Under City Lights

"Do you have any siblings?" Tonakee asked coming to a stop under a big maple tree.

"I have one brother, I'm the youngest to. Though my brother was gone for half my life," Tonakee sighed. "He's back now so that's good."

"For a little bit, we don't get a lot of time to talk where we are. To many things to fix," Tonakee grinned. "I did get to pull the best prank ever on him."

"It took so long to put together and I had help from like forty people," she explained. "Pretty much I made myself into a statue and stood right outside his house. Anytime he asked someone where the statue came from they would shrug and walk away. Then when he decided to move it I asked him not to. He panicked and fell backwards, because the statue talked."

Tonakee laughed. "Reminds me of the time a let a baby dragon into his room. It took him an hour to get it out," she forgot that she wasn't home, and realized to late what she'd said.

Tonakee relaxed realizing that Terry knew about the 'supernatural.' She smiled. "I found a fire dragon. My brother had burned hands for a week."

"I don't," Tonakee gave a giggle. "He got me with a snake, which he knows will scare me because I can't see them."

"Oh, sorry I forgot you didn't know, yeah I've been blind my whole life," Tonakee explained.

"That's fine, it's a better reaction than most people. They usually start treating me like I can't do anything, which is annoying because I can usually do more than they can. Only because of my job though," she took a small breath. "Do you have a job?"

Tonakee gave another sigh and sat down in the grass. "So, are you able to tell me your real name, or do you have to stay under cover?" she asked remembering that the name she'd given before wasn't real.

"Cool, I've never met a siren before," Tonakee cooed. She picked up a stick that was near her, pulled out one of her daggers and began widdling it. "By the way when I said I'm from light years away, I wasn't joking, I would be what's known here as an alien. But really I'm an elf."

"Yep," she replied. "What about you? Are you from a different planet?"

"That's so cool, I love the smell of the ocean," Tonakee gasped. "Hey, can you hear it from here?"

Tonakee nodded in understanding, then she stood up, sheathing her dagger. "Done," she said holding a little wooden heart. An odd swirl like symbol was etched in the middle of it. She held it out to Tempest smiling. "I like you and want to keep in touch," she explained. "If you ever want to get together or you need help just press your finger on the middle and say please. If I'm not busy I can meet you back here."

"That would be amazing!" Tonakee grinned. "I don't think you'd be able to come to my world though. Seeing as how it is a long way from any ocean."