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Sueno was out looking for seed pods in the forest near her home. Her mother had just given her a small plot of land in the family garden to till and fill with her won plants. The little child was excited and knew exactly what she wanted to grow: vegetables and flowers! Well, some fruit trees was what she really wanted, but those were hard to do... but if she could find a tree with ripe fruit on it, she would try to grow one, but she definitely wanted flowers! Pretty ones, pink would be nice.. Or those pretty purple flowers that bloomed on the shrubs by the lake... Or those bright red flowers on the tall steams that came from those spiky plants.. or... Sueno hummed to herself as she skipped along the forest floor, her mind filled with all the flowers she'd seen and wanted to grow. At a shrill cry she looked up and saw a small feathered animal in a nest above her. It was loud, but pretty!
"Ohhh! Bright purple!" She'd never seen a Vlidean before, though her parents had certainly warned her about them. And this one was soooo cute! Couldn't she keep it? Giggling, Sueno began to climb the tree, her small bright teal wings fluttering to aid her. THe small Vlidean's cries became louder adn more shrill. Sueno pouted up at it, "Why're ye so noisy? Only wanna pet ya!"

Sueno gave a shriek of her won when she felt a scaly snout grab her from behind and pull her away. When she was set down Sueno bolted for another tree and dived between it's roots, shrieking out, "Dragon! Dyn-Dyn, help!!!!"

It took a moment for her to register the words and the size of the "dragon." Pausing for a moment, she peered between the roots at the strange creature. It was smaller than any dragon she'd seen. And dragon's didn't talk did they? And dragons definitely didn't worry about a person's safety! Was this a nice dragon then?

"...Ye a dragon? Dragons didna talk right?... An why're V'ideans not safe tah play with?" She asked hesitantly, still hiding in the tree's roots.

So it wasn't a dragon... then what was it? And vlideans were that mean?
"So I canna pet them? Ahh. I like tah colors on em too..." She pouted slightly as she crept out of her hiding spot. Since this wasn't a dragon and was talking with her, it must be friendly!
"What ye mean by catch it? Yer gonna take it outta is home? Is that a good idea?" Sueno asked curiously as she walked over to the much bigger Drakein. Mamma always said she had to return the critters she brought home to the wild. Something about mess, taking care of it, her being too young... Sue had only ever brought back friendly creatures, like frogs, small birds and the like. Plus at her young age she just didn't understand the meaning behind taming a wild creature. She just wanted them to keep and cuddle!

"Mamma always makes me put tah things back that I take home... Does yer Ma not make ye do that?" She asked as she poked Sameal's scaly side timidly. She wondered if he'd let her ride him.. looked more fun then riding that old Hastar that Pa used!

Sueno giggled at this new person's responses. So other people's Ma's did that too! And he was gonna take god care of it, that's nice! I always want to take care of the creatures but ma won't let me.. maybe if I get older I can start keeping them? Would this nice person teach her how to take care of animals?
She then clapped her hands gleefully at the offer for a ride.
"Yay!" She sqeaked with excitement and ran around Sameal to scamper up his tail onto his back, giggling all the while.
"Dragon thingy is fun! Ah... What's yer name? Ah'm Sueno! And what are ye? Could you show me how tah take care of critters? Ah wanna keep them, but since Ma won't let me, Ah canna learn..." She burbled out from her not to comfy seat between Sameal's wings. He's got a hard spine! She thought with a giggle as she wiggled about, looking for a good spot to sit more comfortably.

"Wheeeee!" Sueno laughed as Sameal left the ground and few upward. Flying was so much fun! Pity her wings were to small for her to fly yet.. She kept her hands on his frill, making sure she didn't fall off. As they landed she squeaked at the shrill volumes of the vlidean's cries. That was a annoying call! Ma really wouldn't let her keep this one would she? Ma didn't like such noisy things.....

As it went quiet she leaned over and looked at the little curled ball of feathers in Sameal's mouth.
"Ye look like yer gonna eat it!" She giggled "What'cha gonna do now?" She thought for a moment. The neighboring farm had a ranch, and she'd been allowed to go help them with the foaling of the Hastars to help her learn about animals. Her mother had hoped that the sight of the birthing process would scare her daughter away, but Sueno had been enthralled instead.
"Um, tah neighboors next to my farm let me hep some times. They always feed the li'l ones lots of food and talk to them... Would that work here? Ah dunno what else would make a critter like ye..."

Sueno, perched on Sameal's back, stared at the little Vlidean with wide eyes. It looked so cute! She absentmindedly twirled her single long lock about a finger and nibbled on it. She was only half listening to Sameal, most of her attention was on the Vlidean.
"Uh huh- Ah live only an hour walk over dere." She waved a hand in the general direction she'd come from.
"Can I help ye raise it? Ah wanna play with it!" She turned around and wrapped her arms about Sameal's neck and swung down to hang from him like a tree branch.
"Is kinda cute! Ah bet I can help ye lots!"

Sueno was excited, she'd get to help! This was gonna be more fun than helping out during the neighbor's foaling time! She scampered happily through the forest, showing off the woodlands around her home to her new friend. Eventually Sam found an area to call home for a while that was close but not too close to her home. She squeaked at his display of magic. Drakeins did magic! Cool! She couldn't do any... except for some small magic that her Pa said would be useful in the future. Her magic focused on calming and healing. She wanted this magic though! So cool! To be able to move earth would make it sooo much easier to help at the farm!

For the next few weeks, she always snuck out at dawn to see Sameal and the Vldiean before she headed back with some berries as a reason for her leaving in the morning. Her parents just smiled and shook their heads; she must have an animal out there she's taking care of, they thought. After all, this wasn't the first time she'd acted this way! Last time they'd followed her and found her nursing a wounded Fekerat. So they just assumed it was the same. So long as she kept up with her chores, everything was fine.
Sueno, to learn what the Vldiean ate, watched a nest of adults. live meat! By the time she'd figured it out, Sameal had already learned it. Pouting slightly at her discovery being worthless, Sueno entertained herself by practicing her calming magic on the Vlidean and attempting to give it pets and scratches.

She loved watching it and talking at it. She'd tell Sam and the Vldiean all sorts of things: from about her family (mostly her big brother Madryn who she idolized) to the things that lived in the woods about her. Sue could and did talk forever when she wanted to!

Her favorite thing to do though, was to play with it when the Vlidean was released from it s cage. She'd run around laughing, sometimes chasing it, sometimes being chased. When the Vldiean would try to escape, Sueno would cheer both it and Sameal on as he went to catch it. She thought it was a fun game of tag. Pity her wings were too small to carry her so she couldn't join it!

She came upon Sameal and the Vldiean just as Sameal destroyed the cage.
"Sam! Guess what!" She bounced up and down eagerly. She'd found a book in her neighbors house on training birds. Continuing on without waiting for waiting for an answer, she held up the book (she'd asked for permission of course, stealing wasn't good!) "Ah found a book on bird trainin'! Maybe it'll-a help us in trainin' tah Vldiean to do stuff!"