Twix was still chartering at the soft cream and brown familiar as the day pressed on. When Dryxel came to find his charge he found more then he thought he would. Looking down, with what had to be a very confused face, Dryxel had never seen this type of familiar before but it did not seem to be dangerous so he just watched. Dryxel stood in the bushed looking as Twix talked to the creator that was clearly sleeping; not wanting interup his charge. "And when I was born my mother licked me clean but im not going lick you clean." Twix bent down and smelled the familiar checking for and signs of needing a bath. "Nope do not have to lick you clean." he hopped back up with a smile. "Dryxel is going to love you, you are so quite I am sure he will let me keep you now." Dryxel rolled his eyes at the silly foal, if anything could sleep through Twix's chatter Dryxel would not only let him keep it he would ask them to teach him how they do it.
Chuckling and shacking his main, Dryxel came out of the bushes to go see what had been going on. "And what do we have here?" Dryxel asked as he approached. "Oh Dryxel this beautiful Ascended doe came and said she revivded this familiar and she gave him to me." he paused with a confused face "Well maybe it is a her. I do not know it has been sleeping the hole time." He added with a sad face. Dryxel looked at the featured critter before him. based on color he would have to say it was a female but he had been wrong before.
As if it did not like so many eyes staring at it the familiar came awake. "Boc, buckawk" The familiar sleepily said to them both. The familiar made a very unfamiliar sound and it honestly reminded Dryxel of that crazy creator he had found during the scavenger hunt game he was apart of not to long ago. "Umm sorry but we do not understand you." Dryxel said to the somewhat sleeping creator. "I said it is not nice to stair at cockatrices when they sleep." Her voice was sweet and soft and warm, even though she was scolding them. "But you have been asleep forever." Twix said in less of a wine and more of an explanation. "That maybe little one but you have stolen my dream form and that is not so nice." She opened her eyes and inhaled sharply. The world around her mush look very strange to her now. "Where...Where am I?" she looked to be almost in a panic. "Where...Where are my chicks?" Sadness filled Dryxels heart for the poor mother hen as understanding washed over them all. She had died with her children and they where long since gone but she was back now.
"You are in the Homewood or what is left of if after the Others came and left. I am a Noulicorn and we are the creatures that have been created to heal Vykeli now that the Others have left." He could clearly see the...whatever she called herself had tears freely rolling down her featured cheeks. "They are gone." She said in the smallest of whispers. " I am sorry but yes. A noul as revived your kind and left you in the care of Twix it seems." Though now that her heard the cockatrices was talking Dryxel was not sure how was caring for who. Twixs ears perked up as something clearly occurred to him. "We had all lost someone and now we are all here to take care of each other." Leave it to the foal to have the words of wisdom. Dryxels muse piped up. But Twix was not wrong and really they did seem to need each other.
The light was starting to fade and Dryxel did not want to be this close to the Ruins at night. "I am sorry for your lose...Sorry I do not know your name, but we need to be moving into the homewoods more before dark." He said as he looked to the sky again trying to gage the time. Sniffing back the tears she said "My name is Karry." "Ooo that is a pretty name." Twix gushed over the hen. "Well it is a pleasure to meet you Karry. I am Dryxel and this is Twix." Dryxel tried to say with a warm smile but it really was not his strong suit. She returned that strand smile though trying to make an effort.
Karry made her way to a standing position but found that her legs where not as wake as her mind might be."Ooo Ooo I will carry you Karry." Twix hopped up and down and giggled at his rhyme. "Sure that would be most helpful." Dryxel bent down and gently picked up the hen and set her on Twix's back. "Ok be careful Twix no more hopping." Twix put on his most serious face which look so cute and set off in the direction of their den. Dryxel shook his head at the foal but said nothing. They had a walk ahead of them but now they had each other to care for. It was more then Dryxel had expected for the day but one really never knew what the Great Tree had planed for them.
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