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Sylvieanne~.*sits huddled at bottom of a quaken aspen tree at the edge of her woods. Her tail is curled strsngely behind her* Yiska! yiska dreams! * she calls using the wind to amplify her voice......

Yiska: *wakes from a dream* That voice...*looks around and realizes he can still hear it*

Sylvie~ *continues her call. Waiting for the hunter to rise. *yiskaaaa come to me yiskaaa* she looked behind her under her tail and a shiver coursed through her*

Yiska: *feels a pull to the woods where he hunted* I will be there soon

Sylvie~ * feels guilty realizing that shes once more pulling him away from his family. Then something shifts under her tail and suddenly she doesnt feel so guilty as she waits*

Yiska: *enters the area that he met the beautiful nymph* Slyvie is that you calling me? Did I do something wrong on my last hunt?

Sylvie~ * has the grace to blush just slightly* not exactly yiska. We. Well. I am sure you recall our first and last meeing. Do you recall the words you spoke when the forrest asked what you desired most?

Yiska: *ponders the question* That I would like a family. *smiles as the rest of the meeting replays in his mind*

Sylvie~ * seeing him smile she couldnt help but smile. The. Something under her tail twitched and three chimes rang out. Almost like music, and sykvie paled visibly*

Yiska: *snaps out of his memory* Did I just hear chimes? *tries to peer around Sylvie*

Sylvie~ for once in my many years i will not be cryptic. Congratuations Yiska Dream. * she moved her tail as he looked around her. Revealing the three bowls just as she finished her sentance* you are a father. * and then she held her breath waiting

Yiska: I'm a..*gazes at the bowls* Are you their mother? *grins*

sylvie~ *gives yiska a haughty look* who else did you have mind blowing forrest blessed child making time with?

Yiska: *looks ashamed* Only you. Congrats, Miss Sylvie

Sylvie~ * cant help it but bursts out laughing and petals once more rain from the wind and a shaft of "stray" sunlight illuminates her and the bowls* miss sylvie. After what we did * she gave him a look* the. Turned to the bowls* after what we made with the forests blessing......* she turned back to him* our kids are SO no being names "Mr " anything!

Yiska: *blushes* Well, yes. I guess that works too.

Sylvie~. Dont you want to know what they are? * she asked coyly*

Yiska: Gender or if they are like you? *moves closer to the bowls* I am fine either way

sylvie~ * startled*. Like me? Oh my i hadnt considered. This is the first time ive. I mean... I meant gender. Male. They are all male

Yiska: *moves to be by her side* Do you think you can handle a bunch of boys?

Sylvie~ looks st the bowls. Staring hard as she thinks and says in a carefully controled voice* not on my own

Yiska: *startles* You think I would leave you to care for them alone?! *shakes his braid* A family needs support.

Sylvie~ turns to yiska and let him see the smile that lit up her entire face making her emerald eyes sparkle* i didnt think but i didnt know. Oh Yiska! Weve got a family now. A hunter and a dryad....

Yiska: *smiles* We are...family. *looks at the bowls* The trouble they can cause with your skills.

sylvie~ * flushes slightly* my skills,?! Youre their father and yournworried about my skills z* gently bumps her shoulder against his teasingly* but yes. The forrest has blessed us. We are. F family * she sttuttered slight,y over the word*

Yiska: *looking at Sylvie* Have you ever been with or in a family before? *nudges her tail to look at the bowls some more*

Sylvie *Moves her tail entirely to curl it around herself, tightly* I have my Trees

Yiska: *looks at Sylvie* No flesh and blood family? *pushes the bowls closer to her and sits with her*

Sylvie *stared hard at the bowls, refusing to look at Yiska* Dryads aren't know for thier maternal or paternal instincts......*she trailed
off*

Yiska: Well...Have you ever watched a family? Like the deer that day? *inches closer*

SYlvieanne *CUrled her tail more tightly about herself and her head snapped up to look at nothing* Of course I have *she snapped* THe forest is full of Families

Yiska: *feeling he touched a sore subject stays put* Yes it is. You watch a mom take care of the young, with the other parent either there or not helping. With my family..both raised us

Sylvie *Remained silent staring off into space*

Yiska: Would you like to have help raising them? Or lend a paw raising them?

Sylvie: I can't do it on my own. Maybe you should have them *she took a step away from the bowls*

Yiska: *goes to her otherside and nudges towards the bowls* No, no, no. *shaking his head* I might want a family, but that includes the other parent

Sylvie *tries to sidestep her eyes going wide and breathing faster* I don't know how to be a parent

Yiska: And I do? *gently touches her shoulder* Stay calm and it will come about. You don't have to do all the raising

Sylvie: Its more than that, I'm not supposed to be a parent. Nymphs don't stick around, we take the children that might be like us, and leave the normals to be raised by their normal parent

Yiska: Wouldn't you like all of your children to at least know you? That way they could respect the forest some?

Sylvie : *tears started to form in her eyes and she blinked fast to keep them from falling* I....well.....yes.. But of course you'd teach them that

Yiska: *nods* Yes I would teach them, but you...*smiles, unenchanted this time* You would show them.

Sylvie *Tears start to fall softly as the sky clouds over* I........I want to so badly........but.........YOu were under a spell at first, the forest was pushing us together I think, and I don't want you tied to me forever when you don't love me

Yiska: *looks Sylvie in the eyes* Do I look under a spell right now? You could of kept the bowls, waiting for them to be kits and left them out in the woods for all I know. But YOU didn't it. *shaking his head* I heard your call and I answered it.

Sylvie: *eyes glisten as they fill yet again* I....I don't know, I called and you came....and I figured I'd give them to you and....go....

Yiska: *nudges the tears* You can leave, but I will keep coming back. Waiting for you to realize I am not leaving you to be alone with your trees

Smiling, the young hunter moved closer to the bowls. Looking at the boys, Yiska wonder what was going on with them, hearing their mother. "No worries dear. I would of brought them to see you, regardless of what happens." Wrapping his tail around his..their children, he continued. "My parents felt the same way when they had us."

Catching her movements, he kept an eye on her. "So not only the trees you talk with, but with the weather? That could come in handy." Was he drawn to the children? Probably. It had been a while since he seen or dealt with young ones. The family group he was with, haven't had any young and they were all craving some one to spoil. "When I bring them back to show their extended family for visits, they will be spoiled beyond...Well my imagination."

Yiska waited for Sylvie to calm herself down, but seeing that it wasn't happening soon, stepped up. His nose against her neck, he breathed in her woodlands smell. "Calm yourself. The little ones are feeling it." He looked over at the bowls, watching as one seemed to inch towards them, but leaned back to his siblings.

"They will always know you are their mother." He grinned against her, "Spoiled is part of growing up with family. We will love them all, but one will stand out more to us." Shrugging as he knew he wasn't the fave of his parents, but they still spoiled him in ways. He was willing to share that with his lady here.

His heart started to race as she inhaled. He didn't think she would stay, and yet she relaxed. Caught up in what Slyvie did, he barely noticed as the one bowl sort of rounded up his brothers so the parents could talk. "Right now, they will be sensitive to our moods. They are young don't realize what is fully going on." Yiska nuzzled her neck.

"Anytime." Leaning back so he could looking in her eyes. "Anytime you need to take a break from us, just tell me. We will learn to understand that the forest is your place and we might come second to it. Just understand, I will always be waiting. Weather here or else where in the forest."