Holy fire burns again the magic circle is all around it, burning like the innocence of love
Waves of golden grains wafted in the air and at the center of it all, a young maiden stood tall and proud, back to the viewer. Yellow sunlight basked down upon her, lighting up the tanned skin that was her body, only covered by mild clothing. Attire that, too, drifted delicately in the wind; the broadcloth dancing in the breeze and the long, bone necklace shifting barely against her chest. Her raven-feathered hair tangled itself in the passing zephyr, carving and shaping her face as it caressed her features. She reached toward something, something that couldn't be seen to the naked eye, but could clearly be seen by her. Luscious lips were partially parted and slender fingers curled gently, as if they were trying to grab hold of something. The Nirvit beauty stood in the silence like a statue, frozen in time with the wondrous world around her as the background.
A closer look and an Alice blue orb of light could be seen floating gently around her in spirals all over her body. It was blown occasionally from side to side as the breeze picked up and danced with it as well, but quickly returned to its post. Enticingly, it would move forward swiftly, then go back to the shamaness, as if begging her to come along with it. When she did not move, the sphere would twirl around her head, keeping to her ears, like it was whispering dark deeds to her. One, lonesome, Bleu de France visionary blinked mindlessly and the luscious lips would press together momentarily before parting again. She was deep in thought with her hand lowering back to her side, the other gently holding onto the twisted, wooden caduceus she bore. Her head turned ever so slightly, signaling that she was, indeed, listening to the words that the spheroid murmured to her.
"Come to us, please," the orb susurrates, coming close to the woman's head before bouncing back with the wind.
"But. . . where are you?" she inquires, moving her head a little more to stare into the bright light of the spherule.
"Please, save us," it urged on once it was able to push through the rough wind again and reach the woman's ear.
"How do I save you," the shamaness iterates, her entire body bursting with urgency as she fully turns to the orb.
"The Wakusei Portals is where we'll be; hiding behind the light of Kyoka," it finally answered her supplicating.
Just as it replied to her, the world around her grew a torrent of dangers; a howling pack of wolves growled in the distance. Screams of horror resounded in the now darkened skies with yells of men and women calling to each other, ordering a decimation.
Kanix sucked in a harsh breath of air as she sat up on the dirt floor of her tepee, then scrambled harshly to her feet. She pushed past the heavy flaps of the conical tent, her ears instantly filling with the chirp of crickets and croaks of frogs. It was still nighttime, which meant that she'd be able to reach Wakusei Portals by midday at the latest.
"Ancalagon!" the Nirvit shamaness shouted into the night air, calling to the Thunderbird that was greatly known as her pet. As she called, thunder could be heard rolling in the distance, a sign to the woman that her bird had heard her. She whistled sharply and before she knew it, the dragon-sized creature was landing in front of her with a heavy thud. Hastily, the woman ran toward Ancalagon and grabbed hold of the horn of the saddle, swinging her leg up and over.
Settling onto the saddle, she dug her heels into the feathered sides of the beast and clucked her tongue, urging him to fly. The beast took quickly to the skies, beating his wings and forcing a much faster speed than what she was normally used to. In fact, Kanix was not even area Ancalagon was able to reach speeds such as this, certain it was not in his nature to. After all, he was a creature of thunderstorms and while they moved fast, they were not as fast moving as this. Patting the sides of the bird, she'd calm him down, so that his speed would come down to soft gliding motion. At this rate, she'd be at Wakusei Portals even before it was breaking day, which she knew could have been far off.
"I'm in a rush, Ancalagon, but not that much of a rush," she chuckled over the winds that rushed past them.
The bird seemingly cooed at her, ruffling his feathers and slowing down is pace, so that she could enjoy the ride. His wing beats were the only sound in the air, carrying the sound of rolling thunder as they flew over the landscape. This was something the blind shamaness always enjoyed about riding Thunderbirds, even when she was smaller. Ancalagon had been her only source of transportation ever since he had been given to her as a young adult. He carried her anywhere she wanted to go and then some; the 'then some' being he took her places he wanted to go. Now, they were inseparable by nature, as if they were conjoined in some way, where one could not be without the other. Two peas in a pod that worked in harmony, one that was order and the other that was the chaos of the world.
As day broke, lighting the world, the Thunderbird delicately landed on the golden plains that had been seen in her dreams. It was only when a familiar voice called out did the blind woman lift her head from the neck of her beast to look. The voice of the person that she needed to see most came as a surprise to her, just as it came as a surprise to him. Kanix slid off the side of Ancalagon and landed barefooted into the soft, golden grass of the world around them. Her lingering fingers against the Thunderbird allowed for her to connect her vision, so that she was able to see the man before her.
"Mashyuu," she breathed out his name happily, running toward him, where she would jump onto and hug him. Muscular arms would wrap around her as the man caught her short stature in the leaping hug, holding her there before setting her down. One of her hands would slide down his arm until it connected with his hand, entangling their fingers together. "Mashyuu, I have something important to tell you. . . well, a few things, actually, if you don't mind listening." Kanix took in a deep breath and let her blind gaze fall upon the handsome facial features of her beloved lover. "I want you to know the real reason why I was so overly protective of you on our previous job, and that was because I can see into the feature. There are many things about this world that are frightening to me and what terrified me the most was losing the father of my child to it."
With that hand that she grasped in her own, she'd move it to the lower abdominal region of her torso and hold it there. "Mashyuu," she said his name again in a more loving tone, smiling and looking down at her stomach briefly before looking back to his face. "I'm pregnant."
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