The arrival

Subject: The arrival Thu May 08, 2008 2:46 pm

[Thursday 8. may - 12:00]

The doors is gently pushed open. A girls head pops in, with big frightned eyes.

Shalisa looks around in the massive hall and her jaw drops when she sees all the statues of dragons. Like a zombie she walks towards the silverdragon and slowly put her hand on the cold metal, like she is afraid it will awaken from a deep slumber if she makes any noise.

Her big beautifull eyes with same colour as the silver underneth her palm, is still frightned, but she found some kind of comfort in the statue of the silverdragon. A thin squiking comes from her only luggage, a skarf neatly tight to form a kind of a backpack.

A little blue pixie frees itself from the backpack and starts to reprimand Shalisa on Sylvan. She tries to hide her smile og nod with a sirious look in the big silvery eyes, but it kinda fails. Very offended The pixie flyes out of the still open door and dissapears outside in the warm sunshine.

Shalisa is trying to sink the lump in her throught

"There goes the last familiar face...."

She whispers, and jumps when her soft words is caught and sent back and fort between the walls. Terrified she looks around at the statues like they would attack her end eat her the very second she turns her back at them...

Subject: Re: The arrival Thu May 08, 2008 3:18 pm

It is surely a hot day outside, calling to all the students who have been working hard all week. And they would all have answered if it weren't for their classes which they all had to attend to. A little smile forms her lips as that thought crosses her mind, whileshe walks down the stair intending to enjoy the great sunshine, which is the only thing she misses about her great island.
A little breeze catches her fair golden hair, promising a walk that will be not to hot and not to cold. Perfect. At least it would be if the doors normally were open. She looks down at the hall with her big slighty curved bronze coloured eyes and her smile spreads further out on her lips. A possible new victim. at least if Mira gets her as she is beautiful girl, at least if you liked humans, and there might be some potential in her, other than her apparently good looks.
Mira takes the last steps down and stops beside the girl nods as a welcome. She stands tall above the girl and beyond most elfs like a queen with her fair bronze skin, almost glowing in the light of the torches hanging on the wall. She is clearly a goldelf, and she does nothing to hide it, even if she might be able to do it. To make her look taller she is wearing a long green dress, that shows her arms behind a green sleeves. To destroy the elven sweetness she has skulls to hold up her sleeves though its not something one looks at first. Not many thrives beoynd her face as a golden halfmoon sits right in her forehead in a small goldenchain, just to disappear and become one with her hair.
She has no visible weapons on her, though a small symbol hangs in her belt looking like a part of it all. A pentagram protected by to dragons fletting each others tales.
"A newcomer lost in the stones, so unlike her kind. Is it maybe the newcomers first reaction, or is there something differen't beneath those silvery eyes."
As she speaks that out loud a almost silent gasp escapes her lips, as she never has seen such eyes before. She is intriqued by them, and find her gaze not being able to let go of them. She studies the girl a bit more, as 15 years always will be a girl in her eyes. Her smile is friendly as she has learned much since her first steps in these champers herself. She also remembers that she properly looked just like this girl, so overwhelmed by the castle and the statues, so different from where she lived once. But those silvery eyes. She can not forget them, and that is something she needs to know. Maybe not to day, but they hold a secret. never has she ever seen such beautiful eyes in a lesser creature like a human.

Subject: Re: The arrival Thu May 08, 2008 3:53 pm

Oh, I though I saw some one enter. a soft voice speaks from the stage area, From the door behind the stage a tall, slender person wearing a black suit and the front of her torso is covered by the finest silver breast plate, in which the signature of a silver dragon have been carved. Her hair is long and silver coloed and her eye like 2 bright blue orbs.

Greetings, and welcome to my academy she speaks.

As she look upon the new student, it is like she have seen that face before. She is not at all surprised at the features and it is like she have seen similar features before, yet again it seems like she does not see the exterior but look directly into the mind and body of the new student.

You must be Shalisa of the Crystal Crowe, I have been awaiting your arrival. she softly speaks, it is almost as if she is singing when she is talking. I see that you have meet your new teacher, Mira. I hope she will not prove to hard for you to teach my dear Mira? she softly ask.

She then seems to notice Shilasa's interest in the silver dragson. oh, I just dont hope you have your hopes to high to get a silver dragon. They can be arrogant and stubourn when picking the human. he laught.

Subject: Re: The arrival Thu May 08, 2008 5:22 pm

Shalisa looks nervously ast the stranger who clearly is a goldelf. She had seen them at a distance from her oncels back on a flight, but never this close. She notices the sculls and automaticly takes half a step back from the stranger, but politely nods back, and send her a very formel and distant smile.

She could not lie - the elve in front of her was stunning - was she ugly in a goldelves eyes? The woodelves at home always told her that she was stunning. But maybe they lied to make her happy? Oh well, it didnt matter she thought, she was here to larn, not to be gogled at. She leans her head a bit to the right and allmost sucks in the sight of the stranger in front of her. Her eyes looks closely at Mira who she does not know, and silently she stares. The stare is intens and one of those you would feel looks beond the surface - undresses you (in a nonsexual form), and looks at your most inner being.

Shalisas smile gets a little twist of the warmth hidden inside her, her lips seperates to answer the stranger, but in that moment anther stranger comes forth. The head master. Shalisa bows her head respectfully, as she would have done it for an elder back home at The Crystal Grove, and let her eyes meet the strangers. The look she is sending the new stranger is just as intense and peeling as the one she gave the other woman - now identified as Mira.

Unseen she bites her teath hardt together when the headmaster speaks of the silverdragons.

Dont go there. Be respectfull Shalisa...
What do you know?! You dont know anything about silverdragons! And you dont know me!

Her natural defences is rising high around her mind, but the last words in her mind is followed by a hardt push - just in case the strange woman is trying to snoop in something she is not suposed to. The only thing to show her state of emotions is that her smile has become a bit....stiff....

"If you say so....mylady...."

She quietly replies, she is not being sarkastic, but something in the delay of "Mylady", could maybe make it sound....questioneble....

Shalisa raises her head again, and the stiffness again disappears from her smile, and you would have had to be there to belive the beautifull and quite inocent-looking girl could be anything than the sweetest thing on earth...

Subject: Re: The arrival Thu May 08, 2008 11:07 pm

Mira's smile gets a bit questionable for people who knew her, in her her mind the another victim thought flew by though she hid it well. She politly nods towards the headmaster who she know is older than her as many is not here at the academy, and with a deep respect she didn't show any other person in this world including the eldest among her people. Tesari the great dragon friend and headmaster of this academy, is just about the only one mira know she isn't better than, and her match always deserve some respect. As she sees Shalisa notices the skulls and steps back, she tries to hide her amuzement, though she is considering to actually give the girl a chance and tell that its the great forgery of ones.
"Now Tesari do not be so rude to your friend. I am sure Silvermantle isn't all that bad. It will not be very nice to scare my new potential away."
The way she says "Potential" give one the idea that not many are seen as able to ever be clerics in Mira's eyes, and that is not something one chooses. it chooses you. Her favourite motto. Her soft voice that almost lure one where ever she wants you, is as always calm, though Shalisa would soon know how deadly and frightening it can be. As she sees the smile her own grows but an inch bigger and approval is a second visible in her eyes.
The girl really has potential. She hasn't proved anything, but she has showned that she know how to use those stunning features for a human, and those intruiging eyes of hers.
"I am sure Valor would say the same, while he would tell you about the injustice in that statement, nomatter how much of it is true. By the way Shalisa of the Crystal grove. Sorry my manners. As you just heard you can call me Mira. I know it isn't an elven name, but most here are too young to remember my real one, and I kind of like it."
As the thought has reached the ears not near, a majestian gold dragon comes walking in the front doors and sits beside Mira looking up at her, after nodding at both Tes and Shalisa.
"Miralathana, I know you haven't forget our appointment today?"
She calmly rests her hand on his head and quickly answers him, as she knows he is an impatient creature though powerful and stunning endeed, with a voice boomind of demand and justice. A perfect creature in her eyes, as stunning and magnificant as it is powerful. And her was hers, just as she was his. They had to do it that way, as they both were very possesive, and demanding.
"I had to be polite and welcome a new potential Valor. Besides, you are almost too big to have running around in here, you know that. I'm sorry, this is Valor my gold dragon friend."
She looks at Shalosa as she says it, and as they stand there together in the bright daylight shining in upon them dragon and elf, they sure match each other in both appearence and personality. At least the most obvious of it. The doors close shut and the touches are once again the only thing bringing light in this hall, which are much light endeed. Never has anyone has any trouble seeing anything in these halls, and never should anyone do so ifMira had anything to say in that matter, as she had grown to like this place just as a home, and she would rather die than to see it fall.

Subject: Re: The arrival Sun May 11, 2008 4:15 pm

Be careful with your thought my young learned. What you have learned so far is best forgotten. And am I to blame that you have been taught to worship Silver Dragons? she asked with a slight hint of anger in her voice.

And if she is this easily scared, Mira, then she have no place in this academy.. as she sends Mera a wink, and using her "human" name instead of the Elven one as Mira know that name is only spoken by her when angered.

She looks around the huge hall, bows for Valor as he enters, then looks back at Shalisa. What you though is of no use here, as you will soon the mistake of trusting the wrong persons. Trust me on this, for I have seen it so many times. as she look her deeply into the eyes. So hard that she notices some figure moving around in Tessari's eyes. Silver Dragon are what silver dragon are, and no one can change that, besides I surely hope you are not planning to get one as your dragon? she asks almost singingly and with calm in her voice.

Remember, you do not pick the dragon, the dragon picks you!!! she then looks at Mira and Valor. And how, in the name of the gods, you 2 got together is beoynd me.. Mire is more a Brass Dragon type, but again I am not to question the logics of the gods or Dragon. she silently says.

Remember why you came here, remember to learn from your past mistakes and always listen to what the teachers are telling you. Some you might prove to be untrue, but accept the teachings as the truth, for you will only punish you dragon friend by ignoring the teaching and think you know best.. as she looks on Shalisa one last time, then turns around to leave for her office.

As she exists the door to her champer Remember well to respect your elders and I know this will not be the last time we speak. Mira she is all yours. as the door closes behind her.

Subject: Re: The arrival Fri May 16, 2008 5:05 pm

When the huge golddragon enters Shalisas eyes beginds to shine. The big animal is the first of her own kind she sees besides her family. Her stare is not admiring, but inspecting. Closely eksaminating the muscles in the body, the movement of the enormous animal. With all her defenses at their higest she lets her silvery eyes meet the giant golddragons, and she slowly glides down in a perfekt curtsy, but does not take her eyes from the golden dragon.

Shalisa smiles inside by her own silent way of being indirectly impudent towards the headmaster, witch she - by the way - totaly ignores, especially her comments on her relationship with the dragons. what did a silly silverelve know? She folds her hands in front of her and her eyes finally falls on Mira again, awaitingly.

Her new master would surely tell her what was ecspected of her now. If Mira would take her as a diciple.

Subject: Re: The arrival Fri May 16, 2008 6:27 pm

Valor returns the stare with his deeply blue ones, and a look of curiosity fall upon him, only ment for Shalisa. He has been talking to the older dragons of the mettalic art, and never has he heard of such an abbomenation as a half breed. He can feel it in her, though he doesn't say anything out loud. He just studies her, like he is trying to see the buttom of her soul even though its impossible for one such as young as he. He has grown a bond with Mira great enough to know her every thought as an image, and feeling and he knows that those two were meant for each other. But he is only five years old, and many years are to come before he can learn such powerfuls spells and trick.
As the girl swoops down in a curtsey he lower his head himself in a approving bow. At least the girl know her place. A thing many people never heeded to learn. The girl has passed the first test in being okay to talk to. Not many had passed that test.

Mira herself sees nothing but follows Tesari climbing the stairs with a light smile, that makes people do nothing but guess what she is thinking. First when Tesari is gone and she feels the girls eyes upon her, she returns the gaze and speaks. Tesari had just proven how arrogant silverdragons could be, a thought that amused Mira in many ways. How she loved this academy. So much more fun that the dull island so many goldelves lived on.
"Don't weigh too much in her words Shalisa. Tesari is as stubborn and arrogant as her dragon, though she always fills her words with wisdom. She does have a point you know. You are young and have much to learn despite what you know, or think you know about dragons already. Listen carefully to everyone and you might survive, maybe even pass my classes."
Valor is about to say something, and Mira who knows excactly what thats gonna be, signals him silently not to speak as she is not finished. He is still young, and she still needs to remind him of certain curtesies though he is almost big enough for her to fly him. A year more, and she will be taking her first flight on him, if he lets her, though he has expressed his joy for it several times before.
"And I will give you a tip young potentiel. You have not passed anything yet, and you have much to learn. I expect a lot from my students, first of all to know exactly which god they are to obey and show their love. Second I will give you the advice to learn as much about the world as you are able to, as I have come to the impression that you will have a disadvange on that subject. I will teach you everything you need to know, but I expect hard work from you. If you pass your grauation this year, I might think about calling you a cleric."
After the long talk where her smile had been gone, it comes back a bit more friendly this time. At no time as the calm look left her face, and at no time has her expression done anything unessecery.

Subject: Re: The arrival Fri May 16, 2008 6:50 pm

Shalisa makes a light nod, to indicate that she have heard everything the goldelve told her.

"Master Cleric Mira, where am i suposed to sleep?"

She softly and silently asks. The fact that she is quite overwelmed by the whole experience of being in a place such as this, and is offended by the silverelve, and confused and, and, and....is not showing on her face. it is a mask of politeness and a inocent smile.

But a short glimmer in her eyes when she looks at the golddragon again tells the large creature that she is very interested in him, and that this is surdenly not the last time theire roads are going to cross eachothers if she has anything to say in that matter.

In an instant a plee is almost showing in her eyes. odly the golddragon could feel what she was despite his young age. her eyes is begging him not to rat her out. then her eyes looks normally again. or as normal as silvery eyes can look

Subject: Re: The arrival Sun May 18, 2008 11:17 am

It is not very nice to ignore the wise words of the had mistress a deep voice suddenly booms in the room.

As the voice eccoes though the room it suddenly seems smaller. Suddenly the floor starts to shake, stone falling to the ground as the silver dragon statue, Shalisa first came to see in the great hall, comes to life and grows to a size a little bigger than Valor.

You might think you know silver dragons, but are you ready to realy learn the truth about them? she booms, and her eyes meets Shalisa's with a clod stare. I am SilverMandle, and..... she suddenly stops talking and moves her head closer to Shalisa, and snifs a few times. As this happens the room suddenly feels colder i a way, the light seems to darken just a bit.

As she moves her head away hhmm, Mira, you better keep a good eye on this young one, she might prove difficult. Teach her as you would Valor, but still be carefull as she seems to be carrying a silvery secter.... She then turns her her to Valor And you my young one, make sure she finds the propper dragon, for you know where to turn..

She suddenly turns her head to Shalisa, and looks at her with a strange silvery fired in the eyes.

Any lectures for me, young one? she suddenly booms.

Subject: Re: The arrival Sun May 18, 2008 12:44 pm

Shalisa is not shocked or specially moved by the dragons transformation or attempt to diciplin her. Her eyes gets cold as the metal they have taken colour by as she with a little to sweet voice answers the silverdragon back.

"Not if you dont lecture me old one"

There is a underlying hardness in her voice. did everyone here think they where better than her? better than eachother? What happent to commen politeness, and friendslyness?

She folds her arms across her cheast and stares back at the silverdragon without a blink of an eye - she would not let anyone intimidate her, she was her fathers daugther and had the fightingspirit of her mother, and not the largest arogant, dragon or elve could make her stray from the path of goodness - but they did confuse her quite a bit with there hidden attacks in words. Why did they do that?

She feels a lump in her throught, and she swallows the tears. Maybe it was a mistake to come here? everyone seemed to be somekind of hostile. this was not at all what she expected....

Subject: Re: The arrival Sun May 18, 2008 1:13 pm

Mira was just about to answer when the statue suddenly came to life. She just nodded with the proper respect Silvermantle deserved after she had proved herself to Mira, and she thereafter listened very closely to what the beautiful silverdragon would say.
The booming voice were always a hard thing to swallow for the new ones but somehow Shalisa didn't even flinch.
Valor who had seen the question in the girls eyes before Silvermantle came "to life" had just nodded his approval about her secret at least for now, out of cusiosity. But as Silvermantle aprooaced he almost bowed for her, and new that what she would say would be words of wisdom.
Though Mira felt his disturbance as the great dragon kept talking down at the girl. Mira had it the same way, though she knew that the girls deserved it, and both for that reason, and out of respect for the great creature, she waited till the silverdragon had finished her speech, before standing behind the girl, with Valor by her side really angry and upset of the poor girls fate and a calm hand on her shoulder.
"Now be gentle. She is my student Silvermantle and she is in for a rough ride as it is. I Will heed your words, but I have told you that you would do everyone a favor to take a flight in the mornings as you are grumpy as the nine hells!"
Her voice is calm, and valor who just sendt a telepathic link to confirm the silverdragon that he will help the girl dares not to say anything. Mira has always been the only one daring to say anything to the great dragon, even as a student. And now where this silent mentor and respectful woman had crossed a line in this test of hers. Mira had had the test and failed it once before. She had learned form her mistake and even made the headmistress and her dragon laugh back then because she had showed an arrogance even greater than the normal goldelf, but under a great control, that not many could show.
"She does not need your words right now, after a travel this long, so scoo out and use your trick to make a dwarf sober! The girl is too tired to listen to your foul tounge. If you keep on I will tell Tesari!"
There it was. The last ace she loved to pull. The game that Mira always loved to play with people, about silvermantle and Tesari. Such irony things were in the ways of dragons. Just like the gods.

Subject: Re: The arrival Sun May 18, 2008 2:11 pm

SilverMandle suddenly turns her eye to Mira.. "You have always played a dangerous game, yet I think somehow I was misunderstood..." She suddenly falls silent again and a smile starts to show on her face.

"Suren the girl is tired from her travels, and suren she might have been told about the arrogance of us silvery ones. But, that doesnt expain her as she is. So far all I have seen and witness is the traits put in her by her family..." she then looks back a Shalisa. "Either you choose now to be human, and bond with a chosen dragon, or you choose to follow the dragon blood that runs in your veins." she tells silently, almost like a whisper for onyl Shalisa to hear.

"I have no doubt that the teachings will be long, hard and unpredictable, but that is no excuse for failing a simple test.." as she looks back to Valor and Mira.

"Drunken Dwarves doesnt taste that good anyway" she suddenly states with a smile. "Besides taking them for a flight is more fun than making them sober!" again said with a smile.

She then turns her eye back to Shalisa "So young one, are you ready to forget all about your family, your past and start to learn the truth about dragons, their life and becoming a Cleric trusting in only 2 things... Your God and your dragon?" she lets the last word trail off into the distance as if there suddenly was an ecco in this eccoless room.

Subject: Re: The arrival Sun May 18, 2008 2:24 pm

Shalisa smiles shortly to the goldendragon, and a warmth fills her up when Mira is taking her side and defends her. Maybe one or two in this odd place was tolerable. She swallows a few times to make sure her voice is firm and calm when she ansvers the silverdragon.

"No i am not old one. I will never forget my family or where i came from. i will honor them in thought, word and action, and will prove myself worthy of my familyname."

She speaks and proudly raises her head. She whas a proud young woman, and she wanted to make her father proud of her.

"To only trust in two things in life would make me a heartless warrior of healing, and that is not the way of Truesilver. I will belive in godness and love, in my dragon - yes - and in myself. And im sure Master Cleric Mira is also going to teach me a thing or two i also can put my faith in"

She turns her head and bows it lightly - a respectfull gesture, afterwards she looks at the silverdragon again.

"My blood does not determin my destiny. My heart does. And what the future has in store for my only Truesilver knows, so for now i will be a willing student in the school of life, for i am but a youngling yet, though i have learned a lot my age despite"

She replies, and shifts her weight to one foot. They where hurting quite a bit now.

Subject: Re: The arrival Sun May 18, 2008 3:09 pm

Mira did nothing but look at the girl as she suddenly became more dangerous than Mira has ever played. She hides her grin behind those lips and a mask of arrogance. How she loved this game, and how poor they were never to see through it. Valor stood by Mira unable to quite understand the full aspect of the game those to old creatures were playing, sure it was fun though he still stood up for injustice. Mira kept her hand calmly on Shalisas shoulder, and felt the shift from one to another. The girl was proud, and she had potential to be something great. The talking about her blood was something Mira couldn't talk about but apparently everyone had figured it out. everyone except her. She had a feeling of what it could be from what Silvermantle said but that would be unheard of, and not even possible! Mira had studied dragons for years, she knew it. It couldn't be, but something was for sure. The girl had a certain flair about her. She were not like every other girl in town. Maybe Mira could even grow fond of the girl though only time could show that.
Expacially with that god. Mira's smile grew a bit bigger, as she heard the choice of god the girl had picked. That was defently not normal for anyone, and especially not a human girl. She didn't want to say anything to the choice, and she felt that maybe her words would do nothing good right now.
For some time she said nothing and just thought but finally she opened her mouth once again.
"True words Shalisa, but a few. To trust in few things does not make one heartless. You could gain friends here to trust, and what Silvermantle means is only that you cannot trust for your family to come, and many dangers lies ahead of a person trusting everyone."
Her voice is soft and soothing and while she talks a coolness stems from her right hand on Shalisas shoulder filling the girl, from her tip to her toe, and especially her feet, though Mira had a completely different reason for doing it, as she didn't know the girls feet hurt.