Fantasy ~ FableWood ~

[DawnAntalios]

Nyr, still pained forced herself to stand up and looked at the guard.


" No need, thank you. " she managed as she dusted off her clothes " But I need to meet the princess immediately. She must know about this. "


Not waiting for the guard's response she tried to make her way to the place where the others were gathering, ready to leave. They must know...

 

[Aelin]

Joy had finally found castle were everyone was and saw Nyr. She had gotten separated from everyone and she had no idea were they were for such a long time. Shifting mid flight well trying not to cry she fell to her feet in front of Nyr and smiled "Nyr. I was lost and," she wiped a tear from her cheek "I'm so sorry I wasn't there for you guys I feel ridiculous and upset... I'm crying..." she said well trying not to lose her composure.

 

[SilverFlight]

Ward turned and suddenly noticed the werecat. Surprised he handed her a charm without any argument.


"I am Ward," he said, slightly wary given the news he had just received. He immediately felt guilty, who was he to judge others? In the forest of Reflection he had lost himself. If anyone should know how the changelings would be feeling, it should have been him.


"It would be good to have someone like you helping us, you may be able to give us insight on how to restore the Chalice." He looked at Banba and smiled faintly. "I mean, someone like you whom I can actually make sense of. Do you require a cloak?"


He asked as he tried to slip one of the vial's around Banba's neck. "Please hold still, this will help!"


Leia watched Elena jump and then Lexi. She looked at Anya, a little nervous now. "Well, here goes. Geronimo!!" She yelled as she leapt at the water. For a moment she was afraid it hadn't worked, that the portal had closed and she was left submerged in water with thick winter clothes dragging her down. Suddenly she was buoyed up and then she was sailing through the air to land face first in the snow. She rolled onto her back and coughed.


"What...the heck." She stated before scrambling to her feet. The air was cold, and the land...was completely different. Instead of the warm castle gardens Leia was looking out onto a pine-tree covered hillside, and out beyond that...mountains...all covered in crisp, white snow.


 
((Ah yes, Dawn, Bea, Sitan, Eloya's back. ^^ Joy the phoenix.))

 

[DawnAntalios]

Wiping the drops of blood from her mouth she looked at the phoenix girl and she got very happy.


" Joy! " she exclaimed and hugged her tightly " We... I missed you. I hope you are all right. "


She then looked at the direction of the castle.


" A lot of things have happened... But there is no time to waste right now. We must warn the princess... I have grave news for her. "

 

[zCrookedz]

Leo buckled, he was very proud of his Panthera linage and didn't want to admit he might be prone to the cold of the wastes. With a quick flurry of movement he bolted back inside the castle and found a room that had been reserved for him. Because of his size, it seemed they were only able to make him a cloak out of the enchanted material. Before he cam back to the others he also stopped by Banbas room and grabbed the outfit the had left her. He returned to the group and walked up to the tiny mand and took on of the charms from him and bowed. He walked over to Banba who was playing in the water. He placed the cloak on her, and tied the charm around her neck. He patted her on the head and waited for the go ahead.


@Jecklyn

 

[Lioness075]

Taking the charm from Ward, Luness quickly slipped it around her neck and then paused to listen to what all he said. Feeling more comfortable to talk to Ward for some reason, Luness nodded to his question about a cloak, saying in her raspy tone, "I do require a cloak, though only for my human form. My natural lynx coat should be more than sufficient enough on its own." Pausing, Luness' eyes flashed their green and golden hues before she added, "Name's Luness."

 

[Aelin]

She smiled and followed Nyr "What happened? what's so grave you must warn the princess?" she asked, worried "Were are the others? Are they alright?" the questions tumbled out of her mouth like a waterfall as she worried about her friends.

 

[Bea Delaine]

Elena feared the worst when she felt herself get heavy and sink into the water. Gasping for breath, she next thing she knew was she was in the air and face planting into the snow, rolling down a bit into a pine tree. Graceful entrance. Elena sat up slowly in the cold white mess and rubbed her already frozen nose. Though, besides externalities, she kept a decent temperature. She put a hand down, freaking out when it sunk into the snow. Getting up, her feet did the same, and Elena reverted back to the mind of a child.


Running full speed to Leia and Lexi.


"Whoot!!! Hey! This stuffs awesome!!"

 

[Flutterby]

Quincy took a vial and looked at it closely, frowning at it and its implications. She hung it around her neck and tucked it into her clothes, feeling it press against her skin. Finally, she looked at the portal. "It is water," She said, a note of delight in her voice. "Like swimming." She reminded herself, drawing a finger across its surface. They came back dry, but the sensation of flowing water had been unmistakable. "But not wet." Her confusion was obvious, bordering on frustration. The kelpie shook her head, displeased with the enchanted water and its unnaturalness. But there was nothing to be done about it. With a glance at her new dragon friend, she slipped into the portal. The sensation of water all around her as she sank gave her a few precious moments of joy, but it was short lived; she was soon ejected into the frozen world on the other side. Climbing to her feet in the deep snow, the kelpie stared at the foreign substance with panicked confusion. What is this?! She thought, picking up a handful and staring at it at length.

 

[chamomile]

Lexi, was unhappy to be wrestled on icy cold snow by a mysterious force. After her journey in the Unknown wasn't really enjoyable but it was definitely... something. She felt like it was cold but at the same time it wasn't and she felt like she was being stretched to the span of space between her destination and the gardens. Finally, the experience ended with her, face first on snow, her chin starting to freeze as age removed it from the ground.


Lexi examined her surroundings, tucking the hair that was previously threatening to blind her, plastering itself by the masses on her face. She noted that she could easily be mistaken for a slowly moving rock in this environment, her head could be floating around if one couldn't see colors right as her hood was blown off. She walked up next to Leia, looking where she was looking while waiting for the others.


Elena went up to them and she nodded in agreement. "Yeah... It's awesome if my chin isn't frozen" she said, rubbing her face with the warmth of her gloves.

 

[Jecklyn]

Banba let the charm and the cloak be placed on her before bouncing around a few more times, and then she ran full tilt at Leo's back, leap frogging over him and diving head first into the pool.


When the shifter came out of the other side, she rolled, landing in a sitting position. Looking around and grimacing, she plugged her nose between forefinger an thumb, blowing hard. Fur pushed the scales off her skin, the scales disappearing before hitting the snow. She looked around, smiling now.

 

[Naeg1]

Taking the furs from his room, wearing some gloves and boots and finally taking a coat. He went back to the group "Let's do this then" Smiling, Zelnite jumped into the portal, confused on how this works, was suspended into the air, then went facefirst into the snow. After a while, he stood up. "Woah, that, I did not understand" He said, dusting off the snow from his clothes and picking up his blade. Waiting for the rest of the party to join. It wasn't that cold, thanks to the fur on top of his armor.

 

[SilverFlight]

A thoughtful servant had counted the number of heads and realized that Luness did not have a cloak. The small fawn tugged on Ward's garment and held up a thick wool traveling cloak to give to the werecat. Ward passed it on. "Its a pleasure Luness."


he turned back to the pool, nodding to Leo and the others, "let's go!"


With hindsight ward probably should have warned the others that they needed to jump into the pool head first, or you would end up on your face when you came through.


This he did and immediately he felt his stomach churn. The water sensation made his skin prickle and suddenly he was out again, stumbling through the banks of snow. He brushed himself off and watched the others. Waiting for the rest of their group to join them.


Leia laughed as Elena came at her. She balled a bit of snow between her mits and threw it at her. "Snow is fantastic!" She called back. getting up and running lest Elena seek revenge for the snowball. She scooped up another handful, this time lobbing it at Zelnite who had just come through.

 

[DawnAntalios]

@Eloya


She hesitated at first but then she realized there was nothing that she needed to hide from her.


" The Dread Ravens... my father... have allied themselves with the darkness. They have warned me that the shadow is coming for us. "


A sour taste was in her mouth as they made their way towards the others.


" I must warn the princess of the impending danger. Also I am pretty sure everyone will be delighted to see that you are back with us. It is lovely to have trusted allies back. "

 

[Hel]

Anya eyed the portal nervously, and then shrugged. She jumped right in, falling through the portal and rolling onto her feet on the other side. She had danced when she was younger, and was use to falling with grace. She stood, and brushed the snow from her clothes. "It's so lovely," she said, winter wonderlands had always been Anya's favourite when she traveled. Her parents moved around a lot, and winters on Lake Michigan were her some of her favourite memories.


Alexander frowned when Quincy related it to water, he hated water. He couldn't swim. He had no desire to use this portal, and started to voice his second thoughts when Quincy jumped through. He looked to Ward, almost as though he was seeking reassurance that the portal was safe, then the griffon dove in, he sighed, and stepped in gingerly before falling through, getting a face full of snow

 

[chamomile]

Lexi noticed Zelnite was now with them, along with a creature that Lexi knew not. Then, snowballs happened and through skilled experience, Lexi dropped down, balling up her own snowball. She threw it in the direction of the portal, hoping to catch someone off guard but instead it was headed for Zelnite along with Leia's snowball. Another snowball in hand, Lexi was ready to retaliate to anyone that decides to attack her.

 

[BloodThunder27]

The situation did not seem to bode well for Ashley and her companions. Hopefully everything would be alright soon. Since they were travelling in the cold, it was probably best that she dressed warm, despite feeling hot every so often. That was something that came with pregnancy, she didn't always have to worry about being cold. Except the fact that her immense body heat sometimes got irritating after a while. However, she still wanted to keep warm, so she had to dress for it. Her Quiver and Bow were not as heavy as she anticipated. Probably best for her back anyway. She stayed quiet. However, she had a fairly disheartened look on her face. How was she feeling? As she held onto her swollen stomach, she watched as her companions talked amongst another. If only I wasn't so shy, she thought.

 

[Naeg1]

After getting hit twice, Zelnite makes his own snowball, tossing it towards Leia. "Thanks to my white hair, I dont know if it has snow or not" He laughs. This time he lies on the snow, wondering when the others would enter the portal or not. He then moves his arms and legs. "This is a 'snow angel' right?" He starts to giggle this time.

 

[Aelin]

She gawked "HE WHAT!" she yelled absolutely furious. Her scream came out as a half scream half phoenix cry and she didn't really care that the hole castle could practically hear her familiar cry. "Why would he do that! It's so stupid!" she clenched her fist, she had imagined finding her friends again would be fun and they'd give her good news not infuriating news.

 

[Lioness075]

Luness looked around her and watched as one by one, the group dove into the portal pool. Sighing, Luness quickly shifted back into her human form, wasting no time in taking off her gear and putting on the coat. Once it was on, Luness put both her knapsack and her guitar on before shifting back into her werecat form, her cloak and gear disappearing in the shift. A random thought occurred to Luness, as she wondered if the cloak's magical heat would sustain her despite being on her human form. Only one way to find out. Noting how Ward had dove headfirst into the portal pool, and knowing from experience that falling backwards into one was not the way to do it, Luness also dove headfirst into the portal.


After more of the flashing lights dazed Luness, she stumbled out of the portal and right into Ward thanks to her temporary blindness from the bright and flashing lights in the portal. The bright, white snow hadn't helped at all and Luness was completely unaware that she had stumbled into Ward until she felt the cold snow around herself and Ward nipping at her paws. Blinking, Luness' vision returned to her and she quickly scrambled to all fours, scrambling back a few feet from Ward. Looking away in embarrassment at her clumsiness, Luness said, "I apologize, I couldn't see..." Luness trailed off, not liking that she had knocked Ward down in such a manner.

 

[DawnAntalios]

Finally they made it to the group gathering as they just used portal. Nyr waved at Ward and the others but they were already gone. It was time for her to find her majesty


" So they have beaten us to it... oh well we should go after them soon. " she smiled as they approached the gateway. But then her smile quickly turned into a sad frown as sh turned to the nearby guards.. " I have some ill news for us all... especially addressed for the princess. "

 

[Bea Delaine]

Elena felt the cold hit her square in the face and she tripped foreword. Laughing and getting back up with a drunken giddiness, she chased Leia down with arms full of snow. It was loose and bouncing out of her grasp with each step but when close enough, she threw two more.


She stood still after a second and lost herself in a memory. When her mom didn't want her to do something, the woman told Elena it would hurt her. She said the same about snow once. She had a friend from New York so she knew it was a lie, but never truly until then.


She saw Ward enter and looked back down at her feet. Right. This was a mission of sorts. Not play time.


"Which way?" She asked him

 

[zCrookedz]

Leo hesitated for a moment as he watched his scaly friend dive into the swirling pool. The thought of the pools contents mad him uneasy but it had to be done. He stepped to the edge and let himself fall into the water. The cold liquid got colder and colder the few seconds he was falling. When he came out, his face hit the snow. He lifted himself out of the snow, the cold powder clinging tofhe fur on is face and whiskers. Looking around he found Banba and shook himself clean of the snow. The cloak draped itself over his shoulders. "Well, that was a tad uncomfortable of a trip."

 

[SilverFlight]

Ward had thought he had landed very well...accept for the fact that he had forgotten to move away from the portal. He went flying as Luness bumped him.


Leia caught Zel's snowball in the shoulder and laughed. When Ward came barreling face first into the snow before her she laughed even harder.


The gryphon rose to his feet and shook his blond hair, snow dripping from the strands in his unamused face. Suddenly he began laughing too.


"Yeah that's a snow angel Zel!" Leia called to him as she tried to calm her laughter.

 

[Aelin]

She walked up with Nyr and quietly mentioned she wasn't exactly a hero. Her eyes were glowing very brightly which was a strong indicator something dark was nearby but joy couldn't tell her eyes were glowing unregularly bright "We should follow after them Nyr."