"Sounds interesting," Flitch commented about being notified by clover. "Hey... just make sure I don't end up coated in them like Mordrick over there. Last thing I want to look like is a leprechaun too!"
Celene meanwhile, blushed and looked up, finding indeed that her hair was a mess again.

"Flitch! You silly little boy! Why I should..."

"What? Tickle me? Tackle me? I'd like to see ya try! And as for everyone else..." He looked towards the ladies and started wriggling his fingers in the air teasingly. "I can mess up your hair too! Only worse!" Celene took this time to sneak up behind Flitch, reach up on her tip toes, and ruffle his short crop of hair as best as she could. Ay the same time she worked a bit of magic, making it long as well. So, within a few short moments, Flitch had a very long, ruffled mane of brown hair.

"Teehee!" Celene said, grinning widely. Flitch looked up again, feeling the length, and his jaw dropped.

"I look like a girl!" he cried, making Celene laugh harder.

"Serves you right! Messing up my hair is one thing but everyone else's? That's just mean!" Celene teased, sticking out her tongue.

"You want some make-up to go with that hair? A bow maybe" Naroko said adding to the embarrassment of Fitch, he deserved it after threatening to mess with a girls hair, you just don't do that!

Hinaata took the bow of flowers fromher hair and magically tied Flitch's hair with it, giggling she said "here, now you look even prettier Flitch" That would show him, she thought

Sage came out of the water after a while coughing. She had laughed under water causing her to nearly drown herself. She sat down on the bank of the pond and continued to cough a little. She had to be more careful. Taking in a deep breath she crawled away from the slippery edge and started home dripping wet. She had the herb her father needed for a wound but it was ruined now. She would make something up because of it.

"A-a-a BOW?!?" Flitch choked at Naroko. "You've got to be kidding me! Nuh uh! No way!" He started to run when he saw the flower bow coming, but it was far too late.

"Shall we call you Miss Flitch now?" Celene asked, nearly doubling over from laughter.

"You girls are just EVIL!" Flitch exclaimed, eyes still affixed upwards towards the bow. "Just plain e- GAH! Celene, what are you doing?!?" he added, as Celene popped Flitch's long hair into a matching set of braided pigtails with a bit of magic.

"GAH!" Flitch cried, his brown eyes wide. "Okay! I give I give! I'll never touch a girl's hair agaaaain! Promise!" he added. "Just fix my hair already!" Celene giggled, looking towards Naroko and Hinaata with a wink.

"I don't know, perhaps we should let him suffer a bit looonger. What do you gals think?"

"CELENE!!" Flitch cried helplessly, knowing full well he was currently outnumbered and quite at their mercy!

Willow came over looking for Pandora again. "What in gods name happened to you man?" He asked Flinch. Then he looked around. If he didn't already have long hair he would be worried. Now all he had to worry about was getting it curled. "Just to let you all know I don't like purms." He said shaking his head. Mordrick was dieing. Laughing so hard he fell over onto the ground wiggling around like a worm.

-----meanwhile---

Pandora found a flower that dropepd some water on her rinising off the mud and luckly the pouch she was given was water proof so the herb wasn't ruined after all. She was just lost. "Hello?!" She yelled in the direction of her village.

Naroko was on the ground laughing now "can't ... speak"she managed to throw out"

"well, let's give him this warning for now " she said whil magically summoning her bow back " I think this is enough to give him weeks nightmares anyway" she giggled again at the thought of Flitch dreaming about the horrors of chick hair

" ... Can't .... breath" Naroko was almost done laughing now as her stomach was starting to hurt now. "guys we .. should do this.. more often" she said out of breath." The best laugh I've EVER had"

" No we should NOT do this more often!" Flitch cried with alarm, breathing a sigh of relief when the bow returned to its original home.

"I agree," Celene commented, finding a bolder side of herself. "Someone has to keep these boys in line after all!"

"What about you girls?!?" Flitch asked. "You gals are nuts!" Celene grinned a slight.

"You know I was thinking about fixing your hair back but with an attitude like that..." Flitch flushed.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry!" he said quickly, and a moment later Celene restored his hair. He looked notable relieved, patting it to make certain. He then looked towards Willow.

"Man, NEVER touch a girl's hair, that's all I have to say!" he replied, shaking his head.

* * * * *

Flitch's brother, still hunting for him, heard the female call and blinked a moment. Who was it's bearer? Dragonfly or butterfly? To the boy, it made a huge difference and would mean reaction. Walking towards the sound, he called back.

"Who is tehre? Are you lost?" he asked, in a voice similar to Flitch's. In fact, anyone might think it was, save for the brother used a slightly more refined speech.

Willow laughed. "No don't mess up a girls hair. I braid my sister's for her all the time. Never had anything bad happen to me." He said with a grin.

-----

Pandora fell down a bit surprised that someone answered her back. "Yes, well sort of. I'm in the right direction I just need to find the path back to the Dragonfly Village." She called back. She moved next to the water where hre blueish colored wings blended well and she was well hidden incase it was a foe.

Luna stepped out of thye house and began walking towards the weaver's hut. She hummed a song and then began whistling it. Soon she was singing it with her beautiful enchanting voice as she pracned through the grass.

Finally she reached the weaver's hut. She took a deep breath and stepped into the stuffy room/hut. Women were sitting aruond in a circle on benches weaving and sowing. Luna walked over to her seat and pulled out a sweater she was knitting. She began working on it. Her knitting needles made a soft click clacking sound and soon she was absorbed with her work and shut off from teh outside world.

"Well I know that NOW!" Flitch exclaimed, shaking his head. "Yeeesh, I'm going to be scarred for life now. Thank you VERY much ladies!" he grumbled, crossing his arms and giving a surly look. Celene giggled, quite pleased.

* * * * *

Ah, a fellow dragonfly then. All was well. Flitch's brother stepped forth, nodding towards the girl. "I am Dex," he replied. "I was looking for my brother, before we head back to the village. Perhaps you can help me look and we all might head back togetehr?" he asked, a brow raised.

Sage tilted her head. "Who's your brother?" She asked softly. "Maybe I can call him." She offered moveing away from the waters edge. She was startled by a fish and was already soaked so that didn't help. 'At least my wing feels better.' She thought to herself as she looked at the plants around her. She liked all the tall flowers. "Um. I'm Sage its a pleasure to meet you mister...?" She didn't know his name but she thought she would find out sooner or latter.

-----

Willow smiled some and nodded. "Sage once gave me a purm. My hair was curlier then a poodles. I was stuck that way for four weeks and three days." he said with a frown.

"Luna." said the weaver next to Luna.

Luna practically jumoped out of her seat because she was so startled by the womean's voice. "Yes Mara?" she asked the woman.

"Can you pass me the yellow yanr?" she womean asked indicating to a bundle of yellow yarn next to Luna.

"Sure!" Luna said handing teh yarn to the woman.

"Thank you." the woman said.

Luna nodded and went back to knitting.

"His name is Flitch," Dex replied. "And he was supposed to be home hours ago!" the young man gave a throughly annoyed sigh, shaking his head. Seems every so often he vanishes like this on all! Dad needs him though, heh... forging more weapons and whatnot. Flitch has that 'Magic Fire Touch' as Father always puts it," Dex explained, before bowing his head.

"Ah, where are my manners? It is a pleasure to meet you Miss Sage." He gave a deep formal bow then before her, as was his custom when greeting ladies.

* * * * *

Flitch arched a brow before shaking his head. "Wow... you poor man. What the Heck did you do to deserve that one?" he asked, genuinely curious. That one certainly did paint the most interesting mental images.. heehee. Poodle..

Sage smiled and nodded. "Yes I've seen your brother today." She said bowing lightly as well. "While I was collecting herbs today. My brother Willow is with him I can just call Willow to bring Flinch!" She said softly as she picked up a clover. She whispered something to it and then waited for some wind and let it go. Soon the Clover flew off and went to see Willow. "Now we wait." She said softly sitting down.

----

Willow sighed. "I put a tadpole down her dress." he said with a grin. "It was rather funny till she got angry and curled my hair. Then she made two pink ribbions stay attached because I nearly killed the poor thing."

((Don't know how big our characters are...)

"Ah, my many thanks," Dex replied with a light bow towards her, relieved. "I was afraid he had gotten into some trouble. "He tends to get ideas sometimes that lead to trouble after all," Dex stated, shaking his head. "Silly boy..." Dex spoke this way even though Flitch was the older of the pair. It did not seem to make much of a difference.

* * * * *

Flitch just about doubled over laughing. "A TADPOLE?!? You better count yourself lucky all you got was a perm man! Geeez! That sounds like a death wish waiting to be fulfilled right there!" Flitch arched a brow at the mention of pink ribbons and starting laughing again.

"That is too priceless man. Wow, these girls are dangerous to a guy's health eh?"

((I am not sure either o.o))

Sage nodded. "Your welcome. I see, Willow isn't much better. He pulls pranks that get him in a bit of trouble." She said softly as she staired at a few blades of grass. It was odd that there were only two and not anymore. She looked around noticing that was most likely from the last rains. "When was the last time it rained?" She asked softly not remebering. She figured the pond had flooded last time and killed or covered all the grass.

-----

Willow held up a hand. "She also glued flowers onto my bow and all my arrows, also stuck flowers on all my wepons and clothes. I did not live a happy four weeks and three days." He said with a sigh. "I lost much hard earned respect from everyone and was locked int he house for the last two weeks after there were no signs of my hair ever straitening again."

Dex shook his head. "I do not know why people simply can not behave themselves," he replied with a sort of exasperated tone. At the question of rain he smiled a slight. "Two days ago, a fairly heavy rain as well! I remember it quite well you see since I work with water. Such days tend to be when water magic is quite an interesting task to work you see." Interesting being an understatement. It was a wonderful sight to see he felt.

...Shame Father did not see it that way. He could only appreciate Flitch's talent.

* * * * *

"FLOWERS?!?" Flitch asked, laughing harder. "Wow... makes me glad I don't have a sister! All I have is a younger brother... but he can be a pain in my butt too! Always trying to get me in trouble with Father..." Flitch grumbled, crossing his arms.

Sage smiled some. "Really? I work mostly with plants. They probebly needed the water. Do you like working with water?" She asked intrested as she sat down on a rock. "Willow he works with the wind. Like both my parents. I didn't even know I had a brother or a father till I was six I think. Then we ran into each other. Apperantly my father didn't want a daughter." She said wtih a slight sigh. Her wings closed behind her. "But my mother she taught me how to be a healer and how to keep the plants alive and such. It a wounderful talant. All Willow knows how to do is use is skills to kill and injure things. Its rather cruel, hunting is I mean. I think we can get everything we need from the plants, and then we don't have to kill them. But few people see it my way. Not even my mother sees it that way which is kind of sad because she's a healer too." Sage said nodding. She gasped realising something. "Sorry I'm babbling and ranting and stuff. I appologies." She sighed she could never remember not to do that.

----

Willow laughed a little. "I could only wish for a brother. They could probebly take care of themselves. Sage is to friendly some times and gets herself in so much trouble because she doesn't want to hurt anything. It can be sickly annoying." He said softly sitting down.

"I do," Dex replied with a shrug. "Only problem is it doesn't help much at Father's forge. Flitch's fire can, but water is scoffed at there. Hmph. Mother used to see the use of it," he added then, and one could see the flicker of regret in his eyes. His Mother had been killed by a butterfly. Which, one would suppose, would be why he held a grudge against them.

"Oh no, it is quite alright," Dex replied. "I am afraid I do not understand either. But you should be entitled to your own beliefs. I am afraid it would be impossible for me to live without harming others. I have a promise to fulfill you see," he added.

* * * * *

"Sounds like it! Hey I know, you can take my brother! He is ALWAYS whining about favoritism! Like I even want it, I mean sheeesh!" He smiled a slight then.

"Besides, she has friends and a nice brother to look after her. So, she'll be okay," Flitch added with a laugh. "We all stick together and I'm sure we'll do fine."

"What's that?" Sage asked softly. "The promise I mean, whats the promise?" She asked with quiet a bit of intrest.

-----

Willow nodded some and laughed a little. The clover fluttered down and into Willow's hand. Sage's voice came out as it did. "Willow, Flitch's brother is lookign for him. If you don't bring him to the pond soon he'll find you guys. Hurry up! Oh I'm waiting here too and if I don't get home soon your so grass. Which'll be fun to easly full fill. I can make your hair pointy and green and everything. You'll look worse then Mordrick." She warned before the message faded and the clover fell to the ground rerooting its self.

Dex shook his head. "I promised that I would take down those who killed Mother," he replied. "I promised I would help my Father in this war against the Butterflies," he finally replied, his expression grim.

* * * * *

Flitch blinked, nearly jumping with alarm. "I don't know if that's cool or pretty fricking scary! " he replied. "We better get over tehre like NOW!" Flitch was up on his feet almost immediately, where Celene proceeded to hug him tightly.

"Take care please," she urged him. Flitch nodded.
"Heeey, I will. You too okay?" he asked, and she nodded a slight.

"Okay," she promised.

"See you guys later!" Flitch added towards everyone else, waving before looking towards Willow. "We better go meet them. My brother... well. It's best he doesn't see any of this, or where we meet," Flitch commented, shaking his head a slight. "He... wouldn't understand to say the least," the dragonfly fairy added, sighing deeply.

And that was probably the understatement of the year.

Sage gasped softly and became alarmed ."But thats not fair! Not all the butterflies are bad! You should only punish those who do wrong. You wouldn't masicure our village just because a man killed a women. You'd kill that one man. Why are you willing to wipe out a whole village just because of their wings!? Its not fair, innocent people who live just like us had nothing to do with it and yet you still declare its all their falt because they shair the same wings? Its horried! You shouldn't blame a race on what some one, or a handful of people did." She said softly she was upset when people talked like that. Wars, she hated them. She moved behind the rock and sat down so she was out of sight.

----

Willow nodded not likeign the idea of looking worse then Mordrick. Who was once agian laughing at him. He walked twords a path sort of waving to everyone.

Dex arched a brow, shaking his head. "You were the one that asked," he replied. "I merely replied. I have a promise to keep. None of the butterflies stopped their comrades from what they did. Hmph... besides. My Father informs me that is just the beginning of the sort of things they do." He paused.

"Are you saying you sympathize with their like?" he asked. "Hmph, just like Flitch. You should be careful. Those sort of thoughts will get you in trouble," he added, sighing softly.

"If anything, it's their fault. You have heard the stories I am sure. They are evil, deceitful beings... the likes of which pollute this forest." And it was clear Dex actually believed all that he said, and held no doubt.

* * * * *

Fliitch followed behind Willow, before he laughed a slight. "You know... it would have been funny to see your hair looking like grass..." he pondered, before breaking out laughing. "I would SO pay to see that!"

Before Sage could stop herself she had already flown over and brought her hand up sharply slaping Dex acrossed his face. "If you do not have the courage to go and speak to them, see what their like yourself then I'd advise you to shut you mouth about what their like." She growled. She moved away from him a good red mark left on his face. "You and your father are stupied if you think those stories are true, I do not sympathies those who harm. I will not heal them. But not every butterfly deserves that fate which you'll so easly place apon them. I don't need to sympathies, the dragonflies are just as bad if not worse about it. Always lieing about what their like genralizing everything. You people make me sick." She said angrly.

---

Willow sighed. Before he could say anything he got an idea. "Why don't we use your brother and turn his hair into grass?" he offered with a grin.

((wow heated convo=P ill work my way in again :]))

Hotaru was flying toward the meeting spot when she spotted sage who looked upset and another dragonfly who looked a lot like Flitch but had a more hating expression to it "Sage!!" she called out landing beside her "Sage, Sage whats wrong?!" she looked at the stranger who had a red mark on his face "did you.. did you do that?" she said in a half gasp, she couldn't have hurt someone the kind and loving Sagen who couldn't hurt a thing, slapped someone impossible