My plans are going along smoothly

I have Stormcutter it went back into it's inert form so I can't use any of it's powers actually I couldn't anyway since It has this whole " If he be worthy" thing going for it. But what I want with isn't it's power. I have enough physical gifts already. No what's important is the soul of my Uncle Mirai is trapped inside it. finishing up my first challenge at The game show. I take some to to buy a drink at the Crime Alley Bar, And next thing I know a green arrow shatters my drink. Some blonde kid challenges me. " You! Your the one who's been lying about Cassandra Cain!" " Connor Hawke is it? From what I hear it's your job to make up stories about people. " " You know what I mean!" He accuses " You've told people she's your mother. " two people by accident! And Mirai had to tell my entire family. How did it spread to Junior here? " I am what I am believe it or not I don't care. Now this bar is not for minors so please leave. " He tries to fire another arrow I break his bow, Grab him by the throat. And pick him up. " I warned you." After a quick beating. I tell him " You don't like the idea of me because you love my mother don't you? And my existence says you'll never get her. How quaint. " I finish off by putting my hand on his chest and burning the Mark of Cain into his skin. I buy another drink and leave then my phone rings. " Master! We couldn't get Mirai's body this insane vampire woman killed most of us !" " So the greatest killers on the planet, can't take down one vampire! Fine I'll handle it myself!" " Yes One Who is All!" I call my elite Evil Ryu , Mad Dog, Alpha, Kung Fu Clown Sigh. I know he sounds like a horrible addition but we'll see how it works out. i We all meet at the cemetery where Mirai's body is interred. Damn it's not any ordinary vampire It's Vampirella. " A vampire on Halloween. How perfect. " I sneer. " You have your mother's eyes." She states. " Now where is my husband's sword?" " Safe. So how did you know we were going for the old man's body?" " I didn't But my sources said there were ninjas running around Mirai's final resting place. I came to investigate. " " Hmph! Well you know I have to take Mirai's body. Please don't make this any harder than you have to." " Your not taking him." Her fangs elongate. I shrug. " You really don't think you'll win do you?" "I've nearly defeated Vegeta, And your just a snot nosed brat from an alternate future. Where did Vincent and Cass go wrong with you?" I smirk use my speed, and knock her out of the way. I stomp the ground opening a chasm around the grave I use my ki to pull the coffin from the ground. I hear a hiss from behind me.My Aunt wants to play some more I see. Her claws go my my eyes while her teeth go my jugular. I catch her before she can get near, and I headbutt her knocking her away. Next she sends bats my way. A few ki blasts get rid of those. She claws my face, damn She knew of my body language reading ability and had the vermin block my eyes. She goes for my neck again. I drop and kick her in the gut. " I don't get why you keep fighting. If you somehow beat me, the other assassins are going to swarm you and defeat you. Don't make destroy your body. You know how much that hurts you." " Your an arrogant one aren't you?" She sneers. going at me again. before she can make any attack I block it, or get out of the way and hit her with a more powerful attack. Finally she's too far gone to put up a fight not that she doesn't stop trying to get up . " You can still get in your blood pool and heal. As for Mirai, you can have him back after I'm finished with him." I call Capsule Corp, and get a teenage boy answering. " Hello? Who is this ?" " Father?" " What? Inertia if this is one of your jokes I really don't get it!" I regain my composure forgetting the image of him being buried here. " Vampirella is at West City Cemetery. Alive but barely. You'd better get her to her blood pool. " " Who the hell are you?" He shouts. " Destiny." I hang up. Now for the next step in my plan.

Ghost ship.. part one

As I flew my ship I heard the ping that alerted me that we were getting close to the Excalibur. I took a look, "Well Shiara, We are home." My familiar took her chosen shape as the while cat. The Excalibur was orbiting another Dead World... The ruins were the Kraetorian Cities. At least what was left of them. The Kraetorian were an ancient race which died mysteriously 1010 years ago. Their Cities was integrated into the towering Mountains and had been covered by over a century's worth of plant growth. I contacted the Excalibur and requested to come aboard... "The Captain is on the surface." Lieutenant John Matheson informed me. "Well then I will just pop down and see how things are going." I say... I fly my ship below to the ruins in which they staring at... "Galen." The Captain gives me a quick glance. I smile, "Matthew. Is there a problem?" Dureena burrows up from the ground and emerges covered with green dirt... "No good Captain, Whatever is in that room, they didn't want anyone to get to it. Oh Hi Galen." Just then our Cooperation man as Matthew calls him enters, "I can't believe it a find of a lifetime and we can't get in..." "Maximilian, why are we waisting time with this particular area?" I ask recognizing that this is a weapons depot and not a clinic or hospital where the cure for the Drahk Plague might be. The Captain flashes him an annoyed look.... The Archaeologist shoots back at me, "These things would go better if you were always disappearing. Where were you when the Zekon attacked?" He attempts to walk over to me and Shiara hisses at him... Matthew instructs everyone to pack up and tells the good man that after we find the cure he will gladly help him get into the tomb. I walk with my old friend, he looks at me, oh here it comes, "Mr Eilerson has a point Galen. If you stuck around more we might have better luck." "Matthew please, the Zekon are nothing more than small gnats. The only thing one of their Skivers can accomplish is being a nuienseance." I shrug.. "Well, that is all they really were. Except one female that insisted on screaming some high pitch battle cry. No, it just... I am out of ideas... 2 years we have been looking for this damn cure and we have nothing. " He rubs his temples... I can understand his frustrations... Once alone on my ship Shiara turned back to her humanoid form, she had wanted to return to help her friends but I had been aways from the Excalibur for too long. I thought she was going to ask to return to help them and was preparing to tell her to go when she surprised me by asking me something else... "Galen, the virus is a nano-virus isn't. Maybe I could..." She stopped as she allowed her thoughts to quiet her.. "You would be dead... This is Shadow tech we are dealing with and you may be a Technopath but you are not strong enough to control them before they kill you." I sit in my chair... "but maybe I can make an anti-virus, it will take some work." She went quiet again and then looked up suddenly, "Have you went to Azu'ha'du, It is rumored to be one of many Shadow bases hidden beyond the rim. 600 years ago one of the Ghree's salvage ships were found, all hands dead.. blown into space... The Captain claimed he found..." I finished her sentence, "a scary ancient base containing the remains of several races both known and unknown that had died... They were experimenting... His last sentence stated that a virus had gotten loose on his ship and everyone was dying... His crew panicked and in an attempted of a mutiny there was an accident. The Ghree order the ship to be destroyed but something happened and it disappeared." She stepped closer with one of her atlases, "Dad loved maps. So when I see maps I buy them. I got this one, it is a particle map but is suppose to give the location of the ship." I took the map... I will call in a helping hand and then the three of us will have a lot of work to do... I then sent a Techno-message to Alwyn.... TBC

Family reunion

The name is Bruce. I was named after my adopted grandfather.I went back in time to kill Black Zero, But my Uncle Conner depowered him and put jim in prison that's a bigger punishment for that bastard. My time machine is broken, so I decided to meet up with my grandfather David Cain, and learn from him. which is how I ended up representing the League of Assassins, at this villain meeting. Deathstroke kept eyeing me. At some point he confronted me . " Cain? your one of that bastard David's kids aren't you? What's with the hair gel and purple dye? Never mind I don't care you 'd had better just stay out of my way little boy." I shrug " Whatever it is between you and my grandfather, doesn't concern me, I don't kill unless I'm paid for it. " This tall woman gives me an odd look. While Deathstroke laughs. " David is old enough to have a grandson in his early 20s Ha!" Deathstroke walked off , while the tall woman keeps staring at me. " Who is that?" I ask Merlyn. " Lady Shiva I'd stay on her good side, even with those powers of yours boy." Huh. Name sounds familiar. Any way this meeting is boring as hell. I was listening to Osborn drone on and on about how he is coming back. Oooh very ominous guy with weird hair. Maybe being part saiyan I shouldn't talk about weird hair. Any way just as I'm about to fall asleep I hear yelling for a second until I fully awaken I think it's Aunt Stephanie. It's just some silly girl in purple arguing with ... Rose Wilson? A whole bunch of other super heroes were getting into fights the others. Hey at least it 'll keep me from being bored to fight them. This Bat themed woman chose me to fight with .. At least I hope it's Batwoman. I don't want to accidentally prevent my birth. My older sister .. maybe , but not me. This doesn't look good she's fighting a lot better than Batwoman. I try out something I give a cue in body language that I'm going to attack and she falls for it with my super speed I grab her before she knows what's coming, and I take off her mask before she hits me in the between the eyes. When they stop blurring I see her shaking her hand. " Saiyan .... I should have known, with that hair." but she quickly takes out a Batarang. Damn it! It is my mom! She looks close. " Do.. I know you?" " Not for another 10 years." I mumble. Her body language says she confused I was going to not say anymore and slip out, when I See the Shocker about to take a shot at her " Mother! Look out!" I knock her out of the way and take the vibro blast. " Clumsy oaf!" Shocker shouts. Good he didn't notice I saved her, I turn and get a kick in the face from My godfather? Uncle Tim? God this weird. Finally I get these things thrown in my face by Uncle Nightwing. They explode and I fall well I pretend to fall. Mom keeps staring at me until Uncle Tim Grabs her. " We have to get out of here Cass!" " He called.. me mom!" She protests. " Unless he's a time traveler that's not possible, now we have to go. " I make sure no one notices, and slip out of the battle. Outside I keep thinking how weird this is. What's next the father I barely knew pops up? Not his fault. Black Zero killed him In my time. " What kind of game are you playing?" A voice behind me asks. I turn to Lady Shiva with a knife. " You claim to be the grandson of David Cain,and you called Cassandra "Mother. " What is your game ?" " What's it to you?" I snort and she tries to stab me. the knife actually draws blood. Damn where'd she get Adamntium? Worse is she fights like mom. I'm stronger ,and faster and about as good. But for some reason I don't want to kill her. So I'm off in my fighting with her. I don't want to hurt her or kill her, but don't want her to do the same thing to me. One way to do this " Solar Flare!" " Coward! " She yells. As I fly off. Great my rep is mud in this time I guess I'll be getting cut rate murder jobs now. But something about Shiva's smell. I can't kill her. Or even try. This sucks. Later. " Well Osborn? What does the DNA test say?" " Shiva my dear the blood test from the knife is conclusive, The boy is your grandson." " How is this possible Norman? He's older than Cassandra." " Time traveler? Alternate Universe? I don't know but he is family." " So that explains his reluctance to fight me. But i think I he should be tested to see if he's worthy of his blood. "

The Ex...

Since Galen wanted me to stay while he tended to business on the Excalibur, I had plenty of time to spend with HS. He invited me to his Grandparents house for dinner. Although I didn't stay... His Uncle Vincent (though they are the same age) was being cruel... What was so bad was I was having a good time.. I had met Vincent's girl friend Cass Cain and she was great... I had admired her skills the last time I saw her... We talked about me being a familiar. I was telling her that my training as a familiar wasn't complete that because there are no more of my mothers people that there was no one who could finish it. I would have to stumble through and hope experience would be a good teacher.. HS grandmother, Bulma show us baby pictures of HS and Vincent. Then it was spoiled by Vincent.. Galen told me that I am way too sensitive about my looks and that I am different but ... So I didn't stay... HS called later and asked if I wanted to double date with his friend Kon and Kon's girlfriend Cass.. (Another Cass) I said sure so it was planned. The HS said we were quad-dating with Justice and some boy as well as Vincent and Cass Cain... I don't mind meeting Cass again but somehow I had my doubts that the evening would be pleasant because of Vincent but I was surprise.. I enjoyed the company of both of the girls named Cass. Of course this boy what was his name Thad... um.. Inert... um... Justice's date said some off hand remark that instead of the ice show that we four should have a Jello fight... Cass stated it was time for us to powder our noses, as the other Cass gave him a smack in the back of the head. When I was coming from the bathroom with the Cassies I saw HS speaking with a dark haired girl.. "isn't that Laura." It was, it was his ex... I decided to leave.... I was waiting for Galen to respond and open a portal for me to return when I sensed a presence. I turned and with my technopathy had my nano-clothing change from my dress to something better for fighting... "I don't want to fight you." It was her.. Laura.. I found my arms and tried to wipe away the tears... "Good because I am not going to stand in HS's way to being happy. Congratulations." "What are you talking about?" She asked, then she nodded, "You think we are back together? No... that is too messed up, if I am lucky maybe he and I can still be friends." She turned to look in the sky, "that is HS... He is looking for you. by the way, He and I may not be together but it doesn't mean I don't care what happens to him. Break his heart and I will break you." She popped out her claws and then left... I signaled for HS and after spotting me he flew down. We talked and it seems he has chosen me.. She drove to his house and found the house full... "Mom is upstairs in her coffin. She drank a whole bottle of blood wine. She said Fury came to see dad, he needed some papers. Mom seeing that his briefcase was still here, got Fury the papers. but HS She also found papers on how to get a Sayian Divorce!" Justice started to cry... HS was quiet... to quiet. Vincent said something and Cass elbowed him... Cass looked at us, "Vella, Vince and I are here to get Vampirella. We have to take her to a safe house. She is in danger. Vella will stay to explain." Cass spoke slowly, after she was through HS and Justice helped her get Vampi. "I tried to be the perfect Sayian's wife. I gave up my adventures to raise our kids and to be here for Mirai. I have become slack and so out of practice, no wonder he is wanting a divorce." "We don't think that is the reason Aunt Vampi. Come on pull yourself together..." Vella was trying to help as well... I used a spell and put Vampi into a magical sleep. "She will stay this way until you are ready for her to wake." I gave Cass the magic word to wake Vampi and She and Vince left to somewhere with Vampi... Vella explained what had happened. HS wanted to confront Mirai but knew Vella and the others needed him. I wanted to help as well but Galen was calling for me... I left after wishing the team best of luck.. I will see if Galen will allow me to help. for further read here and here

The Terminatrix Affair

So I have been busy with helping HS but it was time for me to to get on with my own work. Before I returned to my time and the Excalibur, I would stop by SHIELD and see Colonel Fury. I was sitting at his desk Shiara sitting in my lap purring as I stroked her fur. The SHIELD director walked in to his office... "Awww Nicholas, I was wonder when you would arrive," I looked at his beaten battered face, "Does that hurt?" He glared down at me, "Get out of my chair!" So with a wave of my hand I vanished. He growled, "I didn't say leave! I need to speak with you about the bitch!" I reappeared behind him, "What bitch would that be. You know I don't think ladies like being refer to as a female dog in heat." He grumbled as he walked over to his chair, "This tin can is no Lady." "Aww I see. The reason I visited before and the reason I visit now. Miss Sky." I stated carefully. He pulls out a crude disk from his desk and throws it at me... I catch it and look at this thin round thing, "I will be much happier when you guys begin using Data crystals." "We confiscated all the files Cyberdyne had during our last bout with Sky. It is all there, but the information goes two ways." He stated. I sigh, "What is it, you wish to know Nicholas." I watched as Shiara jumped on his desk and stared him down, Fury looked at her strangely. "Strange I am usually allergic to cats," He says grabbing a cigar "This is Shiara, my familiar. Now what is it you want to know?" I placed the disk in my cloak. "Easy, HOW! DO! I! KILL! HER!" He pounded his fist in his hand with every word. "That I do not know ...... yet. There are dome things that concern me," I removed the disk from my cloak and motioned to Shiara, "take this to the ship and download the information so I can have immediate access," She changed from a cat to her normal self causing Fury to jump up. Shiara left through one of my portals and I continued, "I have read your reports on Sky, the ones opened for review, and some that are .... shall we say not suppose to exist and YOU have underestimated the death machine. None of you realizes her potential or how dangerous she can be." I paused as I begin to received the data, "Yes, from what I can see verifies my worse fear. What you have seen isn't a splinter of what she can do. You are all lucky. She was damage and her time with this Magneto has retard her, but its temporary. Which is why I am even more concerned about this incident I have heard about." "You mean Starks little attempt to bring her in?" Fury's attention was captured... I nodded, "Anthony Stark used his ability to control her mechanical mechanisms, " I stepped into his desk light and used my facial expressions to emphasis what I would say next, "that was a foolish and stupid thing to do." "Why?" Fury asked intrigued and following my words.... "Because she has the biological ability to evolve and adapt. Because she is stronger than he realizes, because she can control machines too." I shook my head as I paced back and forth, "She is learning, every time she is exposed to any threat, she learns, she evolves, she adapts and she gets stronger!" "Like those Damned Sayians." Fury spat. I turned and faced Fury, "She has it within her the ability to control Starks armor as well as this techno virus." "Extremis?" Fury sat up straight I nodded, "She will cocoon and come out more powerful. She will become resistant to it and she will learn how to use it to better her abilities. The next time in fact, It will not help Anthony. You have on record what happened when Cyberdyne nearly killed her. She adsorbed Dr Basil. Anthony is setting himself up to be absorbed as well. So many on your world are worried about small time criminals or even surprisingly I have heard one theory that Stark is the biggest threat of the world, " I leaned in again speaking softly, "He may have a great deal of potential but if you were to ask the magic mirror, it" "Would say sky, You are preaching to the choir Mr Wizard." Fury stated, "I know this bitch is powerful and that she won't be easy to bring down but she needs to be brought down." Fury poured himself a drink and I continued, "On top of it all, I hear she has made an ally out of the Stark boy." "He is convinced she is alive, partly human and that there is good in her." Fury stated, "I think we know better." I shook my head, "Don't make a mistake Nicholas, give credit where credit is due. The boy is right she is alive and she is partly a mutant human. Which is why I don't envy your task, but I suggest you consider this. If Stark is such a potential threat what is Tony Stark with Sky at his side?" "What do you mean my task? Don't you mean our?" Fury looked at me over his whiskey glass "My order has a strict, non-interference policy, I can advise you, if you will listen. I will also help when and where I can but in the end, it will be you who will have to choose to kill an innocent to stop a monster." I sighed. He slammed his glass down, "What!?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN!" "I have studies most the files you gave me, the incidents that took place recently and ....... " my voice softened, "and part of Dr Basil lives... In my time, Nicholas, about 10 years ago there was a immortal race. They were one of what is called the first ones and because they're name is to hard to pronounce had come to be known as ....... " I let our a ragged breath, "The Shadows. They were highly advanced especially in bio-mechanics, living technology." I turned to Fury my eyes a blazing my teeth grinding, "They used life to create it, to fuel it and to.... They used people, living things, living tissue to construct it which killed the person and then they plug people or creatures into the machines to fuel it. In their great machine that had hundreds of people from various races...... Even 10 years later, 10 years after the war, 10 years since they have been gone, the people used to fuel their ships are still in stasis, waiting for us to find a way to undo what was done. There may never be a way. I am telling you this because in a sense this is what has happened to Dr Basil. She is a slave to a machine, she fuels it and ... I know there is no way to separate her form it, neither Sky or Dr Basil can live without the other. The Dr can from time to time reassert herself, but only for moments. I do not know how or why but the Stark boy is drawing this part out more and more. If you kill Sky, you will kill what is left of Dr Basil, if you don't well...It is a no win situation." "The boy tried to convince us that Sky has changed, that she was being good now." Fury scratched his chin "Oh really." I stated my eyes widened... Fury sat back and puffed his cigar, "You don't believe it." "Nicholas, During a nice day a scorpion looked around, he was hungry and there was no food left. So he went in search for food. He happened upon a river that was wide and swift, and the scorpion stopped to reconsider the situation. He couldn't see any way across. So he ran upriver and then checked downriver, all the while thinking that he might have to turn back with an empty belly. Suddenly, he saw a frog and the frog looked hungry too. Over across the river was a grand surplus of food. 'Hellooo Mr. Frog!' called the scorpion, "Would you be so kind as to give me a ride on your back across the river?'" I paused and then continued, " 'Well now, Mr. Scorpion! How do I know that if I try to help you, you wont try to kill me?' asked the frog hesitantly.'Because,' the scorpion replied, 'If I try to kill you, then I would die too, for you see I cannot swim!' Now this seemed to make sense to the frog.' So the frog agreed to take the scorpion across the river. He swam over to the bank and settled himself near the mud to pick up his passenger. The scorpion crawled onto the frog's back, his sharp claws prickling into the frog's soft hide, and the frog slid into the river. The muddy water swirled around them, but the frog stayed near the surface so the scorpion would not drown. He kicked strongly through the first half of the stream, his flippers paddling wildly against the current. Halfway across the river, the frog suddenly felt a sharp sting in his back and, out of the corner of his eye, saw the scorpion remove his stinger from the frog's back. A deadening numbness began to creep into his limbs. 'You fool!' croaked the frog, 'Now we shall both die! Why on earth did you do that?' The scorpion shrugged, 'I could not help myself, " I sunk back into the shadows disappearing with the last words, "Its my Nature......"

Trying to deal with the TX

So the TX unit has taken the teenage version of Tony Stark over to her side of the board. Not only that but all the authorities are trying to get us to bring in Iron Boy. I'm going to try something before that happens. but first I have to find the kid. I tell the kids to wait for me until I get back. Then it's time for me to do something I haven't done in a while. You see when I meditate I can pull off a tick that Vincent and Vella think they can only do, I can sense chi. I ignore what West City is trying to tell me and try to find the two Tony Starks Yin and Yang. Good, and Evil. The one know as " Iron Man " is off giving a speech for his campaign. Iron Boy is in going to a SHIELD safe house outside the city. I break from my trance, and drive to the scene. When I finally find him he's beating on Nick Fury. A naked Nick Fury. Well there's something I never wanted to see. " Hey kid! Why don't you fight someone with pants?" I yell and get a look at his new armor oddly it looks like the armor of Iron Lad from the future. Of course I know there is no such thing as a coincidence. There is a symbolism here. Iron Lad didn't want to become his future self Kang the Conqueror. Just like Anthony doesn't want to become Tony Stark. Funny the games the Universe plays with us. I'm pretty sure Iron Boy has no idea who Iron Lad was. But still he tries to be like him too bad he is already going down the road to ruin the original Iron Man has went down. " Question! " The boy shouts. " Are you going to try to catch me?" I throw one of those devices that knocked out his armor last time., it has the same result looks lie Anthony put this one together hastily without taking out that flaw. Vincent , and Vella owe me lunch. Man I need friends my own age. I guess I can see what Nightwing's up to later. As Ironboy is frozen in place. He cusses at me . " You got it all wrong." I reassure." I just want to talk to your girl friend is all. " He clams down when I say this and I take the device off off of him. And we fly out the window before Fury pulls a gun on us. I then ask Anthony to leave us to talk alone. She scans me. Subject the Question. Real name: unknown Alisas: Charles Victor Szajz Victor "Vic " Sage. Occupation: Reporter, Mentor, Conspiracy theorist. Former activist Superhero, Former defender of Hub City. Abilities Martial artist, shaman abilities which include "talking" to cities . reading Ki or Chi levels, Walking between worlds able to see the deeper meaning of coincidence. I clap. " most scanning devices don't see that I have powers. " " I am not most scanning devices is there a reason you want to hide your abilities? " I smile " Good question." She gives me the Batman "I am not amused" look. " State your purpose." " A simple trade. Magneto isn't dead. I know where he is. Now stop stringing along Anthony and I'll give him back to you." " And you do not fear that me and my Magneto will rule the Earth?" I bust out with laughter. " Please ! You two can't even take over a min i mall much less the planet. " She glares . I guess the truth hurts. " But someone who has a real chance at ruling the world is Tony Stark. Iron Man. He's brilliant, amoral , and he has an edge the Extremis virus. He can control any computer on the planet including you. " " Ridiculous!" She protests. " I am from the future. " " So are the Borg that freed you." I counter. " And he controlled one killed it with his power, and as we speak he is integrating future tech into his armor. " She smiles. " Then he will be assimilated. " " Wrong he has already assimilated the Borg." I state to her. " You have a choice release Anthony back to us, with him we can anticipate Stark's next moves , and finally stop him. Or stand against us. Then you will know defeat again. I've calculated a battle between you and those kids you lose each and every time. In some scenarios your killed in some Anthony the boy to die. You I don't give a damn about. You'll never be nothing more than a robotic bad guy sidekick. " That glare again. " Iron man can make you , and every mechanical being his puppet. But you don't have to do that you don't have to know defeat at the hands of of the children. You can Go Back To Erik Lensherr, and bump heads with the X-men from now until your eventual destruction at their hands. The Question is what will you choose?"

Creatures of Magic

Galen was quiet, He had come to my room and found that I was not alone, after having an interesting night. I asked if he was mad and he said no. He said he was quiet because he was writing a letter. I am glad he wasn't angry, being his familiar doesn't mean I can't have interests even love interest. However some are bothered by it. Not Galen. I am so glad. I like HS. The night we spent together on the Balcony which lead us to sharing my room was wonderful. Galen had come for me because Justice had one of her growth spurts. She is now about 16 years old. "The Innkeeper says we should speak with the Herders, they have a village near by." HS stated... "The Herders?" Galen inquired. "We need to find old Mac at the stables. the inn keeper says old Mac deals with the Herders." HS stated turning to me and taking my hand. So now we are walking toward the stables holding hands, Galen is quietly writing his letter and Justice is smiling at him. As soon as we arrive we find a funny little fellow... "The Herders you say?" He smiles, "Yes I do business with them. They are a Centaur clan just outside the city. They have a small village just beyond stampede ridge. If you are going that way you can take my list to them. I can pay you." He smiled with a gold tooth and HS agreed. It didn't take us long to find them, but nightfall comes quickly here and it was getting dark. We were invited to their village. The Herders, would capture wild horses and buffaloes for the City of Fellsworn. They were a lot like the old Native Americans from Ancient Earth. The Clan's leader was away but we spoke to his son. HS explained he had been sent to get a Night -mare "Awww yes the Firehooves, which is their correct names. Yes often Heroes are sent to seek out one of the four." Gweth stated "I am sorry I don't quite follow." HS stated. The rest of us just sat and listened. Gweth looked at me, "Didn't the Elfling tell you?" "I am not an Elf or a Dragon. I am a Firewalker and Galen's familiar. Though many make the mistake." I say respectfully. He and members of his clan looked in bewilderment at one another, "Very well, sit. We will start a fire and tell you the story of the four." So we sat together and listened to Gweth tell the story: "A long time ago... A magical egg was laid, from this egg four magical creatures were born. Of the Sky and of air was the Pegasus, Of the Sea and of water was the Hippocampus, of the Earth was the Unicorn and of the shadows and of Fire was the Firehooves Unlike the dragons they didn't really rule or control a balance, but they were creatures of magic. Swift, strong and powerful. They are enchanted and for many heros has been a way to reach destiny. The Pegasus can fly with great speed, The Hippocampus can swim with great speed. The Unicorn and Firehooves or the twins can run with great speed. The Unicorn has the power of the Dawn and the Firehooves as the power of the Dusk. The Unicorn is crowned by a single horn which it can use in battle. They have been tamed by heroes going into battle. The alicorn can be used just like the way a witch or wizard uses a wand. Often Unicorns are hunted for the horns. Unicorns can only be trapped one way. However the Unicorn's only real magic is they can bring light to darkness. However what you call the Nightmares is the Firehooves, ithas fire coming from their nostrils, mouth and eyes and when they run their hooves catch on fire. Their hooves are stronger than any horse or Unicorn. Stamping thier hooves they can summon shadows, making it dark. But they are mainly wanted for their speed strength and power when being ridden. "So where would HS find one?" Galen then inquired. "Well it's harder to find and capture them than it is a Unicorn. If it was a Unicorn you were after then you could have used the young girl." Gweth pointed at Justice. "Firehooves stay in shadows and disappear in shadows. A firehoove is only seen when it wants to be seen. Unlike Unicorns can not be tamed. Like your Mustang they are born wild and free." Gweth paused and thought a moment,"The only creatures known to hunt them are Worgens. I believe It is the full moon. Yes I think in the light of a full moon one can be seen. I would search the old ruins of Aeresoth. There is a full moon tomorrow, but be warn it is the home of the Worgens." I and Justice were sitting together around a fire and she looked at him, "What is a Worgen?" He laughed and wished a good nights rest... We all set out around the camp fire and went to sleep. Hopefully he will tell us tomorrow what a Worgen was. After Galen and Justice went to sleep, I looked at HS and he at me. I wiggle closer to him meeting him have way... There is just something very romantic about a camp fire...