Youkochylde
The day was beautiful...

The sun was out, there were only a few clouds in the sky, the wintery cold had finally started to abate and the birds were singing. Ballestra would have been rolling in the sun, if he wasn't chasing down another colt that did NOT want to be caught.

"WAIT!" he called out, darting forward to catch up after stopping to watch a bumblebee. It was the first one he'd ever seen... "Wyvern, wait!! Where are you going?"

"Anywhere but THERE," came the scathing reply, the Kalona colt turning to snap at Ballestra when he got too close. "Stop following me or he'll be wondering why we both disappeared." He was referring to the stupid human that had been there when both had come out of their baskets. Ballestra had nearly tumbled into the man's lap, and seemed to take to him rather well. Wyvern, on the other hand, had kept a wide berth and darted out of the teepee at first opportunity.

Ballestra stopped, frowning at him then. "He's going to be worried..."

"SO WHAT?!?" Wyvern rolled his eyes, turning to glare at the other with wings mantled. "That's it. I'm learning how to fly so I can get away from YOU."

The unicorn shrugged slightly, looking at him in amusement. "I'll send Suni after you."

"I'll find out if hawk tastes like chicken."

Sayuri_Nitta
(( Taste lika chicken! ))

Izusa was standing around, sun warming her wings, the pleasant surroundings lost on her. She was bored, Yzma was away somewhere, and pilfering items from the Villagers was losing its fun as well.
'Fed up..' she grumbled, swinging her head as she heard noises approaching. More idiot foals? She turned anyways, tail flicking the ground, the long tendrils kicking up dirt. She scented the air as they approached; both male and she waited until they were closer before walking towards them.

Youkochylde
Ballestra sighed, trying once more to get Wyvern to stop and listen to reason. HIS reason, of course. He darted in front of the angry colt, skidding to a stop. "But you can't just LEAVE."

Narrowing his eyes, the Kalona just let out a growl, his tail lashing behind him in annoyance. "Watch me," he snarled, a moment before he lashed out, leaving a sharp n** on Ballestra's rump.

The bite had the desired effect... with a sharp squeal, the unicorn came nearly a foot off the ground, one foot kicking where Wyvern's head had been just a moment before. Ballestra took off, running a short distance, before stopping and looking balefully at Wyvern. "FINE!" he shouted, a soft pout coming to his face. "Go be a jerk."

Smirking, Wyvern just glanced over his shoulder. "Go running home to your human."

Sayuri_Nitta
Izusa smirked as she watched the two colts sparring...and tilted her head curiously as she regarded the looks of winged one. The tail in particular, so like her own;
'Nicely done,' she commented, walking up to the colt.
'You should stay away from those humans as much as possible.' she spread her wings, then let them settle again.

Youkochylde
((Smart move, Latonia. xd Ballestra: *Nickers softly, enjoying the hugs*))

Wyvern turned at the new voice, narrowing his eyes a bit. "And just who are YOU..." he asked, crimson eyes darting over the mare warily. She didn't seem to be like that twit Ballestra... or any of the other Soquili he'd caught glimpses of. He turned to look at his own back then, and waved his tail under his own scrutiny. He looked back to Izusa then, tilting his head as his ears pinned back. "Just how many like us ARE there," he growled. Great. So much for being unique.

Ballestra stayed where he was, near a tree that Suni was perched in. The hawk ruffled his feathers in aggitation and Ballestra just nodded as he watched the pair with wide eyes. "I don't like it either," he murmured, remembering the whispers that he'd heard from outside his basket when he was still inside of it. The villagers were afraid of the dark basket... and the tales of the Kalona were told more often than not. Now there were TWO of them? So much for trying to get Wyvern to lighten up.

Sayuri_Nitta
'I was going to ask you that,' Izusa said, her tail moving sinously and her teeth flashing a little.
'I presumed I was the only one of our kind.' she kicked the ground, then walked around the colt.
'So it would seem we were both wrong.'

Youkochylde

Wyvern tensed a bit, one back hoof tilting slightly against the ground as the mare wandered around him. If she made one wrong move...

"So who are you?" he asked, keeping his voice low for the moment as he watched her. At least she didn't seem to have the same annoying traits that Ballestra had. THAT one, he was going to take great pride in tormenting. The unicorn deserved it for trying to make him go back to that human. Still, he didn't quite like the scrutiny he was under at the moment, and his wings mantled slightly in response.

Ballestra wisely chose to leave the two of them to talk for the moment, but stayed nearby. A patch of sunny grass looked just TOO good to leave alone at the moment and with a rather gleeful whinny, he took off towards it, only to have his front legs collapse once he reached it, the colt rolling in the sunlight.

If a hawk could roll its eyes, Suni would be doing so.

Sayuri_Nitta
Izusa's pulse quickened a little. Except for the slightly different horn, he was just like her! His smell changed as she walked around him, he was tense and she clipped away a little.
'I am Izusa,' she said, sniffing the air, taking in his scent before blowing air through her nostrils. She glanced at the other colt that was revelling in the sun warm greenery and snorted contempt.
'You were in the basket that human had?' she asked, curious to know if the familiar seeming scent had been her recognising another Kalona.

Youkochylde
((Wyvern: *Snarls at Kelaku, tail lashing* Back off, coontail, or you'll get hurt.

Not too aware of his size, is he... stare

Ballestra: *Peers out from behind Helaku as well*))

"That HUMAN," Wyvern hissed, ears flattening. "Can have the basket if he wants it so badly. I refuse to stay there." What WAS it with everyone and their simpering over humans? They weren't that great... they were annoying, they stank of cookfires and sweat, and they liked to put their noses in things that didn't concern them.

The unicorn flopped onto his side, tail thumping against the ground as he let out a whuff of breath that toyed with the strands of grass in front of his nose. That had been FUN. There was nothing quite like a good roll in the grass. Well... if there WAS something as good as that, he hadn't encountered it yet.

Sayuri_Nitta
Izusa smirked at the show of anger from the colt. Unfortunately he was simply to small for her to even begin to be intimidated by it.
'Do you think I live with a human myself? I bother, and annoy them. But I dont align myself with the one who was in possession of my basket, and I hate those Soquili who do live 'happily' with their humans.'
Izusa walked away, turning and looking at the Village.
'You will find yourself feared by the humans at any rate for who you are. It's fun to see their worried looks.'

Youkochylde
"Feared by humans?" The colt nearly grinned at that, his gaze narrowing as he looked towards the village as well. Sharp teeth became apparent as his tail twined behind him. This was sounding better and better. "HOW feared?"

Suni took off from the branch at that point, diving towards Ballestra and letting his talons pick at the fur at the tip of the unicorn's tail. Ballestra let out a squeal in response, but this one was far from fear. He scrambled to his feet, long legs getting in the way for a moment, but as soon as he was up, he let out a playful kick and took off after the hawk that was now zooming at eye-level across the meadow.

Sayuri_Nitta
Izusa thought that it would pique the colts interest.
'Our looks..we are so different from any of the others. You must have noticed how different you look from that...other one,' she said.
'As for the rest..I only know what Yzma my familiar has told me. She listens to the tales the humans tell. They consider us evil beings.' Izusa's wings rustled a little.
'But, I have never been told to leave here. I think they fear what would happen if the did.'

Youkochylde
"Let them try," Wyvern snorted, his disdain apparent as he shook himself off in irritation. He'd bite anyone who tried to tell him what to do... and that included the human that claimed to be his caretaker. He glanced over to Ballestra as the colt darted off across the grass, frowning at the display. "Idiot."

Sayuri_Nitta
'You do realise you are only a colt? At your size if they wanted the humans could easily capture you.' Izusa stated, voice and face showing her amusement. He was feisty to be sure, and would probably be a fearsome stallion when he grew...but if he tried to tussle with something bigger then he, a colt was as old as he would ever be.
'We should lead him far away and leave him there,' Izusa said, her wings twitching a little under the sun's rays as she watched Ballestra.

Youkochylde
"That stupid bird would lead him back," Wyvern replied, glaring at the hawk. Gods, but he hated that thing. He went quiet then, thinking about what she said. He WAS smaller than he'd like to be... surely, he'd grow in time, but until then, she was right. He'd have to be careful. No worries, he had no intention of going near the humans anyway.

Sayuri_Nitta
'You are right..' Izusa glared at the feathered nuisance.
'We should plan something...once I have learned to fly a little better,' she beat her wings hard, hooves leaving the ground and then she landed again, more gracefully then her first attempt.
'Then the hawk could be taken care of. I could show you somewhere to take him.' she offered, eager to get to know the Kalona colt better, as he was the only of her kind she had yet to meet.

Youkochylde
"At least you CAN fly," he muttered, beating his wings against the air and rearing up at the same time. All he managed to accomplish, however, was lifting his back hooves off the ground about an inch and a half. He landed again, feeling an ache in his wings... he would HAVE to exercise them more, or he'd never get off the ground. Both ears swivelled forward at the mention of a plan for the birdbrain, and he perked up quickly. "Show me where..."

Sayuri_Nitta
'Only since I grew,' Izusa trotted forwards, wondering where exactly she would lead the colt to. She had wandered alot since growing..possibly the dead end of the forest. She had found it a few days back, an area of the trees looked like they had succumbed to fire at some recent point, the place was eerily devoid of life, the silence lending it a haunted air. Not only that, it was tricky to get to, one needed to travel over rocky scree, and you needed someone to show you the way. Yzma had done so for her, and she would show the colt if he was willing.

Youkochylde
"Show me!" he said again, one cloven hoof hitting the ground impatiently. The silly mare was just teasing him now, and if she knew of a place where he could ditch horn-boy, then she'd better damned well show him where it was. "I want to know where it is so I can lose him. Then maybe that human will go off looking for him and I'll be rid of them BOTH."

Sayuri_Nitta
Izusa turned, eyes flashing dangerously, and her tail whipped the ground before his small hooves.
'Do not think me like that other, or the humans! I will not take orders from one younger then me.' she blew air out slowly as she looked at him.
'You have not even informed me of your given name...you do that, and then speak to me properly and I will take you to the place where you might lose both of them.'

Youkochylde

Wyvern didn't back down... if anything, the chastising had made him more stubborn. "Perhaps if you'd ASKED my given name, I would have told you," he stated, eyes narrowing as he glared at the mare. "Just because you're older than I am, don't presume that you can order me around any better than the stupid human could." His temper became evident then, and it also became apparent that he was going to be even more difficult to deal with when he finally got the size to back up his attitude.

Sayuri_Nitta
Izusa simply laughed, tossing her head back, mane shaking as she did so.
'If neither of us give...we wont get anywhere. Tell me your name..please.' she said, her tone stating that she wasnt begging, just not of a mind to stand here glowering at each other all day.
'You don't speak to me like that - and I will agree the same.'

Youkochylde
"Fine," he snorted, one hoof pawing at the ground as he grumbled and looked away. "And my name is Wyvern." He'd agree to these terms... for now, at least. It wasn't like he could do much to the contrary, at his current size. Oh, but when he got older, this stupid 'compromise' would end...

"NOW will you please show me where this place is?" The word 'please' was grated out between clenched teeth, and one could almost see the colt's mane and tail fluffed out in irritation.

Sayuri_Nitta
'Well then Wyvern. That was difficult wasnt it..' Izusa teased a little, grinning before trotting off towards the forest. Her wings were tightly folded against her flanks, tail trailing behind as she went, cantering at a pace that the foal could keep up with. At the edge of the forest she slowed again, trotting off to right as the tree line curved away. They would enter the forest further up.

Youkochylde
Wyvern followed grudgingly, his eyes narrowing as he followed the mare's movements. Overbearing, conceited, thrice-damned woman... his mind muttered, a low growl coming from his throat. It was lost in the wind, however, as he sped up to a full gallop, that being the only way his legs could truly keep up with hers. Of course, it never occurred to him that the traits he seemed to despise in her were the same he possessed.

Him? Conceited? Never.

Sayuri_Nitta
Izusa could almost feel the glaring directed at her...and it was refreshing from the normal looks directed her way. That and the fact it was deeply amusing for the colt to be acting this way. Just out of the basket, and wants to fight everyone, she thought as she found the path that lead in a winding way to the beginning of the scree that lead to the dead area.
'This way,' she said briefly as she ducked between two outreaching branches, following the thin mud trail through the trees.

Youkochylde
((*HUGS* Take care, ELF!))

One good thing about his size... Wyvern didn't have to duck to get through the narrow passages, and with his wings folded tightly, he didn't have to worry about squeezing through, either. Two pairs of cloven hoofprints led through the mud, the colt not seeming concerned with the state his legs were going to be in when he was done. After all, he could always go wading in the river afterward.

Preferably upstream from the idiot human's laundry.

That brought a smirk to his face, and his mood lightened, at least for the moment as he darted after the mare. "How far is it?"

Sayuri_Nitta
Izusa's tail trailed through the mud, and she looked around, sniffing. She thought she had missed the turning that led to the rock scree..but no, there was the lightning struck tree, the trunk rent with a huge gap and stepped around it, hooves sinking in the leaf litter, before quickening as the ground became stone filled.
'Just up this incline is a point where the ground rises up either side, and the only way to progress is over loose rocks. You need to know where to step to cross it...if you dont..you fall.'
Falling with the loose rocks would lead to bad injuries.

Youkochylde
This was sounding better and better. Wyvern's mind was filled with images of the stupid unicorn falling head over tail into the ravine. "All the way down?" he asked, heading up the incline so that he could see into the ravine itself. He didn't move past that point, taking note of the loose rocks. He didn't want to be the one to go tumbling.

Sayuri_Nitta
'I would imagine so,' Izusa said as they approached the end of the ravine. She could smell - just - the damp scent of the charcoal from the burned trees.
'I am not about to be foolish enough to fall however.'
She climbed a little, remembering what Yzma had told her...step on the small flourishing plants on the hill as they were rooted in packed earth, and were not covered in moving rocks.
'Step where I do.' she said, turning to look down at him, curious to see if he was clever enough to notice why she placed her hooves where she did.

Youkochylde
Lowering his head a bit, Wyvern moved to set his hooves exactly where she had. Once they'd gone a little bit, he accidentally misstepped and knew immediately that something was wrong. It hadn't felt right... and the moment he pulled back, he saw the rocks go skittering down the slope. Pausing, he looked down at his own feet, and then to where Izusa was still walking.

Plants... he thought, tilting his head to the side. He could also feel the ground firm beneath his feet where he was stepping. As if testing his theory, he reached out with one hoof and set it on a patch of long grass that Izusa hadn't stepped on. It held him just fine, and he smiled, looking to the mare as if he'd just caught onto a BIG secret. So that's the trick.

Sayuri_Nitta
Izusa smirked as she heard rocks go bouncing down the hill, listening as the clatter slowly subsided. But she hadnt heard a thud and kept going, moving swiftly, occasionally disturbing the shale, the worst as it was flat and smooth. Stepping on that would insure a swift return to the bottom. Blowing a little, she crested the hill, the stones giving way to firm ground again, and she overlooked the blackened area. The silence was as palpable as it had been last time, but she felt oddly at home here.

Youkochylde
With a final scramble and a smattering of loose rocks, Wyvern climbed up beside her, lifting his head proudly. He'd made it! Almost as if showing just what he thought of this accomplishment, he reared up onto his hind legs, letting out a high-pitched whinny that echoed throughout the ravine. It was HIS, by gods, and he'd definitely be coming back here. Preferably with that idiot horned one to watch him go tumbling down to the bottom. Let that stupid bird get him out of that one...

Sayuri_Nitta
Izusa motioned with her head.
'Down there is a gnarled tree that resembles a bird in flight..you could lure him down there to see it..and swiftly leave him.' she said cruelly.
'We can stay here for a while...but I would suggest going back,' she motioned to the sky, clouds had amassed as they had travelled.
'It is dangerous to go down the scree when it is wet.'

Youkochylde
Wyvern made mental note of the tree, and everything else around it. "I don't have to lead him down there," he muttered, a wicked smirk on his face. "I just have to knock him down there. I doubt he'll bother me again after that." As the sun was blotted out, he scowled, ears pinning as he looked up. "Rain," he murmured, scowling at the weather as if this was all its fault. "I hate rain."

One had to wonder if there was truly anything he liked.

Sayuri_Nitta
The mare nodded her approval;
'However you get him down there. Just be sure to lead him quickly up the hill so that he doesnt work out the safe route.' she flicked her head, as rain started to spot down.
'Lets go,' and she began her way back down, taking even more care this time as her heavier body would work against her.

Youkochylde
((*HUGS Shariea*))

Wyvern didn't have this problem, and darted down the hill, nearly bounding from safe spot to safe spot. He would remember this... and it would come in very handy later. What he woudlnt' give to be free of that idiot unicorn once and for all. Oh well... he'd be stuck in the teepee with him during the rainstorm, and he'd already heard rumours about why there weren't more unicorns. It would provide a perfect opportunity to convince the dimwit that every human he encountered was going to kill him for his horn. "I'll get him down there," Wyvern said, wings flaring to steady himself as he moved towards the relative 'safety' of the forest.

Sayuri_Nitta
In the end Izusa jumped and glided slowly to the ground, landing neatly next to Wyvern. She shook the clinging rain from herself, before setting off at a gentle canter, the rain falling heavier now, making a louder noise as it gathered and dripped through the leaves of the forest.

Youkochylde
I hate rain... I hate rain... I hate rain...

It was like a mantra going through Wyvern's mind as he raced along through the trees. He hated to admit it, but the teepee was looking REALLY good right now. Maybe he could just curl up and sleep and ignore the human completely. By now, he was pretty certain that this was going to be one hell of a storm, so it wasn't going to be just one that he could deal with and stay out through. A low rumble of thunder seemed to agree with him, and it made the colt put on an extra burst of speed.

I hate thunder... I hate thunder... I hate thunder...

Sayuri_Nitta
The grumbling elements seemed to be spurring the colt into faster movements, Izusa noticed as she clipped along, bearing the wet on her pelt as best as she could. At their pace they had soon left the Forest, and were headed back across plain towards the Village. When they had reached the outskirts Izusa stopped, rain running in rivulets down her folded wings and she sneezed a little. She would go find an empty teepee, one of the old abandoned ones, and she wondered if, despite all his sharp words, that he would go to the humans teepee.

Youkochylde
Wyvern shook himself off and glared towards the village. Too many humans. "I'll see you another time," he murmured, turning away then and starting towards the river. At least the human he knew had sense enough to get away from the village itself. He would have roughed it out in the forest otherwise. This way, he would only have to deal with ONE human and the idiot unicorn. He could handle it for the brief time the storm would last.

Sayuri_Nitta
'I am sure you will,' Izusa smirked as the foal walked away. She flicked the water from her wings, and trudged off towards the abandoned teepee she knew of. She had been right..he was headed back in the direction the two colts had first arrived from.
'Go back to the human,' she muttered as she walked off into the rain and gloom.

Youkochylde
If he'd heard the scathing comment, he likely would have stayed to argue. Wyvern, however, was more concerned with getting out of the rain. He ran off towards the teepee, darting into the flap without so much as an announcement of his arrival. A moment later, a rather bemused man stepped out, looking around for his other charge.

Ballestra, meanwhile, wasn't too keen on coming in from the rain just yet. Even the rumble of thunder wasn't dissuading him from running through the grass, kicking up his hooves every now and again with a gleeful whinny. Suni, however, was obviously NOT enjoying the rain as much. The hawk was perched in a tree, using the pine's boughs as shelter from the water as he watched the colt's antics.