Discovery

[Shadowmaster]

Kylie looked up at Sarriel. "But...what about Dan?"

[Mitera Nikkou]

"Thank you." Deheune told Cassiela sweetly before, on an impulse, kissing her cheek. "I'll try to return before too long. But don't worry... So long as the moon is out, I'll know where you are without a problem."

With that said, she made her way into a different area of the forest, but not too far away. She weaved by one tree and the next as if she had always done it, even though it was made more difficult because of the downpour that had started. When she reached her destination, she alighted her dainty feet upon the wet forest floor and looked around. Not seeing what she was looking for at first, it wasn't until she saw a tree with a hollow in it that some intuition told her that what she was looking for was there.

Flying up to the hollow in the tree, she looked inside and she could barely make out another faery in the dim light of the moon that managed to pervade into the hollow with all of the rain. From what she could tell, the faery inside looked a little worse for wear and might have even been asleep.

Reaching into the hollow, she cupped the faery's damp cheek with her wet, stroked it softly, and whispered: "Dan, are you awake? How do you fair?"

[Beyond]

Dan felt a soft hand caressing her cheek and a voice that was calling her name, her sleepiness washed away as she raised her gaze to find someone standing next to her.

Dan suddenly moved back away from the newcomer with fear, she recogniced the frame as one of the fairies but the dim light prevented her eyes to inquire deeper. "Who- Who are you? " She asked hesitating "How do you know my name?"

[Mitera Nikkou]

"It is I, Modlus." She said softly, kneeling deliberately so as to subtract any factors that could inspire unease in Dan. "I have come to help you reach the town if you so desire. I know that you are tired, but your safety can only be guaranteed with my presence. And I shant be staying around long, as the others wish to move to the faery village tonight. Would you like me to help you to the human village?"

She held out both of her hands, palms up, as if waiting for Dan to take her offered hands.

[Beyond]

"Modlus..." Dan said "I dont recognize you in that form... I am not even sure if you are who you say you are... you know... The Modlus I knew never talked too much" She giggled a little at the statement and then turned her head away "heck, I cant even recognize myself...".

There was a moment of awkward silence, Dan contemplated the rain for a while, inmersed in thoughs, finally she turned her face to Deheune. "You seem to have accepted all this very easily..." She commented then she curled up and pressed herself thighly. "Wont you miss your family and friends?".

[Mitera Nikkou]

"I only talk when I need to." She said with a smile. "And you know that I adapt to things easily. If you don't accept something for what it is, then it will only create a problem for you."

She moved over to Dan and sat beside her, slowly putting an arm over her shoulders so she could draw her in and comfort her. "As for friends and family, most of my friends are now faeries like us. And my father, you know, I don't really care much for him. But I understand that you have more friends and family back at the village than I do. Going back there won't give you what you expect it to, what was normal for you as a human." She cupped Dan's chin and turned her face so she can express the soulful look in her eyes. "But I'm willing to take you there tonight. What you do there is up to you, but keep in mind the reality that you're a faery... And right now humans, including your friends and family, won't understand your plight. However, at the very least you can see them once more."

She gives Dan a light squeeze within her hug. "Do whatever you wish to. I just want you to know that I'm here to help and support you if you need it during this time, and I still want to be friends as we have been."

[Beyond]

Dan nodded silenty and hugged Deheune thighly, she just felt like it was the right thing to do. "I am glad that you have come... I was feeling alone..." she said softly.

Dan stood up and watched the dark sky iluminated by the moonlight. "Hey Modlus..." she said "How are we going to go through the forest with all this rain? I... umm... dont have wings... and I think I am kinda heavy for you to carry me arround...".

[Mitera Nikkou]

"That must have been what I had sensed: her loneliness. Well, now I know. I never expected to ever read emotions in my life, though." She thought to herself.

She stood up and looked over at Dan with a grin. "And here I thought that you had recently gone on a diet." After her quip, she held out her arms, as if beckoning Dan to her. "Don't worry; I'll be able to carry you, rain or no rain. So, are you ready to go?"

[Beyond]

"Heh... You are right... we have been through a very extreme diet..." Dan giggled, her mood was different now, she was pretty happy now with the company of Deheune.

"Okay... Lets go..." she said clinging to Deheune's arms. "But dont dare to drop me or I ll haunt you in your dreams..." she said with a smile "Hmm... although I don't think I am in danger... you see... I discovered something interesting while I was climbing this tree...".

[Mitera Nikkou]

"You don't say..." Deheune said with a light chuckle as she maneuvered Dan until she was cradling her in her arms. "Why don't you tell me about it while we travel?"

With that said, she lifted off of the ground and flew out of the hollow easily. She flew through the woods at a more slower pace than she had used to reach Dan, being careful not to run into any trees since she wasn't as nimble as she flew with a pasenger. At least the rain seemed less hampering at a slower speed, and seeing objects ahead of her wasn't as difficult as before when they appeared much more quickly through the curtain of rain.

[Beyond]

"Hey Modlus..." Dan said "Have you felt yourself connected to something as a fairy? well... you see... back there in the hollow, when I was climbing to reach it, I slipped and fell down... I though I was going to die but I found myself catched by vines... they seemed to be moving according to my will, and I could feel them as if they were extra arms... not only that, I was able to feel the nature arround the same way..." she smiled deeply at those thoughs "It was a wonderfull sensation..."

[Mitera Nikkou]

"Oh, yes... I have felt such things." She told Dan as she kept her attention on where she was going. "A part of it is how I was able to find you, but I believe that I was able to find you so easily because the type of faery that I have become gets an extra boost of power from the moon."

Pausing as she ducked and flew beneath a branch that she had almost noticed too late, she then continued by saying: "When we get to the village, I'll help you take on a more human form. It's easy for me because of my mindset, but I'll show you how you can do it. It may not be enough of a cover, but I think the darkness and the rain should hide any peculiar features belonging to our human forms if we're seen."

[Beyond]

Dan was getting dizzy, she had never flown before so this was a new experience for her. She clutched thigly to Deheune. "Waa~ This is weird, in fact everything this night has been so weird... I wonder if it will get weirder later..." She commented "You say that you can take a human form, uh?... I tried it before... but nothing happened... I wonder if I am capable of doing that...".

[Mitera Nikkou]

"You should be able to." She replied, before landing just within the village proper in some out-of-the-way area. "Particularly in this rain. I can feel it."

She placed Dan upon her feet and looked around, making sure that no one had actually been out and about the environs and saw them at that time of the night.

"Okay." She said, turning to face Dan. "Knowing you, you probably tried too hard when you tried to take on a human form. And you were likely ignoring your nature as a faery. Just feel at ease, clear your mind, and let your innate powers guide you. Don't think; just feel."

After saying such, she appeared noticably more repose before her form changed into that resembling a human, the most prominent changes being the loss of her wings as well as her hair and gown becoming a dull brown. But her eyes... Her eyes retained their faery attributes. They seemed to be unchangable; true windows to her soul.

"Go on." She urged Dan gently. "Give it a try. Don't be afraid; I'm right here."

[Beyond]

"Woaa..." Dan was marveled by Deheune's performance. "That was amaizing..." she said with astonishment. "And you maked it seem so easy...".

She concentrated and did as she was told, trying to feel the change, clearing every though in her mind. She stayed this way several minutes yet nothing happened, thats when Dan's frustration started to kick in. "Modlus... its not working..." She said breaking the silence "I just... dont feel it".

Dan was frustrated, she felt that there was no use trying again, yet she tried not to look sad to Deheune but that was the way she was feeling. "Any other ideas?" she asked hoping Deheune to have an answer for that.