<strong>Zain Akdian<br/>The Next Morning</strong><br/><br/>As they walked down the road, Zain kept an arm around Segiyu's waist, supporting the tired girl and offering quite affection.  He only stepped away when they got out to a safe distance.<br/><br/>"All right, friends," he nodded, "Gather around.  This will take a few minutes."<br/><br/>The dragon king waited 'til they were in close.  Then he folded his hands in front of his chin.  Humming softly, he pressed them together, forcing the essence in his body to charge through his nerves, flow through his blood.<br/><br/>He closed his eyes.  His shimmering scaled slowly took on a luminous sheen as he began to chant quietly.  The easy breeze off of the river grew more intense, caressing their hair.  It rose to a brisk breeze as his chanting grew louder, tautening their skin with a pleasant chill.<br/><br/>Zain's shimmering scales now shed violate light.  His orichalcum shimmered.  The purple swirled around him, mixing with sun light, 'til the dragon king stood in the midst of a vortex of amethyst and gold.  The energy he built tugged on the wind, weaving the breeze around them into a slowly speeding vortex.  It built faster and faster as they watched, though they the winds were mostly calm in the eye of the storm.<br/><br/>Zain's chanting rose to resonating calls that the trees seemed to echo.  Then the vortex abruptly lifted them into the air and they were off, racing across the land towards distant Green haven.