The girl struggled to hold in her laughter. The two people that found her are just to funny!
"You're as shapeshifter?" The girl asked
"In several different fleshes." The cat(?) replied.
"Dude that sounded gross." The boy stifled a laugh., "You hadn't answered my question?"
"Right. You want the short version or the long?" The girl asked, then added "Your names?"
"I'm Loretto, my friend is Vincent. You can call him Vin." The boy, Loretto answered, " We'd appreciate the short version. Along with your name, please."
"Wait! Wait. If you call me Vin, you got to call him Lo. It's only fair." The cat, Vincent was his name, commented. With that comment he earned himself a pebble to the face.
Smiling the girl said her name(Ibis) then started her story, "For this you'd need to know, I'm a goblin. And not the ones that you read of in the books. I'm the real version. The inly difference between our looks and that of the humans is our eyes, ears, teeth, and nails. Our eyes are all green. Just different shades. Our ears are pointed and longer. Are teeth resemble that of a cat. And our nails are pure black."
"And we have a lord. Just a lord no king or queen. That's how small are numbers are. Enough for all is g us to live happily underground. It just so happens that I am the chiefs daughter. Because I'm a daughter and not a son I can't claim the thrown. Since the ruler has to be of royal blood we go through a certain ceremony. It's a simple one, and is in no way short. The quickest way to explain it is hide and seek. I hide and all the males, within a certain age seeks me. The first to find me becomes acting leader until a male child is conceived and is of age. Or if they conceive a daughter, until she undergoes the same ceremony."
Having told her story the girl looked at Loretto. Finally showing herself she steps toward him. When she reached him she says, "And you are the one to find me. Lord Loretto. Has a ring to it doesn't it, hubby."