Sitting on the bench, she begins to wonder about that other portal.  Wondering if she can get back in there and how.  In front of her a portal opens and out steps Zephyr.  Looking around he spots Emerald sitting on the bench.  Smiling brightly the young elf bows and says, “good evening milady Emerald.”  Beaming at the sight of her handsome young hero, “very well milord Zephyr.”   Smiling at her saying, “I’m glad to here that. What are you up today?”

     Pats the bench offering him a seat next to her she tells him about her day, about the confrontation with Tibis and how Wildfire decked him and the audience with the queen and being slapped.  Frowning Zephyr tells her that if Tibis ever does that again at ‘Start’ and if she see Wiggle Mince that she is to inform him of the incident.

     Wiggle Mince is a little old gray elf that is the creator of Fantasy Realm.  He is the rule enforcer.  There is several rules in is world that will get you banded Zephyr explains to her.

      One you do not threaten or harass someone at Start.  You get one warning then you’re banned.  You may defend someone or yourself said threats or harassment.

     Two you must stay within your characters social standing. The House of Lords only up hold this rule.  A gray elf female my not get drunk in public or act like a whore.)

     Three combats are not allowed on Start, you can do it on any other map but not at start.  Again you may defend your self if you have to.

     Four no yiffing at Start, or any other main map you can only yiff in Dreams. You may hug and kiss and stuff like that, but no actual yiffing.  Otherwise you can do what you want here.

     Smiling softly Emerald gives Zephyr a hug.  “How was your day?” Emerald asks curiously.  Hugging the little elf back he replies, “pretty good, I still feel bad about letting you down yesterday.”   Stroking his cheek Emerald says softly, “you didn’t let me down, if you hadn’t been there when Rogue took me I might be died now.”  Thinking for a moment giving her a small grin,  “well, what would you like to do today?”  Sitting up straight as proud as a peacock she answers, “would you like to see my Dream?”   Chuckling Zephyr says, “you have a Dream?  Sure, I would love to see it.”

     Together they get up and walk towards the Land of Dreams.  Going to the spot where her Dream had been, she looks disappointed at the gate.  It was blank again.  “It was right here where did it go?” she says perplexed.   Looking down at the beautiful elf answers her, “they only stay up for so long after everyone has left the dream.”  Sighing she turns toward the gate and slowly raises her arms uploading her dream this time as an experiment as she was concentrating on the dream contents she put in a portal back to her black room.

     Within a few moments the beautiful rose garden had returned.  Zephyr smiles at Emerald and opens the gate for her.  Holding it open for her to pass through then moving through behind her.  They head for the cottage as before it had the wicker furniture.  Satisfied that all is right she head for the stairs.  Followed close behind by Zephyr.  She waits for him at the bottom of the stairs and allows him to open the door for her.

     Zephyr opens the door and is amazed at the detail of the dream.  “God this must have taken you days to do.”  Smiling knowingly she says, “not really.”

     They move onto the house.  Zephyr recognizes the house from when he and his dad went fishing last summer. He looks down at Emerald, “I’ve seen this house before.”   Surprised she looks up at her friend, “really where?”   Shaking his head in amazement, “when my dad and I went fishing last summer, down at Morose Lake.”  Grinning knowingly, “Really? Wow . . . this is my grandmothers house.”

     They walk through the field down the narrow path to the house. “This is incredible Emerald,” Zephyr comments.  Beaming with delight at the complement, Emerald escorts him through the dinning room and out to the back porch.

     Out there he sees a large grove of trees to and part creek running just in front of it that seems to empty into a large lake.  He can hear waterfowl in the distance.

     To the right of the back porch is a water pump. Next to that is a small building that Emerald Informs him is a milk house.  Beyond that is a long building that he recognizes as a chicken coop.  To the left of the house is a building with sliding door that is open showing a carriage inside, beyond that is a large barn.  Zephyr can see in the field left of the barn some horse, to the right side of the barn, cows.  There is a calm about the place as he listens to the soft lowing of the cows off in the field.

     On the back porch is a couple of rocking chairs and a small table between them.  The table has a pitcher of lemon aid and two glasses.  There is a barrel of apples on one corner of the porch near the house and a basket of peaches in front of that.

      Emerald walks over to the chairs, “please be seated milord, unless you would like to check the lake out or any other part of the Dream.”   Grinning looking at the rocking chair thinking he would like to see the lake but could later sits in the rocker.  Emerald sits in the other seat asking, “would you like some lemon aid milord?”  The young handsome elf nods, “please, this has to be the most realistic Dreams I have ever been in.”

     “Thank you, I tried to remember my grandmothers farm,” Emerald replies, pouring the ice-cold lemon aid.  She hands Zephyr one glass as she pours her own.  Pointing your towards the lake Zephyr asks, “can you get back to the lake or is it just scenery?”  Glancing in the direction he is pointing answering, “you can get back there do you want to check it out?”   With a big smile he nods, “love to.”

     Together they step off the porch and start across the back yard to the lake.  As they pass the barn, he can see the horses and some chickens peeking about. There is a small orchard just behind the barn, with a variety of fruit trees.  Walking through the orchard Zephyr picks a peach and starts to eat it as they walk.

     Turning around noticing Emerald was not walking beside him he sees her frozen a few feet back.  Sighing he walks back and takes out his dagger slashing the lag monster making it release her.

     Emerald can feel and see the tentacles climbing up her legs holding her tightly.  Its presents seem to freeze everything around her. Pulling her legs hard not realizing Zephyr was cutting the tentacles.  She pulls free and runs into Zephyr as he puts his dagger away. Zephyr chuckles and puts his arms around her as she curses the lag monster.  “Some days they can be a real pain in the rear,” Zephyr says with a laugh.  Emerald laughs softly with him and gives him a hug.

     The to friends proceed to the lake.  The grass starts to thin and become a beautiful sandy beach there is a boathouse to the right with a long T shaped dock.  There is some water lilies floating in the water near the dock.  Ever now and then you can hear a fish splash as it jumps.   To the left is a long stretch of beach with a marshy area just beyond.  The water is crystal clear. Zephyr is amazed he can see the fish swimming in the lake.   Slipping her slippers off she picks them up and grabs the bottom of her skirt as to avoid getting her dress wet she water to the waters edge.  Smiling feeling the cool water licking at the feet as they sink softly into the soft sand.

     Following her example Zephyr pulls his boots off and pulls his pant legs up.  Walking to the waters, edge, he steps into the water.  He too feels the cool water licking at his feet as the waves come in gently onto the shore.  Zephyr turns and looks at Emerald she is standing looking down at something.

      He walks over to her and tries to see what she is looking at.  There, he see climbing up her legs is a transparent tentacle she tries to pull her legs free but is stuck. “What the heck it that?” Zephyr exclaims, graping his dagger out of his belt cutting at the tentacle. It retreats back into the ground and in her effect to get loose she lunges forward.  With a SPLASH she goes face first into the water.  Going to her add Zephyr reaches down and gives her a hand.  Soaked she takes his hand and gets to her feet.  Her silk gown clinging to her prefect form. Pulling the soft fabric away from her skin.  She looks down at herself.

      Zephyr grinning trying not to laugh.  She looks up at him and smiles then starts to laugh splashing him soaking his pant legs. Grinning he grabs her and starts to walk out too deeper water.  Screaming in protest and laughing.  Lifting her up as if to throw her in the water then he feels something grab his legs tripping him both going into the water with a SPLASH.  The water is over Emeralds head she surface and gasping splashing till she could grab hold of Zephyr who is trying to get to his feet.  Again they go into the water, struggling to his feet Zephyr gets to his feet taking hold of Emerald so her head is above the water.

     Together they start to laugh as Zephyr wades back to shore collapsing on the shore.   Zephyr looks over at Emerald, smiling then looks back out at the lake.  “What the heck was that the grabbed your leg?” Zephyr asks.  Pulling her garment away so its clinging isn’t so revealing.   Emerald answers, “I don’t know it has been grabbing my legs all day.”  Thinking watching some birds flies in and land on the lake, amazed at the detail in this Dream, he wonders how many lines of DL is in this Dream.

     “I would say it was lag monster but I never actually seen a lag monster just there affect,” he says.  Leaning back on her elbow on the beach looking out into the lake also. “I use to skinny dip in my grandmothers lake when I was younger,” she comments as she thinks back.   Nodding Zephyr smiles looking at her perfect form then blushes at the thought that just crossed his mind.  “My brother use to go to the lake and skinny dip when we would go camping,” Zephyr offers, trying not to think about the beautiful girl sitting next to him.

     Changing the subject he asks with a chuckle, “why did you put a lag monster in your Dream?”   Looking at her companion puzzled then chuckles, “I didn’t I didn’t even know what a lag monster was till this afternoon and it grabbed me at Start.”  Surprised Zephyr looks back at her, “really I thought everyone knew what lag was.”  She shakes her head jumping up looking down at the sand feeling things that aren’t there now.  Laughing at her reaction, “I thought I felt something.”  Chuckling, “got the hebee gebbies huh,” the tall young elf responds cheerfully.  “Something like that,” Emerald titters.

     “Come here and sit on my leg that way the lag can’t get you,” Zephyr chuckles.  Smiling softly Emerald moves over to the young elf and sits on his leg, wiggling her toes in the sand.

     “Have you see Tholin today?” Zephyr asked.  With a bright smiles she reply, “yes, I have spent good part of the afternoon with him.  He had just left when you arrived.”  Reaching up he slightly rubs her back, feeling the damp silk slip passed his fingers.  Emerald moves her shoulders enjoying the back rub, “how did you do on the test?” Emerald asks making small talk.  “Good I think I aced it,” is his reply.  Smiling turning around to look back at her tall friend, “that’s great.”

     “What do you know about computers?” Emerald asks.  Shrugging Zephyr says, “a lot why what do you want to know.”  Thinking trying to decide how to ask the question, without sounding likes an idiot.  “How does the Internet work?” she finally asks.   Leans back on his elbows thinking how to but it in simple terms, “well, basically it is bunch of computers hooked in together making a super computer.”

     “Oh,” she says thinking that is what she thought.  Getting a wicked grin on her face she gets up lifting her hem of her dress she laughs, “catch me if you can.”

    Laughing at the challenge Zephyr says, “your little legs can’t run fast enough.” Rolling onto his side to see her. Starting to get up with a big smile.

     Squealing she grabs the bottom of her dress and starts to run through the field back to the orchard. Getting to his feet he lets her get a head start knowing his stride would make catch her too easy.  Looking back over her shoulder to see how close he was behind her seeing him stand at the bench laughing, she stops. “Are you going to try and catch me,” the imp gray elf asks.  With that question he runs towards her.  She turns screaming happily, running through the field again.

     He just about to grab her when she takes flight, flapping her wings rapidly lifting off the ground. Looks up in amazement reaches up and grabs her foot.  His hand slips softly over her foot making her drop a slipper. “Hey! No fair flying,” he laughs as she hovers just barely out of reach.  She laughs, “I didn’t say anything about not flying, I just said catch me if you can. Heeeehaaa . . . ”

     Grinning brightly, “that is true.”  Zephyr jumps up and grabs her ankle pulling her done on top of him.  Her wings not strong enough to carrier them both.  Eyes wide as she feel herself falling landing hard into his arms knocking them both down into the field.  Zephyr grunts as he lands on his back and she lands on his chest, “ahhh, got you.”  Gasping the laughing, “looks more like I have you,” Emerald says as she sits on his chest.  Zephyr throws his hands back into the long grass giving her a chance to get up.  Taking advantage of her position, she gets up and starts to run again.

     Reaching out just catching her dress hem in his fingers, he grabs it causing her to trip and falls into the flowers.  A few yards away they hear Tholin laughing at the two. Looking up and in the direction of the laughter they smile. “Welcome back lover,” says Emerald.

     Zephyr smiles down at the little elf and gives her his hand to help her up. “Hi, Tholin, glad to see you.” Zephyr chuckles.  Taking his hand, Emerald gets to her feet.  Picks up her slippers she has dropped.  “You to look like you’re having fun,” Tholin says, as he watched the two starts to approach him.

     Zephyr still laughing, “she tried to cheat by flying.”  Beaming she moves to Tholin kissing him softly, then looks back at Zephyr,  “I didn’t say anything about not flying. I just challenged you to catch me.”

     Tholin returning the kiss to her soft lips putting a arm around her.  Chuckles, “next time go a little higher to compensate for your long dress.”  Nodding Zephyr walks over to the other two elves, laughing patting Tholin on the back, “how are you doing, friend?”  Giving Emerald a light squeeze Tholin response, “good, could do with a few less annoying sales demons.”

     Moves taking Tholin’s hand as they head back up to the house, Emerald says, “how did you know where we were?”  Grinning at the golden haired beauty, “I could hear you two.”

     They continue onto the house, through the orchard and passed the barn.  Stepping up onto the porch Zephyr sits on the porch leaning on a pillar.   Emerald and Tholing sit in the rockers.

     Looks around and notices a tentacle grabbing the ankles of Tholin and Zephyr, freezing them. Emerald pulls her feet up onto the chair not wanting to get caught by the lag monster too.  “Tholin, Zephyr! OH no . . . ” she says excitedly seeing Tholins dagger she grabs it and slices at the tentacle.  Quickly it retreats back into the ground.  So she slashes at the other tentacles.

     Tholin testing his system seeing if he as locked or just lagged, jumps up knocking Emerald off the porch as she tries to release Zephyr. “Eeeek,” gasps as she falls with a thud.   Zephyr freed from the lag makes a grab for her but is too late.  Lying on her back, the dagger stuck in the ground piecing through her dress.  Looking up at the to men they both looking at her with concern.  Tholin hoping off the porch retrieving his dagger as he helps her up, “you have had one hell of a time with lag today haven’t you, Em.”

     Smiling broadly thinking of all the times she has been knocked down by lag today, she starts to laugh as she rubs her bruised rear from the fall, “haha, ooow yeah hehe.”

     Zephyr tells Tholin about her falling into the lake because of the lag monster.  Tholin laughs, “you have had a rough time maybe you should log off for a while letting the lag clear.”

     “Tholin is right milady, I have to go study, so I’ll have to talk to you all later.” Says Zephyr chuckles.  “Bye Zephyr talk later and thanks,” Emerald says.  Tholin says good bye then looks inquiringly at Emerald.

      Zephyr waves his hand and summing the multicolored lights and steps into it disappearing.

     As he disappears, Tholin again looks at Emerald with a small smile, “what were you thanking him for?”  Holding on to his arm she climbs back on the porch, “oh, I had a run in with Tibis and he told me the rules of Fantasy Realm.” Frowning at the news the handsome gray elf asks, “when did this happen?”   Looking back at him not liking that frown on his face she says, “this afternoon after you had left.”  Wondering whether she should tell him the hold story or leave it at that.

     Still, frowning Tholin nods and kisses her lightly.  She can see he wasn’t going to let the incident go.  So she tells him how Tibis had grabbed her arm and how Wildfire had decked him for grabbing her. How the Queen demanded her presents.  She can see by his face that it was all he could do to control his temper.

     Forcing a smile Tholin takes her in his arms, “don’t worry I’ll make sure you stay safe.”  Kissing her forehead he signs, “damn, phone call.  I got to go I’ll try and come right back.”   Caressing his cheek she says, “don’t worry about me, go take your phone call.”  Summoning the @Gate, he glances at her once more before entering back into reality.

     Her cape is pulled tightly around her she moves into the house and goes upstairs to her bedroom there in the corner where her full-length mirror was is, what looks like a black mirror. She walks over to it and steps into it.