First Snow of Winter
Part 12: Ryslen
Ysvelt and the Lantessama Finders circled on their dragons above the
Ryslen landing area. Ryslen was always busy, Flurry Season was no
different. When they finally spotted an unused piece of landing space
Aviath duck down, making Tryl and Dey scream and Sovyl laugh. The Finder
inched forward, dragging the two behind him with him and waited for Aviath
to dodge a few unsuspecting dragons and winged humans.
The three other dragons followed, say it a little less spectacular and
landed around Aviath.
"Let's do that again!" Tryl yelled, when she had recovered from
the surprise.
Dey however, knees still shaking decided he would rather stay on the
ground for a few days before he would be steady enough and in control of
his stomach to attempt flying on a dragon again.
"We have a lot to do, Tryl." Shyobahn said, bringing her student
back to reality. "We need to register ourselves for the
hatching."
"Where is that building anyway?" Biroy asked.
Ysvelt pointed to the appropriate building. "I remember from my own
hatching," he said grinning, "It will be wonderful to see a
Flurry hatching again."
"Are you staying?" Layra asked.
"Well, I can make myself useful here. No-one will miss me on
Lantessama." Ysvelt said, blushing just enough for the young woman to
make up her mind why the rider was staying with them.
"Hey? What are those?" Eyos suddenly interrupted the feeling of
wonder most of the IceLanders felt when they saw the strange creatures and
humanoids walking around them. A cloud of small creatures surrounded them.
"Firelizards." Maira said, "You are free to adopt them, I
think they don't belong to anyone, not a group this big."
Soon enough each IceLander had acquired the attention of at least one
flit.
"Tryl was chasing her two, who were in turn chasing the one that had
placed itself on Dey's shoulder. Not long after Tryl got the very original
idea of a snowball fight and started to place Dey under Siege.
They were soon followed by the other younger IceLanders, Layra, Biroy and
Eyos, the hunters, who were working together and winning until Zreshyn
added his power and two firelizards to the other camp. Not much later
Vaughny and Koy were also throwing snowballs at each other and to the
other two camps. The return fire was badly-aimed and not really meant
since the youngsters were still recovering from the fever. But the air of
playing and all the new sites to explore apparently did them good.
The Finders stayed only brief to deliver their candidates and flew up,
their dragons going Elsewhere before they could be hit by any stray
Snowballs. That left Shyobahn and Ysvelt standing alone. They watched the
battle.
"It's good to be back." Ysvelt said, "I thought IceLand was
my home... but it was just my ghost that lingered there."
"Yours... or Greyne's?" Shyobahn asked.
"Both maybe. I don't know where she is, or if she is even alive. But
I know she'll be lost to me forever."
"It's good to move on." Shyobahn said, petting her own
firelizard, a long red-green female with star-bright points of light on
her body and wings.
Arms around each other, comforted by each other they stood there, just
watching and that was enough.
The flits!
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Name:
Holly Owner: Eyos Gender: Female |
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Names: Lights Spirit and Blitz |
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Name:
Orion Owner: Biroy Gender: Male |
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Name:
Snowflake Owner: Layra Gender: Male |
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Name: Red Owner: Dey Gender: Male |
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Name: Christmas Day
and Evening Owner: Zreshyn Gender: Male |
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Name:
Christmas Hope Owner: Shyobahn Gender: Female |
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