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Melzie, nickname for Melaina, is my maraquan albat. I found her scurrying along the outskirts of Altador when I was a yellow eyrie. She was starving, and one of her legs were bent in an odd position... she most likely dropped out of her nest. So I brought her home, fed her, cared for her leg, and eevr since then we were the best of friends!

Matt is melzie's pet. After Melaina and I were painted maraquan, we went to the waterfall more often. I don't swim, but I watch my albat swim around a lot. She loves the water... I only let her swim in the shallow areas, though. ANYWAYS! One day Melzie got the fleas so I took her to the neopian hospital and they took out a little pincher. We decided to keep him, after Melzie and the little guy played tag.

I'm so tired of being here…
I'm suppressed by all my childish dreams.
If you have to leave, I wish that you would just leave.
Cause your presence still lingers here and it won't leave me alone.
These wounds won't seem to heal…
This pain is just too real…
There's just too much that time cannot erase.
When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears,
You'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears,
I held your hand through all of these years,
You still held… on to me.

You used to captivate by your resonating mind.
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind.
Your face, it haunts my once pleasant dreams.
Your voice, it chased away all of the sanity in me.
These wounds won't seem to heal…
This pain is just too real…
There's just too much that time cannot erase.
When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears,
You'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears,
I held your hand through all of these years,
You still held… onto me.

These wounds won't seem to heal…
This pain is just too real…
There's just too much that time cannot erase.
When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears,
You'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears,
I held your hand through all of these years,
You still held… onto me.
I tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone.
But though you're still with me, I've been alone,
I'm alone.

These wounds won't seem to heal…
This pain is just too real…
There's just too much that time cannot erase.
When you cried, I'd wipe away your tears,
You'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears,
I held your hand through all of these years,
You still held… onto me.
Onto me… onto me… onto me…

Trudy
Trudy. Yes, Trudy was her name… She had very dulled down white tusks, and her fur was a sparkling scarlet which glistened in the sun. She was always smiling, her cheeks a very rosy pink and her freckles moving up with her dimples. She was a tuskaninny, and a very pretty one at that. She and I were friends ever since the day we both hatched. My guardian and her guardian were neighbors. We lived beside kiko lake, and that is where we played the most. Being a finned creature, Trudy could swim already. At the time, I was only a yellow eyrie, so obviously I could not swim. Trudy took the liberty to teach me, and for that I am very grateful. We started to just wade at the edge, letting the cool water splash against our wrists. Then we started to dive in. I loved watching the bubbles floating up and popping once it touched the surface. It was a new world… a fantastic wonderland of blue and green. We let the seaweed tickle our bellies as we passed by the uni rock, a hard structure shaped like a uni, with the mane, head, the horn, and two front hooves. That was where we met every day to start lessons. I was able to hold my breath for so long, that I could be just like Trudy, a water mammal. My guardian realized this and decided to save up and paint me maraquan. I was ecstatic, but saving up was a hard task. I had to wait. When we were tweens, we decided that we were old enough to really go deep in the water. I inhaled deeply, and we both dove in. Kicking my heels and swishing my tail, and slowly made my way to the very bottom. It was very dark, and we held to each others' paws, in case we would get lost. We finally reached the bottom, and swept our tails against the floor. It was soft and sandy, and it felt good. We just lay at the bottom, smiling at each other in the darkness once our eyes started to adjust. Suddenly, I sensed a movement behind me. The silhouette of two big eyes and millions of sharp teeth formed in my eyes, and I tried to scream. All that came out of my mouth were bubbles and a small wheezing noise. Trudy turned her head towards me and saw it too. Immediately, she grabbed my wrist and we swam as quickly as we could upwards. Towards the light… out of the darkness… away from here… Trudy was well ahead of me and I looked over my shoulder. I saw it now: it was a big sea monster with big red tentacles and razor sharp teeth. It roared menacingly, making us swim faster. We were almost surfacing now. My head popped up out of the water. But where was Trudy? She was ahead of me. I gagged as I tried to inhale, but took in only a little air. I dove back down, and I saw Trudy. Her red fur was easy to notice underwater. But so was the ominous red tentacles and pink head of the big monster right behind her. Seaweed tangled her arms, wrists, tail and her fins. She was frantically trying to get out. Go! Go on without me! Trudy cried, her tail still twitching. I shook my head but my paws couldn't move. Why was I frozen still when my best friend was in grave danger? Why?! The monster's tentacles wrapped around Trudy's still so petite little red body and it ripped the seaweed from her arms and tail, and dragged her back into the darkness. I was still glued in place. No… No… No, this could not be happening… It was only when I realized I needed more air that I exploded out of the lake. The day was sunny and the sky was blue and clear of clouds. I would have been happy and celebrating such a grand day, but I couldn't. I had to tell my guardian… Trudy's guardian would be devastated. I was devastated. I just sat there, at the edge of the lake, and bawled my eyes out. It was only when my guardian approached me that I told her everything…

Kyle
Because of me… Because of me, Trudy was dead. I could have helped her. But I didn't. Trudy's guardian forced us out of Kiko Lake and we moved away. My guardian was upset greatly, but she did not blame me. Why? I had every reason to be blamed.

We moved to a swell place. It was in the middle of a forest, with a well in the front yard, and there was a stream nearby which led to a waterfall. I was utterly and completely depressed. I would visit the waterfall and just sit at the edge of a rock, looking into the deep water, listening to only the soundtrack of the falls, beating against the cold stones. My world was empty. Trudy was, definitely, my everything. That was the day that I learned to not make anything my everything… Because once I lose everything I have nothing. But some lessons learned are forgot. Yet this everything still is everything. I hope that I never lose her. While I visited the waterfall, glum and silent, I saw a bright orange thing surfacing the water. I blinked my eyes. The little thing poked its head out. It was a maraquan albat. The little creature cocked its head at me. How I found out it was a she and how I named her Melzie, but all I know is that I love her. But at the time I had two everythings. When we moved here, another neighbor approached us. She had a red eyrie named Kylafortus III and I always giggled at the name. We were not exactly friends at the beginning. But soon he let me call him Kyle and we were more than friends… We grew up together, and soon we visited the waterfall together with Melzie. When we both were the age of fourteen, Kyle told me horrid news… He was being sent to fight in the Tyrannian War out of his, and his guardian's, will for at least a few years. I started crying abruptly, and I leaned on him. He reached out, and hugged me tightly. His feathers were so warm… so comforting… and I would not be able to feel them again for so long. I buried my face in his chest, and he rocked back and forth to comfort me, while putting his nose in my hair. I felt him breathing on me, but I didn't mind. Soon, Kyle was no longer there to be with me to go to the waterfall and just talk on and on like we used to. I grew to be seventeen when I finally heard the dreadful news… Kyle was not ever coming back. His funeral was held several days later, and his grave was near the edge of the forest. His guardian moved away to try to forget the awful happening. I stayed here. Why did this happen? Was I cursed? Did… everyone I loved… end up dying in the end?

I was wading in the creek that led to the waterfall with Melzie swimming by my feet. I then heard a splash. I looked around. Kyle…? I shook the thought out of my head. It couldn't possibly be him, no. But the splash erupted again. I turned around. I saw a dark silhouette move. I went closer: I am ever so grateful to Pandora for her curiosity, ha. The figure suddenly hid behind a stone. The figure interrogated Sapphorah, asking her why she was there. She replied, Is this place yours? He supposed not. He finally revealed himself: a dark green eyrie with odd blue markings and shadow wings. His name was Jerix. Ever since then they became great companions. He told Sapphorah about his curse, and she now works to help break it, even if it means gaining it herself.