[Amellina]

Leilani ate her raw meat vigorously, starving as she laid on the top of the cave. It was mostly rock, but there was a patch of moss and lichen that stood there, with many Langerine curiously scampering around, finding the yummiest yellow kind. Leilani shooed the herd away, and took her place on the upraised greenery. She sighed, staring up at what would be the sky. Instead, a thick sheet of fog hung aimlessly above. She snorts as a small lightning bug floats past her, his light flickering. She paws at the insect, wonderig what it is doing in this part of the forest. To Leilani's surprise, the small bug whispers something in her ear. "They are worried." it whispers eerily, and then flutters away. Leilani's brow creases, as she freaks out inside. Lightning bugs can't talk! But this one does, and Leilani didn't know what about. "Who's worried?" she wondered aloud. "What?" a small, high pitched voice came from below the cave. Ryann, a small Voltage Fellox peered over the ridgy edge. "Nothing..." Leilani glared at her. "Leilani, who were you talking to before? You know, outside..." Ryann asked nervously. Leilani's breathing quickened, and she galloped as fast as she could away from the fellox. But she was faster, and soon caught up with Leilani. "Don't worry, I was NEVER going to tell Konan..." she panted, running along side Leilani. Leilani screeched to a halt, for they were almost out of the forest. "Ryann, if I tell you, you gotta help us." Leilani panted breathlessly. "I swear!" Ryann said eagerly. "We're taking down Konan."

[Amellina]

Maple awakens to the sound of blood-curdling screams. However he is not worried, because this is an every day situation. Oaki yells, "Shut up kaktari!" The Kuhna always woke up screaming every day. Maple jumps up, and patters out of his cozy nest he has made. "AHHH! YOU SHUT UP YOU LITTLE WEASEL!"  Kaktari yelps. "Weasel?" Oaki raises an eyebrow, "Bring it old man." he mumbles. Maple rolls his eyes, and shoots out of the tree, running into the psychotic Kuhna. "G'mornin Kaktari." he grins. "Why hello Marley..." Kaktari chuckles. "It's Maple... as in Leaves, or syrup..." Maple rolls his eyes. "Well hello Leaves and Syrup." Kaktari chuckles, turning around. "Kaktari, where might you be goin today?" maple asks, knowing the answer. "I'm gonna die today, and go to the land of spirits where my daughter lives. she's a hydrokuhna." he  winks. "Like every day." Maple mumbles. "Good luck!" he calls out to kaktari, and turns around to drag Oaki out of the tree. "Wake up sleepy head, it's time to get out of bed, it's a wonderful day today, laLALAlAAla" Maple sings loudly. Oaki swipes at him, and covers his purple ears with his paws. "What're we gonna do today?" Maple sings. "Sleep in." Oaki groans.

[Amellina]

Kai hops along, after destorying his bed of hay he makes freshly every night. "Where ya goin honey?" his mom calls out. "Just going to explore today momma." he calls back annoyed. "Stay safe sweetheart!" she calls back to him. He rolls his eyes, and jumps into a nearby canyon. Cliffs surrounded the small canyon, which was easily jumped, and wasn't that deep. The next thing that meets Kai's eye spins him crazily into a rampage toward where Maple and oaki live. "MAAAAAPLE!!!" He cries getting closer. The small brown Sahound stares at Kai in worry as he tramples over him, sending them both sprawling onto the grass. "Kai, what the-" "maple, tell me, did Kaktari try to kill himself again today?" kai asked worriedly. "Well he said he was going to, but he usual tries to trip himself and fall and hit a rock... when there are no rocks around..." Maple snickered. "Well, he tried better today... kaktari's dead." kai screeched. "WHAT HOW?" Maple cried loudly. oaki stumbled along, "I knew that old bag was gonna kill himself." "SHUT UP! WE HAVE TO HELP HIM!" Kai screamed. "How? I thought you said he was dead!" Oaki mumbled. Maple raised an eyebrow. "Come on I'll show you." kai helps Maple up, and drags him to the canyon. Kai points wisely to exactly where Kaktari was. "Uhhh... I don't see anything, Kai. Are you okay?" Maple asked backing away. Kai looks over his shoulder. "Oh no... he's not there! You know what that means, right?" Kai screamed. "Hmmmm?" Maple wonders. "KAKTARI IS... IS A ZOOOOOOOOOMBIIIIIIIIIE!!!" Kai runs aroun aimlessly screaming the word. Oaki slaps his forehead, and falls to the ground as Maple glances about. "What's all the hulabaloo here now?" a familiar voice cackled. "KAKTARI!" Maple yelps, jumping around the white ball of fur. "Whoa... watch it Maple... just gently scoot away from the zombie..." Kai whispers, motioning carefully.

[Amellina]

Palari was off on the friends' adventure again, padding along, leading the way. There were only a couple of sounds: Amelli's groaning, the soft buzzing of a nearby Hippofly, and their paws on the ground. "Come ON guys! We've only walked 2 miles, and you're all lagging behind!" Palari mumbled. "Hey, I heard that!" Chry Beshi cried, sending Amelli into the air in surprise. She yelped, and tured to the blue Kuhna.

[Amellina]

"Uh-huh, okay, Palari this HydroKuhna's gonna kill me before we even GET to Roraldi forest!" Amelli growled at Chry Beshi, and was suddenly mesmerized at the watter dripping up from her fur. "You're...you're dripping? Upward?" "What, you never noticed? All HydroKuhna's do that, dimwit!" Chry Beshi chuckled, swerving around the shivering Fenling. "B-b-but!" Amelli stood, staring at where Chry Beshi had just been. She jumped and, turned, charging after her friends. "I once met a HydroKuhna who dripped downward!" Amelli held her head high. "But, that's impossible." Chry Beshi walked a little faster. "Uh-uh! He did!" Amelli pushed in front of her. Chry Beshi jumped and growled at her, "You're the most immature rat dog I've ever met in my lifetime!" She turned harshly, and galloped ahead. Amelli froze, her lip quivering. Palari turned, "C'mon, hun, we gotta keep going! Ignore her, and you're better off." she pushed Amelli gently with her paw, flicking her tail. Amelli's face transformed, from whimpering to rueful. "Oh, I will ignore her. I'll pretend like she's not even here!"

[Amellina]

Chry Beshi, after running off, flopped on the ground. That fenling was so annoying! She was spasmatic, ADD, and waaaay to chatty. Of course, she herself had been like that once before. Before her dad had suddenly disappeared. Although she had taken it easily before, it had gotten harder as times went by. They were sure he wasn't the kind of Kuhna to run away from his own family, and they hadn't found any trace of him outside the house. The other travelers had caught up by then, and they started walking once more. Chry Beshi was unusally quiet, and Palari kept glancing at her out of the corber of her eye, as Amelli ignored her.

[Amellina]

Oaki glared at Kai. After the last couple of hours, Kai had chased Kaktari all over the meadow, screaming at the top of his lungs, jumped into a pond and had to get saved by Maple, and hopped over the canyon 6 times before cashing to the ground. "Kai, are you... alive?" Maple squeaked, out of breath from having chased the Rollaby all over the place. Oaki rolled his eyes, "Of course he is! He probably ate pure sugar for breakfast! Kaktari's the one we need to worry about, poor guy fainted after Kai chased him!" "Actually, he passed out... fainting just sounds feminine, I mean-" Maple was cut off by Oaki's yelling, "Shut up, Maple! Just get Kai back to his house!" Maple took hold of Kai's scruff and dragged him home, where his mom was screaming randomly, "Kai, what happened? Oh no, did he try to go swimming again? Or did a Battleheart eat him alive? Is he okay? Oh, what am I thinking, a Battleheart wouldn't eat my Kai!" Kai just came to conciousness, and shook his head violently, mumbling, "Zombie..." Maple forced a huge grin for one second, turned and went as fast as possible back toward his home.

[Amellina]

Maple grunted as he pulled himself back into his normal energetic state. The sun was setting, and it sparkled off of a nearby lake. A big-eared silhouette of Oaki lay right in front of the lake, looking out at the water. Maple's lips curved upward in a short smile, and he padded toward Oaki, but then hesitated when he heard wailing. Oaki's head hung in his paws, and small tears were dripping off his cheeks. Maple knew better than to mess with Oaki while he was upset, but he curled himself up next to his brother, and quickly fell into slumber.

[Amellina]

Leilani bolted out from the trees, holding her breath. She skidded, and her paw stung when it hit a small stone, but she kept going, making dirt fly up around her. She curved, following the tree-line around, until she smacked into something. Her vision blurred white, red, and blue and her paws twitched as she scrambled back to her feet and tried to run in the other direction. "Settle down, kiddy! back in my day, you know, kids used to respect their elders!" a cackle came from behind her. Whatever it was, it was keeping perfect rhythm with her steps. She pushed harder, her leg cramping. With ease the other animal caught up. "Hon, runnin' ain't gonna help. I was champ in the last triathalon of '37. Boy, biking was hard with four paws..." Leilani was now limping terribly, her pace slowing. She rolled her eyes wearily as she tumbled to a stop, rolling a couple of times. If she blushed, the pink mixed with blue and purple stained her cheeks. What had caught up with her keeping time was an old common Kuhna, with bagging eyes and an old crippled smile. Leilani mumbled something intelligent like, "oh, uhhh... mmmm..." and the old kuhna raised a paw as if to greet her. "I am Kaktarinous Tolphidore the 4th... Most young'ns just call me Kaktari, though." "I... I know you..." Leilani's eyes grew as she identified the Kuhna, who obviously didn't recognize her. "I've met a lot of people in my time, but oddly never a Voltage Sahound... A Wood and Void yes, but-" Leilani cut him off, collapsing at his feet, "Wood... Void... Maple... Oak!!! OAK!!! MAPLE!!! Oh my goodness..." The Kuhna blinked at her. "How weird. I lived with a Maple and Oaki before I came here... it was just yesterday I left!" "Just... just yesterday? How'd you get here so fast?" "I have a friend... or two...." Kaktari cackled, and Leilani caught a glance at two wings beating away.

[Amellina]

Oaki awoke his eyes crusty from the last nights sleep. Some how he had gotten back to the tree, Willow no longer beside him. At once he had a fire in his heart to go out and look for Leilani. He mumbled something inaudible, and crawled out of the dendrolite, squinting against the bright morning light. He hopped out of the tree, only to see a worried Willow making his way slowly toward oaki, his eyes somewhere far away. "Umm, Will? You okay bud?" Oaki asked more politely than usual. "Kaktari's not here..." Willow mumbled. He crawled past Oaki and curled next to a tree root that protruded from the ground. "I-I don't know.... where he went." Willow choked out. "Let's go look for him." Oaki mumbled comfortingly, actually thinking they would search for their lost sister. he patted his brother on the back and the two gradually krept noiselessly into the dark trees.

[Amellina]

Chry Beshi was frozen where she stood, her eyes widening every second. A hollowheart the size of a skyscraper was curled around a tree, snoring loudly, her red scales glowing. "What now?" Amelli whispered loudly. "Shut up, runt, you want him to wake up and eat us?" Chry Beshi hissed quietly. Palari knocked them both over the head with a paw, "Guys, let's go around it." Amelli mimicked her silently. "Waddaya you know, you're a prissy little K-9!" Chry Beshi grimaced. Amelli twisted around on her hind legs, "I'm a freaking feline, so don't even tell me I'm prissy, miss 'Oh, yeah, I drip upward, we do that kind of weird stuff cuz we're all FREAKS OF NATURE!'" Amelli yelped as her outburst brought out the bad side of Chry Beshi. Her nails slid out from their hiding spots, and Chry Beshi bared her teeth, "Bring it, baby." Amelli was about to pounce when Palari sucked in a sharp breath. A shadow loomed over the three, and they froze, glancing upward in horror. The blood hollowheart had drool dripping down it's chin, and wild scales that made a diamond pattern on her back. "Laniya no like friend-fights." it growled. Palari's mouth dropped open at how stupid the thing talked. "Oh, we're not friends." Amelli growled at the Hydrokuhna, who bared her teeth once more, "Got that right." "Well, welcome to the rowralldee forest..." The hollowheart dropped it's head in a welcoming sort of way. "It's Roraldi." Amelli corrected. "Isn't it hilarious how if she gets dirt under her paw she faints, but she can stand up to a 50 foot tall hollowheart?" "I'm only 39 feet." the large dragon-like creature corrected. Chry beshi rolled her eyes. "Whoa, it glows!" Amelli's eyes opened wide, seeing the heart on the Laniya's chest that glowed and then disappeared continuously. "Oh... my... FLIP!" Chry Beshi wailed.

[Amellina]

"I thought you were going to ignore her!" Palari hissed at Amelli. Palari's wings dropped down onto her back, hiding in her fur. Just then two sahounds bounded out of the forest, a void and a wood. One stepped right on Palari's foot, and she yelped, turning and shooting after the two. "You guys! Who do you think you are? Come back here! Amelli, wait, didn't you say you were looking for two sahounds for the other one?" Palari stopped abruptly. The Void sahound, on hearing about the third apparently, skidded to a halt, rolling as his companion stumbled into him. "Other one? Willow, could it be..." The void's eyes closed for a few seconds. "A voltage sahound female, one that was imprisoned by Konan or whatever." Palari finished. The one called Willow fell backward, not moving anymore. The void muttered, "Oh... oh no..." then screamed, "I have to HELP LEILANI!" "Thats it, Leilani!" Amelli nodded, shooing the large, sensitive Hollowheart back to it's tree. The void stared at something far into space, and then he, too, fell by his brother, and they both didn't move for another three hours, after the three girls had brought them to shelter.

[Amellina]

Blinding light seeped through the shelter of Maple's eyeslids, and he pulled his head under the warm fuzziness of something. He blinked, expecting to be half hidden behind a blanket of some sort, but found himself pulling a tail over his face. The purple tail whipped backward, and Amelli's face appeared in front of his. "Hey! Watch it!" "S-sorry... uh..." He racked the back of his hurting mind for the name he had heard before. "Amelli..." the fenling lifted an eyebrow. "That's it... what... w-where am I?" "Hey Annie, has Maple woken up yet?" A familiar voice chimed in, echoing through the room with it's loud pitched voice. "It's Amelli, not Annie, for the tenth time, Karl" Amelli glared at the biolune rollaby in the door. "It took a while but I convinced the misses to let us bring you here..." Palari appeared above him. Maple felt stupid laying on the floor, so he rolled over and pushed himself up. Immediately he lost his balance, and propped himself up between Amelli's outreached paw and one of her tails that had instictively wrapped to his other side. "Uhh... sorry." Amelli blushed, pulling herself away. "That's fine, I would've fallen over..." Maple stopped himself. He looked around worriedly. "Oaki is talking to Kai's mom..." Palari pretty much read his mind.

[Amellina]

"I don't know waht to do about it..." Oaki mumbled to himself, and to Kai's angry mother. "Well, I suggest you get away from here. My tolerance is wearing thin." "Sorry about that ma'am, it's just I'm so worried about my sister..." "I know the feeling." Kai's mom went off on a story about her and her brother.

(Sorry, lame post    )