Deserts

Flying through the dense forest, Alex made her way towards the smoke which was raising over the desert. Dodging and weaving she eventually made it out of the forest all limbs in tact.
Finally arriving, she paused and glanced at the crash site curiously. Noticing a few dead bodies scattered around and the giant skeleton of a ship, she couldn't help but frown at the idea that the fun was over.
Luckily it was't, as what appeared to be a middle aged human man stumbled out of the ship, looking around in confusion. A young girl also came out just as confused, though maybe scared would off been a better word to describe her expression.
Grinning mischievously, the pixie quickly activated her human mimic and her body grew to human proportion, wings folding back into her back as she stepped forward, gaining the attention of the 2 strangers.
"Hay there! Saw your ship crash down, you guys okay?", she yelled across to them, hands held up in peace as she approached, her 'good Samaritan" voice coming out along with the fake smile, as she examined the two humans closer with curious eyes.

Alice couldn't tell witch way was up, everything was spinning. Though nothing was being said she could only hear screaming in in her head. She turned around and looked at where she had just come from, the ship was destroyed, completely destroyed. She found that only one other person was up walking around with her, a strange middle aged man who had not been with the families originally. Fear shot through Alice's heart. Spun around panicked, "Moooommm!! Daaadd!" upon speaking Alice's throat exploded in pain.To panicked to pay attention Alice did not see the young woman approaching the wreckage.

Thomas woke up to the smells and sounds of burning, among other things, rubber. He opened his eyes. There was black smoke rising towards heaven.
What?
A confusing sight. What was this? smoke? Thomas sat up. His body was hurting, two of his ribs broken. His head was aching.
Sitting up next to a crashed plane, he looked around. There was the body of a plane, scattered metal and fire. And smoke. Thomas did not remember getting in a plane. Him being at the site of a plane crash did not make any sense at all. No sense.
What the fuck... There were a few dead people lying around, on the ground.
This can't be happening...I cannot be here. No.
Considering the reality his eyes were showing him could not actually exist, Thomas established he was probably dreaming. He would not mind a reality like this much, but this being a dream was more probable.
He stood up, began walking around the wreckage. He was looking for survivors, he found one, a girl, probably in her early teens.
She looked startled. And then there was another one, a woman, running toward him and the wreckage. She was not a survivor though. She had seen the plane crash and come to aid the survivors, or so it seemed.
She asked if they were ok.
"My body is hurting, other then that im fine." he responded.
"Moooommm!! Daaadd!" the young girl screamed.
oh no...
Her scream stirred Thomas' empathy. He moved to the her side, and unsure what he could do, he sat down.

She was soon flying above the wreckage, though she absolutely hated the temperature. Though it became a little more bearable as her just being nearby cooled the immediate area relatively quickly. Her wings created a sound similar to sails becoming taught abruptly, over and over as she flapped from time to time to stay in the sky. Most of the time, however, she merely glided in circles until she decided that she was far too close. However, she decided at some point that it wouldn't hurt to land as they didn't seem to be much of a threat. She landed relatively close to the pixie and the two humans with a thump and a wave of air as she folded her wings across her back and raised her neck while her tail twitched from time to time. She kept an eye on the new creatures as she stood at her full height of roughly eight feet tall at first glance. Her scales glittered brilliantly, her eyes twinkling with curiosity as she kept her focus on the humans.

THe young werewolf creeps closer to the wreck, his armor's unique appearance allowing him to blend in for the most part.He scans the scene, grumbling when he sees others."Man....not gonna be able to get treasure..." His eyes soften when he sees the distruction."THis.....they're gonna need help, whoever, and whatever they are." He stands up, walking towards the group, waving. Demon Cutter, his short combat spear, hangs by it's sheath on his back."HEY!! How are you?! Need any help?"

"Fufufu~ Humans have come huh? It isn't often they come here. Wonder how many survived that wreck?"

Red flew over to the site of the wreckage to look for any humans she could play with. While doing so, the sun's rays shining on a spear drew her attention. A chill went down her back upon noticing that it was a weapon. Deciding to be more cautious, Red drew one of the daggers strapped to her thigh and landed some 40 meters from the spear's owner. Taking note that she was now in view of the humans, she decided to play it safe and simply act friendly.

"Is something going on here? I was wondering where that shout came from and if the shouter needed help with something."

Red needed to look like she was not imposing a threat. To a human, a succubus is a big enough threat as it is which is not good. Thinking quickly, a way to keep that from happening crossed her mind. She put her dagger back in it's place on her thigh and walked up to the spear's owner. Her wings vanished, giving her the appearance of a normal person. Her hair went from pink to a brownish color and grew in length until it was at her shoulders. Clothing changed from what appeared to be a tight black leather bondage suit, to a light blue mini-skirt and a beige/yellow blouse with a white shirt underneath it. Red didn't like that her breasts were completely covered but she didn't want to cause a panic either. The only thing she could think of was to alter the wavelengths around herself so as to change her outward appearance. With her little transformation done with after a few seconds she stood next to the man with the spear and waited for an answer to her previously asked question.

"Oh my~ Seems the spear belonged to a male... nice body~ Geh.... gotta quit thinking about things like that for a moment. Gotta figure out who is friend, foe and food... Just act innocent."

Alex glanced around at the small group of creatures who had gathered at the noise of the crash. An ice dragon who stood at 8 feet and was making the desert even become cold, a werewolf with a very point spear and now a Succubus who had the hots for a certain spear welding werewolf, had shown up to see what was going on.
The little girl was screaming for her parents and the middle aged man seemed unsure what to do. It was slowly getting boring and the pixie couldn't help but grin when she noticed the bodies laying around the wreck.
Waltzing over towards the girl, she gave her a comforting and motherly smile as she lowered herself to the girls level. Reaching her hands out, she gently took the girls into her own as she gave began to run them with her thumb.
"Do you want to see you parents one more time? I can bring them back for you, if that's really what you want." The pixie offered as her eyes scanned the littered bodies, before stopping on a pair that looked similar to the girl who was now in front of her.
"That's them right?" She said as she walked towards the bodies, "Watch this." She said as she kneeled down in front of the corpses and checked them over, analysing their wounds and how safe they were to resurrect... But than again, when did she ever care about safe.
"Last chance sweety, do you want to say hello to them again or are that gonna stay dead?", her innocent act was slipping as she grew excited at the prospect of being able to bring a human back to life. She had never done it before and she was curious what would happen.

Alice was tired, hurt, scared, sad, and confused. Around her stood creatures that shouldn't exist, that DIDN'T exist, and yet, here they were. One seemed to be offering to bring her parents back for a short time.
Alice eyed the woman, "I-I don't want my parents to be zombies... I've seen to many movies to be okay with that..." She then surveyed the other creatures. It wasn't right. They couldn't be real. A wave of fear crashed over Alice. She tried to back away, but bumped into the strange man, he smelt like alcohol and cigarettes, this set off Alice's creeper alarm though he was probably a perfectly nice guy.
Alice looked between the stranger, the creatures, and her parent's bodies finding herself becoming increasingly overwhelmed. Tears began pouring from her eyes, "I knew we should have never left Earth." Alice fell to her knees and buried her face in her hands, "We should have stayed home." her tears stung and Alice found herself growing dizzy and tired again, it was to much, all of this was to overwhelming, blackness swept over her and she passed out.

"Oh no. The little one passed out. May I ask what you did to her, pixie?"

Brushing her hair out of her eyes, she looked at the scene which had just occurred. The little girl whining, the pixie saying something and poking the dead bodies. Then the pixie said something to the girl and she passed out. Red couldn't make heads or tails of any of it. All she got out of it was, two useless bodies and some guy who smells....awful... Not only that but she did notice the pixie and that the temperature started to drop.

At this rate I won't be able to conceal my aura let alone my appearance through manipulation of wavelengths... I'm not in the mood for attracting a dragon...though I wouldn't mind something else~ Oh for the love of... I'm taking over.

All of a sudden, Red shifted back to her usual attire. Her body was wrapped in what at first looked like snakes but was really just black, slightly lustrous, leather. The leather coiled around her before ceasing movement and forming an erotic bondage outfit. Two demonic wings sprouted from her back, they were a light purple on the underside and pitch black on the back. Along the bones in the wings were small spikes which were placed at where the bone bends leaving two spikes on each wing. Her hair returned to its usual violet/pink color and the length shortened till it was just hovering over the shoulders. Her eyes became blood red rather than the green eyes of the illusion she created. Her breasts inflated to their original size of a DD. Her outfit gained a slight purple tint as two metallic-looking sleeves covered her arms and gauntlets of the same visual properties on her hands. Amethysts were placed on the knuckles of the gauntlets. Greaves formed on her legs in the same fashion without the gems. Neither the greaves, the sleeves or the gauntlets were metal, they were simply a cloth with a strange enchanted glow to them. Her aura changed drastically from her normal lust-filled one. It was one of evil and fear. Several black straps attached themselves to her thighs, ankles and upper arms. The straps held one sheathe each, and each sheathe had one dagger. A usual Succubus tail flicked around behind Red as she spoke once more.

"Tch, I can't believe I allowed her to drag us here... You, pixie, I'd like you to answer some questions for me. What are you, who are you and Where is this? I have never been to this part of Kothar before."

Her tone was very demanding. It sounded as if she were threatening the person she spoke to and confirming that it was no empty threat at the same time as commanding them to do something.

Shinka freezes in place as the Succubus walks up to him, his face reddening."Er..." As the pixie asked if the girl wanted her parents back, he narrowed his gaze at her."Not nice, ya know...." He rushes foward as the girl faints, lowering her gently to the ground. He sniffs at the strange man, sneezing."No offense, but you stink....." The young werewolf glares at the pixie."What were you thinking, anyway? THat was pretty callous, you know."

"Naw, did I upset the ichle werepuppy?" She asked while giving him a mocking grin before turning her gaze on the child, "I didn't really do anything, I offered to bring her parents back. I would explain it to you but I don't think puppies could understand an art like necromancy." She gave a small sniff of disgust, they were all the same, critiques. Everyone immediately took the innocent girls side, it's always the other persons fault that she fainted and never the innocent little girl who just lost her parents fault... Or the suns for that matter... The girl was showing signs of dehydration and heat exhaustion which wasn't surprising seeing as she was in a desert and had just crashed down on a weird mechanical machine.
"Now Wolfie dear, do me a favour and carry the girl to the shade unless you want her to die from the heat, which she probably will if you don't move." She began to walk towards the forest, there was a river they could use to cool the girl down, hearing no one follow her she turned back around and sent them a winning grin, "You shouldn't be so mistrustful when someone is just trying to help. I'm a necromancer remember? It let's me raise the dead and see how close someone is to death, right now that little dear ain't looking to hot." She grinned at her stupid pun before returning her route the the forest, they could trust her and save the girl or they could stand around chatting and let her die. Didn't really matter to the pixie either way, though any entertainment the girl had to offer would vanish with her death.
"Oh and thanks for the compliment, I take great pride in traumatising little girls." She yelled over her shoulder at the other human. The comment was said with a full blast of sarcasm that if physical would of knocked the whole group back a few paces. "Names Alex, Full grown pixie and trouble maker, raiser of the dead in my spare time. Nice to meet you, but from the looks on your faces you can't say the same. Tch, everyone's a critique."

"Ara, ara, ara! It seems Tinkerbell has quite the attitude hm? I don't care if you're a pixie or a gnat, you're all the same. Small and annoying. Still, I haven't had any fun in a long time so I guess I shouldn't be so harsh. Now that you've blown-up a little, might I ask what you will be doing now? It sounded like you have a fetish for necrophilia..."

Red simply mocked both the pixie and the current situation with her brand of sarcasm. She was being a little TOO harsh but this side of her could care less.

" You're being so mean!! Quite making us seem so mean! You shut up, at least I don't make us look like a nymphomaniac! Fine I'll stay quiet..."

Arguing with her other side in her head, Red stood there silently awaiting a response from any of the being present.

Alice rose slowly to contentiousness, for the first time since the crash she was aware of the dry sting of her throat. Survival instincts whirled dimly in her mind. Focusing on each limb Alice tested to find out if anything was broken. She determined she had sprung her left ankle and shoulder, probably from hitting a wall when the ship went down, she had some broken ribs and a slight concoction. Among with those Alice could feel shrapnel cuts and pulled muscles all over her body, she needed at least a week in the hospital. The initial shock of the crash had worn off so the near unbearable pain was finally registering in Alice's mind. She could hear voices around her though she had lost the ability to make out the words. If she didn't get help she was done for, her wounds would get infected, she might die of dehydration, or perhaps the concoction would take her quietly in sleep.

"Help..." Alice winced at the pain talking caused her, "Need water, and medical attention." She raised her right arm to the sky, "I don't want to die..." With that Alice dropped her arm and stared helplessly at the sky.

Mumbling quietly to herself about the safety she was throwing away by doing so, the young dragon walked up to the girl that lay in pain on the harsh desert floor. She mumbled something with a slight sigh before slowly sliding her talons under the girl's body until she was in a position to pick her up. When she did so, she made certain that the girl's body was fully supported, though this also made her resort to standing on her hind legs to move further. The girl was likely affected by the drop of temperature as she was within close proximity to the dragon's body that pretty much radiated a chill no matter the temperature. Once standing on her hind legs, not comfortably but decently with the use of her tail, movement was slow but sure towards the forest and the water it held. On her hind legs not fully extended, she was nearly sixteen feet tall and quite awkward as this wasn't a natural position for a dragon to be in. She rumbled from time to time in frustration and annoyance as levels of balance were uneven when moving this way. Clouds were beginning to form over head as she was getting a bit moody.

SHinka's head sunk in embarrassment as the necromancer reprimanded him."Didnt...notice the heat....." Watching the dragon pick the girl up, the young werewolf jumps, taking the girl from the ice dragon, landing softly.SHivering somewhat, the young werewolf grins."I got her. I'll get there faster, adn besides, you look like you're in pain, traveling like that." He takes off, on a steady jog to the forest, the girl cradled gently in his arms.He looks at the Necromancer, grinning sheepishly."Sorry about that, I tend to be a little hotheaded."

"Since you know what I am, you probably know what I'm after hm?"

Red took to the air and flew after the group, happy to get out of the heat as well. She flew over top of the werewolf to make sure her prey didn't run off. He seemed to have plenty of energy which was perfect for Red. This meant she could use him more than once. Reliable food sources were rare for a Succubus as most just ended up dead by accident after feeding.

"Hey there boy!," she called out to the werewolf "Might I ask what brings you out here to this desolate place? Not much to hunt nor is it a suitable place to live.."

After calling out to him, she flew down next to him and stayed next to him. She had to restrain herself until they were alone of course but no harm in making friends is there?

The dragon dropped to all fours with a thud, quickly stretching her limbs and yawning, showing a large mouth filled with sharp, jagged teeth from top to bottom. As she exhaled, however, a small cloud of icy steam was let out. As her irritation of being in warmth grew, she found herself wishing it would snow. Lucky for her and several others that were complaining about the heat, thick clouds were soon to form, letting go of large, fat snowflakes that slowly fell to land on the ground. As it was, the temperature began to fall as well.

Alice waded through the thick smoke of unconsciousness, family images swirled around her like teasing specters. Non-existent tears rolled down her face. So cruel was the universe she was born in, become one of Earth's last hopes and then, just when they find a possible solution, it's swiped away leaving a 13 year old girl, who didn't even want to go on the trip, alone and a middle aged man who didn't even know how he got there. What were they going to do now? They couldn't contact Earth and they were surrounded by potentially dangerous creatures. Alice had read enough to know what they were, but she wondered if they acted and could do what her books had said. Light slashed through the smoke Alice was waking up. She was going to live, she would seek out a species here willing to take care of her. She couldn't live on her own. She didn't know enough about the creatures here.

Alice opened her eyes, she was being carried by the werewolf into the treeline of a forest, "Thank you." she whispered before relaxing into silence, she would be okay soon.

The dragon followed the werewolf and the girl, keeping an eye on both. Mentally glad this wasn't the Demented Forest, she glanced around. She'd never been too keen with controlling water though it was something that went right along with ice and it was simply part of what she did. As it was, she knew a little about healing and could probably stop pain, bleeding and possibly sprains if she tried hard enough. She sighed lightly, glad to know that the girl was awakening, though also because she was frustrated with herself for not wishing to learn more about her heritage of water and ice control and/or magicks.

Shinka gulps as the succubus lands beside him. He knew what she wanted.He thinks to himself.'Keep strong, fleabag, or you're gonna get energy sucked....' "Er....Just curious. Besides, there might have been treasure." He looks down at the girl."But the survivers are more important....Poor kid, I know how it feels, having lost parents..." He blinked, then shrugged, smiling gently down at ALice."No trouble, eh?You're not all that heavy."