More kisses were trailed along Jude's scar, then Andarias was slowly pulling away. Gentle hands moving softly to readjust the boy's shirt and hide the scar from view. Then his hands were gone and he was bending over to pick up his own shirt, pulling it on and buttoning it only halfway up.

"I've never known my birth parents. I grew up in an orphanage. I used to peek into the windows of houses and watch the families interact. I would watch them sit down to meals or play games with each other. To me a family is something important, something to be treasured above everything. I can't understand how any parent could do something horrible to their child...but then...I have no parents, mine just left me somewhere. I like to think they had a good reason for it..that they wouldn't have done if it there had been a choice..but the truth is, I have no idea why I was abandoned."

He ran a hand through his hair and smiled at Jude. A soft smile. "Doesn't really matter now, I'm one hundred and fifty years old and certain that my birth parents are no longer alive."

Jude blinked, staring up at him sadly. "....I'm sorry." He sighed, moving and wrapping his arms around him. How terrible. He wanted to make Andarias happy... he didn't like seeing him so very sad.

His black hair shifted and he sighed slightly, closing his eyes as he inhaled Andari's scent. "C-can... I call you Andari? Your name is so long... and I'm afraid I'll say it wrong." He bit his lip hard, his eyes sparkling slightly. "Nnngh." He exhaled slowly and pulled out of the one sided hug.

He chuckled softly when Jude wrapped his arms around him. "You can call me Andy, Andari or Tidar...sometimes I go by the name Virsat." He shrugged slightly and when Jude pulled away from him, he caught the boy with his own arms and brought him back.

He lowered his head and whispered softly in Jude's ear. "But if it's you...You can call me by any name you prefer." He nipped very softly at that tender ear and then chuckled lightly again. "Mano rožė."

Mind if I join you?


Name: Kedi Alonso
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Race: Elf
Appearance: {click}
Bio: Kedi grew up with her grandmother in the forest, she knew nothing of the great war going on until the tragic death of her grandmother when all the secrets came spilling out. Angry with her grandmother for keeping so many things a secret she prepared herself and then made her way to the centre of the forest where things were at there worst to offer her assistance.

Jude blushed and closed his eyes, his lips parting slightly as Andy nipped at his ear. "I'll g-give you a nickname in time..." He blushed, nuzzling his face in his arm.

The sun had gone down hours ago and now broke over the horizon, Jude letting out a small hiss. "Nnngh..." He buried his face into Andy's chest, his young vampiric body still not able to handle the direct sunlight.

Kedi walked through the pathways that led into the forest centre. She was fuming. She couldn't believe that her grandmother would keep so much from her, though that was not what really got to her, what really got to her was that she was too dim to realise what was going on. To realise that she was living the most sheltered life that any elf had ever lived! She cursed as she walked. She needed to calm down but wasn't sure if she could. She had never felt this way before, she wanted more than anything to give up and grieve for her grandmother but after hearing some of the dirty underhand things she did, wasn't sure if she could bring herself to let it all go.

He chuckled softly, stroking Jude's hair. When the sun began to rise, he flinched slightly but otherwise the sunlight didn't harm him. Not physically anyway. It just made him feel a bit tired.

"We should get you out of the sunlight, Rožė." He picked Jude up, in that classic princess style, with one arm under his knees and the other around his waist. He turned his back to the rising sun and headed deeper into the forest. To the places where the sun would have a hard time penetrating through the canopy the trees offered.

He paused in his walking. Turning his head slightly. He had heard footsteps. Too light to be a lycans and not ethereal enough to be a vampire's. They were light and delicate footsteps. The footsteps of an elf. "I hear an elf. Sounds like a little one." He smiled down at the young vampire in his arms and began to walk towards where the elf was.

Raven got up and walked over to Rachello. "There should be some supplies in the cellar. I'll go see what's in stock" He kissed her on the cheek and headed downstairs.

Kedi looked around her, sighing slightly. She wasn't entirely sure which way to go. She whipped around, not even entirely sure which way she came. Then she heard it, footsteps, the soft rattle of a voice. She froze, quickly scanning around her for a place to go, not sure what to do. She took a few steps backwards, fear mounting in her chest.

It didn't take Andarias long to step into view of the elf. Still holding the young vampire in his arms and close to his chest, protectively and gently. His eyes landed on the elf almost instantly and he smiled. He had been right, an elf.

She smelled like fear.

"Greetings, peacekeeper." His voice, as usual was soft and light. It only hinted at the gentleness of his soul. He bowed his head to her, a polite greeting. "Are you lost, little one? We are on our way to the Elven Kingdom, would you like to travel there with us?"

Kedi stopped staring at the man. A vampire in his arms. She didn't really know what to say, though he seemed nice enough she was still wary of him. What did he know of the elven kingdom anyway? I mean Kedi hardly knew of the kingdom. She shok her fears from her head. She had to play along otherwise she would be stuck out in the forest forever, with no food water or blankets she knew she would not lat long. He was the only way she could garuntee survival.
"Hello," she repiled inclining her own head forwards so her soft brown hair fell, obscuring her face. "The elven kingdom? Why yes, yes I would love to accompany you."
Kedi took a step forwards, blinking before adding "My name is Kedi. You are..."

Rachello got up and followed him keeping a eye out for anything that thought it would surprise them down there.

When she introduced herself he smiled at her again, though he watched her carefully..something was odd about her..he hadn't recognized her face either. His voice as gentle as ever. "I am Andarias Tidar." He shifted Jude in his arms just slightly, getting a better and gentler grip on the boy. "This is my brother Jude Perisia Tidar."

He eyed her critically for a moment. It only took him a moment to come to a certain conclusion..or rather a realization.

"You've never been in the Kingdom..have you?" If not, then did she even know about the war, or what place the elves held in the war?

Raven and Rachello made their way to the cellar. Raven lite a lantern, and saw that the cellar was full of smoked meat and jars of blood.

Rachello looked at the jars then at the meet. "So where the occupants vampire or lyican?" She thought it was quit strange that such a combination would be there.

Jude blinked, staring at the small elf. He suddenly felt jealous and clung to Andy, his lips parting. He didn't want that girl near him. Andy was his... even if he didn't know it yet. He grunted and bit onto Andy's shirt, almost claiming right then and there, 'he's mine'.

Jude's black hair shifted. Did he just call him his brother? He blinked, looking up at him and blushing. Not brother... he'd like to be his lover...

By the look of it, the elf was caught off guard by Andy's question and Jude bit his lip. He exhaled slowly, awaiting her answer.

"Mano rožė," He whispered softly, quietly. A vampire's whisper, only loud enough for the boy in his arms to hear his words, lowering his head some to kiss Jude's cheek when the boy bit onto his shirt. "Now now..there's no need to be jealous."

He could feel the emotions that came from the little body in his arms. He held Jude even tighter and closer to him. "We'll escort her like proper gentlemen ought to. Then you can have me all to yourself again."

Jude grumbled and nodded, his lips parting a little. "But you're mine..." He whimpered to himself, then wrapped his arms around him. He sighed, his lips parting gently. "Nnngh..." He trembled and looked up at him.

Just escort? That was okay, he guessed... He wouldn't mind. He looked at the little elf and then back at Andy, sighing.

"I don't know" Raven said. "Perhaps this used to be an old elf storage cabin."

He chuckled softly at Jude's words. Hugging the little vampire a bit tighter and then easing his grip on him. "It'll be alright." He murmured softly to Jude, reassuring him that he wasn't going to leave him or abandon him for a female.

He looked off to the side..he thought he had heard something, but he wasn't sure. Then again, it could've been anything. A rabbit or a bird. Or his imagination. He frowned slightly for a moment, then smiled again. It had probably been nothing at all.

He nodded, hugging him close. He never ever wanted to let go.

He blinked, having heard some rustling too. He blinked, looking around and hearing a few voices. Instantly the smell flooded the air. Humans. Jude blinked, his lips parting gently.
"Rodger! You got us lost, damnit!"
"Oh Linn, shut your mouth! We're not lost. Camp is right up this way, I promise!"

Andarias cursed softly in that foreign language of his. Gripping Jude a bit tighter as he stared in the direction the voices had come from. He grit his teeth. "Humans...aren't supposed to be here."

He moved, setting Jude down on his own two feet. If he had to fight, he couldn't do it with Jude in his arms. He stepped a bit infront of Jude so the boy was half hidden behind his tall, slim frame. "Perhaps, we can send them away without a fight."

"A-andy... they've done nothing wrong... Let's just act as humans and send them back home." He smiled slightly, his lips parting a little. His fangs hid themselves and he adjusted his bag and hair.

"Linn, it should be right there..." A human emerged from the bush, staring right at the two males and small elf. "Guess not..."

"Maybe.." He whispered softly to Jude. His body only slightly tense as the humans emerged from the bushes.

"Good morning," Andarias spoke softly, with a light smile on his lips. His eyes not leaving the humans, and he kept his body between them and Jude.

The woman emerged from the bush and stared at Jude, smirking. What a cutie pie. She tugged her tanktop down. "My doofball brother got us lost. Have you two noticed another campsite here?" Her voice wasn't all that attractive to listen to but she tried to make it seductive for Jude's sake.

Jude blinked, holding onto Andy's shirt. He exhaled slightly, shaking his head. "No... we haven't. Sorry... Maybe you should retrace your steps."

"Ohh. Such a little smartie. See, told you so Rodger." She smirked, eyeing Jude like a hunk of meat.