OOC: all may join

IC: As Paconio returned home for the first time in months, he realized that there was something different about the huge forest. He could not quite out his finger on it, but something was different. For precaution, he put up several wards around himself, and half way drew leafblade, his green rider sword.

OOC: Could you please make your starting posts a little longer? Like two paragraphs?

I'll join anyway, but try to make them longer.

IC: A small, flame-colored shape suddenly appeared behind the human, having crept up from the forest. Do not move, she whispered warningly, A Ra'zac has managed to get past the wards. It is hiding twenty feet in front of you.

The tiny dragoness disappeared as swiftly as she had appeared. She had backed away quickly, getting out of sight. Once she was in the clearing she had first dropped down into, she took off into the air with a few quick flaps of her pointed wings. She shot directly up into the sky, and then plummeted back down.

In one swift movement, she landed on the Ra'zac's shoulders and tore him apart with her deadly teeth and talons. She let herself fall back to earth and landed in front of the boy. She smiled, her long fangs gleaming. You may want to be careful. A small hole has been created in Du Weldenvarden's wards, and a few dark creatures have been getting inside. I'm here tracking them down. My name is Solarae, by the way, she said in a friendly voice. Solarae was no taller than the boy in front of her, though she was several hundred years older.

OOC: Sorry, I suppose I need t work in that area.

Suddenly, A red dragon appeared behind him and told him of a deadly creature right ahead. It flew off as quickly as it came, and came back after it had killed the creature.

"Well Solarae," He addressed the dragon "my name is Paconio, elf of Duweldenvarden. Although I have not been home in a long time, I would like to help you on your mission" Paconio said. "I believe I can hold my own with these dark creatures" Paconio explained. He pointed to his head band of super energy packed jewels, it explained everything perfectly.

"How has there been a hole created in the wards?" Paconio inquired. "In all of my time here, I have never heard of any hole in the wards ever happening" he explained.

Paconio wondered how old Solarae was. He thought that she was probably born only a few months ago, but something about her mind gave it the appearence that she has lived for several hundred years.

OOC: That's alright, you'll get better with time.

IC: Solarae dismissed the question with a huff. I really don't have the slightest idea. Magic was never really my thing. I'm just here to deal with the problem, she said, grinning. She suddenly raised her flame-colored scales and turned around.

Hmm. I can smell more of 'em. Well, if you're coming, then we'd better be off, young Paconio, she said cheerfully, That's a pretty nice bandanna you got there, friend. I'd ask where you got it, but everyone in Alagaesia's so secretive that I probably shouldn't expect any different from you. Things were so much simpler in the East. Find an evil creature, kill it, get a reward, and leave to find another evil creature. Pleh, Galbatorix is so not my type of enemy.

The fiery dragoness laughed at her own words. Not that she was too dim to understand all of the intrigue and drama here, it was just that she preferred things the simple way.

"I actualy got this from my father when I was but a young elf boy" Paconio said, hand still on the jewels. Paconio had an almost unhealty devotion to the jewels on te headband. He knew he would have lost most of the fights he had won if he didn't have them.

Paconio was ready to kill some evil creature! He had never felt such a wave of determinatin wash over him. "I would love to explain more, but I sense a creature nearby that has the potential to kill us both if we are off guard" Pacoio said quietly enough for only Solarae to hear.

"May I climb on?" Paconio asked suddenly. He got the impression that Solarae had wanted him to, but he had to ask to be sure. He lightly touched the dragons scales.

OOC: lol, just so you know, Solarae's too small to be ridden. She's only about six feet tall including her neck. (She's one-fourth fanghur)

IC: Solarae reached out with her mind, and sensed the evil presence. In fact, she could start to smell it. Those things sure reek. I'd much rather smell their blood on my claws, Solarae said ferociously. She recognized the smell.

Aha, so the Ra'zac had its lethrblaka with it. Excellent, the small dragoness hissed. She stalked throught the undergrowth, crouching low to the ground. Paconio would probably join her, but she wanted to draw first blood.

Solarae stopped ten feet from the huge flying beast, waiting. Finally, it caught her scent and screeched, turning around angrily. Once it was turned towards Solarae she leapt out of the bushes and landed on its face. She slashed and clawed at its eyes with almost no concern for her own well-being, ripping at the foul creature's flesh determined only to kill.

OOC: oh, sorry, I have been failing alot this week.


Paconio saw the battle raging on, and he figured Solarae could win unscathed without his help, so he looked to find a match of his own. This was relatively easy, because there all ready was a dark creature stalking him. He whirled around to face some de formed looking thing. He did not care to know what it was, so he slashed at it wildly. He killed the thing in minutes, and figured out that it was a bear. Lucky me... Paconio thought.

Paconio heard a scream in the distance. He rushed toward where Solarae's battle was going. It did not look very good, so he took a minute to put a few wards around Solarae. After taking any other precautions, he jumped into the battle. He slashed wildly at every part of the creature visible.

OOC: That's okay. I wouldn't expect you to know that without reading Solarae's bio anyway.

IC: As Solarae slashed at the hideous lethrblaka, she felt Paconio attempt to place a ward around her. However, she blocked it with her mind. Sorry, Paconio, but I want to keep this fight fair, she thought, deciding not to mention that she had removed it.

After efficiently destroying the beast's face, Solarae leapt off and backed away in the air, taking a deep breath. Suddenly a gigantic blast of extremely hot, extremely poweful fire streamed out and completely engulfed the lethrblaka. It rolled over the creature for three minutes, baking its flesh, before she finally stopped. When the fire disappeared all that was left of the lethrblaka was a charred, smoking body.

I decided not to ash that thing. Gotta save my strength for later, you know, Solarae laughed. Her name was not ill-chosen. Despite her size, she had one of the most powerful flames of all dragonkind. The color of her scales also matched this fiery trait.

Well, that was fun. I have a feeling that this is going to get very repetitive very quickly unless we find out what caused the hole in the ward. I'm gonna go check it out after the next three kills or so, the orange dragoness said happily.

Paconio watched with great intrest as Solarae combated them. He knew he had to play his part, but he was waiting for the right moment. As Paconio saw the shades become confused, he charged into battle, leafblade in hand. He managed to harm both of the shades easily, but he forgot one great detail of killing them, you had to hit them with a sword in the heart.

Paconio played every dirty trick in the swordsman book, but nothing worked. His blocking became slower than usual, his throwing of jabs was slower, everything was heavier and slower than before for Paconio. Paconio blocked a jab from one of the shades, but as he turned to fight the other, it stabed him in his side. It was a sort of diagonal stab, landing only inches from his heart. I have failed you, Solarae...

OOC: Sorry about this too, I like drama in the rps!!!

OOC: That's fine. It's Solarae who isn't into drama; I, for one, love rps with a lot of it.

IC: Solarae roared. No, Paconio, you have not! she cried, for as the Shade stabbed her friend, she leapt forward, her fiery body looking like a streak of flame. She somersaulted through the air and landed with her tail pointing towards the striking shade. Like a scorpion, she struck forward with her tail, and the leaf-shaped blade at the end sliced right through the shade's chest and out the other side. It shrieked in agony and fell, writhing, to the ground.

Solarae leaped again, this time positioning herself in front of Paconio, in between him and the remaining shade. She hissed, raising her wings and rearing up on her hind legs. The shade took a step back, a little fearful now that its companion was dead. The two faced each other, preparing for battle.

Paconio's mind was a blur of his entire life, infact, he was at the part where he first turned seventeen. In his mind, he knew the shade would deliver the final blow in but a few seconds. Something broke his line of memories, it was Solarae. Hearing her voice sent a wave of determination to live through his system. It was NOT his time yet.

Paconio watched in painful amazment as Solarae killed one of the shades with ease. As Solarae placed herself in between the himself and the remaining shade, he took advantage of the moment draw upon the forces of wildlife to heal his injury to the point of witch he could garuntee himself that he would not die from the injury.

Paconio jabbed at the shade's mind with a strength he didn't know he ever had. He was not about to stop, though. He was going to distract Mr(S).Shade long enough for Solarae to kill the shade. He planned on drawing more strength out of the wildlife after this battle was over, he would need it to go on.

"That is probably what we should do." Paconio agreed. "I will contact them right now." Paconio uttered a spell of scrying that would allow him to speak with one of the elf consul. It took him a few times to do it because he usualy didn't use the spell.

He finaly got it to work about five minutes after he planned. He never was very skilled at skrying people. The water in the basin he prepared grew dark, and then what seemed like a court room came into view. Paconio waited to see who would answer.

Paconio watchd as an elf came into view of the scrying pool. After doing the traditional elven greeting, Paconio got down to buisness. "There appears to be a hole in the wards of the forest, my friend. Solarae," He pointed to the dragon, "and I have been killing the evil creatures that have been getting in, but we can not do this forever. The wards need fixed as soon as possible." He said.

OOC: Who should cotrol the elf that Paconio is speaking to?
OOC: terribly short post, sorry.

OOC: I'll control him now, and you can finish our conversation with him in your next post.

IC: Solarae inclined her head in greeting when Paconio motioned to her. He listened to them with apparent interest and concern. "I am astounded that this could have gone unnoticed for so long. You have our gratitude for dealing with the evil beings that took advantage of our weakness, Paconio and Solarae. I would ask one more thing of you both. Can you locate the break in our wards while you're out there? Once you do, we can send our soldiers to repair it," he said.

Sure we'll do that, Solarae replied for both her and Paconio, And if you don't mind, I, and probably Paconio too, would like to stay after the ward's repair and track down the rest of the intruders. The elf nodded. "Certainly," he said, "I shall alert Queen Islanzadi. Is there anything else?"

"I believe that is all for now" Paconio said "I will alert you right away when we find out where the hole is. I am sure we will find it very quickly, but like Solarae said, we will track down the rest of the intruders after the hole is repaired."

Paconio quickly ended the spell and began looking for the hole.

OOC: Another terribly short part...

"That is probably a good idea," Paconio replied to the suggestion. "Anything to get them dead more quickly," he added. As they walked, he wondered about many things, like how big the hole in the wards was, and how many creatures were already inside.

To pass the time, Paconio talked about how he had made himself good friends with the animals of the forest. He also explained why animals would do things for him. "It has to be animals I have met and have taken care of for a number of hours, days, weeks, or months." He explained.

"Yes, something does separate these animals from the rest. It is that they have yellow tag on some part of their body," Paconio replied happily. He continued to go on about the animals untill Solarae said something that caught him off guard.

"Urgals?" He said with a worried expression. "Do you know about how many?" He knew he would not have to face them for now, and that he could take them on, but he was worried they might find his second most prized possesion.

As they continued on toward the wards, he could tell they were getting close. Even he could now smell te urgals and see their tracks.

Paconio had started te scrying spell before Solarae finished talking. The pool turned dark, and the familiar court room and elf appeared. "We have found the hole" Paconio said. He spent a few minutes giving the elf directons. After he was finished with that, he told the elf, "We probably are going to need more reinforcements than you thought, I have a feeling that a lot more than a few urgals have gotten into our haven"

"Send reinforcements as fast as possible!" Paconio yelled into the basin. "We have a large army of kull on our trail! We can't hold them off very long, but we shall delay their arrivial to the hole as much as possible." Paconio said. Paconio ended the scrying spell as quickly as he had started it.

Paconio ran over to the hole to get a view of their company. It was a massive group, and he knew that if the elves didn't arrive in time he, and probably Solarae too, would be killed.

Fear welling up inside of him, Paconio killed most of the front line of urgals with magic. The urgals and kull behind them shrieked and stopped for a few moments to see if their friends were still alive. When they learned that they were dead, they continued marching.

She knew her greatest weapon was finally wearing off when an arrow actually managed to hit her scales lightly before being burned away. Okay, this is it. My last big show, she thought, knowing that soon she would lose her firepower, and even more crucial, a huge amount of energy that had been required to make the fire last this long.

Solarae raced around the battlefield as fast as she could, burning urgals and kull left and right. By now, she was only going for the most powerful of them; the spellcasters and army leaders. One by one they fell, but little by little her fire was cooling.

Finally, her scales were only glowing white-hot again. Though she still burned what she touched directly, things could hit her now. She had to be careful to watch for arrows and spears headed her way. She twisted into the air to the right to avoid one deadly spear, and as she landed, the last of her heat wore off. She could feel the energy begin to drain. Solarae knew that she had to keep going though. She dodged around legs, tackled her enemy, and darted around weapons with the movements of a snake.

It wouldn't last much longer, though. She could feel her energy fading. She knew she didn't have much longer before she wouldn't be able to hold off the army anymore.

OOC: Don't bring the elves in quite yet, Ben. I'm planning something...

OOC: Lol, ok.

Paconio and his animals where in the middle of battle. Animals were dieing like flies, and they had only managed to kill 5 spellcasters. Things did not look good for Paconio and his animals, so Paconio ordered them to retreat. I'm sure I can handle them myself now that they're weak. He thought.

He charged after them and sliced in every direction, killing 2 and injuring about half of the group. I can do this! He thought. He kept slashing in every direction. Nothing was about to stop him, atleast he thought.

He looked for Solarae, but she was no where in the sky. The urgals got her!!!!! Paconio thought. He was going to destroy them all. Every last one. Anger welling up, he took all of the energy from one of the jewels on his headband. He looked about four feet taller. Using the energy, he sliced faster than ever before at the enemy. They were too slow to react, so they all fell to the ground in suprise with their new mortal wounds. Te wounds that would kill them...

He was determined to atleast look for Solarae even though chances were she was dead. He burst through the hole and screamed to the army with his voice and mind "Which one of you can defeat me? You foul beasts, you messed with my friends, and for that you will die!!!!!" With that, he ran at them.

The small, fiery dragoness killed another kull with a slash of her tailblade, and jumped into the sky. She flew higher up than the urgals could aim accurately for, and surveyed their army. The sight made her nervous. Despite the huge numbers she had destroyed, another blackened mass of urgals and kull were waiting farther out on the plains, awaiting the chance to strike.

There are so many... she thought. She began to get scared, not because she was afraid to fight the mass of monstrous warriors, but because she knew that she didn't have enough energy to kill them all before they got into the ward's tear.

Solarae turned and saw Paconio rushing onto the battlefield. She could see urgals and kull already starting towards the gateway he had left open. Paconio! Get back near the hole and guard it until the elves get here! I can hold out until then, don't worry! she cried, hoping he would listen. If this army broke through, it would sweep through a great deal of Du Weldenvarden, burning and killing, before the elves finally stopped it.

Solarae dove several feet, hovering directly above the army. She took a deep breath, filling her lungs to the absolute limit. She didn't really need the air to breathe fire, but she did need it to breathe flames for a long time. The small dragoness felt her scales begin to burn again, sending sparks cascading from her body and onto the warriors below. Her sky blue eyes seemed to burn with the fire inside of her, and she finally let it out in a massive blast of flame.

The orange and white-hot fire leapt out of her small jaws and bathed the entire section of the army. Urgals and kull screamed in pain. The secondary army, and the much larger one, on the plains beyond started to ease towards the battlefield, hoping to help. It was too late for this part of the army, though. When Solarae ceased her fire, five minutes later, there was nothing left but a few smoldering, unrecognizable remains.

The small dragoness had spent the last of her energy on the fire, and slowly floated to earth. She staggered a few steps forward before collapsing onto the burnt ground. The last thing she saw was a shade, one of the army's commanders, appear before her.

OOC: Just so you know, the shade captured Solarae and teleported away. And there is still the larger part of the urgal army to deal with, mwahaha!

OOC: Wow lol, you realy know how to make an rp realy interesting

Paconio heard Solarae's words. She was alive! This made his thoughts much clearer. He quickly went back to the hole, he didn't even need to worry about urgals getting there first, because he was so much faster with all the excess energy and extra hieght obtained from it.

He made it back to the hole in time to see a giant torrent of fire descend upon the army. It was a magnificent display, but Paconio knew that would be the last time he would see a sign of Solarae for a long while. He saw her descend upon the ground right in front of a strange figure. A shade! he cursed. He hated shades with every ounce of his being. It was shades that killed his mother. It was shades that almost killed him multiple times. And now it was shades that captured his friend.

A rustling noise from inside the hole made Paconio turn his head. The elves had arrived! "You are Paconio I assume?" The elf spoke. He looked suprised at Paconio's transformation since he last scryed him. Having huge muscles, teary eyes, and being 10 feet tall sure did make him seem frieghtening.

"Yes, I am" Paconio replied in a voice that seemed very alien to him. "We, well Solarae, has taken care of most of the army, but there is still a huge bulk out there" He said.

"Where is Solarae at anyway?" The elf asked. "I would like to see this hero of ours so I may prepare a feast for her when we succeed." His questioning eyes demanded an answer, so Paconio gave it too him.

"There was a shade out there, and it got her. I don't think she is dead though," he said. "I WILL, no matter what the costs, go and find her after we destroy those beasts. I may have only known her for like an hour, but she is my friend." He pointed to the urgals.

"Then make formation soldiers!!!" He shouted to the large elven force behind him. Suddenly, many elves charged out of the hole and made formation. Each and every one of them stared at Paconio as if he were an alien.

It took Paconio several minutes of humiliation to realize what they were doing. They want me to give the order He realized. Paconio shouted "Charge!" and began to run at the urgals with his own kind supporting him.

OOC: lol I try.

IC: Solarae opened her blue eyes tentatively, knowing immediately that she was a captive, and hating it. More than almost anything else, she hated being controlled by someone else, most of all as a prisoner. Once, long ago, she had been the captive of the most terrifying thing she had ever seen, but had escaped. Never before that time, and never since, had she run from a fight, and she certainly wouldn't start now.

The fiery dragoness stood shakily on her small limbs, still weak from the energy she had expended. She looked around, but could not see. A small, bright stream of flame fixed that. The cave lit up, and Solarae realized with disappointment that it was completely sealed off. The only way in or out was teleportation. She hissed in fury, causing her fire to go out.

Solarae lit it again and looked for something to burn for a little light. If she even had the slightest amount, she would be able to see fine, but when there was absolutely none she was as blind as anyone else. She finally spotted some cave moss and lit it gently with fire. She had to be careful, or it would all burn up. She let the fire from her jaws cease, and began to explore the small cave for a way out.

Solarae found something that looked like it had once been a tunnel, but was now obviously closed up with solid stone. It looked as if it had been melted and poured down into a mold so that it would harden to perfectly fill the cracks. She realized that if she could not get out in a few hours, she would run out of air. Solarae began to search for weaknesses in the stone, worried.

"How's our other prisoner?" came a questioning voice from behind the cell walls. "I have just visited him. So far everything is going according to plan," the shade answered with confidence. He then opened the door to Solarae's cell and stepped inside.

"Alright, little dragon. First I will deal with you. Once you are finished, it'll be a very simple matter to deal with your friend," he said. Friend? Oh no... the other prisoner must be Paconio! she thought anxiously. The heat began to pour out of her scales, filling the air with an acrid scent as it caught fire. Her anger was overflowing. It was one thing to capture her and expect to get away with it, but quite another to try to capture her friends!

Solarae hissed, long and low, warning the shade. He drew closer anyway. "What an interesting affinity you have to flame, Solarae. One of the oldest ancestors of dragonkind shares this gift, and passed it down to a select few of her descendents, you know. You are one of those lucky few," he said. Was there a point to all that, or what? Solarae replied haughtily.

"Yes. It means you are special. You have the same powers of fire as one of the mothers of the dragon race had. She lived when your kind was splitting off from Fanghurs. Though that's another strange thing. Your grandparents re-bridged that gap, and the result is you," the shade continued, "You have the wild spirit, and size, of a Fanghur, but the abilities, intelligence, and appearance of a dragon. And, you have something more to go along with that. I merely find it interesting."

So, what, you're gonna study me or something? Well, I've gotta tell you, I really don't have time for that right now. Very busy schedule, you see. So if we could just cut to the chase, then I think it'll work out better for everyone, Solarae said with an arrogant smile. Her long canines gleamed in the light produced by her own fiery scales.

"It is a shame you are so insolent, Solarae. Maybe we can work some better behaviour into you with time, but for now your fanghur blood pervades your attitude towards others. That is most unfortunate, for it means either you will submit to my wishes, or I will kill your friend, and then you, myself," the shade said calmly. Solarae growled in response. The air flared up around her in a pyre of flame, licking the ceiling of the cell it was so high. It died down again almost immediately, but the heat still shimmered around her.

"Ah, touched a nerve I see. Well, perhaps if I allow you to watch what I'm going to do to your friend, you will decide to forget your insolence," the shade said, and stepped from the room. One of the walls of the cell suddenly became transparent, and Solarae could see the cell in which they were keeping Paconio. She called his name, but realized it was futile. The window was only one way; Paconio wouldn't see her, or hear her because of the magic-proofing. She hissed in frustration and rage as the shade walked into her friend's cell.

OOC: Woah, that ended up longer than I expected...

OOC: The funny thing is, this thread is turning out waaaaay different than I exapected

As the shade teleported out of the area, Paconio began to follow Solarae. They traveled down dark halls, only illuminated by some light source far away from them. It's soft yellow light provided only enough light to see the shape of the hall way.

The hallway seemed endless, but most prisons were supposed to be like that. There was always a hidden door. Paconio felt around on one side of the wall for some area that a door may be. None yet. He felt the other side. He was most of the way done when he felt something. What was that? Paconio asked himself. He inspected that general area. It had all of the characteristics of a door. "I think I may have found our ticket out of here" He said very softly to Solarae.

OOC: lol I know what you mean. I've just been kinda making stuff up as we've gone along. lol

IC: Solarae grinned at Paconio's words. Nice. Now, stand back, she said happily. She backed up away from the wall and then ran forward at the hidden, door-shaped place. She leaped into the air and backflipped straight up, kicking the wall as hard as she could as she turned and slamming it with her tail at the same time. The stone, a bit softer than the rest and heated up by Solarae's scales, flew apart in rocky chunks and a cloud of dust.

Heh heh. That's always fun, she said with a toothy grin, Nice job findin' that, Paconio. Let's get out of this dank, smelly place! Solarae ran forward into the side tunnel, not pausing to wonder if it there was something inside of it. She had long ago decided something about just that situation: if there was anything in it, she could probably deal with it.

Fortunately, there wasn't anything in the tunnel after all, and Solarae raced down it, hurrying to escape.

Paconio and Augustus found a clearing not too far in front of them. There, Paconio set up camp for the three. He then started a fire from dead tree limbs he found on the ground, so he could cook some of the meat to see how dragons liked it.

When Solarae returned, Paconio took a look at the large deer. "Wow!" He said. "I have never seen a deer that big!" He exclaimed. Paconio took a bite out of the apple he was holding. When he finished chewing, he said "Would you like me to cook some of that meat for you guys?"

OOC: I just found your Solarae bio!

OOC: The end, or is it!?