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[Curst Saden]

Artimus flew through the mists of a redwood forest below him. It had been a century since his last visit to these lands and he was beyond estatic to return. On his back, his partner Samone rested between a pair of spines, sleeping after the long journey.

"Wake up, Samone!" Artimus called. "We finally made it!"

Samone jerked awake and shook her head. "Wha-wha-are we there yet?"

"Yes! Isn't it beautiful?!"

Samone wasn't one for traveling; her first thought was "Thank god we don't have to fly anymore." She gazed out upon the mass of trees whizzing by them below like a green river of needles. It really was beautiful.

"It'll give me an idea or two for a poem." She said.

"Is that all you have to say?" Artimus called, bewildered.

Samone chuckled. "It's just as beautiful as you said it would be, you ninny! Now land us, please. I need to stretch my legs."

"No problem, darling!" Artimus shouted. Before Samone could stop him he went into a tailspin and dove into the canopy. Samone screamed, ducking and grabbing her head. Artimus misjudged the thickness of the trees and lost balance, crashing onto the forest floor a little harder than he had intended. A hole in the canopy allowed a wide beam of light to strike the forest floor. A second later they wre rained on by broken branches and debris.

Grumbling to himself he shook himself off and stood up in a small crater of twigs and moss. "Everyone all right back there?"

Samone rose from her desperate grip, her hair frazzled and covered in pine needles. "Are you insane?!" she shrieked. "I could have been torn into a mass of branches, you dolt!" She spat some needles out of her mouth and jumped to the ground, smoothing out her blue dress.

"Sorry darling..." Artimus said. "I thought I had mastered that manuver."

"No, not by a long shot..." Samone muttered under her breath. She faced her Dragon friend and said "Ok, so which way to that magic groove you keep telling me about?"

[pinkhusky]

a short way off from artumis and samones litle crash land was a sleek small dragon no bigger a third a of good size pine a bought one and a half men tall the female dragon had red scales shimmered like rubies the thick white armor under her belly nice sharp teeth and claws and a pointed arowe shaped tip on her tail she slithered her way through the forest heading to the comosion the forest had been quite for the three weeks she had been there run out by her small clan she sniffed the air hmm another dragon... hopes its not my brother coming to finish me off and that damned bastered famly of mine all of them greedy and consumed by there welth she spat a small lick of red flame at her own thoughs she snifed again as she put out the small fire she started ooo and a human its no way that other dragon is my brother he would have killed a human hmm been a long time since i have seen one i wonder if my new nabores are friendly she gave a shurg eased her way to the clearing she poked her head out of a small bush to look at the cuple she nodded to her self feeling pritty good abought the hole thing and if she was roung she could fly faster then that big guy any way so she lead up against a tree right out in the ipen and cleared her through to get there attention "hehem ah well hello there" she smiled warmly well as warmly as a dragon can

[Curst Saden]

Artimus jumped at the sound of the other dragon, looking every which-way in a near-panic. "Whatwhatwhat-who-huh? Who goes there? Show yourself!" Artimus was usually a calm, peaceful dragon, but he was suspicious of others if he could not see them.

Samone rolled her eyes in embaressment. "She's over there, Arty." she groaned, pointing to the dragon. Please don't indroduce us with the titles, please don't introduce us with those stupid titles...

"What...oh I see..." Artimus blushed, but only for a second. He stepped forward, formally bowing to their new acuaintance."Hallo there. Greetings, I am Artimus, Master of the Magic, and this is my counterpart, Samone, Princess of Battle." Samone slapped her hand to her forhead, then waved, smiling sarcastically.

"We are visitors from Europe," Artimus continued. "We come to this beautiful land, seeking to bear witness to the sacred Groove of the Serpants. Who might you be, young mistress?"

[pinkhusky]

The dragon gave a small frown "misstress no im no mistress hell im not even old enugh to be a ma'am or a miss for that matter any way my name is freya the slayer its funny how i got the title ill tell you that story a nother time" she gave a small huff and walked up to the siffing artimus and samone "huh funny but that litle one dosent look like a princes of the batle feild and you Arty are a bit on the jumpy side and a most graceful flyer" she snickered a bit " so what birngs you to my neck of the woods" she mubled "you made quite the racket woke me up" she continued nosing around the two never taking her eyes off them did want her self to be jumped she still didnt really trust them but they seemed nice enugh

[Curst Saden]

Samone's head nearly popped from embaressment when Freya mentioned the "Princess of Battle" title. She wanted to hide in a very deep hole, infuriated that Artimus continued to use that silly name. Artimus took some offense to the comment and said "See here ma'dam, I assure you that Samone has on more than one occasion proven herself in combat. Though, do you really like my flying?" He blushed in adoration. Samone slapped her hand to her head again and growled, knowing that Freya was making fun of him.

"To answer your question..." Samone growled, shooting an annoyed glare at Artimus, "Arty here already said that we are here to see the Sacred Groove of the Serpants. It's a favorite vacation spot of his and I've never been there, but I've always wanted to see it. And I appologize for the rackit we caused, Artimus has been known to be a bit..." she stopped, trying to grasp the right word.

"Enthusiastic." he finished for her.

I was going to say "overconfident, but I guess that works too... Samone thought. "Yeah, that...so, you live here? This-this is beautiful..." Samone was becoming anxious. She didn't fancy talking to strangers and hoped that Artimus would do the talking for her.

[pinkhusky]

Freya smiled at the young human "mm it is beautiful here isnt it and i have recently taking up residence here i had some bad blood in my famly and they in short exiled me i flew for over a week till i crashed here and ive been here for a bought a week now its good to see a nother intelgent life form here ive been quite lonly" she smiled at the girl then turned to arty " and you i told you right off the bat that im to young to be called ma'am miss ma'dam or any other varriation is that clear you can call me freya or fey one of the two and if you call me ma'am again i swear to the gods ill slap you in to next winter" she snorted a small puff of flame shot form her nares and she crossed her arms give arty the stare down "any way" she said as she turned back to the female " so samone was it? what is this some thing or other of the serpents maby i could tag along wit hyour litle possy it would be nice to have some good company and conversation i have been by my self for a while and i am only 89 years old varry young and lonly" she smiled at the girl and arty hoping they would agree to let her join there party

[Curst Saden]

Artimus was taken aback by Freya's dislike for being called things like "Ma'am". "Very well ma-oh I mean Freya...89 years old? My! You make me feel like an old man, myself at a decent age of 2,000 or so, I lost count about ten years ago. Samone here is in her...was it late teens?"

"Twenty-four." Samone grumbled.

"Yes! That's it!" Artimus exclaimed happily. "Now then, about our visit to the Sacred Groove of the Serpents."

Samone opened her mouth to speak. "We would..."

"We would LOVE your company!" Artimus interrupted.

Samone was planning on politely turning the young dragon down. She didn't want to be rude but she was distrusting of strangers, as opposed to Artimus who treated everyone he just met like his best friend. A little alarm went off in her head as she said "Yes, join us." She smiled, hoping it wasn't obvious that the smile was fake.

"Splendid!" Artimus said, flapping his wings in delight. "Now then, it's been years since I've been here, but I'm sure we must go..." He scanned the forest, trying to get his bearings. "...that way!" He finally said and trundled off in what seemed like a random direction. Samone just groaned and shook her head, following the dragon. She turned to Freya and said "I'm warning you, he's probably going to get us lost."

[Varoona]

[gonna wait till story progresses a little more for my enterance]

[pinkhusky]

freaya gave a small frown seeing right past the humans fake smile and gave a small shrug "well he is headding in the direction of the burning gates but meh im pritty shure what you two are talking abought is in the south he is headed north funny guy there " she smiled at the girl and cocked her head a bit "well i hope that one day youll find me a great friend i mean you no harm perhaps youll warm up to me oh do you want me to grab your friend and tell him he is headed staight to death?" she ask smiling gently at the girl she pictured "arrty" bursting out of the forest right in front of a great lava spider she chuckled at the image going through her head

[Curst Saden]

Samone clenched as the dragon tried to get her to open up. You are trying to pry a flower open before it has bloomed... she thought bitterly. But all she said was "We'll see. You do seem rather pleasant." She then turned to Artimus to warn him of his bad sense of direction.

But it was too late, Artimus up ahead had already reached a seemingly dark and forboding place. "What is this...oh my I do believe we made a wrong turn..."

Suddenly from a pool of lava a great burning spider emerged, hissing like the sounds of the gates of hell screeching open.

"MOTHER OF TITANA!" Artimus shrieked. "Samone, don't come any closer! I'll fend it off!" He hunkered down and spread his wings defensively.

Samoe jumped at the sight of the spider, and rolled her eyes when Artimus stated his intentions to fight. "That thing'll eat you alive, numbskull!" She shouted. "Come on, we have to get back to the woods..."

The spider decided to attack first. It launched a firey blast of lava-web straight at Artimus. Arty tried to dodge and became entangled, recieiving severe burns. "Gaah! The pain!"

Samone activated her sapphire necklace and fired a bolt of blue lightning at the spider, but it only made it mad. Frantically she turned to Freaya. "Do something! He's an idiot but please help!"

[pinkhusky]

Freaya was alredy in actions before the girl made her cry the litle red dragon burst form the grown flapping her strong wings as she took off blinding fast she slamed in to the lava spider crashing in back down in to the pool of magma she took the air curent and spiraled up high above the beast witch was pritty ticked off she pulled her wings flat against her and dove straight down at her she sielntly cursed her family for taking her armore and sword as she caim rocketing down she gave a small flip and chrashed against the spider with her strong back legs plowing it back down she then landed in frount of arty and the girl she gave a small growle at the beast and it decited that this prey was to much truble and it retreated back to its home she sighed and turned to artimus "k hold still im varry pore at magice and its a good chance i might freez your leg or some thing" she frowned took a deep breth and blowe what looked like myst on the burrning web witch luckly it cooled and turned to a week rock like miteral and fell off of arty she did how ever manige to give arty a pritty good case of freezer burn one his rump "oo " she winced " um sorry told you i suck at magic not my thing im a sword, tooth and claw kinda gal.." she turned to the girl gave her a smile and patted artty on the head in simpathy for his ... condition

[Curst Saden]

Samone's respect for Freaya increased a bit as she saw her fight the spider off. It would be nice to have a real fighter on their side for once. Not that she and Artimus wern't capable fighters, though they did often get in over their heads.

Artimus winced as he recieved his freezer burn. Shivering he got up and replied "n-n-n-n-nnn-no-no-no-no-th-th-that-t-t-ts all r-r-right. Th-thank you mada-uh I m-mean Freaya." He limped toward Samone and she hugged his leg.

"Oh Arty, you had me worried, big guy. Don't scare me like that!"

"D-don't worry Samone. I won't again." Of course this was a promise he was never to keep. "Now then, I am quite certain...." he shivered again "that it is this way in which we must travel." And with that he lumbered off into the woods.

Before following him Samone turned to Freaya and said "Thank you so much. He's an idiot but he means a lot to me." She smiled, meaning it this time, and turned to the forest. "Can you tell me anything about this sacred groove, Freaya?" she asked.

[Varoona]

No sooner had the spider been fended off then a crack of lightning streaked across the sky and struck the ground right in front of Samone. From the blinding flash of lightning emerged a glowing purple dragon with a tail that had strange lightning rod shaped spikes coming from it. A wide smile crossed the dragons face as she looked at the crowd of people. Opening her mouth an insanely fast stream of words. "ahhelloeveryoneit& #39;sapleasuretoseeyouiamZiloshaSalamalilastnamefirstofcourseofthehyperviloetdragonsandooohlookahuma
nhowareyousoosweetouchthatlooksnastybitofascufflewiththelavakinehnomatter."
She said wizzing around the makeshift encampent at blinding speeds.




Translation of words: (ah hello everyone it's a pleasure to see you i am Zilosha Salamali last name first of course of the hyper viloet dragons and oooh look a human how are you soo sweet/ ouch that looks nasty bit of a scuffle with the lava-kin eh no matter

[Curst Saden]

Artimus jumped at the sound of lightning. Both he and Samone whirled around, watching the strange violet Dragon fly in circles babbling...something.

"What the hell is she saying?" Samone muttered.

Artimus was more direct. "Hallo madam. Forgive me, but I did not understand your words. Could you please slow down a bit?" He became anxious, wondering what this odd dragon's intentions were.

[pinkhusky]

freaya blinked and watched the thing fly abought "umm all i could chetch was hello some thing some thing her name is some thind sala some thing last name first and she thinks your sweet" she gave the girl a litle pat on the head "hey speak slower and stop flying around so fast your giving me a freakin head ake" she growned damn hyper dragons there so anoying at least she was speaking slow she thought to her self "oh and she is freindly just hyper its in her nature you ethere love em or hate em' " she gave a shurg and headed off in to the woods trying to drowned out the buz of the dragons speak

[Varoona]

blinked when they asked her to slow down she was being foot dragingly slow in her opinion but obviously it was not enough for these ones. Raising her tail to the sky she discharged a massive amount of electricity and finally stopped the incessant humming that was her body as she moved. "Terribly sorry." she said still fast paced but at least understandable. "I am Salamali Zilosha hyper violet dragon of lightning. That means little miss that i travel at the shortest wavelength of light other then pitch black." she said to the human condescendingly. "In fact there are times when i move so fast it seems slow which i find curious. Now then may i ask where you are headed?"

[Curst Saden]

Samone was intimidated by the hyper dragon, partly because she had never heard of such a beast, and partly because she just found Salamali annoying. Artimus however was reassured and replied "Oh, well it's a pleasure to meet you. I am Artimus, master of the-"

Samone elbowed Artimus in the leg, causing him to jump before he could say the embaressing titles. "And I'm Samone, his companion. We're headed to the Sacred Groove of the Serpents. We really should get going, come on Artimus."

With that she turned around. To her frustration Artimus said "You're welcome to tag along, if you like." He gave a playful nod and then turned to follow Samone.