~ chapter 9~

" You are engaged " she didn't question it; she stated it, clam and reasonable,Ares scowled with disgust,
" Not by my will, and it doesn't matter anyway I ran away from her any chance I got, and thank god I don't have too deal with ..her anymore "
"Wait does that mean...you mated with her?" Ares looked at Amara.
"No, She was very....persistent on carrying my heirs though...I hope she got eaten." Amara slapped him, he growled quietly in warning.
"I'm not gonna say I'm sorry, that's a horrible thing to hope for!"
"She probably thinks the same thing about me..."
"Is love a foreign concept to the Vampyrum?"She asked. Ares bit his tongue to keep from saying 'obviously no, otherwise I wouldn't be in love with you.' Then it occurred to him he was in a foreign area with a foreign bat so it must be a foreign concept.
"If I said yes...would you get mad?"
"No, I can just understand why you're so depressed that's all."
"I see, well I don't think it is completely...affection certainly isn't as well as romance towards each other; but desire, lust and possessiveness yes."
"So the dark parts of love."
"Is there anything about my kind that isn't dark?" Amara smiled up at him, nuzzling him gently.
"Your eyes and smile aren't dark." She whispered. Ares blushed.
"Thank you Amara" he whispered back. Amara smiled and nodded back,
" What does your brother look like?" Ares smirked,
" Thinking bout a blind date I see" Amara gaped at him, and ares chuckled. Amara grinned evilly,
" That depends on what he looks like" Ares grinned back,
" Well, he has pale brown fur, blazing black eyes, muscular body, leathery black wings, and weaker arms and legs; he has a disease there" Amara frowned,
" I would feel sorry for him if he didn't eat bats"
Ares nodded,
" Even then i don't think you would feel sorry for him , because he is a big bat" Amara smiled,
" Not as large as you and not as great of a warrior as you are , i bet" Ares shrugged,
" The warrior part yes I'm certainly better, but with the size thing hardly; I'm a runt"
"What? You can't be...you're at least twice my size...how big do your kind get?"
"My father is only about 3 times your size, Troy is about 4 times...we all have the same wingspan... I think the largest is 5 times your size."
"Wow... and my father stopped you all?"
"From that generation yes, Even if I was taught to hate him, your father has done some amazing things." He pulled Amara closer as a cold wind passed through the cave. "You will do amazing things as well Amara, I'm sure of it." The younger female smiled at him.
"You will do amazing things as well" Ares smirked, remembering what Zephyr had said.
"Maybe, we should get some sleep before we move on again."
"Yeah," She agreed and closed her eyes. Ares waited till She was asleep before going out to stretch his wings, it was day so he was a lot more cautious. He needed this flight alone though. He needed to Organize his thoughts and try to figure out where Troy was now. He heard wingbeats behind him and turned. Ready to fight, luckily it was only Amara. "I thought you said we should sleep?"
"Yes, we should, I wasn't that tired...and I needed the exercise, I might as well scout out the area if your colony accepts me I'll be here most of the time won't I?"Amara nodded,and flew back to the roost, going back to bed. Ares flew around sniffing the air, diving low against the ground, looking at the colors of the needles, he flew around the trees the warm , sweet fragrance, soothing off of them. The sounds of the wind whistling threw the tress, which creaked in response, ares felt his fur lift against the wind, the smell of life and a harsh coldness wrapped around him lifting his chest, ares flew above the canopy and looked across the endless scene of dark, light, beautiful green trees, the winds moved them all in turn, equal. Ares felt the sun warm his fur, the sunshine bringing memories back, the sound of animals scurrying thrilled him of the hunts, the clouds hung high above stretching his dreams. The sun held high and looked down upon them all giving life, and supporting death. Ares smiled, and flew back to Stone Hold. He had found his new homeland. As he reached Stone hold another shocking revelation came to him. Perhaps he had found a mate in the homeland as well, if she accepted him. Then there was the colony and Shade... he didn't want Amara to leave her family but he wanted her to be with him. It was selfish and he knew it. He quickly roosted beside her, looking over her body. It was filling out very nicely. She was maturing; no longer a child, She was beautiful. He nuzzled her gently, hearing her purr in her sleep.
"kiss me Ares....flying taco rabbits..." He blinked.
"What?!" Amara jumped, and turned looking at him still sleepy and confused, Ares dammed his outburst.
" Uh, go back to sleep, i just uh clipped my wing" Amara nodded eyes already closed, and pretty soon she began mumbling again in her sleep. Ares was hyperventilating. What? what? what! thats all he could think of. Ares kiss me. It spun around his mind; fueling his whats. Amara, doesn't like you, it just was a dream, another part of his mind was screaming YES!, and another was hissing about how wrong this was. Ares let himself go numb and fall asleep, smiling inwards. They continued on the next night.