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((OOC: awe didn't want to post up the long fast forward part? <3 ))

Lanzecki tore through the forest, kicking up dead leaves and dried grass as he moved. He had been growing quickly lately and was starting to cause trouble for his bonded companion Erionda. Turning around a large trunk of a half broken tree Lanzecki squealed as he attempted to turn himself around. His claws digging and tearing at the earth until it gripped the soft mud below sending the tiny Keinling face down into the mud. He had ultimately failed in escaping what he now deemed the most dangerous situation of his life.

Two strange creatures now stood in front of him. One seemed familiar in a way, and yet the colors seemed to signal danger. Letting his jaw open, Lanzecki let forth another creel before a soft cooing sound from the tree's pulled the baby into silence.

"Goodness Lanzecki, if you keep on like that you're just going to draw in more of the nasty Ysali. And I don't want t-" Erionda paused as she stepped into view, her mismatched eyes settled on Kilian and Amadia. Resisting the urge to pull out her sword, the hybrid took a step back hesitantly. She had met a hybrid who carried the Oblivionite blood, but this was her first time seeing a pure Oblivionite before.

Opening and closing her fists as she attempted to sort through the various scenarios, Erionda bit the inside of her lower lip. Extending her hand out to Lanzecki without moving forward, attempting to coax the Keinling towards her. "Hello." Erionda began nervously. Her pale violet and ice blue eye's focused on Kilian's face before stealing a glance at Amadia and returning to their original distraction.

Many questions swarmed the young girls mind as Lanzecki moved pleadingly into her arm. Nuzzling her chin with an apology before moving away behind her. She had to keep it civil, that was the best way to avoid conflict if that's what he had come here for. Yes, if it came down to a fight she would be ready. Uassae was never far behind and the large Drakien was always helpful in tight situations like these.

Erionda twitched inwardly at the hello. That was the final sign that he was a full blooded Oblivionite. Hybrids rarely, if ever, referred to another hybrid as 'Halfbreed'. Until now Erionda hadn't given much consideration to the changes her choice in clan had given her. Silently wishing she had stalled a little longer on her choice all Rio could do was sigh. Her mismatched eyes were an even bigger give away to her lineage than her pale pink hair. Before she would have been able to pass off as only having died her hair frequently to remain different, now it was obvious to anyone.

The small Keinling at Erionda's side gave a longing whine as he stared out towards Amadia. Despite his hunger, Keinlings his age often meant games and play time. Without Rio's permission, all Lanzecki could to was remain poised and wait for the command. Sending the feelings of play through his bond towards the young Hybrid.

Rio glanced down at her smaller companion at the feelings he was trying to convey. Shifting her gaze back towards the duo before them Erionda blinked thoughtfully as she regarded the Keinling accompanying Kilian. Pulling herself strait and squared herself towards the new arrival, Erionda gave a small greeting. "Welcome to Serenia, what brings you so far from your homeland. I assume you are from Soudul?"

Lanzecki shivered with the desire to play, testing his limits the small Keinling moved into a playful bow. His eyes trained teasingly on the Kiandri Keinling in front of him. Uassae never liked to play games. Maybe this one would?

"What's your Keinlings name?" Erionda asked, once again filling with Lanzecki's desire to play. "It doesn't look much older than mine, though he would like to play with her. Of course, it's your choice. He can easily accept the answer no." With that Lanzecki gave a snort of disapproval before returning to goad Amadia into a game of tag.

Erionda waited patiently, he was correct it really was none of her business why he was in Serenia after all. It wasn't like she was a special guard of the place or anything. She was only out hunting dragons and had entered into a game with her Keinling not long after the day had started. She had to remind herself, while her friends were also Hybrids, she shouldn't expect the same civil tone from everyone. Hybrids were still very much hated after all.

Spinning around in a tight circle, Lanzecki rose on his hind legs and flapped his wings playfully. Turning to nuzzle Erionda's hand affectionately before turning back to the female Keinling before them. Reaching for her belt, Erionda removed a small flask and with her free hand popped open the lid to take a small swig of the water within before returning the object to it's place. Her mind raced to comprehend what was going on between the Oblivionite and his bonded. Were they a reluctant bond? Did they not like one another? Erionda had heard of such events happening from the black market traders but had never before experienced it from someone who appeared to be her age.

"Amadia." Erionda said respectfully, glad to have been given a name to put towards the small Keinling. "Then I will free Lanzecki to play as he wishes." Erionda nodded towards her companion. Her duel eyes watching as he moved swiftly forward feinting a leap in the female Keinlings direction before spinning off towards the trees. Glancing back to see if she were going to follow.

Leaning against the trunk, Erionda expected more of a cutting remark from Kilian then she received. Blinking back her surprise Erionda tilted her head slightly, flicking her long pale pink hair over her shoulder. "Tyluafel? The healing lake?" Erionda paused crossing one of her ankles over the other, biting the inside of her lower lip in thought. "You're quite a ways off from there. And it's guarded heavily. Especially lately, I assume because of so many seeking the water lately for a quest from a Drakeinian."

The young hybrid turned her head skyward. "It would be hard for you to approach it... But if you promise it's for a good cause. I might be of help." Her eyes traced something in the sky as a shadow passed over head. "Uassae says it may take a while to get there by foot. There are several dragons in the area if you continue strait." Erionda mentioned the creatures with a bitter tone in her voice, flicking her toe out to pull her body away from the trunk she had been leaning against.

"If you wander far make sure you are in sight of Uassae!." Erionda shouted out after Lanzecki as the two Keinlings dove into the trees. Curiously Rio watched after the female Keinling. All the Drakein's she had crossed paths with until now had been male. Both Uassae and Lanzecki were male, and it made her secretly wonder in what ways the female Drakein differed from the Males. Temper? Intelligence? Was their bond weaker? Stronger? Maybe it was purely an physical thing? Erionda's finger twitched loosely before turning her gaze away from the small babies.

The curse she had caught partially forced Rio's attention back towards the Oblivionite. Was he really that unprepared to venture into the Orderite's territory? How well did he know what he was getting himself into? She blinked but took no outward offense at the slight deviation in his tone towards Orderites. Erionda had been studying well enough to know the two races clashed, hard, and often. Death and battle were never far away.

The hybrids mismatched eyes narrowed on Kilian before turning her head away from him completely. He didn't need to see the ghost hiding in her eyes no one did. "They killed my mother and father. Wretched beasts." Closing her eyes to stop the sting of tears, Rio refused to let her head fall into pity. No she was stronger than that.

"Half Dovaa?" Erionda questioned her eyes snapping open to look at him. "I am more Dovaa than I am anything else. My father was a pure Dovaa, my mother was a hybrid. Of Dovaa and Orderite lines." Flicking her hair over her shoulder Erionda motioned for Kilian to follow her. "As for the relation I have with dragons, I have learned I can speak with them. Their crude manner of speaking however is little interest to me. The only kind thing they will meet is the edge of my sword. I don't care for their higher than thou speech."

Ducking her head under a branch as she continued forward, glancing up at the sky between the breaks in the leaves Erionda continued. "As for what you are doing here, I often don't care, as long as you aren't hunting my friends feel free to do as you please. The Orderites are no more my home than I am welcome in the celestial plane with my kin where I wish to be." Erionda spoke nothing but truth as she stepped over an out jutting root. Taking note out of the corner of her eye that Lanzecki was running through the forest beside her. Dipping in and out of view.

Erionda's gaze flashed to the corners of her eyes at the strange tone in his voice against the dragons. Though she refrained from turning her head to acknowledge what she had caught onto. Perhaps she had merely thought she heard it. Lifting a hand upward to push some hanging vines out of her way, so she could easily duck under them, Erionda glanced skyward once again her mismatched eyes searching the sky in earnest. The vine falling behind her head as she moved onward. Using the small silence between them as a chance to listen for any changes in the Ysali dragon locations.

To your left, seems like a nest.

Erionda nodded, mentally thanking Uassae. Still feeling a bit unnerved that she couldn't see him, with the strange Oblivionite behind her. On the plus side, Lanzecki was keeping his Keinling busy with play. At least with that her defense was able to relax a little. She had tuned out some of the words the Oblivionite was telling her. It really wasn't her business to know and it made no sense why he was telling her so many details. Not that she had room to do so, she had given information on herself as well.

Twitching at a sound to the left Erionda's head snapped towards the warned direction. Lifting her hand to signal a pause to her unknown companion. Lanzecki slipped silently by her side, moving with his belly close to the earth. Turning to Kilian Erionda pressed a single index finger to her lips in a shushing motion. She tried to ignore the impromptu whimper from Amadia as she pointed off into the forest.

"We must move quickly, we are far to close to the nest of a few dragons. Uassae notified me before but I figured we could slip by. It turns out we aren't as silent as I had hoped. I'll not risk my life to disturb a nest, even worse with parents around." Erionda's voice was a barely audible whisper. Her body shifting to the right, Lanzecki scurrying silently in front of her. Flicking her hand in a follow-me-motion Erionda took on leading them through a dense patch of flowers. "This will hide our scent, if they hear us they may follow. Not through these though. The scent is powerful enough to mask our's."

Turning to Kilian as she continued moving. "Unless you've been sweating all day. And then we are in a lot of trouble." It was meant as more of a light tease.

(( LOL Erionda will find it useless to introduce herself first. Since she is a Hybrid she is used to people not wanting to know her name or having little interest in her life other than seeking her out to kill))

Erionda smirked, turning her head to glance at Kilian after his light response. Once again a cutting remark failed to follow her words. Blinking as she searched Kilian's face it was the first time she registered the cloth over his eyes. How did he follow her? Twisting her features into a quizzical look Erionda continued through the flowers. Once in a while, bending down to pick one up and slip one into her hair.

It was habitual for Erionda to perform small things in order to appear more regal than she was. A flower stem twirled in her fingers as she delved into thought as the silence lingered between them. She had met a Hybrid Oblivionite before, but she had small green orbs where eyes should be. Not only that, but she appeared to require her sight. Why was it this Oblivionite did not rely on his sight. Or was the fabric so thin that he could see through the cloth? Would she not be able to see through to his eyes. Or did his companion see for him? Was he blind?

Once Erionda stepped clear of the thick floor of flowers, she glanced upward. Her mismatched eyes sought out Uassae in the sky. I don't hear any approaching from down here, are we in the clear?

Running her fingers through her hair, Erionda slipped behind another tree trunk. Keeping to the path towards the intended lake. Folding her arms across her chest as she moved. Furrowing her brows Erionda turned back. She couldn't resist asking. "How can you possibly see where I'm going with that blind fold on."

Erionda let the information swim in her mind, rolling over as she tried to examine each end of it. How was he able to know she was a Hybrid if he only saw in black and white. Everything about her save her eyes and hair spoke of Dovaa. Even then it was by color, the Hybrids eyes widened as her mind registered her eyes were distinctly different. Shades of grey would easily be told by her eyes. Cursing mentally Erionda shifted her head under anther branch as the pair pulled into a clearing. The sound of trickling water filled the atmosphere around them.

"Here we are." Erionda motioned towards the distant water. Her eyes scanning for the Orderites in the vicinity. "We can not tarry here, and we must move quickly. If we are caught here, I have no idea how much trouble we will find ourselves in. I don't think we could survive if it came down to a battle. I am not skilled enough with my sword to do much, and my skill with ice will only slow them down a little."

Uassae continued to circle above, giving Erionda feedback of the land around them. Lanzecki stopped at the line of the brush, completely refusing to leave the protection of the leaves and trees around him. Giving a soft warning chirp to his new friend to warn her it was probably safe to stay back.

Stepping forward Erionda crept over the land towards the water. Her hair shifting in the light breeze. Her multi colored eyes scanning the land as she moved. Her hand motioning for Kilian to follow. The water was cleaner than the lake she often frequented near her place of rest. She almost wanted to dip her hand in the water and take a drink herself.