"Calm down, Arianna..." Rudolph quietly told her sister while they were walking away.
Lindethiel didn't expect Shin's reply. "He stopped hating elves out of sudden? And what's with the interest to my cousin?" This made her think deeply. "And did he just request me a serenade for her? And another really important thing..."

She started running after the nekos and jumped in front of Shinta. "YOU HATE WEREWOLVES NOW?" The cat people probably wouldn't get rid of the elf soon. "This time I won't ask you why." anger could be read in her eyes even in the dark. She was squeezing her fists. "You probably have your own reasons. Probably some elf or werewolf have done something to you! BUT THIS ISN'T A REASON TO HATE THE WHOLE RACES! IF THERE IS EVEN ONE SINGLE PERSON IN THE GLADE THAT HATES ONE OR MORE ENTIRE RACES, WE SHALL NOT LIVE IN UNITY AND PEACE! AND EVERYONE WILL KEEP HURTING EACHOTHER FOREVER! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT? No! Don't answer! Good night!"

The young woman ran away. "What if he still hates elves and pretends to be interested in Gale in order to hurt her? No, I won't let him get near her!" She thought out of sudden.

Gale looked down to see a neko with bright red hair and a matching fiery red tail. Gale was surprised to see the neko there. It was as if she had appeared out of nowhere.
"Why hello there," she said, giving a polite smile. It hurt her to see the neko hissing at her, but instead of shooting her with a poisonous dart from her blowgun, she resisted and sat on the rock with her legs crossed.
"I hate to be of a bother on this fair night, but i give you advice. You might want to keep your head up. There are some dangerous creatures lurking around these woods at night."

"VERY dangerous creatures" the blue haired vampire said. This time, he was right behind Gale. She almost jumped as she saw her mischievious friend take her by surprise.
"Hunson," she said sternly, "I told you to go away. I'm sorry. I'm not really in the mood to talk right now."
"Whatever floats your boat, princess," he said, exposing a bit of his fangs from his smirk. Gale rolled her eyes at the vampire's nickname for her. The two had been friends for a long time, but they showed their friendship in teasing rather than laughing.
"Well, i guess i'll smell you later, Nessie," he said, walking past the rock and past Elune in her neko form.
"Have a great night, m'lady" he said, winking at Elune before he departed into the tall grass.

"I'm sorry if he annoyed you. He can be so obnoxious sometimes." Gale said to Elune. Her new curiousity getting the best of her, Gale wanted to get to know this neko, and furthermore, she wanted to know if she knew of Shinta Faith.
"I don't think I've sensed your presence anywhere around Unicorn's Glade. Are you new here? Are you part of the Faith clan?" she asked the goddess.

He sniffed the air. He could smell smoke. without any warning, he dashed all the way back to his house. "god dammit!" He yelled he i sprinted into the house looking for his baby sister. He snarled as his clothing caught fire. "solar!" He shouted as he sniffed for her scent. He ran outt the house, seeing that her scent trailed away, he was a little relieved. His eyes fell on the burning inferno that him and spunk had built. He couldnt control his anger his skin started turning black. His eyes went from his gorgeous blue to dangerous red. His tail flicked angrily. He balled his hands into fists. shintas nose picked up the pine and moon scent. "spunk." still in his bakeneko form he darted to the scent, stopping when he saw gale taking to a neko. He hid behind the bushes far enough away so they couldnt pick up his scent nor his presence.

Arianna growled at her brother "Don't tell me to calm down Rudolph...I came here to be on my own because our parents wont leave me alone because I have yet to find a mate, but I dont se them down your back because you dont have one. It was peaceful until the stupid cat came around. So no..dont tell me to calm down" she growled again and let out a small huff.

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Solar was picking berries when she smelt the smoke "Oh..no.no.no" dropping the basket, she watched as Shin ran off in his angered form. Looking at the house she needed to stop the flames, putting her arm over her mouth she ran in to the house and tried to spray the fire with the hose from the sink. It wasnt helping that much, she was coughing and the flames where getting bigger. "I gotta stop this...Shins going to kill me" she said to herself as she continued to try to deflame the house.

Elune:

Elune "calmed down". She sat on the grass nearby after the vampire left. "Kind of new here....kind of not. And I am not part of any clan. By the way, I am Elle." She said with a smile. "Sorry about my behavior there. Whilst I have no real hatred for any of the other races, I have been attacked one too many times to not be careful."

Rikka:

Rikka started to shake. Then she saw Solar rushing inside! "Solar!"

Almost exactly after when Gale had asked the neko where she was from, her eyes shined in a mysterious way, and her eyes became concerned.
"I....I sense....fire...." Gale started to pick herself up off of the rock, and began to run towards where she smelled the smoke.
"I'm sorry i must go. I must protect the forest before this fire spreads!" she shouted to Elune.

She kept running, but she stopped in her tracks when she sensed the presence of another being. It seemed as though she stared into space, but she was simply tracking the creature's aura. Deciding that the fire was more important, she ran off again. She forgot to bring her blowgun, and it still lay next to the rock that she was sitting on.

Elune:

Elune flashed her eyes to the sky and almost on que rain clouds came into view to help quench the fire.

Rikka:

Rikka was scared. Even though it was only in one room that the fire was, she couldn't seem to move from her spot to go after Solar.

Shin stepped in front of Gale. "it's raining... Fire is gone." He didnt realize he was still in his bake neko form. His vision was getting blurry. He looked over at the other neko. The scent was coming from her. "spunk?" He asked weakly. It looked a lot like her. He gave a soft purr. For a moment his attention was on her until he remembered he was in front of Gale. "twas my house." He murmured looking at her. "I've ben looking for you. I wanted to apologize..." He said bashfully. Shin held it his hand, "name is Shinta... CALL me Shin." He chewed on his lip nervously a blush forming on his face. He didnt realize he was nude.

"it's raining... Fire is gone." the neko said as he suddenly stepped in front of Gale. As Gale saw Shinta in front of her, her body tensed up and her eyes scattered around the forest nervously. She wasn't showing signs of sweating or warmth, as the rain was cooling her down. Gale noticed that Shinta called out to the neko behind her, referring to her as 'Spunk'. He must've known her from somewhere....

"twas my house." the neko murmured. Gale wasn't aware of it, but her eyes became sympathetic and concerned. If only she had known about the fire earlier...she could have stopped it....

"I've ben looking for you. I wanted to apologize..." he continued, holding out his hand. "name is Shinta... CALL me Shin."
Gale's stiffness was broken with a smile, and she shook his hand firmly. "Well, i guess i can say that i've been wanting to apologize to you too, Shin. I'm Galenassal, but you may call me Gale." She blushed a little as she let go of her grasp on Shin. Now was the time to start over and forget about the past.

"I'm terribly sorry to hear about your household. Please, if you and your family need a place to stay, i'd be more than happy to share my residence with you. It's the least I can do. You might want to come, Shin..." she leaned closer to him, and whispered, "i have spare clothes. I'm assuming you need to borrow some!"
She giggled as she walked away to the rock to grab her blowgun. She looked back to the neko with a light smile and shouted, "Well? You comin'?"

Shin looked down and giggled. " we appreciate the offer gale." He ran up behind her and chucked again. "sorry for my... exposure." He wrapped his tail around his waist. He was pretty big, but it was rude and impolite . " so Gale..tis a nice name, like the wind." He purred once more, giving a small yawn. His black skin going back to normal, his red eyes back to blue. He looked back at the paradise whisking two tunes that would bring his sisters to the courts.

" so Gale..tis a nice name, like the wind."
Gale chuckled silently to herself. "Thank you Shin. Unfortunately, my full name, Galenassel, derives from the word 'pipeweed'. To some, it is a name that brings merriment to the ears, but to others, like myself, who DON'T smoke, it's rather awkward..."

Gale noticed the two tunes that Shin was whisking. What could they mean? she would find out later.

Knowing that her home was just a few steps away, Gale stopped in her tracks, and stood in front of Shinta. For once, she had encountered a creature besides an elf who was taller than her. She smiled as if she knew something he did not.

"Before we continue, Shin, i have to ask.....are you afraid of heights?"

Solar felt the rain and watched as the fire died down "your so stupid Solar" she mumbled to herself then let out a few coughs. She was now covered in ash and fur was slightly singed. She walked out of the house and saw Rikka, coughing a little she looked down to the ground. "Rikka..im sorry, I was just trying to do something good, I just cant do anything right" she whislered the let out a couple coughs. Her ears twitched as she heard the tune and her eyes went alert "Brothers calling us". She then booked it to the forest and jumped into one of the trees, theb jumped from tree to tree till she was close to were she could smell her brothers scent. Carefully getting closer from tree to tree she noticed her brother with that elf lady from earlier. She was in a tree that was close to them, crouched on one of the branches she let out a small cat like hiss then let out her familiar tune to her brother letting him know she was there but not.exactly getting to close.

Elune:

Elune smiled and slowly withdrew and returned to her celestial home. After transforming back, she was absolutely giddy! It was starting to work! Perhaps she could do them a small favor later and rebuild the nekos home. It was kind of her fault that distractions occured. For now though, just watch and wait.

Rikka:

Rikka was slow to catch up because it had been her fault that Solar was left alone to do any cooking. She didn't even bother looking up from the ground when she got to them and just let out a whimper to signal that she was there. Rikka's ears were down in shame and her tail dragged on the ground behind her.

He laughed. "heights... Love them... It'd how you get you enemy by suprise." His ears twitched back to the bushes, hearing his sisters he shook his head. "seems my sisters are being shy." His tail unwrapped from around his waist, twitching angrily . If it wasnt for Gale, he would have turned upon his sister and yelled at her for destroying the house. He shook his head, and turned around anyway. " Solar... Get your ass over here." He snarled it, looking at his face, you could tell he wasn't in the mood. He was nude, and they had lost everything. "how could you solar, how the hell could you do that!" He snarled once more. "Spunk helped me make that house for us. I right you to never leave the kitchen when you cook!" He tried not yelling, his ears and tail twitching wildly. "your lucky Gale offered us to live with her, or else we would be homeless." He closed his eyes and presses his fingers against his temple. "mom and dads pictures were in there... More there gone." He felt guilty for leaving his sisters at home without him there. Afterwords, his tail drooped, and his ears dropped in shame. He couldnt talk to his sister like that...after his parents died in CoLA, he raised them by himself. That was until Spunk came along. He took a deep breath and turned back to face Gale.

"Arianna, you must tell them... Sooner or later they'll know... Mother and father love you and they will accept your tastes. Humans are able to accept this, so is our clan." Rudolph told his sister. "Arianna, they would be more upset about hiding secrets."

"Probably he really has changed..." Lindethiel was thinking while she was walking around as always.
"Hey! HEY! WHY ARE YOU NEXT TO MY COUSIN WITHOUT WEARING ANYTHING?" Lin yelled after she saw them. "COVER YOURSELF RIGHT NOW! WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?" The girl threw a piece of cloth at him. It was unknown where did she got it from. The elf pointed at her furious eyes with two of the fingers, then she pointed at Shin like she was saying 'I'm watching you! Don't mess up!'. Then she looked around. "Will someone explain me what's going on here?"

Shin caught the cloth and tied it around his waist. "thanks and me and my family are staying with her." He'd nods and yawn. "my house burned down.." He shook his head, grateful she gave him something to wear. "sorry for exposing myself miss gale." He said apologetically, a blush creating ion his face.

Solar hissed at her brother hearing him yell at her, it wasnt like she already felt bad enough but him yelling at her just made this worse "I was only trying to help Shinta! And where were you, flirting with some elfs!" she spat, not leaving the trees she quickly jumped from one to another getting far away from her brother. When there was some distance between them she sat in the tree with her knees to her chest wishing her mother was still alive.

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Arianna looked to her brother "Our parents want me to find a mate so I can have babies because that is what females wolves are suppose to do, and if I picked a mate that I wanted Ruddy that wouldnt happen, and why are they only pushing me? Do you know why?"

"It's alright, Shin," Gale said as she stepped forward to Lindethiel.
"Lin, i hope you don't mind, but their going to have to stay with us at the elven courts. I'm sure there's enough room for them and our clan. I mean, we do have a lot of extra space...." she said. She turned back to Shin and smiled. "You ready?" she asked as she continued to walk.

The elven courts were perhaps the most mysterious and interesting out of all the lands in Unicorn's Glade. The air smelled of jade, and the trees shined in the moonlight with a combination of green and silver.

"Here we are, welcome to the Abode," Gale said, pointing up. There, located on the top of the wide tree, was a huge and luxurious tree house. Beautiful paper lanterns were hung around the surrounding trees and on the roof of the house.
"This is the Adaben," Gale said as she looked upon her home, " We call it the Abode, for short. It has been passed down to the members of my family and the members of the Snook clan for many years, now. One thing you must know about elves is that we love tradition, and the Abode is a perfect example of that. Well, enough of my talking, let's get you all inside."

To get to the deck of the treehouse, Gale climbed a long rope ladder and pulled herself up to the top of the tree. She climbed rather fast, as she was used to it. Once at the top, Gale opened the curtain entrance. Wind chimes greeted her as the curtains opened. Walking through the main hallway and past the kitchen, Gale led the group to theliving room, and found a surprise as she entered.

"So, you came here?" she asked, looking at Hunson with an intrigued expression. The vampire smirked as he continued to lay on the couch. "Didn't know you'd have company over, princess." he said, motioning at the group behind her. "Just here me out. I have to talk to you later," he said. Gale sighed, and turned her attention back to the Faith clan. "You all can stay in here if you'd like until I come back, then I'll lead you to your rooms. Shin, I know my sister very politely gave you clothing," she said sarcastically, "but i'm sure you'll need some more. It's going to get cold out tonight. I'm pretty sure my father's old clothes will fit you...hmmmm.....I'll be right back."

Before she headed up the stairs, she had a word with her vampire friend. "Now listen Hunson, I don't want any of your tricks while they're here. When i come back, i expect them all to not have bite marks on their necks...."
"Really, Nessie? You think i'm that low? Any friend of princess's is a friend of mine," he said as he started to levitate off of the couch into the air.
"Well in that case, go introduce yourself," the elf said. She hurriedly ran up the stairs unto the second floor. There were 3 floors in all.

"So..." the vampire started as the nekos came into the room, "How's everybody doing on this fine full-mooned night? You know what that means..." he said, cupping his hands. Hunson pointed his head to the ceiling and made the exact sound of a werewolf howling into the night. The chilling sound bounced around the room, echoing into everyone's ears. Due to Hunson's power of shapeshifting, he was able to do animal impressions very well.

Before Rudolph could reply somehow, he started shaking. His insides were burning, his bones started hurting and his head was about to burst. He grew a few inches and developed fur and a tail. "ROOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAARRRRRRRRR!" At first sight one would say that he would attack Arianna. "Darn! I wish I could control my form at this time!" At least he could control his mind during unexpected transformations and he wouldn't usually follow the normal killing instincts of an average werewolf. "Instead of complaining about being driven crazy by mom and dad, put the cards on the table! Or maybe you would prefer to have a baby from someone you don't love? And please, stop growling at me! I didn't do anything!"

"So now we're living together..." Lindethiel thought. "Everything changes so rapidly! Is this the birth of peace, or Shinta Faith is an evil genius, who is up to something? Since Gale trusts him, I'll try to do the same... but I'll keep an eye on him..." "HOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWLLLL" Hunson howled.

Rikka:

Rikka had been silent during the whole trip over to where Gale and Lin lived. She was still feeling responsible for what happened to their house. She sat and curled up in a corner. Rikka wasn't much for talking as it was and the recent turn of events with the house made it even worse.

Elune:

Elune decided to make one last trip down for the time being. This time she took the form of a beautiful white tiger and approached the burnt down house. A mist started to roll in and upon her face, a toothy grin. "Let what has been, be undone. Let this place return to the memory of what it was. And mend the bond that has been damaged." The mist began to surround the house. Slowly the house rebuilt itself.

Elune stood up once the task was complete. Time to check in with the group. She travelled quickly with the mist and settled it just outside of the house. She sat quickly in her tiger form and listened from afar.

Shin rolled his eyes at his sister. She was to young to understand why he was so royally pissed. He sighed and looked at Lin raising a brow. He followed Gale and suddenly seeing her house, he felt ashamed. Him and Spunk made a simple house, nothing too grand. It was made from Nature, Spunk sang to the trees and the grass, made a beautiful cottage that would fit the whole family. It was nothing like this. He gave a friendly smile to Hunson and cackled like Spunk used to. She was a Malkavian once... pretty much insane. "Never question the motives of a Malkavian, for you are yummy and look good with ketchup." She'd always tell him. He winced hearing the vampire howl. "Owch." He said with a laugh. "Dogs do know how to howl really well." He'd mutter with a smile. He pouted he felt horrible for what he did to Solar. "Lin, will you please tell Gale I'll be back." He nodded, and dashed out of the house, smelling for his sister. "Solar!" He yelled while tracking down her scent to the tree. He placed a hand on it and sighed, "Solar, I'm sorry! I didn't mean what I said, I shouldn't have gone back to the Glade." Tears wen tot his eyes. "It's just I really miss Spunk... She used to know how to keep all of us together, and I feel as if I can't do it by myself." He jumped up on the tree. "I tried Solar, I really did... I wanted to be like mom and dad...but I was so scared that you were in that house. Solar! I can't loose another family member." He pulled her into a hug and held her. He didn't know what to do anymore. He placed his cheek on her head. "I need help Solar... and Gale is helping us." He wrapped his tail around hers, "I love you Solar." He'd murmur.

Arianna watched her brother shift, she feot the wolf in her pushing "Well brother looks like another full moon, lets go run and hunt shall we?" She shifted in her feral form, letting her wolf take control was easy for Arianna, some say that she was mostly controled by her wolf because of the way she acts but she actually lets the wold control her sometimes but she knows how to rein her wolf side in. Running around Rudolph once she then tilted her head bcak and let out a very deep and loud howl "AAAARRRRRROOOoooOoooOoo" hearing it echo out through the glade. Looking at her brother with a playful grin, she took off into the forest.

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Solar was curled up in the tree when she heard her brother yelling for her then looked down to see him at the base of the tree. She heard him as he talked and let him pull her into a hug, her tail going around his, her ears down to the side. "Shinta your not the only one to miss Spunk, she was like a mother figure to me...took care of me when mom and dad passed. I miss her too, I just wish things could get back to normal..I am sorry about the house Shin, I really was just trying to help out. I feel like I cant do anything to help...Spunk was trying to teach me to cook before she died..." she felt Shins tail go around her, leaning her head against Shins shoulder she let out a small purr. "Im sorry Shinta, I love you too but im not sure if I can trusts the elves so easily, what if this is a trap?"

Hunson laughed at Shinta's comment. As soon as he left the room, however, his fake laughter turned into a furious and confused look.
"Geez....what a douche....seriously? 'dogs do know how to howl really well'..." he muttered in a mock impression of Shinta. The insult made him change his opinion towards the guests. He floated towards Rikka and took a glance at her. "Well, i guess it's just me, you, and blondie over there," he said, motioning to Lin.
Just then, Gale came down the stairs. She looked around the room, confused. "Where's Shinta?" she called out. "did he leave or something?"

"Oh yeah, he left." Hunson said without hesitation. He sat next to Rikka, blocking her from Gale's view. "It was all just an elaborate prank pulled by his family so that they can get revenge on you. NOW THEY KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE, PRINCESS!!"
Gale looked at Hunson with a stern face. She had been friends with him for so long, that she knew whether or not he was lying. "Very funny. Lin, have you seen Shin?" she asked, concerned.

SHINTA:

He sighed and shook his head, "Oh Solar..." He'd nuzzle her and hop down off the tree. "Come, shall we go see our new home?" His eyes gittered wildly. "Sol... something's changed within me." He showed her the small pendant, and smiled, "I believe Spunk is trying to tell us something." He'd look up at the moon and smile. He held out his arms, "Come on sis... we shouldn't be so rude to our guests... maybe Gale can show you how to cook?" He suggested a playful smile on his face. "She might be able to give you some... un singed clothing." He winks and starts whistling a tune their mother had sang to her before she'd go to sleep at night.

RAZIEL:

Taking a deep breath he unfurled his wings. It always hurt at first, but they needed a good stretching. "God... I will do what is in your will." He'd pray quickly before stepping out of the church flying off. His sword was a beacon of light next to the moon. Few would know it was him. Angels hardly stepped out of the Church. He enjoyed the cool breeze for moments, before sensing that the moon spirit was upon earth. He followed her faint trail of moon dust, seeing her in a tiger form. "Well... if it isn't Elune." He'd smile softly, "How are you this fine evening. Moon looks gorgeous as always, and the Glades are beautiful." He'd wink and place a hand upon her head, scratching behind her ears. "And you are beautiful as ever." He'd whisper. He loved giving compliments to those who deserved it. He put his sword away, the fire not burning his holy form. He didn't want to hide his wings yet, so he let them stay out, showing off their beauty.

DAWN:

Dawn put her daggers in her boots and hissed. "Dammit! Brother always runs off." She'd shake her head and close the door behind her, using her heightened senses she'd sniff him out to the courts. "I swear, he must have a crush on this elf." She'd say shaking her head and chasing him down. "Hunson!" She'd yell outside the courts. "Come on brother dear!" She'd say in a sweet tone, her black/red hair flying wildy around her. She didn't care to do anything but run a brush through it. She placed her hands on her hips and shook her head. "Promise I won't eat you." She giggled until she saw the Angel. "Oh....my....goddess." She'd whisper, her jaw dropping. She'd never seen a real angel up close. "He is handsome." She'd mumble, glad she was far away where he couldn't see her. "Now... where is that mutt Rudolph... I've been meaning to talk to him." She thought to herself. Though she'd wait for her brother, as she had called him, and didn't want to ignore him.