Soft long dark brown leather boots reach up to her thighs. Just covering her naked legs until just above her knees. Leather straps are wrapped around her wrists. Her right wrist just slightly thicker then her left.

The mark of a sword user. " Don’t get sarcastic with me Shaye Jayde or i will put my royal claws in that soft bum of yours" Slightly offended the cat jumps down with big leaps. Crossing the distance twice as fast until she stands next to her close friend. She looks up at the smiling face that looks back at her. " Very funny. Very funny indeed. You should be honored that i decided to join you on this….this….whatever you humans call it. I could have stayed home you know. Just fool around with some young males with no worries on my mind. But noooo….i am dragged down here. To this place you call home." Her yellow eyes look into the jade ones with anger. " Oh come on Xiya! You were happy you could join me. Be honest, you hated the responsibility of being a queen. And you know damn well you were scared that if you stayed there you were supposed to give the pack royal kittens! So don’t blame me, although i am glad you are here my friend." Shaye gives the black cat a little pat on the nose as she walks to the dead trees in front of her.

"WAIT!!" Xiya jumps in front of the young woman her ears flat on her head, swearing and roaring, " Something is not right here. I smell humans." She looks around her but there is nothing there. " It’s alright Xiya. These are my friends, don’t worry and move a side. " Shaye walks to the big tree in the middle. The cat follows, mumbling and shaking her head. "Hmmmm, humans! Can’t live with them and you can’t eat them." With her strange grin on her face she looks at her young friend who stands still before the large tree. The amulet glows its green light and somewhere in the tree a mechanism starts to click and rumble. With big eyes the cat looks at the scene in front her. The tree opens up and reveals a stairs. Shaye opens her eyes again and laughs. " Come on Xiya let’s go down and see if they left some food for us." The girl runs down the stairs, down into the dark. "Oh what the hell, when you thought you had seen it all. I am getting to old for this. " The black cat jumps into the opening and follows her precious friend. Immediately the opening closes behind her as if it was alive. Now they are both trapped in the darkness of the big tree.

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Fire Mountains, the mysterious home of the dragons. The place no human wants to enter except if they have too. Though the dragons are friendly creatures, they don’t trust the humans.

Their roost lies on the big red mountain of Scarath, the mountain that is unreachable unless you can fly. Strong in their silence the red mountains protect the secrets of dragonmagic and have done that for centuries before. The terror hasn’t touched the mountains neither did it bother the powerful dragons. They know what is happening outside their peaceful world. They can see the food is running low, but their magic keeps them alive. And like most magical creatures they don’t care what happens to the mortals. Except for one of them, one of them does care and everyday he feels more and more powerless. He can hear the mesgs of terror, he knows the humans are suffering. He feels their pain and knows he can’t hide up there any longer. For he is human as well. Left by his parents he was brought up by Mirage, the queen dragon. But now he knows he has to leave and follow his heart on a dangerous quest.

"Daydreaming again Kaine? What is bothering you my brother?" A great red dragon lands next to the man that sits on the edge of a platform.

His great wings move the air and make the sand flare up. His big dark brown eyes look friendly to the human he cares for. His long golden manes shine in the sunlight as he roars stretching his graceful neck.