• ARTEMIS SILVERFANG


    Artemis sat in a tree, gazing down at the path that Prince Agravius was riding down, seated upon a large black wyvern, along with his hunting escort on a goldenbrow. She tucked a lock of her black hair behind her pointed ear. She hissed angrily when she saw the horrible human whipping his poor mount. It wasnt the wisest move, the escort heart and spotted her in her torn, tattered knee high dress made of a single scale of an especially large drake. His escort fired an arrow at her, which she easily dodged. One after another, the arrows flew, and each one Artemis managed to dodge. Finally, she jumped to another tree and dissapeared from the Prince's sight. "DAMN IT!" he screamed. he had not caught an elf since he had gone hunting. Suddenly, there was a rustle in the trees behind him, and she jumped and knocked him off his wyvern, slashing its harness. Artemis spoke to the beautiful beast in dragontounge, the language of dragons, and it listened. The Wyvern, whos name she now knew was WindBlastre, wheeled on the goldenbrow and her rider and, with a snap of her massive jaws, sank her fangs into the screaming escort while artemid freed the goldenbrow. She jumped on windblastre, and instead of a harness she directed the magnificent beast with words of dragontounge. Windblastre sped on her two legs faster than most dragons, and her powerful wings beat in usion to slice through the air. She was atempting to fly. All of a sudden, with a mighty leap, WindBlastre took to the air and soared over the treetops "to the right!" Artemis hissed, and with a slight jerk, Windblastre tipped one wing to the side and glided slowly down to the town square.

    THUD! artemis landed with a jolt, and leaped off the dragon's back. A word of thanks in dragontounge, and then the wyvern was off, soaring through the skies. "guys, its safe! theyre gone!" she yelled, and murmers came from the huts as elves of all sizes stepped out. Soon, the market square was back to its usual bustle. "Artemis! Artemis!" Her little neighbor, Tullio, came running out to greet her. "artemis! tell me how you beat the prince!" She laughed, and sat on a stump. Artemis lifted Tullio up and set him on her lap. "well," she said, "i was outnumbered a hundred to one, and..." and she spun an exagerated tale just for tullio to tell his freinds. "Not, Tullio, its time to run along and go play." The little elf boy's ears drooped a little. "awwwww, but i wanna hear another story!" She laughed at the expression on his face "no. now go play! i need to buy some more cloth for a new dress." and sent him scurrying off.

    RONILIAR FIRECLAW

    He was selling his cloths in the market square, when he caught sight of artemis. Her long, black hair glimmered in the dappled light of the sun filtering through the leaves of the trees overhead. He watched as she picked up Tullio, Sat on a stump, and sat him on her lap while she told him a story. Her lovely green eyes sparkled when she laughed, and sent Tullio scurrying off. The beautiful girl stood and started walking twards his stall. He noticed her Ikara leaf dress was torn, and assumed she needed a new one, and his stall WAS the tailoring stall...
    Roniliar's heart raced when he thought of talking to her. Almost everyone in the valley knew he liked her, except her. She stopped in front of his stall. "roniliar, im not sure if youve noticed but the old dress you tailored me is torn up a bit. Can you make me a new one? I need good flexibility, a nice design, and a belt to sheath my dagger." She flashed him a radient grin. He felt nervous "yeah, sure... course..."he mumbled. Artemis laughed. "some times you can be so WIERD Roniliar. That made him blush fiercely. She giggled like mad. "can you have it for tomorrow?" He rolled his eyes. "of course. i had your leaf dress done in less than fifteen miniets!" That made her laugh again. Suddenly, they heard a scream


    ARTEMIS SILVERFANG

    Artemis had been talking to her crush, the blue eyed, straw blonde haired elf boy, roniliar when she heard the cry for help. Wheeling around, dagger already in her fist, she saw Prince Agrivius. He had Tullio in one arm, and a dagger pressed to tullio's throat in the other. Her face must have been fierce, because it made Agravius shudder. "let Him Go" She said through clanched teeth. Agravius only laughed "ill let him go if youll give yourself up. A life for a life." "Artemis! dont do it!" Little Tullio's shrill little voice pierced the cool forest air. "get off me you ape!" Agravius pressed the dagger to the boy's throat harder. "shut up, swine!" he growled. "so, do we have a deal?" Artemis stood tall and threw her dagger down, along with the dragon scales she used as knives. "i agree." The prince laughed maliciously. then he barked an order to his new escort. "Bind her!" His escort grabbed her shoulder and pulled her closer to the dragons. He took a rope out of the dragon's saddlebag, and tied her. He tied it in a way that would not hurt her, but was strong enough to stop her escape. He sat her on the dragon sideways, and tied her legs in the same way. Agravius laughed. Even in her defeat the elf girl sat tall and proud!


    RONILIAR FIRECLAW

    Roniliar watched, horrified, as the prince and his men threated artemis with Tullio, as she agreed to be tuned in for Tullio's freedom, as they sat her on the dragon. Even in capture she sat as tall and proud as ever. She laughed, and the dragon made a chortling hissing noise. Aparently it has said something rude about its masters. Roniliar went up to his freinds. "guys, weve gotta help artemis." Arii laughed "of course, dummy. Grab your bow and arrows!"
    He knocked his arrow into position, then the three of them let their shafts fly. They hit the escort, and he fell. Agravius escaped harm, unlike his dragon, who had several wounds. The coward prince turned his steed and fled. The other dragon, freed of its master, shook artemis off. The beast was at least three metres tall, and if she landed the wrong way the fall could break her neck! She didnt cry out or show any fear as she fell. Roniliar dashed forward...


    ARTEMIS SILVERFANG

    Roniliar and his freinds shot the escort, and the dragon, free of its master, shook her off. She knew the fall would kill her, but she did not cry out. No, she would die proudly. She felt hands under the bed of her kneed and the small of her back. She opened her eyes and saw golden locks of hair and blue eyes filled with concern. She heard roniliar murmer "artemis....are you ok?" Her breath was taken away, It all seemed like a dream, but not a bad one. Just kiss me already, ninny! she thought.Artemis blushed fiercely, and Roniliar sat her on the ground and bent and cut the ropes binding her, and handed her the parcel with the new outfit she had ordered in it. He had made a different one earlier for her birthday, but he gave it to her now. She muttered a word of thanks, then dashed of into the woods. "artemis!" he called after her, "wait...!"


    She hurtled through the woods, headed to dragon head rock. Branches whipped at her face, slicing through her tanned skin. But she kept on running, mus coated her thin dress, chilling her to the bone, She would not stop til she reached Dragon head rock. She could hear Roniliar blundering through the brush, calling her name. She wanted to stop, go back to him, but something inside of her wouldnt let her. She reached the rock, grabbed the first handhold she found, and scaled the rock. The rough, sharp stones tore and calloused her hadns. By the time she reached the top, they were raw and swolen. She heard talons scrabling on the stone, and saw windblastre. The drake called to the goldenbrow, who with her arms, picked up the girl and carried her into the cave. They lined a large crevice with pine boughs and dried animal furs, and placed her into it. It would serve as a room for her. She crawled into the crevice and fell into a deep slumber, where she dreamed of roniliar.

    RONILIAR FIRECLAW

    The brush cut his face, but he persisted after her. The woods were filled with countless dangers, such as dark elves, vampires, and Irikajik, also knows as giant wolves. The reached a rock. A piece of her tattery kleaf dress was caught on the stone. "dammit artemis! dont you EVER make tracking you down easy?!?" He sighed, and started to climb. The sharp rock calloused and hurt his hands, but he kept climbing, despite the hissing coming from above. He reached the top and saw a massive wyvern hissing at him. Looking past the drake, he saw a cave. And what was that in peering out of the crevice....It was Artemis!He rushed past the wyvern, dodging a vicious claw swipe. "artimis!" He grabbed her shoulder and dragged her out of the crevice, and noticed she was wearing the clothes he had tailored for her. "artemis, damn you! you never make things easy! why the hell did you run off like that?!" She looked down, keeping her eyes averted. He felt a pang of shame for snapping at her like that. "look, artemis, im sorry i snapped like that..." He put his finger under her chin and turned her face twards him...
    And he kissed her.
    And she was kissing him back.
    His hand was behind her head and the other around her waist. Her arms were around his shoulders, and they pulled each other closer. their eyes closed, her lips against his...
    And then the moment popped, like a soap bubble as she pulled away. "you have NO clue how long i have been waiting for you to do that" she laughed, and embraced him again.

    ARTEMIS SILVERFANG

    She felt lightheaded. It seemed like they were alone in the world. Everything seemed right, His lips locked with hers, his arms around her waist and hers around his neck...he pulled her closer, moved one hand from her waist up to the small of her back, pulling her closer still...she didnt want to stop. She pulled her lips from his and leaned her forehead against his, giggling. "iv been waiting so long for this moment...I just dont want it to stop..."she sighed. He laughed, a sound she rarely heard. "youre not the ony one, so lets not stop yet..."And he started kissing her again. Artemis pulled roniliar in closer, putting all she could into that last kiss before breaking off from him and taking his hand. She lead him through the crevice and into her room. A natural hot springs waterfall flowed from one wall, and the regular water flowed from the other. Each flowed into a pool gouged out by dragons. In the middle was a bed of pine boughs and animal furs, and a screen of thick leaves stood in the corner. Artemis dissapeared behind the screen for a time. When she emered she was wearing a silvery white nightdress, and threw him a pair of elfish boxers. "you arent sleeping in your clothes. theyre mud coated!" Roniliar laughed. He went behind the screen and changed, the flopped into bed beside her, turned away, and fell asleep.

    RONILIAR FIRECLAW

    Roniliar woke up and streached. He saw the screen had moved, it was now in front of the hot springs pool. Not noticing artemis was gone from the bed, he pulled back the screen. The milky white water saved artemis from embarrasment. She was emerged to her neck, so nothing was visible. "oh...i didnt think you would wake so early..." She blushed like mad, then snapped "close the screen dimwit! dont just stare!" and he obliged, but not before a rock hit him in the back of the head. Roniliar Laughed to himself, and rubbed the back of his head where the rock hit. "well, looks like iv'e found a keeper!" he muttered. His head throbbed where the rock had hit. He flopped back into bed, pulling the covers over him. Moments later, he recieved a sharp kick to the ribs. Roniliar looked up and saw artemis standing over him in the dress he had made her. It was green to match her eyes with a slit in the side so her legs had better flexibility. A satin belt with a pouch on the side hung at her waist. "get up and get dressed. "she snapped. "we're going back to the village." He grinned at her. "dont you think tullio and Arii might be surprised when they find us together?" She scowled. His intrusion had done nothing to lighten her mood. "not THAT village. the dragon village, where all the ancient dragons live. They'll have proper elven homes there with rooms. Rooms with LOCKABLE DOORS." He grinned again. "Would it help if i apologized?" Her expression softened a little. "come on, windblastre might fly us there."


    WINDBLASTRE


    "windblastre, we need your help." Artemis was being blunt again. The dragon yawned and looked down at the elf girl. The small folk were so dense sometimes, but she owed the child. "what do you need now, little one?" To the girl it was words, but by the startled look on the boy elf's face it sounded like a ferocious snarl to him. Srtemis grinned. "can you fly us to Re'ringara?" In dragontounge it was Dragon Kingdom. The collosal black wyrm hissed in surprise, then shook her head violently. "Artemis, you know very well what they think of Wyverns in Re'ringara! No. I wont. i WILL NOT kill myself over you and that thing you call an elf boy. I wont cary HIM, even if i did take you. WindBlastre mistrusted the elf boy. Artemis sighed. Than ill get Areei to take us." Goldenbrows were highly respected dragons among there kind. Their long serpentine bodies were like that of a chinese dragon, and had two long legs at each end of their bodies. Their lack of wings did not stop them from flying, and their brows were adorned with gold and precious gems they had chosen to sing into their flesh, making it a living part of them. Areei had picked a massive lapis lazuli and it gleamed in the light as artemis aproached the playful dragon. Unlike Herself, Areei had nothing against the elf boy, even though Roniliars aura was different from any normal elf's. Artemis conversed with Areei for a moment, then the dragon nodded, and went to fetch the boy.


    AREEI

    Areei envied artemis and the boy she loved. His aura was strange, almost like a dragons, but tinged with that of an elfs. She greeted the elf boy with a dip of her head, then lie down to allow them to clamber up on her back, and she clambered to the edge of the cave.
    Unlike most dragons, she did not have to jump off and plummet for a way before spreading wings. She used the magical energy she harvested and stored in her lapis lazuli for that. She concentrated for a moment, then her twisting serpentine body rose into the air with her pearly green scales glinting in the morning light. She twisted and weaved up and down and side to side like a serpent as she flew. Her talons poised, pressed against her body, She stole a glance back at artemis and Roniliar. They were talking, and she laughed. Areei envied their bond. Elves and humans waited only years for the right person. Most dragons had to wait for millenia. Areei could only wish she would find the one she could love as Artemis did the boy.


    RONILIAR FIRECLAW

    He and artemis were enjoying the ride, the trees below were beautiful, green tinged with orange as autumn started. They had been chattering for hours when suddenly the goldenbrow dragon's twisting, serpentine neck and head started to decline as the rest of her body followed. She slowed her descent and landed without a single jolt. The dragon spoke something to Artemis. She turned to translate to him, "Areei says the dragon village is a few miles this direction. We'll have to walk the rest of the way." He grinned at her."no problem." He spoke cheerfully. "it isnt THAT far."

    "artemis" Roniliar panted, clutching at the stitch in his side. His legs were aching and his sides ached. "when you said a few miles, how many did you mean?" The beautiful elf girl was still walking as if she had just had a good long rest. "only twenty two." She grinned. "what, not up to the challenge?" He scowled, looking more like his old self than usuall. "course i am." He paused and grinned. "but maybe we should stop for a bit."