Welcome to Gaia! ::

Everything was Peaceful in Galtea, the birds were chirping away happily as the vibrant green leaves swayed in the morning breeze. The river that ran beside the castle and down through the village sparkled in the early light of the sun.
Despite the peaceful demeanor around the land of the castle, inside the mighty stone walls was a different story all together....

"NOOOOO!!! I DON'T WANNA WEAR A DRESS!!!!!" A little girls voice screamed and the sound of small footsteps sounded along the halls as a lanky girl, about 8 or 9 with flowing red and black hair sped down the hall away from her room...only to be stopped by the strong hand of her father in her nightshirt "AHH!"
He lifted her up by the back of her shirt and threw her over his shoulder, carrying her back to what appeared to be her exasperated mother standing at her doorway....

The young girl turned her head and looked at her mother "But..Do I have to wear a stupid dress? I hate dresses!" and it was true, she hated them, loathed them, DESPISED them with all her little heart, How was she supposed to climb tree's and play in the mud and romp with the pups if she was wearing a stupid frilly dress all day?
Her father chuckled in his deep voice and patted his daughters backside affectionately "After the festivities are over you may change my firefly, but until then...you will be wearing what your mother tells you to wear." he hoisted her off his shoulder and set her on her feet.
She looked up at him and made a face "How am I supposed to play if I wear that dumb thing!?" she wailed, distressed by the news that she would apparently be trapped in the awful thing for most of the day.
Lorne knelt before his child and gave her head a pat "Very carefully." he laughed at the face she made and turned her around, pushing her towards her mother "Go get dressed, and don't bother trying to escape again, I'll be guarding the door."
She pouted and dug her feet into the thick carpet that they had running down the stone hall. she looked Back at her Father and whimpered "But...But I..."
Lorne picked her up and set her beside her Mother "No 'buts' Devin, do as your told."
Devin sighed and stood obediently beside her mother "Yes Father." she looked at her twin, pouting, speaking silently in twin that they needed to escape.

Devin looked up at their mother "Really??" her eyes widened, oh food was always a good way to get Devin to do something...especially when it was their favorite breakfast.
All the creme and the fruit...oh she loved it.
She looked warily at the dress and then at her mother "....."
Mira sighed and dragged Devin and the dress to the wash room "Lets make you pretty!!" She squealed happily and Devin whimpered "I Don't wanna be pretty!! NOOO!! MOMMA SAVE ME!!" She cried out as Mira shut the door behind them.
Thuds and cries of 'stop it' and 'Hold still you brat!' and then a triumphant laugh was heard just before Mira and Devin exited the wash room...
"See that wasn't so hard was it?" Mira said, smiling down at her little sister, Who looked up at Mira with distaste "I don't see how ANYONE in their right mind would wear this darn thing." she looked down at the pale blue dress and sighed in defeat.

Devin flushed and looked at the dress "I still can't play in it..." she said, pouting a bit but that was quickly replaced with a look of Surprise as Se'alla and Mira attacked her hair
"Ahh! NO!"

"Oh hold still..."

"NOOOO!!! AHHH!!!!"

"Stop SQUIRMING Devin!"

By the time the battle was over, Devin's hair had been pulled into an simple braid and Devin scowled "No." she pulled her hair out of the braid, much to Se'alla and Mira's dismay. Devin wandered over to her mothers Vanity...and fixed her own hair the way she wanted it...
In the end it was a sweet sweeping side pony tail with her mothers shining green clasps around it to keep it in place, her bangs were down and framing her small face. She smiled and ran up to her mother "Am I prettier now Momma?" she asked with a grin on her face and hugged onto her mothers leg.
Mira and Se'alla smiled, well shoot, Devin could be a girl when she wanted to...and that amazed them that their little tomboy had even a smidgen of girlie in her to want to fix her own hair.

Devin smiled at teh compliment "Thank you mommy!" She was also quit pleased with her hair and played with the end of it as she waited for her Mother to finish with her brother.
Se'alla looked at Pierces hair and laughed softly "Makes you wonder what Lorne's hair would look like short huh?" she said and Mira elbowed her playfully. Se'alla laughed and winced "What? I always thought he would look nice with a short haircut!"
Mira merely rolled her eyes and looked down at Devin "What do you think, would daddy look better with long hair or short hair?"
Devin looked up at her big sister and pondered this thought "I Like daddy's long hair, he lets me braid it."
Se'alla laughed and looked at Rose "Here that? Your mate plays hair salon with your daughter."
Devin looked at her mother and then at her Aunt...then she looked at her Mother again "Whats..a ..Hare sa-lon?" she asked, tilting her head to the side.
Auntie always said these weird things that Devin never understood....maybe Mommy would explain it to her...and perhaps explain why it was funny that Daddy let her play with his hair.

Devin nodded at her mother's explanation..and glared at her brother when he had attempted to make them even more late for their special birthday breakfast "Pierce." she said in a threatening tone, meaning in twin 'if you screw this up I'm going to wallop you.'

Devin grinned happily and hopped from foot to foot, she wanted to run down the stairs, fly over them....of if only she had use of her wings daddy said she would get later.
Then she could drop things on people from the air and fly away before they saw her...that would be fun.

Lorne waited down stairs, drinking something akin to coffee as he sat in a large chair, waiting for his family to get downstairs and partake of their birthday breakfast...which Rose had of course said they HAD to have because she had one every year when she was growing up on Earth.

Devin giggled as they bolted the rest of the way down the stairs and dashed into the dining hall where all the savory sweet smells were wafting from. She looked over at her brother and grinned as they made their way to the large table that their father and the rest of their family sat at...

Lorne grinned at his children and looked up at their mother "Well Hello love, I see you were able to get them to look proper enough for breakfast."
He sipped at his drink and smiled softly.
Orious sat beside him with his adolescent daughter, Claire, beside him. She was quite and well behaved, she loved books probably more than her father did...but she did have a very mean streak when you crossed her or her family...Gee I wonder where she got that from?
She sat beside her father, sipping at a cup of juice as she waited for patiently for her cousins.