.

Miranda floated up behind her as the she watched Pendragon as well. A broken chunk of ceiling fell somewhere behind them, but neither seemed to notice.
"Well, would you look at that?"

"..........yes. That's.... unusual for Mars." Edel replied quietly.

"The... not chasing the powerful intruder out of his territory part? The not trying to burn her to a crisp, eat her, or smack her into the next state part? Or the fact that he's actually allowing someone to touch him." Miranda asked with a grin.