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Well it's not exactly flying, Riycan thought, but gliding sort of maybe skimming above the ground. Out on the ice of the local skating rink Riycan attempted to further his skating skills or rather bring them to a level where he was tripping every forty five seconds or so. Blue and yellow wings spread wide he move with the greates of care across the slippery surface.

He was alone today his sister having opted against the extra practise. It made it easier and harder at the same time, easier as he wasn't trying to base his own movements of hers ( which considering their hugely different heights and body structures worked horridly) still it was also harder becuase it seemed like everyone else out on the ice today was experienced and they made him look pathetic.

Riycan having seen someone calling to him out of the corner of his eye slowed down, when the person failed to catch up he carefully turned himself around only to see that whoever this boy was, had fallen. Ah well at least he wasn't the only bad skater here.

Fighting the flow of the skaters all headed in the opposite direction Riycan glided over to the fallen one. The older boy gave off a strange sort of energy that peaked his interest not quite the same or as strong as special plants did but worth investigating none the less.

" Hey there I'm Riycan who are you? Why did you want to talk to me? Oh and becarefull when you fall becase if you fall face first and your lips touch the ice they can get stuck there." He chattered cheerily to this stranger.

Carefully but swiftly Riycan hauled the older boy up. He wobbled himself for a second after he let go but managed to maintain his balance. He was thankful to his teacher drilling basic standing balance into him in his first four lessons. " If you can't stay upright being still you can't hope to stay upright moving" was her motto.

"Xaxis eh? That's a neat name, I bet no one has problem saying your name in school." He grumbled. He couldn't count the amount of times he'd had to correct teachers, librarians and secretaries.

"Oh and look at that girl she can really skate, I want to be like her someday" he said pointing to a tall thin teen who managed to find enough space to jump land and sit down spinning on one foot. " That's a double toe loop I think followed by a sit spin." Riycan's voice was filled with awe. " I can't even skate backwards yet nevermind do stuff like that."

Someday though, he though, someday I'll fly across the ice and through the frozen air.

Riycan pondered Xaxis's question why hadn't he ever gone back? He'd never felt a pull really never needed to. He had his mother and his brothers and sister and they kept him happy enough. Still now that he thought about it was probably strange that he'd never even visited after changing.

" I don't know really, I guess I've just always been busy or something" He frowned at this. "I guess I should go sometimes though and see people, cept strangers aren't really that nice a lot and last time I met anyone like me they tried to hurt mork." Riycan still remembered that day rather well when his fallign plush friend had been attacked by a stick weilding boy who was rather agressive. The other chatty hyper one hadn't been too bad but he'd known the agressive boy and he'd wandered off feeling left out.

In the end Riycan often foudn it easier to spend time mainly with his siblings who were understanding and trustworthy.

Riycan nodded " I will I'll drag mom there and maybe Tode, Tode got his snake there you know, a really pretty python , he's never been there but mom bought the snake there when she wanted to buy me except well I wasn't there."

Letting his attention drift for a momement Riycan watched another skater go by and then he tried to copy them. Succeeding he slid back a few feet." Ha I can skate backwards now now Tiwaz has to catch up with me."

It occured to him a moment later then that Xaxis didn't seem all that happy on the ice. " Um too much practise is bad for the ankles you know do you want to maybe get a hot choclate and talk or something." Riycan sighed inwardly he had nop experince in stuff like this, he'd met his siblings friends before but never really talked with any of them and his siblings were his friends. This whole talking to strangers thing was confusing.

Riycan took his time making it off the ice not wanting to insult his new friend by beating him to solid land. Besides every bit of extra time out on the ice was worthwhile for him though he could understand how some may not view it that way.

Once he'd caught up to Xaxis and begun unlacing his skates he grinned " I think hot chocolate with extra marshmallows is in order, oh and chips even though they aren't warn or maybe a hot dog or something, food is always good." Mind no longer occupied by skating Riycan was ready to move on to new things, however his mind was latched rather firmly onto the idea of eating.

" If you live at the shop and you see lots of us do you know how many of us there are?" The earlier conversation now had Riycan curious about his kin.

(nn apology for the long wait)

Riycan stared at Xaxis, there were that many! He really really did need to visit now after all even if past experiences hadn't been great in a group that big there was bound to be interesting people and some whom he could make friends with.

" Food is one of the best things int he world" Riycan stated firmly, after all it had been food that had lured him to his mother and lead him to being what he was now. "Followed closely by the special plants" he mused. He didn't expect Xaxis to understand the second part but that was ok becuase then he'd get to explain and that meant they could talk longer.