"When you gave me this Tushui shirt, I didn't think you had something like this in mind!" Taross
called back over hir shoulder to the yellow mouse sitting on hir back.

Pikacha, riding on the long lung-taurs back in her finest -and lightest- Alliance equipment, took a
break from taunting the dragonriders behind the pair to pat Taross on the back a moment "But
we're winning every race, you're the fastest 'cloud serpent' ever!" The sparkmouse chuckled before
she turned back to wave to the second-place racer, at least four lengths behind and in no shape
to ever catch up.

"But I'm pretty sure you're supposed to control your own dragon, dear." Taross answered as shi
took another loop through one of the courses hoops, feeling the enchantment woven in them give
hir a little boost of tailwind.

In answer, Pikacha poked gently into a shirt-covered side and tsked softly "It's not much different
than entering yourself in a race as both the mount and the jockey." She chided, causing Taross
to shake hir head and rumble a soft laughter.

"Ok ok, you made your point... win one chocobo-race and it'll haunt you forever." Taross laughed
again, redoubling hir focus on speed soon after "You know, you still haven't told me where you
even got a shirt with the order emblem on it in my size." Shi asked, changing the subject.

As the pair rounded the last bend in the track and crossed the finishline, Pikacha looked up at
the small barrage of fireworks rockets that shot up to signal the race end. She briefly paused
in the direction of four tall flagpoles with three long banners fluttering in the wind; two red ones
and one blue.

"Oh..." she eventually answered while hopping off to collect the prize for winning the race,
"I'm just handy with a needle and thread."

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This year's birthday gift to my big sis Taross! For the Alliance! ♥

Short story and Taross © by  tarossb
Pikacha © me
Drawn by  nikkyvix
Pandaren, Jade Forest, Tushui, Alliance -WoW related things- by Blizzard Entertainment