Recouping Sky-(still part of the V-day dance)

[tashii]

Tash had successfully gotten Sky to the Dragon area out of the way and with out to much choas. After breifly explaining the situation to Saladin, he put orders that people were not to enter the dragon pens without expressed permission.

Once she had Sky settled in the only thing she could do was wait now.


OCC: Okay Sky I release you now. Sorry for knocking you out.

[Chris Strongheart]

Christine was tired and worn out from running back to Red Fountain from Alfea, not to mention that her left ankle was throbbing from when she fell, twisting her ankle in those ridiculous shoes she had been wearing. She gave the student on duty a look that said "Get in my way and I will feed you to a dragon" that let her get into the arena.

She collapsed to her knees near him and stroked his fur gently. "Sky, ma bête?" she asked, calling to him softly. "Open your eyes, please?" Oh, he had to be all right, he just had to be. Oh, if only she hadn't said those harsh things - she'd never forgive herself if he was dead and the last thing he remembered her by was her fighting with him.

Tears sparkled in her eyes and several fell, landing on his muzzle. "C'mon, ma bête, open your eyes. Please, just open your eyes." She couldn't speak after that, sorrow robbing her of her speech. She just continued to cry, hoping that he was all right.

[tashii]

Wrapping her arms around Christines shoulders, "Chris, it's okay, nothing is going to happen to him. He is still medicated, he will be waking soon. Come and have a cup of coffee." Tash demanded. "Don't worry I didn't spike it. As temped as I am."

[Chris Strongheart]

Christine took the cup of coffee, her hands shaking terribly. She sipped it slowly, watching the wolf closely. He just had to wake up. Her heart would shatter further and she felt like she would die of a broken heart if he didn't wake up.

[tashii]

"Good," Tash said as Christine drank some of the coffee. "Now would please explain to me the comment about him only being your friend to mock you? Might as well tell me, it will give you something to do other than worry. Either that or talk about something else." Tash said, waiting to see if she would respond.

[Chris Strongheart]

"I'm a halfbreed," Christine said simply. "When I was a child, some children would just be my friend and then turn around and use whatever they managed to know about me to make fun of me," she said quietly. "I didn't have too happy a childhood. The only time I had fun was when I was home in the Magic Realm, at least there, I was treated like I was normal, like I was pureblooded something."

[tashii]

"What does your blood matter anyways? I mean at least you know your family and where you come from." Tash finally admitted to someone. "Well on the other hand, I don't know if this is good or bad. But your stuck with me as a friend. And I am not going anywhere."

[Chris Strongheart]

Christine gave her the faint ghost of a real smile. "I like that," she said quietly. "I suppose it doesn't help matters that I'm a princess or a seer. My dad's Prince Strongheart from Lovelylocks and well, you've met my mother."

[Sky]

Groggily, Sky's eyelids opened half-way and he unconsciously took in his surroundings. After a few moments, he realized that he hadn't the slightest idea where he was. At the dance? That was the last thing he remembered . . . fighting with Christine and then feeling ill. But what else? Something had obviously happened between then and now.

But besides that, he felt so strange - almost as though he wasn't in the right body. Struggling to stay awake, Sky's eyes began to close again. Not able to re-open them for sheer lack of energy - it almost felt as if he had been drugged - Sky gave in to his exhaustion and let the peaceful darkness sweep over him once again.

[Chris Strongheart]

Christine's eyes lit up when she saw his eyes open. "Oh, Sky," she breathed, dropping the mug, shattering it. She buried her face in his ruff and wept. "Oh, ma bête," she whispered. "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to fight with you. Oh, forgive me, forgive me."

[Sky]

Feeling someone hugging him and whispering words to him, Sky's eyes opened again slightly. He felt like he should recognize the voice - it sounded so familiar - but he was exhausted and his thoughts were all foggy and blended together unintelligibly. Still, he wished that he could somehow comfort the person, whoever it was. Too tired to give some kind of signal to let the person know that he was all right, Sky resigned himself to closing his eyes again. There was nothing he could do for the girl at the moment and there wouldn't be until he could get enough rest to regain his strength. After that happened, he would think about this person . . . after . . .

Sky's eyes closed completely and his breathing slowed, signaling that he was in deep sleep.

[Chris Strongheart]

Christine wept silently in his fur, whispering pleas for forgiveness. She had been so foolish fighting him. "Ma bête," she whispered. "Forgive me, please forgive me." She ran her hands over his ruff, smoothing it. "I love you, ma bête."

[tashii]

"Good, he's waking up right on time." Tash said as she walked over to Sky and began checking over his vitals again, slow even breathing, pulse at a steady rate. Going through every in her mind on his health. "Good news nothing other than being a wolf is wrong with him."

[Chris Strongheart]

"Oh that's good," Christine said, releasing a breath she didn't know she had been holding. "Ma bête," she quietly whispered. "Ma bête chérie." She smiled down at the sleeping wolf. "Oh, Sky, I just wish you didn't have this curse."

She lightly stroked his fur, smiling at him a bit. "I love you, ma bête chérie," she whispered.

[tashii]

"I think we all wish he did not have this curse. Now since I am willing to bet that you are not going anywhere. Tell me about those pixie tails, you have. I never got to see them."