Anaya: The sun had just started to come up as he was out of the chamber bed and already dressed, a large black coat with black fur trim, a black leather chest cover with leather matching pants but the coat mostly covered it the cape out the back, he took the dagger from the pocket and put it on the table and then took the vile off his night stand and put it in his pocket. He looked out the window at the still dark sky as he let out a sigh and Anaya had not bin back yet and he missed her. Turning around he walked out his chamber door and over to Jeffs doors banging on it “time to get up, be down in five we will be going over the plan for the day so things can work out” he then walked away from the door and down to the main hall standing at the throne area looking at the new adding to the pile of papers on her arm rest. She will not like this he thought to himself as he stood there picking the vile out of his pocket wiggling it in his fingers waiting on Jeff. As Milla ran from the dinning hall as Jeff had come down a bit before Samuel and she ran over to him grabbing his hand and dragging him away to the dinning have “eat your food then talk” she said as she gave him a dish. Her face was worry for his trip with Samuel and how things could go, she new nothing about how things would go she she was thinking the worse right off the bat. Sam watched her drag Jeff away as he chuckled and sat down in Anaya's throne knowing it would be a bit longer then five that Jeff would be his to go over the trips plans.
JeffDeLaRose: "Whoa!" He exclaimed being dragged into the dining hall. His baby blues fixated on the dish that lay before him on the great oak table. He blinked. "Milla-...did you mean what you said? About me being a pitiful Prince?" Jeff sighed softly, picking up his fork and toying with the eggs and bacon. "Mother is busy fixing problems and I'm trying to fix things here too. But every time I try, I can't help but do everything wrong. I know that I'm only doing things on how I was taught to do them, but with mother's new body...she has become very gentle yet violent where as before-...she was violent and rarely gentle. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I've tried to talk to her but I never see her. I wouldn't be surprised if she tries to get rid of me the first chance she gets." He sighed again, before picking up the fork and looking to Milla, a strip of bacon stabbed onto the silverware. "This didn't come from you, did it?" The prince asked with a smile before taking a large bite, after removing his mask and setting it next to his plate. "I fear my days are numbered here. I fear that those I love may turn on me."
Arsynn Rage: Ashe awoke with a large yawn, it was still very early the sun barely peeking over the horizon, she had thought that Jeff and Samuel had to be gone by now. Samuel had been adamant about leaving as early as possible. Ashe climbed from the bed and dressed herself, white linen too, black waist cinch, and leather pants with her usual black boots. She entered the bathroom and braided her hair, brushed her tee, then she packed a small bag, of potions, clothes and weapons, and threw on her fur lined jacket. It would be pretty cold where she was going. Ashe left a note on the bed..
"My dearest Jeff. Where do I start..? Just a few short months ago, I was nothing but a thief stealing tobacco from a vendor at the faire, and bumped into an egotistical Prince that I had no idea I would fall in love with. He was demanding and rude, and has such a temper, but he showed me that not everyone is bad, bathtubs are my friend, and real, true, pure love exists. At first I doubted him and his love, and I for a split second thought of running away, but he cured my fears, and calmed my demons with just the sound of his voice. And for their reasons I can't let you go off alone, I can't let you get yourself hurt. And I need to go ahead and do this for you... I've left. And I've taken the black steed.. I will be at the ice lands before you. And this letter is in case I don't return. So you know how much I love you and how important to me you really are. Never forget me.. I can only hope the one night we spent together means more to me than any other day of my life.. I'll take you with me forever..
Forever yours, Ashlynn"
with that she slipped it of the room, her pack on her back, through the front doors without a trace. She would see what trouble they would face before they got there and hopefully warn them.. She hoped.
The drow would make his way from the dinning table he ate a lot for his stature as the flayer came back to accompany him he would not really notice the others already packed and things he wanted to see the queen she had been gone for a alarming amount of time days and weeks it seemed. It was hectic around the lands but he drew himself away from the company of others and simply wanted his peace. The thought of this woman moving to another realm was a thing he couldn’t understand yet something turned within him something called to him from his dreams of late. Kalandor heard the voices of the dead as if he could not drowned them out. They kept telling him to go north but he would reject the idea maybe this is the trap the other drow had been enslaved to he shrugged for there was nothing up there anyway but ice snow and ruins. The tales of his homeland in books and songs speak of weaponry forged when drow and elves lived side by side once. It speaks of a tale of the god casting the drow into the darkness for disobeying him. This book would only stir questions as the flayer would be next to him reading along with him. he looked back to the thing and raised a brow. “These old books have knowledge maybe we would have to go north to figure this out?” he looked back to him with a eyebrow raised and smiled. “I must see the queen maybe she can give me insight of what lies out there nurr.. something has to be…” he put his index fingers to his forehead and rubbed the ridges of his nose. “For the life of me I have had enough knowledge for one day…..”he began his decent into the main hall to look around at the artwork some more.
Anaya: Milla smiled and looked at Jeff as her bright and Innocent eyes looked at him with happiness and joy “no i was just angry cus you yelled at me for doing what Anaya told us to do with people , you want some pie?” she got up hoping over to the other counter top picking up some nice fresh baked pie and then bringing it over and putting it on the table in front of Jeff “and no the bacon is not form my back, um..i am not a pig, i am a boar demon, not swine that is in the stable. Please don't talk about it, i don't like to” she smiled a bit more as she turned her head watching Sam come into the dining hall to get his own plate of food and get his own spot at a table across the room alowing them to eat in peace as Sam believed that food and work were very different things so should be kept that way. Sam took his claw and piled things onto his plate and then just sat there calmly eating before the trip today his black coat flowing behind him.
JeffDeLaRose: "I only did what I thought was necessary. I'm sorry I yelled, but if you ever lay a hand on me again Milla." Jeff leaned in close. "I will hurt your pretty little face." Jeff held a sarcastic tone, yet friendly in a small way. Then down came Samuel, as buffoonery as always, eating like a hog and not even chewing. What a monster, Jeff thought, repulsed by his unusual aura that he, literally, brought to the table. He sighed softly and looked at the pie, accepting a piece. "Thank you Milla, and good morning Samuel." Something was off. There was one less aura in the iron and it appeared that someone had left. Someone whom Jeff knew well. Ashe." He growled and stood, marching up to his room to find no Ashe, but a note. He blinked as he read it before dropping it, and growling under his breath. "She-...is going to die out there and there is nothing I can do to stop it." Jeff dropped to his knees before yelling out. "Ashe! Where are you?!" He pulled himself to stand and rushed down the steps, and outside, but she was already gone. This most likely seemed strange to the others, but Jeff cared little. "After all we've been through, why do the gods continue to shit on me? Why?" He came back in with, for the first time since Lunaria left, a defeated posture. It was almost as if losing her all over again. Jeff walked into the main hall and stared at Samuel and Milla. "She's gone. Let's go." Jeff picked up his back, allowing Samuel to finish eating. Jeff was, scarily calm. Angered calm. As if-...tha prince had snapped. "We have a job to do." He crossed his arms and made back to his seat, to allow Samuel to finish.
Anaya: Milla looked at Jeff and smiled to his words and just walked behind him nicely patting him on the head without saying a thing at all if acthions could talk this one said a oat load. She walked out grabbing the empty dishes and heading to the kitchen looking back to see Jeff head up around the same time as she puttered back grabbing the pie dish with the left overs to put them in the kitchen as well. Sam saw Jeff leave, he took a bite of his meal, he saw Jeff come back, took another bite, could hear Jeff yelling for Ashe, he took another bite, watched Jeff head outside, took another bite, Jeff came back in and Sam took another one. “meals and battle are different things, we will eat relax and then go over plans and then leave. One step at a time” he could calmly take another bite of his meal only a little left on his plate. “so will you be alright upon my back for the trip up north Jeff ?”
JeffDeLaRose: "Indeed." Jeff slowly mentioned. Calm, and slowly he sat down. "I suddenly lost my apatite. I don't feel-.." Jeff shook his head and snapped his head in Samuel's direction. "The plan is what you said when we had the meeting, correct? We take the potion, and fly low, doing a sweep of the land. We get in and out before the sun goes down. Unless you have another option?" Jeff crossed his arms and allowed Samuel to finish his food before continuing. "Forgive me-..I fear that my brain may have just exploded." He twitched his left eye before slowly closing both of them. "Look, Samuel. I understand that we don't get along but we need to be a team here. So if we aren't, one of us may die. I'll be fine on your back so long as I have your word that you won't throw me off your back." He had a monotone, and was slightly shaking but other than those two things, he seemed rational.
Arsynn Rage: With a mild tooth chatter, Climbing further into the North Ashe started to think about what she was doing and for the first time doubt herself. She would turn at the waist and reach into the pack she had on the back of the horse and pull her fur lined coat back out and put it on tying it tightly around her waist, sliding the hood over her long red braid. "I don't know how these creatures live out here, it's fucking ridiculously cold." She said out loud to herself, still careful to stay quiet in case the Pirate had managed to get himself an army like the creepy ghost fella had mentioned the night he showed up in her and Jeff's room. Pulling the glove from her right hand Ashe turned the ring on her finger and thought about her love.. "I miss you already Jeff..." Hoping he got the note by now, and understood why she was going this, she pulled the glove back on and sat up straight, cracking the reigns so her steed would hurry along a bit faster..
The frozen wastes the king regaining the memories of the woman named emmy he would have found her in the room. Against her will he smiled as he Froze her the ice slowly overtaking her body in place as he smiled to himself as he looked in the ice. “here you shall stay then safe and secure” he moved through the halls and let forth a ghoulish laughter as he went back from her frozen stature.
Anaya: Samuel picked up his now finished plate and carried it over slowly to the area of witch all the dirty dishes went and he softly put the dish into the wash basin. Then he turned around looking at Jeff and simply walked past wiggling his fingers as if to say come with me. He walked past his chair picking back up his coat he put down and tossed it back over his shoulders as he was aimed for the door “Jeff you are the only one that holds a problem with the other, i hold no problems with you” he walked to the doors as he opened them up and started to walk outside looking to the east to see the tip of the sun coming up “the plan is you take this” he turned around and gave Jeff the vile from his coat pocket “when i let you know i wish you to climb up to my head and dump half and only half of this on my head that will cloak my body from both sight smell and i fly silently so they will not hear anything but the wind. Then drink the rest of the vile yourself it will taste like cat piss but it will be able to hide your aura as well as everything else if you ingest it. I don't need to as i can hide my own just like your mother can hers. If anything happens and we get spotted it will be a work on the fly thing but what ever we do we are not landing. If we land and hit ground the both of us will be toppled chained and killed or worse turned undead. Even together i feel we will not be able to beat this. And i will not lose you on the battle filed” as Samuel started to walk away his body started to bend and grow, at this point it would be clear he did not need the coat at all really it was for Jeff all along, it fell off as he changed into himself. 84 feet tall over a hundred feet long Samuel was smaller then his mate but in length he topped her and when her scales were white his were a deep red wings held high as he lowered his neck down to allow Jeff to get himself on.
There was a look in his eyes as the bright green orbs watched Jeff as if to say do you trust me, Samuel did have a darkness within him but at the same time he cared very much for this place, and in truth he cared more for the lands and the building then he did his own mate so if anything he was protecting this place for his own selfish gain not for Anaya's sake, and in Samules heart and mind he new he needed Jeff on his side for this one, it was better to have the boy with you then against you anyway.
JeffDeLaRose: Jeff calmly stood and walked with Samuel, listening to him blather on and on as a small ringing came into his ears. Was he in shock? Was Ashe dead? They couldn't land, Samuel wouldn't allow it and if they did, the horse would be left to freeze to death, which the kingdom couldn't allow as they were short on resources. He assumed she didn't leave on foot. His eyes drifted to the floor, as his hands instinctively caught the vile, being snapped back into reality. "Uh-...yeah. Okay. I got it. Let's go." Jeff moved to climb onto Samuel after watching him contort into his true form. Jeff was clearly not himself, yet was surprisingly following directions instead of attempting to fix the flaws that were so clearly in this plan. Jeff had stated this at the meeting but no one listened. The army will find them. And they will be captured. Ragnar sees potential in Jeff, and Jeff was curious to find out what he wanted. It was almost too much to put on him at the moment, but as a prince, he decided that it was only best to follow direction. Jeff held tight and looked at Samuel. "I guess I trust you. Don't brand me a fool for doing so." Jeff looked at his cigarette pack, pulling it from his jacket. He grunted, pulling one from the box. Jeff was shaking violently and his only thought was to grip tighter into the scales of Samuel, his bag over his shoulder. "I'll be honest with you, I brought a short sword. I know you said no weapons but I am not walking into the mouth of the undead without at least one sword. I know that you expect this to go well, as do I but we need to be prepared." Jeff sighed. "Can't expect things to ever go the way you plan, you know?"
Anaya: Samuel bumped his back for fun to make sure Jeff was holding on tight “you are riding a fire breathing dragon and you believe a short sword will save us if needed.” he let out a grunt like snort as he was laughing “i don't want it to stab me that's all, the skin between the scales is tender ” Samule gave a grunt as he bent that neck back to look at Jeff one of Sams eyes larger then all of Jeffs self, a giant green eye just looking at him as the mouth started to move to speak unlike Anaya were it was all metal metal talk Sam had a voice. “i know you are freaking out so care to share before we take off, if it is along the way we can make a stop it will be sort but if you need to breath you can and nothing goes to plan anyway reason we have a giant fire breathing dragon and I am not thoughtless like your mother can be and send you out alone to die”
JeffDeLaRose: As Samuel bucked, Jeff had already latched on, telekeneticly, and Samuel now acted like the base of a planet, allowing Jeff to use his new found 'gravity' to stay attached to the Wyvern. "I know a short sword isn't much but I don't plan on killing you. Undead though, I do, if need be. And Ashe is gone so if we find her, we are landing and bringing her home." Jeff sighed. "I didn't want her to follow me. And she should have checked the castle before assuming we ran off." He sighed once more, but retaining that small sense of insanity calmness. "We need to just be a team and get this job done-...thanks for looking out for me. It's nice not to feel like we are butting heads. I'm sorry I'm so defensive, I just-...I don't know why everything changed. I was taught to rule this way and now everything is different. She runs things differently and it scares me. Has she ever taken anything from you?"
Arsynn Rage: With a yawn Ashe jerked her eyes open, she had been riding for a few hours and was getting quite sleepy, and uncomfortably hungry. Her stomach made a low grumbling sound as she wrinkled her nose. pulling back on the reigns she stopped the horse and slid off of his back, her feet landing n the ground. "Maybe i bit off more than i can chew" she spoke aloud. "I got utterly spoiled in that big castle and forgot what it was like out here in that short amount of time." shaking her head Ashe sighed deeply, her fingers going to the ring on her finger. "He is going to be angry at me." she murmured and began walking along side the horse, tugging his reigns to follow her. As she began along a small stream, Ashe tied her friend to a tree and leaned over the edge cupping the water. She brought some along, but why not utilize the fresh water of the lands. Sitting back she crossed her legs and buried her face on her hands. "Maybe i should just go back"... She finally felt defeat.. Alone in the woods and missing her mate.
Anaya. With a giant push off the ground the Wyvern took off into the air his wings opening showing his true size. The sky's that is were a Wyvern belonged truly very bad at ground movement and amazing in the sky. He tucked his back legs up to his underside and with an open he evened out to glide more then flap using the air as his ally unlike Anaya were flapping was needed Wyverns were giant and wide enough to be able to fully support there thin frame on massive wings. “Dragons take from everyone, that is just how they are in nature, they are greedy beasts that hoard and steal to gain what they hold, and then when they have it they claim it as there's and guard it with everything they have.” his head turned back to look to make sure Jeff was still holding on, he thought to himself how he should have made a rope or something for the boy to grip onto to secure him not falling off but it was kinda late for that. “and for Ashe, this is what time number three she has tried to bolt? Does she not like it here? If it was me i would show her how scary the world was outside of the castle, give her a good shock back to the castle” he let out a grunt like laugh as he looked back a head as his nose picked up her sent. “the girl did not make it far she is stopped on the side of the stream. You wish to land Jeff or give her a good jolt?”
JeffDeLaRose: "As angry as I am, and as good as the scaring her idea is, I just want to get her back to the castle." He spoke in a calm tone, gripping onto his scales for support. "Land whenever you are ready. I would like to have a word with her. It seems like we need to be quick however, if we are to have plan fall into place."Jeff sighed softly and readied himself for the landing, with a low growl rumbling in his throat. "I told her to stay behind. I fucking told her. " his eyes flashed from a baby blue to a furious blood red, cutting through the sky with each glance. He was furious and it didn't take a philosopher to see that he was losing his mind.
Nyx: -Having wondered through the castle in what felt like hours of roaming, Nyx would suddenly get the urge to go outside of the castle walls to wonder around back in the forest til she felt it was time too return to the company that was so greatly given too her, as she slipped downstairs she quickly headed out toward's the castle door past the guard's in a rush as if she was running, dissapearing outta the guard's sight's in second's-
Anaya DeLaRose: Samuel hovered and started to lower to land “i don't advise angering yourself Jeff, your aura needs to stay low, keep your head in this game, we are a team we look out for each-other” his voice stern yet soft as he landed about fifty or so feet from Ashe siting beside that river. His feet hit the ground with a bang as he lowered his body down so his Belly touched the ground so Jeff could slid off the monster. “be fast, we have to get going” he lowered his head down in the standered dragon and rider pose, it was odd that Sam new how to act with having another on his back, no one could think a Wyvern like Samuel would even know what a saddle felt like.
JeffDeLaRose: "I know. I just said I can't take to long." He said, sliding off the beast and landing on his feet, as his boots touched the ground. "Ashe!" Jeff shouted. Walking over to her as the trees bent and snapped with each step he took. "I told you to stay behind! You would have died out here! Do you realize this?!" He was shaking, but his tone was calm. Loud but calm. "You never would have made it to us in time and-.." Jeff proceeded to sniff the air. "You didn't bring food! You would have starved to death! How could you be so careless! How-...how am I supposed to react to this?" Jeff asked, crossing his arms, his head turning down to look at the grass that he couldn't see.
Arsynn Rage: Hearing Sam hit the ground before she saw him, Ashe jumped up quickly... And turned to face.. Jeff, and boy was he angry. Before she could speak he began to pound her with his words, all she could do not to turn and run or cry was look down.. "I... I'm sorry" she studdered. "I was only trying to...." She stopped and just shook her head. He was angry, and she was to blame. "Alright.. I'm sorry. Just stop. I thought I was helping, and you're right, I should've stayed behind." She walked to the tree where her horse was reigned and untied him, mounting his back, she then looked at Jeff once more, as a fit of anger took over. "I was trying to help, I don't want to be home if anything happened to you, I couldn't live without you.. You don't understand, I've never had anyone... And I don't want to lose you now... I'll just... Ugh I'll go back.." Then she simply turned the horse around and rode away. "I seem to always fuck something up" she whispered to herself.
Anaya DeLaRose: Samuel put his head to the ground hearing Jeff yelling the whole forest would hear him as Sam just grumbled and waited till Jeff came back so they could get back on there way.
JeffDeLaRose: She turned to walk away and before he could even apologize, she had rode off. He didn't sound that harsh-..did he? How could he have been so crude to her? He gave a sigh and moved back to the giant dragon. "Let's go." He then pulled a vine off of a large tree and wrapped it around Samuel's neck softly, and pulled back, gripping his fists tightly for support. "Just-...fly." He knew the vines wouldn't choke or bother Samuel in the least, but that didn't stop Jeff from holding on tightly as if he WAS trying to kill someone his own size. "My mother won't be happy if this mission goes awry. We need to be a team, like you said. Let's go over the plan one more time. Tell me when and we both use the vile. Then we lower our auras, then we get a bird eye-...er-...dragon's eye view of the north, and go from there. In and out. Right?"
Anaya DeLaRose: He moved as Jeff had to go around the neck to lash him up for ridding, Samuel did not move as Jeff did so, it brought old memory's but they were not overly painful so it was no burden. He could hear everything Ashe had said to Jeff and everything he had said to her and for a moment there he wanted to say so want the whole world to hear you, but he kept his words to himself on that topic and changed it back to the task at hand. “when i tell you to you are to clime up to my head carefuly and dump half the vile on my head. Then it will be able to slide down my scales and over my body. It is magical liquad a small bit works a large amount of body. Then you drink the other half and put it inside of your body that will make your aura low as well. Unlike myself you cant drop your power to nothing you can lower it but not to the level as needed you have yet to learn that, that being if you can at all due to race. Dragons can make there auras and powers drop to nothing and run there body's on the flame in there hearts alone and not there magical powers it is how we hide from humans for hundred and thousands of years. So you and i will be hidden fully from what ever is down there, only thing that can give us away is sound and if we get found out i am sure the wrayth will target the castle head on and right now with guards on low we cant take a hit like that just yet. ” with a push off of his feet he gave hard flaps and lifted himself into the air like a rocket. His body spinning around as his wings opened and he leveleed out and started to glide the north still being a couple hours away. But the trip gave the both of them some needed getting to know each other and bounding time. “i am sorry about hos Ashe reacted, and i am sorry for how blunt i was in the meeting room, sometimes we, we don't think before speaking to relise if it is the wrong choice of words”
Arsynn Rage: Ashe rode back the castle in silence. She was just trying to help. She only wanted to help keep him safe. She knew he would be angry, but thought maybe he would understand.. Shaking the thoughts from her head she sighed and continued home.. She felt defeated.
JeffDeLaRose: Jeff sighed softly, slowly nodding to him as he gave direction. "I understand." The prince tightened his rope and readied himself. "We have a long flight so we better talk about the layout. I've been to the north, once for an assassination mission. There is nothing but ruins out there. And dead bodies. A lot of dead bodies..." Jeff sighed. "That means a lot of soldiers for the shade. More than we even know. You are right. We can't take hit like that." Jeff then blinked as Samuel apologized. "I'm sorry too. I am not used to this type of struggle. I just-...hate feeling like the fuck up." He sighed and patted Samuel's neck. "That-...was weird. Sorry I did that." He then pulled his hand away and placed it firmly on his make shift reigns.
Anaya DeLaRose: Samuel was fully flattened out as they were gliding more then flapping now, the ground and everything down there was ants. Sam was so different then Anaya in the air she was large and bulky and he was smooth and a joy to ride on. As Jeff talked and patted his neck there was a part of him that smiled inside knowing and being proud of being needed and useful for once other then fishing trips alone. “i was hatched in the north, and yes there is a lot of death there due to past wars with the natives killing each other off. There body's were under the snow and for what you saw on the top is just the tip of the iceberg there is much more death underground and not just human body's aether, the north is alive with undead wolves and large feral cats and some say even undead bears are up there but no one really comes back with many story's. ” he gave a flap and then looked back to make sure Jeff was alright back there, then moving his head back foreword he watched were they were going even if he new this path like the back of his claw. “it will only take a couple hours to get there the mountains will be the roughest part as it is a lot of turning. And mountain men like to shoot down dragons for sport if they see one” he let out a grunt of laughter as he started talking once more “but for the plan it is as it is said, we can keep it simple. There is much that could go wrong when we get up there and last thing we want to do is linger in the north. About a hundred years ago when the wars were in full swing someone messed something up by blowing things up in the sky and adding magic to the mix. It caused the air in the north at night to turn very toxic and instead of filling ones lungs with oxygen it draws it out turning the living things into dead things. No matter how strong you are when the sun goes down things just fall with it.” he gave another flap gaining a bit more height at a slow rise pace “i was leaving the north when Anaya's men got me and my.... then i became your mothers top male and got out of the north anyway even if i hate the heat in the centre land”
JeffDeLaRose: Jeff listened and hung his head as he heard of the dead underground. "I had a run in with an undead. We had a knife fight and he, unknowingly, let me to my target. When I walked on the land, I felt the dwindling auras beneath my feet and had never felt as much fear as I did that day. Women, men and children, all lacing the path I walked, just so I could add to the pile of bodies." He then listened as Samuel spoke about the mountain men. "If push comes to shove, I can conjure up my shadow bow, but it would raise my aura. That is a last resort however." Finally, Samuel mentioned how Anaya's men found him, and another. Reading his aura carefully, Jeff determined that it was indeed, Sam's mate, and the prince's heart dropped. He moved to place a sympathetic hand on his neck once more. "You have my condolences. I'm sorry about your wife." Jeff ignored the inching feeling that he felt overwhelming his energy. As if another draconian power lay dormant in the ice covered alps of the north. They were hours away, and each individual aura get brighter with time. "We will do this recon mission and head back to the Iron for Milla's famous soup. You deserve a few bowls of it." He hung is head still, thinking of Ashe. "She is gonna get herself killed, being so bold like that. She acts like me-..." He shook his head. "I understand loss too, Samuel. You aren't alone there. I'm glad you are on our side. Thank you for watching over my mother."
Anaya DeLaRose: Sam looked back for a moment as Jeff said he was sorry for Samules loss there was a flicker of anger in that Wyverns heart as the thought came back of his ex mate and how Anaya was the reason she was dead, well that and other things lost with that long story. “it is not something i like to talk about Jeff and please do not be sorry for my past” with his words he lowered his aura so it was no longer able to be red, somethings Sam did not want others knowing about that linked to the loss of his mate. “and i now hope the mountain men come out to play be enjoyable to have you shoot them, they are very bad shots with there own bows and there arrows cant break my hide, they can hit small things but not me. Only thing that can bring down your mother and i are black arrows. Not many were made in the past but i know the wraith makes them now, they fired me with one at the burning of the town when they stole our people.” you could see the mountains in the distance there shadows there peeks they were comping up and they would be at them in meer moments
JeffDeLaRose: "Roger that." He then conjured his bow from out of thin air, using the inner power of his brother. He sighed softly and locked in close. 6 men, sitting back, shrouded in snow. Their auras were weak and their bones, brittle. Jeff pulled his bow back, conjuring two arrows on the string. "Be ready Samuel. " They appeared. And immediately the arrows flew, only to find targets in two of the men. Jeff replaced his arrows and pulled back, dispatching his enemies easily. Lather, Rinse repeat. After a few moments, each man had fallen with an arrow to the eye, through the frozen brain. All dead, again, before they could even pull an arrow. "Are you seeing any more?" Jeff asked, looking to each mountain, readying himself with more arrows. "I feel more energy. They are...everywhere. We aren't that far from our destination."
Anaya DeLaRose: Sam looked around as he looked back a head spotting all the men on the ledges and sides of the mountains. Samuel got a smile on his maw “hold on and don't let go of the rains lets test how well we can be a team, i hope you know how to fly a dragon, if you don't stear me well we will hit the mountain, the path is in your hands” and with that sam gave a large flap and started to speed up his body turning as he shoot into a crack in the mountain side fitting and tucking his wings in to fit then once it opened up again he opened his wings to give some drag but not much his body twisting and going like a small dragon would. He turned to view some men on a ledge and with pin point accuracy he shot out the spikes on his tail hitting four men and then turning in the air to fire another four at more on the other side. He straitened out and then let out a blast of green flame to the east wall of the mountain frying another dozen or so men and then flapping again to up the speed once more to get to the net area of the path. Then he stopped turning to allow Jeff control.
JeffDeLaRose: "Whoa!" He exclaimed being dragged into the dining hall. His baby blues fixated on the dish that lay before him on the great oak table. He blinked. "Milla-...did you mean what you said? About me being a pitiful Prince?" Jeff sighed softly, picking up his fork and toying with the eggs and bacon. "Mother is busy fixing problems and I'm trying to fix things here too. But every time I try, I can't help but do everything wrong. I know that I'm only doing things on how I was taught to do them, but with mother's new body...she has become very gentle yet violent where as before-...she was violent and rarely gentle. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I've tried to talk to her but I never see her. I wouldn't be surprised if she tries to get rid of me the first chance she gets." He sighed again, before picking up the fork and looking to Milla, a strip of bacon stabbed onto the silverware. "This didn't come from you, did it?" The prince asked with a smile before taking a large bite, after removing his mask and setting it next to his plate. "I fear my days are numbered here. I fear that those I love may turn on me."
Arsynn Rage: Ashe awoke with a large yawn, it was still very early the sun barely peeking over the horizon, she had thought that Jeff and Samuel had to be gone by now. Samuel had been adamant about leaving as early as possible. Ashe climbed from the bed and dressed herself, white linen too, black waist cinch, and leather pants with her usual black boots. She entered the bathroom and braided her hair, brushed her tee, then she packed a small bag, of potions, clothes and weapons, and threw on her fur lined jacket. It would be pretty cold where she was going. Ashe left a note on the bed..
"My dearest Jeff. Where do I start..? Just a few short months ago, I was nothing but a thief stealing tobacco from a vendor at the faire, and bumped into an egotistical Prince that I had no idea I would fall in love with. He was demanding and rude, and has such a temper, but he showed me that not everyone is bad, bathtubs are my friend, and real, true, pure love exists. At first I doubted him and his love, and I for a split second thought of running away, but he cured my fears, and calmed my demons with just the sound of his voice. And for their reasons I can't let you go off alone, I can't let you get yourself hurt. And I need to go ahead and do this for you... I've left. And I've taken the black steed.. I will be at the ice lands before you. And this letter is in case I don't return. So you know how much I love you and how important to me you really are. Never forget me.. I can only hope the one night we spent together means more to me than any other day of my life.. I'll take you with me forever..
Forever yours, Ashlynn"
with that she slipped it of the room, her pack on her back, through the front doors without a trace. She would see what trouble they would face before they got there and hopefully warn them.. She hoped.
The drow would make his way from the dinning table he ate a lot for his stature as the flayer came back to accompany him he would not really notice the others already packed and things he wanted to see the queen she had been gone for a alarming amount of time days and weeks it seemed. It was hectic around the lands but he drew himself away from the company of others and simply wanted his peace. The thought of this woman moving to another realm was a thing he couldn’t understand yet something turned within him something called to him from his dreams of late. Kalandor heard the voices of the dead as if he could not drowned them out. They kept telling him to go north but he would reject the idea maybe this is the trap the other drow had been enslaved to he shrugged for there was nothing up there anyway but ice snow and ruins. The tales of his homeland in books and songs speak of weaponry forged when drow and elves lived side by side once. It speaks of a tale of the god casting the drow into the darkness for disobeying him. This book would only stir questions as the flayer would be next to him reading along with him. he looked back to the thing and raised a brow. “These old books have knowledge maybe we would have to go north to figure this out?” he looked back to him with a eyebrow raised and smiled. “I must see the queen maybe she can give me insight of what lies out there nurr.. something has to be…” he put his index fingers to his forehead and rubbed the ridges of his nose. “For the life of me I have had enough knowledge for one day…..”he began his decent into the main hall to look around at the artwork some more.
Anaya: Milla smiled and looked at Jeff as her bright and Innocent eyes looked at him with happiness and joy “no i was just angry cus you yelled at me for doing what Anaya told us to do with people , you want some pie?” she got up hoping over to the other counter top picking up some nice fresh baked pie and then bringing it over and putting it on the table in front of Jeff “and no the bacon is not form my back, um..i am not a pig, i am a boar demon, not swine that is in the stable. Please don't talk about it, i don't like to” she smiled a bit more as she turned her head watching Sam come into the dining hall to get his own plate of food and get his own spot at a table across the room alowing them to eat in peace as Sam believed that food and work were very different things so should be kept that way. Sam took his claw and piled things onto his plate and then just sat there calmly eating before the trip today his black coat flowing behind him.
JeffDeLaRose: "I only did what I thought was necessary. I'm sorry I yelled, but if you ever lay a hand on me again Milla." Jeff leaned in close. "I will hurt your pretty little face." Jeff held a sarcastic tone, yet friendly in a small way. Then down came Samuel, as buffoonery as always, eating like a hog and not even chewing. What a monster, Jeff thought, repulsed by his unusual aura that he, literally, brought to the table. He sighed softly and looked at the pie, accepting a piece. "Thank you Milla, and good morning Samuel." Something was off. There was one less aura in the iron and it appeared that someone had left. Someone whom Jeff knew well. Ashe." He growled and stood, marching up to his room to find no Ashe, but a note. He blinked as he read it before dropping it, and growling under his breath. "She-...is going to die out there and there is nothing I can do to stop it." Jeff dropped to his knees before yelling out. "Ashe! Where are you?!" He pulled himself to stand and rushed down the steps, and outside, but she was already gone. This most likely seemed strange to the others, but Jeff cared little. "After all we've been through, why do the gods continue to shit on me? Why?" He came back in with, for the first time since Lunaria left, a defeated posture. It was almost as if losing her all over again. Jeff walked into the main hall and stared at Samuel and Milla. "She's gone. Let's go." Jeff picked up his back, allowing Samuel to finish eating. Jeff was, scarily calm. Angered calm. As if-...tha prince had snapped. "We have a job to do." He crossed his arms and made back to his seat, to allow Samuel to finish.
Anaya: Milla looked at Jeff and smiled to his words and just walked behind him nicely patting him on the head without saying a thing at all if acthions could talk this one said a oat load. She walked out grabbing the empty dishes and heading to the kitchen looking back to see Jeff head up around the same time as she puttered back grabbing the pie dish with the left overs to put them in the kitchen as well. Sam saw Jeff leave, he took a bite of his meal, he saw Jeff come back, took another bite, could hear Jeff yelling for Ashe, he took another bite, watched Jeff head outside, took another bite, Jeff came back in and Sam took another one. “meals and battle are different things, we will eat relax and then go over plans and then leave. One step at a time” he could calmly take another bite of his meal only a little left on his plate. “so will you be alright upon my back for the trip up north Jeff ?”
JeffDeLaRose: "Indeed." Jeff slowly mentioned. Calm, and slowly he sat down. "I suddenly lost my apatite. I don't feel-.." Jeff shook his head and snapped his head in Samuel's direction. "The plan is what you said when we had the meeting, correct? We take the potion, and fly low, doing a sweep of the land. We get in and out before the sun goes down. Unless you have another option?" Jeff crossed his arms and allowed Samuel to finish his food before continuing. "Forgive me-..I fear that my brain may have just exploded." He twitched his left eye before slowly closing both of them. "Look, Samuel. I understand that we don't get along but we need to be a team here. So if we aren't, one of us may die. I'll be fine on your back so long as I have your word that you won't throw me off your back." He had a monotone, and was slightly shaking but other than those two things, he seemed rational.
Arsynn Rage: With a mild tooth chatter, Climbing further into the North Ashe started to think about what she was doing and for the first time doubt herself. She would turn at the waist and reach into the pack she had on the back of the horse and pull her fur lined coat back out and put it on tying it tightly around her waist, sliding the hood over her long red braid. "I don't know how these creatures live out here, it's fucking ridiculously cold." She said out loud to herself, still careful to stay quiet in case the Pirate had managed to get himself an army like the creepy ghost fella had mentioned the night he showed up in her and Jeff's room. Pulling the glove from her right hand Ashe turned the ring on her finger and thought about her love.. "I miss you already Jeff..." Hoping he got the note by now, and understood why she was going this, she pulled the glove back on and sat up straight, cracking the reigns so her steed would hurry along a bit faster..
The frozen wastes the king regaining the memories of the woman named emmy he would have found her in the room. Against her will he smiled as he Froze her the ice slowly overtaking her body in place as he smiled to himself as he looked in the ice. “here you shall stay then safe and secure” he moved through the halls and let forth a ghoulish laughter as he went back from her frozen stature.
Anaya: Samuel picked up his now finished plate and carried it over slowly to the area of witch all the dirty dishes went and he softly put the dish into the wash basin. Then he turned around looking at Jeff and simply walked past wiggling his fingers as if to say come with me. He walked past his chair picking back up his coat he put down and tossed it back over his shoulders as he was aimed for the door “Jeff you are the only one that holds a problem with the other, i hold no problems with you” he walked to the doors as he opened them up and started to walk outside looking to the east to see the tip of the sun coming up “the plan is you take this” he turned around and gave Jeff the vile from his coat pocket “when i let you know i wish you to climb up to my head and dump half and only half of this on my head that will cloak my body from both sight smell and i fly silently so they will not hear anything but the wind. Then drink the rest of the vile yourself it will taste like cat piss but it will be able to hide your aura as well as everything else if you ingest it. I don't need to as i can hide my own just like your mother can hers. If anything happens and we get spotted it will be a work on the fly thing but what ever we do we are not landing. If we land and hit ground the both of us will be toppled chained and killed or worse turned undead. Even together i feel we will not be able to beat this. And i will not lose you on the battle filed” as Samuel started to walk away his body started to bend and grow, at this point it would be clear he did not need the coat at all really it was for Jeff all along, it fell off as he changed into himself. 84 feet tall over a hundred feet long Samuel was smaller then his mate but in length he topped her and when her scales were white his were a deep red wings held high as he lowered his neck down to allow Jeff to get himself on.
There was a look in his eyes as the bright green orbs watched Jeff as if to say do you trust me, Samuel did have a darkness within him but at the same time he cared very much for this place, and in truth he cared more for the lands and the building then he did his own mate so if anything he was protecting this place for his own selfish gain not for Anaya's sake, and in Samules heart and mind he new he needed Jeff on his side for this one, it was better to have the boy with you then against you anyway.
JeffDeLaRose: Jeff calmly stood and walked with Samuel, listening to him blather on and on as a small ringing came into his ears. Was he in shock? Was Ashe dead? They couldn't land, Samuel wouldn't allow it and if they did, the horse would be left to freeze to death, which the kingdom couldn't allow as they were short on resources. He assumed she didn't leave on foot. His eyes drifted to the floor, as his hands instinctively caught the vile, being snapped back into reality. "Uh-...yeah. Okay. I got it. Let's go." Jeff moved to climb onto Samuel after watching him contort into his true form. Jeff was clearly not himself, yet was surprisingly following directions instead of attempting to fix the flaws that were so clearly in this plan. Jeff had stated this at the meeting but no one listened. The army will find them. And they will be captured. Ragnar sees potential in Jeff, and Jeff was curious to find out what he wanted. It was almost too much to put on him at the moment, but as a prince, he decided that it was only best to follow direction. Jeff held tight and looked at Samuel. "I guess I trust you. Don't brand me a fool for doing so." Jeff looked at his cigarette pack, pulling it from his jacket. He grunted, pulling one from the box. Jeff was shaking violently and his only thought was to grip tighter into the scales of Samuel, his bag over his shoulder. "I'll be honest with you, I brought a short sword. I know you said no weapons but I am not walking into the mouth of the undead without at least one sword. I know that you expect this to go well, as do I but we need to be prepared." Jeff sighed. "Can't expect things to ever go the way you plan, you know?"
Anaya: Samuel bumped his back for fun to make sure Jeff was holding on tight “you are riding a fire breathing dragon and you believe a short sword will save us if needed.” he let out a grunt like snort as he was laughing “i don't want it to stab me that's all, the skin between the scales is tender ” Samule gave a grunt as he bent that neck back to look at Jeff one of Sams eyes larger then all of Jeffs self, a giant green eye just looking at him as the mouth started to move to speak unlike Anaya were it was all metal metal talk Sam had a voice. “i know you are freaking out so care to share before we take off, if it is along the way we can make a stop it will be sort but if you need to breath you can and nothing goes to plan anyway reason we have a giant fire breathing dragon and I am not thoughtless like your mother can be and send you out alone to die”
JeffDeLaRose: As Samuel bucked, Jeff had already latched on, telekeneticly, and Samuel now acted like the base of a planet, allowing Jeff to use his new found 'gravity' to stay attached to the Wyvern. "I know a short sword isn't much but I don't plan on killing you. Undead though, I do, if need be. And Ashe is gone so if we find her, we are landing and bringing her home." Jeff sighed. "I didn't want her to follow me. And she should have checked the castle before assuming we ran off." He sighed once more, but retaining that small sense of insanity calmness. "We need to just be a team and get this job done-...thanks for looking out for me. It's nice not to feel like we are butting heads. I'm sorry I'm so defensive, I just-...I don't know why everything changed. I was taught to rule this way and now everything is different. She runs things differently and it scares me. Has she ever taken anything from you?"
Arsynn Rage: With a yawn Ashe jerked her eyes open, she had been riding for a few hours and was getting quite sleepy, and uncomfortably hungry. Her stomach made a low grumbling sound as she wrinkled her nose. pulling back on the reigns she stopped the horse and slid off of his back, her feet landing n the ground. "Maybe i bit off more than i can chew" she spoke aloud. "I got utterly spoiled in that big castle and forgot what it was like out here in that short amount of time." shaking her head Ashe sighed deeply, her fingers going to the ring on her finger. "He is going to be angry at me." she murmured and began walking along side the horse, tugging his reigns to follow her. As she began along a small stream, Ashe tied her friend to a tree and leaned over the edge cupping the water. She brought some along, but why not utilize the fresh water of the lands. Sitting back she crossed her legs and buried her face on her hands. "Maybe i should just go back"... She finally felt defeat.. Alone in the woods and missing her mate.
Anaya. With a giant push off the ground the Wyvern took off into the air his wings opening showing his true size. The sky's that is were a Wyvern belonged truly very bad at ground movement and amazing in the sky. He tucked his back legs up to his underside and with an open he evened out to glide more then flap using the air as his ally unlike Anaya were flapping was needed Wyverns were giant and wide enough to be able to fully support there thin frame on massive wings. “Dragons take from everyone, that is just how they are in nature, they are greedy beasts that hoard and steal to gain what they hold, and then when they have it they claim it as there's and guard it with everything they have.” his head turned back to look to make sure Jeff was still holding on, he thought to himself how he should have made a rope or something for the boy to grip onto to secure him not falling off but it was kinda late for that. “and for Ashe, this is what time number three she has tried to bolt? Does she not like it here? If it was me i would show her how scary the world was outside of the castle, give her a good shock back to the castle” he let out a grunt like laugh as he looked back a head as his nose picked up her sent. “the girl did not make it far she is stopped on the side of the stream. You wish to land Jeff or give her a good jolt?”
JeffDeLaRose: "As angry as I am, and as good as the scaring her idea is, I just want to get her back to the castle." He spoke in a calm tone, gripping onto his scales for support. "Land whenever you are ready. I would like to have a word with her. It seems like we need to be quick however, if we are to have plan fall into place."Jeff sighed softly and readied himself for the landing, with a low growl rumbling in his throat. "I told her to stay behind. I fucking told her. " his eyes flashed from a baby blue to a furious blood red, cutting through the sky with each glance. He was furious and it didn't take a philosopher to see that he was losing his mind.
Nyx: -Having wondered through the castle in what felt like hours of roaming, Nyx would suddenly get the urge to go outside of the castle walls to wonder around back in the forest til she felt it was time too return to the company that was so greatly given too her, as she slipped downstairs she quickly headed out toward's the castle door past the guard's in a rush as if she was running, dissapearing outta the guard's sight's in second's-
Anaya DeLaRose: Samuel hovered and started to lower to land “i don't advise angering yourself Jeff, your aura needs to stay low, keep your head in this game, we are a team we look out for each-other” his voice stern yet soft as he landed about fifty or so feet from Ashe siting beside that river. His feet hit the ground with a bang as he lowered his body down so his Belly touched the ground so Jeff could slid off the monster. “be fast, we have to get going” he lowered his head down in the standered dragon and rider pose, it was odd that Sam new how to act with having another on his back, no one could think a Wyvern like Samuel would even know what a saddle felt like.
JeffDeLaRose: "I know. I just said I can't take to long." He said, sliding off the beast and landing on his feet, as his boots touched the ground. "Ashe!" Jeff shouted. Walking over to her as the trees bent and snapped with each step he took. "I told you to stay behind! You would have died out here! Do you realize this?!" He was shaking, but his tone was calm. Loud but calm. "You never would have made it to us in time and-.." Jeff proceeded to sniff the air. "You didn't bring food! You would have starved to death! How could you be so careless! How-...how am I supposed to react to this?" Jeff asked, crossing his arms, his head turning down to look at the grass that he couldn't see.
Arsynn Rage: Hearing Sam hit the ground before she saw him, Ashe jumped up quickly... And turned to face.. Jeff, and boy was he angry. Before she could speak he began to pound her with his words, all she could do not to turn and run or cry was look down.. "I... I'm sorry" she studdered. "I was only trying to...." She stopped and just shook her head. He was angry, and she was to blame. "Alright.. I'm sorry. Just stop. I thought I was helping, and you're right, I should've stayed behind." She walked to the tree where her horse was reigned and untied him, mounting his back, she then looked at Jeff once more, as a fit of anger took over. "I was trying to help, I don't want to be home if anything happened to you, I couldn't live without you.. You don't understand, I've never had anyone... And I don't want to lose you now... I'll just... Ugh I'll go back.." Then she simply turned the horse around and rode away. "I seem to always fuck something up" she whispered to herself.
Anaya DeLaRose: Samuel put his head to the ground hearing Jeff yelling the whole forest would hear him as Sam just grumbled and waited till Jeff came back so they could get back on there way.
JeffDeLaRose: She turned to walk away and before he could even apologize, she had rode off. He didn't sound that harsh-..did he? How could he have been so crude to her? He gave a sigh and moved back to the giant dragon. "Let's go." He then pulled a vine off of a large tree and wrapped it around Samuel's neck softly, and pulled back, gripping his fists tightly for support. "Just-...fly." He knew the vines wouldn't choke or bother Samuel in the least, but that didn't stop Jeff from holding on tightly as if he WAS trying to kill someone his own size. "My mother won't be happy if this mission goes awry. We need to be a team, like you said. Let's go over the plan one more time. Tell me when and we both use the vile. Then we lower our auras, then we get a bird eye-...er-...dragon's eye view of the north, and go from there. In and out. Right?"
Anaya DeLaRose: He moved as Jeff had to go around the neck to lash him up for ridding, Samuel did not move as Jeff did so, it brought old memory's but they were not overly painful so it was no burden. He could hear everything Ashe had said to Jeff and everything he had said to her and for a moment there he wanted to say so want the whole world to hear you, but he kept his words to himself on that topic and changed it back to the task at hand. “when i tell you to you are to clime up to my head carefuly and dump half the vile on my head. Then it will be able to slide down my scales and over my body. It is magical liquad a small bit works a large amount of body. Then you drink the other half and put it inside of your body that will make your aura low as well. Unlike myself you cant drop your power to nothing you can lower it but not to the level as needed you have yet to learn that, that being if you can at all due to race. Dragons can make there auras and powers drop to nothing and run there body's on the flame in there hearts alone and not there magical powers it is how we hide from humans for hundred and thousands of years. So you and i will be hidden fully from what ever is down there, only thing that can give us away is sound and if we get found out i am sure the wrayth will target the castle head on and right now with guards on low we cant take a hit like that just yet. ” with a push off of his feet he gave hard flaps and lifted himself into the air like a rocket. His body spinning around as his wings opened and he leveleed out and started to glide the north still being a couple hours away. But the trip gave the both of them some needed getting to know each other and bounding time. “i am sorry about hos Ashe reacted, and i am sorry for how blunt i was in the meeting room, sometimes we, we don't think before speaking to relise if it is the wrong choice of words”
Arsynn Rage: Ashe rode back the castle in silence. She was just trying to help. She only wanted to help keep him safe. She knew he would be angry, but thought maybe he would understand.. Shaking the thoughts from her head she sighed and continued home.. She felt defeated.
JeffDeLaRose: Jeff sighed softly, slowly nodding to him as he gave direction. "I understand." The prince tightened his rope and readied himself. "We have a long flight so we better talk about the layout. I've been to the north, once for an assassination mission. There is nothing but ruins out there. And dead bodies. A lot of dead bodies..." Jeff sighed. "That means a lot of soldiers for the shade. More than we even know. You are right. We can't take hit like that." Jeff then blinked as Samuel apologized. "I'm sorry too. I am not used to this type of struggle. I just-...hate feeling like the fuck up." He sighed and patted Samuel's neck. "That-...was weird. Sorry I did that." He then pulled his hand away and placed it firmly on his make shift reigns.
Anaya DeLaRose: Samuel was fully flattened out as they were gliding more then flapping now, the ground and everything down there was ants. Sam was so different then Anaya in the air she was large and bulky and he was smooth and a joy to ride on. As Jeff talked and patted his neck there was a part of him that smiled inside knowing and being proud of being needed and useful for once other then fishing trips alone. “i was hatched in the north, and yes there is a lot of death there due to past wars with the natives killing each other off. There body's were under the snow and for what you saw on the top is just the tip of the iceberg there is much more death underground and not just human body's aether, the north is alive with undead wolves and large feral cats and some say even undead bears are up there but no one really comes back with many story's. ” he gave a flap and then looked back to make sure Jeff was alright back there, then moving his head back foreword he watched were they were going even if he new this path like the back of his claw. “it will only take a couple hours to get there the mountains will be the roughest part as it is a lot of turning. And mountain men like to shoot down dragons for sport if they see one” he let out a grunt of laughter as he started talking once more “but for the plan it is as it is said, we can keep it simple. There is much that could go wrong when we get up there and last thing we want to do is linger in the north. About a hundred years ago when the wars were in full swing someone messed something up by blowing things up in the sky and adding magic to the mix. It caused the air in the north at night to turn very toxic and instead of filling ones lungs with oxygen it draws it out turning the living things into dead things. No matter how strong you are when the sun goes down things just fall with it.” he gave another flap gaining a bit more height at a slow rise pace “i was leaving the north when Anaya's men got me and my.... then i became your mothers top male and got out of the north anyway even if i hate the heat in the centre land”
JeffDeLaRose: Jeff listened and hung his head as he heard of the dead underground. "I had a run in with an undead. We had a knife fight and he, unknowingly, let me to my target. When I walked on the land, I felt the dwindling auras beneath my feet and had never felt as much fear as I did that day. Women, men and children, all lacing the path I walked, just so I could add to the pile of bodies." He then listened as Samuel spoke about the mountain men. "If push comes to shove, I can conjure up my shadow bow, but it would raise my aura. That is a last resort however." Finally, Samuel mentioned how Anaya's men found him, and another. Reading his aura carefully, Jeff determined that it was indeed, Sam's mate, and the prince's heart dropped. He moved to place a sympathetic hand on his neck once more. "You have my condolences. I'm sorry about your wife." Jeff ignored the inching feeling that he felt overwhelming his energy. As if another draconian power lay dormant in the ice covered alps of the north. They were hours away, and each individual aura get brighter with time. "We will do this recon mission and head back to the Iron for Milla's famous soup. You deserve a few bowls of it." He hung is head still, thinking of Ashe. "She is gonna get herself killed, being so bold like that. She acts like me-..." He shook his head. "I understand loss too, Samuel. You aren't alone there. I'm glad you are on our side. Thank you for watching over my mother."
Anaya DeLaRose: Sam looked back for a moment as Jeff said he was sorry for Samules loss there was a flicker of anger in that Wyverns heart as the thought came back of his ex mate and how Anaya was the reason she was dead, well that and other things lost with that long story. “it is not something i like to talk about Jeff and please do not be sorry for my past” with his words he lowered his aura so it was no longer able to be red, somethings Sam did not want others knowing about that linked to the loss of his mate. “and i now hope the mountain men come out to play be enjoyable to have you shoot them, they are very bad shots with there own bows and there arrows cant break my hide, they can hit small things but not me. Only thing that can bring down your mother and i are black arrows. Not many were made in the past but i know the wraith makes them now, they fired me with one at the burning of the town when they stole our people.” you could see the mountains in the distance there shadows there peeks they were comping up and they would be at them in meer moments
JeffDeLaRose: "Roger that." He then conjured his bow from out of thin air, using the inner power of his brother. He sighed softly and locked in close. 6 men, sitting back, shrouded in snow. Their auras were weak and their bones, brittle. Jeff pulled his bow back, conjuring two arrows on the string. "Be ready Samuel. " They appeared. And immediately the arrows flew, only to find targets in two of the men. Jeff replaced his arrows and pulled back, dispatching his enemies easily. Lather, Rinse repeat. After a few moments, each man had fallen with an arrow to the eye, through the frozen brain. All dead, again, before they could even pull an arrow. "Are you seeing any more?" Jeff asked, looking to each mountain, readying himself with more arrows. "I feel more energy. They are...everywhere. We aren't that far from our destination."
Anaya DeLaRose: Sam looked around as he looked back a head spotting all the men on the ledges and sides of the mountains. Samuel got a smile on his maw “hold on and don't let go of the rains lets test how well we can be a team, i hope you know how to fly a dragon, if you don't stear me well we will hit the mountain, the path is in your hands” and with that sam gave a large flap and started to speed up his body turning as he shoot into a crack in the mountain side fitting and tucking his wings in to fit then once it opened up again he opened his wings to give some drag but not much his body twisting and going like a small dragon would. He turned to view some men on a ledge and with pin point accuracy he shot out the spikes on his tail hitting four men and then turning in the air to fire another four at more on the other side. He straitened out and then let out a blast of green flame to the east wall of the mountain frying another dozen or so men and then flapping again to up the speed once more to get to the net area of the path. Then he stopped turning to allow Jeff control.
