—Done in a live rp.—

The elegant grace of the dragoness moved through the hidden streets of the marketplace. White dress shimmering as she wrapped herself in her robes. A sigh from her lips as she twisted her head. Looking down at her hands again she shook her head. Rage was never a good thing for Sina to be around. Silver hair draped over her shoulders as the smell of the honey and tea brewing in the distance came to her nostrils. Pale skin she just stood there unable to resist the chance to find a place secluded and free.

Walking down the street, he shrugged off the Human form that he so disdainfully used around them. Made them feel comfortable, yes. Even made some talk to him, share views, but no. Not tonight. Scales flickered and grew out across his skin as his pupils stretched vertically, becoming slits. His body grew just under two feet throughout the process, leaving him at just under seven and a half. His face became Draconic, long, snouted and proud. His hands grew stronger, and clawed. His feet stretched and broke through the boots, and shredded the bottom ends of the jeans he wore. The only undamaged article was the shirt. Obsidian scales, almost reflecting the night and stars themselves, glimmered where they were uncovered by the cloth. He roamed through the streets, sniffing at the air as the thick, yet slender tail remained tentatively above the snow. Wings weren't present, never were in this form. He thought them garish at the best of times unless he wished to display himself with pride. The humanoid Dragon silently trudged his way into an open yard, a frozen fountain before him. He snorted, the sound like two continents grinding against each other in a tectonic shift. The glint in those acidic eyes was visible from anywhere, even if the darkness made short work of the rest of him.

As the moon lifted her glow grew brighter. Glancing at its light she sighed. Her figure lifted as she stood there allowing the beauty of its light to kiss at her slender humanoid figure. Sina's hair flowed like feathers as the strands wrapped around her face and flesh. Features grew over her as pale skin was replaced by the kiss of pearl white scales as hard as could be. Growing her figure changed as clear talons clicked and wings of dragons lifted on her back. Remaining small was quite the feat for this dragon. Being as the skies were the best haven. Tail lashed out into the wall as she looked at it apologetically. Red eyes appeared taking the place of those silver hues. The glow around her seemed to grow as she squished into the square now roughly the size of killer whale adult. Glancing about her head gazed upon the figure by the fountain. Scales clicked as that old dragon lowered and settled into a laying position," I'm getting too old for this." Was all she rumbled as she closed her eyes and folded her claws.

He looked up at the Dragoness as he let out a laugh, a rarity for him. The sound was like a new world being born, in a violent way. He opted to move further into himself, ending in his true form, albeit a bit small for his comfort. The Humanoid Dragon lost the thumbs, fell forward. His chest expanded and barreled out, arms and legs altering slightly to accommodate as the wings broke free of his back. His size continued to increase until they were roughly equal, though who could tell with beings as subject to change as they seemed to be? The tail whipped around once, wrapping about his side as he settled to the ground across from her. An eye ridge rose before he even considered speech. It was usually unnecessary between Dragons like these, but the use of voice was necessary; too long without it, and some just may find themselves without it one day in the eternity of the life that they faced. The great wings stretched upwards, lost into the flights of buildings as they seemed to soak in the night sky. The scales, so polished-looking, so rich in blackness seemed to take the same sheen as the that sky when the words finally broke through the Dragon's mouth," I could not agree more.?

Tail thwaping as she lay there watching the youth, yes youth, with her eyes glowing in hazed like orbs. Seeing his surprised didn't seem to amaze that dragoness. Then again making her smile or show emotion seemed to be hard this day. Reaching back with her claw she plucked at one of the chipped scales watching it glitter as it fell downwards in a spiral. Weaving slowly as it landed with a slight chink onto the ground to embed in the snow. Another click as she absently plucked chipped scale after scale of her old body. Feeling the cool air graze her exposed flesh and rumbling. Her eyes had lifting to glance at him as he spoke. Brow furrowing as she slipped off in thought. How long was it that she had slumbered back there in that glowing cave. Red eyes narrowed slightly as she counted the time she lost," Slumber....sleep....all in years it would seem....From what I learned near twenty thousand, perhaps more did I sleep." Her gaze lifted to the moon and rested on its glow with a sigh.

"Not a terribly long one, I suppose, though I can see how you may have ended in such....Disrepair." He wondered what her age was, if any number could sum it up; and if it was indeed what he was assuming, if she knew him; if she knew his Father. His wings rustled in anticipation of the moment his desire to question could finally rise above his solid, smooth exterior and break free of it. His tail unconsciously moved from one side of him to the other, wiping hundreds of worlds and stars from existence before they began the ungrateful work of rebuilding themselves. His eyes flashed with curiosity in a single moment, something so unnatural for him it almost appeared awkward.

Talons brushed at snow until he'd cleared it from the ground beneath himself. A slow trail of smoke began to rise from his nostrils as he wondered on how to phrase the question. He had a feeling that if he did it in the wrong way, he could stir up unpleasant memories. He'd been told that many of the Originals had never gotten along, though Father had never told him of his own relations with them. He'd only ever mentioned that they would know if another had fallen, and that to this day, all of them still roamed the planes as free as they would wish themselves.

He almost paused again before he could bring himself to speak, the words fighting themselves free of his parted jaws in such a manner as to suggest he had indeed not found use for a proper question in quite some time. When they would reach her, they would sound more filled with curiosity than the Dragon could ever appear," Did you know him' The first Black Dragon' Did you know Kindrek'kal?" As soon as he'd asked, he felt a wave of so many unfamiliar things that he could barely keep himself appearing to be perfectly composed. He blinked once; all the notice of his sudden flurry that would be given to the world. He settled himself within the confines of his mind as he waited for her answer, hoping it was one he'd been searching for, for so long.

As it were, the one moon may have been just a phenomenon, but when a second seemed to emerge from the night's array, it may well have been too suspicious to ignore. The moons then gave off a bright glow as singular black slits tore open across them, perfectly smooth and focused downwards. A single thing would escape the sky, it was a word, a name, even. "IsraeErkri'tol." It was spoken with all the warmth of a sun and all the remembrance of a thousand generations' tradition. He took his own physical form then, gliding gently to meet his balance. There was a grin that had never graced the beast's maw in millennia at the sight. His closest friend had been returned to him.

Their forms dipped and weaved like the spiral themselves it seemed as she met in flight. As she heard her name, her name, her eyes opened to their brightest. Israe remembered her name at last. Floods of such memories returned to her as she looked at her beloved friend, her closest friend with such joy returning to her then she hadn't felt in ages. Tail twisting and turning as she repeated it again," Kindrek'kal!" There was joy billowing from her mouth as she smiled wider and wider.

The sound of wings could be heard, and soon the small blue dragoness landed near the fountain, glancing about.

The Dragon's head turned to the approaching Dragoness. A smile graced his maw before he spoke," Good evening, Icer. You have arrived in perfect time to meet my Father."

"Your father"," blinking to Ven, though opting to stay by the fountain for a moment.

The night spun around his physical form, but he shrugged it off with the simplest of thoughts. This was far more joyous an occasion to the ancient one than any he had dealt with in the better half of his life. Of time. He dove, twisted, and spun about as if he'd just learned to fly. He made little sound, but when he spoke, the cosmos itself seemed to join in a chorus with him. "IsraeErkri'Tol! Where have you hidden yourself these many years?" The flight continued, the blance regained.

" Indeed. He is above us. The night itself. I do believe he has taken to his smaller vessel for the time." The Dragon's head tipped up, watching the pair," It is truly something, to see two of the Originals in harmony once more. Will you sit with me, Icer?" He'd never admit it, but he felt out of his age group in the most unusual way.

" I guess I could.." peering up at the two, before moving to rest at Ven's side.

Yin and yang just like it was suppose to be. Spinning, weaving, turning, and twisting with her old friend as she roared softly with delight. Her spirit young again as she looked up at him when he spoke," I slipped into a slumber that passed me by. When I woke you were no where to be found oh dear cosmos and friend in the night!" Rising up in the sky before spiraling around him all together.

" Icer, do you fear Him?" He'd noticed that at his current size, he effectively eclipsed Icer, and was wondering exactly why she'd gone to the trouble of getting herself eclipsed.

Icer shook her head to Ven, peering toward the two again, but still seeming to hide.

Pinned for the first time in literal ages, he let out a laugh, it seemed to brighten the stars for the brief time it was allowed to run rampant. "She always did start fights." His head turned in a movement almost too fluid for something solid to make. A small smile graced his maw again. "He's my son, Vendrek'kal! You've yet to meet any of them! Eight in total, they are quite the brood." The moon-like eyes shifted to the Ice Dragoness in a quizzical manner, though one that seemed to hold answers to questions that had never been thought to be asked. Of course, he would never be so rude as to force information from the world around him, so he responded simply. "I don't know of the little one."

The Dragon snorted lightly before muttering in a voice too low for even his Father to hear or so he thought," Nine..."and his gaze returned to Icer," Then what is it that has you in such a strange way?"

Looking down at him with a blank stare Israe shifted. There was a rustled of her scales as she asked quizzically," Eight in total?" Arching brows she spluttered," My how you've been busy!" Glancing towards Ven she slid off Kin and edged towards the young black," No wonder you smelled familiar." Looking from Ven to Kin she spoke," There seems to be hardly the resemblance. Does this mean you've mated Friend, for I never thought you'd settle down long enough to do so?" Glancing at the blue she lifted a brow.

"I have not. None of mine share a mother. They are scattered in age from three million Human years to Vendrek'kal here, at a mere seven-hundred thousand, or so. Time is all that separates them from my appearance, however. A side-effect of their mothers, I'd assume. You should see my oldest, Sandrek'kal. He's my 'spitting image,' as the Humans have taken to saying." He offered himself a little snort to his fun-poking at the things that so blindly followed him.

"You should know as well as any that our blood outlasts all others, Israe." His return to the shortened use of her name felt almost as refreshing as the return to speaking it in full.

Eyes on the young black as she listened to the elder, the original, the cosmos and her balance she wrapped her tail around her in wonder of where the little blue had gone. Tilting her head slightly she felt the last of her wings repairing at the tips. Stretching them widely she lowered her head to sniff at the spot where the blue had been," I know about our blood Kin, I know that we will go on for ages still." Scooting closer she sniffed more over curious about the blue. Or was it just because she liked new things, now that she was feeling young again.

Snorting as she leaned back," What was that....aren't young suppose to seek out their elders before making such calls?" Slowly turning to gaze at Kin with a lifted brow," Have I been gone that long?" Mark that she was a tad bit confused, well flustered when this reality came.

Blinking, Icer seemed to calm at the sound of the voice, poking her head out, but still remaining mostly under Ven's wing.

Ven's own head turned around, taking in the ghostly Dragoness nudging his wing. He raised an eye ridge, though whether it was out of confusion or being outright baffled was up for debate. He turned to Icer, still wing covered," Icer, do you know this, this one?"

" Yes Ven, this is my mother.., my.., true mother," stretching her neck to touch her snout to the ghostly one.

"We are rarely sought-after nowadays, Israe. It's a nice break from the monotony, to be honest. I find it gave me the perfect chance to branch out and grow myself a continent of Humans. They're quite happy. You should come and see them some time soon." A little smile before he looked between the ghostly Dragoness, the Ice Dragoness, and his son once again before saying, in a simply awkward tone, "Vendrek'kal, you should have met your mate's mother beforehand. It's simply the right thing to do."

A gentle nuzzle given to her daughter, ice blue eyes glittering a moment, and a grin," Your father sends his love little one..," a nod to the others, before starting to fade from view, that ghostly voice whispering," Icer can tend to be a little shy when meeting Elder kin.."

The Dragon would have blushed if it were possible. He looked quickly from the ghost, to Icer, to Father, and finally to the Voi- IsraeErkri'Tol. He couldn't really speak, knowing that he had in fact just met his mate's mother, regardless of the fact that Icer wasn't his mate.

Icer nodded, watching her mother fade yet again, hoping that one day she wouldn't leave, before looking to the others, still not moving.

Another specially brightening laugh lit up the skies before he kneeled down before the little Dragoness, to get a better look at her. "Well, at least Vendrek'kal has good taste." He gave a little wink to top off his compliment sandwich. He had no idea how to act around younglings, and so he took the be as nice as possible until you can gauge how nice you really need to be approach.

Icer lay still, ice blue eyes on the black in front of her, her left still bearing the old sword wound," I am not his mate.., my sister is."

Snickering lightly Israe eyed him curiously. Brow lifting she thumped her tail against Kin's head, it was too fun not to. Snorting to his words she chuckled," Well you shouldn't have been....You were just as social as I but I must say that your brooding attracted the ladies." Something snapped in her head as she reviewed the last few moments on to something Ven said," Nine" Eight or nine Kin" How many do you have?" Curious gaze on Kin as she thought.

" That was our mother, Snowstorm Ven," she whispered into his ear," Aurthur and I named two of our hatchlings in their memory."

Kin stiffened slightly, the night growing darker as the moonlight from his eyes dimmed. He spoke in a voice that was less than loving when he used it in this context. "I....I have nine. The youngest is, he's...I can't explain it. He's a danger. Too much so.." He felt somewhat guilty of how he'd reacted over everything since he lost his balance, though his convictions were still strong.

Icer thought to speak out against the Elder, but just bit her tongue.

Brows lifted as Israe gazed on Kin, little did he know that that youngest would provide the first of the next line of kin perhaps" There was no knowing for either of them, but for Ven he knew it all. Tail flicking she furrowed her brow," How much of a danger?" Curiosity in her voice, no, it was more like worry, because if Kin saw him as a danger there was something wrong.

Ven lifted himself from the snow to look at Icer, bluish-greens filling with questions, though calming as quickly," She is, a ghost?" His head lifted again to speak to his Father, though more darkly than he ever did around anyone he knew outside his old family," You say he's a danger because you never bothered to know who and what he is. You let ignorance take reign over you, Father. Most unbecoming." He cared not for the consequences of his words. Father knew his stance on the matter well.

"Aye, she is Ven.., I watched as they were slain the day I hatched."

Ignoring his offspring, for now, he spoke only to Israe. "He's...He's of the Darkness. Part-Demon, and through a means I can't comprehend myself. I thought it best to take care of him before he became too great a threat to everything. Although, with you back, I don't know how much of my beliefs were founded in fact, and not paranoia. I have to, re-examine things, perhaps" With you?" The help she could bring may change everything, but he hoped not, more for the fact he's have been wrong than for the possibility of no longer sending his sons to hunt down their youngest.

" You would destroy Kin based on a simple belief..," Icer gave a huffed snort to the Elders," you are nae any better than those who would say we are all evil.?

"Think before you act, Skid is a friend, and has a mate..," Said as Icer slammed a garbage can with her tail, sending it flying down the alleyway.

The Dragon looked from Icer, to Father, and back to Icer. Ven rose, and followed her, slowly.

Muscles were tensed as Icer slid further down the alley, Icer had to get away from the two Elders, and they were doing nothing but fueling further irritation, something she did not need.

Silence, sheer silence, Israe knew better then to interrupt this honestly.

The words struck Kin like a meteor. Friend. Mate. Things like this were not possible in his mind for something with the destructive potential Skidtrak'kal held. A single star begrudgingly retook its place in the blackness, more forced than by a brightening of his ancient heart. A single rebuttle would escape him, filling the void that was the darkness. "Thus, my re-examination." It had come full circle, and accomplished nothing but making tempers rise. How quaint a place this was.

Coiling up by where the garbage can had landed, ice blue eyes focused on Ven as he followed, yet Icer remained silent, taking deep calming breaths.

Eyes lifting to Kin Israe slid up and over to him," Thus why I am here." Israe's tail slipping out to poke him. Watching the young black and then Ven she spoke again to both of them," Is there more you'd like to add?" Puffing up slightly as she sat there.

Ice blue eyes flicked to the Elders, but Icer said nothing more.

Ven found himself steps behind her, stopping finally to speak when she lay down," Icer, you should not speak to them in such a manner. They are beyond even my years, by leaps and bounds. They cannot understand the things that cause us pain as we can. Despite their power and wisdom, complexity on a scale such as ours is something they cannot comprehend." It was truth Ven spoke, Elders always seemed to look at things on more of a big picture scale, never seeing the individuals.

" He is mated to another of my sisters, and she is expecting".They will learn Ven..," Eyes back to Ven, keeping Icer's tail rested atop her forelegs, "You had questions earlier.., I could see them in your eyes," Icer was trying to change the subject.

"Of course." The starlight mildly tore through the Dragon's form as well, taking the obsidian shine from his scales, and leaving them a dull black. Ven lay down and placed his head upon crossed forelegs before asking," I was simply wondering things, about why you seemed to fear them so. I was thinking to inquire as to Skidtrak'kal's wellbeing, also. He, does not wish to see me, so I must ask when I can."

Deep breaths were taken as Israe closed her eyes," New life to replace the old....Surly now Kin you can not grudge your offspring?" Red hues rested on Kin as she sat there tail wrapped around her. Wings stretching and returning to fold at her sides.

Kin's body looked terrible when he looked upon the stars so brightly. The withering effects it had were almost too noticeable until the words came. The night seemed to deepen and darken a thousand fold as he was rewrapped in the cosmos he so cherished. He sat up, and thwapped Israe in the leg once with his tail, lightly. "I suppose I can't, now can I" I just don't like to remember the fallen, or what I convinced myself was the right thing to do. It gets me broody, doesn't it?"

Snorting in her spot Israe shook her head. Thwaping him in the bum now she snickered," Broody isn't the half of it." Balance restored really, when he was broody she was chipper and giggly. Couldn't really help it that while she spoke to him she was giggling and smiling.

With a pounce, Kin pinned Israe to the ground. "Funny, am I?" He gave her a good swat with his tail before launching into the air and heading up, up, and up into the night sky, scales and starry darkness becoming one as the Ancient of the Cosmos melded into his home, a cataclysmic laugh shaking the skies with warmth, almost daring her to try and find him.

Cosmos was funny no' As he was so kind to pin her Israe rumbled to him. Swatting him back before she took flight after him. Reaching the heavens all a glow she glanced towards the other with curious eyes. Flicking her tail she spiraled in and out before with a nip on his tail she snickered and spiraled away.

The night itself seemed to thrust Kin forward as he gained on her at a painful rate, slamming into her and tumbling in a lock down towards the powder with glee. "Good thing it's not daytime, or you just might've had me beaten there!" And down they went, her receiving regular thwaps from his tail on their way towards....The surface of the really big frozen fountain!?

Nodding as Israe looked up at him with a smirk," Tis not light now, but the next time I'm falling with you I'm sure it will." Spiraling around on his figure she shook her neck out and forced him to play soft coosh to her landing. Water splashing at them as the ice broke she thwaped him with her tail as she looked down on him. Free and young again it seemed back to the order of things like it should have been always spiraling with yin and yang on their side.

"I should hope it wou-" On that note, Kin broke through the ice and into the water, night invading the cold, wet stuff like it was a newfound home. The moons turned towards her, a smirk on the ancient face. "Tricky as ever, I see." With a thrash of the tail, a wave of water was sent up at her, the night clinging to it for as long as it held form, finally breaking away before the wet stuff made scale fall.

"Who isn't afraid of us nowadays? We're relics of a time when control was something that was just beyond that grasping hand of progress. We're the last vestiges of when time itself was young. We're unique." He shrugged slightly, the sky washing out to the sides above him. He shook off the feeling of the ground being beneath him as he readied for flight. "Uniqueness is feared. Even I'm proof of that. Well, let's get going, there's too much to see and all the time in ever to see it in! Let's see how quick we can go through all six billion of them!" With that, a little chuckle opened up a wormhole somewhere in the universe.

Scratching at the ground as she prepared for flight her wings opened and folded out. Listening to his chuckle she lashed her tail as it spiraled with her into the sky. Moving up and out she looked down at him with lifted brow. Forked tongue slid from her mouth at him as she shouted," Well come on Old Man! This old dragoness can't be kept waiting till the next era." Snickering as she soared into the sky wind in her face again was such a glorious thing.

"You know damn well you can be!" He launched into the air, the night pulling him up faster than he'd otherwise be able to move. Reaching the point just ahead of Israe, he turned his head back, let out a roar, and surged forward as a set of stars guided the way to his land, so far away. Of course, as his size continued to grow, the time it would take would shrink proportionately. The sky was the only place for even a portion of the true size. He headed home, his balance finally restored.

Gliding after him the blaze of love and life burning deep in her soul. Pushing after him her eyes growing as his did as her true size was acquired among the cosmos. Spiraling and weaving with him she'd follow him home just as was meant. Just as the balance extended it to be.

Reacquainted was quite the word to use at that moment. Eyes that glowed like the moons resting on her glowed only brighter with his appearance. The small, delicate frame that was hers lifted and swayed softly as her first steps were made over the ice. The gentile ripples of her feet over the frozen surface beneath her did not break or yield as she moved over to her balance. The soft features that were her face curved to form an elegant and pure smile of which only he could ever seem to make her form. Hair still wisped of it's own accord as it spiraled and twirled around her shoulders and back freely. Sleeves draped back as her arms rested in their embrace, though they were not needed for warmth that was never needed for this one who glowed within the warm flow of light. Simple frail but yet so strong was Israe as she gazed on his strong face. That soft smile parted so her words could be heard and flow like a harmonic melody towards him," And it feels wonderful to be at last balanced."

"You have no idea. At least you were napping all the while. I, on the other hand, went mad with power and built up a small empire." A cataclysmic laugh brought one star to the daytime sky before it was blinked out by the light. He pulled her close in a hug before taking a step back to look at her. "You look as flawless as ever, you old crone." He smiled and shot her a wink before looking up to the sky, giving a sigh. "It's never as beautiful outside during the day, wouldn't you agree?" He kicked at the snow, watching a small pile form beside his foot. He never found himself in this form around snow. It'd been a long while since he'd felt the stuff under his feet or between his toes. The stars in his eyes twinkled brightly at the ground, almost as if in thanks before he looked back up to her with a little smile. "I always did love the snow. Haven't been in any in eons."

Tender eyes looked upon him with a soft gentile caress. They seemed to glow ever brighter as the suns gaze did as well to his laugh. Thus was her way as the star was put out she looked up at the sky, not a cloud in sight. Warm glow abound from every direction as those spiraled hues met him again in time to receive that hug. There was a soft sigh which brought sun showers down over them as she embraced him and hugged him back. Always kind and warm was her nature as she stood there before him as her voice fell from her lips," And you Old Man seem as young and feeble as ever." It was true Israe always seemed to adore his boyish nature.

"I wish I could say I have. I've let much fall into disrepair, and the night is now home to the evils of the universe. Without my guidance or protection, they crawled and clawed their way into my home, and made it their haven. In my state, I allowed it. I used it to gain more control. I very nearly destroyed Japrakti"gel on one occasion. He attempted to raise my head from the darkness, but I wouldn't see it. Now though, I hope I can undo this horrid twist. It will take more time than many here maybe able to comprehend, but I'll do it." He said it with a sort of conviction that brought on the night. His eyes twinkled brightly as they looked upon the slowly approaching night, though light still seemed to hold some reign yet. He stood and moved over to her, ruffling her hair with a chuckle. "Why don't you show me what this city has to offer" I'm parched." A grin graced his flawless face, one that could melt a hardened killer into a puppy groomer.

There was so much in his words that seemed to discomfort her so. The sound of the gold's name brought back more flashes of burning memories. Japrakti'gel, dear friend of hers and always a second source of guidance when needed, but that was far and few between eons. If anything the gold had tried to take her place when she had gone missing, perhaps that was not the wisest thing Jap could have done towards Kin who never seemed to be able to trust him. There was a sigh from her lips as more wind picked up with the fading sun cooling to her back. Her skin started to glow in the shadows as they grazed over her to hug her refreshingly. Eyes twinkled, grew brighter as her head lifted to his ruffle. Hair wisped and twirled wildly as she stood there eyes meeting him with a curious gaze," I would say that ye'd best get a drink at the inn Kin before you die of something as small as thirst." Giggling again she glanced around as the light faded and first night's stars came out to twinkle, even then there was always light. Smiling to him her voice came at a whisper," Dusk and dawn are my favorite times by far Kin."

He smiled wide as the shadows began to take control, the night sky would come soon. "I have to admit, there's nothing like the anticipation of the impending night, when the sky opens up and the cosmos is set free." He let out a cataclysmic laugh before he snagged her by the arm, dragging her towards the city. "An Inn, you say' Sounds quaint! But first I expect a full tour, complete with all the landmarks and must-see locations." He chuckled as he continued to drag her.

Giggling with glee as she was dragged the sun made its last burst of light. She smiled brightly to mirror the sun's brilliant beams. Then it dipped falling into shade as she entwined her arm with his and stuck out her tongue to him," Kin what ever you wish to see I am your humble guide!" Smiling as more and more the starlight burst through the last remains of the sun. She watched for a moment as the duty of the day was done. Glowing now as steps joined with his she disappeared from sight as he did and off into the growing night.