((That would help. Okay for you Elementals, you have either yet to find your dragon, or just stumbled upon the crystal. Ground dragon, I would prefer in the Sahara, Ice dragon...Well, there's the exception. Skunkeh can already have her dragon. XD Fire Dragon near a volcano, Water dragon in Austrailia, Electric dragon...Pff. Near a power plant, somewhere? Air dragon..I dunno. And Plant has already been found. However, I would prefer it if the Elementals were found in different continents. Since they were spread around the world. Also, they only come out to special words or a show of courage. Since Yun'var(Galla) and Noc'ren(Naverk) are the only two humans who speak dragon, the words are out of the question. However, the elementals are drawn to each other--once they are out, they feel the need to go to the others, and a 'comp*censored*' inside draws them there. So maybe your characters just stumbled upon the stone, and Elice drags galla along, and they release the dragon, eh? As for you Underlings, you already have your dragon, and you've been told to wait in this cave in the Himalayas for years--how many, you've lost count--so you can either stay and complain, or rebel and leave. The exception is Skunkeh's. They've been sotra tagging along with Naverk, perhaps?))

((lol, I was thinking about how to find the electric. Dun worry, I got a planz!! :D Also, I hope you don't mind if I start..cause.....I am >D ))

Christine sighed and leaned into the gl*censored* of her father's grey sedan.  She had absolutely zero desire to go.  He had dragged her here with the cl*censored*ic,

"But baby, we don't get to spend that much time together and soon you'll be heading out for your future, and I want to get as much quality time in as we can...*sniff*"

She sighed at the memory. Looking out the window she could see the Plant ahead looming just past the mist.  It was bad enough that her father had dragged Christine from her friends and taken her to this obscure little town in England, now she had to go to a "Father Daughter Work Day".  Rolling her eyes, she imagined the tour she'd be given, having to listen to all the ooohs and ahhhs of the smaller children (and in her opinion the age appropriate for this sort of thing).  The Plant was nothing new, she'd seen it before.  It was her only refuge from the foreignness of England.  The familiar smells of the place reminded her of home, of her friends, of the dark times.  She sighed again unitentionally.

"I wish you'd stop all that sighing honey, it's not like I'm taking you to Chuck E Cheese and calling the rat over to take a photo with you...."

Her father's concern, though tinged with sarcasm, was genuine and Christine actually felt sorry for her moping. Forcibly perking up a bit, she looked at her father with a half grin and said,

"Sorry Dad, I must be tired still. All this fog is confusing to the senses."

Her father laughed for a moment, not fully buying the new found energy, but he appreciated the gesture.

The car's brakes squeaked a little as it came to a stop just outside the powerplant.  The humming of electricity and machinery.  Christine stood and stretched a moment before reaching into the vehicle and pulling out her backpack which she slung immediately over her shoulders.  Taking in a big breath of air, she began to follow her father inside.  Her muscles having the path to the entrance completely memorized, she began to look towards the sky and watched an old colored bird fly overhead.  As the bird let out a hawk-like shriek she felt herself falling.  She didn't have enough time to catch herself.  The stones on the pathway cut her skin in a few places as she groaned and pushed herself up into a sitting position.  Her father, hearing her fall, turned back and inquired as to whether she needed help. 

"No, Dad, I'm fine. I just tripped over something, go on ahead, I'll catch up."

He nodded and turned back, soon entering the building.  Chris, wincing as cuts on her arm stretched, shrugged off her backpack. She always kept Band-Aids by her side. She smiled as she pulled out the brightly colored box.  As she began ritualistically covering her five cuts with neon colored bandages, the sun began to shine through the mist.  Smiling, Chris looked up at the sky, soaking in the warmth until a glint caught in her eye.  Looking down she saw the tip of a brightly colored stone, the material of which she had never seen before.  That must be what I tripped on, she thought as she began to feel it.  Curious, she dug along the edges of the stone, eventually excavating it completely.  The stone was much larger than she had expected, weighing about 15 lbs, and had a interesting design on it.  It was a mottled blackish grey color with a crack along one side that caused the whole rock to look like a storm cloud.  Looking around as if she would tell someone they dropped their expensive item, Christine found herself alone with a stone that was only moments ago, buried in the ground.  She sat and stared at the rock for a few moments before quickly stuffing it into her bag and running to catch up with her father.

((Wow....I did not mean for that to turn out so long.....jeez *headdesk*))

((couldn't resist XD))

Zane and Silas looked at each other and shook their heads. Looking outside they grumbled. They currently could do nothing. It was as if some outside force was holding them within this random cave in the Himilayas due to a rule or direction that placed them there in the first place. Zane sat down and stared into the sky muttering,

"I'm onto you, you fox in the sky."

Silas snorted,

"As if you know it's a fox..."

"I just do. Don't ask."

((Love you Foxerooni, just jokin around. Not a serious post :P))

((Hmm... Air~ Could be found in the mountains someplace I guess... Though where, not sure. >3))

Sunlight filtered through the drawn blinds, casting straight slivers of light across the gray carpet and and white walls, one particular shaft falling over the sleeping face of a 19 year old student. His ex
pression was peaceful, though a rather loud and sudden knock at the door caused the male to jolt, literally landing flat on his face as he fell from the bed.

With a yelp, lucai sat himself up, his blue eyes bleary as he called in an agitated. "What the hell is it?" Putting his palms on the bed, he lifted himself off the floor as a female voice replied, sounding somewhat amused. Clearly she'd heard the resounding thud of a human being crashing into a carpeted floor. God damnit... He sat himself on the bed, his white blonde hair falling over his eyes as he yawned.

"Lucai, hurry up. We're heading off to the mountain in half an hour... Did you want to come rock climbing?"

He grumbled. "Yes yes. Alright, I'm coming," He snorted, then pushed himself away from the bed in order to get dressed. Sure. He loved Rock climbing, but only because of the heights involved, and he wouldn't have minded so much if it hadn't been so freakin early in the morning. Lucai always seemed to have a peculiar fondness for heights... 

With another stifled yawn, he bumbled over to the closet, his tall, lean and athletic frame moving with an unconcsious grace and fluidity. Tugging a light, stone gray t-shirt off the rail, he threw it on haphazardly, followed by a pair of white combats before he tugged open the blinds to his hotel room. His friends had outdone themselves, he had to admit, this place was perfect for rock climbing... They'd all come up with the idea of going on an international trip, an entire week of nothing but hikes and other mountain based activities. With a small smile, Lucai took in the landscape beyond his window, a beautiful hue of golds and grays, with rolling mountains off to one side.

"Hurry up!" The voice beyond the door yelled with another hammering on the wood.

"Alright! Geez, Helen" Turning on his heel, Lucai strolled to the door, pulling it open and walking out to stand beside a girl with dark hair who barely reached his chin. "It's about time," She grumbled. "Come on, the coach is getting ready to leave,"

With a nod, the tall, blonde male followed Helen to the coach, greeted somewhat raucously by the other males of the group, before getting aboard the coach and watching the pas.sing of an autumn coloured landscape. It was a good hour ride to the mountain, and it took the group of students another hour to set up their equipment.

Naturally, it was Lucai who was the first to climb. He was, modestly speaking, the best, probably thanks to the way he was built. He was able to easily scale walls that would have proved somewhat more difficult for the others; And many of them simply watched him. Once he reached the top of the cliff, he actually went further, to shouts of encouragement from the others. It was a strange feeling... Almost as though he was being called to the very pinnacle of that cliff... With a lot of bawling betwen the guys, Lucai promptly challenged the others to climb to his height, only a couple of them actually bothering to even try.

With a laugh, he sat atop that cliff, figuring if anyone actually reached him it would probably take them awhile. He sat, his eyes on the clear blue sky, ignoring the biting chill of the wind that caressed his blonde hair. He jolted slightly however, when he landed quite hard on what seemed to be a rather large stone.

"Ouch," He grumbled, scrambling to his knees and looking behind him, his eyes narrowing when they fall on a stone that was probably far too smooth to be a stone. It was gold tinted white, with a swirling, pearl likehue to it. The surface of it almost seemed to shimmer when Lucai moved his gaze. Blinking, he glanced once over the cliff, and once satisfied that he was going to be up here alone for a while, picked up the glistening orb.

It was unbelievably smooth, and incredibly light for something so big. He ran a hand over the surface, awed by the undescribable feeling coming from that stone... It was, quite literally, like stroking condensed air, so much freedom and movement visible in the swirling hue through his slender fingers... What an interesting thing...

The volcano rumbled beneath her feet has Akilina walked along the ridge of an active volcano. Aki stared up at the top of the mountain which was bubbling with burning magma. Aki wiped her brow, sweat beeds dripping down her face. Her black blonde hair swept across her silver eyes and the tunic around her wipped violently as the wind picked up around her.

Her pace quickened until she was almost running. She slowed when the end of the volcano melted into a long reaching forest. As she started to switch from rough ground to soft planty gr*censored*, she tripped and fell flat on her face with half of her body in each section. Aki looked behind her and saw the thing she had tripped over. She crawled over to it and the glint the sun made on it hit her eyes. She shielded the sun from view and gazed at the rock.

It was a small rock, barely the size of a ball of string. She reached out to touch and found it hot to the touch. She bit her lip and held it against her body, feeling its warmness flood over her entire body. She started to run, shifting the rock every now and then, into the forest. She hissed at a smallish fox as it crept past her and kept running. 

Akilina was growing tired now and she would stumble more often as her legs gave way beneath her. She fell to the forest floor and rubbed her eyes, the stone toppling a little ways from her. She snatched it up and found a good hiding spot. As she fell asleep, she wondered what the rock was and why it seemed as if it had been looking for her...

Elice had barely greeted her mother when she suddenly lifteed her head, hitting it on a branch. Wincing, she turned her head this way and that, flicking her ears. Galla laid a hand on her shoulder, and the huge creature looked down, her deep brown eyes meeting her mother's bright green ones. As if on an unspoken agreement, Galla nodded, and placed her other hand on Elice's shoulder. Pulling herself up into the depression between the shoulderblades of the great beast, she she took hold of one on the vines that hung there freom where it was wound around one of the Plant Element's horns. Making herself as comfortable as she could on the scales, she sighed before calling out.
"Okay, Elice'sa. I'm as ready as I'll ever be. Let's go."
Without warning, the dragon spread her two mas.sive wings, barely avoiding trees, and crouched. With a sudden surge, she jumped, beating her wings to get them airborne. Having not flown in a while, she was a bit clumsy, but soon leveled out, gliding moothly West, toward the Pacific Ocean. Her ears flicked toward the northeast as well, and she debated upon turning back, but she continued west, angling slightly north. Her wings beat in a steady rhythm, and she occasionally hit 'roadbumps'. Galla, sure that they wouldn't land for a while, released her hold on the vine and laid down in the indent between the shoulderblades.
"So, Elice'sa, where are we headed, and to whom?"
Elice turned her head a bit to look at Galla with one eye.
"We are headed to Japan. I sense that Tei has been touched. After that, we will head to England. Zergon has also been found. And I sense that, somewhere, Hyacinth has been stumbled upon. I don't doubt that Ga'ret, Gredun, Hiru, and Loudi'varn will be long."

((Aw. Poor Elice has no idea about Gredun and Loudi. Galla's clueless as well. I'll post Naverk's soon.))

((Lol. XD))

Naverk moved smoothly with Loudi as he turned, his wings almost at a perfect vertical. Though his movements made little difference to the huge beast's flight, he wanted it as seamless as possible. As Loudi leveled out, Naverk patted his thick neck.
"Good job, Loudi'varn. Any feeling where they are now?"
"No. For some reason, I cannot. I should be able to, though."
He dove, toward a crystal blue lake, pulling up at the last moment and backwinging to slow his decent. Landing in the lake with a rather nice splash, he spread his left wing to the shor.e, barely touching. Naverk stood and walked carefully along Loudi's wing arm, until he reached land. The dragon folded his wings and moved away from the shallows, diving deep into the lake. It was huge, covering quite a few acres, and very, very deep. Deep enough to hide a dragon.

As Loudi bathed, Naverk unsheathed his sword and paced on the shor.eline, thinking. It was possible it was his fault Loudi couldn't sense his fellow Elements. Having been twisted by his dark magic, he might have lost that sense. It made no difference, though. Yun'var gave off an energy so strong that the twisted human would be able to feel it. But her energy was tied to her planet, which was lightyears away, whereas his was tied to dark feelings. He would be easier to sense, as his source of power was stronger. Of course, he was unable to use this power, he was not in the correct form, and could not return to his true self until he gathered all eight elementals. He already had two. That left six. And Yun'var knew where they were. Tossing his sword up, Naverk continued pacing, ignoring the flash of light against metal as the sword landed just beside him, burying itself a few inches into the ground. He had to find Yun'var.

  "They already landed!" Hym yellow while holding on to Gredun in the sky. Gredun ignored him and continued to fly above the other two. He was ignoring him just becuase he didn't want to listen to the brat. But he went down alittle ealier than usual when he was caught off guard by being pounded on, on his back. Hym just wanted to get down, he knew that the boy hated being up for long... Where did I go wrong? Gredun told himself as he started to get lower by circling. He knew he was low enough when his tail hit water and stopped circling. He landed in the shallow part, trying not to make a big splash and folding his wings when doing so.

  Hym squinted to see the other two, not really understanding why he's following them. He really just went where Gredun went, but that wasn't always a good idea. He still clung to Gredun though and waited till he could see some ground atleast. The two didn't partner up so well but they learned to live with it. But he didn't let his mind go off track when he saw Gredun's foot reach land started making tracks. Hym flew off him like it was his life on line. 

  Hitting the floor like a rock, Hym got up and held onto his head. It was still trying to get used to the new surrounding.. Again. Gredun rolled his eyes and walked alittle towards Loudi so he could be away from Hym. The boy didn't follow the dragon, yet he walked over to Naverk," 'Sup. Where are we going?" He asked getting some of his snow white hair out of the way. He just wanted to know so he'd stop asking Gredun and get no reply.

(( Okay? ;n; ))

((Very nice.))

Naverk made no attempt to help Hym as he dismounted his dragon, nor did he even seen to notice his second-in-command's arrival. Until he spoke to him. He glanced up, then pulled his sword from the ground, sheathing it in one fluid motion.
"Not sure. I'm letting Loudi'varn relax a bit. He can't feel the other Elementals. I'm trying to figure out why."
The fact that Naverk was the only one to say Loudi's full name showed that he was dragon--most true humans never understood the reason of the second part of their name. It was earned, not named. It was a ritual that extended all the way back to Yun'var. Var meant creator. Yun, unlike most first parts of the name, had meaning. Yun meant one. Yun'var, in reality, translated to first creator, or one creator. That was the meaning. But in human languages, it was Gaia. Naverk had thought this over a million times, and searched the world for a Gaia, but never got anything close to a lead. Which meant Yun'var had not done what he'd expected. She'd taken on a different name.
"But, anyways, when Loudi'varn and gredun are ready, we can go. I'm thinking about returning to the Himalayas and enlisting some of them to help."

~~

Galla had fallen asleep on the flight over the Pacific, and was jolted awake by a movement of Elice's left shoulderblade. The girl sat up, and looked down. They were over a mountain range. It was familiar. It must have been the location of one of the Elementals. Elice banked, and eventually, she was circling over an area rather close to the peak. She circled away, before flying over it, trying to get at different angles so Galla could see what she did. And every time she flew over, she covered the area with her shadow. Finally, galla noticed an unnatural flash of light--the sun glinting off of a crystal from her planet. Only those could flash like that.
"Elice'sa. Take us down, if you will."
Elice nodded, and banked sharply, eventually landing on a small peak just a little below where the crystal was. However, she was on a side that was unclimbable--a sheer drop, and therefore, hidden. Somewhat. She flared a wing, lifting it to create a ramp with the target plateau. galla, with a bit of difficulty, managed to climb her wing arm and eventually reached the target. Turning around almost immdeatly, without taking a look around, she looked down at Elice as the dragon folded her wing, balancing smoothly.
"Thank you Elice'sa. I'll be down soon with Tei."

((Pff. You can do what you want with this, Maya.))

((Alrighty, Nylat.))

He hadn't known how long he was there, simply watching the swirling within the gold tinted crystal, but came around from shouts below. Shaking his head, he gently set the crystal onto the ground, then crawled forward and looked over the edge of the cliff he had scaled.

The guys below had clearly given up even trying to scale that wall, and Lucai, despite his distraction, laughed. "You guys, you never had a chance. I could wait up here all day and not one of you would reach me,"

The closest guy snorted and laughed, eventually moving on to complain that lucai had probably cheated somehow, or found an easier way up without telling them. Shaking his head and smiling, the white blonde male leaned back, moving away from the cliff edge and coming to sit by the glinting stone. It didn't take long for him to get distracted by what sounded strangely like huge-wing beats. He glanced around, a small frown on his face, before he stood and brushed himself off.

Glancing over his shoulder, he almost jumped a foot in the air when he spotted a girl whom he didn't recognise. What in the?... Was she another climber?... If she was she was awfully good... Especially to get up this high. He was about to speak to her, when she spoke first, seemingly at the cliff.

He was caught momentarily off guard, his handsome face looking incredibly confused and somewhat concerned. Okay... So maybe she was a climber with a mental issue?... He shook his head, raising an eyebrow, his light bangs falling over his eyes.

"Hello?" He asked, quietly, shoving his hands in his pockets, his tall frame erect.

 Hym looked at him blanky and just nodded. He didn't really listen to some of it but understood. He looked back at Gredun," Ah okay..." He frowned at the sight of Gredun. The dragon and him never were going to be as close as what Naverk and Loudi were. He just sighed and found a rock to sit on. Grabbing a stick he drew in the dirt and made shapes of puzzles. He stepped on them though...

Gredun swished his tail in the water making a faint swish noise in the water. He enjoyed listening to that then the sound a of a boy who needed an answer to everything,' Where are we going?' 'Why aren't you landing?' ' Why can't we just finish this one puzzle then go?' Gredun just grunted and shook his head. The kids voice was in his mind 24/7 and Gredun wasn't growing to fond of the thought.

Finally making non puzzle shapes in the sand, the white haired boy colored some in lazily. He didn't want to g back up in the air. Unlike Naverk, he was getting sick of slying more and more they did it. He just wanted to relax and finished a puzzle or read a book for once. No instead he got the dragon who has to follow this creep all. Day. Long. Right then he wished he had really never found that stone for the ice dragon. He wished he would have followed his istinct and threw it back on the ground like some of his friends said. ll it brought him was this, a stubborn dragon, some dude he doesn't know so well, and no time to himself. But he just continued to watch Gredun and coloring in his shapes.

Galla gave a start as she heard someone behind her, and nearly fell off the side of the cliff, catching herself. But below, Elice growled, loosening her wings slightly as if about to fly. But seeing that Galla had caught herself, she folded her wings again, giving a warning growl. Galla, meanwhile, turned to face Lucai, smiling.
"Hello there. I don't suppose you've found a stone, or rock, maybe a crystal, that's somewhat odd-looking?"
Trying her best to act as she as.sumed a human would in this situation, she was completely unaware of the stone she was trying to find being right there. Elice growled again, getting slightly impatient and a bit frustrated at her mother's false sweetness. She knew just how strict she could be, and how mad she could get.
"Hurry your slow bum up. I can't balance here forever."

((Well, until Tei comes out and Lucai ends up his Rider, Lucai can't understand dragon. So to him, Elice's complaints are just growls and roars. <3))