The Final Member… Centaur Couple
You have seen it all by now; the travelers, the elves, and even the vampires. Time for the final addition to this strange family (But it won't be the last addition in the story.)
DXB was running around with a water gun, hitting anyone that looks even the least bit occupied. The results were a lot of annoyed people, one frustrated Elise, and one thoroughly soaked Torus. Because of this, some of the smarter members had moved themselves to the outdoors until the rowdy dragon calms down.
Drake and Davis were walking to the stables were they wanted to try riding some of the Retro family horses. Davis seemed to enjoy the prospect of riding. "Women do like a man that is good with animals."
Drake rolls his eyes. Truthfully he couldn't care less. He just wanted to learn how to control a gun while riding. It is known to be useful in battle. As they enter the stables, they spot a woman with grey skin and white hair. Here silver eyes assessed her work as she brushes the fur of a chestnut mare next to her. She was either taller than the average girl or standing on a stool to work on the horse. She was wearing a white tunic with silver chainmail with a white tabard on top. Her ears were long but sort of different from Majesty's and Torus's. They could see a gingko leaf in her hair. Drake looks over at the drooling Davis before sighing. His sigh catches to woman's ear and she turns to them. When he saw her eyes, even Drake was amazed by the shine of life and understanding in her eyes. He almost felt like life had no worries and he could relax. The women gives a gentle smile before asking in a voice that chimed like wedding bells and yet was as smooth as the gentle wind, "Greetings! I am honored to meet a fine pair of gentlemen."
Drake shakes himself for a moment, then points to the star-struck, jelly-legged, drooling pile of goo next to him that was mumbling and gurgling sounds that make him sound like he was suffering brain damage. "This guy is Drake and I am Davis- ah- I mean my name is Dravis and he is Dake…I-I mean I am Drake! He is Davis!"
Drake could tell he was blushing. He heard laughter that sounded so beautiful. He looks up to see the woman was laughing good-naturedly. She sends him a kind smile and says, "Drake is such a strong name. Like the powerful yet honorable dragons and Davis sounds like a good name for one who can't help but find the joys in life."
Davis shakes himself out of his stupor and grins like an idiot. Drake ducks his head as another blush takes over. The woman laughs again. Davis looks at the mare next to her. "So you like horses, right?"
The woman pulls a thoughtful look. "Maybe…"
Davis grins. 1 Hit. "And you are a cousin of Torus and Majesty, riiiiiight?"
Laughter. "Yes.
Davis felt his grin get bigger. Hit number two. Now can he make a home run? "So you must be a dark elf Right?"
The women smiles and trots out of the stall. "Now I wouldn't say that."
She was not standing on a stool. From the waist down, she had a black horse body with white socks ending in black hoofs. The tunic and tabard hide where her waist connects to the rest of the body. She was a centaur. Strike out. Game lost.
"Figures" says a disappointed Drake as he closes the mouth of a dumbstruck Davis.
The centaur laughed gently as she approaches the two gentlemen. She then knelt and spoke. "I apologize if you are disappointed. It is not actually uncommon for people to feel relaxed around me. I really don't like breaking everyone's hearts, but it just can't be helped."
Drake shrugs as the disappointment dissipates. "That's okay. It is fine. I'm used to it. What's your name?"
The centaur smiles beautifully. "I am Fyllo; Warrior and next head of the centaur branch. When I become head of family I will be known as Mother Fyllo from my clan."
Davis smirks. "Would you mind being my mother?"
Drake murmurs, "What a load of horse dung," never knowing that a red centaur was preparing to donkey-kick him from behind.
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DXB was chasing Torus as he runs from her water gun. "For Pete's sake, stop squirting me!"
"Not until you become more fun."
"I am not supposed to be fun."
"Sure you are, you have enough hot air to make some good balloons."
"DAMNIT DRAGONXBIRD!"
Celestica runs after them in her underwear.
Jammy sighs as she and Tycoongirl sat with Norman between them. They were tired from running from DXB. Tanya has taken to throwing water balloons from the tree she was sitting on and Jin seems to be the only one who has managed to find a good hiding spot for no one can find him.
Davis comes around the castle followed by a limping Drake and two centaurs. One was Fyllo while the other was a large, red, muscular centaur. The red one had short flat black hair, one purple eye, an eye patch over the other and black hooves with shaggy black fur hanging off his ankles and a black tail as well. The group of four gains the attention of everyone in the garden. Majesty was the first to make it to the group. "Fyllo! It has been awhile. When did you get here?"
Fyllo hugs Majesty as Fish and the red centaur bow to each other. Fyllo then replies, "I have been here for a while. Sunny and I have been heading here since our landing in the far mountains."
Jammy's eyes widen. "You landed that far?"
Fyllo nods. "Yes, and it looks like we were the only ones left who had not found a castle. By the looks of it, the rest of the family has found a castle, mansion, or house by now."
DXB pouts. "So there is no more coming here?"
Fyllo shakes her head as Norman looks at the red centaur. "So his name is Sunny?"
"Not really…" replies Fyllo.
"His name is Sunka… SununK…. Suku…." Tails Doll struggles to say.
Jammy takes pity on her and takes over. "His name is Sunukkuhkau."
Davis scratches his head. "How many Ks is that?"
"Three. We all call him Sunny for obvious reasons that almost no one can pronounce his name properly." replies Jammy. (A/N: Which will be the only name we'll be using from here on out.) "He is a war centaur."
DXB glances at Drake and notices hoof prints on the seat of his jacket. "He said something insulting about horses, didn't he?"
Fyllo nod as she hides her smile behind her hand. Celestica walks up to them and glances around. "Where is your javelin?"
Fyllo looks back towards the stable. "I left it back there. I'll get it later."
Drake notices that Celestica was rather subdued around Sunny. He looks to Sunny and asks. "What's your secret?"
Sunny raises an eyebrow in question before noticing Celestica and getting the idea. "I'm engaged."
Davis, Norman, Drake, Jenny, Elise, and the Waltz all stare at Sunny before looking back at Celestica in surprise. Elise finally asks the question on her mind that they are all wondering. "She doesn't go for married or soon-to-be-married people?"
Everyone else shakes their heads. Davis grins. "So, who's the lucky girl?"
Fyllo smiles and raises her hand before saying. "We are having an arranged marriage."
Drake's eyes widen. "Arranged? I didn't know they still have that here."
Majesty decides to fill in the blanks. "The centaurs are very old and religious creatures. To them, their religion is a way of life. They are so old fashion that they still believe in arranged marriages that benefit their clan's growth and livelihood. They look to the stars for the future and tend to commune with nature a lot. They are also working with laws that go an eye for an eye. They don't like modern stuff much and half are either vegetarians or flat out vegans. They would certainly not call our castle a home. I wouldn't be surprised if their rooms were designed to look like a forest."
The non-family members nod in understanding. Then another thought came to Drakes mind. "Wait! How did you get centaurs into the family? What I mean is…"
Drake seems to be uncomfortable with finishing that sentence. Jammy nods sympathetically. "It's complicated and our grandfather has forbidden us to ever speak about it. Trust me, you don't want to know."
Drake and Norman exchange incredulous looks. Sunny looks at Torus warily until Fyllo elbows Sunny to stop it. Torus was standing in the back watching. Fyllo looks towards him and smiles as she walks over. Tycoongirl sighs from next to Drake. "She is so lucky. Fyllo has a comforting and polite presence so other people feel at peace around her. She is also reserve about her opinions as she does not like upsetting everyone. She gets along with just about anyone so we don't usually have problems with her."
Fyllo looks around before turning to the group. "Where's Jin? I heard that he was here when I passed the Zen Gardens."
DXB puffs her chest. "I know where he is. Just watch!"
She turns on a hose and places the tip in a rabbit hole. There was sudden blubbering and DXB reaches in and pulls out a small white bunny. She apologizes to the bunny as a sopping wet Jin crawls out of the hole and glares at her. He gets up and shouts, "(These clothes and linens are to be hand washed ONLY! Do you know how much work goes in cleaning these? These could be ruined and I would have to special order more from Nippon! I….)"
"Jin!"
"(Fyllo?)"
The centaur hugs Jin in happiness. She then backs up so she and Sunny could bow to Jin. Jin returns the bow and then all three kneel down into a Japanese sitting position to talk. Torus rolls his eyes before turning to head back inside. "This could take awhile."
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Norman walks into the library and stops to see his journal on the table. It has been a while before he had written in it. He opens the book and starts writing about the latest additions to the family. Meanwhile Davis was talking to Jammy and Dractina in the lobby. "So what's going to happen now that the last of crew is here? I mean is anyone else going to come?"
Jammy and Dractina look at each other and Dractina shrugs. "We don't think there will be anyone else coming for at least a long while. You heard what Fyllo said. She fell into the far mountains where if she had landed just another mile to the west, it would've been easier for her go to the mansion to the west. By now all of our cousins that are going to live here are already here."
Jammy continues on from there. "As for what we are going to do now. I am not a hundred percent sure. You guys didn't come at a good time. Since the zombie attack on Gambino's mansion those years ago, there has been one disaster after another. The attack of the vampires was the worse for that set our family feud back a few hundred years."
Davis looks curious. "Family feud?"
"The Vampire branch versus the Lycan Branch," Jammy explains. "The werewolves claimed the vampires of the family helped in that battle so they tried to have all vampires put under regulations. Needless to say, the vampires were quite angry about this. DXB burned the head of the Lycan branch for even thinking about that. He got no sympathy from either father or I. Seriously though, I think whatever will happen, will happen whether we like it or not. We will just have to be prepared. We can first focus on handling Alpha and Draco first."
Davis nods thoughtfully, and then he looks at the two girls. "So what's for dinner?"
