*A black form, larger in shadow, but equaling the largest of dragons swarmed before him, then disappeared over the treetops. But just seconds later, a bird, its size making his puny, touched the earth directly before him, stopping him in his tracks. It was he color of the reddest-orange that spread over her form, and the softest pearl white about her eyes, like a mask shape. Fire ran over her broad wings and tail, fire that seemed to have a mind of its own, flaming about in such dangerous ways.. With this there was a blackened touch of electricity, surging about her; the earth, her dear forest, became comforted at her steps. And yet the most evident of all, was the ice that layered the ground beneath her, expanding throughout the entire clearing.
It was her eyes, though, that showed the most curious of aspects. They were, yet again, no longer green. They were grey.*
~Whom may you be, to enter this forest?~
*She stares down at him, but her voice echoes throughout his mind, not in the open space between them.*
~Well! Speak up!~
