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Inside Mira, excitement brightens, though she doesn't show it. Companionship would be handy in the mountains...there is much to be said for the phrase 'traveling in numbers'... Purring, she responds. Not much, but what I have heard in legend among my people, and what truth lies in those, I do not know. They do not travel, anymore, beyond the borders of our land since the Great Raid. All I know is what I have heard from the village Elders, and what they tell has grown more exaggerated with time. It is also where I am headed, as well. With that, Mira gives a shrill whistle between her teeth, that echoes in the hills and trees around them. Jumping lightly, she lands beside the girl, and stands to her full 5'4" height, just as Chick appears in beside her. I am Mira...and this...is Chick. The chocobo warbles in greeting and starts to peck at the girl's pack looking for food, before Mira gets him back under control.

As they passed the mountains and mists that keep her village hidden for so long, Jin's eyes studied the mists that were slowly starting to become faint. What was happening? For centuries the mists had protected her village from being attacked or found, but now, they were starting ti disparate, leaving her village easier to see now. So it was her duty, as the most promising warrior of the generation, to find out why and to protect her village. But first, she had to set out to train herself and find out become one of the protectors of the worlds...whatever that was...

As Yuki neared the ground, Jin jumped off, focusing her chi to float barely several inches off the ground. "Change," She told Yuki, in a quiet voice, as not to draw attention. With a slight nod, Yuki changed from the large silver wolf into a small puplike animal. Picking up the now 'chibi-fied' animal, Jin walked with practiced silence and skill, towards her destination...wherever that may be.

Kamaya sat and watched the soft winds blow the dry snow about as if it were in a dance. She sighed. Perhapes she should just return home. Her green eyes followed a line of dried blood that could be seen from wall to wall in her little cave. No, she couldn't go home. She no longer had a home. The old man she had lived with beat her and over worked her. When Shinji came around she gave her heart to the man who had taken her away. To leave now would distroy any chance she had to avenge him. She stared at the dried blood. She should have washed it off, but she had never been able to bring herself to do it. She closed her eyes against the tears and left the cave. She had to find Shinji's killer. She had too. With those thoughts running through her head she walked towards the pass through the mountians.

Just as Mira got Chick under control once more, she heard the humming coming from someplace nearby. Instantly alert, she commanded the chocobo, with a hand gesture, to remain silent, and crouched down on her haunches, muscles tensed and ready to spring if the need arose. Her ears flicked from side to side as she listened, and only the very tip of her tail flicked from side to side around her feet. Not one to readily announce her presence to an enemy, she watched the girl silently from the corner of her eye for any signs of recognition, since this was her forest.

Amaya heard the humming and it did not sit well with her. The song was not one that she recognized, nor was the squeaking sound accompaning it. Narrowing her eyes she tries to figure out where it's coming from. She holds her staff ready to attack whoever it may be. Quietly chanting a protection spell under her breath, she looks over at her new friend as if to say that an unwelcome presense was near.

The way the flowers formed around them and transformed into butterflies gave Amaya chills as she watched. A soft blue light begins to emmit from the crystal, forming a protective barrier around her. She was not about to take any chances, not on her first day.

Mira was surprised to see the newcomer come from behind the tree in which she'd just leapt. With surprising speed, she took her knife from it's sheath on her thigh and leapt back down from the tree behind the stranger. Standing quickly, she wrapped her knife arm around his throat, and ran the claw of her left index finger suggestively down the side of his face. You didn't answer my question. Who are you, and what is your buisness? Her voice was soft, and sexy, but had a tone of command...one that said you either answered her question, or suffered the consequences. She was not a cat to be toyed with.

Amazed by Mira's quick reflexes, Amaya stands watching in awe. She had never seen anyone move quite like that before. She figures that's what happens when you are sheltered by the forest for so long. Moving closer to them, she awaits the strange man's answer. Her staff held ready to attack if needed.

Amaya's instincts tell her not to trust this man, even if his claim is true. In her most official, yet stern voice she speaks up,"My appologies your highness, but I do believe it does concern me. Especially, when you are entering my forest. " She studies him, wondering if he truly is a prince. Not letting her guard down she continues,"I don't want any trouble. If you have business here in Silvan Forest, you should take it up with my father."