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Elyon watched wide-eyed as he blew on the flower and it came back to life. She took it and then wrapped her arms around him, smiling happily. "Thank you sooo much KoKo-chan!" she said, deciding not to tell him that he was the one who had made it for her, thinking that it would be too complicated to explain.

Laura looked behind her and let out a small, playful "Eeek!" seeing that Rollan was catching up to her. She put on a burst of speed and forced herself to move faster. She laughed and then it turned into a small scream of surprise as she felt something catch around her back leg and pull upwards, lifting her up in the air. She had gotten caught in a hunter's trap. "Rollan!!" she called out, struggling to get out of the rope around her ankle, knowing that she needed his help to get down. One of the flaws of the gypsy's shifting was that they couldn't shift back to a human if they were captured in any way, shape, or form.

Elyon faultered a bit. "Um . . . I do have a friend who's a dragon . . . but he's not a fire dragon like you . . ." she said and then thought up a good explanation for Kolan, that he would hopefully believe. "There's . . . also another dragon . . . and he gave me the vallynra . . . but he's gone away for a little bit . . . but he'll come back. I know he will . . ." she said and then unconsiously hugged him a bit tighter.

Laura nodded in response to his first question and then shook her head at the second. She then shook her back leg a bit, the rope still fastened around her ankle, trying to tell him to get it off of her, but seeing that she couldn't shift, and lacked the ability to mind speak, she was stuck trying to show him what she was trying to say.

Laura didn't answer just leaned back, her eyes closing. It felt GOOD to be scratched under the chin. . . . Until she fell of his lap that was. Mid-fall she shifted into a human again and landed on the ground with an "Eep!" a comically surprised look on her face.

Elyon looked around, and then realized she couldn't see the cave from where she was. She tried not to look worried, but a small frown crossed her face. Hearing Kolan's next words, she smiled a bit and ruffled his hair. "Thanks KoKo-chan." She paused a bit, biting her lower lip softly before asking. "Um . . . Kolan? Do you think you could carry me above the trees in your dragon form?" she asked, not knowing how they would find, much less get back to, the cave if they couldn't see above the trees.

Laura giggled a little at her own clumsiness and then Rollan pulled her back onto his lap. She giggled a little as he nuzzled her. "You smell like the dirt of the forest and pine trees . . . It's comforting . . ." she whispered as she leaned against him, closing her eyes.

Elyon stood up and got on his back, hugging his neck, patting it encouragingly. "It's alright Kolan . . . you just need to do your best . . . and if we can't get high enough, it won't be your fault . . . it'll be mine for being too big." she said with a smile, running her hand down his neck, enjoying the feel of the scales. These were much different from the scales on the older Kolan. These scales were smaller, and seemed so much more delicate than the scale that she currenly had in her bodice.

Laura smiled and was about to respond when a twig snapped and two hunters entered the clearing. One of them looked at Laura and Rollan and raised an eyebrow while the other looked at the trap that had been set off and broken. He looked at the two. "Did you two do this?" he asked, holding up the frayed end of the rope. Laura nodded, backing into Rollan a little bit. "Yessir, but only because it got caught around my ankle . . ." she said softly. Hunters scared her a bit, but these two didn't seem TOO bad. However, she couldn't help but think that if Rollan hadn't been with her, she might still have been dangling there, and they would have thought her a good find. She gave an involantary shudder and held onto Rollan's hands tightly. The one who had been looking at them from the beginning sighed. "Seems like it's another meger meal today bro . . ." he muttered shaking his head slightly.

Elyon smiled at that, thinking that he was rather intellegent for his age. She looked around, trying to find the cave. She pointed in it's direction once she found it. "You see that cave there?" she asked. "That's where we need to go!" she told him, rather impressed that he could hold her up.

((Got carried away with this one . . . xp ))
The hunter who had spoken last gave a small chuckle. "But fruit does not make for a very bountiful meal. Unless you happen to know where a large amount is . . ." he said, looking over at Rollan. The one who was focusing on the trap had taken it down and had wrapped it into a coil. "Well, we're gonna have to move this trap, we don't want to catch any more people and ruin a good length of rope." he said, looking at his brother with a bit of a teasing smile. The brother's eye twitched. "Hey, you were the one who wanted to put the trap here. Not me." he said giving his brother a glare. The hunter chuckled a litte. "Yes, but you were the one who said that this was a good spot and would attract lots of game." he said quickly. The brother growled slightly, his eye continueing to twitch. The hunter laughed and walked off. The one left looked back at Rollan and Laura and said, looking specifically at Laura. "Have a good day . . . and don't get caught in anymore traps." he said giving a small smile before running after his brother shaking his fist angrily. "Greg! You get back here so I can kick your a**!!"

Elyon laughed and got off of Kolan, hugging his neck happily. "You were wonderful KoKo-chan!!" she said, smiling widely, thinking that the roars that Kolan gave off like this were adorable.

Coryn looked towards the entrance and his eyes widened. "Did she just say 'KoKo-chan?'" he asked Karelym quietly. And when was there a drakling in my forest? he wondered, also noting the orange scales and wondering why Elyon had flown in on a drakling instead of of Kolan.

Laura sighed. "They don't know any better Rollan . . ." she said, and looked up at him, a pleading look in her eyes. "Please don't bite them . . . I don't want people getting hurt on my behalf . . ." she said and reached up to run her fingers through his hair soothingly.

Coryn also stared wide-eyed at the little Kolan in front of him. Y-Yeah . . . he thought back to Karelym, a bit shocked from what he was seeing. Still, he decided that he would entertain this child-Kolan while he was still young and innocent. He should be glad he didn't have to deal with the sarcastic, hardened Kolan at the moment. "Uh . . . I'm Coryn . . . It's . . . uh . . . nice to meet you Kolan." he said, lowering his head so that he could look eye-to-eye with the little one in front of him. It was odd how this meeting was so different than their first one five years ago, when Kolan wasn't a youngling. Coryn looked to Elyon for an explanation. "So Elyon . . . uh . . . what happened out there?" he asked, tilting his head slightly.

Elyon waved her hand dismissively, not wanting to talk about it in front of Kolan. "I'll explain later." was all she said, feeling rather happy that Kolan was holding onto her hand. She smiled and started swinging their hands back and forth just for fun.

Elyon just smiled and ruffled his hair. "Explain what happed while I was gone. The big dragon's just worried about me is all." she said with a smile. and then croutched down next to him and said in a loud whisper. "It's because I'm only a human and don't have any special abilities . . ." she said, sending a wink over at Coryn and Karelym to let them know she was just kidding around a bit. She then stood up and looked at Kolan. "But I do have a way to defend myself. You want to see it?" she asked with a smile.

Coryn honestly didn't know how to react, and Kolan's sudded diversion of interest made it so he couldn't really react at all. "Okay . . . Karelym and I will leave you alone I guess . . ." he said, honestly feeling a bit awkward around such a little Kolan. He was used to butting heads with him all the time, and wasn't used to getting compliments. I think there might be some cooked fruits that I saved still in here . . . he thought to Karelym, realizing that she might be hungry, and also giving him something to do.

Laura smiled as he gave in and then turned in his arms as he kissed her, wrapping her arms around his neck, kissing him back, and even deepening the kiss somewhat.