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kariq-ya Zodiac

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Date Posted: 21:07:46 06/26/02 Wed

She watches with those silent golden eyes, kariq-ya, a guardian. Old, old, but still vigilant, always strong. Always watching, forever protecting. The trees sway very gently at her passing as her pawpads touch the forest floor and leave no prints, there is no weight to her.

Slowly she seems to solidify, borne of the wind of the forest, the black-caped wolf with intense golden eyes. Only daughter of the GreatOne... Zodiac.

In her mouth she gently carries a child... a child with a black cape like hers and alert green eyes. Slowly she pads over to WindChaser and Natil, placing the pup at their feet.

"Her name is Piper... I know this is sudden for you, but my child is not kariq-ya... I can not care for her myself..." Her voice is strange, as if carried on the wind. "I wish for her to grow up with the OldWays..."

She turns to WindChaser, her intense golden eyes filled with compassion, gentle strength, a fierce personality. "This world, this Earth, is still very young. Evil did not exist here, in the beginning. This world's balance, the balance at which it is the most healthy, the most nourishing, pure, is without evil. Perhaps this world's balance would have stayed so if Kmitza had not come here from OurWorld, her father had not followed her with his Darkness, but you must understand that OurWorld is very old. There is no balance there, there is no distinction between Darkness and Light, and though OurWorld began much like Earth, OurWorld is dying."

"The Healers could not combat the DeathMakers, it was not in their nature, they were creatures of pure Light, the purity of the beginning Earth. The Killers can not outright slaughter the DeathMakers, that is evil in itself, Death is for the Earth to decide. The Killers should always be on the defensive, to protect the Earth from the DeathMakers, because in the DeathMakers very nature is the Earth's imbalance."

"Do not be fooled, however, because in the Killer Clan's very nature is the capability of the same Darkness. Your true combat is within yourself. Always ask yourself, while you protect this Earth, if what you are doing is evil... for if you do not, you may become as Dark as the DeathMakers themself. It is your duty to seek balance within yourself, and prevent the spread, and eventually effect the demise of the DeathMaker Clan."

She moves to Natil, gently licking his muzzle... "My mother has a place for you by her side..."

As she pads away from them, slowly becoming transparent, she says "My kind are always watching... and I will always watch over my child."

And then she is gone.

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