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Post by squirrel on Sept 29, 2011 12:53:54 GMT -5
It was late by the time they left the Inn, something was worrying Kiva which in turn worried Reid. He wasn't sure what was going on in her mind but he knew better then to ask her right now. She would eventually tell him when the time was right. They mounted the horses and took off out of the city. At first it seemed like Kiva didn't know where she was going but soon she traveled in a smooth line.
"It's nothing I promise Reid. I just heard something" she finally told him in a hushed tone. Kiva didn't want to draw any attention to themselves this late at night. It still wasn't safe for them to be out but she needed to find the source of the tune.
"So do you know where we are headed?" Reid ask as softly as he could and Kiva shook her head no, now that was never good. "So we are headed somewhere cause you heard something?" He wasn't trying to be mean, he was just trying to understand. "It's hard to explain Reid but I know what I'm doing" he nodded his head like he was agreeing with her but still held doubts.
"We should rest soon" Reid finally announced to her after several hours, though he knew she didn't want to stop till she found what she was looking for but he knew it was no good looking for something when you were tired. Reid rode up next to her and placed a hand on her shoulder "Kiva" he said softly and she finally looked at him. "Alright" they slid off their horses and walked them into the forest away from the trail.
After finding a good place to rest Reid built a fire so that they could stay warm while they slept. But Kiva only pretended to sleep till Reid fell asleep. She had to keep looking some more, they were close but she didn't know how close she was to her prize because the tune had stopped several hours ago.
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Post by vamperious on Sept 29, 2011 13:14:16 GMT -5
He flew low tot eh tree line as he saw a small camp not far from his own. not taking the time to look who it was he tailed it back to his own camp. A few feathers came out in his fuss to turn around so he hoped they stayed in the tree line. Waking up Inez he hustled her to get up and packed. She did just that but was still asleep on her feet when she got on her horse it showed. Leading the horses to the tail they took off fairly well. He tucked his wings in tight so not to catch the wind can slow him down. "Inez I need you to pay attention." He said poking her with a razor feather, in the arm she yelped and gave him a glare," I'm trying to wake up- its too early..." He handed her the rains of her own horse then took off, she of course followed but was grumpy about it. They rode for a few hours hard then stopped at a pond just off the trail It had lots of willow trees for concealment and water for the horses, he tied them up by the water where they could graze and drink, he dragged her under a tree with him. She sat down stubbornly by the entrance of the trees branches. "Why are you being so pushy?" "We are being followed, or just a coincidence..." he said as he leaned back against he tree his wings layed on the ground relaxed.
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Post by squirrel on Sept 29, 2011 13:38:20 GMT -5
Kiva was disappointed when she found nothing, she was sure they were close but maybe her mind was playing tricks on her. As she made her way back to the camp site she pulled out a necklace from her shirt, two feathers rested at the end of the chain. As she walked on she twirled the feathers between her fingers, and wondered if she was ever going to find her brother.
Reid started to wake and once he could open his eyes he looked around the camp "of course she wouldn't be here" he huffed a little and got to his feet to start picking up the camp. The trail had gone cold for them about three weeks ago and he was starting to get discouraged about their quest. But he would stand by Kiva till she found what she was looking for.
Kiva came to the camp and saw that Reid was already awake. She figure that she would be getting a lecture from him but as she walked up he just looked at her and smiled. "Well it seems that I'm not going to find him. We always get close and then he slips away..." she talked softly more like she was talking to herself. "Maybe he doesn't want to be found" Reid offered to her but that only made her face sadden more "he is the only family I have left that can help me" she walked over to a stump and sat down. "Is there anything that you haven't tried yet?" Kiva thought about it and had been thinking of ways to find him or have him find her but she was given so little to help her on her journey. "Just these but I was never told how to use them" she held up the feathers so Reid could see them.
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Post by vamperious on Sept 29, 2011 13:50:42 GMT -5
Ralyn felt a tug on his wins it was a weird draw feeling like he needed to fly but he rejected it from his mind- pushing it to the back to be forgotten. HE relaxed but relaxing made him want to kill some thing so instead he started humming yet again, the song leaving his lips in a sweet melody. He loved singing it- he didn't know why but it was some thing he found great comfort in. A soft breeze grazed his skin making him relax even more- Inez was already back asleep- curled up next to him under the tree. The song always put her to sleep. He himself was starting to fall asleep but he shook his head and tried to stay awake the best he could.
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Post by squirrel on Sept 29, 2011 14:00:06 GMT -5
Reid felt sorry for Kiva, he understood what it was like to be alone and not able to help yourself. However he was not going to tell her that but he wanted to do something for her. "Why don't we take some time off from searching for him to recover" he was trying everything now to get her hopes back up cause he knew how much this meant to her "Maybe your right" she said getting to her feet still twirling the feathers between her fingers. It had become soothing for her to play with the feathers and she was calming down more but she still couldn't help but wonder about him. What was he like? Did he know about her? Was he trying to find her or did he even want to know her? Kiva had so many questions but no one to answer them.
She helped Reid pick up the rest of the camp and load it onto the saddle bags. After they mounted the horse they just walked along the trail this time, enjoying the open area around them. In no hurry to get any where or do anything. Though it was hard for Kiva to not want to do something. It was like she was missing part of who she was, a part of her that she was never given the chance to know and he somehow would fix it and help her.
"Who gave you the feathers?" Reid decided to help ease her mind a little by at least talk about it. "My foster parents. They said it was the only thing they had of my family and that one day they knew they would help me" they rode on getting to know one another better as Reid kept an eye on their route and Kiva played with the feathers and spacing every now and again.
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Post by vamperious on Sept 29, 2011 18:59:53 GMT -5
Ralyn took a deep breath as he stretched out a bit- taking his arm from around Inez who was still asleep by him, she had been cuddling because it had gotten chilly in the late afternoon air. Sighing he got up carefully, loosing clothes are he went till he was at the river front, and jumped in the deep current- planting his feet he relished in the cool water. It felt good to get a bath. Taking a quick bath be got out and put his clothing back on, Inez was still asleep, but she was mumbling. She was mumbling about how soft he was. That made him smile, fingering the necklace she had given him he smiled. Putting a blanket over her; he decided to stay there for the night. As he got fire wood he hummed the tune, at first in his head then it came out his mouth- he started putting words to it- he didn't know what they meant but he knew they were right. His voice was a nice tenor, he didn't sound bad when he sang but rather charming like a choir master. He didn't like singing to people or in front of people it made him nervous and being nervous made him want to kill.
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Post by squirrel on Sept 29, 2011 19:59:12 GMT -5
The ride was becoming relaxing finally and Kiva finally let her muscles relax a bit but that was until she heard the tune again. "You hear that right?" She finally asked Reid and he gave her a quizzical look and that made her heart sink a little. Was she the only one able to hear it or was she going crazy. Maybe there was no tune being sung but then she heard words, the sound had to be real and she was going to find it. "I have to find the source of that tune" she said turning her horse in the direction she thought the tune was coming from. "What tune?" Reid asked her as he followed suit and turned his horse.
"It's another thing that I can't explain but I know it's there. You'll see, I will find it" Kiva started to get more of her confidence back and her spirits were being lifted. If the tune was that loud to her it had to be close. "It's this sweet melody that kind of reminds me of my childhood. Someone is singing it and I wonder if it could be him" Reid felt so much for her and he could only see the heartbreak if she didn't find him. He didn't want that to happen to her but he knew that she wasn't going to give up on her quest.
Kiva was playing with the feathers more now, it was becoming like a twitch but it was still comforting her and letting her not get to anxious to find the source.
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Post by vamperious on Sept 30, 2011 10:04:14 GMT -5
Ralyn sighed as he lite the fire, a small one with little smoke, he wasn't sure about some one following them still. He did heard horses hooves a while back but he was sure they had passed. It had only sounded like two not a branch of soldiers so he let it go. He was still on the run technically but he didn't show signs of it. Still letting the words roll off his tongue like he spoke them every day, he sat by the fire. Inez was still passed out under the tree, under his jacket. She hadn't been sleeping well the last few days. He figured let her sleep, getting up once again he began to skin the rabbit he got and put it on a spit to cook, knowing she would wake up just before it was finished as she always did. He felt a weird tingle on his wings again, shaking then out- it didn't get rid of the feeling...sighing he perked his ears up when he heard horses hooves again heading towards them, or by them he didn't know but he was sure that he couldn't conceal his wings properly when they were tingling like this. Taking a deep breath he got up to the pack horse and got a blanket out of the pack and wrapped it around his shoulders concealing his wings completely.
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Post by squirrel on Sept 30, 2011 16:12:00 GMT -5
Kiva stopped her horse without any warning; her eyes were trained on one part of the forest with Reid right next to her still clueless. “Stay here” she told him as she slid from her horse and handed the reins over to him. He opened his mouth to say object but knew that he would only get his head bitten off. “Alright but don’t go too far to where I can’t get to you if there is trouble” he asked and she only nodded her head. If she was right then he was just through there but at Kiva stepped to the tree line she couldn’t bring herself to walk in and find him.
All her questions came flooding to the front of her thoughts and then worry followed. But more than anything she needed to do this and that feeling is what pushed her to start walking into the forest. She gripped her cloak tighter around her, Kiva’s nerves spiked a little and she was getting anxious and without relaxing it she started to hum to herself a little while playing with the feathers.
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Post by vamperious on Sept 30, 2011 23:25:17 GMT -5
He vaguely heard the tune being returned to him-not the words but the tune. He couldn't help smile as she shook his wings out under the blanket as they started to tingle yet again. Still humming he let the blanket slip off as he stood up, kicking it away from the fire so it wouldn't catch he took a deep breath then began to sing the words a bit louder. He had a hunch that the person humming the other part was some one who was another like him- he felt that deep inside of him-he so desperately wanted that that it was killing him not to yell. Inez had woken up to the sound of his voice however, not used to hearing this clear or in a song of sorts. "Ralyn? Whats wrong?" He motioned with his hands for her to be quiet, a concerned look on her face as she stayed where she was, watching him walk towards the tree line. He stopped three steps from it- his voice dropping a bit as he went quiet for a few words to see if he could hear the others voice. It was very quiet but he was getting anxious and he wanted to see the person or thing now.
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Post by squirrel on Oct 1, 2011 6:17:52 GMT -5
The words rang out even louder now and it felt as if they were pulling her along. That someone wanted to find her too she could feel it in every inch of her being. Kiva picked up her pace her humming getting louder till she couldn’t hold it in any longer. Words sprang from her lips, words that she didn’t even know she knew. She sang with her heart as she moved further into the woods. She couldn’t shed her coat fast enough, her wings needed to be free. The rustled from their prison and sat at her sides now in full view and it felt wonderful. Kiva couldn’t explain this feeling even if she wanted to and knew that not even Reid could understand this but she was close.
Then she was there, standing a few feet from him. She felt it in her soul, this was the man she had been searching for and needing to find. As she took the last few steps her words died off and she ended her part of the song. Kiva stood breathless in front of him waiting to see what he was going to do. See if it was really him. For once Kiva had lost her words and with nothing to say all she could do was stand there.
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Post by vamperious on Oct 1, 2011 21:12:59 GMT -5
As she erupted from the tree line he held his breath. It was unexpected that a girl would show up-he was expecting a male or something- a girl was unexpected. Looking at her he cocked his head to the side, fanning out in his wings in a territorial way to show that he was the more powerful of the two- like any boy thinks. It was more to show that he was winged and he was dangerous if she tried anything he still had Inez there. If it got dangerous he was in trouble. He hummed the tune ever so softly like he remembered from when he was a child, watching her reaction to everything in turn. He took a deep breath though when Inez moved behind him, he heard her sharp intake of air. She recognized him from the market but she stayed where she was concealed by the tree.
Then she was there, standing a few feet from him. She felt it in her soul, this was the man she had been searching for and needing to find. As she took the last few steps her words died off and she ended her part of the song. Kiva stood breathless in front of him waiting to see what he was going to do. See if it was really him. For once Kiva had lost her words and with nothing to say all she could do was stand there.
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Post by squirrel on Oct 2, 2011 0:33:47 GMT -5
Never having been around a male of her own kind she wasn't sure what he was doing but he hadn't attacked her so she saw that as a good sign. Kiva extended her wings ever so slightly just to show him that she meant no harm and to let him know that she was like him whether they were related or not. Right now that didn't matter so much cause he looked to be like her.
Then he started to sing again and with each note her heart beat a little faster. She opened her mouth again and this time the words to the song rang out once again. It was a weird feeling just standing there and sing but it was the only thing she could do at the moment. She still couldn't bring herself just to blurt out and ask him if he was her long lost brother. She was still too afraid of what his answer could be. As she continued on the song she started to play with the feathers once again getting a little nervous with each passing note till she was breathless and had to stop singing. Kiva now stood in front of him silent again but this time she removed the chain with the feathers from around her neck and then removed one of the feathers. She held the feather out to him hoping that he would know what it meant, she figured that there had to be two of them for a reason and maybe he might recognize what they meant cause no one had told her.
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Post by vamperious on Oct 2, 2011 20:49:48 GMT -5
Watching her extend her wings a little he smiled but continued with the song, He sang till she stopped because she didn't breath. He took a deep breath, and continued will she started to play with some feathers from around her neck, it made his wings tingle. Making them shiver he dropped them a little, they shook a bit as the sensation made its way threw his body he let it show a bit. He was a bit nervous but he still hummed. His eyes followed her hand as she extended the feather from her necklace. It was his, he knew it was his, making his wings razor he saw the feather sparkle a bit from the little sharp barbs that came from the feather when it was lost. He took it from her and placed it in his hands and looked at as she looked a bit confused. "Where did you get this feather from?" He didn't drop his wings but he had an even voice the silence a bit deafening as there was an absence of humming.
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Post by squirrel on Oct 2, 2011 21:23:35 GMT -5
She was happy when he didn't attack her at her gesture but she didn't get what she wanted. Just another question to which the answer was complicated but one thing she was happy about, it looked like the feather belonged to him. Kiva looked down at the other feather trying to think of the simple explanation but even that was still hard. "It's...complicated" she finally told him softly yet her voice still rang out with radiance. Something she had grown use to as she got older. It sounds like a siren her foster parent's use to tell her but not one that entrances you. It was like you wanted to hear it but that was it.
Kiva looked back up at him and before she could get anymore from him she felt another presence behind her. "Kiva! We need to leave now" Reid's voice was at her ear, he was a bit loud but it sounded more like he was panicked. He gentle grabbed her arm and started to drag her off "Reid I can't! He's..." she pointed to the guy with the wings but Reid wasn't stopping. "I am sorry but there is a platoon of soldiers headed this way. We have to get out of here" Kiva looked back at the guy one more time, her eyes sadden thinking this was probably her only chance but to keep herself alive she knew that Reid was right. She then turned and started to bolt back to their horses.
It took them only a few minutes to get back to the horses and take off. They had to be quick if they were going to stay ahead of the soldiers. "It was him" she told Reid as they rode on but she didn't get anything from him.
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