You are standing in front of a vine covered wall, with absolutly no idea where you are.
"Hello," you hear a voice. Startled, you turn around to face the speaker.
A strange creature is standing directly behind you and seems to be smiling mirthfully. The creature has a medium long nose, large rabbit-like ears, and a long, striped neck. Along its back there are a pair of great folded wings that must be huge when fully extended. It seems to have both stripes and spots, because you can see the tail, and it looks alot like a cheetah's.
As you walk past, it turns just enough for you to see its broad side. You were right, the creature was striped in the front and spotted behind, but you see something that you did not expect. Where the stripes joined with the spots, they merged and swirled, becoming a beautifully confused jumble. as you seat yourself, it begins to talk. Not with real speech. Instead it spoke in a kind of mindvoice: a sound you could only hear in your head.
~I prefer to speak like this in this form, it's not quite so tiring.~ Now that you had heard its mind, you realized that it must be a female because of that slightly feminin tint that you have noticed before in female mindspeakers.
~My name is Kima. I am a Sira Nau-Haar.~ Here she inserted the idea that a Sira Nau-Haar is a special kind Sira that can take on any shape they can imagine ~I was a canidate for a Leagus from Lans'shri.~ She pauses, ~here, let me show you.~
Kima gets up from where she was seated, pushes herself up on her hind legs, and spreads her enormous wings. The Sira closes her eyes, and concentrates. Right away, you see the changes. Her wings shrink while her forelimbs lengthen. She steadies herself on her reforming hindlegs. Finaly, her neck shrinks and her head takes on a humanoid appearance. All ecxept the eyes. They are still the same teal green color as they always are.
"See," she looks herself over once to make sure everything was where its supposed to be "That's what I mean about the shape-changing thing. It's very rare, only one in every few generations can do it. Now, on to Zamise." Kima strides off toward a door at the other side of the room, her light orange hair and white bangs streaming out behind her. Her simple sandles make no sound as she crosses the room. As you walk through the door, you look around the room that Kima had led you into. To your surprise, there is almost nothing there. A single table in the corner seems to be the only furnishings. The table holds only two books, a journal, and a book who's letters don't recognise. Then you notice the pile of leaves, twiggs and feathers that lay in the corner. On top of the pile, lounges a large blue and white creature. Kima bends over and pokes it's shoulder. It opens it's eyes and looks up.
The large male looks at you curiously, then bows "I am Zamise, son of Nephesh and Sarshal. And may I inquire as to who you are?"
The sira-human looks lovingly into the innocent eyes "Just a visitor come to see us Zamise."
He looks only marginally convinced, so you tell him your name. "Unyko sent me here to meet you and Kima."
"Oh," Zamise says "Okay, I guess you're alright then, if Unyko let you come."
"Would you like to go outside?" Kima askes you.
You nod and she leads the way again. Zamise stays behind in his warm, feather bed, commenting about the cold weather at this ime of the year.
"Wow, " was all you could manage.
The entire vale is blanketed with snow, and the trees surrounging it are heavy with the stuff. It looks just like one of those Christmas cards, only without the little cottage and sledders on Christmas day.
Kima shivvers "Well, I guess Zamise was right about it being cold out here! Lets go back inside."
"Wonderful Idea." Zamise's voice startles you "Come, it's much warmer inside."
You sigh and take one last look at the beautiful scene...
"Oh, no! I gotta go!" You apologize for your hasty departure. The Sira invites you back anytime you have the leisure, then begins the parting ritual.
"May the wind be ever at your back," She and Zamise say in unison.
"And may the fire of the dragons burn forever in your heart." You finish the ritual satisfactorily, then leave the beautiful valley with it's strange shapeshifting Sira behind, and head for the next portal...
"Wait!" Kima calls "The painting I had done of Zamise as an egg and hatchling are hung right near the door along with his statistic sheet!"
Gender: Male
Age: Adult!
Parents: Nephesh & Sarshal
Bonded to: Kima
Genotype:
Head: H,h
Tail: t,t
Color: {c},{c}
Feet: F,*f*
Ears: m2,m2
Horns: w,w
Mate: The Beautiful Purmana
Pri~erd: Nope.
Offspring: YES!
Purvisya