I woke from my sleep of exhaustion, feeling refreshed but feeling dejected with the loss of my companion Kiya. I stretched and glanced around the camp seeing only some of my companions warming themselves by the campfire. I noticed the young elvin sprite was also awake and walked over to smile at her.
"Hi, I am DQueene. I know it's a silly name isn't it?" I smiled at her with a small twinkle in my eyes. "Parents never seem to name us anything neat. I always thought it would be nice to be called something like Shannon or Shana or ..." I paused in confusion, where were these names coming from? They were absolutely weird.
I shook my head and smiled at her again. "What's your name?"
She peeked up at me me through a fringe of blue hair, smiling a quick sparkling little smile. "I be Willow." She hesitated and then said, "Your friend, the flying dragon, asked me to tell you he follows the one called Womble."
I was truly confused for a minute, my friend the flying dragon? I started giggling, "Oh you mean Viper." I reached out and patted her arm. "I'm sorry, I'm not laughing at you. Viper isn't a dragon, he's a deva which I think is like an angel."
I blushed when I remembered I had cried all over Viper and fallen asleep being patted on the back like a baby. Oh well, I guess I could blame my actions on lack of sleep.
I glanced back up at Willow, "I think Willow is a beautiful name. I remember a good witch who was called Willow. She was great friends with a vampire slayer of great reknown!" I shook my head, giving up completely on where these memories were coming from. They were just there, popping up at odd moments, saying I know this ... I know this. No more fretting over them.
I glanced at the others around the fire, "Where did everyone else go?"
Not waiting for an answer I immediately asked, 'Oh and what's for supper, I think I could eat Womble's little steed over there," I pointed at the boar snoozing contentedly by the tree.
I waited for someone to tell me where everyone went, but when they all sort of hesitated I got a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. "Okay, where did they go? Someone tell me now!" I said this a bit more sharply than I intended, but I couldn't help the sudden fear that made my stomach uneasy. "They didn't go after the chimera did they?" I glared at my innocent comapnions in suppressed fury.
