Roania turned to Luinen, "I could burn them, like they used to do in the old days," she offered in a small voice. She knew it wasn't the best idea, but it was the only thing she could offer, and it was quick and she to wanted go and kill who ever had done this. She put her brother's pendent into one of her pockets.

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"How about both? With our magic combined, we could honor the dead," Luinen replied, stroking the kelpie's neck...

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Married Cloud Strife 9/17/08

"No" Galain suddenly responded. Taken aback by his loud response he continued in a softer voice: "I understand that your family, your kin might be used to these habbits and would have no objections to your magic. But my family, gravity elementals, belong the earth. Should we favour revenge and lack to show respect and honour to those who've passed?" Galain looked up at Roania. "Then you might as well leave without me. I'm not sure whether hunting down this enemy and killing them with the same cruelty they possess, is the right course. But first I need to show some last respect to my family..."

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O children, lift up your voice, lift up your voice,
Children, rejoice, rejoice..



It doesn't matter you don't believe in God, He believes in you.

Personally, Jeniya had no idea what to do with the remains of her lover. She knew he couldn't lay out here for the vultures to feast on and the flies to thrive on. But she didn't have the power to cremate him nor bury him like the other elementals could. In the end, she swallowed her pride and asked Galain, "I beg your pardon, Galain, but could you also bury my lover? I possess neither the strength nor ability to do that."

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I was cured all right.

((I love your banner Will. I love that movie 'Count of Monte Cristo'.))

Senka frowned. "I don't care about what happens to my Parents, you can do with them as you wish."

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Where do you go when your running away,
The cost of stopping is too great to pay.
~Amanda (saw this written in a washroom stall at a movie theater)

( Thank you River. I love the movie as well! It's one of my favourites )

"I will. Do you have a special spot in mind?" Galain then turned to the ruins of the houses and he went off to find a shovel. Although he was probably able to solve this with his magic he realised this had to be done with his bare hands. Magic would be too easy, toosimple. He would dig the grave without magic, like a normal human being. Because they had to remmeber they were mortal like humans and that even magic couldn't prevent them from dying.

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O children, lift up your voice, lift up your voice,
Children, rejoice, rejoice..



It doesn't matter you don't believe in God, He believes in you.

Luinen sighed, staring back towards what was her home. Galain and the others had a point. She sent her mind out toward the bodies of the dead water elementals. She pushed her magic into their bodies, and found the small spark that was their magic. With alot of work, she activated it and the bodies turned to water, and seeped into the ground to eventually meet with the underground river. There were a total of five elementals there. Luinen's mother and father, grandfather, and two siblings. This wasn't the usually water elemental way, the usual way was taking the body to the river and letting the corpse float away in a boat of roses. But that would take too long.

When Luinen's mind came back to her own body, she was was persperating, and breathing hard. She winced as her muscles ached. That used more magic than she thought it would.
"I've done what I can for my family," she said with a gasp. "I need to rest..."
Luinen then made her way toward the river, seeming to be in a sad trance.

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Married Cloud Strife 9/17/08

She pointed to the area where her parents laid to Galain. To her surprise, instead of using his magic, he decided to use a shovel. Feeling terribly embarrassed now, she bit her fist as she watched him toil for her.

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Minna's eyes fluttered open and she groaned uneasily. "What just happened?" she asked, her voice cracking,"Did something happen?"

"Your powers were out of control for a moment," Callisto told Minna gently, not elaborating any more on what transpired. With that she quietly walked from the group, knowing that she too would lay her family within the earth. She knew the easiest course of action would be to ask Roania to cremate them as in the days of old, but in her heart, she knew that her parents loved the earth-would wish to return there.

This is my final gift I can give them, she thought quietly as walked to the ruins of her home. As she stared at the carnage with some dismay, she knew that the only way she could free them from the rubble was through her light magic. Closing her eyes, she allowed her power to flow into her hands, and twisting the beam of light into the shape of a leverage, she slowly began to lift the rubble from on top them. Tossing the beams aside, she sank beside the still forms of her parents. "Forgive me," she whispered.

Do you need some assistance, mistress? Este asked, coming beside her. Callisto nodded and gave her friend a wan smile. Kneeling, the Pegasus waited until Callisto half-lifted, half-dragged the body of first her mother and than her father across her back before rising.

Following the light elemental to a secluded spot in a hidden glade where the family had often traveled to, she kneeled once more when Callisto halted and waited as the light elemental gently removed the bodies of her parents from her back. Este then turned and followed the elemental as the pair walked to Aliana's home where she knelt once as more as Callisto laid the bodies both of her brother and his love across her back. In a somber silence the two walked back to the glade where Este knelt once more as Callisto removed the bodies and lay them gently beside her parents. Stepping back, she studied the bodies of her family one last time. "I am sorry that I must use my magic to bury you. But I do not have the strength to dig a grave and I do not wish to burden Galain so." With that she called upon her magic once more and with her beams of light created four separate holes in the earth. Then with as much care as she possibly could manage, she laid her love ones in the earth. Standing back, worry suddenly clouded her eyes as she realized that there would be no means for her to cover the grave except to find a shovel.

Would you allow me, mistress? Este asked.

Callisto stepped back as her friend walked to each grave and using her hooves carefully tossed dirt over each grave. Upon completing the task, the Pegasus’s eyes suddenly glowed a florescent light and from her eyes a star of light fell at the head of each grave.

So that all will know that four special souls rest here. Este told her friend.

"Thank you." Callisto whispered as she gently embraced the creature. Turning back to gaze at her family one last time, her eyes shifted to the glade that once brought them so much joy. "This place once brought a wealth of happiness. Now it holds the souls of my kin," she whispered. "Farewell." she managed to choke out. "May you find your peace." With that she slowly turned away for the final time. Her body ached from the strain of lifting the bodies of her loved ones, but the physical strain was nothing compared to her broken heart. I could endure the pain of a hundred knives, if only I knew it would bring you back again, she thought as she made the slow painful walk back to where the group had gathered earlier.

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AWESOME set by the AMAZING Lembas!!!

Senka looked back at her parents. She couldn't bring them closer alone so she did the only thing she could, she summoned on of the many shadow creatures she had created, a black gargolye with red eyes. "Bring my parents here." She commanded, the creature was the only friend she ever had, she favored him above all of her other creations. And as soon as she had finished speaking the gargoyale did his job, as silent as his mistress.

((the gargoyal looks like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottmduncan/1581902656/ , but is twice as tall as a normal man.))

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Where do you go when your running away,
The cost of stopping is too great to pay.
~Amanda (saw this written in a washroom stall at a movie theater)

Silently Galain went to work on the place Jeniya had directed. Slowly but steadily he dug, deeper and deeper. And as the sun was rising in the sky sweat, dirt and tears mixed on his face but he didn't mind. After some time the space was large enough for a grown male and he finally lowered the body to let it rest on the black earth. He turned to Jeniya, softly touched her arm to assure her she wasn't alone and then left her to give her a moment alone with her lover.

He walked a few metres south to an oak which had been there for ages. It had been the tree where his father had met his mother, where his little sister always used to play hide-and-seek, where the body of his father already rested. "They're coming dad" Galain quietly whispered and again he went to work. With every move he recalled new memories, happy ones, but also sad pictures. The feeling of his loss pressed on his shoulder like an unbearable weight.

Exhausted Galain returned to his house and there he fell on his knees. He closed his eyes and focused on all the materials which had blocked the door and buried his mother's body. Only when he felt he'd control over every rock and piece of wood, he used his magic to change the blance of gravity to replace the pile. With a loud crack, the door fell out of its hinges and Galain entered his house for the last time. He placed the bodies of his family underneath the old oak and placed four beatiful stones on the graves as marking: a monestone, a lapis, a malachite and an obsidian.

When he returned to the others he quickly sat down, tired of his work and sorrow with only the want of making camp.

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O children, lift up your voice, lift up your voice,
Children, rejoice, rejoice..



It doesn't matter you don't believe in God, He believes in you.

Amaran stutted, looking for the right words. "I can bury your dead, if any of you wish it" He murmured, just loud enough for others to hear. He had command of the earth and could shape it to his will. Slowly he picked up his lover and carried her to the back of the house, where a garden had once stood. It had been her favorite place, a world created by her own care and skill. It was all burned now, and trampled underfoot. Still, he knew she would want to be burried here and let her body replenish the blood soaked soil. With a growl Amaran opened a gash in the earth, just deep and wide enough to fit his Memera. He layed her in her grave, then closed the earth around her. Good bye Mem he thought to himself.

Returning to where a few members of the group had gathered, Callisto sighed heavily as took a seat on the ground. Staring up at the heavens, she said nothing for a few moments, knowing that each gathered there was suffering their own personal loss. Este came up behind her then and gently nuzzled her neck. "So, what do we do now?" she finally asked wearily. Where do we go from here? she thought, sorrow reflecting in her eyes.

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AWESOME set by the AMAZING Lembas!!!

After haveing buried her parents, Senka walked towards the others, her Gargolye behind her for she had not yet sent him away. "You need to know which way they went, and how many." She said in a manner of fact tone. "Betzalel, my gargoyle could search for them." She said.

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Where do you go when your running away,
The cost of stopping is too great to pay.
~Amanda (saw this written in a washroom stall at a movie theater)

Minna, having finished recovering and and honoring the dead, looked at Senka,"Yes, that is true, we need to find them." Felicity roared in pain in the distance. Minna jumped,"I think my dragon's already found them. She's hurt!"