ORIGIN

BARATHEON

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Under the light of the false stars while the man-made bulbs were dimmed a chrysalis, colored pink with white swirls, lay in the lee of a building. For a while it had sat silently while it grew to a larger size, nursing the creature within. This creature was unlike any of the others that had set foot within the cave, it was shaped differently with different characteristics. However, an onlooker just passing by wouldn't be able to tell this as the chrysalis was the same as any other.

For a while it simply sat, unmoving, like a statue. As if on some unspoken impulse it began to shake. Softly at first but it grew in volume until the thing was practically rocking back and forth. The creature inside seemed unable to free itself. Scratching could be heard as it vainly tried to break open its tomb. A tomb that had become suffocating and confine. It wanted free! It wanted out!

A decent sized hole broke from the chrysalis. The gem flying away as a silent blast of energy opened it. After the one piece flew away from the main part it all seemed to fall apart and out tumbled an almost completely snow-white form. Its fur was soft like a rabbit's and slightly damp from the life-sustaining fluids in the chrysalis. The over-sized ears lay flat on the ground as the creature simply lay still for a moment, exhausted by its efforts. After a few moments though the ears perked upwards, listening to the new information that assaulted them. Before long pink eyes opened to look at everything around it.

Everything was new and wonderful! And so exhausting! After the little creature sat up on its haunches it simply looked around. Astonished and wide-eyed at everything around him.

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The white little Lamb entered the room flickering her long, fluffy ears, she had walked aimlessly for long enough to get to such a bright place, after leaving the blue beast's body the world around her was so confusing and strange, the silent became noisy and a lot of new interactions could be done, however most of the creatures looked at her with strange eyes after a short talk and left her behind, but other times they promised to protect her but Flafe always got lost and never saw them again.

The room was interesting, the roof was shining, after some seconds of observing them she took a definitive conclusion, "Beast's eggs" she muttered before hearing a cracking sound, after a short time the sound of something falling made echo in the place calling the lamb's attention, she followed the sound but it was too short to arrive to the exact place from where it came from, Fafle sat waiting for a repetition, but then a strange but familiar smell filled her nose, getting up that same moment she started to trot following such a melancolic smell.

What she found in the ground was a strange white creature in the ground next to a broken stone, it's eyes where of a strange pink, the lamb tilted her head and sat, what was it?, well it was white like her but had a slightly different body, she touched the creature's wet fur with the snout, the smell came from it and it was a slightly soft thing!, it had to be other lamb, it couldn't be other thing "What's your name" she asked with a huge smile

BARATHEON

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The young creature was lost in his thoughts, gazing at the stars --or what he thought were stars-- above. He wasn't listening to the approach of anything around him nor was he paying attention to the new smell in his young nose. He didn't realize he wasn't alone anymore until he felt the touch of something on his shoulder. The creature's rose-hued eyes turned to the pinkish thing --pinkish to his eyes-- next to him.

He blinked, completely astonished at this new thing. What was it? The young one rose to his paws, stumbling a little, as he tried to get his center of gravity. "What's your name?" His head tilted to the side, ears flopping comically. Name? These mouth sounds she was making... How did she do them? What did they mean?

He opened his own mouth to try to make mouth-sounds like her but only ended up giving a feral growl. That wasn't right... He didn't mean to do that sort of mouth-sound. The dragon stared hard at the pinkish thing. What was he to do? Name? Focus on that. Name. What was a name? "Naaaaaaa!" He growled again. Well. That was something. "Naaa! Naanaanaa!" Almost! "Name!" Yes! That was it! Now... How did he answer it?

"Baaaarraaaaatheeeeoooonnn!" Was that a name? It seemed like it. When he searched his young mind that was the only thing that came back to him related to a name. "Baratheon! You! Name?" There! Now, he was full of words! They just started coming. His tail gave an excited wag as he realized he could make mouth-sounds too.

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Flafe watched as the little 'lamb' standed in a clumsy way and blinked, it didn't had hooves, those were claws! but it should be because it was a male lamb or something like that, it SURELY was a male lamb, the cute baby thing did a interesting head move when she talked to him, maybe the newborn lamb couldn't talk?, maybe it couldn't understand?. She flicked her ears and tail in surprise when the newborn growled, did it tried to copy her sound? did she EVEN sounded like that? but that was not alike the 'beeee' or 'baaaa' she did after waking up for the first time!, or maybe she growled that way too?, yeah she surely did, a normal Lamb would do a sound like the one he did when talking for the first time, she was sure that it was fine.

After some seconds of hearing the soft baby's growls it finally said it right! Name! he said it the perfect way she did before, so he was named Baratheon she smiled "I am supposed to be called Flafe, but maybe i was Flefa?" she giggled "I came from the blue stone beast, but when i woke up i only could see it's remaining shards" the white real lamb pointed to the pinkish broken rock behind both and nodded "And that is what is left from the beast who ate you before" she said with security

BARATHEON

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Oh dear, so many more mouth-sounds. His head tilted this way and that --ears flopping all around while he did so-- as he tried to understand the fast spoken words. Being only a few minutes old made it somewhat difficult to know what words meant and how to piece the puzzles of words all together. Blue stone beast? That made no sense? What was a stone beast? He simply pushed that bit of information to the side for later. A beast seemed like something scary... something that wouldn't allow them to just get up and leave. However, some of those words did make sense. "Flafe-Flefa!" He said enthusiastically in his boyish voice.

He turned his head to look at the stone she had indicated. That was the thing he had hatched from. Ah, that's what she meant by stone-beast. However, was it really a stone beast? It looked more like... like... like a what? He scrunched his little muzzle up as he thought. "Egg!" He suddenly blurted out. He turned his head back to the lamb. His eyes held a certain resolution in them. That was no beast! It was an-- "Egg!" He affirmed again with a resolute nod. If they had been eaten then how would they be alive now? He scrunched his muzzle up again as he tried to work through all of these puzzles in his new mind.

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Again Baratheon tilted his head, maybe Flafe should talk slower so the little poor thing could understand, she smiled when he repeated her both probably accurate names, he surely was a cute critter, the white lamb touched it's forehead with her snot again to feel it's fluffy 'wool' and got to a conclusion "I think i remember now, i am Flafe and only that" the name of the other 'lamb' was long, but she didn't wanted to force him to learn two separated names for only one animal.

'Egg' he said, an egg is a place where a baby grows up and is born, or so she was told once, maybe he was right, but she clearly remembered being eaten by a blue thing once, maybe his stone had something special to erase memory?, like the liquid in which he is bathed?, however if he doesn't remember Flafe can't do anything to fix it, but she might be able to tell him her whole 'past', but not yet, he had a bad time understanding her words now but was able to, but a whole tale would be a challenge maybe a small sneak peek wouldn't hurt "I once was eating by a blue thing, well, caught, it didn't killed me" she said walking and then laying besides him "Lambs are so fluffy, don't you agree?"

BARATHEON

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The fluffy pinkish thing stepped forward and touched her snout to his forehead. The dragon didn't recoil, the touch was actually kind of nice so he wagged his tail as a happy response. She confirmed that her name was Flafe and only Flafe. So, he spoke and corrected himself from before, "Flafe!" He said no less enthusiastically than before. His mouth stretched wide to a grin, exposing every single one of his still-small but sharp fangs.

The creature seemed to consider what he said about the egg for a moment but then for some reason Baratheon figured that it went in one ear and out the other. Perhaps he was right about the egg but perhaps he wasn't but a beast made not much sense to him. When she made the revelation about being eaten by a blue thing Baratheon's eyes widened in shock. Wow! What a story! She had been eaten and-- wait... Eaten? No. That didn't make sense! When you were eaten you were-- "Dead!" He said in disbelief. She couldn't have been eaten by a beast and then birthed! She would be dead if that happened! If there was one thing that was hardwired into his brain it was about eating things.

Unless... It ate her and then spit her out? Even so... She should still be dead. Yep! That seemed right.

When she lay down next to him the dragon lowered himself down to the ground and curled up beside her, head on her flank. Lambs? What were lambs? Were they lambs? "Us?" He questioned. Asking if they were indeed the creatures called lambs. He knew about eating things but he didn't yet know about what animal he was.

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What a strange group of teeth, like a friendly predator's teeth small and sharp, however it was obvious that male sheeps need to be stronger to protect the weak and weapon-less females, life was so wise sometimes, but other times it could be scary, he listened and watched every move of Bara, giggling at his wide-eyed face, she glanced at him with surprise when he said 'Dead', what was supposed to be the end of a life but Flafe couldn't believe in that, she had a theory, or so she wanted to belive.

"Do you see the stone in my leg?" she asked with a soft voice "Inside is what makes me myself, even if i die now, my gem would still survive and i will be 'alive' in that way" she felt as if that answer was right, the white lamb didn't feared death, she couldn't fear resting for a while in darkness if the probability of waking up was there "Darkness is never eternal" she muttered rubbing her cheek in his.

When Bara curled and put his head in her flanks she lowered her head too "Yes us! and you are my little lamb brother" she said excited and with a huge smile, maybe this time she won't get lost, maybe this time she would have his company forever and maybe this time he won't look at her with confused eyes and leave to never come back again.

BARATHEON

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From his position at her flank he glanced down at the blue stone, well, blue-ish stone from his eyes. He nodded his head and thought, Yes. I see it. Though he kept these thoughts to himself. It was much easier to say things in one decisive word rather than speaking too much when it wasn't needed. Let others speak, he would listen and learn. When Flafe spoke this time he understood and this time didn't find those words to be wrong. He felt they were right too and he smiled. Briefly he lifted his head up then rolled over slightly so that his right leg was exposed. He extended the limb and showed her his own gem. Alive! He exclaimed happily to let her know that he understood what she was saying. No more contradictions came from him.

Darkness is never eternal... That was a comforting though. He figured he would keep that one close. It made him happy, like there would always be light no matter how dark it got.

He curled himself back up, tucking his gem back into the folds of his leg and putting his head against her soft flank again. A soft sound not unlike a feline's purr escaped his throat. He was warm and happy and now he had a... a... "Sister..." He sighed contently. He had a sister! He had a family! They were both lambs and they would both be together for always. The young dragon's eyes started to close as he snuggled into her side.

He was warm, happy, and he had a nice sister. What more could he want?

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"Yes you are alive just like me" she wagged her short and fluffy tail, this was the first time she felt the warm of other body so close to her, it made her happy and comfy, she didn't had to travel anymore, maybe they could make a kind of 'house' there in Orion, or maybe not, what if a monster attacked them all of a sudden?, what was she going to do now?, maybe bara would like to travel with her.

She finally found a kind company, a male lamb was there to give her a hand, and he accepted being her brother, this was the happiest day of her whole life for now, having her first family member, maybe they could go and hunt some beasts when the moment comes since he was going to become a mighty and strong male 'sheep'.

She lifted her head and turned to him but he was already sleeping, or it looked like that, how much time a baby needs to sleep?, she would love to work as a caretaker , and so she couldn't let the small lamb get hurt, Flafe flecked her ears in an attentive way, but that didn't lasted long something shining in front of them ruined her focus and called her attention, she turned to both sides and tried to get up slowly without waking up her new young brother, she walked without doing a lot of noise, getting closer to the shiny thing.