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[color:"#00bfff"]Ascolan swooped under Jvb, supporting him carefully with his wing - he lost his balance for a short moment - then he took up speed - we played in the air together - soaring up - dancing spirals - touching - loosing contact - touching again - a bit up to the sun - a bit down to the earth - DQueene made loopings - I was weightless... sheer movement... wind... balance... harmony. Amber, silver and red drew a painting in the sky... loosing each other... meeting... entwining... and the red colour was never alone...

I looked down and saw our group, we swooped down, I jumped from Ascolan's back without looking back - though I heard a Flippertyflipperty..thud... ouch... and ran up to Jolie to explain him hurridly about the demon army ready to march via Beregost and our plans to fly to Venificus, hoping to think up of something. He turned pale. Willow listened attentively and I noticed her playing with a small flask... This awakened my curiosity:

"What are you playing with?"

She smiled sadly:

"I believe this is a nymph's tear..." My amulet started to vibrate and hum slowly. I took it into my palm and held it against her flask. Both liquids started to glimmer and turn...
A nearly forgotten thought struck me: Mutabar's fate - nymphs!!! I was torn between a deep inner conflict: My vow to the sad nymph in the crystal and my loyalty towards my old companion Nero...

"Willow - can you help me? I promised to free a nymph's voice - but I have to help Nero, too. Please, could you do it for me? And if not for me, for the sake of the nymphs?"

She looked at the flask, then into my eyes, then into my crystal amulet and nodded slowly. I was relieved, hugged her very tightly and thankfully. Then I explained in short about the Doom Wizard Arkumbar, who had entwined the nymph's voice with his strongest troll Mardum - I added LaShandra's warning that the troll could not be killed as long as he had the nymph's voice.

"Oh, and one last warning: Take care of brooks, lakes and rivers. Nymphs live there, they are at service of Arkumbar. If he knows about your plans, they will have to sing for you and then you can't move, or worse."

With these last words I ran back to my comrades, waved to the others and we took off - up into the air - to Venificus at Double Raven Castle.

Meeting his fate or ours? Who will survive? Can we save Nero? Prevent the demon army taking over Beregost? Will we three see the group ever again?

[color:"#00CCCC"]Kiya asked me to take the quest of saving the voice of Mutabar, and in doing so, saving all the other nymphs from their enslaved alliance with the wizards...
I took it, i felt a connection with Mutabar, though dead, from all i had experienced through her tear. Another creature like me...taken against her will, and made to suffer.

The singing...her plea with the devil who took her voice...

And, i needed to help the others. I felt Kiya's love for Nero. And, she must be one of the profecy. None of the others could help her, so this was one way i could.

I hugged her back. It was nice to be able to help.

I turned to Jolie.
"I have to do this, will you come with me Jolie?"
He told me he would.

So, the group breaks again i thought sorrowfully...who knows what will become of any of us.

I took the tear in my hand once more.
I could feel Mutabar's spirit.

I am coming...i thought.

The tear throbbed in my hand! Did she hear me?

Please, if you have any connections with other Nymphs, do NOT tell them what we are trying to do, they might try to oppose us until we can release them. Tell them that that bonds will soon be broken though...

The tear once again throbbed.

Jolie and i began our journey. I was thankful for our horse (I had named him Strabo)

I rested my head on Jolie's back, thankful he was with me. It was a comforting feeling to have him there.
I hugged him close.
I love you i wispered.

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Jolie and Willow had gone ahead and that left Jurak holding the reins,......
whilst Womble looked after securing a rope that had loosened, from the
sway of
the wagon. It was quite a scenic trip along the way, they passed through forests
of tall "giants" of trees,with 800 year old trees
some of them exceeding 100m and higher!!
it was an excellent spot to travel through!
This well perserved old-growth stand of forest was an awesome sight!
Their girth was four meters or better, at the base of these...
sentinels of the forest! They travelled through swampy bogs, nearly getting
stuck, more than once!, through the swampland, with it's dense underbrush,
and canopy thick with treetops, which seemed to have a darkening effect on
the forest floor... it was an eerie, peaceful feeling.......sort of!
Womble pointed out the very large mushrooms,

[color:"orange"] "LooK JuRaK!, those toadstools, are the size of footstools,...uNbeLieVabLe!!.......
yes, nature is alive and well in this part of the forest,
so much so that i'm starting to "feel" like a dwarf! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />!![/color]

The two continued along, with "meat" and "Fe", taking a backseat to all the action,
but they were still happy anyway. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
Jurak and Womble were comparing "trials and tribulations", each story out to "better" the last...
Jurak explained more about the hidden passages, and how they led to the peaks of the Azure Mtns.,
where a forgotten race once occupied, a small section of
rock that they cultivated and made their home, great buildings of stone are said to be there....
and said it might be worth checking it out!

He went on to talk about the waterfall and the lake, with it's system of trails
that offered a great view of the falls, and of the deep pools that are perfect for swimming!




Womble himmed and hawed, joked that he had already had one "bath" today, but
sure!!, a nice dip in the crystal blue waters of the lake, sounded pretty good!
Then he kinda shrugged his shoulders, and started talking about his adventures,
of his conquests, and even 1 not so good one! They talked their way down the
road for hours........then stopped!


and started to wonder where the hell Viper was?..........

[color:"orange"] Those faces why did the pain me...what made me run away from them....why didnt I kill them....she had touched me...I wanted to kill her, the voice told me to kill her...why did I run away from a woman...a pathetic and weak human woman. I took off...my master had fled his castle, he was afriad...weakling I thought

ARRRGGHHH!!!

pain...everytime I thought something like that my entire body would flooded with pain. RAGH I lashed out in rage at the pain.

My mind was becoming primitive and always full of rage, I couldnt control my thoughts and my thoughts were always interrupted by that voice. I finally arrived at my destination. My masters commrade was much more powerful, he had gathered a group of demons. I was brought before him, he had a palace made of black obsidion.

[color:"red"] "You will lead these demons, conquer..." swirling images of destruction, my masters wishes. [/color]

We set off, a wild pack of raging animals, intent on destruction. [/color]

[color:"#00cccc"]After Kiya had given us the quest to release the nypmhs and gave us the news about Beregost <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />, i was a bit in a panic. But one look from Willow made it go away.

"Hey Jurak, were is the entrance to that Secret passage, i'll need it very soon!!"
"Me needs to think." he anwsered.
"ok, ok. But not to long. Lives are at steak here!!"[/color]
[color:"#77aeff"]

We continued towards the lake.
Willow and i arrived before the others. We stopped and hugged eachother tightly. Man i was very happy Then something weird happend.

I thought about how i would be if we would have kids. Then all of a sudden somekind of whirlwind surrouned the both of us. We started to turn and turn and only happy thought went trough my mind.

This is something i dont want to stop right now <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
Willows eyes were large, her smile mystirious as always and her hair was blowing wildly in the wind. "I love you Willow" i said.
[/color]

[color:"#00CCCC"]Jolie made it happen.
He thought of a child, and i felt his thoughts. I felt something move inside me.
"Jolie, your thoughts have made this real. We will be having a child together, all you had to do was think it, and us both to want it, and love each other"

The spell had been cast, and now we would be parents.

It will not take long for this child to be born, i already could feel it quickening inside me. The child shifted and moved as i thought of it.

I took Jolie's hand and let him feel what we had created.

A life!

"We must get to a town, this will not take long."
Jolie looked at me with surprise.
"It does not take as long with creatures of magic" i told him. "This child will come quickly"

The others arrived. Jolie and i smiled at each other, should we tell them the good news?

We will wait.

We must leave soon - Jurak needs to tell us that secret passageway he knows of.

I brought Strabo to the lake, and let him drink.
I splashed water on my face. I thought of the Nymphs again.
I slipped into the water, and let the water soak my cares away. The child kept turning. I had never felt happier.

I got out of the water, and layed on the grass to dry off. I got up, got dressed, gathered Strabo's reines and returned to the others.

I was flying on my ease when suddenly a VERY FURIOUS pain struck, I blacked out almost immediately and tumbled down. I fell 20 mtrs down and luckily I fell on some hay. I lay there for 1-2 hours, I'm not sure, I couldn't "send" an image to DQueene as I immediately blacked out

I'm not gonna make it till the evening of the day after tomorrow.... This disease WILL kill me, I feel it, it's progressing too fast, I'm not up to it. Gotta make it till Beregost. I just hope DQueene will receive my thoughts, she can contact Willow about what's going on.... I DON'T WANNA DIE, NOT NOW !!!!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" />

I got up, felt very drousy and pain in my arms and legs.. good thing my wings are spared this time. I took of to Beregost, notified DQueene of what hapened and that I went to Beregost to die in peace and quiet... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" />

[color:"yellow"] How the he.......? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> sorry!

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Jurak could feel something was amiss with Viper, he couldn't understand WhY,
he hadn't "checked in" yet!...
....was he hurt......or lost, amidst the tall giants...

[color:"#33cc33"]Willow, do you sense Viper's whereabouts at all?[/color]Jurak asked of Willow
Jolie looked at Willows somber face, and that answered the whole thing right there!!
No, I can feel nothing of Viper's dilemma, and i'm starting to fear for his
well-being!, I'm afraid he must be in some sort of danger, or I would sense
his lifeforce, good or bad.
All I feel is this teardrop, throbbing more and more in my hand, and a deep
nagging of MutaBar's spirit! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

Jurak looked at Jolie, who looked at Womble, who looked at Willow, looking at
the rest with sadness in her silver eyes...

[color:"#33cc33"]We may have to postpone our searching for a passage to the peaks,
and concentrate on finding that shortcut to Beregrost! But thats just a
thought, on the other hand we could....[/color]

Womble broke in vehemently, telling of the great Drogni Ironbeard, who outcast
him, just for "borrowing" his axe, being the fearless ruler, of the Great
Dwarven Halls, and on about how there was a vicious rivalry between
Nagarous and Rabaer, and with Rabaer's broken bond with the unicorn's complete,
the "nugget" was already in their posession, all that was left was to find
Rabaer, and the axe would be not far away!
That would only take a few days....of intense labor....
..that is...maybe more,

who knows if we find the entrance right away or not....


They looked towards the mountians, across the lake, very majestic looking they
were, and very evil, and sinister, at the same time...

Things had relaxed since their arrival, and they were sitting by the fireside,
you guessed it! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> havin a beer! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

"meat" was curled up close to a large rock, beside the firepit, and "Fe" was
curled around the little pigs neck!
Jolie and Willow were whispering sweet nothings in each others ears,
and looked to be rather enjoying it too! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> Was Willow gaining weight?...


Womble and Jurak were doin what they do "second best", and thats
"havin a few pints, discussin the days events, and tomorrows plans"...
...it was a great way (usually) to get things solved,
or at least planned.... in a relaxed atmosphere... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

they were making plans for Rabaer, and what would ultimately be in Womble's
hands!.. the axe... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" /> ....the key is weakening his defences, once thats done, we may have a chance,
but it has to be well planned, and masterminded by a near genius, <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />
a caper this well orchestrated, could only ...
be pulled of by one team,... and they knew it was do or die!


[color:"orange"]
....."weakening his defences, yes.....but how....[/color]"Womble trailed off..
...
thinking,...[color:"orange"]We need a devious plan for this devious Rabaer.....

[/color].....he got up and started pacing around himming, and thinking to himself....
Jurak got up and excused himself for a moment, and wandered off towards
the calm lake. The moons were high in the clear sky, and giving a nice
moonlight glow, mixed with the mist at the far end of the water.

The reflection of the ebbing water was soothing and comforting,
and brought back good memories of younger days.....
Jurak could hear the thunderous roar of the waterfalls in the distance,
that made him think of the passage.... and if, and how he, would get to it?
Forest noises were very silent, and there was virtually no noise,
except for the falls .... there was virtually no activity at all!

Jurak felt alone for the first time in his whole journey! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" />

That thought got stomped on and beat severly, <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

and soon Jurak was on his way to locate the entrance,
to the passage way for his friends...
...before they awoke the next morning......

He walked through the forest with the moonlight playing tricks with the low-
hanging branches.....leaving long craggy shadows.......!creepy!......

he rounded the end of the lake, and was approaching the waterfall, which was
very high indeed.....even higher than he ever remembered!

Short-stepping across the path.... Jurak walked around the west side of the
waterfall,
to a narrow footpath, which would actually be wide enough for the sled,
and possibly wagon too!....if we take off it's cover maybe! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />


Down the pathway under the rushing deafening roar, the water was cool,
and felt energy-charged of some sort! he continued back to the rear wall
of the cave, that had been eaten away from the countless years of erosion,
from the water constantly splashing ... it was lit!........the passage was lit!


There it was.......and it was lit by torchlight!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> That could only mean
somebody was here recently........or is still here! he ventured forth a few
meters into the tunnelway, which was crosshatched with some sort of irrigation
system, for there was water flowing this way and that, leading off into the
darkness of another shaft... cobwebs and trailing moss clung to the slimy wet
walls, that looked Pre-OrCian!

Jurak decided to head quickly back to the camp....... before
someone woke up and,
wandered off somewhere and got lost ......like the rest! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

In his haste to get back to his friends, Jurak turned right,
when he should've went left, and had run only a few meters before
he finally realized he was going the wrong way.
This part of the cave was swept and cared for, well looked after...he noticed,
as he was examining the small space.....he soon turned around
to head back the other way...and tripped, on an oddly shaped flat rock...
he was noticing what looked like words,or symbols carved into the flat rock, and
it happened immediately!! ...instantly he was engulfed with bluish/white
swirls of particles.... and quickly transported to the peaks of the Azure Mtns!

Jurak was disoriented for a moment.....wondering just exactly where he was at......
till he saw 2 sentrys with their backs to him, looking the other way...
...this should be an easy double play,... he thought! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" />
Jurak snuck up on the unwary duo, and made short work of their vocal chords,
slitting two necks with one well placed razor precision Swoooooosh!...
the sword was definetly quicker than the voice this time......all that came
from their throats was a low gurgling, bubbly sound...nobody else
around.....good then.....where is that rock with the design......he fumbled
around a bit and eventually found the "return ticket" to his friends.......


Jurak ran as fast as his long green legs could carry him,
back through the narrow footpath,
around the west side of the waterfall,
and back on the trail, to his comrades at the nice cozy, warm fire,........
he couldn't wait to tell them!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

They'd be happier than a "meat" in poop ! ! !..... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/stupid.gif" alt="" />

.......he was sure........

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />

[color:"#00cccc"]So finally Jurak went off to find the secret entrance to the tunnels. I laid myself down in the grass and started daydreaming....
Waw, i'm becomming a daddy <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I hope its a girl. I wonder how she'll be. Considered the way it was 'created'.
My thoughts runned wild about everything, till something snapped me out of it.

I went to Willow. "Shouldnt we tell our friends here? I think they suspect something. Besides you wont be able to keep it a secret for long <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />"

I'd just asked her the question when Jurak came running in and yelling. "I've found the entrance!!"
[/color]

Jolie asked if we should tell our friends...
Yes, i thought we should, i could feel the child growing by the minute...

Just as i was going to tell Jolie that, Jurak came smiling from ear to ear, telling us he had found the entrance.
"I think we should leave tomorrow at daybreak" I told them all. I was very tired, and needed my rest (The child was draining my strenght, i could feel it)

I was suddenly hit with such an over whelming thought of Viper...
So much pain...
Cursing...
Then a thought of Beregost, he is going there!!!!!
I broke down crying.

"We must hurry" i said to the others.
They looked at me. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
What they asked?

"Viper...his sickness is far advanced, he needs us in Beregost..."

The others are fading into the shadows...i can no longer feel their presence in my mind, though it may just be i am so consumed with my child...

I stared into the fire.

Everyone was quite...

"oh,i almost forgot i told them...we would have told you sooner...Jolie and i are going to have a child..."

They smiled at us, despite all the sorrow surrounding us like a black cloud right now...something to lift all our spirits, a child could do this.

I will still keep my promise to Kiya i vowed, whatever has happened to her. In her memo0ry, i will do this. Tomorrow will be another big day, we must get to Viper. Help him, save him if we can.

With that i moved away from the fire, away from the others, and cried myself to sleep, thinking of all our old companions, now taken.

[color:"#00cccc"]
There was much excitement when Jurak arrived at the campsite, and relayed
the information regarding the passage to Beregrost,
and his clumsy discovery, of the teleporter to the peaks,...
Womble was ecstatic and, sat down to start devising his plan.......
while Jolie and Willow had news of their own!......
[color:"#33cc33"]"I thought you looked a little PlUMPeR,
around the midriff,mlady!!,[/color],
and feigned an akward curtsy! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
It was good news on top of bad news, most didn't know whether to laff histerically,
or cry like a baby......Willow had further told them that they
(jolie and herself), were goin to hi-tail it to Beregrost,
and see if Viper was safe,
and the other reason was....if she could get pregnant and start showing already,!!...
.....who knows how fast that baby's gonna PoP! out! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

Jurak wandered over to where Womble was drawing sketches in the dirt,
Wholly absorbed in thought...
making different approach methods and tactics......
Jurak sat down across from the engrossed fella,
grabbed a small stick of his own,

and started drawing some of his own conclusions........ <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/suspicion.gif" alt="" />

[color:"#6699FF"]I stared at the thing standing in front o’ me. I was supposed to ride this thing? Can’t trust anything that don’t got a sail or a rudder. Specially not something that’s got a mind o’ it’s own. The horse looked back at me, and blinked.
“He won’t bite you, Faile, I promise.” Jessica assured me. “Look, he knows the way to the coast and back, and that’s what you need, right? He’ll do it himself; he used to be a supply train horse. Just get on, and he’ll go.” Well, I guess I got no choice. I gave Jessica a hug, and thanked her for her help. Hmm, now how did her purse manage to get in me bag?
To my surprise, I found the motion of the beast was something like the soothing sway of a ship deck. Mayhap this wouldn’t be so bad after all.


Some days later, the salty smell o’ the sea tingled in me nose. At last! Me arsie is crying ta be off this smelly beast. I reckon I got enough gold ta get me started with a crew, an’ a place ta sleep till I get me a boat.
I got off o’ the horse and walked the last stretch of road inta town. As the beautiful harbor came inta view, I stopped dead. Sailing in under full sail was the biggest, grandest, most gorgeous ship I had ever laid me poor eyes on. Right then I knew, she had ta be mine. Now ta find out who owns her, an’ the best way ta’ steal her. I made my way to ‘The Lady of the Sea,’ an inn secretly owned by a pirate, and set up so we had a place where we could safely stay if we needed ta be on shore for any unfortunate reason. I gladly handed off me horse ta the stable boy and went to the common room for a badly needed drink. [color:"#FFFFFF"]

I felt Viper's call and his pain to the very center of my being. I stopped in mid-flight, suspended in the air by just the force of my wings beating, and roared out my pain. I looked at Kiya and Jvb, "I have to go to Viper! He's dying and trying to reach Beregost to seek aide. Follow me if you will or carry on with your quest, but I have to go to him now."

Without waiting for a reply and without looking back, I flew rapidly to where I felt Viper struggling to reach safety. I flew underneath him, offering my back to ride on to ease his way.

He rested gratefully on my back with his arms around my neck. Could I leave him to die? Never! Again I roared out my sadness, and made a sudden decision. If he was to perish so would I! I turned and flew directly toward the sun consumed with the need to destroy us both. I was startiing to breathe raggedly, oxygen was becoming scarce when with a roll of thunder a huge blast of blinding light lit the world around us and we were tumbling endlessly down to the earth. Darkness .... comfort .... going home ....

I stood and surveyed all around me. I was with friends and everything was going to be allright. I looked over a Dragh and I was about to say something to him in his elvish tounge (Didn't want him to get mad, he had been practicing very very well) when it hit me.

I saw all the monstrous things that the woman on the river bank had shown me. I saw the island, the troll, and those eyes O THOSE EYES of the evil mage that stared out without life or concience.

I knew then, and right then that I needed to start my journey towards the island. Luckily in my dream I had also seen the coastal town that held promise.

[elvish]Dragh, I need to start my journey to the next wizard, he and the quest itself is calling me. [/elvish]

He nodded and let me know he would be by my side. I felt better because of that.

EVERYONE!!!
We need to head to Bergerost. We need to see Viper and wish him safe journey to where ever he may go. From there I am traveling to the coast in search of a vessel that will take me to the island with the next Wizard. I would like you all to come along but I will go on alone if I must!

Dragh put his hand on my soldier and told me that he would not leave my side.
LadyStreak Purred


I had a purpose.

I was off with Dragh to see Viper.

Jurak came back and told us he'd found the secret entrance.
Willow suddenly had a weird feeling. "Viper is in trouble and needs us at Beregost!"
"Then what are we waiting for?" i said "Lets go!"
Luc had the same idea. He told us of his plans to go to the wizard on the island.
"Sounds good, we'll join you. At least till we now were Mutabar is. We still have our vow towards Kiya and the nymph to help her. But as long as we dont know were she is, we have to do with what we have."

Luc agreed and we went on our way to Beregost. Jurak showed us the entrance and we went off. Jurak and Womble stayed, they hadent discided yet wether or not they would first go after the axe.
Willow, i, Luc and Dragh went on to Beregost.

The caves were dark, wet and a bit small. We had to walk very carefully not to bumb our heads against the ceiling.
I looked at Willow, the baby grow fast and i wouldnt be long before it was born.
"Willow, will the baby wait till we're in Beregost <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />" i asked a bit laughing.
"I hope so." she anwsered in the same way.

Jolie led the way through the caves.
They made me feel like i was a part of the earth, deep inside her.

We walked for an hour or more through these caves, it was hard to know how much time had passed though, there was no light, just from the small torch Jolie carried.

We finally saw the other end of the tunnel.
We stepped into a large field, filled with wild flowers of all kinds.
How beautiful!
The sun was shining brightly this day.
What a perfect day...

The child seemed to agree with me.
I felt a hard kick! Oh my!
I think the child has chosen this day, and the perfect setting to make itself shown.

"JOLIE!!!!" "The baby is coming, please help me..."

His eyes grew very large, and he grew pale. He got over his shock soon enough, and carefully picked me up, and brought me to the side of a small creek surrounded by trees.

Dragh and Luc were staying with Strabo. They looked happy for us.

I layed down, and the child moved.
After a little while, i had given birth to a beautiful baby girl.

She opened her eyes. They were the same deep silver. She also had my moonlight silvery complection. She had Jolie's black hair. She was the most striking thing i had ever seen.

Jolie was amased. He kept looking at me and the little child.
"She is beautiful" he mused.
We called Dragh and Luc over. They were also smiling.

What a happy day!

I held her close...i could feel the love emminating from her. I sent it back to her.

"What should we call her?" i asked Jolie
He told me Aurora.
"Yes! That is perfect, our little ray of light in the dark..."

Our little daughter Aurora looked up at me with her wonderous eyes. She seemed to agree with us.
I laughed out loud.

I handed her to Jolie, he carefully took her, and cradled her in his strong arms.

I'll admit, I hadn't been paying attention while we were in the castle or even when we were going towards the city. Whent Willow, Jolie presented Aurora to Dragh and I I gasped. What a beautiful child.

"Congratulations!!!!!" "I am really happy for you" echoed Dragh in halting common tounge.

"willow are you going to be strong enough to travel?"

[color:"#00cccc"]
Jurak and Womble decided that if this was to be Viper's last day
that they had better hot foot it, to the Friendly town of Beregrost
with the others... and they wondered on the way, if Willow had popped yet. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
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I just hope they didn't get in over their heads,[/color],
womble said of the two lovebirds!
[color:"#33cc33"] YeP.... and at that rate.....we should have another fighter for the group in no time.....[/color]
,Jurak quipped!

They laffed about that one,all the way thru the passage....!!

at the same time...wondering as well, how their friend Viper, was making out...... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

Jolie and Willow had about a 1hr head start, and if they hurried they would
probably catch them......the passageway was dimly lit, from the torches Jurak
noticed the first time, the well trodden pathway was well worn, and had seen
many years of traffic throughout this confined area, there were tunnels
leading this way and that, mostly waterways, but some extended into hollowed
out chambers, they had a glow all their own...
... which they would have to explore later on...
...after seeing if Viper will live or not....

The two troubadour high-tailed it so fast...!.. to Beregrost that they
arrived before Jolie and Willow, and wondered where the heck thay had
gotten to. Entering the Inn, Womble yelled out,
[color:"orange"]....."beer for me-n-my friend here ,Jessica!", and here's yer tip,
[/color] he tried the coin toss, but again it fell through to the floor!
[color:"orange"]"have ya seen that brassy lassie, Faile......no,... she's still at the sea-side shanty village, is she?

Well me and my friend Jurak have come to see our friend Viper,
but it appears that he's not here...Hrumph!....sombody is giving false
information and for that they will pay!"
"Damn know-it-alls,"[/color]
he cussed under his breath,
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"C'Mon Jurak, lets get the hell goin back from where we came,
i've really had enough running around for one day!"
"Oh..maybe On second thought, lets have another pint,
and see if any stragglers show up, before we depart."
This has been one-heckava day,
and if i ever see another smiley faced person,
it'll be too soon....

"Cheers mate",... [/color]..

...they clinked glasses and drank till the wee hours of the morning, waiting and wondering...!

[color:"#6699FF"] i sat at the bar nursing me beer, feeling slightly tipsy. yarrr, i must be gettin soft, this is only me seventh or eighth pint. i blinked, staring at the row of empty glasses lined up before me. suddenly, there seemed ta be a lot more than there was a bit ago. i shook me head. "wha time is't?" i slurred at the barkeep.

"time for you ta be gettin ta bed, matey." he said. "you need some help getting ta yer room?" i glared me best glare and got up from my stool. "you shut yer piehole." i glared some more from my seat on the floor, belched, and got back up, this time managing to stumble my way off. i'll search fer a crew tomorrow.

"faile!!" somebody roared from the corner. i squinted at him.

"well, i'll be blowed!! gaff, me ol' bucko!! what'er you doin 'ere?" i hugged me old friend. i had robbed many o' merchants with gaff.

i'm told i spent the rest o' the night hollerin' sea shantys at the top o' my lungs with me matey gaff. i couldn't say, i really don't remember.
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