((Apparently, it refused to let me modify my post, but whatever. Here's the snake. )

(.........MAYBE!! DON'T HASSLE ME!!!!   )

Arwen just shrugged,"Why would they kill you? Lindsey and I are Vampires, I'm also a Demon, you're not much more dangerous then we are." she pointed out.


(Man, I can't seem to think of ANYTHING to write, I'm currently in a rut. )

(Yeah, sure, why not get a second snake. But this one will be MUCH LARGER, and I'll only have this snake.... )
Arwen just hid a smile, and didn't reply. She petted Selya, and suddenly noticed something else nearby. Arwen set Selya on the ground,"Off you go, little slithery critter." Arwen murmured something in Elvish, and the snake slithered away. Arwen grinned, and walked towards a tree. "Now THIS snake will make a much better pet, that thing could totally kill Zurn!!" she sounded quite happy. "And instead, I'll name THIS one Salya! Much more fitting, don't you think?"

Arwen just hummed happily, and reached out to pet the snake. "Hm? Oh, we can head back, in a minute..." She stroked the snake's large head, it hissed, and attempted to bite her, Arwen frowned,"Nry! Nry, Salya!" she snapped, the snake froze, and stared at her sadly, as though it felt guilty. Arwen just smiled, and petted the snake,"Come on, Salya." The snake slid out of the tree, and up onto Arwen's shoulders, she grinned, and started to walk away,"Guess I already tamed him...Or her. Whichever gender this snake is. " Arwen made a few, small hissing sound, Salya hissed back. "Salya is a female, she told me." Arwen said simply, and kept walking.

Shoy-Li looked over at Ki-Lang with an 'okay then' face. She just giggled lightly and followed Arwen. he also followed but was cautious to not frighten the others. Ryan hadn't fallen asleep yet and did notice the new body. He could also pick out the distinct human form. Arwen, Ki-Lang, and Shoy-Li were finally back at camp when Ryan completely ignored the snake and walked over to Shoy-Li. He stood there for a moment and studied the person and then finally spoke,"Who are you?" Shoy-Li laughed slightly,"Why aren't you going to kill me?""Do you want me to?" Ki-Lang growled quietly but Shoy-Li gently put his hand on her shoulder, a gesture for her to stay quiet."No, I would prefer you didn't, Ryan.""How do you know my name?""I'm not some mysterious guy you think that I am. Honestly, you know me.""Well, then, will someone please tell me who this guy is?""That's Shoy-Li." The voice was slightly surprising, it was Lindsey."No it's not. Shoy-Li's a-""Werewolf." Shoy-Li looked over at Lindsey,"Well you're quick.""How do you know that's really him?" Ryan asked, his 'gaze' still fixed on Shoy-Li."He smells like a wolf, just like Ki-Lang does. I suppose she's one as well..." She looked over at Ryan,"Honestly, it really is him. You trust me, yes?" Ryan sighed in defeat,"Yes."

Ryan was still slightly suspicious of Shoy-Li but let it go. Lindsey ended up dragging him away, trying to force him to sleep since he hadn't yet. Ki-Lang looked at Shoy-Li,"Why aren't you old like in your wolf form?" He turned to her,"Because I spend more time as a wolf than I do a human. When you stay in one form, you age. Switch to the other and you'll only age in that form. Since I use my human body every night or whenever I feel, I haven't really aged. So in my wolf body I really am a few hundred years old. In my human form I'm only twenty-four.""You're not much older than I am!""Techincally in my human form, no, but I can assure you I was born a few hundred years befor eyou were. Not five.""Why do you spend so much time as a wolf?""I like it better. They don't always face the same discrimination and age problems as a human does. It's quite difficult for me to die as a wolf. Wolves don't die of old age or health, they die of murder. A human however, has limitations.""When you were younger in your wolf form, did you have brown fur?""You sure do have a lot of questions, don't you? Yes, I did. But with aging it eventually turned white. I did have an interesting brown and white combo once...""What about your clothing?""That's one reason why it takes so much magic. You have to send your clothing somewhere else, until you need it again. I usually send mine to a forest or an unused dimension. Dimensions take more magic, so I wouldn't necessarily recommend it for you until you have better control over it.""Do you realize that you sound exactly the same as you do as a wolf?" He laughed at that remark,"I figured you'd say that. Though I don't know what would make you think I didn't sound the same.... I'm the exact same person, same personality, I just have a different body." Shoy-Li looked up at the sky,"Enough questions for tonight. You need rest.""What about you?""I'm fine thank you.""One last question.""Ok, fine.""Will you be a human or wolf tomorrow?" He seemed to take the question very seriously, hence the long pause,"Human. I'm almost completely drained of magic and I won't have it all back for a few days." He fixed his gaze back onto her and gently touched some of her hair,"Hmph, funny. It feels completely different with fingers instead of paws." She saw the slightest smirk on his face, then he locked his eyes on hers,"Please, go sleep. I've known you long enough to tell when you are exhausted." She sighed,"Alright... But if you're a wolf again tomorrow..." He laughed again,"I won't be. I already explained that my magic won't return for another few days, honestly." Ki-Lang rolled her eyes and then headed back off to bed. Shoy-Li sat on the perimeter of the camp and just relaxed, morning a few mere hours away.

Shoy-Li was still sitting on the edge of the forest when he heard the fight between Arwen and Zurn. He looked around a little bit, confused. Then he shrugged, got up, and started to walk around. There was a sudden, particular scent that he was pikcing up on, now he was even more confused,"Chris? What are you doing up?" He didn't even bother to turn around yet, he knew it was her."Wher-""He's probably asleep somewhere, don't worry. He'll be back in the morning." Shoy-Li finally turned around and stared at Chris, eyeing her emotions. She was definitely scared her brother wuldn't be back, so Shoy-Li tried to reassure her. He bent down to her size,"Don't worry, your brother's not that much of an idiot. He's a big boy and will be back soon enough. In the mean time, you need some sleep." He stood up and spund her around. Then he gently pushed on her to go back to the camp. Once she was gone, he turned around and headed deeper into the forest.

Shoy-Li found a high tree that had a good view of a nearby stream. It's definitely much easier climbing these as a human... He thought to himself as he looked around. No one was really around, except for Arwen. Though, at the moment he didn't know where she was, she could have been right behind him for all he knew. He figured that he would at least smell her first, but he wasn't sure how good his smelling was as a human. He had forgotten because he really never was a human and even if he was, he wasn't looking for anyone. He stared at the horizon and realized that sunrise was only three or four hours away. He'd just have to keep himself entertained and occupied until then. Even if he had to stay a human.

(^ Looky! ^.^ Right at five! Right at midnight would be waaaay cooler though.....)

(Ok, I have to leave soon anyway. )

Shoy-Li's head flicked in the direction he heard the noise, but he wasn't sure who or what it was. For all he knew, it could have been a marsell that had just been killed."Mine as well go see what it was..." he mumbled to himself as he hopped down form the tree and started off in the direction that the noise had come from. He stalked in the shadows, circling around a specific area. There on the ground was Arwen's limp body, she seemed unusually calm. A twig broke and he spun around, now face to face with the perpertrator."Why did you do this to her?!" He argued loudly."Because  I could and she was too stupid to do anything about it.""You can't just go aroud doing this to people, Ryan!" Ryan completely ignored Shoy-Li and walked over to Arwen's body, he held hs sword to her throat. First he examined her face carefully, then locked his eyes on Shoy-Li's."Aren't you going to try to do someting." Shoy-Li growled lowly and then started to lunge at Ryan. He skillfully dodged the blow, leaving Shoy-Li to bang into the tree. Before he went unconcious he looked over to Arwen's body. Ryan was right at her neck again with his dagger pressed against her neck,"Say goodbye Arwen." Ryan murmured, only loud enough for Shoy-Li to hear. Then Ryan slit her throat in one swift motion. He disappeared just as quickly and was now at Shoy-Li's neck,"Tell anyone, and you'll be next." Shoy-Li went unconcious at which point Ryan had slid the bloody dagger into his hands. Shoy-Li could barely see and saw Ryan walk into the abyss of darkness."Whoa. No dreaming." Shoy-Li woke up, shaking his head back and forth. He looked around and heard the same noise from his dream.(This is the part in the movie where Shoy-Li looks to the 'audience'.) He quickly got out of the tree and ran to the noise. Just like his dream, Arwen was laying there unconcious but this time it wasn't Ryan who had done the dirty deed....

Shoy-Li turned back to the person,"What the hell did you do, drug her?""Since when do you curse?""I do plenty, you just never hear it." He walked over to Arwen and picked up her body, sitting it against the tree."Now, what do you want? Other than to screw with my head a little."