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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:09 pm | |
| Both Ying and Yang closed their eyes and saw the images in Siofra perfectly, nothing bad had happened as of yet. But when they met the egg, it was sure the tables would turn completely. If he could jsut get in the cave and stop everyone else from entering...then things should be of a better situation. Looking at the roof of the cave entrance, it didn't look in very good shape. Thinking fast, Ying told Yang of his plan and she approved of it. But they would have to wait until Siofra found the egg, only then would they be needed. He knew that he souldn't go into the cave with it being spoken to first, but the king speakig to it would be worse. 'when they find the egg, I'll count to three. Then we go, you go in first and I'll bring the entrance down so the others can't get in.' Yang didn't dare nod with being watched from everyone else, so she just agreed in her mind. Both of the Yiang dragons felt under-pressure, becausewhen that egg was found...it would all go hay-wire.
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:50 pm | |
| The cave was breath-takingly beautiful. Unlike anything Siofra had ever seen or heard of. The inside of the cave was decorated with icicles hanging down in various angles from the roof of the cave. They had a purplish glimmer to them as though they were made from a mixture of rocks and the purple liquid. The half-elf wondered whether the liquid had maybe hardened over the years to form these amazing figures. Smacked up in the middle of the cavern was a sea of purple liquid. It filled most of the free space on the floor and it had a golden shimmer to it. Was that..?
Her silent question was answered when the king made a sudden forward movement. One of the bodyquards followed him to light the way, despite the fact that the torches were barely needed anymore. The cave seemed to shine in some kind of inner light, making torches rather useless as they didn't spread much light anyway. Another bodyguard made a movement as though he wanted to warn the king but quickly decided otherwise and stopped himself before he could open his mouth. Disturbing the king and giving him advice he didn't want to hear was not well seen.
Siofra started to try and wiggle her way out of the bodyguards arms. Their grip hadn't loosened until they reached the cavern and she had the distinct feeling she would be very bruised afterwards. They seemed just as scared of what might happen than the one that had wanted to say something. The king had his eyes sternly fixed on the golden shimmer in the water, moving ever closer to the edge of the sea, not taking in any of his surroundings. Suddenly, Siofra's eyes were caught by a flicker of light at the far end of the cave. Had the light just changed shade for a bit? If only she could read the dragons' minds as well then she would know what was happening outside the cave.
The king slowly stretched his hand towards the lake as if he wanted to get the egg out with his bare hands. Everyone around him held their breath, fully aware of what would happen should his bare skin come into contact with the purple liquid.
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:42 pm | |
| As Ying and Yang both saw what was happening down in the caves and when the king reached his hands out to the lake, they both opened their eyes at the same time and cut off from their mind. Both had a worried expression on their minds and they each looked at each other. A few guards were startles by their sudden actions and so got ready to shoot their arrows if they had to. 'One, two, three!' Both of the Yiang dragons lunged forwrds towards the cave. A spray of arrows missing them by inches and hitting the floor behind them. As they both ran inside the cave, Ying thought of a way on how to block the entrance off with the old roof.
Then he had a sudden flash back of the past. A fash back showing Robert and his black Yiang dragon entering the cave themselves, and for a second he saw what she saw. For she had actually looked at the cave entrance and noticed a rock with a red mark on it. He heard her speak to Robert; "that rock doesn't look stable. It could send the front roof of this cave crashing down at the entrance." Her rider smiled, "yeah, better not touch it, Niveria."
Suddenly coming back to the preseent and reality, Ying stared at the rock of which Robert and his dragon saw so many years ago and classed as un-safe. Jumping up, he knocked the rock with the red marking on it away from the others and the entrance came crashing down. Thankfully it had stopped the guards from charging at them and no arrows had actually hit. Breathing deaply, Ying looked at the entrance where he could hear shouts and calls from the guards on the other side. "The king will have you in for this, Bernard!" "Me? It was you who kept missing them with the arrows!" Coming to realisation, Ying looked at the many rocks piled up, what had just happened?
"Ying!" Yang called, quickly rushing to his side and nuzzling him. "How did oyu know to move that exact rock?" "I...er...I don't really know." He was telling the truth, one minute he was staring at the entrance with men and arrows rushing towards him, the next he was in the past. Watching what had happened all of those years ago. When Robert had entered for the second time and he was showing his own dragon, Niveria, it. Wait, how did he know her name? No-one knew what her name was...not even the golden egg itself. In past history, her name had never been spoken of. Not that it was meant to be kept a secret, just that people never thought it was important at the time. Like you remember tthe name of the first person who discovered a medicine. But oyu never remember the name of the person who first tried it out. But how did he know her name? He then remembered that Robert had actually said it himself...
"Ying, are you okay?" Realising that he had drifted off, Ying was startled as his sster nudged him. "Yeah I'm fine, come on. That loud noise from the rocks would of probably alerted the others that someone had entered the cave aswell. Let's go and find Siofra..." Both of the Yiang dragons walked down the cave, looking all around them at the amazing rocks and the purple liquid of which dripped from them. But as Ying looked around, he kept having short flash backs of what Robert and Niveria saw when they went in the cave. Looking at Yang, he saw that she had no startled expression on her face and so guessed that she wasn't having these flash backs. But why? Why was he getting them and not her? They were both the last Yiang dragons and so why was only one of them seeing the past?
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:50 pm | |
| Siofra's heartbeat was speeding, she felt her heart throbbing in her head, making dots appear in her view. Someone had to do something. This was slowly developing into a life-threatening situation for more than just herself. Nobody knew what would happen if the King lay hands on the egg. If he could reach it, that is. Somehow Siofra couldn't believe that he would still be alive by the time he was deep enough in the lake to even get the egg out. Then the golden glow seemed to shift position. The body guard with the light moved back a few steps, unsure of what was going on, his movement copied by the second body guard standing close behind him. The two that were holding Siofra were tightening their grip again out of fear, ruining her idea of wriggling herself free.
Suddenly, there was a loud thumping and thudding from where they had just come from. All the heads turned towards the entrance of the cave, except for that of the King who still had his eyes fixed on the golden light. "Go check it out," he bellowed towards his body guards without even granting them a look. Without hesitating, they turned on their heels and ran towards the cave entrance. They didn't need another word but used the opportunity to get out as quickly as possible. One of the two remaining bodyguards released his grip on the half-elf, deciding that someone would have to watch the King's back, so he slowly edged forwards, to make sure his master was safe.
Siofra used the chance to get the other guy to let her go as well, sensing that he wouldn't resist much. They were all too tense to be doing anything, while the King was now stretching both his hands in a movement as if he wanted to bid the egg come to him. It looked like a badly performed summoning ritual, but somehow it seemed to work. The golden shimmer was slowly breaking the surface of the purple liquid and the upper part of the golden egg started to slowly erupt from the lake. Siofra's eyes widened. He's going to get the bloody egg, it's giving itself to him! She felt like she shouted it in her mind, hopefully getting the meaning through to the dragons. She had to do something, before he got the egg.
And then she jumped forwards towards the lake, stretching her arms and holding out her hands as if she wanted to plead the egg to come to her. Maybe it would be confused and at least stall its forward movement towards the King until she got a better idea. The bodyguards gasped in surprise but didn't dare move closer, scared of the purple liquid. The King's eyes slowly moved towards her as if they wanted to rip her into tiny pieces. As the egg actually stopped its movement, she knew that at least one part of her plan had worked. But now what?
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:05 pm | |
| Both Ying and Yang stopped suddenly at the cave entrance as they heard footsteps running towards them. As a quard came around the corner, both of them bared their teeth, unleeshing a low growl. The man stopped in his tracks and simply stood there, helpless. he did indeed have a sword with him, but what good was it if he couldn't move with fear. But then the thought from Sifora came through to the two Yiang dragons. Exchanging a quick glance, both of them quickly lunged forwards, running to where the lake was. As they passed the guard, Ying purposely hit him with his tail and sent him flying.
Normally ang would have exchanged a smile, but there was too much at rick now. They had to get to the lake, before the king even set one measely finger on that golden egg. And then, they came into sight. Skidding to a halt, Ying and Yang stood next to each other, watching the King suddenly turn his head and get distracted from the egg. The king was about to speak when a sudden hissing noise came from the pool as the egg rose out of the water. It simply floated there, at its full glory. A beautiful sight? Not for long, fo as soon as it saw the two Yiang dragons, another hiss was let out. Followed by a short purple beam the same colour as the lake towards the two dragons. They quickly lept side-ways out of the way and gave Siofra a worried look. For this was the reason they wanted Siofra to come in first for the egg would probably recognise and remember what happened all of those years ago. Just their luck.
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:24 pm | |
| A sweat drop was making its way down the line of Siofra's back, but she didn't even notice the sensation. She was completely tense, not knowing whether to look at the egg or the King. Her hands were still stretched towards the egg, still slightly submerged in the purple liquid without moving as if it was still considering the two people that apparently wanted to lay hands on it.
Suddenly, the King swiveled around to look at the two dragons that had just burst into the cave. Siofra didn't dare move, especially not as the egg started hissing and lifting itself completely out of the water. What was she supposed to do now? The golden shimmer started to tremble and it looked like the thing was not happy. The body guards had retreated back to the walls, wanting to put as much distance between themselves and the egg as possible. They didn't even care about what the King might do to them anymore.
As the egg beamed a ray of purple liquid at the dragons, Siofra let out a small cry, dropping her hands, while turning towards the dragons for the first time since they entered. Shock was splattered across her face and she had trouble breathing. She had to do something, just something and she kept telling herself this over and over again. Without further thinking about what she was doing, her feet moved towards where the King was still standing dumbstruck and shoved him, making him stagger and fall down. Now that her way was completely clear for the egg, she turned towards it, blocking the way between the dragons and the egg. She had no idea what it was she was doing and what would come out of it, but she started stretching her hands towards it, trying to get its attention away from the dragons.
It made a slow, hesitating movement towards her but somehow it felt like the golden glow was staring at the dragons. It felt as though the egg had eyes and it was freaking Siofra out.
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:51 pm | |
| Ying couldn't help but let out a small smile as the king was pushed to the floor by Siofra. He wished to do alot more damage to him, but that would have to be saved until later. For it was his fault they were her in the first place. "Not so tough now, are you kingy?" He couldn't help it, it was so tempting. But Yang quickly nudged him as the egg gave a quick jerk and turned around slightly, as if it's eyes were turned to them."Crap," Ying muttered underneath his breath. The suddenly, the cave echoed with the deap and low voice from the egg making the two Yiang dragons' shudder as it seemed to go right through them. "YOU TWO" It bellowed, but it was a mystery how it did this as it had no mouth as such. "YOUR KIND! YOUR KIND STOPPED ME FROM TAKING OVER." Neither Ying nor Yang dared to take their eyes from the golden object. "YOU ARE BOTH SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD, YOU MUST PERISH!"
Then Ying took another flash back to the past, to when Niveria first saw the egg with Robert. Then, he suddenly came back to the present and he raised his head up. Blinking fast, he made sure as of where he currently was, before looking at Yang. 'Run' he mumbled to her in her mind. Looking back at Siofra, the men and the king, he sighed. After the men had heard the voice from the egg, they had in actual fact gone running out of the cave and leaving them four alone with this damn egg. "Come on, Siofra!" Yang called out, as another purple beam was shot towards the two, missing them by inches as it hit the cave wall just above their head.
Ooc;; Hey, I have an idea how this can end =)
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:08 pm | |
| Siofra jumped at the sound of the voice, wondering how the egg was capable of speaking without having an obvious mouth, and the voice was definitely not in her head, it was resounding clearly in the cave. It froze her in the spot for fear, which got even enforced when the egg suddenly shot a beam at the dragons. But this action also made her move again. She had to stop the egg before it actually hit one of the dragons. Watching the guards run, she got angry as that was so typical, left everything to other people. But then it hit her, that soon all the other guards and soldiers would be swarming the cave. Or had the Yiang dragons' managed to seal the entrance? But if they did, that would also mean that nobody here would be able to get out, which was a relatively freaky thought. However, it only made the half-elf think harder on how to stop the egg. "There is no time and no place to run, Ying," she replied. By now, the King had scrambled back to his feet again and was making his way towards Siofra with a threatening look on his face. She defiantly looked back and challenged him: "Want to threaten me? You'll have to fight me on your own," she grinned evilly. All the guards were out of the cave, it was only the King, the dragons, Siofra and the egg. The egg that kept threatening the dragons to finish its work from years before and finally kill them off. Why was it again that you did not die that time? Maybe it's the clue to stopping this damn thing! The King was drawing his sword and so was Siofra. They were prancing around each other, none of them wanting to make the first move. And then there it was again, the change in the light. What was that? Suddenly, a loud crash was heard and then a long scream and somebody coming crashing through the ceiling and falling to the floor. The King swiveled around to see what was happening, and the egg turned as well. Siofra looked over at the dragons: This is your chance, get the egg!
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:00 pm | |
| As someone fell through the ceiling and came crashing to the floor, bot Ying and Yang turned the heads' sharply from the stranger, to Siofra. Acting first to her thoughts, Ying leapt forwards towards the egg seeing that it had lost concentration on them. Yang followed sharply behind her brother, but stopped as she got a sharp message from him; stay there, he hissed. Not particulary meaning to snap, but it could be her life at risk and he didn't want anymore of that nonsense. Skidding to a stop before the edge of the purple liquid, he quickly shifted his weight to his two hind legs and reared up. Stretching his front paws forwards, he slowly clasped the egg. But as they came in contact with the egg, it turned around as fast as before and the 'invisible eyes' seemed to be glaring right at him. But before the egg could shoot a beam at him, Ying flung the golden object straight towards Siofra, hoping she would catch it. But before it left his paws, he winced as the golden egg slowly began to glow. The heat from it burning at his scales causing the black Yiang dragon to scream out as he flung the horrible thing towards the half-elf.
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:40 am | |
| Siofra was happy to hear that the dragons had very quickly reacted to her thought. Maybe this was their chance to defeat the egg, being quicker than it and throwing it out of balance. But she still didn't understand how it functioned, making it harder to decide what to do with it. How do you destroy it? The question had been floating through her head millions of times during the last few hours of their voyage.
Squinting to see through the dust that had started spreading because of the rocks falling down, Siofra tried to figure out who or what had come crashing through the ceiling. Then she thought better of it and used the King's distraction to her own advantage, knocking him unconscious with the handle of her sword. At least he was out of the way now for a while; she had hit him hard. It was definitely a person lying on the ground and it started moving. Then realisation hit the half-elf. "Huor?!" What was he doing here? What was all this about? And how many more soldiers would come in with him?
She turned to watch the dragons and just in time realised that the black Yiang dragon was about to throw the egg towards her. Not knowing what to do with it, as she was sure, it was going to want to kill her just as much as the dragons, she frantically tried to think of a way to soothe it and then destroy it, if she could not destroy it immediately. As Ying threw the egg, she noticed him wincing and the egg glowing. She tied to brace herself for the pain that was going to follow the catch, but she had not prepared herself for what hit her once the egg was in her hands. Burning was not even a decent description of what the egg was doing to her hands. She tried not to scream, tears were filling her eyes and she felt the freezing look of the egg upon herself once again.
"Siofra, throw it to me!" she heard Huor yelling in the background, but she couldn't and wouldn't let go. What if he wanted to betray her again? But she couldn't take the pain much longer and the egg was still getting hotter and hotter. There was no way she was going to throw it to the dragons, they would die instantly if the beam hit them. Or so she thought. "Siofra, you have to let go!" Huor was nearly pleading and had the situation been different, she would have thanked him for his willingness to relieve her of this burden but she couldn't trust him. She knew she had to, she had to find another way to destroy it and she was not capable of doing it while the egg was in her hands. Finally, after what seemed like hours, she managed to throw the egg towards Huor, but before she did, the egg released a beam of glinting purple light and hit her in the chest. Falling to the floor from the impact, she didn't even feel the pain anymore, the siring pain that started spreading through her the whole of her upper body, giving her trouble to breathe. She had cracked her rib further when she had touched the stones on the ground and she knew that this time the bone had broken completely.
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:00 am | |
| Ying came back to all fours as he threw the egg, only to rear up again as his front paws sent a stream of pain throughout his legs as they touched the ground. Bringing them slowly down towards the floor again, he winced but managed to stand. His broken shoulder getting slightly irritated from all of this jumping about. Taking a quick glance to the half-elf, he smiled as he king was knocked unconsious. "Ying! Its' Huor!" Yang called towards him, staring at the stirring body upon the ground. "What the...?" Ying muttered, but his attention was soon brought back to Siofra with a sigh of relief as she cought it. But that relief was soon wiped from his face as he realised that it would start to burn her now. But suddenly, he heard Huor shout out to her."Throw it Siofra!" Yang called out, not wishing to see anymore pain in her eyes. But as much as Ying wanted to agree, he ddin't trust Huor from his argument from before. But he was actually glad when she did throw it. But them the beam hit her...
Ying and Yang ran to the elf's side as she struck the floor from the impact of the purple beam. "Siofra!" They both called out together, Yang kneeling down by her side and Ying still standing. The white Yiang dragon nuxxled her cheek and mumbled to her. "Siofra, are you okay? Speak to me!" While his sister was trying to keep her awake, Ying took a quick look at the wound and her hands. Then at his. "Water..." he muttered underneath his breath, before looking around for Siofra's back-pack. Finally seeing it flat out on the ground, he rumaged threw it and found the flask completely ignoring what was going on with the egg. Thankfully, it had enough. Quickly pouring a bit onto Siofra's hands, then where the beam had struck. It might hurt at first but would soon ease the pain a little and hopefully make her feel better. Afterall, water was the best think for burning, but it didn't necasserily mean it would make it better.
Then, the voice came again. That dreaded voice from the golden egg. Causing Ying and Yang to lok, but Ying fully turning around to face it. "NOW, YOU HAVE ANNOYED ME YIANG DRAGON!" But as the word's 'Yiang dragon' entered Ying's ears, he had a quick flash back to the past, then to the present. It happened so fast that it made him immensly dizzy, then it came again, flashing back to the past then back. Until suddenly, he heard somthing ro someone spea through to him in his head. Or was he just imagining it? He had no-idea of what it had said, but it soon came again more clear, speaking his name. As soon as he heard his own name being said, he collapsed upon the floor, completely unconsious.
Waking up a few minutes later, Ying found himself out in the forest again. Wait, the forest? Wasn't he in the cave? Looking around, he realised that the forest looked slightly different. There were more tree's, and the grass was much greener. Ying started to stand up, only expecting his shoulder and paws to attack him with the pain...but none came. After standing, he took a quick glance at his paws and saw no wound. Lost in confusion, he heard a sudden rustling from a nearby bush. Quickly spinning on his feet, he narrowed his eyes and let a growl rumble from beneath his throat. "Who's there?" There was another rustle, and then a black figure came out from it. Was that...a dragon? As it came closer, it began to speak. "No need to fear, Ying." As that voice spoke to him, it sounded just like that of who spoke to him in his head. The dragon-like figure came closer and closer until Ying could make out almost every detail.
Then he froze.
That dragon was a Yiang dragon...a black one. Exactly like the one he saw when he flashed back to the past. "Niveria?" Ying muttered with almost a dry mouth. "Yes." Was the reply from the black dragon who stopped infront of him. Ying stared at her, completely shocked. She was the same colour as him, a bit smaller and the ball on the end of her tail was black where his was white. Also, her tail was much, much longer. Finding the will to speak, Ying blinked several times. "Am...am I dead?" "No." "What? What's happeneing? Your supposed to be dead...?" There was silence between the two for a short amount of time before Niveria spoke again. "I am dead, but you are not. Ying, your here for a reason." Ying opened his mouth to speak, but was soon silenced as the other dragon began to speak again. "Ying, you are still in the cave, unconsious on the floor with Siofra and Yang by your side, trying to wake you. When in actual fact, your mind is here."
Ying was hating all of these un-answered questions now, he just wanted to know what was going on. "why am I here?" He asked, his muscles relaxing as he realised that she meant no harm. "Your here to find out the truth." Once again, silence filled the practically perfect forest surroundings. "Ying, all of those years back, when I died in order to save the whole of hummanity and practically the world, it came at a cost. When I jumped infront of the beam, all of the Yiang dragons' died along with me. Apart from you and your sister...we all died because every Yiang dragon is connected by a bond in their head that allows them to talk to each other through their mind, even you. But, you have a different bond, a bond between you and your sister that protected you both. Pausing for a moment, Niveria allowed the startled Ying to take everything in before she continued. "From that very second you two were born, that bond connected and saved your lives. For you see, it is because you are twins. Twin Yiang dragons. Yes, other Yiang dragons have siblings, but never have twins. And that was the bond between you both that protected you from the blast of the golden egg. It killed the bond between the Yiang dragons and so killed them. But it wasn't powerful enough to destroy the ones you had. And that is why you survived."
Ying stared at Niveria for a whole 5 minutes, is eyes glistening in the sunlight and her's were glistening back. "But, why is Yang not having these visions? Why did Yang not go to the past where as I did?" "Siofra." Was all Niveria replied, expecting for Ying to be confused, which he was. "What?" "Don't you remember? She asked you to exaplin to her about what happened in your past. Both you and your sister tried your very best to forget the past, and so the bond between you two created a barrier if you like that prevented you from remembering. Nevertheless, you broke that barrier down and forced yourself to remmeber because Siofra asked you to remember for her. That is what started the flashbacks off. If she had asked Yang to reciete what had happened so many years ago to her and not you, then your sister would be having the flashbacks and not you. It would be your sister upon the floor with you and Siofra crowding around her and not you."
"Why are you telling me this?" The male, black Yiang dragon mumbled thinking to himself about what was just said. "So you can understand the past and sort out the future...Ying, the adventure doesn't end here. You have to stop the egg, in the same way that I did, otherwise the world will be destroyed like it almost was in the past." Opening his mouth to speak, Ying soon felt Niveria's finger upon his lips. "Shh, it's the only way. We have to re-live the past in order to have a future. I trust you, so trust in yourself..." Taking her finger away, Niveria's own lips soon touched Ying's as she kissed him.
"Ying! Ying!" His sister screamed, shaking him in order to get him up. Slowly, he indeed did, open his eyes. And at that moment, the pain from his shoulder, his wing and his paws came surging back to him as he regained consiousness. He drowned out the happy calls from his sister and Siofra as he steadily began to get up. "Are you okay? What happened?" Yang asked, taking a nervous glance at the egg and Huor before back to her brother. "I...I met Niveria." "What?" Ying didn't repeat it, but he turned his head around to look at the golden egg who seemed to stare back at him in Huor's hands. Looking back to Yang, he soulfully looked her in the eyes. "Yang, I love you, you are my sister and we share the most powwerful bond ever." He hen looked at Siofra into her eyes and smiled. "Thank you for everything you have done, we wouldn't be here without you, you pracxtically saved our lives." Finishing his sentece, he raised his head and looked at both of them. "Thank you, and goodbye..."
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:24 pm | |
| Siofra gave Ying a thankful look when he got the water out, though she had to bite her lip not to scream out in pain when the water touched the wounds. It was more painful than she had thought it would be. She slowly managed to sit up and to shake the water out of the wounds so they would not inflame. She was afraid that the broken rib had pierced a somewhat important organ in her body and breathing still gave her trouble, though she hoped it was not the lung.
While the Yiang dragons and the half-elf were huddled up together, Huor was having a hard time not letting himself get burned as badly as well. Frantically trying to juggle with the egg to keep it slightly distracted, if that was possible, and to keep his hands from feeling like they would crumble into ashes some time soon, he looked like he came fresh out of a circus, though there was nothing funny about this situation. Siofra felt sorry for him. He had offered to relieve her pain and now he was burdened with it without anybody offering him any help. "Throw it back for a while," she finally managed to say. "We'll have to keep throwing it until we know what to do, it's our best chance." Huor simply nodded and hurled the egg back towards her. As soon as the gleaming egg touched her hands, she wanted to just drop it and scream but dropping the egg would crack it open and release whatever it was that was inside of it and that couldn't be good.
After she had the egg for only a short while, Ying suddenly dropped to the floor unconscious, for no apparent reason at all, except for the pain maybe, but it could not be as excruciating as to make him lose consciousness. What had happened to the black Yiang dragon? Had the egg done something to him? Siofra threw the egg back to Huor without paying further attention to her former partner in crime and ran back to the dragon, joining Yang in trying to wake him up again. Yang was nuzzling him and Siofra kept shaking him, trying not to touch his wounded shoulder, but there was nothing to be done. The dragon was completely out of it.
Siofra shot a glance back at Huor, who had started juggling the egg again which somehow seemed to glow a little less now. The King was still unconscious on the floor, so they at least didn't have to worry about him, but Siofra heard the distant sound of rocks being slid across the floor and being thrown out of the way. The guards were apparently working their way through the blocked entrance and that could not be good. If they managed to remove the rocks before the four of them managed to find a solution for the egg, then all of this might have been in vain.
Meanwhile, Huor was thinking as hard as possible of a possible way to destroy the egg but the only thing he could come up with was breaking the egg, which would then release purple liquid instead of destroying it. It had happened before, he knew. The only thing he had known was that making the dragons drink the purple liquid was not the way to find the egg, and that part of the adventure was well over. He didn't want to let Siofra down again, he knew how much it had hurt her last time, where it had not even been his fault, but there had never been a chance to explain and if there had been, she wouldn't listen. If only she knew how things had really been, then maybe they would still go on adventures together. It had always worked well and it had always seemed as if there was nothing they could not conquer. They had been there for each other through everything. He had helped her through the tough times when her brother had died, she had been there for him when his wife had died giving birth to their daughter, who had soon afterwards died as well. There was so much good history despite the bad memories, he simply could not let her down. That was when he decided he would sacrifice himself here and now if it was necessary to get everyone else out. At least then she would finally understood that he had never meant for things to go wrong so badly.
When Ying finally regained consciousness again, Siofra did not like the sound of what he was saying. It almost sounded as if he was taking leave of them for good. Which could only mean one thing: "No, you're not sacrificing yourself Ying. You're not going to take the fall for this. You have to make a stand, you have to keep going!" She almost yelled at him, tears in her eyes. They had not gotten this far for him to die now. Not after everything they had been through."Ying, don't do this." Without even awaiting his answer, Siofra swivelled back to Huor, seeing the pain in his face, she knew it was not only because of the egg, which had now stopped glowing brightly altogether. A dark aura had spread around it, dimming the golden, natural shine of the egg. The half-elf trembled, recognizing that this was not a good sign. The egg was preparing for something huge, for something that would not end well for anybody in this room, not even the King who had wanted to release it's power, though for his own good, without knowing that he would never have been able to control the egg.
"Huor, no matter what you do, don't let the egg get the dragons!" He nodded but before he could even move, the egg was shooting a beam towards the dragons, roaring in fury as it missed when Huor swayed it away from the line it was shooting in. "Huor, throw!" Siofra yelled, knowing that he would be next if the egg was not distracted again. Even while the egg was in the air, it shot the next beam, towards Huor, who got hit in the legs only as he jumped out of the way, but the pain would still make him dizzy and useless for a while. It was then that Siofra had an idea. It would be her final resort. If this didn't work, then nothing she could do would and the dragons would have to take care of the egg themselves.
Siofra jumped forwards, catching the egg mid-air and taking it with her, while she was jumping towards the lake. She would crack the egg open and release all its energy into the lake, crumbling into as many tiny pieces as possible as long as she could. There was no way the energy could get out of the purple liquid when it was not condensed into one single object. The liquid was too inconsistent to be able to transmit it and the egg had to lose its power and hopefully be destroyed completely. Plus, the beam would be deflected by the liquid and the egg would hit itself with its own destructive force.
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:42 am | |
| As Siofra pleaded the words to him, Ying kept his voice calm and attempted a smile. "We have come so far, and I know the outcome." Bringing his head closer to Siofra's ear's, he whispered in them. "I met Niveria, and it must end in the same way." While all of this was going on, Yang just stould there, not knowing what to do, small amounts of tear's swelling up in her eyes. "...Y...Ying..." Turning back to his sister, he kissed her on the cheek. "Goodbye Yang..." He then quickly turned around as Siofra caught the egg, reading her mind, Ying knew of her plan. And it couldn't go that way, otherwise the egg would just re-create itself basking in the glory of its own purple liquid.
Ying stared it face-to-face as it was in Siofra's hands, then it began to speak before she could crack it at the river. "TIME TO RE-CREATE WHAT HAPPENED SO MANY YEARS AGO YIANG DRAGON. TIME TO CONQUER THE WORLD AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!" The smile from Ying's face had completely gone by now and he wataring at the dragon, his face full of anger and hatred. "Got to hell..." He muttered. Suddenly, he flung his tail around at high speed and wacked the egg out of Siofra's hands, careful not to touch them for he knew they must hurt. The egg on the otherhand, was sent flying into the air. It then began to glow, brighter than ever and mid-air, it let out a beam exaclty like it did so many years ago when it attempted to reach the core of the earth. The golden egg was attempting to take over the world again like Niveria fore-told. Yang gasped and took a step back as the beam hit floor and began to go deaper and deaper into the earth's crust. As it kit, Ying had another quick flash back of when Niveria saw this happening just before she jumped in and got killed. As he came back to the present, he heard her voice in his ear again. "Now's the time, Ying. You can do it." Nodding to himself, he tok a quick glance and Yang and Siofra and caught their eye-contact. He smiled and nodded as if to say 'goodbye.'
Ying suddenly leapt forwards and spread out his wings, he landed right inside of the beam and the screaming from his sister was drowned out by the energy from the egg. He stould there, the beam continuously striking him, the pain arrowsing inside him and Ying called out, hoping to relieve some of it but failing. Then the voice from the egg came and filled his ears. "FOOLISH DRAGON, NOW YOU SHALL PERISH LIKE YOUR KIN." Almost straight afterwards, Niveria's voice came into Ying's mind once more. "Open your mind..." Closing his eyes, the black Yiang dragon attempted to ignore the pain and he reached inside his own mind. But all the while, feeling the egg's mind closing in on him. Then Ying found his own power, the power from his and his sister's bond. All of a sudden, Ying opened his eyes which now glowed white, his pupil's completely gone. His wing's spread out above his body and his head raised up.
Yang standing next to Siofra was almost bawling out with tear's, "Ying, no...no...please stop..." but her brother couldn't hear him at all. And as his eye's turned completely white, she gasped and quickly looked at Siofra, before looking back at the action scene. But then something caught her eye inside the beam. Wait, what? She thought to herself. Because for a second, she thought there were two dragon's inside that beam...But her attention was drawn back to her brother once again as he let out a bellowing roar that echoed throughout the cave and as he opened his mouth, a white beam the same colour as his eyes came out. As the purple and the white struck, and the dark cave was filled with extreme light. The white from Ying slowly fighting its way up the purple beam and back at the egg. "Oh my god..." Yang muttered under her breath as she realised that Ying wans't the only one inside that beam and letting out the white one. For there was another black Yiang dragon standing on the other side of him with a black ball at the end of her tail. Turning to look at Siofra, a face full of tears, Yang managed to speak in a tone that coulod be understould. "Siofra...it's Niv...Niveria. The one who sacrificed herself all of those years ago...Siofra. Its her!"
Both of the black Yiang dragon's were unleashing the white beam from their mouths, side by side, slowly but surely edging it up to the golden egg and making the purple beam shorter and shorter, untill...BANG! The white beam hit its target and the egg was sent flying against the ceiling of the cave, cracking into thousands of pieces and purple liquid sprawling out. But that was soon eaten away by the white beam aswell. Closing their mouths, Ying and Niveria turned to each other, Ying's eyes still glowing, where as Niveria's weren't...they actually never were in the first place. Niveria smiled at Ying and whispered in his ears. "You did it Ying..." she then quickly kissed him on the lips. Ying taking the kiss and closing his eyes the same as Niveria, but as they both drew away, Niveria seemed to fade away into thin air and Ying collapsed upon the floor.
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:19 am | |
| Siofra was caught off guard when the egg suddenly started speaking. She stopped her movement mid-air and almost fell to the floor as the thing between her hands started cursing at the dragons. However, she forced herself to land and remain on her two feet, not wanting to lose her grip on the egg. Nobody would probably survive, should it get loose now and finish the work it had already started while being whirled around all the time. As soon as she had touched the floor, relatively hard again, pain shot through her body and she started coughing, desperately trying to fill her lungs with air.
Since the egg had challenged Ying yet again, it came as no surprise to her that the egg suddenly was not to be found in her grasp again. It angered her that the dragon had not let her gone through with it, because she did not want him to sacrifice himself for something he was not sure if it would actually work. No matter what Niveria had told him, she could not be sure either, especially not after it had not worked when she had sarificed herself to stop the egg. The egg had survived nevertheless and was still trying to find someone it could control to gain power over the world. But her anger was the only thing that kept her going, her body was growing weak and she felt the overly strong sensation of simply wanting to lie down and fall asleep to make all the pain go away.
About to collapse onto the floor, adrenalin started pumping through the half-elf's veins again when she saw the beam hitting the ground and slowly working its way to what she could only suppose was the centre of the earth. She stood there, completely rigid, her hair hanging down into her face, having escaped the velvet band around her forehead. She simply looked at the destruction the egg was creating, unable to do anything about it. A loud, piercing scream escaped her lips when she realised what Ying was about to do, but she would not even have been able to prevent him from jumping straight into the beam. She felt as if she was watching everything from outside, not being part of the whole situation anymore.
Automatically, she put a hand to Yang's shoulder, trying to soothe the white dragon but she couldn't offer much comfort, she was too bewildered by what was happening and by the fact that there was nothing anyone of them could do. Huor had gotten back onto his feet in the meantime, a look of pain crossing his face every time he had to put some weight on his right leg. Slowly, he limped over to Yang and Siofra, resting a hand on the half-elf's shoulder, who for the first time in years did not shake it off. All three of them watched how Ying was tortured by the purple beam. And then suddenly.. Siofra looked back at Yang just as the white dragon was looking at her. Fear and hope spread across Siofra's face when Yang stammered that it was Niveria. Glad that Ying would not stand alone against the egg but at the same time, fearing what was happening to the dragon's eyes, Siofra stood transfixed, her eyes focused on the two dragons in the middle of the beam. Would it be possible that with her help Ying could..? Would they..? Siofra didn't dare even finish the thought, not wanting to jinx the tiny shimmer of hope that was now glistening in all of their minds.
Siofra clutched Huor's arm, squeezing and putting her nails into his flesh out of sheer excitement and nervousness, but he didn't even wince. He simply endured it, knowing it would help her. The half-elf didn't dare look back at Yang, not wanting to get the dragon's hopes up then necessary, in case something would go wrong at the last instance. And then it happened - the egg exploded with a loud bang and millions of little pieces that soon disappeared into nothingness. Siofra held her breath, her eyes still fixed on the two dragons, one who was fading more and more, while the whiteness in Ying's eyes still did not fade.
Still, Siofra could not move, her hand had fallen down from Yang's shoulder, but the other stayed where it was, clinging to Huor's arm. Her eyes were watering again and breathing still caused her trouble, making her gasp for air like after a marathon. Huor gave a quick look to figure out why she was being so weird, but couldn't figure it out so turned his eyes back to the dragon on the floor. He didn't dare approach the dragon, knowing that they had gotten off on the wrong foot with the dragon not trusting him and all after his argument with Siofra in front of the dragons. In addition, he felt that Siofra was not ready to approach the dragon yet either, something was going on inside the half-elf that kept her from doing anything at all.
In his corner, the King slowly started stirring again, then quickly jerking up, wanting to brandish his sword, but realising their was nothing to fight. His eyes were glancing around like crazy, trying to determine the location of the egg, but when he couldn't see it, only a few scraped and wounded animals and people around him, he whispered. "What have you done?" And then the full impact of what probably had happened while he had been unconscious hit him: "NOO!! What have you done!!" It was then also that suddenly there was screaming at the opening of the cave, which could only mean that the four guards had finally managed to find a way through and then the rest of the soldiers were now on their way into the cave.
"Don't worry," Huor finally managed. "They won't harm any of you. They're only concerned for the King's well being and his mission. I will bring the King outside to them, and you'll stay here. I will come get you once they are gone." And with that, he carefully removed Siofra's hand from his arm, went over to the King and grabbed him under his armpits to put him back on his feet, leading him towards the exit like a lost child, while the King kept muttering "what have you done, what have you done".
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:21 pm | |
| Ying lay upon the ground motionless, his chest ot rising at all as a sign to say he was not breathing. His sister not noting anything that was happeneing around her. She knew Siofra's hand upon her shoulder was supposed to comfort her, but it did far from that. Nothing could comfort her now apart from the sound of her brother's own voice, which she doubted would happen. Yang stood there, tears swelling upo in her eyes but not falling down her cheek. She looked from Siofra to Huor and wondering why they weren't rushing over to Ying and trying to help him. This also kept Yang from running to her brother, but it just didn't feel right to her, simply waiting and staring at Ying who was upon the floor.
Not being able to take anymore, Yang ran forwards and skidded to a halt looking over her brother whom was sprawled out over the floor. The tears now coming down her face like a tap that was constantly turned on. Placing her paw on Ying's non-wounded shoulder, she shook him while her tail swayed from side to side. "Ying, please wake up...Ying." Looking back at Siofra, she shook her head and took a quick gasp for breath.
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:40 pm | |
| She felt with the white Yiang dragon, but Siofra simply couldn't bring herself to move. Not only because she was afraid that Ying might actually not have survived this but also because she was afraid that something inside her was not alright. The rib hurt more than ever and she was struggling for breath more and more. The fact that she didn't know what was happening made her feeling uncomfortable. She almost grabed Huor to stay but she knew he was right. It probably was their only way to get out of here alive. Watching Huor walk out with the King, she wondered what was going to happen to the latter. It didn't look to good for his mental health, now that he seemed to be completely obsessed by the fact that the egg was gone and there was nothing more to be done by him to get it back. Tears were streaming down her face as well in silence when she caught Yang's devasted look. A sob escaped her lips but was immediately drowned out by a coughing fit. Automatically, Siofra held up her hand in front of her mouth to stifle the noise. When she took it down again, her eyes widened in shock. Through the blur that the tears had produced, she saw blood. It was then that she felt something trickle down her chin. Quickly, she brought up her hand again to wipe it away. More blood!
Not wanting to think about what this might imply, she turned her thoughts back towards Huor and their escape. Hopefully he managed to convince the soldiers that it was unnecessary to search the cave so that they could get out safely. That was when she remembered how Huor had entered the cave. Her eyes moved over to the hole in the ceiling where he had fallen through. Maybe it was big enough for the dragon to get through? It pained her to think of only one dragon but according to Yang's look and attitude, there was nothing left to be done for her brother. Not daring to speak, afraid that blood would come pouring out of her mouth, she simply tried to talk to Yang through her mind. She knew the dragon would eventuall notice that Siofra was trying to tell her something. Huor came in through the ceiling. Maybe we could get out that way. The half-elf looked from the dragon to the hole in the ceilling and back, several times. Motivation had left her, but she knew that someone had to think of a way to get out and Yang didn't really look like she was up for it. It would be hard enough to get her away from her brother, should they really have to get out without him. If he was dead, that was....
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:39 pm | |
| Yang continuously tried to fight back her tears, but failed miserably. She looked back at Siofra as she heard her sob then suddenly splutter out blood, Yang couldn't help but wish to scream out at her. 'Don't you die too!' It was a horrible thought, but she didn't know what to think anymore, she just wanted to curl up in a ball next to her brother and stay there forever. But she knew that couldn't be the outcome of all of this because the guards could now be heard enterring the cave. That caused them to have to find another way how to get out of this death-ridden cave. Turning back to look at Siofra who quite frankly looke din pain, she realised that she wasn't talking and most probably couldn't at this moment in time. Closing her eyes, she concentrated hard on reading her mind, only for her eyes to shoot open and for her own body to stiffen. "What?" She muttered, almost impossible to hear. "We...we...we can't just l...leave him!" She half spluttered and half sobbed, whilest taing a quick glance at the ceiling.
It took a few minutes for her to calm down, tears still coming from her eyes but at a steadier rate now. Taking one final glance at her brother, she bent down her head and kissed him softly on the cheek. "G...g...goodbye Ying..." She then slowly walked over towards the half-elf and rested back on her haunches ready for Siofra to mount her. The sound of footsteps now entering the cave, all Yang could do now is treasure the memories from her brother and just hope that the king's men would be kind to Ying's body...
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:56 am | |
| Still unable and unwanting to strain her vocal chords, the half-elf replied in her mind. I know.. I'm sorry. But there is nothing else we can do for him. She turned her head slightly towards the entrance of the cave. The footsteps of the soldiers were coming nearer. So it seems that Huor couldn't stop them from examining everything in every tiny detail, but that came to no surprise to Siofra. Some of the soldiers were really loyal to the King and were not so easily fooled by a fib. The could only hope now that they were out of the cave before the soldiers reached them. Depending on what the King had told them, they would not be too pleased to see Yang and Siofra still alive. As far as I know, they never touched a dead body, they're a little superstitious. A dead body doesn't matter to them, so Ying will be fine.
When the white Yiang dragon came over to her, Siofra braced herself for the pain that was about to shoot through her. It would not be easy to get onto her back, especially staying on it afterwards. It took her what seemed like hours to climber onto Yang's back, the patience of the dragon in this situation really amazing. I don't know how large the hole is, whether we'll get through alright. Siofra was a little worried about that, since Huor definitely was smaller than a dragon, but if he had gotten through, then maybe it would be easy enough for the dragon to widen the opening and get out just fine. I should be alright, you can fly. And.. thanks. Her eyes didn't want to stay open anymore. It took her an enormous effort to stay conscious for a while longer. Her bodily functions had rapidly degraded during the last few minutes, which, to her, had seemed like days. At least, she wasn't coughing up any blood at the moment.
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:17 am | |
| As Siofra clambered up onto her back, Yang couldn't take her eyes off her brother, just seeing him lying there so helplessly would torture her forever. Listening to the half-elf;s thoghts, she could only nod, for the was nothing to be done now. Nothing could be done, and that was final. "It's okay," Yang said to the passenger upon her back, but still not taking her eyes from Ying. Once she knew she was seated and ready, Yang muttered under her breath to her, "hold on tight." Spreading out her white-rimmed but black wings, Yang took off and flew up to the hole in the ceiling. She began to hover a few metres underneath her and thought to herself how she was going to get out. The hole was about half her size and she wouldn't fit out of it without widening it. Opening her mouth, she set a long a fierce stream of orange flames towards the ceiling around the hole, hoping to weaken it.
The ceiling did, infact begin to crumble, but not making the hole big enough for her to squeeze out without getting hurt. Sighing, she knew she would have to force herself out of it. "Siofra, you try and climb out first, you should be able to fit. Helping the half-elf, Yang wrapped her tail around her body careful of her injuries and lifted her up so she could reach the edge of the whole and pull herself up. "There, can you reach?"
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:12 am | |
| Siofra looked up at the hole in the ceiling, it was a little bigger than she had thought it too be but still too small to even fit half a dragon through. Even Yang's flames didnt' achieve the desired effects, so that they resolved in getting Siofra through first. She bit her lip so as not to scream in pain when the dragon put her tail around the half-elf's body. She was trying her best, Siofra knew, but there was hardly a spot left in her body that did not painfully hurt as soon as it was moved or touched.
"Yeah, I can reach," she managed to get out. With the last resorts of strength she still had, she pulled herself up, with help of the dragon, who was pushing her from beneath. She managed to find a rock that was steady enough for her to hold on to and she used it as support. When she had finally managed to pull her legs up as well and for Yang to be able to let go, she lay a few seconds, still, dizzy from the effort. Then she forced herself to stand up and she drew her sword, starting to ram it into the edges of the hole, trying to make it crumble more and more, without making herself fall back into the cave. Where Yang's flames had softened the earth, it was relatively easy to break lose. It made her wonder how long Huor had been working on this and that notion lead to the question what his ultimate goal had been when he had come into the cave. But Siofra didn't want to think about that just now.
Sweat was streaming down her face, mixing with the dust that was whirled up through the earth. Her breath became more and more shallow again, warning her to take it easy, otherwise she would regret it. But she couldn't just leave Yang down there, doing all the work herself. She had to do something. Can you get through yet? It should be big enough by now. Inwardly, she was almost starting to count the seconds, as it was only a matter of time before the soldiers would storm the cave. If nothing else goes, you will just have to squeeze through, no matter what. Siofra knew that would be painful, but under the circumstances, it was necessary. Yang needed as much support as anyone else right now, after all she had lost her brother, and had watched him die on top of it.
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:35 am | |
| Blinking rapidly as the dust fell from th ceiling where Siofra was stabbing it with ehr sword, Yang listened to her thoughts itently. She then examined the hole realising that it was alot bigger than before, but wouls still be a tight squeeze. She would have to take her time getting out if she to suffer the less damage to herself. Flapping her wings, she raised her body and fit her head through the hole, taking a quick glance at the half-elf before fitting her two front arms through. Until suddenly, she heard shouts and screams from below as the kibng's soldiers enterred the main part of the cave where she was trying to get out. Turning her head around and looking down, she watched as men filled the cave, noticing Ying's dead body and staying away from it...and then they saw her...
"Look! Up there!" One man called, Yang narrowed her eyes to see if she could make out who it was if it was anyone she knew, and it was. Yern stould there, a bandage around his fore-head and the look of anger in his eyes. "Don't let her get out!" He bellowed at the top of his voice, Yang's eyes filling with hatred as himself and a few other men raised their bows and arrows to them. She had to get out, and fast. Pushing her body through the whole, she suddenly stopped as she got stuck. Cursing under her breath, she kicked her back legs out as if trying to push herself out from thin-air. Struggling, she ever so slowly moved her body through the hole as it became tighter and tighter, the look of pain crossing her face as the edge of the hole soon began to dig into her scales then flesh.
She could hear an array of arrows getting shot at her from below, thankfully none of them had a good aim and so they were missing her. Atleast she thought, until a sudden shot of pain entered her left hind leg as an arrow struck her. Roaring out with pain, Yang gave one final push in attempt to squeeze her way out of the hole, it becoming more and more painful around her sides as she pushed. Then she felt another arrow strike her on the same leg but just above the last one. Wincing, Yang let out a large bellow as she heaved her mighty body through the hole and almost flew out of the top because of the sudden release on force. She came crashing back down on the rook top next to Siofra. Her wing's un-touched, but her body very scratched and sore. Two arrows were sticking out of her back leg, but she knew she couldn't remove them just yet as they had to get out of here. Motioning for Siofra to re-mount her again, Yang slowly stood up without putting any weight on her wounded leg.
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:20 pm | |
| Siofra's heart started pounding when she realised that the white Yiang dragon was almost stuck in the hole and when she heard the men shouting underneath them in the cave. It was bad enough that Yang had to force her way through the hole, but now she was being fired at as well. Sadly, there wasn't much Siofra could do for her. Pulling wouldn't be of any use, it might just hurt the dragon more, since she knew best which way to pull herself so as not to scratch herself too deeply.
When the dragon had finally yanked itself out of the hole, the half-elf was already ready to clamber back onto her back to get out of here as quickly as possible. While she mounted the dragon, she noticed two arrows sticking out of one of Yang's hind legs. She would have to get them out and clean the wound once they found a resting spot. "Try to get to a river, Yang. Down the other side of the mountain would be best, out of harms way so that the King's men can't follow us too easily." In addition, it would be a relatively easy fly for Yang, down a steep hill, where horses and humans would take quite a long time to get down but where wings made the descent a walk in the park.
They didn't need to look far to find a river, but the question was more that they could find a spot at the river where they would not be immediately detected from the top of the mountain, otherwise the King's men would know exactly where to go. Maybe there's a cave behind the waterfall? We could always try and maybe there is enough green things to shield us from view, since it's relatively close to the mountain side, maybe they don't see us from the top. And they could also use the quick break to at least get the arrows out of Yang's leg before it went completely stiff.
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:37 pm | |
| Nodding but still in paint, Yang flapped her black wings and took off from the ground, still listening to Siofra's thoughts. It only took about five minutes to fly down the hill at a relatively quick speed and find a river. There was indeed, a waterfall at the end of it, but she couldn't see whether a cave was behind it. Reaching her front paw forwards, she felt the cool water and then nothing but dry. Turned back to look at the half-elf, she smiled. "yes, there is a cave, hold your breath." Suddenly the white Yiang dragon threw her body forwards to get enough speed to only be underneath the falling water from the waterfall for a second. As she opened her eyes, she smiled to see a relatively large cave practically un-touched and covered in greenery.
Gliding down to the floor, Yang landed fine at first, until the pain from the arrows reminded her that her left hind leg couldn't be used for many thigns and so she stumbled onto her knees. Yang growled with pain as she did so, just wishing for herself to be at full health. She bent her body low against the ground so that Siofra could get off onto the soft floor quite easily. As she did, the white Yiang dragon lay slightly onto her side and her wounded leg infront of her so she could take a proper look at it. The arrows had gone pretty deap into her felsh and she could practically feal how sharp the arrow-heads at the end were. Not good.
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:11 pm | |
| A wave of relief floated through Siofra when they discovered that there actually was a cave behind the waterfall. It would give them the possibility to rest much sooner. Sleep was calling to the half-elf and she once again had to force herself to keep her eyes open, knowing that she still had to take care of the dragon's wound before they both could yield to the well-deserved and needed rest. They both had to digest what had happened today and cure their wounds, external and internal.
When Yang stumbled into the cave, trying to lind as nicely as possible, Siofra had to hold on really tight not to fall off when Yang suddenly tumbled slightly when she realised she couldn't put any weight on her back leg. Siofra slid from her back and immediately moved over to the water to wet a piece of cloth she had ripped from her shirt. First, she had to try and clean it a little, ohterwise it was of no use for cleaning a wound. Once she had done that, she went over to the dragon and without a warning, ripped the first arrow right out. She knew it would hurt - a lot. Sorry! I know this hurts but it will still hurt less as if I were fidgeting around trying to ease them out slowly. The damage to the flesh is done either way. She hadn't even finished the thought when she ripped out the second arrow with just as swift and quick a movement as the first one. She gave a tiny bit of the mineral she had previously given Ying to ease the pain to Yang and then started cleaning out the wound so that no dirt particles would be stuck inside once the skin would start healing it closed.
Unable to move any further, Siofra sank down to the floor where she had been standing to clean Yang's wound and tried to forget the pain. She felt as if her whole body was broken into tiny little pieces. However, lying down flat on the ground was a bad idea, she soon noticed as her breathing almost stopped and she burst into a coughing fit. Quickly, she turned over onto her knees, supporting herself with one hand, with the other supporting her chest. The floor in front of her started turning red with blood as she kept coughing, without being able to stop. Every cough hurt through and through but she couldn't breathe properly.
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| Subject: Re: The Golden Egg (Monty and Eldarwen - oneXone) Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:26 pm | |
| Yang watced as Siofra walked over to clean her cloth, she sighed and knew what would be coming afterwards. Expecting a warning but recieving one, Yang let out a huge yelp from the sudden pain as Siofra yanked the arrow out of her leg. She hadn't even been prepared for it, but nevertheless, she listened to Siofra in her mind. She this time looked at her leg and watched her white scales trickle with abit of blood. Not even half way through the sentence, Yang yelped again as the next arrow was pulled out without any warning yet again. Turning her head away from Siofra to look at the cave and to disguise the pain upon her face, she bit her lip. "T...thanks." She muttered, still turning away as the pain increased as the half-elf cleaned her wound.
Afterwards, Yang looked back towards Siofra with a worried expression upon her face as she began to cough up blood. "Siofra!" She exclaimed, very worried now about her health. She would of gone over by her side to check she wa sokay if it wasn't for her leg and her sides. A deep cut running along her side with a few shallower ones next to it.
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