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Ayla watched the four new additions to their twosome with open curiosity as they all introduced themselves. Ardoris on the other hand kept his facial expressions extremely guarded, judging and weighing up the other dragons and humans without uttering a word. However, when the spirit dragon opened her mouth to speak, he allowed a flicker of shock to pass over his features. He had believed their race to be a myth until now. Many of the fire Tribe had scoffed at the idea of a Spirit Tribe, but eventually there was an element of truth behind the legends, for here she stood. It also appeared, he observed, that the same Fate had befallen these dragons as they had betrayed their Tribes and passed through the forbidden portals in order to come to into the Human World. And whether it was luck, or intelligence that had brought them all to the same place, they were gathered together. Hopefully, as an united force rather than a warring one. Although no Water Dragon had made their presence known, Ardoris knew he would bury any feud in the hope that they could be at peace and he could save his father. Of course, that might not hold true for the other Tribes. Who knew what the Light Dragon would do if she happened across a Dark Dragon.

"I too believe we have all gathered here with a common goal in mind. I have betrayed the very laws of my kind to prevent the eruption of a war that will only bring destruction. However, a single human and dragon cannot stop this outbreak by themselves. I can only say that we are lucky that others had the sense to take it upon ourselves to see that this asinine war does not occur. We may be able to find answers here in the ruins of our ancestors. Doing so together may be beneficial, as our numbers will make up for our current lack of power."

Ardoris' eyes flickered to the Spirit Dragon and he nodded his head in response. "I could not agree more. In this we must be a united force, we must stand together in order to prevent such a war from ravaging this world. Our ancestors fought tooth and claw to protect the humans and now our own members turn against their history. It cannot be and we shall not let it." He glanced around at the small group, wishing that a few others had joined them. Well there was time yet. In any case, he hoped they could find answers here, something to guide them in their cause. Anything. Ayla was watching him carefully, though he had no idea what was on the young woman's mind. It was obviously something she didn't want him to know, as her gaze flickered away the instant their eyes connected. Frowning slightly, he spread his wings and flapped so that he was hovering at head height (for the human's). Just as he was about to ask another question, another voice echoed around the Ruins. Once again, him and Ayla turned as one towards the source. A sudden thought of how in sync they were already crossed his mind, but he allowed it to slip away, concentrating on the task at hand.

"What's going on here? Who are you four?"

To Ardoris utter and complete shock a dragon moved into a defensive stance, in front of Cerena and her human (whose name he had already forgotten). A Dark Tribe Dragon. Well, that took him by surprise. For a second he could do nothing more than stare openly at the trio. It was Ayla was stepped forwards. This time she hadn't drawn her bow, for she had figured one dragon against the six of them stood no chance. However, it was clear he was already on speaking terms with two of them.

"Well hello. We mean no harm, we were simply introducing ourselves. We're...allies." She had been about to say friends, but it seemed too strong of a word at that time. "I am Ayla and this is Ardoris, Son of Fernis from the Fire Tribe. We've formed a human and dragon pact and I'm assuming many of us here have as well. We're not here to attack. We want to help to prevent the war." Smiling, she stepped forwards and held out a hand to the little black dragon, as a form of introduction.