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[NightShade]

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A sharp yellow beak nipped at her hand. Cutting thru the skin blood began to slowly ooze out. Shade rolled over in her bed ignoring the irritation and pulling the covers tightly about her. Go away she mumbled sleepily. Tilting his head he hopped up next to the mound of blankets and stuck his head under the covers. BUFFET OF PIXIES…BUFFET OF PIXIES….GOOD, TASTY…PAYMENT.

Slowly Shade pulled back the covers staring face to face with her winged friend. Now? Her voice croaked and was rather raspy. Her head was pounding and for a moment she could not remember why. Blinking at the bird he hopped back a bit looking at her expectantly. She reached up to ruffle the feathers on his head. He snapped at her hand. Sighing You are a cruel master…my persistent friend. You disturb my beauty sleep. Beauty Sleep the bird replied and she could swear she heard him chortle. Glaring at him she said, but a deal was a deal.
She began singing angrily to him…
Hush little baby don’t you cry, mamas going to buy you a mockingbird and if that mockingbird don’t sing mamas gonna chop off its wing,

Smugly she rose from the bed and stifled a laugh as the bird began singing. Hush little baby, HUSH little baby…Mockingbird better sing….

Shade smirked at him, that’s right my little love you sing for your meal. Opening a chest she pulled out a lumpy bag and dumped its contents unceremoniously to the floor leaving a huge pile of pixies before the bird. The bird happily fluttered down and began swallowing them one by one.

Her head hurt, her leg, which Narcissa had worked tirelessly to heal last night still pained a bit, but not to bad, the pain was inconsequential. She remembered running down the narrow corridor as her attacker approached fast on her heals and just as she turned to face them at the top of the stairs they had hit her and she fell unconscious rolling down the stairs. Or so she assumed because that is where she had awoke her head bleeding and leg hurting. She could hear commotions overhead and new that her friends were still in the midst of an overwhelming battle. Weak and limping she had returned to the chaos, and she heard Cear commanding them to get Steel out as he fought. She ran quickly towards his darkened cell, the jailor trying to put up a fight she shoved her dagger quickly in his side, he dropped the keys and she grasped them as he fell quickly unlocking the cell. Steel lay inside completely unconscious and looking somewhat emaciated. She sighed smiling wryly well he wont be helping…. Xandria hurry! She screamed, gate us out of here! Wrapping her hands under Steels limp arms, Xandria rushed in after her, took one look at Steel and conjured up a gate. Xandria grabbed his legs and Shade lifted him up with all her might they had just barely managed to drag and shove him quickly thru the gate as it closed. They had been overwhelmed in numbers, surprised to say the least and it was rather irritating, but at least they had freed Steel.

Brought back from her revelry by the crunching sound of pixie bones Shade sat down on the floor next to the bird and began to distractedly pet the top of his head. We must think of a name for you my friend. The bird had finished his pile of pixies and stared at her sleepily as she petted his feathers, he hopped closer to her and jumped up on her lap settling himself down, resting gently on the tops of her legs. Yawning Shade glared at him angrily, oh sure now we can rest now that you have finished your gluttony.

Go away... the bird mumbled sleepily and Shade smirked as she heard her own words used against her. Smiling she patted him gently on the head deciding on a name at last, later Mimus when you are done sleeping I want you to search out Cear and give him a note, I must know that he fairs well since last nights events, last I heard he was burning things in his anger, she snickered a bit. I am also concerned about Steel; he did not seem at all well…. The bird snored lazily on her lap and Shade chuckled softly poking Mimus on the head. Perhaps you should go NOW…
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