"Good idea." she said with a yawn.  She then picked up Alekai and cradled her children to her chest as she curled up next to the willow tree.

As the night wore on everything grew quiet.

"I hope we're not intruding on you slumber Daughter of nature," a wind like voice said, sounding distant in Goldenscale's mind, "Glade and I wish to speak with you."

"You did not disturb me much, earthen spirits." she said.  She quietly got up and walked outside to where she could be inside the forest as well.

"That is good. Stormcaller told us about you. Let me introduce us, I am Windsinger and this is Gladskeeper,"   the voice said as two green dragons, one a dark forest green and the other a faded light green. The long light green dragon curled around several trees before bringing his head down to Goldenscale's level. "He spoke well of you," he said.

"He commends you for your efforts and loyalty to you home," Gladeskeeper said, her visage taking on the fusion of a tree and dragon, "Windsinger and I would like to wish you the best of luck in your search for the runes."

"I thank him for the compliment.  I watched and grew most of the plants within.  And I shall do my best in the quest for finding the runes.  I shall have the Earth's spirit guide me if I require help." she said with a smile.

Giving Goldenscale a quick skepticle look, Gladeskeeper blinked before smileing. "Oh, sorry about that. Sometimes I forget that Earthshaker and the spirit of the world share names. Either way, you would have been in good company to ask help from," she said, seeming to root herself into the soil, "This forest oulses with your aura. It is healthy and strong. No human would be able to harm it if they tried. When you return home to sleep once more, check the branches of the willow. You have earned what is there."

"I shall do just that then.  But no matter what, I shall treasure it.

"I'm sure you will. It'll get a little closer on your quest at any rate," Gladeskeeper said, smilling wider, "You make your mother proud, both Mayumi and Moonlight."

"I'm glad." she said with a smile.  "I love then both with my very being."

"I can tell. The forest reflects your deepest feelings. It is very connected to you," she said, the tree on her back starting to grow and match the trees around her, "You have a lot ahead of you."

"I am aware.  I have taken on more than I originally thought." she said with a sigh.

"What you are after is not a little thing. What you seek is an item capable of bringing legendary life spans to one's entire familuy so long as they possess it. This thing is very well guarded and hidden, only rarely hinted at within the stories of nature.Only one spirit knows its location for fact, but he has not been heard from since the dawn of creation," Windsinger said, the cloud like tendrils on his forelegs curling around and disguising his form, "The Arcanist, our brother, a spirit lost with the balance. Finding him will take you and Ahnah giving your best to restore this worlds elemental balance."

"Oh.  I was just hoping to make something from plants and see where that gof me, but if I must find the Arcanist, then I shall do so and do whatever it take." she said.

"Your experience with plants will help you along the way. The Shade, though imposible to defeat in its current state, can not harm those who have consumed a mixture called the blessing of nature. To remain safe, one must ingest the mixture once a day," he said, conjuring up an image of a pure white pearl, "Once can find the recipe in the reflection of a pearl of nature."

"Is that so.  But wouldn't we be messing with nature if we drank such a liquid?" she asked.