The wind blew around the figure staring up at the stars gently. Feathered dragon wings were folded at her back as ankle length, silver hair with five colored streaks moved with the winds. Sad, gold eyes allowed tears to escape them. "It's growing louder..." came from her lips as she covered her ears falling to her knees.

After several minutes, the dragoness turned her eyes back up to the stars once more fighting off the power of the spell that threatened her. At night, Atela would hide away from the castle in the forest. She did not want them to see the torment that she was going through. Each night the Widow's song grew louder and each night it became harder and harder to fight off.

"Gods, Rayku...where are you?" she whispered into the wind as more tears fell. "I need you..." Atela cried softly as she felt the cold winds blow over her skin. She wore only a simple black robe. A stark contrast to her silver hair and now very pale skin.

She stood and wiped the tears from her eyes as she spread her wings. She had done much thinking about the twins. She was still keeping them from doing things they should be doing but she was scared that they would be harmed. That they would fall to Diablo and Estrella. Or that Dievas and Nemesis would harm them again.

"I'm being a parinoid mother..." Atela said bitterly to herself. "Why can't I just let them go?...." she asked as she spread her wings to take flight back to the castle. "Because....I will be without them soon." Atela answered herself as she took flight.

Sabriel skipped happily through the snow covered forest. It was still lightly snowing outside too, which made her all the more happier. She quickly disrobed in a secluded area and lay down, reveling in the cold touch. Garion always teased her in the summer with fire, but she now had the upper hand, or so she believed.

Gelo chuckled as she kept an eye on Sabriel. She sat down against a tree and looked up. "Where are you begining your search?" she asked a little curious on the subject.

Sabriel didnt want to talk about her journey. It seemed so far away yet.
She rolled over in the snow, letting some of hit her exposed breasts.
"I was thinking of going south" Sabriel said thoughtfully.

Gelo nodded. "And how are you going to keep cool going south?" She asked throwing some snow at her master with a laugh.

The snow hit sabriel around her belly button and she gasped with surprise, for it felt very good.
"I suppose ill have to adapt, plus I CAN keep my self cool with a bit of ice" she said mischieviously as ice "somehow" fell out of the branches above gelo.

Gelo eeped as she felt the ice fall on her. Even being an ice mist, she was still chilled when it was unexpected. "So I see. Well there's always a freak snow fall as well." She said smirking as snow began to swirl around them. She took a piece of ice that had fallen on her and pounced at Sabriel tring to tackle her. Gelo wasn't as strong physicaly as Ketashi or Sabriel but she tried anyway.

Sabriel laughed as she let gelo try to pin her and what not. She was very sensitive and ticklish, and it was at times like this she wished she had kept her robe on. She attempted to wrest the peice of ice from Gelos hand.

Gelo was laughing as well. "Hey." She said with a laugh as the ice was wrestled from her. She was pinned under Sabriel now tring to wiggle her way out from under her. She didn't look at her Master as she had a blush on her cheeks from the position. ~Oh dear...Why do I get myself in these messes?~ She thought.

"Oh gelo you blushing" gigled Sabriel as she pressed into Gelo, effectively pinning her.
"Hee hee your just so silly sometimes"s he said, giving gelo a kiss on the cheek before getting off of her. She walked off into the forest, not too far from her secluded spot. She wanted to walk on the ice on a nearby creek.

Gelo closed her eyes a moment before getting up. She followed Sabriel keeping an eye on her and out for anyone that would spy on the princess. She was still blushing a little though. ~No...that's not right.~ she scolded herself as she watched Sabriel. ~I shouldn't have feelings like this for her...~ She said turning her eyes down to the ground for just a brief minuet.

Sabriel was sliding on the ice. the creek groaned and creaked with her weight. She had her robe on again.
"Hey Gelo the ice is Fi EEEEEEEEK!" she said with a cry as the ice broke beneath her. The water went up to her knees.

"Master!" Gelo gasped as she raced over to the ice. With each step she took it froze more making it strong enough to hold her on it. "Are you ok?" She asked as she reached Sabriel pulling her out of the water. She made sure the ice staied strong.

Sabriel shivered.
"F..Forgot t-to make more ice" she stuttered. She was bent over rubbing her ankles. Her robe was a low cut one (favored by Sabriel), with little back, looking almost like a dress. The cool snowflakes felt good on her still exposed back.
"I cant believe i can still be cold" she said, frustrated by the fact that even she could feel cold.

Gelo smiled and chuckled a little. "I am ice, Master and even I can feel the cold when surprised." she said bending down to help warm up Sabriel's ankles and legs. "Is that any better?" Gelo asked looking at Sabriel.

Sabriel giggled
"Mhm. I bet you like the view too huh" she said with a wink and a silly smile. She was wearing a short robe, one in which the bottom was almost like a skirt.

Gelo blushed a little as she lowered her eyes. "I always do." She said softly then covered her mouth when she realized she said it outloud. Her eyes were wide and she refused to look at Sabriel.

Sabriel knelt down to Gelos level.
"Look at me" she commanded.

Gelo closed her eyes briefly and removed her hand from her mouth before looking at Sabriel. She was scared at the moment not sure what Sabriel would do.

Sabriel took gelos head in her hands and held it still as she pressed her lips against Gelos

Gelo's eyes widened in shock before slipping closed. She kissed Sabriel back shaking a little still nervous.

she pushed gelo down onto the ice, then removed her robe.
"If your tongue is better than my hand, I will forgive you for keeping this quiet" Sabriel said with a smile, then straddled gelo, positioning her love hold above gelos face. Sabriel was of course a virgin, and she planned to keep it that way until she found her man (yes she was looking).

Gelo was blushing deeply as she heard Sabriel's words. She timidly ran her tongue along Sabriel's slit before pushing it in a little more tasting Sabriel's juices. ~Sweet.~ She thought as she continued to lick Sabriel. Her tongue flicked over her clit a few times as well.

"Aaaah, oooo yes this is what i thought" Sabriel said. SHe had to steady herself on a tree while gelo licked. Her juices were already flowing (which wasnt saying much since it did that most of the day anyway).

Gelo sucked on Sabriel's clit a moment before pushing her tongue deep inside her young master. She kept licking and sucking as she heard her master's voice.

"aaaaah! aaaaaaaaah! ooooo yes yes yes YES!" she screamed and came allover gelos face.

Gelo drank as much of Sabriel's juices as she could as she came. She looked up at Sabriel as she began to clean her. She was glad to have been able to please her master this way.

Sabriel kept herself shaved (no hair down there), for to her it increased the pleasure. She licked her own juices off of Gelos face ("sweet" she said with a smakc of her lips).
"Im going to help you gelo. Ill find that guy or girl for you, but in the mean time, we can be lovers. Even when I tell my hearts desire my feelings, we'll still be lovers, for we have been together forever" she said in a whisper in gelos ear. She never mentioned she had a hearts desire before, but gelo had a right to know.

Gelo blushed as she listened to Sabriel. "I...thank you Master." She said in a whisper back. "I was afraid you would react diffrently though." She admitted. "And just who is it that your heart desires?" She asked curiously/

She kissed Gelo on the lips before helping her up.
"Now that would be telling. Besides I...I dont think he feels the same" she said a little sadly. She put her robe back on.
"There you are" came the annoyed voice of Ketashi.
"Where have you been?"
"snow bathing" Sabriel said happily "Come on I wanna run around town" she said and with that took off. Ketashi gave a weary sigh and then leapt after her(very high into the trees)

Gelo laughed a little and took her wolf form following her master. A little happier knowing that she didn't have to hide how she felt anymore.

Two figures moved in what could be concidered a deadly game of catch. They sent arrows at the other never allowing themselves to be hit as they caught arrows sending them back at the other. It was hard to make out who they were at the moment. They were moving as fast or probably faster than the arrows were.

Eiko was watching the pair with interst having not watched this deadly game of catch before. She was sitting at the base of a tree just in case she had to go into the earth to avoid a stray arrow. A man with black hair with white bangs and purple laced red eyes watched with interst as well. "This is intersing, isn't it, Steiner?" Eiko asked.

"That it is, Eiko." Steiner said in agreement. "Who are they though...?" He asked a little foolishly.

Eiko laughed. "Just watch. Toru should return with the Princess, if she is feeling up to it, soon." Steiner nodded and continued to watch.

Sabriel entered the forest, looking for her mother. Her bow was at the ready (as she never EVER trusted completely her family, nor anyone). She looked around cautiously, in case someone tried anything.

Atela appered suddenly in front of Sabriel. The Empress's clothes were much like what she wore the day before when she found Sabriel in the city. A teal sleeveless tunic and black pants. Her wings were not in sight and her hair was tied back in a bun that was starting to come loose.

Her back to the princess as she caught an arrow that had been fired in the general direction. She was using a black oak bow and the arrow she caught had white feathers with gold tips. She fired that back in the direction it had came catching two more just as quickly as she released the first and they two were sent back towards the one that fired them. She jumped to the tree branches above running out of that spot to another.

"Good Morning, Princess." Eiko said a little surprised at the fact she had been watching Atela and another figure so far this morning. She stood and dusted her pants off.

"good morning Eiko. So this is what mummy was talking about" she said watching atela and her opponent. ~I could hit them from here~ she thoughtwith a shrew smile. She pulled three arrows and notched them on her bow. She pulled back with a heave, took careful aim, and fired into their vicinity.

(One must note that Sabriels Silver Bow is of a different standard then ANY bow in the Empire, even atelas. Hers is a longbow made of silver, BUT its string is very tight, made of dragon wax and vine. The strength of the bow string, which is the source of power for any bow, is such that no ordinary person, not even a roman, can pull it. Only a full blown demon or dragon would have the strength required to pull it, and Even Ketashi has a bit of trouble using it. Sabriels strength is that way, and she can fire it with ease. The arrows are also larger than normal arrows. Shes practically firing javalins. Finally, since the bow is that powerful, the speed of flight for the arrow is far greater then that of any bow, as well as the distance of the arrows flight, which is at least double that of a standard bow).

Atela and her opponent both dodged the next arrows they had fired at the other. Atela caught one of Sabriel's arrow and the mystery opponent caught another. The third was barly dodged by Atela. It was just an automatic reaction for the two to send the arrows back at the one that fired them. Though with some difficulty given the size of Sabriel's arrows.

Atela's eyes flashed after she sent the arrow. "Shit. Sabriel!" she yelled not interfearing with the flight of the arrow she sent at her daughter. ~Well...this is one way to start her training.~ Atela thought as the person she was doing the warm up with laughed.

Sabriel removed her quiver, then did a back flip, from which she landed on her hands. Holding herself on one hand now, she held out her quiver, catching both arrows, then continued her flip into the trees. Thus the purpose of ger green armor cloth was apparant, she was nearly invisible in the dark green of the pine trees, since her clothes were the same color, plus the black she wore under.

Atela smirked as she watched Sabriel taking to the safety of the trees as the one she was sparing with earlier did the same. "Who the hell is the other guy?" Eiko asked way confused.

"Oh. That's just Yue." Toru said as he entered the clearing. "He and Atela have been working on this exercise for years now. It's helped Yue with his speed while it's helped Atela focus on something other than the Widow's song. She's the one that made this "game" up."

"Acutaly it was an old training technique she came up with during the war 2000 years ago." Amon said as he entered the clearing as well. "We had better be going. There are three of them fireing arrows at eachother so it's not going to be a good idea for anyone to stick around..."

"That's true." Steiner said shivering a little. Everyone but Toru left the clearing. He was use to Yue and Atela's training and he even joined in every once in a while.

Atela stopped where she was at and waited. Listening for something. ~I didnt' get to explain all this...I hope she realizes she does have and advantage over Yue and I. We don't use the quivers and only a handfull of arrows since we catch and return them.~ She thought.

Sabriel watched them from her hiding place among the trees. She could easily pick up on the game, it wasnt difficult after all. She pulled out 4 arrows this time. she turned her bow sideways, so she could actually shoot the arrows. She pulled back, making sure that two arrows were aimed at each. She fired again.

Yue saw two arrows headed his way. ~Sabriel's.~ he thought sending two her way just before he caught her's. When he caught Sabriel's, he sent them at Atela. He then changed spots trying to get behind Atela.

Atela felt something as she caught Sabriel's arrows and fired them back at her daughter. It was a very odd feeling. She caught Yue's and sent them back as well. ~This is going to be intersting. Especialy if Toru ends up joining in.~ Atela thought as she headed for another spot. Yue and Atela weren't trying to actualy hit eachother. Not in this session at least. They had been just playing for awhile. If they were getting serious about it, they would be aiming for eachother's weak spots to try and bring the other down.