Getting Settled In-Ocsen and Hope

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Oscen followed the woman with the wonderful lavender colored wings through what seemed like a labyrinth of tents and passages. Her mind was spinning with questions as she gazed around her, simultaneously trying to get a good look at everything and keep an eye on those feathery wings in front of her. Everything was so strange and wonderful here. She knew it must be the humans Earth, because that was where she had been headed, of course, but she had never imagined Earth to be like this! Everything was richly colorful, so different from the cool blues and purples she was used to. She might even have found those dark colors a little oppressive if she weren't so completely excited to be here. Finally a chance to see a world she'd only ever heard about, before. Oscen sighed happily caught up in her thoughts. Suddenly she realized that she had lost track of the woman with the lavender wings. "Um... Excuse me?" She called out, her voice sounding rather small to her own ears. She cleared her throat and tried again. "Excuse me! Are you still there?"

Darn it, She thought to herself. I should have been paying attention. She had no idea which direction they had come from, and only had a general idea of which direction they were going. She sighed again, annoyed with herself, and stopped moving entirely, except to tug at the hem of the unfamiliar material covering her torso.

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Hope was watching the angel girl. She was very amused really. She had the eyes of wonder like a new born baby, not to sure what to do in a new place.

"I'm right behind you dear" cores Hope was not in her human masquerade anymore. She was her normal lovely white and blue and scaly self. her tail flicked under her dress as she looked at her claws, her hair was still up in the same updo as she pulled at her glasses to clean them "Right, follow me Missy, I will take you to one of the empty caravans get you a few things and get you settled "She flashed a rather sharp yet sweet toothy smile.

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Oscen was startled at the response from behind her. She was sure they had been going the other way... She turned around with a sheepish expression on her face, an expression that quickly turned to surprise. Instead of the woman she had expected, there stood a creature with talon-like fingers, pointed ears, and a long tail. Oscens eyes grew even larger as her mouth rounded into a surprised O. Unsure of what to do, Oscen stood frozen in place as she gaped. She wasn't sure whether she should be afraid or not! The expression on the others face wasn't menacing, in fact it was sweet, and a little bemused.
"I... Uh, I.... Ummm..." She trailed off, failing to find words for the situation. The woman, for that was what she was, beckoned and moved away, down a path leading away from the main Tent. The sight of those feathery lavender wings retreating shook Oscen out of her dazed state, and she hurried to catch up.
"Erm, Excuse me, but... If I may ask... Who, or rather what are you?" She asked when she had finally caught up with the woman. "I hope I don't seem rude in asking, it's just that I've never seen anyone quite like you. I thought at first that you were an angel, like me, but now I see that you are quite different! And yet... Well, I don't know. It's just that you're so amazing, and beautiful and so very interesting, and I wonder, are there any others like you? . . ."
Now that she had received her voice back, Oscen couldn't seem to stop the flow of words. Her wonderment at being in this new world had come back an hundredfold, and now with this addition to the fascinating things she was seeing, she could barely contain her excitment.

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"An Angel?" there was a muffled laughed in the words "Oh child, no, no, I am not a holy being...In fact I think they would want to cut off my head and put it on a pike” she rubbed her neck at the very thought, her and angels never got along “No..wait Thats the archangels” she looked at the girl “Your not one of them are you?” she looked a little wary now. But Moved along as she looked for an empty caravan “To answer more of your question, No, there are not others like me, you can say iman endangered species, or the last, And are dear Ringleader is taking it in his duty of a man of magic to keep me safe as I travel along..” She stopped and thought about it. Placing a nail to her lips. She was going to be part of their family it was best if they found out now. Hope was going to make it a habit to show her true self to her family. They had a right to know if they wanted “But sadly this” she gestured to her mock form “Is not the real me....Would you like to see little one?”

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"You're not one of them, are you?"
Oscen shook her head in response to the question, surprised and a little intrigued at the change of expression and tone of voice which had come over the other woman.
What have they archangels done to this woman, she wondered. She was small, barely over 5 feet, and didn't look to be much of a threat, even with her sharp claws and teeth. Oscen could tell she wasn't evil. In fact, she seemed sad, as she explained to Oscen how there were no others like her left.
Caught up in her thoughts, she didn't realize that the other woman had stopped in front of her, and she almost ran right into her.
"Would you like to see?" she was saying, a curious expression on her face. It took a second for Oscen to register the question.
"Your true self? What do you mean?" Oscen took a step back, not out of fear, but out of confusion, trying to settle her thoughts so that she understood, trying to get the whole picture. Suddenly things began to fall into place for her... Her mistrust of ArchAngels... The way the woman called her "little one", even though she was quite a bit shorter then Oscen, and certainly didn't look any older... The air of wisdom and grace which surrounded her...
"You're... You're an Ancient, aren't you?" Even as she asked the question, Oscen second guessed herself. She had only heard stories from some of the older Angels about the creatures who roamed the earth at the beginning of time, and their reign of terror and fire which had nearly destroyed all of creation, before Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and the others had begun the thousand year war to rid Earth and the other worlds of the Dark creatures.
From all the stories she had heard, she knew she aught to be afraid, but somehow this single creature did not scare her.
Looking directly into those unfathomable black and blue eyes, Oscen nodded.
"Yes," Was all she could manage to say, before bracing herself against what she knew would be next.

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“Anchent ones?” she rubbed her temples “Is that what they're calling me now?” She took her glasses off and they vanished. Pulling the hair pin out she smiled “ As to what I said before... they are a little bitter at me from are last card game... Saying something about who was cheating who and Me getting stuck in the middle of it..” she chuckled and the hair pin vanished too. She liked this girl, she had guts, that was good.

Taking a step back, Hope pulled at her shirt, lifting it over her head, what ounces was a human looking scaly form was now a rather tall massive lengthy dragon. Shaking her head it moved down to her tail , Letting out a yawn her joints and muscles were all tight from being cramped in that little body. “ The proper term my dear little one, is Dragon, and for others like me,I am the very last.”

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"Dragon,"Oscen breathed the unfamiliar word as she gazed up at the looming figure before her. Rather than fear, the emotion she felt was akin to wonderment. She had never seen anyone or anything quite like this dragon. It was like a serpent, but much, much larger, and the magnificent violet and blue wings were even more impressive in their natural size than when they were fixed onto the smaller humanoid version of the creature. Even though she had had some small idea of what to expect, Oscen was still astounded. Her face shone with an expression of joy, as she craned her neck to look up at the dragons head hovering above her.
"Wow," She said. "You are beautiful."
Without thinking, Oscen stretched forth a hand to stroke the shining white scales.

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If dragons could put she would. Beautiful, what ever happend to scary, terrifying, bloodthirsty? Oh the times have changed, then again the only time Hope was ever one of thoughts happened on a few accounts in her life time. Hope smiled to the touch, it tingled really.

"You are a strange little winged one, .." Taking her head her ears perked then folded then perked again, listening to whats around her. Sighing she slowly morphed back into her smaller yet less terrifying self "Okay my fun's over, lets get you a nice home shall we?"

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"Yes, a home," Oscen responded almost automatically, her head feeling a little dazed. The evens of the day seemed to all have come crashing down on her at once. So many things had happened all in the span of a few hours, things which had practically turned her world upside down. Well, technically it was a completely new world, like nothing she had ever known before. As the realization of all the events of the day settled on her, she also realized how tired she had become, and had to stifle a yawn.
"Lead on, My Dear Dragon," She said with a slightly sleepy grin, then paused and her grin turned sheepish. "I just realized I have no idea what your name is. I can't simply call you 'Dragon'."

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"More or so it would be pronounced 'Dracon', and there would be a Mis. before that, but Everyone calls me Hope. " With a smile she let her in to a vacant caravan "This will be your home, there is a cot, a wood stove and a table with a water basin.." she opend up the two widows to let some air in, And with a snap of her fingers a trunk came to be.

Opening the trunk she took out some clean sheets and made the cot, a blanket soon flouted out after. "There are shower tents before you enter the camp site, dinner is mostly at 6 p.m sharp and breckfist is at 6 a.m sharp. We take turns with the cooking and cleaning up, and the chores.." She finished making the cot and tossed a few pillows from the magic trunk. "This trunk is for you, it willtake care of your clothing needs, just think of what you wnat, closes the lid and then open it again and you will have it...." She looked around thinking "If you need anything let Voltaire know," she sighed little annoyed at the ringleader still does anything "But ask him as well, even thought I beat him to the punch as the saying goes" she chuckled. her tail flicked from side to side as she thought more "What else what else.... "

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Oscen smiled. "Hope. I like that. It's a very nice name. Thank you for all your help today, Hope." She eyed the freshly made bed, ready to climb in an drift off to sleep. But first of all she wanted to test out the magic trunk.
Going over to it, she knelt down, thought of sleeping and being more comfortable than in the strange clothes she was currently wearing, closed the lid of the trunk, waited for a second, then opened the lid again. There on top neatly folded was a soft cottony nightgown in white with a blue ribbon for accent. Oscen lifted the nightgown out of the trunk and held it up in front of her. It was a perfect fit. She held it to against her face to feel the softness. It was cool like the touch of a cloud, but not nearly as damp, and it smelled faintly of rain and lavender. Oscen sighed happily, then quickly sprang up from where she was kneeling on the floor of the caravan, and turned towards Hope.
"This is wonderful!" She smiled at the dragon again, with childlike glee. In an equally childlike motion, Oscen then moved forward to embrace Hope with a tight hug. "Thank you again", she said with her arms still wrapped around the surprised dragon, "Thank you for everything. You've done so much for me today, and I don't know where I would be without you. I'm so glad I landed on that tent, because I can't think of a greater adventure than to be here," She said as she let go of her hug and stepped back, then she began to giggle. "Who would have thought that crash landing in a strange land could make a person so happy?"

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Hope chuckled, "Don't tire out the trunk now okay, it sometimes can over load its self and spew out cloths" she remember when she first found the thing. Giving the girl a hug she smiled "Landings do that ...some times" core they can make people upset too sadly. But that happens "Now is there anything else that you need?"