(Keyi)
I slipped between two buildings, carefully hiding my face with my hood, and found myself within the market of Wyvern's Court. It was one of the most wonderful places I'd ever been.
I looked over my shoulder at the forest. Big brother would be worried about me but if I went back into the woods to look for him I'd probably just get hopelessly lost and then big brother would never find me.
I needed to find a place within the court where he'd be able to find me.
I started walking down the street.
Maybe I should wait by where I came in.
I turned around and started walking the other direction.
But big brother would probably come in the main entrance.
I turned back the other way and set out to find a place to wait for big brother.
Running ahead had been a terrible idea. I knew that big brother wouldn't have been able to run after me and I might never have even made it to the court.
As my foot left the ground the world around me was engulfed in flames. The market was on fire, people were dying all around me, and falcons in the sky.
The world around me returned to normal in a heartbeat, before my foot touched the ground again.
I took a deep breath and shook my head to clear the vision from my mind. I only remained calm because I knew that if I saw it then it could never be on Fate's current course or could have been in the past but could not be now.
I took another deep breath and stopped dead in my tracks. Something smelled so good and I hadn't eaten breakfast.
I searched for the source of the sent and discovered an avian baker's stand. Those breakfast pies looked so good.
I searched through the pockets of my pants and cape looking for anything I could use to buy a pie with and found nothing. Big brother had all of our money. I sighed and walked on.
I had not gone far when someone came up beside me holding out a breakfast pie.
I stared at it for a moment before the woman said, "Here." Encouraging me to take it. She was a cobra, I realized. I started acting like the little girl I should be, bouncing up and down saying "Thank you!" over and over again.
The cobra woman laughed a little as I took the pie from her hand telling her, "Thank you." Again taking a little bite of the pie.
The cobra woman continued to walk beside of me as I looked for a place to wait for brother.
I stopped as a statue came into my view. I was a young woman standing tall and proud with her face turned toward the sky her body sliding into a serpent form with its tail wrapped around the base while great wings grew from her back.
I looked at the statue with awe.
Then all of Wyvern's Court was gone. The valley looked as though the court had never been there. Everything was fresh and green and animals roamed. Never can be.
Wyvern's Court returned and I sat down beneath the statue to finish my breakfast pie deciding that this would be a good place to wait for big brother.
The cobra woman sat down next to me. She was starting to make me nervous. I rolled my shoulders, discreetly shifting my hood lower over my eyes.
"How long have you been in Wyvern's Court?" The cobra woman asked.
"Umm…" I paused and fiddled with the corner of my cape. "About half an hour."
"You came alone?"
"No." I mumbled, "I was with my big brother but I ran ahead of him in the woods and I guess I got here first."
"What's your name, little one."
I hesitated. Carefully keeping my eyes covered as I looked up at her. I looked back down at my lap before answering her, "I'm Keyi."
And again I saw the fire.
I would like to personally thank my first two reviewers, Grace Cohen and Faermage-KH Junkie.
So thank you.
-Ebony-