Meena
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Meena woke to  small hands shaking her, "Mom! Mom, I'm thirsty, mommy."

"What?"

"I want a drink of water .." the little face begged with pleading eyes from
under a mess of rumbled hair. "Please mom."

She smiled at him, "All right, my sweet boy."

He smiled, "I get your robe!" he hurried to the hook, jumping up and down
to get the robe off the hook then dragged it across the floor and proudly
handed it to her as she crawled out of bed. She took it from him and
slipped into it, tying the drawstring loosely before heading into the
kitchen. For a moment she was disorientated, trying to remember where the
kitchen was.

She sighed. A new apartment, a new home .. a new life. A life away from
everything she'd ever known before. She'd done it once when she was
escaping from her father the first time. But she'd not been alone then.
She'd been with Devon. Now she was alone ..

Everyone at Cleft was nice enough .. but it would take time to get used to.

She found the kitchen and got the semi-patiently waiting 5 year old his
water. Demee smile and moved to a chair at the table and sat down to drink.

Meena moved out to the dragon chamber, and squinted at bit at the sun. Was
it that late already? She felt the warm air and could see it was going to
be a hot day. She wondered how long it would take her to get used to hot
hot summers and little to no snow winters way down here in Cleft. No more
sledding and skating at Norwall ..

Suddenly the warren shook! "What the heck!"

Vonn's head shot up as she looked out into craggy valley. Then she snorted
and lay back down.

<Vonn? What was that?>

<Syren is redecorating the hatching cave.>

<Redecorating?>

<Yes, some offending out cropping of rock ..>

Meena nodded, <We must not be far from the hatching cave then.>

<Nope .. not far ..> Vonn murmured as she closed her eyes.

"Can we go see?" A small voice asked from behind.

"See what, darling."

"The decorating," the boy stumbled slowly over the multi-syllabled word.

Meena shook her head, "Not today. Not until the hatching. You know it's not
a good idea to be near a queen and her eggs."

"Sammyantha doesn't mind."

"Sammyantha is your dragon toy, Demee. Much different from a real dragon
queen."

The boy shrugged, "You see mommy. Sammyantha is real."

Meena watched after the boy with a soft smile. At least he had a good
imagination. He loved that statuette which Naomi had given him. He'd named
her Sammyantha because she looked like Naomi's queen Amethyst, and that was
the closest the then 2 and 1/2 year old could come to saying the dragons
name.

***

Meena was taking Demee and herself to the med center for check-ups. She
hadn't had time to collect any records from Lilliana before they'd left.
She'd have to have Farr'in bring them sometime .. Yes, that would be nice.
She'd ask him when he brought more of her things from her Norwall apartment.

She was deep in thought when suddenly Demee broke from her grasp and sped
off in a run toward the med center, "Hi, An' Lenna!" he cried grabbing the
young woman's hand. "I'm Demee, 'member?"

"Of course I remember," the girl smiled at him.

Meena hurried after her son and began apologizing Farr'in's sister, whom
she'd never really meet but in passing. The girl looked a bit wan, "I
really am sorry .."

"It's all right," she said. "You're Meena right? I'm sorry we haven't had a
chance to be properly introduced yet."

Meena nodded, with a smile, "And you're Lenna." She then walked around
Lenna, first one way then back the other. the whole time her eyes were
moving up and down the other woman's body until finally she came to a stop
in front of her.... A mischievous grin came over her face, "You know I may
have just missed them... but I couldn't find the horns and tail Farr'in
told me you had."

***
<<Lunch time>>

By the time the two finished at the med center, it was Lunch time and so
Meena had Vonn come and get them to take them to the dining hall. She'd had
no time to start stocking her apartment yet, so had little other choice.

<Did you find a shady spot, my love?> She asked of her albino dragon as she
moved to strap her son in the smaller seat situated in front of her own in
the saddle.

<Oh yes,> Vonn told her, <The other dragon have been very helpful. They do
not want me to burn on my first full day here as one of them.>

<I may have to put more of your cream in the oil .. just to be safe.>

<I'll be fine.> Her dragon assured her.

Meena nodded, but made a note to add more of the sun screening cream to
Vonn's oil. She remembered the first and only time Vonn had burned her
sensitive skin. It had been painful for both the dragon and her rider and
Meena had been so upset that she'd let such a thing happen that she'd been
extra careful ever since.

Vonn was also careful, choosing only to lay in the shade of her favorite
tree just off the green in Norwall. But now she was far from that tree ..
<Take us to the dining hall then go back to your shady spot, love. The sun
is hotter here. You must be very careful.>

<I will, I promise.>

Meena crawled up behind her son, and Vonn leaped into the air, circled
around and headed to the dining hall.

Regards,
Meena & Vonn
***
NRPG: Barb, Now Lenna and Meena can finally meet. Thanks for that last
line, I loved it so I used it :)

Everyone else. I've put Meena in the dining hall and lunch, so anyone in a
position to meet her please feel free .. she doesn't really know any one
..Well Farr'in's family, but she doesn't want to push herself on them too
much :)

Kris
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