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Lost Dog
Named Barney. Very fluffy. Likes to bark.
Reward!

Noble Born stood in front of the sign with a carefully place concerned frown and tried to imagine what it must be like for that poor dog, lost out in the cold away from its family. Its owner must be horribly worried.

But his gaze kept drifting away from he picture of the dog (with its tongue lolling out the side of its mouth and eyes alarmingly distant), to the words underneath reading '‘Reward!'. Money perhaps? Home-baked goodies?

Of course, he told himself firmly, the greatest reward would be doing a kind act and bringing someone joy in finding their pet. But money would be nice too. At the very least it would help his reputation as being a good guy.

Noble Born inclined his head politely towards Revenant. "I am certainly willing to try my best at the task," he replied. It probably be easier to track down the dog with two pairs of eyes, although it did occur to Noble that it would mean splitting the reward.

"Where shall we look first?" If he'd had just a piece of the dogs hair he could have done a finding spell, but it looked as though they'd have to do things the old fashion way.

"That sounds correct."

Truth be told he'd never been anywhere near a real dog and didn't know the first thing about how they behaved (other than slobber and bark and be a nuisance), so Revenant's suggestion was as good as anything he could give. "There is a big park not far from here. We should start there."

Expecting his companion to fall in alongside him, he started walking.

Noble Born made a point of not taking any notice of Revenant's unfortunate scramble to catch up and continued to march along at a steady, professional sort of pace... until the the question made him falter slightly.

"I am not the best at flying," he admitted, figuring there was some nobility in recognizing ones faults. "But I can try." He flexed his wings thoughtfully. There was always that small seed of doubt, that the stitched wings wouldn't hold.

Noble Born looked over at Revenant in pleased surprise. The encouragement was oddly effective and if he was ever going to get over his fear and take to the skies, he might as well do it now. "If you have faith in me, then I will not fail." He gave his wings another flap.

"Ah look, there it is, the park." As they turned the corner, their destination waited. The large area, with groves and even a pond, would be the perfect place for a dog to enjoy its freedom.

Noble Born paused at the entrance to the park, inspecting what lay before them and nodded. “That is a wonderful idea.” He wasn't worried by the grass or immensity of what lay before them, especially since he often spent a lot of time in the forest searching for ingredients, but as if he sensed his companions misgivings, he stood that little bit taller in an effort to be a comforting presence.

He led them along a winding path to reach the tables, wings giving little flutters as he jumped onto the seat and then to the tabletop.

From this vantage point he could see over the open space. There were a few others around; a couple of kids, some families out for a stroll and even a person playing catch with their own dog. Was it too much to hope they would spot the lost dog from here?

“Do you see anything?”

So far Noble's back hooves hadn't left the table. He was holding himself upright, winds flapping to give himself height without ever lifting him into the air. But as Revenant suggested he go higher, he took a deep breath and did just that. He rose into the air, shoving down the flair of panic that always came when he thought away flying.

Noble followed Revenant's gaze to the person and their dog, walking calmly along. His eyes narrowed, picking out the details. Well, darn. That definitely looked like the dog on the poster. It also appeared to be barking; the shrill sound reaching their position.

"It seems that we won't be receiving a reward today," he lamented as he landed carefully and tucked his wings to his side. There was a moment of quiet contemplation before he added, "but I'm glad the dog isn't lost anymore."

"Perhaps I could have," Noble admitted, looking quite proud of himself. "Thank you Revenant. You have been a great support." He smiled and bowed low.

Now that the task had been completed (although it had ended rather disappointingly), Noble had nothing else to occupy his time with and his stomach gave a little growl.

"Would you like to accompany me to lunch? I'm starving."