How had this happened? A lone white dragon had wandered through a cycle ago and in the midst of a fight had loosed a stone shard he'd carelessly put in his mane. The purple shard had fallen into the lee of a rock and there had grown, undisturbed by the passing of other gembounds. Steadily it grew, larger and larger. Before long it was incredibly huge and ready to burst. Within the stone there was the flutter of life, wings unfurled and the hooves of a creature beat against the side of the tomb frantically. It might sound like panic but no, this one new that the crystal tomb was normal and that it would be freed soon. It would take patience, something that he had an enormous amount of.

The mouth opened and out of it came a force that shattered the side of the tomb. Well, that was new. His patience was rewarded as he slowly slid from the tomb. His legs were weak and splayed about in an awkward fashion. This was not new. His pink eyes opened to see the world, a familiar world, before turning down to the splayed out things below him. There were wings at his side they felt heavy with fluid as he tried to flap them, the pattern on the membrane shimmering and shifting as he did so. Strange things these were.

He looked around, eyes twinkling as he looked at this familiar and yet strange new world.

It was all new. The blue glow of the room. The smells that plagued the entire area. The overwhelming sensation that his father said was caused by the Spire. Something about magic. Khori didn't know. All he knew was that he wanted to explore. Damian was currently seeing to his brother Saosin, so Khori had decided that perhaps it would be a good time to go look around his new home. He had waddled and padded along. Getting the hang of walking around on all four of his paws as his little tiny wings seemed to have a mind of their own. Moving and shifting, even trying to stretch themselves out as far as they could go. Khori would some times give a couple flaps of this wings just to test them out and would soon laugh about the wind he caused that would rush over his fur and scales.

When the sound of something being hit hard, little Khori perked into attention. "Wha'sat?" He murmured to himself as he waddled along towards the sound. It wasn't until he came across a rather large gem. One of purple coloring and seemed to be the thing making all that racket! He snorted and huffed, waddling closer towards the gem as his long pointed ears pushed towards it. He studied the gem curiously, leaning his head closer to it as if to press his ear against it. And then all of a sudden BOOM! The loud shattering of the gem startled the dragon wolf pup and a squeal of surprise escaped him while he stumbled back....

...His body reacted out of subconscious. His small pink gem upon his chest flashing before flickering. Energy burst from him, pushing towards the new strange creature Khori now stared at with wide eyes. "Waah! sorry! Uhm! Sorry!" He repeated, nervous that he may have did something wrong against the strange creature.

It was in this moment he took a bit of time to observe the creature. A broad grin beginning to spread across his features. "Heeey! You got wings like meeee! And our eyes are the same too!!!" He awed as he scrambled back up to his legs and once again waddled closer to the fellow hybrid. Little did he know it was his half sibling...


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@Valentine

He was met face to face with some colorful furry thing. That closeness lasted only a few moments before he was thrown backwards against his egg, heading twirling as the room above him spun. He heard the apologetic voice in his ears like it was something far away. He gave a small smile that was supposed to be reassuring but was really just goofy. He knew that the creature hadn't meant to hurt him so it was all good. "Dun... worry about'ut." His voice when he spoke sounded different, young and of a different tone that what he was used to.

Used to? Had he spoken before inside the chrysalis? Certainly not. Ah, whatever, didn't matter.

The dragonhorse shook his head and focused back on the strange thing in front of him. It was tiny, very very tiny but it was right. They both had wings and... pink eyes? Weren't his eyes black? The equine shook his head, "Eyes... not black?" He didn't know where he got this impression from but for some reason he just thought they were. "I... wan' see." He looked around, unsure exactly where he could look to see.

After a moment his gaze landed back on the thing in front of him. His wobbly legs walking him over so that he could get a closer look. Its body was long and short at the same time with a little baby chub and an excess of fur. He noted the two horn nubs on its head and leaned forward to snuffle at them. What strange looking things. "Who you?" He finally asked, feeling that that was the right thing to say.

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"Talking looks like this!"
Thinking looks like this...

A sigh of relief escaped the dragon wolf pup as this new creature seemed to be alright. A goofy grin had appeared on their features and so Khori mimicked the expression with a goofy grin of his own. His tail swished back and forth again, watching as the fellow hybrid gathered his bearings. He blinked a couple times when the creature asked if his eyes weren't black. "Nooo, no they're not black. I sorry. Can look water though. Reflection show you," Khori grinned as he watched the hybrid walk over towards him.

A giggle escaped the dragon wolf pup when the dragon horse colt snuffled at his horns. "You has some those too!" He chimed happily as he gave a few flaps of his wings. It was rather interesting to find a creature with so many similarities as himself. It was rather exciting really and he knew that he would become great friends with this fellow hybrid! At least he hoped so.

"I am Khoridai! Son of Damian Vladimir! Of course he tells me I have another father, but I don't know him yet," A sudden frown marred his features as he pondered the words of his lycanthrope father. If he had another father...where was he? How come he wasn't around like Damian was? No matter. Maybe his other father was just busy. He nodded at his own thoughts before grinning over at the dragon horse once again. "DO you have a name?" He inquired curiously.


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@Valentine

The water? Yes, that made sense. He could see his reflection and see exactly how he looked. It surprised him yet again when he heard about his own horns. He tried to look up at them, then he shook his head to see if he could feel but he couldn't. They had no feeling in them and he certainly couldn't see at the top of his head without aid. No. This was a job for the water.

He looked towards the shore where he could just make out some water but before he could make a move towards it the tiny child spoke again. Khoridai. The tiny child Khoridai Vladimir. "Khooorrriii... Khori. Khori--dai! Vladimer. Vladimir." He nodded. That sounded just about right but what about his own name? He cocked his head to the side and seemed to be lost for a moment before finally mumbling. "Val... Val... Valentine!" Yeah, that was right. His name was Valentine. The colt nodded his head and said proudly, "Name is Valentine!" After a moment of theoretically patting himself on the back for this revelation he turned to the water and raised one tiny wing to point. "Water? Want to see." Then he was on his gangly legs with his tail and sparkling wings raised for balance as he tried to walk onto shore.

It seemed so easy to him, like he'd done this all before. He took one step and then another as he easily pranced towards the water to get a good look at himself. When he finally was able to stick his face into the water and get a good look he saw that he did indeed have two small horns on his head and one under his chin. The two eyes that stared back at him were not black but pink just Khoridai said. There were many other things that seemed different too... His fur wasn't quite the blue-gray that he was used to but instead darker with pink scales underneath. Why did he look so... different? Shouldn't he just be a normal horse? His head twisted this way and that as he tried to understand.

Why should he look different though? Wasn't he just born like the other kid? Yes... So, he shouldn't be so shocked at his appearance. He was just a normal horse with a few additions.

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"Talking looks like this!"
Thinking looks like this...

A broad grin curled across Khori's features when the equine spoke his name. It was certainty an interesting name! HIs big ears shifted upwards when Val began talking again, pointing his wings off in the direction of the river in a rather actuate manner. All Khori could do was give his broad, goofy smile and waddle right on after him. His tail swept side to side, brushing over the cavern's floor and knocking debris an small rocks all over the place.

It was here he quietly watched Valentine study himself. The confusion that radiated from him was a little odd and Khori found himself furrowing his brows. He opened his muzzle to ask if he was okay, but the hybrid turned his attention away so Khori shrugged his wings and curled his neck down and stuck his muzzle into the chilly water to get himself a drink.

Once his belly was satisfied he pulled his neck back and shook his muzzle to get the water off of it. "Well, now that you've seen! Wanna go have some fun?! He grinned broadly as he turned to face the hybrid head on. His wings were outstretched with his excitement as he wiggle with anticipation. He would be eager to play some games with a new friend!

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@Valentine

After he finished studying himself and pondering why he looked... odd, the dragonhorse shook his head. Deciding not to dwell on it for too long. The equine dipped his head into the water and began to take a long drought himself of the crystal clear waters. It tasted good and sweet, the best --and only-- thing he'd ever tasted! The horse lifted his head and peered down at his companion with a curious expression.

Have some fun? The horse's ears perked and he nodded his head enthusiastically. "Fun? I like fun! What... will we do?" That was the next question. Would they play games? Or go on an adventure of some sort? He hoped so! That would be fantastic!

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"Talking looks like this!"
Thinking looks like this...

Nearby, just down the shore, three golems are beginning to move towards Valentine and Khodidai. They are moving without direction, almost carelessly, but the smell of magic has drawn them towards the young ones. Occasionally, one stops to pick up a rock and cast it aside-- this is not what they search for-- but slowly and surely they are drawn to the gembounds by the water's edge.

Khoridai wiggled with excitement when Valentine said he would play some games! Of course now Khoridai had to think of something to do. He paused for a moment, glancing around for an idea. "Uuuhmm...." He began as he tried to find something. Maybe he should have asked his dad what kind of games there was for young gembounds like himself to play. An idea suddenly flashed in his mind before he swung his head right back to Valentine.

Just as he was about to open his mouth and spout something about about maybe playing a game of hide and seek, something in the distance caught his attention. He hesitated, squinting to see better and when he saw what they were his body fell rigged. "Erm....do you see those too?" he questioned quietly, ducking his head down as he moved to stand closer to Valentine.

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@Valentine
OoC: Cause I haven't given you short posts before...like right now XD also that Khori typo as Khodidia is hilarious XD <3 shaf

The young colt had his back to the golem that rapidly approached. He was just focused on his friend as the youngling tried to decide what it was they were to do. Valentine was patience, one leg cocked as he waited for the verdict... Only, it never came. Khori seemed to be looking at something past them. Curious the horse turned to see for himself.

There were three rocky creatures lumbering steadily towards them. For some reason he automatically knew that these weren't friendly nor were they smart enough to be reasoned with. Valentine blinked, leg uncocking as he moved to stand in front of Khori. "Golems." He said simply before turning his head to look back at his friend. "Should run." A very good idea, he thought. He didn't want those rocky guys getting their hands on him or Khori. He'd just take off after the dragon to make sure that he got away since his longer legs were more likely to mean that he was faster.

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"Talking looks like this!"
Thinking looks like this...