Senka

With a relived sounding sigh, a majestic purple nocturne female plopped down onto glowshroom littered floor; finally within the comforts of shade. She was Senka, matron of another, much larger, shadow clan who came to visit the Black Carnival. She only learned of it through the ambassador, Inukai, who came only a few hours before, and told her clan of the festivities.

However, what was there to see? There was none! Either she took the wrong turn, hardly, or that blue coatl was lying. Which ever the case, she cared not. All she cared for right now, was resting in this nice cool spot while she waits for the harsh sunlight to recede back into glorious, star filled, night sky.

It was to the sound of twigs snapping that she awoke, alert and aware, and found it was nothing but a glowing pocket mouse. One that darted to and fro, picking up scattered edibles, before it was chased off by her tail. Letting the breath she held go, one she hadn't realized she was holding, she was about to settle back down to resume her nap when four yellow orbs materialized in front of her.

"Hold. Who goes there?", they said, a sound so androgynous that she couldn't tell if it was male or female. She was about to speak her name, and her business, when the four glowing yellow orbs faded into shapes; two identical skydancers. They walked out of the inky shadows instep with each other, snout to tail; they were as if a mirror was between them. Memorized Senka took too long to answer, how could she? She was so preoccupied with the question; how did they stay hidden with those bright white socks?. So, the twins opened their maws and spoke as one. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh my, what am I doing here? I think that's a question for you. What are two young things like you doing about so late at night?", she asked, snapping out of her twin-induced trance, with just a little hint of playful-ness. She was only joking, after all, she was up and about at this late hour as well. However the two dragons were not amused, and instead asked; "Are you here for the Carnival?"

Tipping her head to the side, she wondered just how many dragons actually knew about this carnival? Was it popular? How many dragons will be present? The more she thought about it, the more curious she got. "I am. Are you as well?", she asked, generally curious, but the twins shook their heads.

"No. We are performers. If you are to be our guest, follow us.", They said and turned about, the male counter clockwise, and the female clockwise; to avoid bumping into each other. Frowning slightly at their cold comments, the Shadow Queen followed despite being slightly put off by their attitude. She had thought performers were supposed to be nice and friendly!..Or she was told during her travels.

It took them not long at all to reach the Carnival. However, at the gates...she faltered. There was no one, not one single soul in sight. Not one single blade or shroom was to be seen in this opening in the Wispwillow Grove, she would go as far to say that it looked like it was burnt. She was about to ask the twins why it was such a ghost town, as a joke, when a horrid stench hit her nostrils.

Then she saw a red-clowned imperial. A rotting flesh of a dragon with a wicked grin. He wore a black wolfs cape to hide his face, but she knew better; she could see the skull and rotten flesh peeking out from that black fur! Now, she is not an easy dragon to scare, but this imp was creepy and the stench made her scales stand on end...if she had scales. What made it worse was he was getting closer! Wrinkling her nose against the smell of death, she watched the Ringmaster get closer.

"Hello, hello vauled guest! I see Inukai has brought me yet another beautiful dragon!", he said as he bowed, his hat only staying only due to his many, many twisted horns. "I am Ringmaster! The owner and founder of this Carnival! Pleasure to meet you, Senka! Oh ho ho ho. Don't look so surprised. The twins told me about you. Said that you were taking a nap on the border of the Xoac clan and anothers. Not really a good place to sleep, but I'm not one to judge."


With that, he nodded to Senka who sat there, not a word in edge wise. "Enjoy your stay.", the large Imperial said with his smile intact, it never faltered; not even as he walked away. She found that just a tad odd, but brushed it off as soon as her amethyst eyes laid upon the twins. "Ah! Kane!...and Kane!", taking off at almost running speed, she slid to a stop when she got close enough to actually SEE what they were doing.

There. There was a sign. A sign that said 'Unlikly twins Vrs Highstrung Beast'. This, this was their act? Gaping at their stunts, the female dodging powerful, and increasing angry, swings from a massive Goldenbeast, the male slinked about and around, jaws drooling and dripping both saliva and blood. It was easy to see that their 'stunts' where nothing more than a battle between ferocious beasts and dragons. But, in the end, when both twins pulled the beast down and ended it's life with a twin bite to the neck, she couldn't help but say that it was indeed a performance.

The female was so graceful in her movements to aggravate and distract the Goldenbeast, and the male was veracious in his attacks. The scarlet blood he shed, from both he and the beast, showered his pelt and made him shine with red drops of dew.

It was with that, that she found herself following the twins; annoying them with her playful nature. Something the twins frequently told her that they hated it. But it was at the end of her time with them, that she realized she'd miss them; she had found herself grown attached to these aloof twins.

Especially, now that she looks back upon her time in the Carnival, when they had, time and time again, fended off the Ringmaster and his soul stealing. Now that she was saying goodbye, she almost found it to hard. Well, till they both shoved a red pendant into her claws. "Oh? What's this, the abdominal twins giving me a present?", she snorted in amusement as she opened her claws to find a red crystal in the shape of a tear drop. It was beautiful, just like the red dew on Kane' fur.

Both twins looked away at the same time, blushing with embarrassment. This would be the first time outside of their family that they have shown affection. "We only thought", One twin started, and the other finished, like always. "that it would look nice on you. Nothing more."

Chuckling to herself, she nodded to the twins, she would defiantly miss these two reckless twins. Smiling once more to the bemused skydancers, she turned and gracefully started back to her lair and clans mates; clutching the pendant the twins gifted her.