Now what?

Sohalia had come to see the mountains, looking for whatever it was that gave the teachers reason to send them here only in groups. She thought she'd see more than this, more dragons or more ...anything. So far, she hadn't seen anything, but kept walking. Further on, she glimpsed a pair of large black wings. Excited, she crept closer, but realized it was ony a boy with wings.

She'd never seen this boy at the Academy, but there were tons of people she never saw. It was rather windy, and not warm at all. She zipped up the jacket she'd worn as she got closer to the boy, now almost standing right next to him. She finally stopped, and turned towards him. "What are you doing here?" she asked rudely, in a voice that sounded as if he was insane for being here, yet she was here too. She couldn't see his face well, seeing as the sun wasn't up yet.

The wind was starting to mess up her hair, not that she'd honestly fixed it, but it was getting annoying, and she, irritated, pulled it back, waiting for him to say something.

"I'm up here to see the place, since I'm very new here, I want to get to know the place, so then I won't get lost anytime I'm here."

Sohalia held up one finger, "But," she objected, "First, your wasting your time getting to know the Mountains, because the chances you'll need to come up here and incredibly slim. And if you want to get to know your way around, I highly doubt just standing there helps." She would've continued, because she never seemed to run out of rude things to comment on, but he seemed quick to change the subject and asked why she was up here.

"And you? What are you doing up here?"

She grinned, "Why not?" she asked simply. Ofcourse, she didn't plan on really answering, why should she? He didn't say much more, just stood, and Sohalia couldn't help but notice his smile and, "Are those fangs?" she thought, not exactly meaning to say it out loud.

"Well then I guess I am wasting my time just standing here, though standing here can help, since I am able to see the forest and lake."

"But that won't help you not get lost in them will it? Just cause you've seen the forest doesn't mean you know your way around it does it?" Sohalia objected. She always had something to say about anything anyone else said or did. So, looking at him, she realized his gleaming eyes. combined with his fangs, he didn't look totally friendly. She wouldn't admit it, though, ever. Yet as his eyes flashed with anger, she took an involuntary step back. Her confirmed her thought of the fangs, and she laughed nervously, "Well ... isn't that interesting?" thought her tone suggested it was anything but interesting. "Actually it's kind of creepy, are you some sort of like, vampire?" she asked, hoping there was something other than a vampire that had fangs.

"Not that I'm scared or anything," she trailed off, looking out at the lake.

"I will not be able to find my way around a forest just by staring at it, I'll just know what I'll come to when I get out of the forest, and then hopefully know which way to turn."

Sohalia replied just as calm and composed as he seemed to be, "But you won't need to know which way to go when you get out of the forest if you never go INTO it." She was honestly surprised at the fact that her comments didn't bother him, not that she minded. Everyone else here always got angry so much quicker. "And I have no idea what else you would be," she went on, "that whole vampire thing just kind of...." she trailed off once more, not wanting to finish.

"I never would think you scared of me, after all, I have red eyes, fangs, and black leathery wings, why would there be anything to be afraid of?"

"Uhhuh, I supposed that's supposed to be real comforting," she replied sarcastically, rolling her eyes and looking down into the forest, "So who are you anyways? Your name, I mean?" she asked, looking at him. "And why are you coming to Starlight now, what happened to make you come here?" she continued. Normally, she didn't ask so many questions, but today she was just a more curious person.

"Maybe I will not ever go in it, but if I did, I would have to know."

"Or you could go whichever way you felt and take your chances, either way I doubt it would matter," she replied, "so there's really no point in trying to figure out. You should be more worried about not getting lost in the forest than getting lost outside the forest." Sohalia wondered why he wasn't annoyed, maybe it was a vampire thing, where they just didn't get angry?

"I am Roliner Thramir, the vampire"

"I suppose there's a Roliner Thramir who isn't a vampire?" she grinned, slipping her hands into her pockets and looking up at the sky. It looked like rain, though she hoped it wouldn't come soon. He asked who she was, to which she simply replied, "A human." After a moment of staring around, she added, "Sohalia."

"And why am I here?... I... I didn't fit in from where I come from... so my aunt sent me here."

'Wonder why,' Sohalia thought in her head, but didn't say it out loud. She looked at Roliner and asked, yet another question, "What about your parents? Are they dead?"