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Post by Illyria on Jul 24, 2007 14:42:47 GMT -5
The crisp autumn air blew a breeze across Kenny's face. Leaves swirled on the ground where the trees had shed the leaves as easily as a snake would shed its skin. They now littered the ground, tossed about by a quiet breeze. One lone leaf spiraled down from a tall oak tree, landing on the ground in front of Kenny. He picked up the red-and-gold leaf; it reminded him of his house, Pheorani. He set it gently down where it had landed, a small smile on his face. He looked to his left with bright green eyes; a tiny Thestral foal nickered sharply. Thestrals had always been similar to Kenny; misunderstood. He only saw it becaue he knew death, he saw the death of his mother. His father... Who knew where he was now? Kenny pulled a leaf of lettuce out of his pocket and gently gave it to the tiny Thestral, who chomped vigorously on it. It gave a small flap of its wings, and trotted off into the silver forest. He sighed and sat underneath the boughs of the oak tree that the red-and-gold leaf had fallen from, closing his stunning green eyes.
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Post by Courtney on Jul 24, 2007 19:56:09 GMT -5
Courtney was hanging out in the Silver Forest, playing with her friends, the foxes, that live there. She was getting up to leave when she heard something off to her right. Walking quietly, she peered through the branches ans saw Kenny. He was giving a Thestrel a leaf of Lettuce. Courtney also saw thestrals. She had watched as her cousin had died from poisoning. Pausing for a second, she stepped our from behind her tree. "Hey, Kenny." she said while the foxes peered our from around her legs.
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Post by Illyria on Jul 24, 2007 21:05:37 GMT -5
Kenny started when he heard Courtney. Standing up quickly, he looked around, seeing where her voice had come from. relaxing a little, he replied, "Hey, Courtney." The same Thestral he had been feeding trotted back over to him, nickering and nuzzling his hand. His gaze drifted down to its dark head. He wasn't sure if Courtney could see it or not; it would be prying to ask if she had seen anyone die. He patted its head quietly.
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Post by Courtney on Jul 24, 2007 21:15:27 GMT -5
She smiled when she saw the little thestral. She walked over and knelt down next to it, stroking its head. She sighed. "I wish i couldn't see you." she muttered to the Thestral. Then Courtneys eagle, Ivory, glided through the trees and alighted on a branch. "Cree." It cawed softly. Courtney stood up to let the eagle hop onto her arm. Then she said "I've been trying to learn how to transform into a hawk." She grinned slightly. "I'm still not used to the feeling of a beak and wings."
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Post by Ridc on Jul 24, 2007 21:50:44 GMT -5
Ridc watched the Thestral over his thin-rimmed glasses. He had come out to the Silver Forest to get some peace and quiet while he read his current favorite book, but it seemed as though he would not be granted his wish. He rather liked the strange creatures, though he didn't know why. He could see them because of his mother. She'd left his father and him because of a mysterious disease, and he was with her as she took her final breath. That was only a few years ago, one before he first began attending Eagle Academy. He tried to tear his thoughts away from that and focused on his book when a mrew made him look up. Kelan, his cat, looked at him through curious eyes while clinging to his shoulder. He reached up and patted the cat on the head, reassuring the cat that he was okay.
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Post by Illyria on Jul 24, 2007 22:02:13 GMT -5
"H-hawk?" Kenny said, in slight surprise. He dearly wanted to say that he was an Animagus, a raven, but he couldn't tell her. He couldn't tell anyone. He could be sent to Azkaban... He shuddered at the thought. He turned as he heard a slight meow, signaling the imminent approach of a cat. He saw Ridc. "Hello," He called quietly, not wanting to disturb the Thestral. This forest, usually silent, was unually popular today. he chuckled inwardly.
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Post by Ridc on Jul 24, 2007 22:20:32 GMT -5
Ridc paused in his quest to find a tree stump to sit on and glanced at Kenny and Courtney. He smiled slightly, surprised that he was noticed at all, and waved back, also not wanting to disturb the small creature. Its mother was most likely nearby; he had not studied up on them and didn't want to risk being attacked. Ridc made a mental note to borrow a book on the species from the library the next time he was there. There was a stump nearby, and for once he didn't make himself sit further away from others. Kelan jumped onto the stump as Ridc neared it, and with a smile he had to rush forward to make sure his cat didn't hog all of the space.
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Post by norapoo on Jul 24, 2007 23:33:06 GMT -5
A girl with bright strawberry blonde hair came up behind Ridc and peered down over his shoulder to see what he was reading. It was Nora of the Pheorani house. She snatched the book he had in his hands and looked it over three times, "This looks familiar! Oh, maybe not. I'm not so sure. Okay nevermind. Wait! ...yeah, this is a boring book..." She kept trailing on and on about the book and kept spouting spoilers.
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Post by Illyria on Jul 24, 2007 23:47:03 GMT -5
Kenny watched Nora appear behind Ridc, and sblack personed to keep from laughing. The small Thestral nickered and cantered over to Ridc and Nora. Flapping its stubby wings, the skeleton horse swished its small black tail impatiently. Kenny had already read the book in Ridc's hands, but when Nora began spouting spoilers, he burst out laughing. He was normally very quiet, but couldn't nkeep from laughing. The Thestral gave a start and stepped backwards a few steps.
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Post by Ridc on Jul 25, 2007 0:02:05 GMT -5
Ridc started and turned to look at Nora, surprised by her sudden appearance. When she grabbed his book, he stood up and stepped away. It seemed like even here he would be messed with, and this was the reason he usually stayed away from people and kept to himself. He was silent for a moment and looked down at his cat, who looked back at him with an unreadable expression. "Yeah, that's great, thanks.. can I have my book back..?" He asked, trying to be polite and not offend anyone, but he didn't want to sound weak either.
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Post by norapoo on Jul 25, 2007 0:12:43 GMT -5
Nora was sort of embarrassed in a way. " Oh, sure. Here." She handed him his book back. "Um," She was trying to say something to make up for being sort of rude, "AH-HA!" She threw off the strap, that was connecting to a green bag with many buttons all over it, off her shoulder. She got on her knees and started to rummage through it. "OH! It's suppose to be in here somewhere!" She pulled out a really old looking book. The leather was scratched up and worn away. "Here! You can borrow this, it's a really old and rare book. Out of print. Enjoy." She forced the book into his other arm. She had hoped she did a good thing.
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Post by Courtney on Jul 26, 2007 19:41:11 GMT -5
Courtney hid a smile. She was always facinated at how Nora acted. Trying hard not to show her grin, she turned back to Kenny. "Yeah." She said. "I want to learn how to transform into any animal I want. So far I can only do a fox and a lynx. And a hawk, kinda. I cant really fly well." Then she closed her eyes and concentrated. She felt her arms turn into wings and her face sprout a beak. Then she blinked open her eyes and looked at Kenny. (by the way, this is what Courtney lookes like in hawk form. image24.webshots.com/25/2/43/42/94924342vZLppW_fs.jpg)
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Post by Illyria on Jul 26, 2007 23:52:43 GMT -5
Kenny started to blush a little, then said, "Well... I don't tell anyone this, but I'm an animagus too..." He trailed off. Glancing helplessly at his cat, who had appeared behind him and continued to watch him with golden eyes. He sighed. Slumping his shoulders, his entire body shrunk until he was a raven, as jet-black as midnight. His cat's eyes widened a little; the cat was obviously showing self-restraint. Kenny, now a bird, gave a flap of his wings and perched in a tree.
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Post by Courtney on Jul 27, 2007 20:15:36 GMT -5
Courtney gave a powerful flap of her wings and clumsily flew up to perch accross from Kenny. "Thats cool." she said in bird tongue. "I need to practice flying. You can join me if you want." She looked back down to the other two humans in the trees and screeched a farewell. Then she angled herself upward and took off, rocketing out of the trees and into open sky. Them she flared her wings and hovered on a breeze.
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Post by Illyria on Jul 27, 2007 22:10:55 GMT -5
The raven looked down at his cat, who was watching him with amber eyes. When the cat licked his chops hungrily, Kenny decided it was time to go. He opened his black wings, swooping into the sky and floating on the breeze above the school. For all they knew, he was just another raven. He followed Courtney on the breeze that blew above the school. It was an impressive view.
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