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Rengeki smiled and ruffled Silver's hair. "Sure thing, kid. Its really simple, so long as you don't stab yourself with the dagger," he said with a bit a of a nod. The pair trotted down the alley, unseen by most people. He stopped the horses at the outlet of the alley.

A rather nice looking car raced down the street. Rengeki's horse reared in distain. The Prince coughed. "I hate those things... I remember a time horses and your own feet were the way to go. This is disgusting..." he said with a glare after the car. The horses hoped the road into another alley and continued on their way.

"If only the old ways had stayed... After the war... it seemed everything decided to jump ahead four centuries..." he shook his head solemly, leading the horses out in a main thorough fair. The street was quieter than the others. It was the outsider district, the place where all the shunned races stayed. Surprisingly, it wasn't a mess of slums and chaos. The district was very clean and many of the races did trade.

It was as if they'd jumped back in time. No cars drove down the cobblestone streets. Horse drawn carts filled the streets instead. Rengeki seemed to sigh in content.

"This," he said, jesturing to the scene in front of him, "is what Beist and Patr should be like. This is the Patr I remember."

The Prince smiled, "Aye... this was what it was supposed to be, had she taken her true destiny seriously..." he looked up at the sky for a moment, a strange mix of sadness and love in his eyes. He tightened his grip on his reins unconciously as he sighed.

He went to speak when there was a tug on his cloak. He stopped his horse and looked down.

"Rengeki? I didn't think Father let you out anymore," asked the owner of the tug. She was a tall girl with raven black hair like the Prince, but electric blue eyes. A stone similar to Rengeki's hung around her neck. She peered around the Prince to glance at Silver. She smiled, looking curiously at him.

"He doesn't... I had an entire guard with me. That storm weeks prior was almost a god sent to me. And that I met Silvrendir here. Now, Nodiea, why are you out and about? I thought the same applied to a Princess of Manakete?" he asked, before realizing that Silver did not know who she was. "Oh, Silver, this is my youngest sister, Nodiea'Srane, though she prefers Nodiea. She too is Manakete, but more of a halfling than I am. She cannot be come a dragon but---"

"I'm as swift as one in flight and a mage of great power. It is a pleasure to meet you, Angel Silvrendir," she finished for him, as she gracefully climbed onto Rengeki's horse. Her brother rolled his eyes and asked again why she was there. The girl, who appeared to be about thirteen, giggled.

"Aye, that is true, brother, but as I am far down on the heiress list, I am allowed much more freedom than you." Rengeki growled softly in responce. He hated being next in line for the throne sometimes.

The girl flashed him a smile and inclinded her head. "My father will be please to know the Angels have come back. Its been far too long since we have been in your presence," she said with another nod. Then she was silent and frowned. "Though... it seems odd you would be called to Ascend so suddenly... I wonder what has changed since we last had contact with the Angels..." Nodiea thought on the issue as the pair, now trio, walked through the old part of town.

The sun was just begining to dip behind the buildings when they came to the edges of the city. Freedom from the opressive city atmosphere was just a short trot away. However...

Rengeki and his sister cursed in unison, one voicing it in Human Tongue (English), and the other in Manakinese. Of course... another road block. The siblings hissed softly, as Rengeki wondered what it was this time.

Rengeki shook his head, "I don't know. Nodiea?" His sister shook her head as well.

"I couldn't tell you. This is highly unusual for the old part of town." As they neared, the Princess stood up behind Rengeki and stared at the road block. She let out a breath. "It seems they're just doing traffic flow."

She was right. As they came up, they were told to stop and wait. A half an hour later, they where on the other side of the walls, and galloping away.

Nodiea thought for a moment. "To where?" she asked. Her brother answered her.

"The Nymphade Forest..." The Princess perked up from her place on the horse, eyes wide with curiousity.

"For the Ascending I presume... Hm... Depends on how long it takes us to get here. If it takes longer than a luner month, I will have to leave to go back home. And drag Reng here with me." There was a growl of discontent from the Prince. "You know it'll happen. Plus... we can't be out when the next full moon comes. You know what it is."

Rengeki grumbled, but edged his horse faster. He did not want to be out during that, but he didn't want to leave Silver either. Such a damned predicament.

Nodiea grinned and hopped horses, landing perfectly behind Silver. He was such a cute little Angel... "Well... we become insane rampageing monsters that pillage the nearby towns of their sheep!" She heard Rengeki slap his palm to his forehead and grinned even wider.

"Naw... But do you know of werewolves? It's kinda like that, though we have slightly more control over ourselves. Mostly," she said, playing with Silver's hair.

"Don't go scarying the poor boy, Nodiea. Goddess... we are a civilized race you know," her brother said to her with a small whack on the back of her head. She stuck her tongue out at him in responce.