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Post by XANDER BANE on May 18, 2012 21:36:20 GMT -6
Oleron Island was one of the most beautiful and surprisingly quiet place to go to when you wanted to get away from other people. that was exactly what this white hair young man with two different colored eyes one red and the other green. Though he was not quite as young as he looked he was much older since he was not a normal person he was a dragon just not any dragon the Prince of dragon's. Xander Bane was his name he had come to this place to get away from his duties as a prince. This was the last place anyone would coming looking for him so he would all alone just not having to deal with any of the duties he did not enjoy. Sure his parents would not be to happy to know he had gone off on his own again with any to watch out for, yet he could take care of himself with out need anyone to protect him. That was why he had learn to fight with a sword and well he was sure nothing would happen to him here on this island since this place was not really populated by people. Currently he was walking along the shore of the island on a beach looking out at the clear blue tropical water.
Being this close to the ocean made his start to wonder what she was doing and by she he was thinking about Arista Hudson. She was one of the mermaid princess the older twin and the one person he seemed to spend a lot of time with. It had been that why since they were younger and for time they had a close friendship. Yet as they had grown up so had there ideals on how they looked at there roles as royals while she took mores seriously than he did at times he knew someday he would have to take his place as king. Though he was not sure if had done anything that would make him worth to be the king of an entire race of people. It was not lie he had done anything important to earn his title as prince just being born into the royal family earn him his title as prince. So he just would sneak away from to not deal with his duties which at times he found not very exciting and rather boring had spend time doing such things when he wanted to be out in the world experiencing things.
Yet Arista on the other took her duties serious yet there one duty she held with the most respect that was protecting the power of the gods that was entrusted to her people to look after. Xander knew there people out there looking for that power to use for themselves to do who know what with it. Still he just wish sometimes she would relax and let loose and have soon instead of lecturing him that he should be more serious about his duties. As he continued to walking along the beach he noticed that there a cover not to far from where he was he deiced he would cheek it out. Walking down the beach he reached the cove stepping inside it was rather quiet inside the cove there seemed to be no else around. Walking a bit he walked a large rock ledge that over looked water removing his sword he set down beside himself as he sat on the rock ledge his legs hangs over it as he sat. Looking down at the water he could see all kinds of fish and sea life swimming in the water. Xander just continued to sit on the ledge looking at the water just glade to have found such a nice place to get away from his duties.
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Post by arista on May 19, 2012 0:19:30 GMT -6
It seemed like a princess’ work was never down. Or maybe it was just her work. But it wasn’t an easy job, keeping the world from utter chaos. Although it technically wasn’t her fulltime job just yet. But it would be some day and it seemed the kingdom wasn’t going to allow any slacking.
But Arista had just spent a majority of the day training with her parents and teachers they had brought in to help her with controlling and enhancing her powers. It was all rather exhausting to be honest. She didn’t even think she saw her twin at all today. The girl was probably out have a grand time. Of course it was probably inside the castle, something she knew annoyed her sister. But Arista didn’t complain. She knew this was her job, since birth. She was given the honor to protect this great power. She would not take this responsibility lightly. But every now and then, it could get a bit overwhelming. She enjoyed her alone time when she could just relax. So she had decided now would be the time to take a breather, even if it was just for a few minutes. No harm would probably come from it. She wasn’t queen yet.
Arista decided she would go to a cove she had found a while back. It was on a nice, somewhat secluded beach. The times she had visited it before, she had no problem avoiding others. Many weren’t used to seeing a merwoman and she didn’t like dealing with all the questions. It was nice from time to time to be out of the water and not have to bring her legs out. Whole process was a pain, literally.
She swam quietly, sometimes poking out of the water to see if she was heading in the right direction. She soon saw the familiar black rocks and entrance to her getaway. She swam forward with her head still out of the water. She peeked inside first, like she usually did. To her surprise there was already someone inside. What made it more odd was that she knew the person. It was her good friend Xander, the dragon prince. She had known the boy her whole life and knew his habit of running off from home. She was just shocked he had found his way to her spot. Maybe they were more similar than she thought. Arista watched as he dangled his feet close to the water. She grinned as she ducked back under the surface.
She swam ever so slowly, making sure not to bring any attention to herself. She swam under the small cliff he sat atop. She came above the surface again and quickly grabbed Xander’s ankle, pulling him into the water. She grinned larger as she heard the splash and saw he had disappeared under the water. She swam from under the cliff and hoisted herself up onto a nearby ledge, sitting with half her tail still in the water. She waited for him to pop back up before she spoke. “Well if it isn’t my favorite dragon.”
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Post by XANDER BANE on May 19, 2012 11:14:22 GMT -6
Xander was still staring down at the water as he sat on ledge over looking. There was just something calming about the water though swimming was well something he knew how to do he just well did not find it as fun as flying. Yes when he was in dragon form flying in the sky there was just something so freeing about soaring in the sky above everyone. Yet using his dragon form did take a lot out of him so he would only use when he need to not over doing it. Though it had been how he got to this island since going on boat would have been hard since they mostly control by pirates or the navy. And doing that would have drawn attention to himself so he just used his dragon form to fly here to just be away from people. Yes being a royal made it hard to travel around with out drawing attention sure he knew there were people that would have no idea who he was yet he still knew he had to be careful who trusted. His family was sure to have enemies even among his own kind since he knew there dragons out there who had become pirates and criminals who do nothing more than try to kill or hold him for ransom. Yet he was sure he would be able to get himself out any situation like that if it ever happen.
Xander moved his gaze up away from he water when he felt his ankle get pulled then he felt himself plunge into the water. As he sunk in the water he saw something swim above him noticing a long fish tail he sort of knew what or who had pulled him into the water. Swimming back up to the surface he herd a familiar voice. "Well if it isn’t my favorite dragon.” he herd the voice say and he turn himself around and smirked a bit at the girl who was propping herself on the rock ledge. Yes it was Arista Hudson he knew it had been her that had pulled him into the water. Yes he was not really mad about having been pulled into the water though now his clothes were wet. Still he was use to this sort of thing they were always doing something or another to each other to mess with the other. There had been a time when they were much more civil with one another yet mostly they were always arguing yet no matter how much they argue they still seemed to be friends. Swing a bit till he was back to rock he climbed out of the water.
Standing up he pulled off his long red jacket that he always seemed to wear and placed on near by rock to dry and also removed the gloved on his hand. Xander also removed his boots and the socks from his feet. Then he got an idea of how to get his revenge on her for pulling him into the water. SO walking over to the ledge so propping herself on he put her hands under her flipped her so plunged into the water. Then he jumped back into the water himself. Then he waited for her to surface and was smirking. Yes he was sure she would be grumpy at him for flipping her into water like he did, but well she had start it by pulling him into the water in the first place. 'Yes and if not my favorite mermaid." Xander said to her when she had surface. Well he guessed he was not so mad at being pulled into the water it did fell nice cool yet well he would not be able to breath his fire again till he had dry off though eh was sure he would not need to use his fire for a while so he was okay with being wet. "So how did you even know about this place?" he asked her. Yes he was curious to know how she knew about it since he did know she did not venture far for her home that often. SO he floated in the water waiting for her answer to his question.
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Post by arista on Jun 19, 2012 23:32:12 GMT -6
She rung out her hair as she watched him remove a few articles of wet clothing. He did tend to wear a lot of layers. All the more reason she enjoyed pushing or puling him into the water. He hadn’t gotten upset about it yet so she wasn’t about to stop doing it whenever possible. She squeezed the rest of the water out of her hair, shaking her head about as she “styled” it. She enjoyed the fact that her hair was naturally straight, curling under a bit at the ends. It meant she looked presentable in and out of water. That was always necessary for a princess.
Arista hadn’t being paying attention to Xander as he approached her. She looked up to soon find herself in the water once again. The impact hurt her stomach a smidge but nothing she wasn’t used to. She looked up to see Xander’s feet kick, keeping him afloat in place. She frowned as she swam up next to him. She resurfaced with her cheeks full. “Yes and if not my favorite mermaid. So how did you even know about this place?" he answered. She quickly spit the water from her cheeks in his face. Payback for his payback. She grinned afterwards.
Arista placed her hands on top of Xander’s head, pushing him under the water and leaping over him. She swam over to the rocks again, hoisting herself up. She dried her hair once more and waited for him to come back up. She debated on slapping him with her tail, something she had done in the past, but she only really did that when she was upset. She wasn’t angry with him right now. No need to be too violent she guessed.
“I found it a while back. It’s a pretty secluded area. So I come here whenever I need some me time.” Arista spoke as she lied down on the rocks. Bumping up against coral almost on a daily basis gave her some tough skin. She stared up at the dark ceiling of the cove. A droplet of water landed smack-dab in the middle of her forehead. She wiped the water away and sat up. She looked down at her tail, running her hand over it. She moved her hand to the barren spot, its location she memorized long ago. No scale had ever grown back. But she knew where it was, if he still kept it. “What about you? How did you get here? Even though I’ve already claimed this place in the name of Arista Hudson.” She said as she flipped her hair over her shoulder with a proud grin.
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Post by XANDER BANE on Jun 20, 2012 20:56:39 GMT -6
Xander felt his face get hit with water that came from Arista mouth. Yes well he guessed she was relating for having flipped her into the water. It was just the sort of thing the two of them did to each other. This was how there relationship they could do this kind of stuff and know that they were just messing with each other. Even with all the lecturing Arista gave him about needing to take his duties more seriously she was still his closest friend in the world. She dose seemed to be the only person that understood him the most more so than his own family some times. Xander that he should have spend more time being home than he did most of the time. He felt guilty that he did not spend time at home since he knew his sister Jackie missed him when he was not around. Just he could not take having to do so many thing that he did not find fun at all. Yet he knew that some day he would have to stop running from his duties and embrace his role in becoming a king. Even if was hard for him to imaginehimself as the lead of a whole race of people yet well he knew that it would one day be his job.
As he was thinking about this felt Arista's hands on top of his head as he was dunked under the water. After surfaced he saw that she had moved herself back to the spot she had been when he flipped her into the water. “I found it a while back. It’s a pretty secluded area. So I come here whenever I need some me time.” he herd her say to him. Well that mad senses to him since everyone need a place to be alone and get away from things. That what he was doing by being out in the world and not staying around his home when he was sure that he should have been there to takes his duties more seriously. Still he was just not ready to give up his freedom yet so he was going to take advantage of enjoying his freedom. Swimming he made his way back to the land getting out of the water and sitting down on the ground near where she was to let himself dry out. Yes his normally mess spiky white hair was now more flat on his head since was wet.
“What about you? How did you get here? Even though I’ve already claimed this place in the name of Arista Hudson.” she said to which made his smile a bit. Well he had just notices it when he had been walking outside on the beach of the island so he just found it by accident. "Oh well I just sort of found when I was walking on the beach here." Xander said to her. Well he was glade he had found this place since well he had run into no matter what there relationship was like he enjoy the time he spend with her. Sure he knew that they were not as close as they had once been when they were younger though a lot had changed in there lives. Arista had become more serious about her duties while he had well not become as serious as her. That was something that he admired about her that she was able to take her role more serious that he did with out it getting her down that much that her role meant she had less freedom than most people. Still though she was out right now so that must have meant she had need time to herself. "So why did you come here since rare for you to be out and about like this?" he asked her. As he waited for her answer he continued to let himself dry off.
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Post by arista on Jun 21, 2012 3:24:07 GMT -6
What were the circumstances behind Arista finding this place a few months back? She remembered it had to do with her younger twin. The two had gotten into a tiff about something trivial, but something normal sisters would argue about. However, when their parents got involved, Arista was told she was acting juvenile for letting something so small shake her up. She was told as the older daughter, and future heiress to the throne, she shouldn’t act in a childish manner. Her parents no longer looked at her as just a 500 year old, an age relatively young for merfolk and other races. Needless to say, Arista didn’t take the lecturing very well. It seemed her sister got away with more than she did. It wasn’t fair. And that thinking made the princess feel even worse. She didn’t enjoy these moments when she thought like a kid. But she was entitled to a few, right? She wasn’t queen yet. The internal conflict she was having, between thinking she was able to act like a kid sometimes and being raised over the last few years not to act in such a way, resulted in her needing to get out of her room, and Atlantis in general.
She sneakily swam out of the palace and far, far away from Atlantis. She didn’t realize how long she was gone until she swam up to the surface and saw the sun setting. She panicked for a second, realizing this was the longest she had been away from home her whole life. Did the guards finally realize she was missing? Did they tell her parents? Was there massive chaos throughout the palace? And yet, she wasn’t ready to go back. She was still angry. Maybe she wanted them to worry about her. To think of her as their daughter and not just the future queen. But she knew she couldn’t swim around aimlessly at night. It wasn’t safe for any merperson. It was then that she saw the beach and the cove. She took refuge inside and went back home once the sun rose.
Just as she had expected, the palace was crazy. It seemed they hadn’t let the city know of her disappearance. The King and Queen didn’t want to cause unrest. Arista knew she had to do the right thing and let them know she was safe. She wasn’t expecting the reaction she got at all. The minute her mother laid eyes on her, she burst into tears. Her sister wasn’t far behind. Her mother grabbed her as she sobbed. She had never seen her mother act like this before. Her father even held her for a few minutes. Arista was speechless. She couldn’t remember a time she saw so much affection from her parents. They had her checked out by the healers to make sure she wasn’t hurt. Once this had settled down, she apologized to her family for the trouble she caused. Feeling a little guilty she had caused so much trouble, Arista promised herself she wouldn’t runaway. Or at least she wouldn’t be gone overnight.
Xander sat down next to her, his usually messy hair plastered down against his head. She leaned back on her arms, her tail swaying in the water. He told her he found the cove just walking along the beach. She was surprised to see him here but was happy she could talk with him. It had been a while since she last saw Xander. He never told her where he was and it wasn’t like they could run into each other a lot, her being in Atlantis 24/7. And while she didn’t admit it, she did miss seeing him as often as she used to when they were younger. He was closest person to her, after her twin of close. She was thankful that they could talk like nothing had changed when they got together.
“I just needed to get out of Atlantis for a while. This whole day has been just training and I wasn’t at the level my teachers thought I would be by now. I was frustrated and didn’t feel like being analyzed as to why I wasn’t at said level. So I came here to think. I guess I pulled a Xander. You’re rubbing off on me.” Arista said with a raised eyebrow. She was wondering if she was running off too often. She would have to cut back since it may have been affecting her mindset, which directly affected her powers.
“So what have you been up to? Been home recently?” Arista moved a hand toward his hair, ruffling it so it wasn’t so flat on his head as she spoke.
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Post by XANDER BANE on Jun 21, 2012 22:09:23 GMT -6
Xander was sitting quite now just looking out across at the water in the cover. Yes seeing such deep water in a place like this was well interesting since he was sure the water in this cover went really deep down. It made him wonder if pirates ever used this cove to try to hid their ship from someone since it did seem like a good hiding place. Yet which also meant it could be dangerous for them to be here yet well it did not seem like a ship was going to come any time soon. So he was not worried about any one coming here since well this island was a place that people did not come too often. This made it a good place for him to come and hide to get away from home. Yet he did felt guilty about not being at home much. Xander knew his sister missed him being around and maybe his mother yet his father he was sure really did not care much that he was not around much. Still he knew being at home would mean having to do his duties and things like that which were things he did not enjoy very much. Yet he still could not help, but fell guilty about not being at home a lot.
“I just needed to get out of Atlantis for a while. This whole day has been just training and I wasn’t at the level my teachers thought I would be by now. I was frustrated and didn’t feel like being analyzed as to why I wasn’t at said level. So I came here to think. I guess I pulled a Xander. You’re rubbing off on me.” Xander heard her say to him. He smiled a bit pulling Xander well maybe she was rubbing off on him by making him feel guilty about not being at home very much. Still being out in the world seeing thing was just so much more fun that being stuck behind the walls of his home having to do things that he did not like that much. Even if he did not like doing something he had to do at home it was still his home the place he had grown up and learned things. Oh well he guessed maybe after spending time with Arista here he could go back home for a little a while even if was unpleasant to go back home. “So what have you been up to? Been home recently?” he herd her ask him.
Well it seemed like she knew what he had been thinking about the whole time he had been sitting there by her. Xander felt her hands touch his messing it up since had been flat on his head since it had been wet. "No I haven't been home recently." Xander said to her. Yes well he was thinking about going back home which he guessed was a good thing just he hopped it would not turn out badly. Still he just knew he need to go back there and spend time with his family even if it was not his favorite thing in the world. Using his hand he took her hand off his head his hair was now back to spiky messiness on his head. Still he had not mind her touching his hair no she was one of the few people he would let touch him like that. Of course he knew that she did not like things like when people touched her in close away. It had well sort of always been like that even when they were young. Still even with that the memories he had of spending time with Arista when he was younger were some of the best times he had in his life. Yes somehow he just could not imagine his life without her in it. He knew back then when he had been younger he had well strong feelings for her. yet now well those felling were still there just he kept them to himself since well he was not sure how she saw him now since things had changed she had become more serious about her duties while he continued to run from his. "Well I am thinking about maybe going home after being here with you since well I should since it been a while since I spent time at home." he said to her. Xander was sure that would make her happy to hear that he was thinking about going back home. Now he went quiet again just looking out at the water just glad to be spending time with Arista.
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