Ivan smiled and nodded, it was clear that they did and he wasn't going to stand in the way. Ivy blush lightly and smiled like no tomorrow, "thanks" she said then laughed as she remembered what she was wearing. "yeah people say that a lot even when I am covered in mud." she said then looked over at Ivan, "I want to show you what I am able to do, Grandpa said you could help me control it." she said and he nodded. "show me what you got." he said and Ivy smiled and her eyes changed to a yellow and she grew claws and pointed ears, soon infront of them stood a wolf. "grandpa said that you might be able to do this to, can you?" she asked as she walked over to him. Ivan shook his head "no, I can only hear animals not become them." he said and Ivy nodded then looked at Thomas and smiled happly

Thomas was amazed at the beautiful wolf she had transphormed into and almost gasped. "Wow," he said and Raindrop got a far off look in her eyes as she was rememinded of something. "Wait! That's it! She's an animorph. She can turn into animals.... The records in the great arcives mentioned certain desendent of the earth lord could do this.... Most of them could and do things like Ivan can also but I think.... Sense your siblings... The power was split." she said and smiled. "My sister and I shared powers.... Until she well... Never mind..." Raindrop said quietly and Thomas hugged her sholders. "Its okay.... You don't have to tell them right now... Later." he said and she nodded. Thomas looked at Ivy again and wondered how beautiful a goddess like her was acknowledging him.

Ivan kissed Raindrops head and smiled. "you dont have to tell me anything if you dont want to." he said as he looked at her and smiled. Ivy blushed slightly when she saw Thomas looking at her, no one ever looked at her like that since she could do this. All the usual guys stayed away from her since they thought she might hurt them. She then turned back into her human form and smiled at Thomas. "so how long are you three staying for?" she asked as she looked at them

Raindrop smiled and huged Ivan. "Its Ivan's call...." Raindrop said and Thomas shrugged. "I don't know.... I've actually been here for a few weeks. I tracked Ivan all the way here to his roots.... People always go back to their roots...." Thomas said and smiled miscieviously seeing the elder huff.

Ivan smiled, "lets say here for a while" he said happly and kissed her head. Ivy then looked at Thomas, "why where you tracking my brother? I mean did you follow him here or come with him here?" she asked as she looked at him. The elder looked at the thomas, soemthing wasn't right about him.

"I tracked him here. I followed them.... Raindrop was in danger.... And I missed her at her house... So I came here...." Thomas sai and Raindrop smiled at him. "You. Tracked us?. That's a first." she said and he grabbed her playfully and lifted her. She laughed and he set her down. "Things have changed.... I'm alot stronger than the last time you saw me."

Ivy smirked, "I would like to see how strong you are compared to me." she said and smiled wickedly. She may look like a frail little thing but really she could take on at lest five men that are twice her size. Ivan laughed as he thought of a fight between them. "yes, I would also like to see that." he said happly

Thomas smiled misciviously at Ivy and dropped into a fighting stance. "Bet you Thomas wins..." Raindrop said and giggled. She looked at Ivy and shook her head and was amazed at how much she was like Ivan. "Alright I'll take you on." Thomas said grinning.

Ivan smiled, "dont count Ivy out yet, if she is anything like me she will never give up with out a very very good fight." he said and Ivy droped to all fours. Claws seemed to come out of her hands and she looked at Thomas, "first move is yours." she said and almost purred as she said that. She wasn't some little girl who was weak, she was strong and liked it that way.

Raindrop smiled knowing only too well that Thomas wouldn't either. "Well.... I thought Thomas everything he knows..... So don't count him out either...." she said and watched as thomas circled Ivy and smiled. "I would never do that to a girl." he said and Raindrop sighed. "He's going to pay for that... He always makes that mistake." raindrop whispered.

Ivan chuckled, "yeah he is going to." he wihspered to raindrop and smiled as Ivy let thomas circle her. "if that is what you want but I am not going easy." Ivy said and her eyes shifted that to cats eyes and let her claws dig into the earth. She then finally made her move and it was amazing how fast she moved, In less then a second she had THomas on his back and was pinning him to the ground.

Thomas was shocked at Ivy's speed and taken off guard when he was forced to the ground. "Redo.... I wasn't ready...." he said laughing and with amazing speed he turned over pinning her under him and got up his fists glowing red. "Well, now the fight starts." Raindrop whispered and raising an eyebrow at Thomas. He rolled his eyes at her and turned back to Ivy.

Ivy smiled wickedly at him, "oh, your good but no that good." she said and something slimy wrapped around Thomas waist and her eyes changed that to snakes and she fully turned into a snake. She quickly wrapped herself around him and her head was next to his ear. "got you." she said and sqeezed him slightly.

"I don't think so." Thomas said and began to glow red. His body then was enveloped in fire and it made her get off quickly getting scorched by the fire. He smiled and stood in front of her. "I think I'm a little too hot for you to handle." he said and Raindrop rolled her eyes. She looked at Ivan and whispered,"Something tells me they're evenly matched.

Ivan chuckled and nodded, "yeah maybe your right." he said as Ivy hissed at Thomas. She then slowly turned into her human form and smiled at him. She had a a few burns on her skin but she hardly felt them, she was use to pain since people sometimes attacked her since they where afraid of her. Par of her shirt on the back had been burned off and you could see some scars but she started to laugh, "I think this has to be the most fun I have had in a while." she said as she looked at him and smiled

Thomas smiled and let the fire around him die away. "That was fun." he said catching her laughter and laughing too. He smiled and looked at her a little worried. "Are you alright though? I didn't burn you to badly did I?" Thomas said hoping she would be okay. Raindrop looked at Ivan knowing only in a matter of seconds he would go to his sister and heal her. It was just who he was. And she would help by supplying him with water for the burns.

Ivan ran over and looked Ivy over, "you okay?" Ivy laughed and smiled at Ivan, "fine, just a few burns, nothing to worry about." Ivan sighed and shook his head, "your not alright, you have burns everywhere." he said as he started to go to work on her. Ivy just sighed and knew that she should trust her brothers judgement that was becaue she could hardly feel pain anymore. She had been hurt so many times over the years that pain was almost nothing to her. After a while Ivan looke dat Raindrop, "could you put some water on them." he asked and Ivy looked at Thomas, "next time I won't go easy on you."

"Of course," raindrop said and waved her hand gracefully and gently water was trickling on Ivy's burns. Thomas grinned at Ivy's obvious bravery and said,"then I wont go easy on you again either." he said and watched as raindrop waved her hand. He remembered her teaching him how to be gentle with his powers and how she had nurtured his powers with her own knowledge even though his brother had taken everything from him. He wished he could be with her or someone like her.... She was so soft and gentle that he felt she evened out him and his rash and strong personality.... But then when he looked at Ivy she just made him want to kiss her... She was so different from him but yet they were the same.... He was so confused.

Ivan smiled at Ivy, "you should be okay now." he said as he ruffled her hair. She was really something, most people screamed from burns like those. Ivy smiled at Thomas, "I wouldn't have it any other way." she said and wlaked over to took Thomas hand, "now come on, since it is your first time here I want to show you around." she said and smiled.

Thomas was surprised at Ivy's touch and looked down at her soft hand. He then looked into her eyes and smiled. "Alright, that sounds fun." he said and smiled at her. He let her lead him away through the town forgetting about everything else except her. Raindrop smiled as the two walked off and hugged Ivan. "they look so cute together...." she whispered and kissed him softly on the lips.

Ivan smiled and hugged her back. "yes they do" he said and kissed her back. Ivy showed him around the town happly, showed him everything and all the secret places she had found. But just as she was showing him the hearb shop someone chucked a rock at her head. It was a little boy and he yelled at her "get out of here you beast." The rock had drawn blood and it ran down her face and neck. She just sinced and ignored him.

Thomas turned on the boy angerily and flames ignited on his hand cauding the boy to scream and run away. thomas looked at Ivy worriedly and tore his shirt sleeve and gently wiped away the blood on Ivy and the fire on his hand only caressed her. It didn't burn her at all. "Why would a little boy do that? Have they no manners in this town?" Thomas growled angry that he couldn't have stoped the rock from hiting her. "Are you alright?" he asked and produced a water canteen from under his cloak and ripped off his other sleeve and poured water on it and began to dab her head with it.

Ivy looked at him surprised but finally said, "they do that because they are afraid of me, afraid that I might go crazy and kill them all, they are afraid that something might happend to me like when Ivan killed our parents. So they make sure that I know who is the boss." she said softly and then looked down "and I am fine, I dont feel pain anymore." she said softly.

Thomas kissed her head softly and said,"Everyone feels pain..... Even if we get used to it or ignor it.... We're all still human.... We feel pain..." He looked at her lovingly and stroked her cheek. "You couldn't scar me. Not unless you did something stupid and got hurt." he said softly. He ment it too. he couldn't stand the thought of her being hurt.

Raindrop wrapped her arms around Ivan's neck and kissed him passionately and sighed. "Well..... Any ideas my handsome man?" she whispered and kissed his nose playfully.

Ivy was a little surprised and she felt tears in the corner of her eyes. No one ever wanted to stay close to her and no one ever said things to her like that, including grandpa. This made her so happy to the point in which she was going to cry. She couldn't help herself and she hugged him as the tears spilled over.

Ivan smiled and kissed her back, "we could go back to the house." he said as he wrapped his arms around her and smiled at her happly. "or we could get something to eat."