The Gift of Light

If the Gift of Light is supposed to be a tree, can it be understood by a Leafspeaker?
Its literally a block of ice. There’s no way I can speak to it. It’s not a real tree."You’d be surprised by animus magic." Ah, yes. I forget you’re a Mindreader. "No worries, it happens all the time. Besides it’s fun to freak dragons out” His cheery NightWing companion was going to the tree as well, to record their findings. He might be able to listen in the the conversation with the "tree." Cacao himself, however, was just supposed to see if it is a tree. He is a LeafWing Leafspeaker. The best Leafspeaker currently living. And WHY IS IT SO COLD? Flying into the Ice Kingdom was like literally walking into a block of ice. They flew to the ruins of the Ice Cliff, where they met the Ice Prince."Welcome to the Ice Kingdom friends. The Gift of Light awaits." The prince gestured to the Kingdom. The Palace was on the other side of the territory. Great. We have to fly through an ENTIRE KINGDOM of cold. Fantastic."Well you’re a sarcastic one aren’t you?" His NightWing companion said with a laugh. He really did enjoy making dragons uncomfortable. The group flew for a while until the finally reached the Palace of Ice. And Cacao and his NightWing companion, Aquila were freezing. Almost literally. Maybe now we can finally warm up... or maybe not. WHY IS IT SNOWING ON THE INSIDE."Uh hey, I don’t mean to bother but why is it snowing on the inside of the palace?" Last time he checked, it doesn't normaly snow inside buildings. "The Gift of Elegance. It makes the walls mimic the outside, but it’s not exactly snowing on the inside. Now I know you two want to warm up so let’s get you to the old guest dome. We’ve hardly ever used it since Arctic... Let’s not get into that. The dome is this way." The prince lead the way to a Large dome made of solid ice blocks. It seemed to glow like firelight. Once inside, it was the perfect warm temperature for any dragon. Other than the IceWings. Cocoa felt like he could hear something. Like a glittery voice, reaching out. It can’t be."Hey, when can we see the tree?" He had to be sure. "You can see it now, if you’d like." He could see the repressed excitement in the prince’s face. Another reason why they want to see if he could speak to the Tree, is so that they might have a chance to produce more. If they get two, they may produce more from them. Trees that can be shared with the entire world. The glittery voice was getting clearer as they got closer to the tree. He told his companion of the voice."The way you describe it makes it sound like an IceWing mind. I wonder if it has some of the enchanter’s soul. This would be an incredible finding for animus magic. That could be why you lose your soul when you cast spells. It becomes a part of the object.""I see why they sent you on this mission. You’re incredibly smart." The voice was so clear it sounded like it was coming from his own head. He was staring directly at the Tree of Light. It glittered in the Light of the Moon Globes. It looked so beautiful, it’s intricate and delicate leaves, and limbs, and the trunk of the tree. He forgot that he was freezing, and embraced the glittery voice of the Moon Globe tree."Hello there. You are a real tree.""And you are a dragon. A dragon that can speak to me. You not a normal dragon. And neither is your companion.""I’m a LeafWing. You normally see, er, interact with IceWings. How do you know the difference between dragons?""I see more than you realize. I’m a tree, but not your typical tree." It’s strangely smart. The only other plant this smart was the Othermind... Hopefully it’s only because it’s enchanted."What do you want with me?" The glittery voice seemed confused, if a plant can be confused. This tree thinks it knows everything, and now it’s confused to see something unknown."Well, we wanted to see if I could understand you." Cocoa admitted. "We want to see if I can grow more of you.""More of me? How?""By taking a cutting or-""Cutting!?" It wasn’t hard to see that the tree was agitated. Even though there’s nothing it could do anyway."Um, yeah. A small piece of, well, you and then we plant it and make it grow.”"And that works!?""Yeah. It won’t hurt you." Cocoa didn’t know that for sure, but he hoped. Even though it’s literally a tree made of ice. None of this makes sense. He looked around the tree for a thin branch, it would be easier to brake and put in the ground."What exactly are you doing?" the prince seemed concerned. Aquila looked like he was about to burst with excitment."Looking for a nice branch to take so I can make a cutting," he called back."Oh, thats where you grow a peice of the plant by just putting it in the ground?" Looks like IceWings aren't very familiar with agriculture. Then again they can't exactly grow anythng anyway."Yep." He reached up and snapped off a decently sized branch, it wasn't too small and it wasn't too big with branches everywhere. Now they needed to get it in the ground. "Perfect. Now wheres a place where you want another tree. We need to go quickly.""Follow me," the prince said with a smile. He led them into a large courtyard. There were some dragonet's playing there but they were quickly round up as soon as they saw the trio coming. When he landed, Cocoa began digging a small hole, then put the branch in, sticking straight up. "Hello little tree..." From the perspective of the onlookers, Cocoa just looked like he was concentrating on the wet dirt. After a few long and silent minutes he sighed and raised his head. A minute later and the little branch in the ground began to grow up and outwards. It got bigger and bigger untill it was about half the size of the first tree. The onlookers where astonished. They cheered for Cocoa and the tree. Their question had been answered. Now they could share the Gift of Light with the world.
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