You stand and start walking, figuring that it's the best and probably only way to meet some of the creatures around here. This place is too big to meet some EverRealm beings by just sitting there. You don't walk far, however, when you hear a meow coming form a nearby ticket. You wander over, glancing into the thing to see a flash of rainbow color. You hear another meow, a desperate meow. You try to crawl in a bit, wondering if something is in trouble. You find a small black cat with wings, trying to bit at the ticket growth that had snagged around her back foot. You reach in and untangle the poor creature, the thing instandly crawling out of the ticket and rubbing against your leg once you've righted yourself. You smile and pick the little creature up, holding her as she purrs.

You glance up, hearing a new noise behind you, and gasp when seeing what looks like a mountain lion watching you from a rocky ledge overhead. It swishes its tail and jumps down, approaching you and the winged cat, sniffing at you. It sits down and yawns, though, showing off its huge teeth. You swallow.

"Ah! Shadow and Mountain Tops!" Vaprrenon says as she flutters down by your side without warning. You jump at the sound of her voice, glaring at her for startling you. "Poor baby!" She takes the cat from your arms. "Shadow, I keep telling you not to go in there! You always get stuck! If it wasn't for Mountain Tops, here, I wouldn't have even known you'd run off again!" She sighs and puts and cat down, rubbing the puma's head.

She smiles over to you. "This is where all the other creatures from the EverRealm live. I've gotten all of them through give-aways, as gifts, whatever. Both of these two young ladies were custom gifts from Myrror. Aren't they just adorable?" She smiles and points behind you. "His name is Delicate Snowfall. He was a custom gift too, actually. He kind of reminds me of a stormbringer wolf, kinnda like how Shadow reminds me of a hunter cat."

You blink, spinning around in surprise to see a blue and white wolf standing there. It refolds its wings and watches you for a moment before pawing over and sniffing at your feet. Deciding that everything is alright and in order, he raises his tail and looks up at you, wagging it and seeming to smile with his eyes as wolves tend to do. Mountain Tops wanders over to him, pawing at his wing a bit. The two nuzzle each other, obviously friends, despite their feline and canine blood.

Vaprrenon makes a strange noise, and you glance at her in confusion. she doesn't return your gaze, however, and meets eyes with Delicate Snowfall. The wolf nodds slightly and shakes himself, barking. You glance over at him when he does so, as it sounds like he is clearing his throat. The wolf throws his ehad back and lets out a long, loud howl as his feline friends takes a seat nearby, curling her tail around her paws. You turn to Vaprrenon in surprise, asking her why the wolf is howling all of a sudden.

"Because I told him to, silly," she responds with a grin. "He's just calling a ride to take you to your new guide. He can take you around from there on out; I have other things I need to get to today, quite busy, you see." She shrugs. "Sorry, I would take you myself if I didn't have things to do. But, I know they'll do a good job." She looks up.

You follow her gaze, staring up at the sky as a dark shape appears above you all. It falls slowly through the sky and you see that it is a dragon, thoug not as large as some may be, it was large enough for you to ride. You find yourself holding your breath as it lands nearby the two unlikely friends.

"This is Neeava," Vaprrenon introduces. "She was a gift to the CCF a while back, and she'll be your ride for now. She's very good with people, so don't you worry." She smiles and shrugs. "Again, sorry I can't come with you, but you're in good hands, so don't you worry." You don't want to tell her that you're starting to worry only because it seems she is repeatedly trying to reassure you that everything will be alright with these creatures.

Vaprrenon helps you up onto Neeava'a back, the dragon outstretching a wing to show you where you may sit on her back. It takes a while for you to find a comfortable position that won't put you in any grand danger of falling off the EverRealm being's back in midflight. Neeava flapps her wings a bit, walking over to the edge of the nearyb cliff you had looked over earlier, and readies herself. You hold onto her mane tightly, jsut to be sure you won't fall off.

The thing stretches its wings out and jumps, pushing off the rock into a glide, using an updraft to gain some lift. You laugh, your heart in your throat for that moment you both fell a bit and then started coming back up. You glance back to see Vaprrenon waving, already some distance between the two of you. You sigh and look ahead, wondering who this guide is and where they are.

It takes a while for Neeva to stablize herself on the wing so she doesn't have to flap much, seeming to be concentraiting on finding your guide hidden somewhere on the ground between all of these thick trees. You certainly find yourself hoping that this EverRealm dragon can find its way to your guide, whomever they might be. You most definately don't want to be stuck up here for the remainder of your visit. You hold onto her thick mane as you feel her decending slowly, trying to pinpoint where you might soon be landing.

It seems to take forever, but Neeava's claws finally touchdown on the earth, and she bows her head to let you climb down her neck to get off. You hold onto her horn as you make your final hop to the ground and thank her for taking you here. She nodds and flaps her powerful wings, instantly taking off again. You glance around, finding no one. But, you see, there is a cave. You walk toward it, not seeing anywhere else to go. You call out, wondering if your guide is inside waiting for you.