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The Legacy of a Night-Eater-Chapter 2- Lessons
AUTHOR'S NOTE: My beta reader hasn't been on-line for almost 3 days, and I had 3 more chapters written, so I'm gonna go ahead, post, and edit them later. Please forgive. I ish the impatient one. Besides I have 'till Friday to get the story half done O.o.
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As the healer worked on Nalea's arm, she continued to glare at Obi-Wan. She wasn't necessary mad at him, more worried. Like the rest of any living creature, she had her secrets, some more dangerous than others. Some, lethal.
"By the force, why do you keep looking at me like I tried to kill you?!" He finally screamed. "All I did was carry you up here!" Obi-Wan felt something on his lip..a single drop of blood, he licked it away.
"If it wasn't for you I wouldn't have needed to be brought up here." she snapped back.
"ME?! It was YOUR idea to fight! Come-on just admit it, I'm the better...."
"OH NO YOU DON'T! I fainted, remember, you slashed me when I was down." Nalea grinned happily as she saw him slink into defeat momentarily.
"What is going ON in here?!" she heard her master say from behind her. "We could hear you two all the way out there!"
"This....this ......girl....keeps sending death glares at me!." (oh my, someone's childish :-p) Obi-Wan complained.
"Well, padawan, you don't seem to be dead, now do you." his master remarked, causing him to blush furiously. The two masters chuckled and whispered something to each other.
"There, done." The healer remarked, removing a cloth like glove Nalea had insisted she wear. Nalea was quick to jump up of the table. She hated healers. She detested them.
"I fell like a child." she stated, crossing her arms. 'If only they left me alone, I could have healed it myself.' her inner voice rang, but she paid no attention to it.
"That's because you are." she heard Obi-Wan mumble. Another glare, this time with a slight growl. Of course, laughter filled the room after.
"What?!" Nalea said meekly.
"Nothing, padawan." Julina chuckled. "Just come along. Master Yoda is to give a lecture on rare creatures of the Dark side. And no groaning, Obi-Wan, we already know how you feel about his lectures. Besides, Nalea here is going to be teaching a section in it."
"Woah, wait, WHAT?! I'm what?!" Nalea stopped walking. Another thing she hated: attention. A reason she would never try to be on the council herself.
"You heard me. We all know that you know just as much your mother would have on...well what ever you lived with....."
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"You heard me. We all know that you know just as your mother would have on....well...what ever it was that you lived with." Master Julina announced.
Obi-Wan's ears perked up. Lived with? she lived with creatures of the Dark Forces? And the council was foolish enough to let her in here? Well, if she was with the dark side, they would have sensed it...wouldn't they have?
As the four took their seats, his eyes wandered over to Nalea. He tried getting into her mind, but couldn't. Of corse not! No one would be stupid enough to leave themselves open. Not even a first year.
"Listen to me no more you will." Yoda's voice came. " An expert on a new species we have. Speak, she will."
Even though Obi-Wan couldn't read her at the moment, anyone within ten meters could sense that she had became nervous.
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As the lecture went on, Nalea thought she was going to fall asleep. Wow! She could see why Obi-Wan hated them. Even the most serious student, as himself, could EASILY get bored.
That was, until she was called up. She shivered, her heart pumped blood through her faster. Why me? Oh, because I'm the only one alive that they know of who has a clue about what their talking about? If only they truly knew.
As she moved through the walkway, something grabbed the sleeve of her robe. "Do you need someone to make sure you don't faint?" Obi-Wan whispered to her jokingly.
"N..No thank you, I will be fine." What surprized herself was that the comment wasn't even shot back at him, more slurred. She was shaking, she hated being the center of attention.
"You sure? You don't look so good."
"I'll be fine." She managed to snap. There, that's better. She made her way down to the center of the circle.
"Took long time you did." Yoda looked at her, "Nervous are you?"
Nalea nodded, than tried to begin. " The creature I ..I am here to talk about is one called a Night-Eater. They feed on the souls of other creatures, a little at a time. My mother raised me around them. Luckily, she was infected and given the power of a Night-Eater right after I was born, or, well, I'd be trying to kill you."
"Why?" a unknown voice came.
"The jedi and the Night-Eaters are enemies. Silent ones, but that's even worse. I do mean silent. Only a Night-Eater can sense another Night-Eater. They have a sort of block against us. To a master, even as strong as Yoda, they have an implanted past and future."
"But, why are we enemies?" the same voice asked.
"Well, It all started when a Night-Eater murdered a Jedi Master, who's name has been lost. From there, a war started on Hanice, the planet I came from. The Jedi soon fell, because of their disguise. But, we did not die in vain. The murderer of that very knight was killed, and in his death, he..he..put a curse that is known as the Prophecy on his people. The...The.." she stopped to take a breath. "The prophecy states that there will be a blooded, um...Night-Eater by infection, that will betray them. That um.....she.....will turn to the light, and accident...accidently infect one close to her. With her death, being consumed by the person she infected, he will turn human once more, and bring down the Night-Eater civilization in her name."
"So it's basically a little fairy tale than. That someone will die, love will conquer all, thing." The voice scoffed. "Stories we tell little children to get them too sleep! We're supposed to believe this fable?"
Nalea's eyes became some what cold. "We may not belive in love, or it's strength, but I'm telling you, THEY DO. They live in fear of this prophecy, they truly do. Females there are treated like queens or slaves to keep them from turning over."
"What's so bad about that?" yet another voice joined.
"Laugh if you will, my friends, but until you have seen how they acquire the things they want, until you see their lives, do NOT say they are harmless. A complete feeding, and your dead. Not even that. In their natural form, they can curse you or tear you to shreds."
"If what you say is true, than, how come they didn't know you were human?" yet another voice popped in.
"Just as we can't sense them, they can't sense half breeds, if you will. Even half breeds 'smell' like humans. My ..my mother told them that my father was a Night-Eater. They excepted it, because they were to 'raise' me."
Nalea felt suspicion rise. "Than how can we know that you won't turn on us?!"
"My friends, I hate them as much as any other of you. If you did not know, they KILLED my mother. They found out about her, and killed her. I, luckily, escaped. Yes, there is one more Night-Eater on our side, but she's not willing to completely come over, she doesn't want to die. Now I want to see their empire come down."
"Ok, than, how do you kill them?"
"There's only one way for us to kill them. Don't let them feed. Bond their hands, for they feed by just touching you. Once they can't feed even one drop for a month, they become weak. Their...their...sick..sickness...looks like any other. They will become frail, pale, possibly have a sensitivity to light, or have a cough. About an hour before death, in human form, their skin will change to a sickly blue color.They, can make a substance that will only Night-Eaters or half-breeds, that they use on traitors. If we could get our hands on a few barrels incase of an attack, which they HAVE been planning, we might have a chance."
"Is there any way they can heal?"
"If they feed completely on their worst enemy, a jedi or person that they pledge themselves against when they are 13,they will be healed. Or, if you were not born a 'eater, the one who turned you will do. A complete feeding is different. They have to..um....consume every drop of blood in you. Blood is their final life source. It's also how....how...um... you can get infected. Just by touching the blood of a Night-Eater."
"Did you have to pledge?"
"Y...yes..I...I ...d..did..." Nalea stuttered, shaking more, than turning on her no-emotion face. Eyes were pounding into her, she swallowed her fears.
"Who would you have to kill?"
"I won't. I'm not of the blood. So, you don't have to worry about it."
"Humor us, you will. Tell us , you will." Yoda's voice shook her. So, even he didn't trust her.
"Master...I ..ah...*cough* would rather not say....I do not wish to make any unnecessary enemies."
''No grudge held against you will there be, now who is it pledged you are?" He demanded.
"Well, um....um..Master....um...Julina-Hiem......See, mom knew that if I were to be turned, I um...couldn't kill ..um..her." gasps filled the room, as well as whispers. Julina just sat there, not seeming to be effected by the news.
"What do they look like?" a voice broke the whispers.
"In their natural form, they look like a big canine with..."
"A bird's feathers,a feline's tail,paws, and build. They have wings, Also?" Nalea's eyes went wide as she heard Obi-Wan speak. She didn't reply. "Well, am I right?"
"Y...yes...you...you are...how did....did you know?" she couldn't think.
"I..um...saw one once....in a book I think....." he covered up, but Nalea knew he was lying.
"Any more questions?" no one said a word. "Thank you for your time."
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Obi-Wan walked silently behind his master, thinking about what he had experienced earlier. So the creature thing HAD been a Night-Eater that he saw. But why did Nalea seem...well..scared when he gave her the description. Surely there could be nothing wrong with him know some thing that could easily be looked up....or was it?
"There is something bothering you, Obi-Wan." The tall jedi's voice seemed to boom.
"Um..yes...," he searched for a lie. "Why would the council want me to meet her, master?"
"For the duel of course. Every one knows you are good, and they wanted to evaluate her skills in a training session. However, it didn't quite go as planned. It's just as well. You two will be sharing me and Master Julina-Hiem."
Obi-Wan looked confused. "Why?"
"I am more skilled in some subjects than Julina is.: he chuckled slightly, "That's for sure."
"Master....Um....there's something I need..to umm....tell you..." Obi-Wan fidgeted slightly.
"Go on."
"When...when I think Nalea fainted...I um.... saw things....and not just seen...felt...heard.....They were thinks from her, like I was seeing her life's story, except it was missing pieces, is that, normal? I've never heard of seeing others, not like that..."
Qui-Gon's forehead wrinkled in confusion. "No, padawan, I haven't. What did you see?"
"Umm....ah.....With all do respect master, I'm not sure that Nalea would appreciate me, let alone anyone else, knowing some of the things...Like I said, I saw her life.... I think.....I wasn't sure, but it was as if I was looking out of someone's eyes, and feeling what they felt. Judging that one of those things was a night eater, I assume that it was from Nalea-Kyi."
"Well, I suggest you tell her that you know this."
"Tell who what?" Obi-Wan heard a now fimilar voice.
"Nothing, Master Julina-Hiem." he cleared his throat, and looked away from Nalea's raised eyebrow.
"Very well. Now, are we going to get something to eat or not?" Julina shrugged, excepting her answer. Obi-Wan was beginning to think that Nalea was the master and Julina the padawan.
"Yes, yes we are." Qui-Gon took Julina's arm. Obi-Wan rolled his eyes. Great! This was the LAST thing he needed. For his usually level headed master to be caught up in some infatuation! Than again, it seemed exactly like something he'd do, just to defy the council once more.
When he heard Nalea laugh at him, he glared as if to say, Now it's MY turn. She went into a mild giggle.
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Nalea walked slightly behind the others, as they gave her a after dinner tour.. She gazed around Coruscant. She had never seen such a extravagant city! It was a bit big of a bite to chew. Nalea paid no attention to the three others who were trying to get her attention.
"Do you think she's alive? PLANET TO PADAWAN, PLANET TO PADAWAN." Julina tried, finally breaking her thoughts.
"Oh, um, yes?"
"Do you want to head back?" As Julina spoke, the whole sky seemed to go black. A giant shadow hung over corusant.
Nalea looked up, she seemed to be smelling the air. "Night-Eaters...." she said in a whisper, than louder to anyone who could hear. "PEOPLE, LISTEN TO ME! TO YOUR HOMES OR SHELTER'S NOW!" she ripped open a pouch on her side, and threw pieces of the same cloth she had given to the healer at her companions. "Here, put these on your hands and over your mouth! Now!" they did as they were told, "This is the only cloth that ou...their blood won't penetrate."
Obi-Wan looked at her as he put his on. "What about you? Why don't you wear them?"
She looked at him. "The attack wasn't supposed to happen for another year or two. They are after me, if they get what they want, it wont matter. One way or another, I'll be dead. Come on, back to the temple." she started to run, leaving Obi-Wan to ponder what she meant by one way or another.
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A/N: I'm sorry that was so dry, but it was essential.
IF YOU WISH TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY WHAT I CONSIDER A NIGHT-EATER and a piccy of Nalea-Kyi go to:
http://fanart.lionking.org/imgarchive/?FanArt/Nalana+hi+N+++1446
The bottom one is just the Night-Eater. Click on the image to enlarge.
The Legacy of a Night-Eater-Chapter 2- Lessons
AUTHOR'S NOTE: My beta reader hasn't been on-line for almost 3 days, and I had 3 more chapters written, so I'm gonna go ahead, post, and edit them later. Please forgive. I ish the impatient one. Besides I have 'till Friday to get the story half done O.o.
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As the healer worked on Nalea's arm, she continued to glare at Obi-Wan. She wasn't necessary mad at him, more worried. Like the rest of any living creature, she had her secrets, some more dangerous than others. Some, lethal.
"By the force, why do you keep looking at me like I tried to kill you?!" He finally screamed. "All I did was carry you up here!" Obi-Wan felt something on his lip..a single drop of blood, he licked it away.
"If it wasn't for you I wouldn't have needed to be brought up here." she snapped back.
"ME?! It was YOUR idea to fight! Come-on just admit it, I'm the better...."
"OH NO YOU DON'T! I fainted, remember, you slashed me when I was down." Nalea grinned happily as she saw him slink into defeat momentarily.
"What is going ON in here?!" she heard her master say from behind her. "We could hear you two all the way out there!"
"This....this ......girl....keeps sending death glares at me!." (oh my, someone's childish :-p) Obi-Wan complained.
"Well, padawan, you don't seem to be dead, now do you." his master remarked, causing him to blush furiously. The two masters chuckled and whispered something to each other.
"There, done." The healer remarked, removing a cloth like glove Nalea had insisted she wear. Nalea was quick to jump up of the table. She hated healers. She detested them.
"I fell like a child." she stated, crossing her arms. 'If only they left me alone, I could have healed it myself.' her inner voice rang, but she paid no attention to it.
"That's because you are." she heard Obi-Wan mumble. Another glare, this time with a slight growl. Of course, laughter filled the room after.
"What?!" Nalea said meekly.
"Nothing, padawan." Julina chuckled. "Just come along. Master Yoda is to give a lecture on rare creatures of the Dark side. And no groaning, Obi-Wan, we already know how you feel about his lectures. Besides, Nalea here is going to be teaching a section in it."
"Woah, wait, WHAT?! I'm what?!" Nalea stopped walking. Another thing she hated: attention. A reason she would never try to be on the council herself.
"You heard me. We all know that you know just as much your mother would have on...well what ever you lived with....."
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"You heard me. We all know that you know just as your mother would have on....well...what ever it was that you lived with." Master Julina announced.
Obi-Wan's ears perked up. Lived with? she lived with creatures of the Dark Forces? And the council was foolish enough to let her in here? Well, if she was with the dark side, they would have sensed it...wouldn't they have?
As the four took their seats, his eyes wandered over to Nalea. He tried getting into her mind, but couldn't. Of corse not! No one would be stupid enough to leave themselves open. Not even a first year.
"Listen to me no more you will." Yoda's voice came. " An expert on a new species we have. Speak, she will."
Even though Obi-Wan couldn't read her at the moment, anyone within ten meters could sense that she had became nervous.
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As the lecture went on, Nalea thought she was going to fall asleep. Wow! She could see why Obi-Wan hated them. Even the most serious student, as himself, could EASILY get bored.
That was, until she was called up. She shivered, her heart pumped blood through her faster. Why me? Oh, because I'm the only one alive that they know of who has a clue about what their talking about? If only they truly knew.
As she moved through the walkway, something grabbed the sleeve of her robe. "Do you need someone to make sure you don't faint?" Obi-Wan whispered to her jokingly.
"N..No thank you, I will be fine." What surprized herself was that the comment wasn't even shot back at him, more slurred. She was shaking, she hated being the center of attention.
"You sure? You don't look so good."
"I'll be fine." She managed to snap. There, that's better. She made her way down to the center of the circle.
"Took long time you did." Yoda looked at her, "Nervous are you?"
Nalea nodded, than tried to begin. " The creature I ..I am here to talk about is one called a Night-Eater. They feed on the souls of other creatures, a little at a time. My mother raised me around them. Luckily, she was infected and given the power of a Night-Eater right after I was born, or, well, I'd be trying to kill you."
"Why?" a unknown voice came.
"The jedi and the Night-Eaters are enemies. Silent ones, but that's even worse. I do mean silent. Only a Night-Eater can sense another Night-Eater. They have a sort of block against us. To a master, even as strong as Yoda, they have an implanted past and future."
"But, why are we enemies?" the same voice asked.
"Well, It all started when a Night-Eater murdered a Jedi Master, who's name has been lost. From there, a war started on Hanice, the planet I came from. The Jedi soon fell, because of their disguise. But, we did not die in vain. The murderer of that very knight was killed, and in his death, he..he..put a curse that is known as the Prophecy on his people. The...The.." she stopped to take a breath. "The prophecy states that there will be a blooded, um...Night-Eater by infection, that will betray them. That um.....she.....will turn to the light, and accident...accidently infect one close to her. With her death, being consumed by the person she infected, he will turn human once more, and bring down the Night-Eater civilization in her name."
"So it's basically a little fairy tale than. That someone will die, love will conquer all, thing." The voice scoffed. "Stories we tell little children to get them too sleep! We're supposed to believe this fable?"
Nalea's eyes became some what cold. "We may not belive in love, or it's strength, but I'm telling you, THEY DO. They live in fear of this prophecy, they truly do. Females there are treated like queens or slaves to keep them from turning over."
"What's so bad about that?" yet another voice joined.
"Laugh if you will, my friends, but until you have seen how they acquire the things they want, until you see their lives, do NOT say they are harmless. A complete feeding, and your dead. Not even that. In their natural form, they can curse you or tear you to shreds."
"If what you say is true, than, how come they didn't know you were human?" yet another voice popped in.
"Just as we can't sense them, they can't sense half breeds, if you will. Even half breeds 'smell' like humans. My ..my mother told them that my father was a Night-Eater. They excepted it, because they were to 'raise' me."
Nalea felt suspicion rise. "Than how can we know that you won't turn on us?!"
"My friends, I hate them as much as any other of you. If you did not know, they KILLED my mother. They found out about her, and killed her. I, luckily, escaped. Yes, there is one more Night-Eater on our side, but she's not willing to completely come over, she doesn't want to die. Now I want to see their empire come down."
"Ok, than, how do you kill them?"
"There's only one way for us to kill them. Don't let them feed. Bond their hands, for they feed by just touching you. Once they can't feed even one drop for a month, they become weak. Their...their...sick..sickness...looks like any other. They will become frail, pale, possibly have a sensitivity to light, or have a cough. About an hour before death, in human form, their skin will change to a sickly blue color.They, can make a substance that will only Night-Eaters or half-breeds, that they use on traitors. If we could get our hands on a few barrels incase of an attack, which they HAVE been planning, we might have a chance."
"Is there any way they can heal?"
"If they feed completely on their worst enemy, a jedi or person that they pledge themselves against when they are 13,they will be healed. Or, if you were not born a 'eater, the one who turned you will do. A complete feeding is different. They have to..um....consume every drop of blood in you. Blood is their final life source. It's also how....how...um... you can get infected. Just by touching the blood of a Night-Eater."
"Did you have to pledge?"
"Y...yes..I...I ...d..did..." Nalea stuttered, shaking more, than turning on her no-emotion face. Eyes were pounding into her, she swallowed her fears.
"Who would you have to kill?"
"I won't. I'm not of the blood. So, you don't have to worry about it."
"Humor us, you will. Tell us , you will." Yoda's voice shook her. So, even he didn't trust her.
"Master...I ..ah...*cough* would rather not say....I do not wish to make any unnecessary enemies."
''No grudge held against you will there be, now who is it pledged you are?" He demanded.
"Well, um....um..Master....um...Julina-Hiem......See, mom knew that if I were to be turned, I um...couldn't kill ..um..her." gasps filled the room, as well as whispers. Julina just sat there, not seeming to be effected by the news.
"What do they look like?" a voice broke the whispers.
"In their natural form, they look like a big canine with..."
"A bird's feathers,a feline's tail,paws, and build. They have wings, Also?" Nalea's eyes went wide as she heard Obi-Wan speak. She didn't reply. "Well, am I right?"
"Y...yes...you...you are...how did....did you know?" she couldn't think.
"I..um...saw one once....in a book I think....." he covered up, but Nalea knew he was lying.
"Any more questions?" no one said a word. "Thank you for your time."
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Obi-Wan walked silently behind his master, thinking about what he had experienced earlier. So the creature thing HAD been a Night-Eater that he saw. But why did Nalea seem...well..scared when he gave her the description. Surely there could be nothing wrong with him know some thing that could easily be looked up....or was it?
"There is something bothering you, Obi-Wan." The tall jedi's voice seemed to boom.
"Um..yes...," he searched for a lie. "Why would the council want me to meet her, master?"
"For the duel of course. Every one knows you are good, and they wanted to evaluate her skills in a training session. However, it didn't quite go as planned. It's just as well. You two will be sharing me and Master Julina-Hiem."
Obi-Wan looked confused. "Why?"
"I am more skilled in some subjects than Julina is.: he chuckled slightly, "That's for sure."
"Master....Um....there's something I need..to umm....tell you..." Obi-Wan fidgeted slightly.
"Go on."
"When...when I think Nalea fainted...I um.... saw things....and not just seen...felt...heard.....They were thinks from her, like I was seeing her life's story, except it was missing pieces, is that, normal? I've never heard of seeing others, not like that..."
Qui-Gon's forehead wrinkled in confusion. "No, padawan, I haven't. What did you see?"
"Umm....ah.....With all do respect master, I'm not sure that Nalea would appreciate me, let alone anyone else, knowing some of the things...Like I said, I saw her life.... I think.....I wasn't sure, but it was as if I was looking out of someone's eyes, and feeling what they felt. Judging that one of those things was a night eater, I assume that it was from Nalea-Kyi."
"Well, I suggest you tell her that you know this."
"Tell who what?" Obi-Wan heard a now fimilar voice.
"Nothing, Master Julina-Hiem." he cleared his throat, and looked away from Nalea's raised eyebrow.
"Very well. Now, are we going to get something to eat or not?" Julina shrugged, excepting her answer. Obi-Wan was beginning to think that Nalea was the master and Julina the padawan.
"Yes, yes we are." Qui-Gon took Julina's arm. Obi-Wan rolled his eyes. Great! This was the LAST thing he needed. For his usually level headed master to be caught up in some infatuation! Than again, it seemed exactly like something he'd do, just to defy the council once more.
When he heard Nalea laugh at him, he glared as if to say, Now it's MY turn. She went into a mild giggle.
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Nalea walked slightly behind the others, as they gave her a after dinner tour.. She gazed around Coruscant. She had never seen such a extravagant city! It was a bit big of a bite to chew. Nalea paid no attention to the three others who were trying to get her attention.
"Do you think she's alive? PLANET TO PADAWAN, PLANET TO PADAWAN." Julina tried, finally breaking her thoughts.
"Oh, um, yes?"
"Do you want to head back?" As Julina spoke, the whole sky seemed to go black. A giant shadow hung over corusant.
Nalea looked up, she seemed to be smelling the air. "Night-Eaters...." she said in a whisper, than louder to anyone who could hear. "PEOPLE, LISTEN TO ME! TO YOUR HOMES OR SHELTER'S NOW!" she ripped open a pouch on her side, and threw pieces of the same cloth she had given to the healer at her companions. "Here, put these on your hands and over your mouth! Now!" they did as they were told, "This is the only cloth that ou...their blood won't penetrate."
Obi-Wan looked at her as he put his on. "What about you? Why don't you wear them?"
She looked at him. "The attack wasn't supposed to happen for another year or two. They are after me, if they get what they want, it wont matter. One way or another, I'll be dead. Come on, back to the temple." she started to run, leaving Obi-Wan to ponder what she meant by one way or another.
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A/N: I'm sorry that was so dry, but it was essential.
IF YOU WISH TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY WHAT I CONSIDER A NIGHT-EATER and a piccy of Nalea-Kyi go to:
http://fanart.lionking.org/imgarchive/?FanArt/Nalana+hi+N+++1446
The bottom one is just the Night-Eater. Click on the image to enlarge.