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Post by Nahara46 on Aug 9, 2012 15:10:39 GMT -5
Rhea bit her lip as they disappeared, wondering what horrible things could be on the other side. After how Lucinda had returned... well, it was time to find out.
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Fawkes reappeared and flew over to Kampfa and Nyoka, "It's your turn now," He said, stating the obvious. "Nyoka, remember to keep your eyes closed. I know you'll want to open them upon entering a new place, but resist the urge."
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Post by Miss Wings on Aug 13, 2012 8:26:07 GMT -5
It had now been a day since Olivia had sent him off towards the forest, he knew that she was worried but he truly wished that he would stay at the Hogsmead home with her, if only to keep her safe. True he would be close to Luke but it just wasn't the same. He would still have to go back to the house every month for his potion anyway.
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Post by G. Novella on Aug 13, 2012 11:48:50 GMT -5
Yew was playing with Calla Flower. They were playing the familiar but strange hand game involving lots of clapping and something called patty-cakes and bakers. Yew didn't really know the song well, but she liked listening to Calla Flower's singing. After eating and hunting all that wood-lice yesterday, she'd lazily agreed to a quiet day today. Eolande Spirit was watching from the side.
Things had been strange yesterday. Yew thought Calla Flower seemed upset with the wood-lice, since she stuck off to the side. Then in the night, Yew had been squished between Eolande Spirit and Calla Flower, who didn't like to touch each other, but liked hugging Yew. Tired and cranky, she'd been fussed over all night. Hopefully Calla Flower and Eolande Spirit proved they were good trees today, and not bad fiery trees.
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Post by Nahara46 on Aug 13, 2012 11:53:17 GMT -5
Eolande sat not far from Yew and Calla, up against a tree as she picked at leaves. Her pink eyes glanced up at the pair every so often, with contempt for the Mean Little Girl and longing for Yew. Eolande liked Little Yew Tree, but Mean Little Girl was always with Little Yew Tree. So instead, Eolande found herself sitting to the side, wanting to join in their little foreign hand games. Mamma had never played a hand game like that with Eolande, and it looked fun. Eolande listened to Mean Little Girl sing, and she liked the song. So Eolande sang softly to the tree the song, and played the hand games in her mind.
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Post by Miss Wings on Aug 13, 2012 12:02:57 GMT -5
Once Calla had finally gotten over the whole lice ordeal she and Yew decided to play their favourite hand games. Every so often Yew would look over at Eolande and frankly Calla was getting annoyed at the situation and so decided to remidy it. "Yew, should we ask Eolande to join us?" Calla asked in a snappy tone.
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Post by G. Novella on Aug 13, 2012 12:06:56 GMT -5
Yew nodded happily at Calla Flower. She was being a good tree, though she sounded crackly, like fire. Ignoring the tone, she stood up, "Okay Calla Flower, Yew ask Eolande Spirit to play too!" With that happy note, she moved towards Eolande Spirit, "Come pkay!" she ordered.
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Post by Nahara46 on Aug 13, 2012 12:10:17 GMT -5
Eolande looked up to see Little Yew Tree asking her to play. The Dryad look up toward Mean Little Girl, who didn't seem very happy. Eolande wanted to play with Little Yew Tree, but she didn't want to play with Mean Little Girl who was mean to Rhea and Nyoka. Eolande look back down as she continued to tear the leaf and sad loudly, "No thank you, Eolande doesn't want to play with Little Girl." She choose to leave off 'Mean' because Mamma always said to be nice and say please and thank you so that you can be safe and happy.
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Post by Miss Wings on Aug 13, 2012 12:15:42 GMT -5
"But Eolande, I can see that you want to play with us, why don't you join in. I'm sure we can find a 3 person game" Calla replyied scornfully, she really didn't want to play with Eolande but she had to keep Yew haooy.
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Post by G. Novella on Aug 13, 2012 12:31:19 GMT -5
"Calla Flower knows all sorts of games!" said Yew, starting to feel a sense of dread, "Come play!"
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Post by Nahara46 on Aug 13, 2012 12:33:57 GMT -5
Eolande shook her head. She liked sitting here up against the tree, tearing tearing trees and watching Little Girl and Little Yew Tree play. Eolande liked the songs and listening to them, and singing them to the tree. "Eolande doesn't want to play. Little Yew Tree play with Little Girl."
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Post by G. Novella on Aug 13, 2012 13:07:12 GMT -5
"But Yew wants to play with Calla Flower and Eolande Spirit! Why doesn't Eolande Spirit want to play?" asked Yew, upset. Had they done something upsetting?
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Post by Miss Wings on Aug 13, 2012 14:07:58 GMT -5
"Come on Eolande, just play with us. Or are you scared?" Calla taunted the tree.
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Post by Nahara46 on Aug 13, 2012 14:13:55 GMT -5
Eolande flinched, because Eolande was scared. She was always scared now- The Fire was going to come and take her away, the Fire was never going to bring back Rhea and Eolande would be alone again. But Little Girl wouldn't know that Eolande was scared. "Eolande's not scared!" She said angrily, her little hands balling up as she tried to seem braver then she was. Eolande wanted to hold someones hand, bury her head in their shoulder and stay in the Safe Dark. "Eolande just doesn't want to play."
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Post by Miss Wings on Aug 13, 2012 14:16:05 GMT -5
"Fine then, be a wimp then!" Calla finished with a smirk.
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Post by Nahara46 on Aug 13, 2012 14:21:15 GMT -5
Eolande looked around, away from the Mean Little Girl. She wanted to hide in the trees, like she did whenever she was scared and Mamma was near. But the trees weren't safe, she'd get stuck and won't be able to run. Eolande had to stay because there was nowhere to hide, Eolande had to stay with Mean Little Girl. "Leave Eolande alone." She said in a voice that clearly said that she was upset, "Eolande wants to sit here with her leaves."
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Post by Miss Wings on Aug 13, 2012 14:26:12 GMT -5
"Aww is the daft tree scared of the big girl? I could squish you like a bug beneath my foot!" Calla laughed outloud.
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Post by Nahara46 on Aug 13, 2012 14:32:39 GMT -5
No, Eolande wasn't scared! No! No! No! Eolande close her eyes and put her hands on her ears, she didn't want to hear it. She didn't want to be scared! But the fire was going to come, and she had to be ready. She was scared it would take her away to. Eolande wanted to sit hear and watch Little Girl and Little Yew Tree play hand games and listen to their pretty songs. Eolande wanted Mean Little Girl to go away and leave her alone! She wasn't scared! Eolande wanted someone to make Mean Little Girl go away!
Eolande had always been particularly connected with snakes, hence her strong connection of Nyoka. As a result of the connection, her fear and want for the Mean Little Girl to leave, a small, rat snake slither seemingly out of nowhere from behind the tree and went to rest just above Eolande head, it looked at Calla, as if poised to jump on the other girl.
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Post by Miss Wings on Aug 13, 2012 14:46:47 GMT -5
Calla was incensed beyond all belief, this tree had the gall to take her first friend away from her, wanted to play games with them and then didn't want to. Enough was enough, it was time to make that little tree pay! Calla looked at Yew and gave her an apologetic look before casually walking up to the leaves beside Eolande and grabbing the tree by it's arm. Calla obviously didn't see the snake until it was too late.
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Post by Nahara46 on Aug 13, 2012 14:51:41 GMT -5
Eolande could hear the leaves crunching, no matter how much she tried to block out the noise. She wanted the Mean Little Girl to walk away and stay away! Eolande was scared, would the Mean Little Girl make the Fire come and hurt her? What was the Mean Little Girl going to do? By the time Mean Little Girl had grabbed Eolande's arm, she was already on the edge. She pulled away violently, and the snake in her hair hissed loudly before it uncoiled itself and was suddenly on the Mean Little Girl. It didn't bite the other girl, but it had a fun time using Mean Little Girl as a jungle gym. As Eolande pulled away and the snake jumped, Eolande opened one eye hesitantly, wondering what was happening.
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Post by G. Novella on Aug 13, 2012 15:04:51 GMT -5
Yew had had enough. Eolande Spirit and Calla Flower had started getting upset, and then Eolande Spirit sent a snake at Calla Flower. She knew Calla Flower didn'r like strangers or people who judged her, and that Eolande Spirit was the same, but they were being ridiculous. She wanted to scream and cry. So she did.
"Enough!" she yelled, "Bad trees! Bad bad trees! Your bad! Yew doesn't want to play with you anymore! Yew doesn't want trees anymore! Yew go elsewhere!"
With that, she jumped up onto a tree and scurried up. With a last, hateful glare, she moved away, tears spilling down her cheeks.
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Post by Miss Wings on Aug 13, 2012 15:19:39 GMT -5
Calla dropped Eolande and scrambled backwards as fast as her leg would allow and that's when Yew spoke up. 'Enough! Bad trees! Bad bad trees! Your bad! Yew doesn't want to play anymore! Yew doesn't want trees anymore! Yew go elsewhere!'
Calla watched Yew run away before turning back to Eolande. "NOW LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE!!" Calla screamed.
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Post by Nahara46 on Aug 13, 2012 15:24:27 GMT -5
Eolande watched as Little Yew Tree climbed away. She didn't know what to do! Mamma never ran away, Eolande never had to go bring Mamma back! Then Mean Little Girl started yelling, and Eolande's eyes filled with tears. She didn't know what else to do. Eolande slid down to the ground again and supported herself with both hands on the ground as she tried, and failed, to keep the tears from coming.
The snake left Mean Little Girl and came over to sit on Eolande's lap, trying to comfort the girl. but it didn't help, and Eolande blubbered, "L-L-Lit-tle Y-yew Tr-tree w-went away! T-The F-fire's go- go- going to t-take her a-away!" Eolande made Little Yew Tree run away! Mean Little Girl upset Little Yew Tree! Now the Fire would come, and Little Yew tree wouldn't be able to run.
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Post by Miss Wings on Aug 13, 2012 15:27:20 GMT -5
"What the hell are you talking about? What fire?!" Calla barked at Eolande.
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Post by Nahara46 on Aug 13, 2012 15:30:55 GMT -5
"T-the Fire! I-It was here! I-It burned t-the trees, A-and took M-M-Ma-Mamma away! Now it'll t-take L-Little Y-Yew Tree to! S-She can't run!" Eolande was bordering on hysteria by this point, her fears from the day of the Fire returning full force, she couldn't see it, but the Fire would come. Little Yew Tree was in the trees now, Little Yew Tree was stuck and would burn. Burn like Mamma had.
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Post by Miss Wings on Aug 13, 2012 15:34:25 GMT -5
It took Calla a while but she finally understood, the battle! "The fires not going to come again Eolande! Now I think we may have got off on the wrong foot, why don't we bury the hatchet for now and find Yew? We have to try for her, at least" Calla tried to reason with Eolande.
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Post by Nahara46 on Aug 13, 2012 15:40:11 GMT -5
Eolande, had she not been completely panicked, probably would have agreed with Calla. But right now, she was a mess and didn't really comprehend most of what Mean Little Girl was saying. Instead, Eolande cringed away from Mean Little girl, on hand going to the snake in her lap, looking for safety. The snake immediately moved to coil itself around Eolande's arm. She managed to calm down a bit, but only a bit. Tears still fell and her eyes were still wide and terrified.
"B-But the f-f-fire's g-going to come! It'll hurt Little Yew Tree, because Little Yew Tree can't run anymore! Rhea and Nyoka went away, Eolande's going to be alone again, with no Safe Dark!"
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Post by Miss Wings on Aug 13, 2012 15:43:20 GMT -5
Calla didn't know what to do and so she picked Eolande up and comforted her in the way one would a baby. "Shall we go left or right? The faster we find Yew the better".
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Post by Nahara46 on Aug 13, 2012 15:51:04 GMT -5
The moment Mean Little Girl tried to come closer to Eolande, she struck out both arms to push her away, and jumped up to move and hide behind the tree she had been sitting in front of. Mean Little Girl made Little Yew Tree go and get stuck, Mean Little Girl was going to make Eolande get stuck too! Eolande didn't want to get stuck, She wanted Little Yew Tree, Rhea, Nyoka and Mamma. Maybe Eolande had to get stuck to be with them, but Eolande was scared of the Fire and didn't want to get stuck.
"L-Little Y-Yew Tree is stuck! Eolande doesn't want to get stuck and go away too!"
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Post by Miss Wings on Aug 13, 2012 15:56:42 GMT -5
"Eolande, if I promise that Yew or you won't get stuck will you come with me? We need to find Yew quickly. It's getting dark now and Lexie will be getting worried about us, you don't want her to tell Rhea about this do you?" Calla hoped that the mention of Rhea would get through to Eolande.
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Post by Nahara46 on Aug 13, 2012 15:58:48 GMT -5
"R-Rhea's gone too! She l-left with the F-Fire!" Eolande didn't see it, but she knew where Rhea was. The Fire had taken Rhea away, just like Mamma and Nyoka. "Eolande's all alone, and the Fire's going to get Eolande, Eolande can't get stuck like Mamma!"
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