This choice: Tyra gets a tour of Skyaira. • Go Back... After Tyra and Myrrh had both dried their tears, they slowly broke the embrace and gently touched foreheads, looking at each other with a sisterly-like love. Tyra was still shaken by that had just happened. She had experienced some type of psychic link with Myrrh, allowing her experience the fear of being attacked by three possessed men, seeing a man trying to help her, only to be mortally wounded by a gun shot.
"Do you understand now, Tyra?" asked Myrrh, softly. "It's best to allow your family and friends to believe that James Walker is dead, at least for now. They will grieve your passing but deep down..."
"...deep down, they'll know I'm still alive." said James. "They just won't know how."
Myrrh nodded. "You will eventually be able to tell your family the truth, when you learn to control your magic." she said. "This is so you will be able to..."
"...ensure they keep the truth hidden from the rest of the world." you finished. "I understand now, but... what now?"
Myrrh smiled. "It's time to see your new home." she said.
With that, she spread her wings then, with her fingers, counted down from three. Not knowing what to expect, Tyra spread her own wings then gave a surprised scream as the floor beneath her vanished and they both fell, the floor reappearing above them. "You're crazy!" you screamed. "We'll be splattered all over the ground!"
Myrrh laughed, her wings turning a shade of white and yellow. "Use your wings, sis." she said. "Come on, give it a try."
Tyra flapped her arms, desperate, causing Myrrh to laugh. Unknown to Tyra, her wings were turning a shade of indigo, as she had seen Myrrh's wings change when 'James' first met her.
"I never had wings before!" protested Tyra, crying. "Help me!"
Myrrh, realizing that Tyra was having trouble, quickly dove close enough to touch Tyra's head, giving her the knowledge and she immediately slowed her decent and flew back up with Myrrh following.
"I could have died... again!" said Tyra, annoyed, not knowing her wings were turning a color of black.
Myrrh blushed. "Sorry... sis." she said, her wings changing a shade of pink. "I would have caught you if you had failed, this is how we teach our children to fly, much like birds teach their young."
Baffled by the color changes, Tyra calmed down slightly. "I guess that makes sense." she said. "What's with the color changes, do they reflect your... err... our mood?"
Myrrh smiled, her wings returning to a white color. "Yes, that's exactly what they do." she said. "Good deduction, Tyra. White is happiness, black is anger, Indigo is fear, pink is embarrassment..."
"Okay, I get it." said Tyra, floating above the ground. she turned and let out a low gasp as she saw where she had come, a large piece of land, floating above the clouds! "Woah..."
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"That small building there, that's were we were?" she asked.
Myrrh nodded. "That is the hospital, separate from the mainland." she said. "Come, fly higher with me and see it all."
Eager, Tyra flew higher and gazed in wonder as she set eyes upon the main continent before her. It looked like an islands in the ocean yet, they were thousands of feet above the Earth. "This is unreal." she whispered.
Myrrh smiled. "Tyra, my sister..." she said, "Welcome to Skyaira, your new home."
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Although Tyra was completely blown away by what she has seen thus far, she heard what Myrrh called her and threw her a confused look. Catching on, Myrrh smiled. "My mom used a piece of her essence, or life force, to rebuild you, remember?" she asked. "That makes you her daughter, my sister. If I had donated a piece of my essence, you would have likely become much younger, and my daughter."
"It's all a bit confusing." said Tyra, wincing.
Myrrh nodded. "As I said, its complicated." she replied. "Basically, you were magically reborn through a different mother, hence you became a different person, a Misterian."
Tyra nodded, not wanting to get too deep into everything just yet and allowed Myrrh to continue the tour. She led her new sister further inland until she pointed down. "That's the common areas." she said. "Its where we shop, trade, mingle, work, and so on. It's still early so, no one is out yet."
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"Why are there no roofs?" asked Tyra, confused.
"So we can all simply 'fly in'... of course." replied Myrrh with a giggle.
Tyra giggled back, thought nervously, her wings turning slightly pink. "Um... yeah, of course."
Continuing to fly inland, Tyra noticed that there was a lot of trees with little signs of 'civilization'. Again, picking up her thoughts, Myrrh giggled. "We are a telepathic race, Tyra." she explained. "We don't pry into other's minds but we can hear each other's questions and concerns."
"So why don't I see any major city down there?" asked Tyra.
"We Misterians like to share our world with nature." replied Myrrh. "We don't fight it as humans do."
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Finally, Myrrh took my hand and gestured me to stop and land on a wide but even path before pointing ahead. "That is the main palace." she said. "It may look ancient on the outside but it is quite modern and comfortable within." she smiled. "We keep it looking that way to honor our ancestors."
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"It's incredible!" said Tyra, her eyes wide with wonder.
"It's home." said Myrrh. "Our mother is queen Minerva, the ruler of Skyaira. Would you like to meet her?"
What does Tyra say?
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