Ala moved around the cave, she was in a 'blah' mood, she wanted a babysitter but Tinania wasn't anywhere near them, so the question was... who
Torvil brushed his hair and grumbled. "OH!" He smacked his head into the wall. "Bah!" He ran to Ala. "I know somebody we can use!"
Ala looked up "Who, besides your mom, she's got enough of a handful of her own"
"Mikiri, and Jakath... I heard he grew just yesterday..." He said softly. "Her kids are kinda puttering around outside of the cave, visiting others tonight she said, except Jakath, he doesn't want to leave the house..."
"Mikiri, well I suppose it doesn't hurt to ask, everyone else we know is busy with things" she said with a nod looking towards her son surrounded by his stuffed dragons playing with them
Torvil nodded. "You want me to go ask her?" He said softly. "I could run quick and come back..."
Ala nodded "Probably a good plan to ask before telling Surion anyways, case she can't"
Torvil nodded and kissed her cheek before running out of the house.
Ala smiled and moved closer to Surion dropping onto an armchair to wait for the results
Torvil came back a bit later, with a smile. "We have green..."
"Thankyou Visha" Ala said with a sigh "I love our son, but I need a break for a night" she said with a soft smile
Torvil nodded. "I hear you love..." He smiled softly and moved over to Surion. "Hey Sur, wanna spend the night a Jakath's?"
Surion looked up at his dad "Jakaf? Otay" he said with a grin "Jakaf fun now he play 'gain"
Torvil chuckled and knelt down, picking him up. "Yeah..." He kissed his son's forehead and started to gather some of his stuff in one hand.
Surion only held onto one dragon with his hands as he was picked up.
Torvil smiled and grabbed a change of clothes for him and that was that. He waved at Ala with them when he headed for the door. "Comin?"
Ala laughed and got up "Course I am" she said and hurried after her males
Surion bounced in his father's Arms "Jakaf Jakaf Jakaf Sur play wif Jakaf!"
Torvil chuckled and started to head towards Mikiri's house quickly, wanting Surion to get out of their hair quickly.
Ala hurried after him, even though they were nearly the same height her mate could still move a fair bit faster then her
Surion glanced around a couple times then watched where they were going holding his toy tightly in his hands
Torvil entered Mikiri's Cave. "We're here!" He called. Mikiri looked up from her weaving. The recently grown child, Jakath sat on the couch, brushing the fur.
Surion's eyes looked around for his cousin and friend only to land on his his smile slipped as he stared
Ala smiled "Hi Mikiri and Jakath" she greeted the pair
"Hi Ala!" Mikiri smiled. "Hi Aunt Ala..." Jakath replied smiling at Surion a little. Torvil chuckled and put Surion down.
Surion didn't move still clutching the dragon by it's neck staring at Jakath
Ala smiled "Thankyou Mikiri, I'm sure you know just how nice it is to have an evening alone with your mate"
Mikiri smiled. "Yeah... I know..." She murmured and waved at them. "Now go, Shoo! your nights a wasting!" Torvil chuckled and grabbed Ala's arm, pulling her out of the cave after he dropped off Surion's stuff. Jakath got up and started to walk over to Surion
Ala waved as her body disappeared out of sight
Surion watched his parents go for a moment then turned around again and noticed he was being approached, he looked up at his cousin biting his lip with his sharp teeth
Jakath, who was not almost more than a head taller than Surion, knelt down so he could look him in the eyes. "Hey..." He murmured softly. "Want to go play?"
"Otay" Surion said quietly looking near tears for the fact his play friend was no longer the same as he was
Jakath sighed and the first thing he did was give Surion a big hug. "I'm sorry Surion..." he said softly into his cousin's ear. "We can still play tho, I promise I'm not that much different..."
Surion nodded slowly "Otay" he said quietly liking his cousin's hug, but then he liked attention so that helped
Jakath smiled and poked his nose. "To my room!" He said happily.
Surion nodded "Otay" he smiled moving to pull away and hurry towards Jakath's room
Jakath smiled and started to walk towards his room, it was strange, that his cousin hadn't grown.
Surion's tail was the last thing that was seen as he slipped into the room ahead of his cousin
Jakath chuckled and entered the room after him, looking around.
Surion was sprawled on Jakath's bed on his back with his dragon in the air held up by his hands when Jakath entered the room
Jakath smiled. "So what we gonna play?" He asked, sitting on his floor.
Surion rolled and pushed up to sit "Sur not know" he said looking at his cousin " he said putting the dragon beside of him on the bed
Jakath nodded and thought for a moment. "Wanna play Dragon hunt?"
"How Sur play?" Surion asked curiously not really knowing this game
Jakath got up and he smiled. "Well what we do, is we go out and we 'hunt' dragons..." he chuckled. "We tag people and run away..."
"Otay" Surion said with a nod, he knew tag, he also knew running away
Jakath got up, and motioned for him to follow.
Surion followed him leaving his dragon safe on Jakath's bed as he moved
Jakath walked out into the main. "Me and Surion are going out for a bit mom..." "Okay... Be safe..." Mikiri said.
"Bye bye" Surion said waving a hand as he followed his cousin closely
Jakath headed down towards the market. "Once we get to the Market we can start..." He said softly.
"Otay" Surion said holding his cousin by the hem of his tunic and staying close his eyes glancing around once in a while
Jakath moved down to the Market and then leaned against one of the walls, watching.
Surion tried to be a copy of his cousin leaning against the wall, even looking up at HOW he was leaning and trying to copy it
Jakath looked down at him and smiled. "Now we wait..."
Surion nodded "Now wait" he said looking up at his cousin for a moment before again copying him
Jakath laughed softly and waited... Till two girls about his 'age' walked by, they should have been familiar.
Surion watched them, to him what was familiar was their scent
Jakath smirked. "You take the right... I take the left..." He murmured, slowly starting to stalk closer.
Surion nodded and followed his cousin he didn't really know what right was... but he guessed it was whatever one Jakath didn't tag
Jakath smirked and then tagged the left female.
Surion tagged the one Jakath didn't
Kalia turned and looked down at Surion. "Oh!" She giggled and knelt grabbing his wrist. "Hey!" Jakath smirked and started to talk with Janie for a little.
Surion stared up at her biting his lip feeling rather 'trapped'
Kalia let his wrist go and kissed his forehead. "Hello Cutie... We're all waiting for you to grow..." She smiled and stood up, looking to Jakath. "You did on time I see..." She blushed.
Surion pulled his hand to himself "Sur this many" he said holding up three fingers and meaning how many months he was, he knew that much, his mom told him and he'd heard his mom and dad tell others
Kalia's eyes went wide and she looked him over. "Oh my..." She murmured.
Surion pulled his hand back to himself not liking her new expression, it was like he had done something bad. he backed up a bit not watching where he was going
Kalia's face instantly softened and she bit her lip. "Sorry..." She murmured and got on her knees, with a soft smile. "Come here..." She said softly with open arms. "Come give me a hug... please?"
Surion stared at her for a minute before slowly moving forward again playing with the tip of his tail in his hands
Kalia scooted forwards a little to get her hands behind his back, then slowly pulled him to her and giving him a hug
Surion let her hug him though he didn't hug her back as he played with his tail
Kalia pulled away and smiled at him. "It's alright..." She murmured softly. "You'll grow when your time comes..."
Surion smiled "Sur get big" he said with a nod holding his tail tightly
Kalia smiled and kissed his forehead again. "Hey, why don't we all go play now that we're together..."
Surion looked up at Jakath when she suggested this, he was following his cousin around, that is unless his cousin went to a certain place again
Jakath nodded. "Yeah, sure, that's fine..." He said with a smile, scratching the back of his head.
"Otay, Sur play too" he said with a nod and a smile
Kalia smiled and nodded. "Yeah!" She said offering him her hand.
Surion looked at Jakath before taking her hand when it was offered
Kalia smiled and took it, and the group started to walk towards the upper cliffs.
Surion walked with them relieved to see them going up rather then down
Kalia smiled and soon they were in a rather clear area.
Surion looked around them he'd never been there before and especially in places he'd not been before he looked at EVERYTHING
Kalia smiled at him and sat down. "So Jakath, oh great leader, what shall we play?" Jakath scratched his head for a moment
Surion sat down near her his tail wrapping around him and into his lap listening
Jakath thought for a moment longer..." How about we race to the top?"
Surion was quiet letting them pick what they would play, he just wanted to play with his cousin, he didn't really care what it was
They nodded and stood. "Kay, first to the top wins!" Jakath chuckled and joined them
Surion stood up when he saw them all stand they'd picked something , he smiled excitedly to be playing
"Ready... GO!" Jakath shouted and ran off towards the top of the cliffs, the girls hot on his heels.
Surion ran after them though they were quickly gaining distance on him
They didn't seem to notice they were losing him either.
Soon he stopped, watching them run, he looked around he didn't really know exactly where he was after they had basically disappeared from sight, pink tears trickled down his cheeks and he looked around finding a tall rock offering protection from the trees and a place to hide from the path not wanting to be found by any animal big or small and sat behind it with his knees pulled up to him his arms wrapped around them being very quiet
It took about five minutes for them to come tearing ass back down the slope, trying to find him.
Surion didn't move, not even hearing them return he just stared at his tail that was wrapped part way around one of his legs
"Surion?" Kalia called out. "Surion?"
Surion didn't reply just sniffled a little still crying, the knees of his trousers pink
Kalia moved closer towards Surion's rock.
Surion didn't move he had picked up the scent of someone approaching but it was a familiar scent so he didn't run
Kalia stuck her head over the rock. "There you are..." she said relieved.
Surion pulled his knees closer to himself almost as if trying to hide even more from the kids who had left him behind
Kalia sighed and moved over behind the rock. "We're sorry..."
Surion's blue eyes slowly looked towards her and he sniffled again and used a hand to wipe across his nose
Kalia pulled him to her and brushed his hair. "We weren't paying attention, this is our fault..."
"Sur too little" he said trying to pull away from her hug
Kalia sighed. "No... Sur just..." She bit her lip. "Sur just need a little more time be bigger... I'm sure Sur be bigger soon..." She said softly.
Surion shook his head, he didn't believe her, he'd been little for a long time "Sur little" he said sniffling again
Kalia hugged him tighter and kissed his forehead. "Shhh... Sur be big soon..."
Surion cried quietly holding his tail tightly, he didn't believe her
Kalia held him and started to hum a soft dragon song, something soothing, she felt bad for him deep down, that he'd not grown with the rest.
Surion quieted listening to her humming, humming could always calm him, always had
Kalia held him for awhile, and the other two opted to go off and talk a bit, but didn't stray to far.
Surion looked around he didn't see his cousin. Pulling away from her he slowly started walking towards the direction they had come from when they had come up to this area of the cliffs
Jakath was talking with Janie, and he was blushing a lot and scratching the back of his head.
Surion didn't stop he just kept walking, he felt out of place with the older kids
Jakath stopped talking for a moment and turned his head to follow Surion. "Sur, where you going?" He asked softly.
"Sur go back Auntie cave" he mumbled not stopping
Jakath bit his lip. "Here Sur, I'll come with you..." He said softly, moving to follow.
Surion nodded but didn't stop walking he was looking around as he walked every now and then and following his nose for his Aunt Mikiri
Jakath just followed him, feeling really bad that Surion had gone through all that...
Soon by pure luck more then anything he found his way back, he walked straight through the cave towards Jakath's room wanting his dragon
Jakath waited outside of his door, watching SurionMikiri came in and bustled about putting up Jakath's clothes. "Did you two have fun?"
Surion looked up at her and shook his head a lil while he held the dragon close to him then walked towards her
Mikiri sighed and picked him up, holding him and giving Jakath 'the look' and walking. Jakath sighed and walked in, flopping on his bed.
Surion cuddled against his Aunt holding his dragon close at the same time as he cuddled
Mikiri walked to her room and sat on the bed. "What happened?"
"Sur too little" he said quietly to her when she asked
Mikiri sighed. "Who told you that..." She hugged him close.
"Sur did, Sur little, Jakaf big, girl big, Sur little leg, Jakaf big leg, girl big leg, Sur not fast, Jakaf fast, girl fast" he said rambling
Mikiri hugged him tight. "Oh Surion..." She buried her face into his hair. "You'll grow soon I promise.." She murmured and sat up a little. "I know... I can give you the growing herb..." She said with a soft smile.
Surion looked up at her blinking his cheeks still were pink from his crying when he was sitting behind the rock
Mikiri brushed his cheeks. "We have a special herb that promotes growth..." She murmured softly. "I'll give you some..." She smiled.
"Otay auntie" he said staying where he was in her arms
Mikiri stood and smiled holding him close. She was lying through her teeth... But he didn't have to know that... She just wanted him to cheer up
Surion leaned against her listening to her heart as she moved "Sur not like 'lone" he said quietly as she walked
Mikiri held him. "Nobody likes being alone... Did Jakath and the others leave you?"
Surion nodded "Sur too little" he said "Sur little leg, not go fast" he said quietly
Mikiri held him. "I'm sure they didn't mean to leave you behind..." She put him down on the counter. "And if they did..."
Surion pulled his legs to him sitting cross-legged watching her "Sur stop, sure 'lone, Sur hide" he said only watching her not paying attention to much else
Mikiri nodded and brought a strange looking leaf over. "Here, eat this..." She murmured.
Surion took the leaf looking at it "Sur eat Sur big?" he asked her holding the leaf with his hands
"Yes, but i might take a little time... Could be tomorrow could be next week... It's very random..."
Surion nodded and sniffed the leaf before munching on the edge of it
Mikiri smiled, it was a calm inducing minty leaf, if he ate it all, he'd probably fall asleep because of his size. "You need to eat it all Surion..."
Surion nodded "Otay Auntie" he said still munching on it and looking around
Mikiri smiled and let out a sigh of relief.
Surion eventually ate all of it and was yawning sleepily looking to have a hard time keeping his eyes open
Mikiri smiled and picked him up, humming softly as she moved for Jakath's room
By the time she arrived there he was asleep against her his hand loosely holding his dragon dropping it just before they got to the door. His blanket had been with his clothes, he didn't drag it everywhere anymore but still insisted on sleeping with it
Mikiri lay him down next to the sleeping Jakath, who had tears of his own on his face. She sighed and kissed her son's forehead and ran her fingers though his hair. "Life's not easy for you is it Jakath... My leader..." She murmured, moving back out and getting Surion's Blanket and Dragon, tucking Surion in and making sure the stuffy dragon was there. She kissed his forehead too and brushed his hair. "Sleep well my favorite nephew..."
Surion curled up into more of a lil ball his hand instinctively latching onto the blanket when she tucked him in
Mikiri smiled and walked out, blowing out the torch on the wall as she left.
Surion slept through the night rolling a few times by morning he was sprawled on his back his tail draped over Jakath's side, but it wasn't his normal tail... it was longer...
Jakath mumbled and rolled over, looking at Surion, he blinked and looked at the tail on him. "Mmmph?!" He rolled out of bed and stood, rushing to get his mum.
Surion didn't notice his cousin's movement still sleeping soundly thanks to the leaf
Mikiri came in and was floored. Had it actually done as she said?! That would have been... well odd... She giggled and chalked it up to a fluke, but she'd milk it any way she could! She moved over and shook his shoulder. "Surion... Surion..."
"Mmmm" Surion replied reaching a hand up to rub an eye with his fist
Mikiri giggled. "Guess what..." She murmured.
Surion opened one bright blue eye looking up at her
"You grew..." She smirked softly.
Surion opened his other eye blinking not sure if he should believe her, he rolled to his side and pushed up still a lil sleepy-groggy and looked at himself he said nothing yet, just stared
Mikiri giggled softly. "See!" She smiled, and Jakath just stared at his cousin.
"Big" he said quietly even his voice sounded older he reached behind himself and grabbed his tail pulling it around him looking at it too
Mikiri grinned at him. Yeah..." She murmured softly. Jakath nodded. "Yeah... big..."
"The leaf worked?" he asked her, by now he was standing and looking underneath himself still rather shocked
Mikiri grinned softly. "The leaf was to make you sleep... There is no 'growing' herb Surion..." She said softly. "No, you did this on your own... as much as I would like to take the credit.
Surion looked at her and quirked a brow, she was a tricky one, he'd have to remember that
Mikiri smiled softly and nodded her head. "Yes... You did this on your own... Wait till your parent's see you!"
"Whoa, mum will not know me" he said then he noticed something, his trousers once at his ankles were now at his knees and his tunic almost didn't fit at all, his bellybutton showing along with most of his forearms
Mikiri giggled. "Here... Let me get you some spare clothing..." She dug through Jakath's dresser and started tossing clothes at him, some of them would fit some wouldn't.
"Thankyou" he said gathering what he would need and changing not even thinking about her presence or his cousins
They didn't seem to mind either, in fact, both just went about their business as usual, Jakath making his bed, and Mikiri going to make breakfast.
Surion finished and yawned widely shaking his head to get rid of the sleepies
Jakath finished on the bed. "Shall we go see what my mom's cooking?"
Surion nodded "Yeah... I'm hungry" he admitted looking at his cousin
Jakath nodded and walked over, wrapping an arm around his shoulder, thankful that he was still taller. "Hey... Sorry about yesterday, we weren't thinking ya know.."
Surion nodded "You're used to playing with kids your age, I'm older, yet I was still smaller, it made sense... I guess"
Jakath chuckled weakly. "I'm still sorry tho... I felt so bad about it yesterday, I'm sure Janie and Kalia do too..."
Surion nodded "Just a fact of life I guess" he said softly heading towards the hall his stomach grumbling
Jakath walked with him and patted his shoulder. "Yeah, still sorry..." He murmured, then headed in.
"I know Jakath, it's ok..." he said wandering into the kitchen
Jakath nodded and sat down at the table, just as Mikiri started to lay out the food
Surion walked up to the table to sit, he always found his aunt's and his grandparent's table a lil tall for him
Mikiri smiled and put a plate out for him. "how's it feel?
"Uhm, weird" he admitted playing with a strand of hair as he took the place from her
Mikiri chuckled and smiled. "Well I'm sure it felt weird for Jakath too..."
Surion looked up at her giving her a confused questioning look utensil in hand as he was just about to eat
Mikiri giggled. "Going from toddler to child like that..." She smiled softly.
"Me? or Jakath?" he looked from his Aunt to his cousin
"Both of you..." she murmured.
Surion nodded and dug into his meal hungrily
Mikiri smiled and ate with them
Surion ate till he was full and leaned on the table his tail twitching lazily below him
Mikiri smiled. "So what do you want to do today Surion?" She asked softly
Surion shrugged "I dunno, whatever" he said still getting used to being bigger
Mikiri smiled. "Well there's only one downside to this whole growing thing..."
"What's that Auntie?" he asked quietly looking up at her
"You no longer have that cute speech impediment..."
Surion blushed brightly, he himself hadn't even noticed
Mikiri giggled. "Oh well, you just got all the more cuter anyway..." She murmured and smiled.
"Thanks Auntie" he said softly playing with the utensil in his hand
Mikiri smiled and rolled her neck a little giving him a wink. "Why don't you two go out and play a bit..."
Surion nodded dropping the utensil and sliding off the chair heading towards the door
Jakath got out of his chair and went to follow Surion, who knew, maybe they might actually... play... The minute they stepped out side they were accosted by the horde once more... Only the horde was taller now.
Surion stopped for a moment he hadn't been expecting to see them, he wasn't sure about playing with the whole group, last couple times were rather a disaster
Jakath chuckled and waved a few off, he pulled Surion close. "Well Sur... It's your choice... Shall we ditch these loser and Find Janie and Kalia? Or do we wanna troll with the sheep?"
"Last couple times we did either of those they both bombed, so I don't know" he said with a sigh
Jakath chuckled softly and patted his shoulder. "Hrm... Well do you think you can survive a hit now... Cause I sure as hell ain't going near the ram again..."
Surion shrugged, he hadn't played a ton of the war game in a long while
Jakath stroked his chin. "Hrmmm... Well... We could try again... Or would you rather we find the girls?"
"You seem awful keen on the girls" he mused hearing the options again and again
Jakath blushed softly and poked his fingers together. "S-so? They can be fun..."
"You didn't used to think so" he said and looked towards the crowd of kids
Jakath blushed more. "I... Uh... Got to know them better?"
"Then why don't you go play with them, I'm not sure what I want to do" Surion says pointedly
Jakath bit his lip. "But I want to spend time with you Surion..." He said looking at his cousin. "Lord knows when one of us will grow again..."
"Knowing my growth it wont be any time soon, I'm a lot older then you after all " he said to his cousin
Jakath nodded. "Well I'd really like to spend time with you, so why don't we just go off by ourselves.
Surion nodded "Ok" he said messing with the bottom hem of the tunic he wore
Jakath nodded and slowly walked away from the crowd, which had stated to play again.
Surion wandered along with his cousin his tail moving lazily around his legs
Jakath walked till they hit the market, then he found a table for them to sit at, and he motioned for Surion to join him.
Surion climbed into the seat and leaned on the table swinging his feet since there was lots of space under him
Jakath smiled and leaned forwards. "So, what do we want to do today neh?"
Surion shrugged "I don't know, not like I planned to wake up all grown up... Why are you so keen on Kalia and Janie?"
Jakath blushed. "Erm... really only Janie..." He said softly, his eyes suddenly finding the table very interesting.
"You like her?" Surion asked curiously
He nodded slowly, the tips of his ears turning red. "She's cute..." He murmured
Surion nodded and said nothing his finger running over the pattern in the table
Jakath looked up. "What do you think of Kalia?" he asked softly
"She's ok I guess..." Surion admitted but he didn't blush like his cousin had when he spoke about Janie
Jakath nodded softly. "She's likes you... She was very mad when you hadn't grown..." he murmured. "But I get the feeling... you don't like her that much.
"Maybe as a friend..." he said quietly glad the girls weren't there to hear them talk about this
Jakath nodded slowly and chuckled. "I'm not sure she's going to like that..." He murmured. "But I guess she'll live..." He smiled softly.
"Why" he asked looking up at his cousin
"She likes you... In... That way..."
Surion stared at his cousin like he had a third eye not sure what he meant
"She has a crush on you! She... erm... Uh.... Dangit!" he tapped his finger for a moment thinking. "AH! She likes you like your mum likes your dad..."
Surion's eyes went wide at the thought of how his mom and dad 'liked' each other
Jakath nodded. "Yeah... Yeah... like that..."
Surion shook his head "Uh no... I don't like her like THAT"
Jakath nodded. "Didn't think so..." He said softly and moved his finger along the top of the table
"What's a crush?" Surion asked after a few minutes
"A crush is well, feeling that you like another person a whole lot... But it's not quite love yet..." He said softly. "Or maybe it is love, but it's not... It's not as strong as well, love love..."
Surion stared at him letting the information sink in and trying to understand it
Jakath looked at the table and bit his lip.
"I like Nani" he said after a few minutes of thinking about this information
Jakath looked up. "Who's that?" He said softly.
"Somebody back near the house where mum and dad and me live, she's my babysitter, I've known her since I was... well a baby" he said trying to explain it
Jakath nodded. "Ah, well that's understandable..." He chuckled and sat up a little bit. "Well I'll tell you what... I'll go after Janie, and you can have this Nani person..." he smiled. "The next time you come back to the cliffs you can tell me how it's going..."
Surion chuckled "She's bigger then both of us, I don't know that she'd like me" he said
Jakath chuckled and gave his cousin a 'look'. "Surion, a girl resist a Rakamash? Are you crazy! We're irresistible!"
Surion couldn't help but laugh "Yeah, but she's not like us, she's not dragon" he said not knowing if it'd make a difference
Jakath's face faulted just a teensy bit. "Hrm..." He stroked his chin and leaned forwards. "Well then you just might have to try a little harder... But I'm sure your charm will win out!" He smiled softly. "But erm... I might suggest avoiding bringing her here till cousin Vina enacts a few acts neh?"
"My sister Vina?" he was a little confused, he knew his sister was an Elder but what acts would she need to do
Jakath nodded. "Yeah... It's still kinda sort of illegal for outsiders to be here... But she kinda got her husband... and her other mate... Here on a sort of extended Visa..." He said softly. "I think she's trying to make it so we can open trade to the outside... But the Older elders are against it, and the only two people backing her are Rhazar and My dah..."
"Mum is not from here, and technically neither am I" he stiffened
Jakath bit his lip. "But you guys count as Dragons..." He said softly, pointing at the horns.
"So, Mum wasn't a dragon when she and dad met..." he didn't like this conversation
Jakath thought for a moment. "But uh..." he sat back. "Uh..." He racked his brain hard. "You know what, I don't think it really matters... Mom likes her, therefore she has to be okay..."
Surion looked down at the table "Then I wont bring Nani here" he mumbled "Only Mum and Dad and my siblings will know her"
Jakath bit his lip and nodded slowly. "O-okay..." He murmured softly and sighed. "Why is it such an issue... I really wonder if the places outside the cliffs are as bad as the older Elders say..."
"No. I was born out there, I was raised out there besides the time I've been here" he said crossing his arms "Can't be that bad our Aunt lives out there and even raises and cares for one of the animals my mum and dad find homes for!"
Jakath nodded. "Maybe I should talk to Dad about putting more pressure on the council... He should be able to make some headway... I... I kinda wanna know what it's like out there..."
"Your brother came, I don't se why you couldn't" Surion said boldly
Jakath nodded his head. "Yeah... Jokar did, and he's still very happy and healthy... His family is just two caves down from ours..." he murmured. "I guess I could... But don't you have your hunt still?"
"Oh yeah, guess it wouldn't be now that you do, I don't think we are leaving really soon, Dad keeps talking about not being able to tell mum about what is coming... Mum keeps saying she knows he can't tell... Mum says we are staying till after it" Surion said
Jakath nodded and looked up at the sky for a moment. "It drove my mom nuts... Dad's a Hunter, and an Elder... and he can't tell her half the things he does..."
"I heard mum talking about becoming one... and she's helping the healers too" Surion said quietly
Jakath nodded and smiled. "That would be cool..." He murmured softly.
"So now what should we do" he stomach growled, enough time had passed it was nearly lunch time
"We get some lunch from one of the vendors..." He smirked, standing up. "And I know just the one..."
Surion smiled and hopped down following after his cousin
Jakath made haste to a female food vender. "Veeeeeeeeeennnnnnn...."
Surion followed after him almost keeping up and not wanting to get separated on the way to get food
The female turned and looked at him. "Ah Jakath, little brother, how are you..." She smiled, working with the food as she kept it warm.
Surion stopped beside his cousin looking up at the female, the food smelled wonderful
Jakath smiled. "Can we have some food?" "Two claw a piece!" Ven giggled. "Veeennn! You know we don't have money!" Jakath pouted. "Oh alright..." Ven smiled and gave them both a small haunch of deer. "Have fun!"
"Thankyou" Surion said taking the meat as it was passed to him, he knew not who the lady was but obviously his cousin did
Jakath smiled and walked away. "Older sister..." He smiled.
Surion nodded "I have 2 sisters" he said and bit into the meat his sharp teeth digging in as he pulled the meat
Jakath chuckled and ate. "I have more than I can count...." He smiled.
"Two sisters and one brother" Surion said feeling a lil weird that his cousin had so many and he only had a few siblings
Jakath chuckled. "I have more brothers than I can count too..."
Surion was quiet he didn't want to compare how many anymore
Jakath looked at him and bit his lip. "Sorry..." He murmured, eating.
"Not your fault" he said simply, returning to his meat sucking at the remaining bloody juices with his fangs almost as if feeding from the meat
Jakath nodded and ate, heading back towards home.
Surion followed after him finishing the meat by the time they reached the cave
Jakath entered. "Mom, We're back!" He called out.
Surion wandered in after his cousin wiping his hands on the sides of the trousers he was wearing
Mikiri came into the room with a smile. "Hey you too, take a seat... Surion I think you parent's are in the kitchen... They could have moved while I did laundry tho..."
"Kay" Surion said and wandered into the kitchen looking around for his parents
Torvil was making a sandwich, when he saw Surion he froze. "Who are you, and what have you done with my son?" He asked softly, though there was a lot of play in his voice.
Surion laughed "Daaaddddd" he said playfully exasperated
Ala's eyes widened looking to see what Torvil was at "Well now..."
Torvil chuckled. "I think we'll be heading out on the Hunt Soon, I'll have to Talk to Malkar tonight..."
Surion fidgeted and nodded "Yeah I guess so" he said he hadn't thought about exactly when it'd be
Ala smiled softly "My son is getting all grown up" she said with a happy sigh
"Muummmmm" Surion said blushing lightly
Torvil chuckled. "Next thing you know we'll be grandparent's all over again..." He smirked, reaching out and ruffling Surion's hair.
Surion blushed at that, did his parent's know what he and Jakath had been talking about?
Torvil grinned at him and laughed, poking his nose. "You and I will have a talk later..."
Surion nodded "Yes Dad" he said feeling warm in the tips of his pointy ears
Torvil chuckled and smiled at Ala. "Well lets get our budding young man home before he sprouts again... I'll stop by again tonight and talk to Malkar..."
Ala laughed and nodded "Don't forget your sandwich love" she said standing up from the chair she'd been sitting in
"I'll go get my stuff" Surion said and left the room in the direction of Jakath's room where his dragon and blanket were
Torvil chuckle. "Ah yes! My SHAMMICH!" he laughed and finished it up, taking a huge bite out of it. "Mmmm... Good Shammich...."
Surion returned a few minutes later carrying the items "Uhm, guess the change of clothing you brought would be too small now huh" turning the folded clothing over in his hand
Ala shook her head "Silly love"
Torvil chuckled and nodded. "We'll get you some more tonight... Right now, lets head home!" He said, still munching on his sandwich.
Surion nodded "Kay Dad" he wandered out of the kitchen to say bye to his cousin, his mother wasn't far behind him
Jakath waved to him as he left, Torvil finishing the line as he headed out, eating.
Surion waved and thanked his aunt as they disappeared out the cave