As Virus walks through the lush rainforest he can hear the birds in the trees chirping."this place is of great buetie, its a shame it will all be gone by sunrise"
he wonders if their is anyone around him. when he hears it a crackle behind him he turns arond only to find a tiny bird.

Ryath sighed, he loved trees. everything about, he loved. and most of all he loved to sleep up in the very top of lush tall trees, when he did that his troubles seemed to melt away to nothing, he would lie their for hours... He smiled as he put his hand to one of the trees, this forest was like paradise to him. He could hear the bird high above calling to each other, he liked the way their auras mixed together as they flew past his head and in to the sky.

suddenly he stopped as he heard another set of feet moving about the forest floor. he opened his eyes and looked through the trees to see the minotaur slowly walking through the undergrowth. he halted and slid behind a tree; minotaurs were dangerous, or so he'd heard and he didn't want any trouble in the wonderly peaceful place.

Virus did not want to hurt anyone thats why he had came to the forest. it was big enough that no one would find him, or at least thats what he hoped. he found a stump and sat down. put his weapon away and started to relax.

Shalura was also resting in the shade of a nearby tree, her cloak wrapped around her. She heard a twig snap and looked up.
"A Minataur?" she said in wonderment.
She watched as it sat dow on a stmp and thought she saw somebody else darting amongst the trees. Shalura leaped up into the branches of the tree and settled above the Minataur to watch him. she pulled her hood down, there would be no need for disguises when hidden.
"Musn't blow my cover this time" she muttered.

Virus quickly looked around. "hello is anyone there?" he could have sweard he heard something, he was hoping it was a friend it had been along time sence he had a friend. "oh well i think i will just lay here"

"Rats" though Shalura "he almost noticed me"
She pondered what to do then, thinking that she would regrett it later, dropped down infront of the minataur. She stood straight, her cloak hiding her face.
"Hello" she said "yes there is somebody here, and I shall only harm you if you try to harm me okay"
She then meade a weak light at the end of her forefinger and middle finger just to make the point.
"May I ask your name?" she said.

"agreed my name is Virus iam a minotaur of the great house, what is your name?" he asked as he waited for a reply he smelt another figure near by

Shalura smiled under her hood.
"I can see that you're a minataur" she said "but then of course anybody can, my name's Shalura" she bowed in a typical martial artist way "and as for me you'd probably call me human but I can assure you I am not"
She heard a rustling in the trees nearby and whipped around.
"We have company"

"Let us pray that it is friendly" Virus said as he reached for his blade. "and if it is not let us fight side by side." he stood up gathering his strength.

"Very well" said Shalura casting light around her hand ready for an attack.
She threw off her cloak and drew her dueling staff spinning it acrobaticaly.
"Come out" she said "if you're a friend we will not harm you, if you're foe I think you can guess"
She gazed around and her pupils suddenyl became slits and light blue scales grew on her skin.

Ryath forze as the girl spoke to him, calling through the trees. he knew they could not see him, but knew he was there. he could not run, and he didn't wish to fight, especially against a minotaur or in this lovely place. he ighed and slowly stepped forward into the clearing, a thin beam of light shone through a gap in the canopy and fell upon him maknig his blood red eyes half glow and his hair take on an almost magical shine. he smiled to show he wouldn't attack, "It is I, and i shall not attack you in this paradise."

Shalura smiled replacing her staff.
"Better safe than sorry" she said "what is your buisness here? Same as ours, relaxing?"
It was a random questin merely to spark a decent conversation but it didn't matter.
"I suppose you wouldn't know anything about a particular runestone by any chance?" asked Shalura, she may as well ask somebody when there was no signs of a fight.
She stood calmly waiting for an answer, then remembered she was half transformed and drew her scales back in and her pupils returned to normal.

Virus Slowly put his weapon away, he was glad there wouldent be a fight. "A stone now what kind of stone are you looking for."
he said as he sat down.

Shalura turned her attention back to Virus.
"It's a bit of a long story" she said "but to cut it short I have to find a specific runestone about so big" she indicated with her forefinger and thumb "with a spirit rune calved on it,
it's rather important to one of the undead spirits of the underworld apparently"
She streached and sat down against a log.
"I was raised all my life believing I was human, I was taken from my parents for reasons that I don't know, anyway this spirit came to me and told me to find him this spirit runestone and he'd tell me why I'd been taken from them, as you can see I'm half dragon, thats all I know, can you help me?"

"sure I will help you nothing else to do in this part of the woods" he said as he remained seated. "well what about you Ryathenu?" virus picked up his sword and walked past Ryathenu and then stoped about four feet past him.

Shalura smiled.
"Thankyou" she said "although I doubt we'll find something so small in a forest so big"
She leaned back and gazed at the tree tops towering above tham.
"I'd have thought it would be in some sort of cave or shrine" she said.

Ryath raised an eyebrow as the girl spoke of her past and he remained silent, but as the minotaur moved to stand behind him he couldn't help tensing his shoulders. the girl spoke of some spirit stone she was trying to find and Ryath smiled, "I beleive i may be able to help you, my dear. It is a gift of mine to see spirits and this stone should be no difficultly to find."

Shalura looked back down.
"I can see what others can't either" she said "nothing going to sneak up on us"
She then teleported behind Ryathenu.
"My magic grows each day I learn" she said "I could cnjour up light, change my shape and jump from the tallest of trees without harming myself"
She gazed upwards again.
"I've been looking for this for 5 years" she said "you'd have thought I'd have found it by now"

Ryath sighed and thought for a moment before finally replying, "Perhaps what you're lookig for is not what you're looking for... You say it a stone, are you so sure on that? If it is magically, surely it may protect itself by taking another form? If that is the case, you amy have walked past it and not realised, but if you tell me what you about it, i may be able to find it with my 'gift'."

Shalura whacked her head in annoyance.
"Damn it" she said "I could have found it by now, I'm afraid that all I know about it is it is a very powerful runestone"
She sat down against a tree and sighed.
"i'd have thought it would be in a cave somewhere" she said "but now that you metion that possibility it could probably be the branhce son these trees, god I'm stupid"

Ryath felt sorry for the girl, but didn't know what to do in thiese kinds of situation. He disided leaving her would be ill-advised and sat next to her, "It's ok, i'll her you find it, there's no need to be upset. He paused for a moment and looked at the girl, her Colours had changed slightly to a muddy sorrow, she was pritty before. Ryath sighed and looked to the minotaur.

"Well then why are we waiting" Virus said "Where should I look first".

(P.S. I have recently had sergery on my right arm (March 24, 2006) so my responces will be limited) Thx.

Mathius ahd left from the shadows of one forest and they had dropped him into another what away to travel sheesh he thought. Mathius got up and l;ooked around his eyees allowed him to see teh minotaur. Mathius dipped an arrow in poisen strung his bow and shot the minotaur in tthe arm hoping to enrage the beast. in the back of his mind he knew what he had done wasn't right....but at least this victem would die upon his reaction.He knew minotaurs like other beasts would become enraged and when the enraged minotaur would strike poisen would flow throught the blood stream killing it instantly..........omg what have i done! :huh uh:

"What the!?"
An arrow suddenly flew out of nowhere heading for Virus. Shalura looked through the shadows and saw somebody standing there.
"You see him?" she asked Ryathenu.
Shalura pulled out a leangh of rope and teleported behind Mathius, she threw the rope round his neck and pulled him over.
"And just what do you think you are doing?" She said.
Without waiting for an answer she walked over to Virus and pulled the arrow out of his arm.
"Poisened" she said "hold on"
She took out her rope again and tied it tightly round the top of Virus's arm.
"It'll go numb but it'll stop the poison flowing too quickley" she said.

thorgrim was walking through the woods looking for food when he heard an arrow fly and connect with a soft target "mathius" he breathed ands ran towards him and swung his mace aiming for the back of his head yelling "revenge for kirana"

Skye was traveling with Thorgrim and was close behind him with a dagger ready to strike at any foes...he notices Shalura and nods...noticing the enemy is secured Skye walks over to Virus...Skye pulls out a bottle of reddish liquid and disposes it onto Virus's cut...immediately the arm turned flaming hot and red...but after a few seconds the cure stopped the poison from killing Virus...

Skye turns back to Thorgrim and shouts

"Thorgrim....contain yourself...the enemy cannot escape..."

Virus screamed in pain from the antedote." thank you" he said as he pulls out his sword ready to take revenge on Mathius "HOLD HIM STILL I will finish this!"

"Calm down" said Shalura "I don't think he's going to get up with a mase smashed into the back of his head"
She looked up at Thorgrim.
"Are you following me?" she said "you seem to turn up wherever I go, and who's Kirana?"

"He deserves to die" virus said as he walked away trying to calm down. he took his sword out and slashed at a near by tree making a clean cut through it, but it did not fall.

thorgrim looks up smile's and says "hiya shalura...who's your new friend and no im not following you are you following me ?"as he drives his foot into mathius's stomach "come here Ao skye and help me teach this bully a lesson..." and he begins to twist his foot "then he blushes at the mention of kiranas name and begins to pur!?!?!?!?!?!

:rotfl: Mathius endre awoke now and crack his broken neck into place thorgrim should have learned from his girl friend that half dragons aren't seseptable to his kind mathius was now glowing purple as his wounds sealed leaving burnt marks. He smiled at thorgrim his eyes glowing orange.. " ITS TIME TO WITNESS THE ANCIENT ARtS OF THE DROW Endre.' Mathius changed.

thorgrim fired his enervate spell in top his face and slamed his masterworks mace into mathius's face enouth to hurt even a full dragon and jumped away and braced himself ready to avenge his loved one

Sajuuk was flying over the rain forest when he noticed people throught the trees a minataur, and a half dragon then a large creature"look out virus" he yelled as he came diveng in to save his friend

" i sujest that you shalura lady advice your friends to put there weapons down for this forest will burnt to a crisp and all of us will die and your little object your looking for will be gone as well" Endre Smiled he loved being able to contral mathius's mind. 900 years ago Endre was stored in this drow in order to wait for his enemys to die so he could move freely in this world now that he was out he would destroy evrything in it .........only one flaw if mathius ever got free of endre's contral it would be endre's true end............ " now virus die> Endre through mathius into the under brussh and wrapped . Endre wrapped his body around virus and thorgrim and starts to crush them . Mathius drew his bow and aimed for the dragons flaing head. :aarrrg!:

thorgrim was in incredible pain but that didn't stop him as he raised his hands and poured a continuing stream black crackeling energy into the dragons head as he slamed his mace into its soft under belly hard and reapetadly

"I'm afraid you'll have to let go" said Shalura drawing four Shuriken in one hand, her eyes became slitted once more, all the better to aim, and threw them at Maithius's face, he'd have to release her friends to block them. One of them hit the bow shaking the arrow loose and the other three went straight for Mathius's eyes.

(OOC: Have I missed something? Where did the dragon come from?)

Watching his friends in pain, Skye begins to feel enraged...

"Nobody...hurts....my friends...."

Skye ran several steps and leaped horizontally straight for Mathius, plunging his Shard in the stomach Mathius and Skye are both propelled 10 ft away from the scene...whipping out the dagger Skye goes for another blow on the head and body...leaping back on a tree, Skye enters the shadows...waiting for another chance...

Virus Took his sword and cut off the beast in half. "no one shall hold me" he said as his blade made a quick cut through the skin of the dragon. he broke free and ran to his friends to regroup "stand together!" virus commanded.

But Sajuuk not listining flys high above and begins to throw seven fire balls at the dragon "for hurting my friend you will pay". the fire hit the dragons open wounds and eyes. then came down and stood infront of Virus.

Skye leaped from tree to tree until he was right above the United Party...

"Do not...stand alone...against us..."

Skye kneeled low on the branch...

"Moria--hicarto MagnaImperia!!"

An exact duplicate of Skye was summoned by the spell Simalucrum..


"Fear my....powers...."