-Color: Veins of a New World-

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A small boy, about 3 feet, awoke on the dirt floor of the forest. It was night time. Many tall trees surrounded him. He had a horrible headache. The only things he remembered was his name, Steelio, and a vague image of a giant tan man, his skin torn, and sagging all over his body. It pained him to remember his face. On it was a morbid smile. He remembered the mans foot coming down onto Steelio's face, he remembered that perfectly, then it crushing his skull. Before he had awaken on the forest floor, he heard an echoing yell, "Nooooooooo!"

He sat up. He was curious about where he was. Steelio stood up and began walking. Though he didn't know where he was going. He looked around noticing a long, blue, serpent like creature. A curious smile spread across his face. He sat down next to it and waited for the serpent to awaken.

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A young female human woke up in a pile of leaves. She sat up tired, and dazed. She looked around, it was rather hard to see. She noticed in her hands she had glasses, though the lenses were broken. She scratched her head, trying to remember what happened. She remembered her name, Bri, and that before she was in the forest, she was in some sort of spaceship, falling down onto a planet. The part she remembered clearly was when the ship crashed. Hundreds of explosions filled the ship. She was jostled forward and the last thing she remembered was smashing her head against the cold ice. Along with Steelio, she had a terrible headache as well.

Her blonde hair was bloodstained although she didn't feel any pain, nor were there any wounds. She decided not to stand up, and instead, just rest.

Steelio responded with a blank expression at first but then said smiling, "Uh, hi." He stood up, "What's your name? Mine is Steelio." He skipped backwards, put his hands behind his back and swayed.

Raik clawed at his brother's paw, not even caring anymore if he hurt him.  He caught- slipped.
He wasn't sure what was happening.  It was a blur, the snow from the cliff above falling around him.  He was dimly aware of his brother's scream as he fell too, and the ground rapidly approaching-

Raik awoke with a start, his pale green eyes flying wide open.  Wh-where was he?  He remembered his name, but nothing else.  He got to his feet, dismissing the odd memory as a bad dream, and looked around.  There was another canine shape next to him.  He walked over cautiously and sniffed at it.

And then he remembered.

"Kairn!" He barked loudly into his brother's ear, "Kairn get up!"

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Kairn was dimly aware of a sound.  Slowly, he awoke, but he didn't open his eyes.  Someone was yapping straight into his ear, which didn't help his headache.  He grumbled something unintelligible even to himself before rolling over onto his stomach.
What was going on?  He couldn't remember...
Kairn.  That was his name.  And the voice that had now worriedly gone quiet belonged to-
He opened his eyes.

Raik.  His brother.  He remembered little else, but at least he had family with him.  He groaned, squinting at the light around them.  He had no idea where they were.  "Raik..." he mumbled, then cleared his throat, "what's going on?"

Safina woke up laying against a old oak tree in the forest. Her eyes were green from crying, but she wasn't sure why. There were places on her white dress that were singed, as if they had at some point been held against an open flame. Safina looked around, unsure of where she was. She knew her name was Safina, she was a Dryad, and... And... And what?

Safina looked at her hands. Light green to the point where they were almost white, just as she knew they would be.  She remembered a fire... In a forest much different then the one she was currently in. She was running, just running. The smoke was choking her, making her lungs burn and stinging her eyes, making the path in front of her distorted. A tree fell in front of her, fire rising from the branches. She was surrounded with flames, then... Nothing?

Safina stood up and looked at te night sky through the branches, confused as of how she was still alive- or if she was alive, at that matter. She should be dead, shouldn't she?  Safina shrugged.  It was best not to ask if a good thing happens to you. She let her feet feel the cool dirt beneath her. So many nutrients were in the soil. It felt good to her. Safina smiled as she began walking through the woods in the dark, looking at the different plants in the area. She hummed a tune that was just thought up in her head. Safina couldn't remember any songs- she wasn't sure why- so she just decided to invent one and see how long she could keep a tune going. It made sense and was a small form of entertainment when alone.

Raik shrugged. "I remember falling," he said helpfully, causing Kairn to shake his head sadly.

"I do too," he said, "but that doesn't really help us now, does it?"
Kairn got to his feet, allowing his canine instincts to take over. Wherever they were, they needed food, water, and shelter. And it wouldn't be bad to find other people too, if they could. The simplest way to start was to follow your nose. And so he did.

"Follow me," he calmly ordered his brother. He didn't have to look back to know that Raik was right behind him. And so he followed the scent, unsure where they were going. But it had to be better than where they were.

Ilene was invigorated by blood in the air as she sliced cut down one foe after another. That's when a glowing white figure appeared, and the last thing she saw was blinding light. The next thing she knew she was laying face up on the ground, moonlight drifted through the trees over head. She scratched her head What was that about... where am I? Ilene had an endless list of questions, but no answers. "Huh, at least I still know my name" she said aloud. "I wonder if there's anyone else around."

Ilene started to scan her environment. Trees, trees, tress, and more trees. Oh wait whats that? Something large and blue caught her attention, it appeared to be a reptile of sorts. Next to it was a boy, for some reason she didn't consider this to be odd at all. She started off towards them without a second thought.

Raik kept alert, or, more accurately, curious, as he followed his brother.  How did he know they were brothers anyway?  He didn't know.  It was strange...

He noticed something ahead of them, other than the trees, and perked up.  He was about to mention it to his brother when he realized that Kairn had stopped walking.  And he hadn't.  He bumped lightly into Kairn, then took his place at the side. There were two very different creatures who seemed to be talking, and another somewhat behind them. He thought they looked lonely.

Kairn looked at Raik.  "Be very quiet, I'm not sure wha-"
"Hello!"

Kairn growled under his breath, but didn't make a move to escape as Raik loudly greeted the beings in front of them.

Steelio said bluntly, "Were in a forest, that part I know." His little voice suited his petite body.

His mind was jumbled. For some reason, he kept thinking his name was Fear. I'm not Fear, I'm Steelio. A scrambled voice with terrible grammar spoke back to him in his head. No, you am is that the being be off of Fear. He did a mental pout and responded with, Fear is scary and bad, I'm not Fear.

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Bri sat up, looking around. She heard someone say, "Hello." Someone was nearby. She stood up. Her legs felt terrible, everything hurt, though there were no wounds. She stumbled a bit but made her way through the forest. She peeked out from behind a tree, seeing the group.

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"Is anyone out there?!" She called, her voice wavering, before fading into sobs.

Safina stopped humming when she heard a voice. Someone sounded sad. She felt the need to help the owner of the voice calling to her. Safina followed the sound of the sobs, ducking behind a tree so that she was close enough to see the owner of the voice without being seen.

It was a small dragoness that was slithering through the ground. Safina watched it for a few moments, hesitating before stepping out from behind the tree and towards the dragon. It seemed scared and sad so she should help it. Safina walked up to the dragoness and smiled. "Don't be sad- if you need some help I'm right here. I don't know how I can help but I'll try," she tried to keep her voice as friendly as possible. Safina for some reason didn't find seeing a dragon strange to see- maybe it was because they were both species thought to be mythical, or maybe it was because Safina thought seeing a dragon is normal since she didnt have any memory stating otherwise.

Safina looked at the dragon. Poor thing was scared half to death. "No need to apologize. In truth, I don't know where we are either," Safina smiled. "The only thing I remember is a fire. I thought I was supposed to be dead. I honestly don't remember if I could even use any magic. I guess we can try to get our memories together." Safina placed a hand on a tree, examining the tree bark on it. "I've been trying to look at the bright side- there's lots of vegetation here, so lots of food. And we're alive, right? So that's some good. I do wish I remembered some songs, though," Safina sat down next to the dragoness. "Oh, and my names Safina. Just remember it as Sah then fin like a fish then uh!" Safina frowned, "that probably just made it more complicated, though. I think I just confused myself."

Raik took a step back, somewhat intimidated for a moment. Then he realized that the large blue creature was, in fact, very friendly. He grinned back, "I'm Raik, and this is-"

He was interrupted by his brother giving him a stern look, though the expression was near invisible to everyone else. Raik lowered his head slightly and let Kairn take over.

Kairn cleared his throat, raising his head so that he was closer to eye level with the newcomer.
"I am Kairn," he stated simply, "we are arien wolves."

He narrowed his eyes the tiniest bit, causing Raik to dip his head even lower, "And who are you?"

Safina smiled and nodded at Gwyneth, "sounds good! I won't leave you by yourself." she jumped up and landed on her feet. The dirt on the ground felt so good to her for some reason. Safina looked around, "So where would you like to look first?" Safina waved her right hand out in all directions, a way of pointing to the world around her. "we could see if there are others around, or look for some food, or.... yeah."

Raik sat down in front of Faez, back to grinning. Kairn, seeming resigned to let him take over, still refused to sit.

"Well, we're wolves that-" Raik's tail stopped wagging and his ears lowered.
"I-I don't remember..."

Kairn, to Raik at least, seemed genuinely worried about that lack of information, but didn't say anything, letting Raik continue.

"It must not be important," Raik said, smiling again, "if I can't remember. Oh I have a question, though. Any idea where we are?"
Raik winked at his brother, feeling very responsible for remembering to ask that. He didn't notice when Kairn sighed.

"Nope. I thought this was your forest," Faez said.

He gazed about him once more, taking in the foliage and the night sky.

"...I like the trees."

Safina was looking in the direction of the sound also. She nodded in response to Gwyneth's question, "I think so." Safina wasn't thinking that there were any dangers in the current area- she figured that if whatever was nearby wanted to attack, it would have already done so. It could be some friendly creature to socialize with. At the thought Safina smiled, turning to Gwyneth.

"We should go check it out- there could be someone here who could help us with our memories. I mean, I'm curious right now about just what made the sound, aren't you?" Safina's face was lit up with excitement as curiosity took control of her. She didn't wait for the dragon to reply as she began walking to the direction of where the sound had come from, talking with a calming voice, "Can you please come here if you understand what I'm saying? I think you could help us."