February 21st - Everything is completed except the elemental story, which will have to wait for the other three elemtals to complete their pet pages =3

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Hello, and welcome to my home. My name is Icecreasts but you may call me Ice if you wish, I suppose.
My owner, Fleana, is going to be working on my pet page over this week, so far she already has the layout up. You are welcome to prowl around what is here, but be sure to come back sometime, when this page is nearly completed.

Dense leaves of earth surround you, and you ponder how you got here. How could you be lost? You knew the lay of the land so well, but...
You stumbled on and walk threw the richly smelling soil, pushing aside branches as deadly sharp twigs scratch your bare arms as you move past them. For no reason at all a deep shiver runs down your back and sneaks under your skin and sinks in, warding off the humid summer air.
Blinking your eyes, you try focusing on the an ancient tree standing majestically in front of you, but your vision is becoming hazy and your thoughts seam to drift apart into pieces. Shutting your eyes you try to hold your mind together, but you loose your thoughts of sense and seam to be leaving yourself.
The rich earth smells of the forest drift away on a breeze and the feeling of floating swarms about your mind and skin.
Welcome, young'un. a graceful voice forms in your mind bending and sweeping over your thoughts. What? Was someone talking?
You try opening your eyes but all you see is white, and the glaring sun hanging up in the endless blue sky.
Your body was still intact to your mind it seamed, but where are you? You slowly open your eyes lids, letting your pupils adjust to the bright sun. You take in what is all around you -- clouds, white and puffy swarming about you, like a field, with only the blue sky in the distance. You turn around slowly, taking everything in and spot a pair of eye peering at you.
*"Wha-t-t, I mean who are you?" You stammer uncertainly.
The kougress smiles, and stands up slowly. She wasn't tall but not short either, her fur glimmered in the sun as if it had an outer coating of white painted on it, and mostly purple and whites made up her pelt.
I am Icecreasts, and may I ask who are you? There it was again, that voice...forming in your mind and speaking. How could that be? Was this Icecreasts really speaking to you?

The kougress must have seen your startled face for she nodded and added, Yes, I speak with my mind. Since I learned, I never have ceased doing it...it's actually quite useful at times. Someday, if you choose to stay you shall learn too. *"Huh, choose to stay? Here? Why are you even here! There's nothing but clouds!" You stare hard at Icecreasts, and for once saw the scaly wings stretching from her back. This only confuses you more, you may be a Kougra yourself, but you know that she should have soft feathered wings with that sort of glimmering pelt.

They seamed dragon-like, deep blue scales splattered with gaping tears in the film that stretched between the bones. You had only seen a Draik once and it had been quite a site. Ugly - to put it plain - was what came to your mind when you relived the memory again.
The kougress shifted her wings uncomfortably under your gaze, and you snap back to reality. But your thoughts lingered as you thought, why would such a beautiful kougra be cursed with such wings?
Yes, well, you shall learn soon enough why you are here. But now you must learn of why I am here and my past -- it links your reason of being here. It will take a while to explain my story; it is still not yet finished though. She sighed and laid back down among the fluffy clouds, Now listen, and things may become clear.

Part 1; Birth A tall, lanky, dark furred Kougra pelted into the warm room of his home. There was excitement in his eyes, for a birth was always joyous. Catching sight of his mate as he turned, he rushed over to her make-shift bed on the floor. She smiled weakly up at him she said softly, "Rauro, the markings...haven't been seen in over a century."* For at her side, was a dark, soaking blob. Barely born, the young Kougra lay there helplessly, still partly in it's birth sack. Seeing his mate in shock, Rauro looked down at the tiny Kougra, peering at the prominent white tipped ears, the only things distinguishable from the mess. *"I don't suppose you've looked at the rest," Rauro said as he gently began licking the newborn. His mate shook her head, as her golden eyes watched his movements as the young one was cleaned. Slowly the rest of her pelt was visible, revealing dark purple fur with white tipped paws along with white and almost black colored rings on her tail. *"More like five centuries! It's almost close to the description of the great Kenoua," Shaking his head, he prodded the dark fleshy wings, "But, Sar, no feathers."* *"We'll have to get rid of it," Sar said with a sigh, "Scaled wings mean poor fliers, and that's the last thing we want in this family."* *"But the coat! White within black!" He looked at his own tail, which was a pale grey outside of a dark green, "How rare it is! Maybe it will over ride the wings and bring strong abilities!"* Sar stared at Rauro in disbelief, "Fine. We'll have naming ceremony tomorrow. But you do know, we'll have to try for another cub?"* Sar looked away and mumbled, "Yes, I know. Part 2; Many Years Later Icecreasts slowly got up, stretching. Time for the daily flight, she thought to herself and rolled her eyes. Walking outside onto the fluffy, dew covered cloud on which her home and entire kingdom floated upon, she yawned and flapped her wings. Leaping up into the air, Ice circled around her the wispy yard below and headed towards flight school. It was a fairly warm day, and the sun was sparkling onto the sea below, reflecting up and shining threw the cloud of Auron. Groups of the different ranks of Kougras stood outdoors on the lawns awaiting school, enjoying the weather. Ice looked behind her, just in time to see her younger sister, Nesa, gliding towards her group of friends. Nesa had a light pink pelt with dark red spots -- not quite exactly what her parents had hoped for. It placed her in a sixth class group, which was right about in the middle of the classes. Though if I didn't have these stupid wings, I would be first class, Ice though sadly. Landing, she walked slowly up twords the great oaken doors opening up into the classrooms inside. The class placers hadn't know what to do with the odd Kougra, but they knew that scaled wings ranked low. So, she had been thrown into the second to last class -- thirteen. As she walked by, other Kougras avoided her gaze, or just sneered at her wings that sat oddly on her back. Head handing low, she walked into her small classroom, and took her place at the back of the room. Not that it was much of a room to go back into; the higher classes got the nicest, larger rooms. A while later, Ice lined up outside with the rest of her classmates in a long row on a rise in the cloud a distance from the school. While her teacher was drilling of how to perfect hill takeoffs, her mind was floating away. As usual, she was day dreaming, today about what she would do as soon as she got home. Play with the stray Ukali she had found, and possibly take it out on the afternoon wind drafts... A whistle blew, and fourteen sets of wings sprang open to catch the breeze and to race to the other hill, to then practice landing. Sighing, Ice made a late start, and her teacher gave the Kougress a stern look. It didn't matter though. Even though Icecreasts was a class thirteen, she flew better than some of the more experienced fliers in the top classes, as much as her instructors hated to admit. Making a graceful landing, Ice landed ahead of all the other Kougras, who gave her sharp, jealous looks. To them, it looked as if she never even tried, and yet she always did so well. Even with the horrid wings. *"All right everyone, make three rounds around the outer rim of the cloud!" The blue Kougra with orange speckles barked out, blasting the whistle. At that, the pupils groaned and reluctantly took off, for their long flight exercise. Icecreasts, last to take off yet again, quickly passed up everyone else. She flew along at a quick pace, and fixed her mind on the stray Ukali, trying to think up a name. Youna? No. Hmmm...Kaya? Na, she thought, her mind buzzing as she flew alongside the kingdom on the gigantic cloud. Not paying much attention, she did some flips in the air, trying in vain to come up with the perfect name. Though, the thought of would even Mother and Father even let me keep her, kept springing up in her mind. Not that they even pay any attention to me, Ice sighed. Looking up from her thoughts, she gazed around her. How many laps had she done already? Two or three? Four? Wait, how many were they assigned? Looking behind her, she saw nothing. She was on the backside of the cloud, where no one lived, she hovered in the air for a second deciding of what to do. Ah well, she though, I'll just wait for everyone else to pass and join up. I should be ahead, as always. With that, she headed over the edge of the cloud to wait. As she settled down, some clouds higher up in the sky blanketed the sun, leaving the young Kougra to shivering. Shifting her wings, she folded them around her body, for the wind was picking up. Starting to get impatient, she waddled over to the edge of the cloud to look out for her classmates. Not wanting to fly, so leaned over to look past a large mass of cloud that jetted out, and blocking her vision. As Ice leaned over, her back legs wobbled, unable to hold her unsteady weight. Letting out a soft shriek of surprise, she fell right off of the cloud and into the angry churning waters below. Part 3; Transformation Icecreasts spitted out water as her head broke the surface of a massive wave, shaking her fur out of her eyes. Gasping, she took a massive breath, and she got sucked back under, as a towering wave passed over her head. Your dead! You can't take off! Much less your wings are soaking! Was all that went threw her mind, as she struggled to stay afloat. She had never been in the ocean before, no, she didn't know how to swim. She only knew to take showers. Spreading out her wings, Ice tried to mimic a raft, but she couldn't hold them up. They were heavy and fell down to her sides, and she kept getting sucked under, only to rise up and gasp for breath. Her legs were numb in the cold water, and her arms were tiring fast, and all she could do was ride the waves, falling deeper below the surface each time. Fire, earth, water and light shall combine into one, to save a world of air... Ice confused, after hearing the words shouted out, "Help, someone, I hear you!" but received no answer and was plunged below the surface yet again. The waves were getting larger, and each time, she was held under untill her lungs nearly exploded. With one giant rush, Ice was pulled under so deep, the sound of the waves above dimmed, and silence surrounded her. Her mind was spinning and she couldn't think straight, all she could do was flail her arms around her hopelessly. The world was closing in around her, as she gave one last attempt to stir her legs, and she shot forward. Surprised, she kicked again and blasted upwards threw the waters, and reached the surface almost easily. Taking a deep breath, Ice prepared herself for the next wave, and it took her under again, even deeper. But it seamed, the waters were clearer this time. Huh? She looked down, and saw distant plants and the sea bed far below. Out of the corner of her eye, something flicked, and she spun around like a top. But nothing was there, as she scratched her head in puzzlement, she didn't feel her soft furry pelt. Lowering her hands she stared at them...her paws were webbed! Her jaw dropped, and one thought raced threw her mind, I'm breathing in the water. Turning her head around she looked down her back. No wings. They were gone. Scales. Scales and more scales. Leading into a legless tail...with a fluffy tip. Which was furry, yet, everything else was scaled, and she was completely blue. What am I? Icecreasts could have wept, thinking, for sure, that they would throw her out of Auron for good. She wasn't even a Kougra anymore. Unsure of what to do, she dived deeper into the waters below, where little sunlight broke threw. Though, Ice seamed to be able to see still, see the ugly tail flickering in the corners of her eyes. Fire, earth, water and light shall combine into one, to save a world of air... The words seamed to form in her mind, and echoed of the silent waters and she gasped out, "Who's there!?" But no one was there, and she continued swimming, in no direction, completely and utterly lost. How long she had been swimming, Icecreasts had no clue. But she knew one thing, she was starving and that she had to get to land. She also knew that most Maraquans were able to change their tail into legs on land, so why not her? Even if she had to keep the scales, and never fly again. She shuddered at the very thought. Making more frequent trips to the surface, she was able to locate land. Where or what this land was, she had absolutely no clue. Icecreasts, nor hardly anyone else in Auron ventured off of the lone cloud, and she had never seen anyone other than a Kougra. Oh yes she had read about Neopia and the other kingdoms, but words can't fill the gaping emptiness in her mind. At first, she struggled to climb up the empty beach using only her arms. It was the middle of the night and no one was out, even if there was only a few shacks that lined the beach. Resting, finally on the dry sand, she felt the long muscular tail go numb, and in bewilderment, she watched her legs return. Sharp pain jabbed out of her shoulder blades as her wings re-grew and the scales melted away as soft purple fur replaced it. Feeling completely exhausted, the newly restored Kougress fell asleep right there on the beach, listening to the motion of the waves crash on the sandy shore. Blinking her eyes open, Ice shielded her eyes to the bright sun, and got up feeling sore everywhere and sand covered her pelt. Just wandering down the beach was painful, but she soon came to a shack, that she assumed was a store, where neopians were crowed inside gossiping. She blinked, surprised at what surrounded her as she entered. One female was standing near her, looking jolly, clapped her hard feet together. Hooves? Neopians have hooves? *"Ya' hear that the princess ran away?" A blue something said to the hoofed person. *"Awe, no. Oh look, Jenny is wearing that awful blue dress again!" she responded and pointed to a tall creature with a long, hairy tail. Rolling her eyes, Icecreasts headed towards the checkout center, which was, run by a Kougra of some sort. He was reading a book and every so often looked up at all of the people crowded in the store. Must be a local meeting place, Ice thought slowly. *"Please, kind sir, I have no money and I am starving," He looked up at her once seeing his annoyed face she added a bit desperately, "There must be some way I can earn a meal?"* *"Funny accent you got, where you from? Well anyways, I'm not much of a person to give free things away, I 'spose you could clean this place up for supper." He said gruffly. *"Thank you! What should I do first?" Ice cried a bit loudly and then added, "Oh yes I'm from Auron, this is my first time I've left the kingdom..."* Raising his eyebrow, he said simply, "There's a broom in the back, sweep the floor then we'll see what else you can do."* It wasn't exactly easy to sweep when there's a hoard people in the way, that and the fact that Icecreasts couldn't think straight being so hungry. But all the same she got it done. Then she had to dust, and some of the nooks and crannies were filthy. It was afternoon by the time she approached the owner again and he said, "One more task, then I'll bring you some supper," Handing her a basket of soaping wet cloth, he added, "Go hang these outside on the line and when there dry you can bring them in. I washed the window shades this morning."* With and inwardly groan, the Kougress took the heavy basket and hauled outdoors. Wait until they were dry?! That would take forever! After pinning up the large sheets, Ice fell down on a patch of grass, and stared up at the shades. Even though a soft breeze blew, the cloth hung still and heavy with water. *"Stupid shades, why can't you dry faster?" she mumbled to herself, "Why can't the water just jump to the groud or something?"* She snorted as the image of the all the water jumping off the shades and forming a puddle on the ground formed in her mind. If only that will happen, she though bitterly. Closing her eyes, Icecreasts listened to the faint sound of the waves crashing on the beach as the tide changed. The waves made her feel peaceful, so when she opened her eyes a while later, she thought she must have surely dosed off. For the shades were floating lazily on the breeze, completely and utterly dry. Ice stood up and started to unpin them, so that when she stepped in a puddle of water, she nearly jumped out of her skin. Looking down in surprise, she saw a puddle that had not been there before. Almost like the water had jumped off...shaking her head, she ignored the thought. Walking into the shack, she held out the dry shades folded neatly to the store owner. Looking quite surprised, he took them, stating that there must be quite a breeze for them to dry so quickly. And for the first time, in quite some time, Icecreasts had a filling meal. Part 4; The Last Guardian Taking off at the break of dawn, Ice was in search of her home. She knew it would be hard, seeing as there are many clouds in the sky, but she had to try. She had decided not to tell anyone about what had happened, and if they asked, she had been hanging out on the back side of the cloud, skipping school. *"There's a lot of clouds in the sky." Ice grumbled to herself later that day, after flying over many teasing clouds. Finally, as the sun began to set, she spotted a lone cloud drifting higher up than usual. It was about the right size, and as the Kougra flew closer she began to recognize the different cliffs and shapes that Auron had. As she came level with the cloud, she started to fly faster, and by the time Ice landed, she was panting from tiredness. The kingdom and buildings were all there, but as the Kougress padded down the misty streets, everything seem quite. Almost too quite. At last, Ice reached her home, but and as she went inside, there was not a sound. *"Mother, father?" She looked in every room, everything was it should be, but the occupants were gone. In a daze, she flew from building to building, not even finding the smallest signs of life. The plants themselves seamed to be wilting - but from what? Icecreasts searched late into the night, and finally, loosing all hope, crashed on her bed for the rest of the night in the lonely house. In the morning, it was no different, and screaming all the names that were etched in her mind made no difference. Nothing stirred. She circled the small group of houses where her house belonged to for hours, unsure of what to do. At least there was food, but most of it was turning stale and rotting... Many times a day, Ice thought about fetching for help, but no one knew about Auron, and there was no way anyone in their right mind would follow a Kougra for a day trying to find the deserted kingdom. After two days, Icecreasts flew to the edge of the cloud during the middle of the day, and looked down at the peaceful water below. She could go back...no one was down there. Now that she thought about it, she could try to fish, and eat seaweed and such. But would she change back? Or would she simply drown for good this time? It was better than living in an empty house where everyone has left. But to where? It all seamed impossible, and yet, and entire kingdom disappeared and one lone lower-class Kougra survived. But were they still alive? She should search for them, but that would take days, and she didn't have the supplies or money to do it. Ice looked longingly over her shoulder one last time at the cluster of buildings that was once her home, took a deep breath, and plunged for the sea below. Holding out her wings Icecreasts slowed her fall, but it was hard to resist flapping them, as she came closer and closer to the water...until she hit the surface with a massive splash. The weather was warm and sunny with little waves, so Ice just floated there, waiting to see if she would change. She held out her wings for a while, until they fell to her sides with heaviness, and as her legs went numb, Ice felt her paws change and morph before her eyes. It was so odd, watching her fur disappear and scales replace her glossy pelt. When at last Icecreasts felt completely transformed, she dived, and dived down deep. She wanted to find some kelp or seaweed to try and eat it, after all it couldn't be to bad, couldn't it? Finding some orange plants of some sort that looked like grass, she grabbed a hold of them and yanked hard but they didn't move. Puzzled, she tried to cut them off with her her claws, but gave up. Eventually, she found some softer plants, and was able to break them free easily. But as she was about to take a bite out of the slimy green substance, a voice of some sort bended over the waves and vibrated in her mind, I wouldn't eat that if I were you. Turning around at top speed, Ice yelled, "Who the heck are you? I've herd you before?!"* I, well I am a Guardian of the Seas, one of the last ones, I'm afraid. The voice said, and it swept threw her mind, calm and gentle. But it wasn't spoken out load with the bubbly talk like Ice, but in seamed to only form in her mind. And a Guardian? They had got to be kidding! *"I'm sorry to break it to you, but the Guardians don't exist. They're just a bunch of fables made up for bedtime stories." Ice said, uncertain of where to speak to. The waters still were empty around here, though she had a feeling the thing was hiding behind the rock formation near the seaweed patch. And do you believe everything they tell you on Auron? *"Well as a matter of fact-how did you know I was from there?" She responded, her voice shaking, "It doesn't matter anymore. They're all gone. The cloud is disserted."* Now, there is really more to it than what you see up above. Icecreasts felt the water turn and move behind her and she turned around to face the owner of the odd voice. There hovering in the water before her was a creature, "You look like me." Ice said softly, for indeed he did. He looked older, his scales were green with tints of grey, and his long tail seam to wilt. The eyes, though, his eyes held a bright green fire even while the rest of his body seamed to be aging away. *"Can you turn into a Kougra too? Are you from Auron? Why do you speak so weird? Is there anyone else?" A million questions buzzed threw Icecreasts's mind as she stared at him. Now, not quite so fast. My name is Teio, and no, I cannot change. I am bound to the sea, as my brothers and sisters were, and I know not of anyone else like you. Ice seamed to wilt at the words, she was the only one again. Even in her Kougra form, she was the only to have the bony filmy wings that she had. I can speak out loud, but I was taught and it has always been our way to speak threw the mind, Teio looked down at the her and added, and you will learn too, before you leave me tonight. Now fallow me. With that he turned around sharply, and swam away leaving Icecreasts bewildered who soon raced after him. Teio led her to a cave, in which he made his home. A bed of seaweed lay in one corner, and holes were dug out of the stone wall to store various things in. Welcome to my home, now first, before I explain anything, you must learn to speak threw your soul. *"What for? I though it was threw your mind, not your soul!"* It's a bit of both. Now, I want you to close your eyes. Imagine the words "I can" in your mind. Form them so that they seam to stand up and are living. He paused as he watched the girl close her eyes as she tried to paint words in her mind, Now, I want you to reach down to the center of your being, and take some of that force, take a hold of it and pull it up within you to your mind and use it to push the words to my mind. Ice blinked her eyes open for a second, with a look that said she thought he was crazy on her face before she attempted it. Reaching down within invisible hands she felt for the fire that burned with herself and grabbed it. It didn't come easily at first, but as she pulled it eventually came loose and she moved it up slowly into her mind. Taking a hold of it, she used it to shape around the words and forced it out of her mind. Ice frowned, it seamed to take a while just to say two little words. Teio smiled, The first time is always the hardest, but by the time you leave here, it will come as easily as talking out loud. I want you to speak in this was from now on, alright? He waited for a few seconds as Ice formed and pushed out the words, Why? Turning around, he swam over to a spot where some chair like rocks stood, and he sat on one and motioned for Ice to do the same, I will be doing a lot of talking, so please make yourself comfortable. It is important that you begin to connect to your soul, for that is were your magic lies. Believe it or not, you are unique and have your own abilities. But more about that later. I, as my kind have guarded the magic and the balance of it down in the sea even since the world's birth. The Guardians have been slowly dieing out over the past thousand years or so. No one was quite sure why, and as the Kingdom in the air disappeared, so has the world below it. The balance of the earth's magic is out of order. Pausing he looked away over the waters then returned his gaze back to Icecreasts, There is an ancient prophecy, made many years ago. Fire, earth, water and light shall combine into one, to save a world of air... And you, my dear, are of water. Icecreasts stared at him in utter surprise, You mean, a bunch of Guardians made a poem about me tons of years ago? Yes, but that's not all. There are three others who are in that prophecy. A elemental soul of light, bending the sunbeams with a gentle touch, keeping the world warm... A elemental soul of earth, connected the roots of the oldest of magic... The elemental soul of fire, lost and scared, able to summon fire in world of eternal darkness... And lastly, the elemental soul of water, who lives in both worlds of water and air, connecting the whole... You see, my dear, many people have wondered what those words have meant for quite some time. As I'm the last guardian, I am last of the water. That was, until I saw you fall. Air is gone, and without the two elements earth, fire and light will not survive for long. Ice stared at the old Guardian for a bit, then asked, Why fire and light? Why not air, fire, water and earth? Isn't fire and light the same? Fire is the burning to live on, to fight and find what is dark. Teio replied, Light brings birth, creating life and giving a second chance. While air is the ability to have your mind soar and imagination fly, for it is within us all. But the cloud, Auron, anchored the magic of air. Fire and light are two separate beings. And you must find them. Ice looked at him, Me find them? I can't do that! I don't even know where any forest is! Let alone any fire land. Your soul will guide you, for the elementals must band. Or else the magic will not survive, and the world as we know it will never be the same...Icecreasts, you must do this. To save Auron. To save the Guardians. To save the magic, to which we all are anchored to.

Coming soon!

I need to finish, Iaz's (Light), Floresta's (Earth) and Sioa's (Fire) stories before I write this =3

Feel free though, to tell me what you think of what I have so far *points to above story*! I worked hard on it ^^

Likes --Daydreaming --Afternoon flights --Flaries --Iaz --Diving --Speaking threw the mind --Reasnou	Dislikes --Her wings --Being stared at --Loneliness --Classes --Judgment by looks --Rudeness

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