Life

Shadow shook her head, "I thought you were connected to the Trees. . .I don't want you hurt just because you want to come with me. . ." Shadow said, "Plus. . .I doubt that they are uper happy with us. . ."

Dawn waved her hand, "I'll be fine," big lie she knew but this was more important, "and yes they're mad but how are they suppose to forgive us if we don't even give them te chance. We have to give them control of this. Only they can decide to forgive us, but we can hinder it if we don't try too."

Shadow looked at her and shook her head, "you mind if far to old for your face,"

Dawn laughed.

"I'm serious! It sounds like it!!" Shadow yelped. The water lapped at the edge of the sand. Shadow kicked it.

"Well?"

"I. . .don't know. . ." Shadow said looking down.

Dawn nodded, "we're in no hurry."

She hugged Shadow

Shadow laughed lightly, Hugging Dawn back she said "Running a Kingdom is so much easier then having a relationship."

Dawn looked at her, "Really? Is it?"

Shadow laughed and nodded, "All your have to do and say 'Yes' 'No' and make friends/ enemies with other kingdoms and people."

"I'm pretty sure the pressure of running a kingdom would be difficult. More than yes, no and making friends/enimies. "Dawn smiled.

Shadow shook her head, "trust me on his one it's not harder."

Shadow tugger on Dawn's arm lightly. "Hey. . .You like out here right? Like in the wild?"

"Yes." Dawn smiled, wondering what she was up to.

"The Shadow-Realm has this Garden-House. . .Can I show it to you? Nobody goes there."

"Why not?"

"Because, I kept it a secret when I discovered the room and planted it." Shadow smiled. "Wanna see?"

Dawn nodded a little perplexed, "One question before we go, hy couldn't I feel it when we were there?"

Shadow smiled, "I put a magyk lock on it so any lost creature couldn't find it. I didn't want anyone ruining it."

Dawn nodded, "Ok, so are you going to go now?"

Shadow nodded grabbing Dawn's hand, leading them into the Shadow and in the tunnels. Dawn felt as if she was roaming, like she was lost and needed to turn around.

"Are you sure this is the right way Shadow. I feel lost. . ." Dawn asked, hearing her voice in the Shadow's was always funny.

"Don't worry, that is the spell. I am immune to it because I was the caster." Shadow said.

Dawn nodded, Good to know the spell was still working.

After a moment Shadow turned into an Unseen Corner, Dawn was quickly behind her.

"Ready?" Shadow smiled, Looking at Dawn.

"Yea." Dawn nodded.

Shadow opened the door, an aroma hit Dawn. It wasn't like the wild, it was more. . .fresh, and concentrated. Dawn looked around, Toadstool's lined the walls. Mushroom's grew everywhere. Grass that was a deep red grew. Odd looking flower's were everywhere. Shadow went over to a small Koi fish pond. The water glowed a Dark green and small Scarlet Koi fish swam in the pond. Shadow and thrown some food in. Strange birds rested in the main tree. The tree itself had black bark and dark green leaves. Cobblestone walk-ways lead to different area's.

"One thing I love. . ." Shadow jumped onto a giant Lily-pad. The lily-pad held her up. "It's really fun."

"This place. . .is huge. . ." Dawn said, looking around the massive room.

"I know! There's a larger pond over there." She pointed to the back. "I am sort of surprised no one found it before me. . ."

"H-how long did all of this take?" Dawn asked, feeling some of the plants.

"Umm. . .about 2 years. . ." Shadow skipped over to a Nightshade plant, and ate the fruit.

"Shadow. . .that's posionus. . ." Dawn looked at her.

"This one isn't. . .this room. . .It kind of purifies things. . .so Snake ad plants aren't posionus. . ." Shadow smiled and played with a Snake.

Dawn inhaled smiling, "This place is amazing."

She opened her senses and connected to the room, "it's so, so alive."

Shadow smiled, "I know!"

Dawn felt herself spred further and further out Dawn frowned.

"What's wrong?"

Dawn grabbed shadows wrist and took her to a far corn the plants there had started to wither and die.

Shadow tilted her head side-ways. "Huh. . .I wonder what's killing them. . ." she crouched down and began to move leaves and plants side-ways to look for the problem.

"I think it's in the soil" Dawn said crouching down next to Shadow

Shadow nodded, she plunged her hand into the dirt, yelping.

Dawn looked at her, "Are you okay?"

Shadow nodded, giggling. She pulled her hands out of the dirt to reveal a clump of mud. She then washed it. In her hands a small creature bundled up around some plant roots had clamped on her thumb.

((wow we should wing things more often))

"I don't know what that is, in all my euears I've never seen its like" Dawn stared at the creature in awe.

((This has gotten pretty fun X3))

Shadow stroked it's head. "I know, that's because all the other's of it's kind are dead. . ."

"What do you mean 'other's of its kind'?" Dawn looked at her.

"It's a water wyvern. I call him Scout." Shadow smiled.

"A Water wyvern?" Dawn asked, hesitantly petting his back.

"Yea. . .they are like normal dragons except they live and thrive off of water."

Dawn smiled, " why was he so far from water"

Shadow chuckled as he nibbled on her hand. "He probably got lost and paniced heading for the muddest area."

"How has he lived so long?" Dawn asked watched as Shadow placed him back into the pond, waiting for him to get comfortable and swim off.

"He is like a Phoenix. He rejuvinate's every thousand years."

"That would be so lonley," Dawn said sadly.

"what do you mean?"

"living for thousands I years as the last of your kind, alone without a chance to find a mate"

"once again your mind amazes me, too old for your face"

Shadow and Dawn watched as he swam off.

"I love him though. . .I don't know what he is going to do. . .later in life." Shadow watched him swim.

Dawn shrugged, "I don't know "

They were silent a long while before Dawn finally said something, "we should get back."

Shadow smiled and stood up, placeing the tablet in her satchel and adding this place as a new dot. She took Shadow's hand and they walked into a shadow. They walked out at the tents. They went back to the cell were Alex and Leo awaited them.

"hi," Dawn said stepping out of the shadow.

Alex looked up glaring, "What do you want."

"To talk, no more secrets." Dawn said steadily.

Alex satires at her for a long time, "How do we know you won't lie?"

"because we have nothing left to loose."

He looked at her wih rage in his eyes.

"You ask the questions we anwser them"

"We?" Leo said looking up. His eyes were ringed in red from crying, "Are you here too Shadow?" his voice cracked when he said her name

"Yeah, I'm here." She stayed hidden in the Shadows

"Fine, no lies." Alex said.

"No lies." Dawn confermd.

"My first question is who did you throw me across he room."

"Elemental Powers." Dawn said, a little hesitant.

Leo looked toward Shadow, "How come we can't remember anything?"

Shadow sighed, "I. . .had used an herb to make you forget the past month. I was hoping it would work so we didn't have to kill you."

"Were you going to kill us?" Leo asked, a little fearful.

"I don't do to. Something does. It was either, use an herb to make them forget and let them live. Or. . .kill them for threatening a Circus Member. . .let Dawn said. . .I hope we made the right choice. . ." Shadow said, hiding in the shadows.

"You had no right to mess with out memories," Alex said his voice filled with hurt and anger.

Dawn heard Shadow's breath catch as she fought back tears, "Nor did my mother have the right to kill my father or the countless other men that have been lurid into her grasp. Shadow's father had no right to send men like you to kill her. Your parents had no right to leave you to fend for yourselves, because you were different. Russia has no right to shun us for being "freaks" but all of these have happened, it is the reality of the world, people do what they have no right to do." Dawn looked them both in the eyes. "Life isn't flowers and laughter with perfect endings. More often than not there is pain, and hardships and sometimes when you have to evils to pick from your only choice is to choose the lesser evil. That's what we thought we were doing, we thought sparing you life was better even if we wiped your memory."

Leo relaxed a little coming to her side a bit. Alex, not so much.

"Still had no right. . ." Alex said, leaning against the cell wall.

Shadow charged out of the shadow and drifted through the bars straight up to Alex. "Sorry I made the wrong Choice!" she screamedm tears running down her face.

"Sorry I thought That letting you live was better then killing you! THAT I AM NOT MY FATHER! Sorry that I even fell inlove with Leo!" She cast him aside with shadows, ran through the bars and into the shadows. Leaving Dawn there with them.

Leo grasped the bars, "S-she loves me?"