Arrival by dragon

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Wulf's sister Mira looked up from her needlepoint. She was completely and utterly bored. Too bad I can't go riding, she thought to herself. Bloody snowstorm. With this, Mira looked out the window, only to see snowflakes whirling every which way, and the three feet of snow covering the grounds of the castle.

"I wonder when Wulf, Finn, and Uncle Drake are going to get here?" she mused to herself aloud. Her gaze reverted to the window. What was that dark shape in the sky now? It looked a bit like...

"Mum!" Mira shouted, running towards the stairs leading upwards. "Uncle Drake's here! He's come by dragon, and it looks like there's more people on there too!"

The needlepoint lay thrown on the floor, very much forgotten.
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Wulf slid off the back of Malcithar and onto the roof of one of the turrets of Sturmhammer Gorge, which his uncle often used as a sort of dragon landing pad.

"If I ever need some sort of big punishment to torture an enemy with, remind me to put them on the back of a dragon and have them ride through a snowstorm," said Wulf to Kat. "That was NOT pleasant."

The trapdoor leading into the castle opened up, and out came his mother, followed by his sister.

"Hullo, Mum," said Wulf, striding over to give his mother a hug.

Rosemary of Sturmhammer Gorge kissed her younger son on the cheek, and then frowned. "You've gotten your ear pierced? And your hair... don't you find it's legnth a bit... silly?" she asked.

"No, not really," said Wulf. Not five minutes here and she's already on me about the hair, thought Wulf.

"And who is everyone?" asked Rosemary, seeing Dage, James, and Kat.

"Oh," said Wulf. "Let me introduce you. This is James, who's a squire at the palace, and his twin sister Dage, who plans on becoming a healer. And this is Kat of Willow's Hollow, my squire," he said, pointing to each in turn.

"You've got a girl squire, Wulf?" asked Mira. "That's wicked cool! I'm Amira of Sturmhammer Gorge," she said, sticking her hand out to Kat. "But call me Mira, because Amira sounds too stuffy," she said, ignoring the visible frown from her mother.

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Kat laughed, "There's a very interesting story behind that," she said smiling, shaking Mira's hand.

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malcithar had a feeling he might creep some one out but said to wulf's family "and i'm malcithar" then to drake he said "would you happen to have a place to keep a dragon?"
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"many people think it's strange but i actually do. and if i knew i would meet you i would have brought my saddle with me to the palace. only seats 4 but better than nothing. i'll show you" he thought and then walked out to show malcithar his dragon shed.
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"strange" thought malcithar "my kind has not been seen for over 50 years, and yet i had a rough start but have been accepted almost everywhere. maybe humans aren't as violent as they once were"

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How typical of my older brother, thought Rosemary. He gets home and does something involving dragons before he even bothers to say hello. "It's rather cold out," said Rosemary. "Why don't we head inside? Mira, could you show everyone to their rooms? I'll go tell Ann to set out some more plates for dinner."

"So, is Finn here yet?" Wulf asked his sister as their mother left and they found themselves inside. "And what about Da?"

"Neither one. In fact, Da wrote awhile ago to say that they'd had some problems with some rogue barbarian clan on the north border and that he'd meet us at the Midwinter celebrations if possible," said Mira to her brother. "Finn... I don't know about him, he's coming though," she added.

Lovely. Wouldn't miss a chance at all to see my dear elder brother, thought Wulf sarcastically.

"Mira, I must confess that I do wonder what they're teaching you at the convent if you allow your guests to remain sopping wet at the bottom of the stairs," said Wulf, smirking.

"Eat horse dung, Wulf," said Mira, glaring at her brother.

Wulf grinned evilly at her and strode away to the stables. He wasn't planning to eat horse dung, but his warhorse, Feargas, could definitely use a visit.

Mira made a face to her brother's back before turning to the others. "I'll show you to your rooms, then," she said. "And then will you tell me that story?" she asked Kat. "It's been dreadfully DULL around here, what with mother and her criticizing my not being 'ladylike' and stupid embroidery and the long holidays from the convent and oh dear, I'm rambling, aren't I?" she said to no one in particular. "Well, at any rate, I could use some entertainment. Follow me," she said, walking off towards a set of stairs.

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Kat laughed, "Wulf actually had two girl squires at one time..."

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"Two squires?" Mira asked. "Good gods, what was he thinking?" She then proceeded to point out everyone's rooms.

((you can make a seperate thread for rooms now if ya want...))

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Kat laughed and walked into one of the rooms.

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((I know, I know, godmoding to the most extreme, but we really do need to get on to midwinter. If you guys disagree, we can always go back and RP this part, but...))

Once again, Kat, Dage, and Wulf arrived at Sturmhammer Gorge by dragon. Thanking Malcithar, who flew off to resume his meditation, they went inside, and seeing as it was about eleven and they were to set off on a three-week ride the next morning, they all went to bed.