Dark clouds rolled in from the sea, bringing with them cold rain that quickly turned to snow. Before long everything was covered in a thick blanket of white powder. Very little moved besides the frigid wind and the shifting piles of snow. From somewhere within the clouds a ball of light shot through the snow, landing in a very deep snowdrift. The light quickly vanished, leaving in its wake a small child, and a very odd looking one at that. She was quite thin and moved with the lithe grace of an experienced hunter. Her long black hair was streaked with silver, even though she was no older than eleven. Her eyes were a silvery-blue and looked like a cat's eyes. Under her left eye were three marks that looked like claw marks. She wore a dress made from warm fur as white as the snow she stood in. Around her neck was a gold locket shaped like the sun with her name engraved in it: Kya.
Kya was no ordinary girl, apart from the obvious strange looks. She was a very powerful sorceress, one of the Skye-borne, all of whom had powerful magic. But she was different from even them, as she was not only Skye-borne, but she was a goddess as well, The Sun-Goddess Solaris. She had come to the Earth for a very important reason, one she didn't want to think about until she had rested in someplace warm and had a nice nap before taking up her search.
It wasn't late into the day yet, but with the snow falling as hard as it was, it might as well have been midnight. There was no one out in the streets or on the sidewalks of the town she was in, everything was empty. Shops were closed and so was everything else, the only light came from houses that she didn't dare go near, for it was possible that some sensitive person would sense her magic and come after her for one reason or another. So she would have to find somewhere else to hide. That someplace came in the park. The Penguin slide was hollow, and made as good a place to rest as any. It was still very cold, but it blocked the wind, and that helped Kya warm up a little bit.
She curled up under the slide and pulled out a piece of dried meat to chew on, she didn't dare light a fire in case someone passing should see it and find her. She may be a goddess, but on the Earth she had her limits, and she didn't think she could run very well in this snow. She sighed and put the meat back in her pocket and watched the snow fall, praying that it would stop soon. She was very cold, and if it got any colder she would freeze. But it kept snowing.
After awhile the snowfall slowed, then stopped completely. The sun came out, but it was nowhere near warm enough to melt all the snow that had fallen. But Kya crawled out from under the slide anyway and stood in the sun, drawing energy from it. She would need all of her strenght for her search. And this town was a big one, so it would take awhile to get anywhere. But she knew that the ones she was searching for were here, or she wouldn't have landed in this town in the first place.
Once she had drawn enough power from the sun to warm her body up Kya began walking down the streets, looking for the certain magical energies that she needed. She was here to find two people, one created by an ancient sorcerer long dead, and another who had no name among the Skye-borne, which meant he was from the Ancient Tribe that had seperated from them many thousands of years ago. All names of that Tribe had been erased until only a few ancient records existed, but now Kya needed to find both powers, or the entire Earth would be destroyed.
Finding either proved to be difficult, but she did manage to locate a few magical energies that seemed promising. Of those energies, one had the faint but familiar 'scent' of Skye-borne energy, but she couldn't be sure until she was closer. The others were similar to each other, which gave her the guess that they drew their power from the same source. Could one of them be one of the ones she was searching for? She would have to find out. But she didn't plan on simply walking. That would take too long. So she made sure that no one was around, and then changed into a beautiful white hawk. Kya took to the air then, following the trails of magic, hoping to find the ones she was looking for.
Finding the first few didn't take long, three of them were right next to each other! Two of them were humans and the other was a strange tiny gold beast that looked like a stuffed animal. Kya wondered what kind of thing that had magical powers would take such a stupid form, but they were not the ones she was looking for. She thought of flying elsewhere, but then decided to follow them, in case they might lead her to some others who had magic that she couldn't detect. That would certainly prove helpful. So she decided to follow them, hopefully unnoticed. But that didn't last long, as she soon realized, for the golden beast-thing spotted her and flew up next to her before she could dart away!
"Hey, what exactly are you? I sense magic, and I don't like the way you're following us!" It shouted. Down below the three children stopped walking and looked up at them.
Back off! I am on a mission and it has nothing to do with you! Kya shouted. She hit the beast-thing with her wings and sent him flying into the ground before darting off in another direction. She would have to be more careful now, since now someone knew she was here for something. She HAD to be more careful!
Kya was no ordinary girl, apart from the obvious strange looks. She was a very powerful sorceress, one of the Skye-borne, all of whom had powerful magic. But she was different from even them, as she was not only Skye-borne, but she was a goddess as well, The Sun-Goddess Solaris. She had come to the Earth for a very important reason, one she didn't want to think about until she had rested in someplace warm and had a nice nap before taking up her search.
It wasn't late into the day yet, but with the snow falling as hard as it was, it might as well have been midnight. There was no one out in the streets or on the sidewalks of the town she was in, everything was empty. Shops were closed and so was everything else, the only light came from houses that she didn't dare go near, for it was possible that some sensitive person would sense her magic and come after her for one reason or another. So she would have to find somewhere else to hide. That someplace came in the park. The Penguin slide was hollow, and made as good a place to rest as any. It was still very cold, but it blocked the wind, and that helped Kya warm up a little bit.
She curled up under the slide and pulled out a piece of dried meat to chew on, she didn't dare light a fire in case someone passing should see it and find her. She may be a goddess, but on the Earth she had her limits, and she didn't think she could run very well in this snow. She sighed and put the meat back in her pocket and watched the snow fall, praying that it would stop soon. She was very cold, and if it got any colder she would freeze. But it kept snowing.
After awhile the snowfall slowed, then stopped completely. The sun came out, but it was nowhere near warm enough to melt all the snow that had fallen. But Kya crawled out from under the slide anyway and stood in the sun, drawing energy from it. She would need all of her strenght for her search. And this town was a big one, so it would take awhile to get anywhere. But she knew that the ones she was searching for were here, or she wouldn't have landed in this town in the first place.
Once she had drawn enough power from the sun to warm her body up Kya began walking down the streets, looking for the certain magical energies that she needed. She was here to find two people, one created by an ancient sorcerer long dead, and another who had no name among the Skye-borne, which meant he was from the Ancient Tribe that had seperated from them many thousands of years ago. All names of that Tribe had been erased until only a few ancient records existed, but now Kya needed to find both powers, or the entire Earth would be destroyed.
Finding either proved to be difficult, but she did manage to locate a few magical energies that seemed promising. Of those energies, one had the faint but familiar 'scent' of Skye-borne energy, but she couldn't be sure until she was closer. The others were similar to each other, which gave her the guess that they drew their power from the same source. Could one of them be one of the ones she was searching for? She would have to find out. But she didn't plan on simply walking. That would take too long. So she made sure that no one was around, and then changed into a beautiful white hawk. Kya took to the air then, following the trails of magic, hoping to find the ones she was looking for.
Finding the first few didn't take long, three of them were right next to each other! Two of them were humans and the other was a strange tiny gold beast that looked like a stuffed animal. Kya wondered what kind of thing that had magical powers would take such a stupid form, but they were not the ones she was looking for. She thought of flying elsewhere, but then decided to follow them, in case they might lead her to some others who had magic that she couldn't detect. That would certainly prove helpful. So she decided to follow them, hopefully unnoticed. But that didn't last long, as she soon realized, for the golden beast-thing spotted her and flew up next to her before she could dart away!
"Hey, what exactly are you? I sense magic, and I don't like the way you're following us!" It shouted. Down below the three children stopped walking and looked up at them.
Back off! I am on a mission and it has nothing to do with you! Kya shouted. She hit the beast-thing with her wings and sent him flying into the ground before darting off in another direction. She would have to be more careful now, since now someone knew she was here for something. She HAD to be more careful!