DISCLAIMER: I own my character Sylvayne and her companion animals,
everything else revolves around J.K. Rowling.
Dwyn dropped down and hovered next to Severus. He was holding the twitching toy in his front paws. "What happened?" he purred.
Severus turned to the drat. "Well, she's been through alot lately. Didn't she tell you why she was missing for all those days?"
The drat shook his head no. "She said that she didn't want to talk about it. And I didn't want to pry, she seemed sensitive about it."
"Well, she has every right to be. But if she didn't tell you, than I certainly won't." he sighed and turned his face back to the door. "Where does she go meditate?"
"Usually at the lake... about two miles west of the castle. But its dense forest to get there. She usually flies by eagle." Dwyn landed on a nearby table.
Severus sighed again. "So its not like I can get to her easily..." he looked back to the drat.
Dwyn thought for a moment. "Nope... not unless Zyon is back."
"Zyon?" Severus asked.
"Sylvayne's companion gryphon." Dwyn explained.
"Gryphon? That would explain the decor..."
"Yes. Syl has been with Zyon since she was born. They are bonded, you know." Dwyn let the ball leave his paws and whoosh around the room. "You'd have to gain his trust and then he'd have to fly you there."
"Not an easy task..." Severus took a few steps towards the door and then turned back to the drat. "Where does Zyon stay?"
"If he's back then he's in his nest. Its built under a huge awning from the castle. Down on the north side."
"Thanks." Severus said and made his way up the stairs.
After a good thirty minutes of searching he found the main entrance to the castle. The large doors opened for him and he walked outside. There was only a small path that lead around the castle, the rest was dense forest. Severus stayed close to the wall and walked. He eventually came upon a huge cavernous space which must have been the area Dwyn was talking about, for there was a large black gryphon sleeping in a nest there.
The gryphon immediately jumped up when Severus stepped into the cavern. It hissed at him.
Severus put his hands in the air. "I'm not here to hurt you. I need to find Sylvayne."
The gryphon growled. "Sylvayne? What do you know of her?" it clicked its beak together in a threat.
"I saved her from Voldemort, but was wounded. She brought me here and cared for me." Severus brought his hands down. "Her experience was traumatic. She said she went to meditate. Dwyn said that I'd need you to get to her."
"Voldemort?" the gryphon's eyes glinted with malice. "He was the one who took her?"
"Yes." Severus took a step forward.
The gryphon screeched and stomped. "I will kill him for this!"
"Sylvayne got her revenge. The Dark Lord is reduced to a shadow, as he was after the Potter incident." Severus twitched at having said that name.
The gryphon nodded and was silent for a moment. "Meditation is a private thing. I can't take you to see her. Wait until she returns."
Severus sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Please..." he said softly.
The gryphon cocked its head to the side and studied Severus. His green eagle eyes moved slowly up and down. The giant eagle head then turned to the west and he closed his eyes. "I can sense that she wants you there..." Zyon turned back to Severus. "I'll take you."
The gryphon got down on his knees and lowered a wing. "Get on..."
"I've never done this before..." Severus said weakly.
"Do not worry. I do not bite unless provoked." the gryphon opened his beak slightly in a smile.
Severus tried to smile but it came out as a grimace. He climbed carefully onto the gryphon's back, right on the shoulders, just above the wings. "Hold on..." the gryphon said and then pushed off from the ground.
Severus was jolted forward and landed face first into the feathers of Dwyn's neck. It only took seconds to fly the two miles to the lake. "I can't land here... you wanna jump?" the gryphon asked.
Severus grumbled. A slight detail his flight had forgotten to mention. Then he remember that he was not in Hogwarts. Severus quickly apparated and landed silently behind a shrub on the outskirts of the lake.
On the beach Sylvayne was performing deliberate and repeating movements. It was almost a dance, but it looked like she was fighting an invisible foe. Her movements were so graceful that Severus forgot himself and just watched.
Then she stopped. She turned and looked directly at the bush Severus was behind. "Who ever you are, you can come out now..."
'Elvish sense...' Severus sighed inwardly as he stood. He was pleased to see her smile when he appeared. She walked over to him.
"How did you get here?" she asked, offering a hand to help him from behind the shrub.
"Your companion gryphon is quite amazing." Severus said, trying not to fall over as he waded his way out of the dense forestry.
"Zyon brought you here?" Sylvayne seemed very surprised. She knew that Zyon trusting Severus was significant, even more that he brought him to her. Not that she minded at all...
It was then that Severus tripped. Sylvayne jumped and caught him. He quickly straightened himself and looked at her. "Uhh... thanks..."
"No problem..." Sylvayne smiled.
"What were you doing before? Those movements..." Severus trailed off.
"Oh, its from Muggle culture. Japanese thing called kata. Not only does it teach self defense but discipline and inner peace. It is quite amazing." Sylvayne walked forward and sat, facing out towards the lake.
Severus sat beside her. "Discipline and self-defense... sounds like something some of my students could use..."
With a soft thump Sylvayne laid back on the bank of the lake. She looked up to the sky, being only able to see snippets of it through the canopy.
Severus turned to look at her and was forced to put a hand back for balance. He was shocked by how beautiful she was. How different she looked from the night he saved her. Here she was tranquil and peaceful, before she was wild and feral. In both she was equally beautiful.
She looked at him and smiled. Her want of him was unreasonable and unfounded. She didn't understand why she felt this way and it irked her to no end. Sylvayne always wanted to understand everything.
She reached up and put a hand to the side of his face. Sylvayne slowly and gently guided his face downwards, causing him to lie over her, his hands on either side of her shoulders.
Severus couldn't believe what was happening. He wanted this, yes, but he didn't understand it and that bothered him. How could he not understand something that was of himself?
Emotion took over and Severus leaned down and ever-so-lightly put his lips to hers. He was extremely unsure of how she would react.
After a few moments of shock Sylvayne settled into the sensation. He deepened the kiss with his tongue and her body reacted violently. Sylvayne had never in her lifetime been kissed like that. She instinctually raised her hips and pressed them to his.
The feeling of her body against his caused Severus to moan into her mouth. He lowered his body to hers, pressing as much of himself to her as possible.
Sylvayne's fingers tangled in his black hair as she kissed more forcefully. Her thighs locked around his waist.
She pulled away from the kiss and smiled up a Severus. Then she snapped her fingers. In a moment all their clothes were off and folded neatly about five feet away. "I have magical domain over everything in or from my home. All I have to do is snap..." Sylvayne was cut off by Severus's lips.
Back at the castle Zyon was settling back into his nest. He closed his eyes and tried to pick up on how his companion was doing. He recieved a flood of strong emotions and promptly shut the link. "Well, at least she's not depressed..." Zyon ruffled his feathers and curled up in his nest.
Dwyn dropped down and hovered next to Severus. He was holding the twitching toy in his front paws. "What happened?" he purred.
Severus turned to the drat. "Well, she's been through alot lately. Didn't she tell you why she was missing for all those days?"
The drat shook his head no. "She said that she didn't want to talk about it. And I didn't want to pry, she seemed sensitive about it."
"Well, she has every right to be. But if she didn't tell you, than I certainly won't." he sighed and turned his face back to the door. "Where does she go meditate?"
"Usually at the lake... about two miles west of the castle. But its dense forest to get there. She usually flies by eagle." Dwyn landed on a nearby table.
Severus sighed again. "So its not like I can get to her easily..." he looked back to the drat.
Dwyn thought for a moment. "Nope... not unless Zyon is back."
"Zyon?" Severus asked.
"Sylvayne's companion gryphon." Dwyn explained.
"Gryphon? That would explain the decor..."
"Yes. Syl has been with Zyon since she was born. They are bonded, you know." Dwyn let the ball leave his paws and whoosh around the room. "You'd have to gain his trust and then he'd have to fly you there."
"Not an easy task..." Severus took a few steps towards the door and then turned back to the drat. "Where does Zyon stay?"
"If he's back then he's in his nest. Its built under a huge awning from the castle. Down on the north side."
"Thanks." Severus said and made his way up the stairs.
After a good thirty minutes of searching he found the main entrance to the castle. The large doors opened for him and he walked outside. There was only a small path that lead around the castle, the rest was dense forest. Severus stayed close to the wall and walked. He eventually came upon a huge cavernous space which must have been the area Dwyn was talking about, for there was a large black gryphon sleeping in a nest there.
The gryphon immediately jumped up when Severus stepped into the cavern. It hissed at him.
Severus put his hands in the air. "I'm not here to hurt you. I need to find Sylvayne."
The gryphon growled. "Sylvayne? What do you know of her?" it clicked its beak together in a threat.
"I saved her from Voldemort, but was wounded. She brought me here and cared for me." Severus brought his hands down. "Her experience was traumatic. She said she went to meditate. Dwyn said that I'd need you to get to her."
"Voldemort?" the gryphon's eyes glinted with malice. "He was the one who took her?"
"Yes." Severus took a step forward.
The gryphon screeched and stomped. "I will kill him for this!"
"Sylvayne got her revenge. The Dark Lord is reduced to a shadow, as he was after the Potter incident." Severus twitched at having said that name.
The gryphon nodded and was silent for a moment. "Meditation is a private thing. I can't take you to see her. Wait until she returns."
Severus sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Please..." he said softly.
The gryphon cocked its head to the side and studied Severus. His green eagle eyes moved slowly up and down. The giant eagle head then turned to the west and he closed his eyes. "I can sense that she wants you there..." Zyon turned back to Severus. "I'll take you."
The gryphon got down on his knees and lowered a wing. "Get on..."
"I've never done this before..." Severus said weakly.
"Do not worry. I do not bite unless provoked." the gryphon opened his beak slightly in a smile.
Severus tried to smile but it came out as a grimace. He climbed carefully onto the gryphon's back, right on the shoulders, just above the wings. "Hold on..." the gryphon said and then pushed off from the ground.
Severus was jolted forward and landed face first into the feathers of Dwyn's neck. It only took seconds to fly the two miles to the lake. "I can't land here... you wanna jump?" the gryphon asked.
Severus grumbled. A slight detail his flight had forgotten to mention. Then he remember that he was not in Hogwarts. Severus quickly apparated and landed silently behind a shrub on the outskirts of the lake.
On the beach Sylvayne was performing deliberate and repeating movements. It was almost a dance, but it looked like she was fighting an invisible foe. Her movements were so graceful that Severus forgot himself and just watched.
Then she stopped. She turned and looked directly at the bush Severus was behind. "Who ever you are, you can come out now..."
'Elvish sense...' Severus sighed inwardly as he stood. He was pleased to see her smile when he appeared. She walked over to him.
"How did you get here?" she asked, offering a hand to help him from behind the shrub.
"Your companion gryphon is quite amazing." Severus said, trying not to fall over as he waded his way out of the dense forestry.
"Zyon brought you here?" Sylvayne seemed very surprised. She knew that Zyon trusting Severus was significant, even more that he brought him to her. Not that she minded at all...
It was then that Severus tripped. Sylvayne jumped and caught him. He quickly straightened himself and looked at her. "Uhh... thanks..."
"No problem..." Sylvayne smiled.
"What were you doing before? Those movements..." Severus trailed off.
"Oh, its from Muggle culture. Japanese thing called kata. Not only does it teach self defense but discipline and inner peace. It is quite amazing." Sylvayne walked forward and sat, facing out towards the lake.
Severus sat beside her. "Discipline and self-defense... sounds like something some of my students could use..."
With a soft thump Sylvayne laid back on the bank of the lake. She looked up to the sky, being only able to see snippets of it through the canopy.
Severus turned to look at her and was forced to put a hand back for balance. He was shocked by how beautiful she was. How different she looked from the night he saved her. Here she was tranquil and peaceful, before she was wild and feral. In both she was equally beautiful.
She looked at him and smiled. Her want of him was unreasonable and unfounded. She didn't understand why she felt this way and it irked her to no end. Sylvayne always wanted to understand everything.
She reached up and put a hand to the side of his face. Sylvayne slowly and gently guided his face downwards, causing him to lie over her, his hands on either side of her shoulders.
Severus couldn't believe what was happening. He wanted this, yes, but he didn't understand it and that bothered him. How could he not understand something that was of himself?
Emotion took over and Severus leaned down and ever-so-lightly put his lips to hers. He was extremely unsure of how she would react.
After a few moments of shock Sylvayne settled into the sensation. He deepened the kiss with his tongue and her body reacted violently. Sylvayne had never in her lifetime been kissed like that. She instinctually raised her hips and pressed them to his.
The feeling of her body against his caused Severus to moan into her mouth. He lowered his body to hers, pressing as much of himself to her as possible.
Sylvayne's fingers tangled in his black hair as she kissed more forcefully. Her thighs locked around his waist.
She pulled away from the kiss and smiled up a Severus. Then she snapped her fingers. In a moment all their clothes were off and folded neatly about five feet away. "I have magical domain over everything in or from my home. All I have to do is snap..." Sylvayne was cut off by Severus's lips.
Back at the castle Zyon was settling back into his nest. He closed his eyes and tried to pick up on how his companion was doing. He recieved a flood of strong emotions and promptly shut the link. "Well, at least she's not depressed..." Zyon ruffled his feathers and curled up in his nest.