*12 Stones of Magic*

[Judas]

Altaïr trail his gaze over the felines before he return his gaze to the white furred lioness, "Are you frightend?" the male asked narrowing his eyes, taking a step towards the lioness, she did seem startled with the suprised look in her face and the fact that she stepped back a few steps, the young assassin kept his wings spread, just to cool his system down.

Altaïr have a significant problem when it comes to hiding his powers, in particularly one of them. The other two where practically not visible to the naked eye, "I am an abomination.." the assassin answered, well wings weren't uncommon in his pride, most of the lions posessed wings.

Altaïr however is cursed with a rather fragile skeleton, ofcourse it's not frail or anything and can take a minor beating, but the young assassin has to be carefull since his skeleton his hollow, very much like a bird, his gives him fantastic agility and speed while flying, though it makes him very vurnrable to blunt trauma.

None of the lions of his pride have this skeletal structure, so it seem to be the result of a genetic illness rather than a sort of power, cause it does really more harm than good. But curses are powers too, in their own ways sure they do bad things, but these bad things may also have a good side.

[Alex]

Moonlight saw the other felines looking at her - some were staring with amazement, others curiousity, and she thought she saw a few flickers of fear of among them. She knew she had said too much. How stupid! she cursed herself. You don't even know them! They could kill you!

Taking a shuddering breath, Moonlight began to back away slowly. She hated being the centre of attention; it made her feel vulnerable and powerless. Thinking hard, she concluded that her best bet was to run, away from the felines who knew of her dangerous powers, somewhere safe. Again she cursed herself as she realised that, if they also had special abilities, surely they would easily catch her? She would be forced to use her powers to escape.

Why had she been so foolish?

[Lunar Crecent]

She continiued to look at the golden lioness and then, she was taken back by surprise as the lioness started to back away.

"What Is The Matter?Are You Not Wanting To Speak....?"She asked, her head tilted to the side, her ears twitching every now and again."Oh!I'm Sorry.I'm Aurora...."She replied bowing her head repsectfulyl to everyone.

She looked up awaiting the response of everyone's names to be flung at her.She waited patiently for the awnser, her tail twitching every now and again on the grass covered floor.

[Fire]

As he approached the group, he saw that one of the lions was being hostile, almost afraid of running away from the group. The group didn't look as if they were in a fight of some sort. He assumed that one of them was just an extreme case of shyness.

He grinned as he got an idea so that maybe the lioness wouldn't feel so vulnerable. Closing his eyes slightly, he made a clash of heat come together like a light-sounding clap above his head and then a stream of fire went above the group's heads. The fire danced around for a bit and then formed the words "Look yonder in this direction". The fire then changed to an arrow pointing in the lion's general direction, having a smile that showed confidence in his tone. A quick flick of his tail and the fire then clapped loudly, causing the fire to dissapate. "What's goin' on, cool cats?" He chuckled softly. It was almost weird that he truly didn't know the serious of the conversation. It was almost probably because he hadn't had any contact with anyone but himself for.. well.. years.

[Lunar Crecent]

Aurora tilted her ears up toward the sound of fire and let out a low menacing sound as if between a growl and a hiss.She looekd toward where the fire came from and saw a male lion standing there.She growled lowly at him and shook her head, the ashes that were still a bit burning now turning a black on her fur, as if a sudden cold.She shook her fur and sat down.She looked at the male directly and then, tilted her head back and with a smile, bent her head down and breathed lowly.A silver sparkle glistened over the tall grasses and then formed words of ice near the males lion's feet.

~Nothing, But The Sky..Why You Wanna Know?~It read.

[Fire]

Fire had finally figured out who had made that ice wall from the way that one lioness wrote the words that were before him on the grass, chuckling softly and quite amused at the writing. It was cool to see it. Probably even more cooler than the frost itself.

He then blinks and a little candle-like flame appears over his head and then shifts into words that said 'Seem like a 'cool' bunch of individuals. Thought I'd say hi." He then chuckles without opening his muzzle and winking at the lioness that had replied to his sky-writing.

[Lunar Crecent]

((OOC:First of all....My Charrie's not a lioness...she's a tigeress, half panther thing....Don't ask how...))

Aurora sighed stepped forward toward the lion.

"Hello....Where Do You Come From?Excuse me...I'm Aurora...."She replied quietly, bowing her head respectfully.

She looked at the lion and saw that he was having a small misunderstanding.He thought it was the other lioness that created the ice.Ha!What a Laugh!

[Fire]

((All right. No need to get snappy about it. >.> And sorry for the misunderstanding, I do mean for my actions to be guided towards you, LC.))

Fire just smiled and chuckled softly without opening his lips to give the laugh, looking at what looked to be a tigress, yet she had qualities of another feline species that he couldn't quite put the name on. He shook his mane and then replies to Aurora. "Please to meet you, Aurora. Name's Fire..."

"I come around from here. I have a pride and all, but I decided to go out for a few sunsets and just explore the land. How about you?"

[Lorien]

Lorien didn't know what to do. She was surrounded by what seemed to be a whole lot of felines with powers. Powers not like her own...but powers none the less. She wasn't the only one who possessed them. The thought had grazed her mind every once in a while that this idea was possible, but she had put it aside and shunned herself from others, not wanting her oddities to be found out. Yet now...could she confide in these others? Could she trust others with special abilities?

She was about to find out. She had been sitting there, just gaping at what was going on around her. She even felt like some of the others hadn't even noticed her. Furrowing her eyebrows a bit, she took a few steps toward the center of the group. "I'm Lorien, nice to meet you all," she said to no one in particular. It was very unlike her. She usually didn't warm up to others like this before...

But they were different. Or more likely...they were the same.

[Kirsui]

"I am an abomination.."

Lumiar glanced at the winged lion when he spoke out. She stared, again... And she knew she did, but could not turn her eyes away either.

Not until the fire appeared on the sky.

The angelic lioness' eyes shot wide open, her head turned up, and she took several steps backwards. That fire... The heat of it. She hissed, a reaction she couldn't control. When it dissappeared, and the newly appeared male lion spoke out, her triangular eyes turned to him. If she had been staring at the winged lion a moment ago, now she was staring at this... Fire.

Lumiar moved her head when her tiger companion spoke out. So she was Aurora... A nice name. Then came out the greyish lioness who Lumiar hadn't noticed earlier since she had been staring at the winged lion. Lorien... So now she knew three names...

The smile that momentarily had appeared vanished from the angelic lioness' face. She turned her head away, not daring to look at any of these other felines. Her eyes wandered to the mountain, the volcano, a sad exression on her face.
She might know their names.. and yet they wouldn't know hers.

[Judas]

Altaïr raised a brow at the firey display that played over the new arrival's head, "Show off.." the young assassin mutterd to himself in a low voice, the assassin now turned his gaze back to the silent feline and she seemed terrified by the fire, judging by her hissing noises and cowering behavior.

"Skittish creature, she is.." Altaïr mutterd to himself, giving his wings a flap, having them spread and not in motion was energy consuming, esspecially cause of their size.

The winged assassin turned his gaze towards the mountain, in about the same moment as the mute lioness did. Altaïr narrowed his eyes, as he enterd a state of deep thought; He had to get moving soon, he couldn't spend the whole day goofing around with these oddballs.

Altaïr casts a silent glance back at the gathering, but he gave a nod of farewell to the silent, skittish lioness before he spread out his wings fully, with a jump and a flap of his great wings he took off into the skies, heading in the direction of the mountain.

The young assassin had afterall an assignment to complete; He had to find out what was wrong with the mountain.

[Alex]

When she saw the flames in the sky, Moonlight felt as if she was frozen to the spot. That was until she noticed the lion. Yet another lion with powers! She was surrounded by them! Feeling wary still, but slightly relieved that none of the felines seemed to be dangerous, Moonlight watched as the new lion, the tigress and the grey lioness who had been hiding all introduced themselves; Fire, Aurora and Lorien. Suddenly, she realised the white lioness had not said one word in all this time. Then, she was distracted - the winged lion had spread his enormous wings, leapt into the air and was now soaring towards the mountain. She gazed at him, hardly able to believe the events of the past few moments.

Moonlight felt a little more relaxed now that the winged lion had left - she wasn't sure if it was his size, or the fact that his wings were stained with blood. Either way, she was pleased he had gone.

Feeling a surge of bravery, she stepped forward. "I'm Moonlight," she said, bowing her head politely in the general direction of the other felines. She prayed she hadn't made a mistake when she chose to stay rather than run.

[Fire]

Fire turned his head slightly to the lion that had flown away. At first glance, to him, the lion looked a little wary. He didn't say a word and his expression showed that of some annoyance that he had arrived. It was too bad for him, then. He could have at least gotten to know some of the others.

When he had heard someone speak 'I'm Moonlight', his head turned to where the greeting had come from, smiling as he nodded back to her. "That's a very nice name for a feline like you." He then sat down onto the ground and was facing Moonlight, a cheery attitude in his mind that he was trying to maintain within the group. After all, if he didn't have this, this discussion might not even be happening...

[Lunar Crecent]

Aurora looked at him with a small smile.

"Nothing Really..I Have Been Traveling Land ssince I was a Cub....That is My Way..."She nodded her head and then looked toward the mountian.

Her ears twitched at the sound of the winged lion flying off.She sighed sadly and nodded.She looked at Fire, the new male of the group.

"Why do You Use Fire?"She asked, her head tilting slightly in confusion and couriosity.

[Kirsui]

Lumiar's ears perked up at the sound of the winged lion rising up to the sky. The angelic lioness turned her head to him, watching as he flew towards the huge mountain.

Her eyes narrowed suspiciously. What did that lion have to do with the mountain...?

Lumiar shook her head with a slight sigh before she turned to look at the rest of the group again. Perhaps the winged lion was just heading towards the old volcano without any good reason.

But only perhaps.

Yet another voice spoke out, and now Lumiar knew all names of the remaining felines. Moonlight, Fire and Aurora seemed to be discussing with eachother, and the angelic lioness just remained where she was, examining the three with her triangular eyes. However, Aurora's last question caused her flinch. At the word "fire", she made yet another hissing noise, clearly not liking the subject. She hated fire, feared it...

And for a very good reason.

[Judas]

The winged lion was well on his way to wards the mountain, the occasional rumbling of the mountain shook the ground beneath him, causing the birds to take to skies, seemingly eager to get away from whatever dark secret this mountain held. The young assassin, touched down on a ledge someway up the mountain, the dark rocks where slippery and covered with a thin layer of frost.

This mountain must have been old since it's cap was still littered with fine powdery snow, which never melted despite the countless dry seasons it must have seen, and an occasional mountain bush had anchored itself into the rocks, burying it's roots into the cracks among the boulders littering the slope.

The reason the winged lion had landed on this desolate plateau was that the thin air didn't allow him to fly over the mountain, so he had to scale this treacherous rocky slope on paw. The air up here was also thin, making breathing difficult so his ascent will be a slow one, but the sooner he finds out what it wrong with the mountain the faster he can get home.

Altaïr folded his wings gently onto his back, before he began his slow ascent, picking every step with caution, there were loose rocks, shearing cliffs, and deep gorges here and the mountains rumbling didn't quite help the balance. If Altaïr had knew the reason behind the mountain's speech, he would never have attempted to scale it, no one in their right of mind tries to climb a waking volcano.

[Alex]

"That's a very nice name for a feline like you."

For a moment, Moonlight stared at Fire, unsure what to make of this comment. When she realised this was a genuine compliment, a shy smile spread across her face, lighting up her eyes - she wasn't used to being complimented.

"Thank you," she murmured, a little embarrassed.

She could see the white lioness watching them and she felt a little unnerved by the angelic-looking feline's lack of movement. Then she glanced at Lorien, who looked as wary and timid as Moonlight felt, and smiled a little, hoping the grey-brown feline would know she wasn't a threat.

When she heard Aurora asking a question, she turned to Fire, curious. Now she had relaxed a little, Moonlight's curiousity had grown.

[Lunar Crecent]

She heard her commrades hiss when she said the word fire and bowed her head in apology to her.She herself disliked it, but why wouldn't she?She controlled ice!She pointed her head once again to the lion and waited for him to speak.

[Tamber]

It was always disappointing when the only true friend Rhea had left her for the long day. As the sun rose each morning, a rush of exhaustion overflowed her body. The stars disappeared, most of them leaving sight at the same instant. The moon would fade in the bright light of the closest star, and would leave the blue lioness alone to push through the long, hot day, all along waiting for the moon's return.

Teh blinding light from the sunrise had caused her to hide in a small cavern for a while, adjusting to the light of morning. But soon this lioness, her fur marbled in all sorts of different blues and her white crecent moon on her right shoulder, emerged from the den and decided to walk along for a while. Besides, the sun was still low in the sky, and it would not become very bright again until midday. The air was fresh and cool and she enjoyed this time of day, though it was night that she preffered.

Rhea padded along softly through the damp morning grass, gazing at her surroundings. She suddenly heard a boom from far off, bit did not turn her head quick enough to see what it was. All that remained was smoke in the air. She was perplexed, but she brushed it off. It was not that Rhea was not curious, she simply was not easily impressed. But as she continued she soon saw somethign strange. It was a strange winged creature gliding through the air toward the ever so misbehaved mountain. She had seen where he took off from, and chose to see if the place was any more interesting than where she had been strolling. In case there was danger afoot, she morphed into something inconspicuous.

A light flashed around Rhea's body. Strands of green and blue lights danced around her and her forebody lifted into the air. Her head lifted, her nose pointing vertically toward the sky, and her mouth open weakly. She then transformed, her body revealing every detail of change through the seconds she was morphing. The shape of Rhea's body twisted and shrunk into the body of a Bee Eater Bird. The blue lioness had changed her form, bu not her colors and pattern. Her head plummage was streaked back flat on her head and jutting out the back. The scruffy bird rose and fluttered towards the area the creature had flown from. She soon saw a small group of lions come into view. Rhea landed on a tree the loomed above a greyish lioness. She simply watched these strange looking creatures and waited to see if there was anything different about them, besides their appearances.

((Sorry way long))

[Lunar Crecent]

Aurora's ears twitched as she looked up.She saw a small scruffy bird and tilted her head.

~Those things aren't native to this area....Strange.....~She thought confused.

She watched out of the cornor of her eye as she still, waited patiently for Fire to continiue

[Fire]

"Well... My real name is Kito. But, since one of my friends discovered me with my ability, they always had named me Fire. And frankly, I quite like it. Describes not only my power, but also my personality as well." He says with a smile to Aurora. It actually was a bit humorous to him since it was true, really. He was quite... a ball of fire, really.

He glanced over to Moonlight with seeing the shy smile and then winking to her with that always genuine smile that he had. "Yet, I've met few lions and lionesses that liked my ability... I have taken this into account, considering what my ability can do. I've been practicing almost every day to make sure that I don't have any accidents where I can hurt anybody since.." He sighed. "no one likes to get burned in the end."

Fire had a little moment of silence before picking his head up with trying to make himself smile. "But, enough of my boring stories and humble pasts, I want to know about everyone else. You ladies seem cool, one of you literally." He chuckles and looks to Aurora.

[Lunar Crecent]

Aurora smiled widly and as she breathed out a small fog cloud came from her muzzle.She sat down and looked at everyone, wondering if she shoud start or if someone would like to go first.She waited patiently.This was a very interesting group that she came upon.Very interesting.

[Lorien]

Lorien sat down upon her slender haunches as she listened to the rest of the group speak. She really didn't know what to say, and quite frankly didn't feel like saying much if she herself was not spoken to. The young, grey/brown lioness wasn't much of a conversation started.

Then, without warning, the winged lion flew off into the distance. Lorien flattened her ears a bit, wondering if they had caused him to leave. She shook her head slightly. He didn't seem to be too friendly anyway...but he sure was interesting. Of course, as she was coming to find out, so where the rest of the group. It seemed as though they had all shared about their secret abilities. Well, all except she and the white lioness. Lorien's gaze trailed over to the angelic looking feline. She smiled slightly at her. She seemed to be shy as well...but there was also something else. This lioness had not spoken a word the entire time. Oh well...she was sure to pipe in sometime.

Lorien's train of thought was suddenly altered as a rustling noise was heard not far above her. Swivelling her ears around, the young lioness pinpointed that the noise was coming from the tree not far behind her. Looking up, she caught sight of a strangely colored bee eater bird. She smiled wide, loving to see birds. It had always been a dream of hers to be able to fly. Actually...that was probably why she had been so interested in the winged male. She was jealous of his flight capabilities. Giving one last glance to the odd bird, she turned her head back to the group just as the new firey-maned male was finishing talking. She smiled slightly at his remark, that they were 'cool'. She wondered if she should introduce herself further or not...and also wondered if she should reveal her own secret abilities. Well...not all of them at any rate, if she did. She would keep one a secret with her to her grave if she could help it.

"It's...a pleasure to meet you, Kito." Lorien was always one to use others' proper names. At least until she had gotten to know them better. When she said this, however, she didn't know how to continue. She looked to the ground a bit, biting her bottom lip. She hadn't been in such a large group in quite some time...well, since she was a young cub to be exact. The pressure was actually starting to get to her. As she was thinking of something else to say, the ground below them shook again. Lorien didn't like these earthquakes. They made her very uneasy, and it was quite noticeable.

"Does anybody know why this keeps happening?" she asked as her ears flattened against her head. "I'm not from around here originally...is this normal?"

[Fire]

Fire felt the ground shake underneath him a little. The tremors made him a little easy, and judging from when he glanced over at the lioness that had spoken to him, she also was feeling a little uneasy herself.

"It certainly does feel weird, doesn't it?... I've grown up here all my life and never have I felt this before. Although, i've grown up here all my life and I have never seen that mountain look so omnimous, either." He tilts his head in the direction of the mountain that had the irregular shape to it. "It sticks out like a rock in a puddle, doesn't it? I know that mountains undergo changes because of the environment, but.. The way that that mountain is broken down, I can't see it being normal for the mountain to look like that..." He says with a silence after and a serious tone to him. "It doesn't look right, you know?"

[Tamber]

Rhea listened in on their conversation frm her short distance. She recieved a peculiar look from a silver tiger, which made her feel uneasy. It doesn't take much to embarass poor Rhea. This is why she tried to keep herself from appeaing strange to them and changed into a bird they most likely would not notice. But soon her mood was changed when she saw a broad smile from the grey lioness that was closest to her. Rhea wasn't one to be particularly social, but she loved to be with those who enjoyed her company. The lioness turned her gaze away from her, but Rhea purseud. She rose herself from the tree and swooped down toward the lioness. She wove in cirles in the air until she glided down onto the lioness's muzzle, smiling brightly. She ruffled her blue marbled feathers and shook her wings.

[Kirsui]

"ARHG!"
The roar of anger echoed from the peek of the mountain, soon growing faint because of the snow.

"GO AWAY!"

A dark character raced down from the snowy top of the mountain, clearly not caring if the path it used was slippery. It was cold up here, and yet the dark figure didn't seem to care at all. Too bad for the figure, because it suddenly lost it's balance, possibly because of a loose stone or something. It begun to fall, and as it was on air one could see what it was.

A tiger.

But this tiger was far from normal. His fur was black with skeletal-looking white stripes, as if he was a walking skeleton instead of a living creature. His eyes were completely red, and the eyes were surrounded by dark areas, as if he hadn't slep well in ages. His looks were good enough reason for his name, Skell...

He fell down, away from the snowy area. He realized he would crash on the less snowy part, and would break his neck in the process. But instead of panicing, his expression remained calm. His red eyes flashed, and a black cloud appeared under his body.

The falling stopped, and the dark tiger rose to his feet on the cloud he had created. He lowered himself down, glaring at the top of the mountain. It seemed that if his glare would have had the power, the mountain would have been just a small pile of dust.

If Skell hadn't been so angry, he would have noticed the winged lion that was climbing up the mountain...

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Lumiar listened as the others chatted more. So this.. Fire had another name? Atleast, this Kito wasn't as bad name as Fire was. From Lumiar's point of view.

The ground shook again, and the angelic lioness' triangular eyes narrowed. She glanced at the mountain, hissing slightly. Her head turned at Lorien when the greyish lioness asked if anyone knew what caused these earthquakes. Her blue eyes flashed slightly. Then Fi... Kito spoke out, and Lumiar's gaze turned to him.

Lumiar's tail swayed slowly from side to side, an chuckle escaped her muzzle. At that exact moment, her expression revealed that this angelic lioness knew something, something important... something she would have wanted to share with others...

Her ears flattened and she pulled her gaze away from Fi... Kito. Lifting an eyebrow, she seemed to look curiously at the colourful bird that had suddenly appeared from somewhere.

But the angelic lioness' mind was concentrating on the discussion instead of the small bird.

[Judas]

Altaïr was nearly thrown off his feet as the roar echoed across the mountain, "Woah!" the winged lion exclaimed as he flapped his wings to regain balance. His ash brown gaze then diverted upwards and ahead of him he could see the shape of a striped feline, kinda similar to the striped cat he had come across out on the plains.

"Wouldn't advice you scream that much, you might trigger an avalance.." the assassin said with raised voice up at the striped feline, he ignored the black cloud that formed under the cat, Altaïr had seen his share of strange things in these past hours.


OOC: Argh >< sorry it's short D:

[Lorien]

Lorien looked back to the firey-maned male as he spoke. Mentioning the mountain, Lorien's eyes travelled toward the looming precipice. She had never seen such a thing from where she came from originally. A mountain was a strange sight to her. She soon brought her attention back to the group. As Fire spoke some more, her eyes travelled to the other members of the small gathering, yet stopped at the white lioness. There was something about the way she looked...her body language. It was as if she knew something....

But surely she'd speak out if she did...

Lorien didn't have much time to think about it, however. Suddenly, she found that there was a bird on her nose! Her eyes went wide, and when she realized that it was the same bird, a big grin plastered itself onto her face. This was wonderful! She had tried to befriend birds before, but they all flew away when she tried to get close. Probably the sharp teeth thing.

"Hello, Mr. Birdie." A giggle escaped the young lioness's mouth, elated to have finally been in close contact with one of these winged creatures. She, of course, didn't realize that it was in fact...a lion that was perched upon her nose. She also didn't realise that it was a girl, classifying most smaller animals as boys for some odd reason. Her thoughts were completely drawn away from the mountain and its rumblings with the fascination of the bird.

[Lunar Crecent]

Aurora tilted her ears a bit as she heard a very very faint rumbiling.She shook it off thinking it was another treamor from the earth underneath her wihte paws.She turned as she saw her new friend, a greyish lioness, had the little bird she spoted earlier on her nose.She came up to it and looked at it very intently.She then, smiled her self and began to speak in a whistly language.

"Who are you and where do you come from?"She asked in the language many did not know.

She waited for the reply, her ears tilted forward.She knew how to speak any language she wished if she had listened arefully enough.She shok out her fur and looked at the bird with a smile.

[Alex]

As she listened to the others talking, Moonlight sat down, just on the edge of the group. Her ears were constantly twitching to listen in all directions and she glanced anxiously around every so often. It was clear to see that Moonlight was not at all used to these sort of situations; she was much more accustomed to being alone. However, it wasn't an altogether bad experience - she enjoyed others' company. But she had learnt the hard way that sometimes the best company is your own. That way, you had less chance of being hurt.

Moonlight dragged her thoughts back to the present as she heard the angelic white lioness chuckle at the mention of the mountain. She wondered what the lioness knew about it - she certainly knew something. Frowning, she pushed the matter aside as the others and spoke up, shyly at first, then gaining in confidence, "I haven't been in this area long, but I've travelled many miles before, I've seen many mountains... and not one has been like this one. I've heard about the tremors around here; they seem to be getting stronger and more frequent. I don't know... but I do know that, whatever may be different or wrong about the mountain... well, like Fire says," she inclined her head to the lion, before continuing gravely, "it can't be good."