LeeAnn watched the young hatchlings emerge from the egg shells. LeeAnn sat right beside the eggs as the small griffins were the first thing they saw. Immediately, they glomped LeeAnn causing her to fall to the ground. They licked her face and squeaked thinking she was their mother. Obviously, her griffin she rode picked them up and placed them back in the nest until their real mother arrived. There was something about baby animals the brought out the best in LeeAnn. Though, right now she felt uneasy around Kazimir for the first time.
She had been emotional the past few days every since the outburst in front of her comrades. Causing a scene like that really made her knees wobble, even today. She felt humiliated and stupid. Though, the talk about Illumin tortured her and still does. Kazimir was clearly a victim of her moodiness and she be handled with care. She felt bad with how she treated him, while more it ate at her like a parasite. She laughed a little with the baby griffins, this made her want children more, but her ears lowered at the thought. Wiping it away, she hid her feelings and admired the small little innocent beans of fluff. "Kaz...aren't they..." she started. She trailed off seeing how dead pan he was. Her facial expression turned to a little bit saddened and looked away. "Never mind. I need to think" she mentioned.
Turning back, she started to walk away to think. Nearby there was a stream, she walked to the area. Sitting on a rock she thought about her past and how she treated Kazimir. The feeling of guilt was overbaring her and not wanting to confront the issue. The reflection shown something she did want to see. A skulled demon with the head shaped of a dear, she splashed the water. Obviously, it was only her imagination. There was NO monster behind her.
Suddenly, she felt a all too familar pain in her stomach. "Crap....please no" she whispered. The stress and anxiety was now catching up to her after the past several days. Her stomach churned with a nausea and her chest started to hurt severely. Her visioned blurred. LeeAnn started to cough up blood. A tall figure was in front of her, a man. A man with pink hair and a scar over his face. She knew him.
"Uncle...Simon?" she spoke then blacked out. Simon Nakamura, a kings guard and a lightning mage, rushed over realizing it was his niece. "LeeAnn! Don't worry I gotcha" he whispered. He picked her up into his arms and saw the griffins. The fiesty griffin screeched in distress, warning everyone around him that someone was approaching. It flew down to Simon and screeched once more, proving that they were not a threat to be messed with. It started to attack him as he started to dodge left and right. Not wanting to hurt the creature, he casted a stun spell that would freeze the creature for a few minutes. He walked past the griffin calmingly.
"I mean no harm! I just came to check the area since I heard there were poachers, but seems like I found something else instead" he said. He looked up at the Rune Knight in front of him. "My niece passed out by the stream, I assume you two were on this job together? She's gonna need medical attention stat! She was coughing up blood earlier" he said, slightly panciked.
Leeann slowly woke up, feeling worse than before, but hid it. Trying to prove she was healthy, she held her head and stared at her Uncle. "What...are you doing here Uncle Simon? I thought...you retired" she asked. Obviously, she was in no shape to even sit up again. Her uncle sighed and had lie down. He dropped a few dissoluble tablets into a drink of water and gave it to her. "Here...drink this. It will help keep your symptoms stable for now. Just rest" he spoke. The griffin, whom was stunned earlier, gotten in front of Simon, protective of LeeAnn. The three hatchlings stood in front with feathers puffed up all cutely, trying to look threatening.