".......and that's how I ended up here."Stormtracer finished,glancing
around at the other saurian seated around the fire,searching for their
reaction towards her story.Disbelief?Laughter?Fear?
Her gaze flickered towards the wounded Reo-who suffered from serious burns on his left flank-to the beridden Arc,and finally rested on the silent but calculating Lotus.
So much had happened these past few days,it was hard to even believe it had happed at all.At it was over,she hoped.
No one spoke.The fire crackled and sparked,dancing in the warm,summery breeze.All was quiet,except for the humming insects,singing birds and rustling grass sounding like whispering Elders.
Arc sighed,pretty much summoning up what they were all thinking into one neat little word."Strange....."
All present nodded.
It was some time before someone spoke again."I feel as though we were gathered here for some purpose.....almost as if we were waiting for someone."Lotus struggled to explain how she felt.
Again,they all nodded.
Stormtracer sat there,lost in her thoughts as she gazed at the merrily burning fiery depths of the fire.Reo,Arc and Lotus followed suite.
"You are indeed correct,you have gathered here for a reason,a very important one."Replied a voice.Stormtracer snapped to attention,shocked that this stranger had gotten past them all.
Slowly a figure emerged from the shadows,it's cloak lazily swaying in the wind.Arc immediately unsheathed his sword.
"Wait."Reo held him back."Let us see what he has to say."
the stranger drew a card out from underneath his cloak,gentlely letting it go.The card floated over to Reo,which on closer examination proved to be 'The Adventure' card.
"Who are you and what do you want?"Demanded Lotus in a much more suttle way then Arc had.
"I am Dare,Keeper of the Cards.And as to what I want,nothing.But you may want something from me......"He replied.
"You are to set out to destroy and conquer an evil force which threatens a secret knowledge."
"And if we refuse?"Stormtracer eyed him.
"You will not refuse."
Stormtracer warily eyed him.She did not like this confident Saurian,clearly intent on using them for some 'purpose'.
"You need not suspect me Artemis,I mean you no harm."Dare chuckled slightly,amused at her suspition.
Storm's eyes widened.So he knew......
But how?
"And I would not using that Sword if I were you Lotus,it might just reflect."Lotus lowered her supposedly carefully concealed Sword,amazed.
"Now,let us 'get down to business' as humans say......"
Her gaze flickered towards the wounded Reo-who suffered from serious burns on his left flank-to the beridden Arc,and finally rested on the silent but calculating Lotus.
So much had happened these past few days,it was hard to even believe it had happed at all.At it was over,she hoped.
No one spoke.The fire crackled and sparked,dancing in the warm,summery breeze.All was quiet,except for the humming insects,singing birds and rustling grass sounding like whispering Elders.
Arc sighed,pretty much summoning up what they were all thinking into one neat little word."Strange....."
All present nodded.
It was some time before someone spoke again."I feel as though we were gathered here for some purpose.....almost as if we were waiting for someone."Lotus struggled to explain how she felt.
Again,they all nodded.
Stormtracer sat there,lost in her thoughts as she gazed at the merrily burning fiery depths of the fire.Reo,Arc and Lotus followed suite.
"You are indeed correct,you have gathered here for a reason,a very important one."Replied a voice.Stormtracer snapped to attention,shocked that this stranger had gotten past them all.
Slowly a figure emerged from the shadows,it's cloak lazily swaying in the wind.Arc immediately unsheathed his sword.
"Wait."Reo held him back."Let us see what he has to say."
the stranger drew a card out from underneath his cloak,gentlely letting it go.The card floated over to Reo,which on closer examination proved to be 'The Adventure' card.
"Who are you and what do you want?"Demanded Lotus in a much more suttle way then Arc had.
"I am Dare,Keeper of the Cards.And as to what I want,nothing.But you may want something from me......"He replied.
"You are to set out to destroy and conquer an evil force which threatens a secret knowledge."
"And if we refuse?"Stormtracer eyed him.
"You will not refuse."
Stormtracer warily eyed him.She did not like this confident Saurian,clearly intent on using them for some 'purpose'.
"You need not suspect me Artemis,I mean you no harm."Dare chuckled slightly,amused at her suspition.
Storm's eyes widened.So he knew......
But how?
"And I would not using that Sword if I were you Lotus,it might just reflect."Lotus lowered her supposedly carefully concealed Sword,amazed.
"Now,let us 'get down to business' as humans say......"