"Alright.  Here we go!" she said as she jumped off.  She then smoothly began to ascend, occasionally flapping he feathered wings to get higher in the air.  "You both still okay?" she asked.

"We're fine. I think Zack is a little light headed from the hight though," Nathan said, looking back to Zack and putting out a hand to steady him, "Otherwise, we're perfectly fine."

"Ya, the hight is getting to me a little bit," Zack said, starting to press himself against Goldenscale.

"Here, I'll go a bit lower." she said, lowering herself closer to the ground to try and help Zach.  It was hard getting used to such altitudes when you reach them for the first time.

"Thank you," Zack said, starting to look towards the ground once he regained is stability, "I'm not too fond with hights. Something about hights just makes me dizzy."

"That's fine, you wouldn't be the only one. Being uneasy at hights is rather common," Nathan said, looking out to see the keepers, hunters, and foragers gatehred at the town gate, "The trip's about to end ayways."

"Alright, I'm going to land now then." she said with a purr as she slowly decended.  She then landed gently and crouched.  "I hope you oth enjoyed." she said with a smile.

Climbing down, Nathan and Zack turned to face Goldenscale and nodded.

"I did for sure. It's amazing to see the world from up high like that," Nathan said with a smile, "I'd like to do it again sometime, if that would be alright."

"It was nice, even if we got a little bit too high. I wouldn't want to do it again, but it was nice to see the plains up there," Zack said, smilling as well, "I think I'll be sticking on the ground from here on out though."

"I'm gad you liked it.  Everyone is entitled to their own opinion." she said with a wide smile.  She then frowned.  "I'm not sure how long I'll be in town though.  I left my forest for the first time to find something to help my family."

"That's fine, you're not the only flying creature around here. That, and with enough training, I might become keeper myself. I want to help those who Tyler harmed in his ways, but I wont be able to do that until I know what I'm doing," Nathan said, seeing Kial and Ahnah arriving, "I don't want to cause more harm than what I set out to fix."

"And in time you will make a great keeper. If you mother agrees, we can start your basic training tomorrow," Kial said, patting Nathan's shoulder, "Time will show great promise in you. You have plenty hidden away inside."

Stepping over to Goldenscale, one of the throdama nudged her side in an attempt to get her attention.

Goldenscale squeaked in surprise, but chirped in amazement at seeing her first Thordama.  She ruffled her feathers before folding them against her body and then gave the graceful creature her full attention.  "Wow, a Thordama.  They're amazing!" she gasped with glee.

"You're not too bad yourself natural one," the throdama said, stepping back to give Goldenscale room, "It's always a pleasure to meet one so close to nature. We all feel the energies that flow through you. The moon has trusted you wi much power, and trusts you more than anything."

She chirped in giddiness.  "Moonlight did choose me over so many others to complete certain objectives among Earth.  And it is a pleasure meeting you as well.  I might have to make a quick sketch of you or one of your kind later as something to remember by." she said with a purr.

"We will have time for that later. Right now, our warrior leader has requested we escort these human workers to the forest," the throdama said, buzzing its wings for a moment before walking back to its spot, "The hive queen ssays these workers will supliment our supply of food. Any help will be take as there are only so many days before winter arives again."

"If you're ready Ms. Goldenscale, we can set out now. It will be a long trip with this many people," Kial said, watching as Nathan cradled one of the hatchlings from Tyler's pens, "This will also be a good time to teach Nathan what a beastkeeper must keep in mind."

"Alright." she said with a nod.  "We can transport everyone faster if each creature here takes a human or two with them and make a beeline for the forest." she suggested, shruging.

"Unfortunatlly, there is too many people to do that. Not everyone here is a forager or hunter, but they all need access to the forest. Some of them observe the forest so that we know when to change the hunting grounds, and what we need to do to keep the forest in good health," Kial said, nodding to the throdama at the front of the crowd, "We can still make a straight line for the forest, there's nothing but plains between here and the forest anyways. The farms are located more towards the East and West ends of the town since the sunlight is never blocked by the town there."

"I honestly don't like traveling outside of my forest.  I keep getting so many different alerts from so many auras I don't know how to react to.  I also want to get back to my forest...  I don't like being parted from it now that I have been for about a night and a day..." she said quietly.  "But, let's go." she said as she straightened up and began to walk towards the forest, her sweet, sweet home.