The Flames of Life

Chapter 4

The Rough Journeys

Hunter hands me a piece of quail and I gobble it down quickly. I still hadn't forgotten the incident with Blake yesterday, but I decide to push it away for today. I look inside my water bottle. It was empty.

"Guys! My water bottle is empty!"

Hunter yelled back, "Get a new one!"

"There's no more!"

Hunter runs towards the pack he had brought. There was nothing inside it. Hunter says, "Well, we're just going to have to go without water for a while." I ask,"Hey, Blake, what's your dragon's name?" He replies, "Melody." I remark, "So it's a girl?" He nods. I pet Vixie as I take out a hunk of meat and I feed it to her. I could hear her in my mind... "Silver! Silver!" I would always hear when she was still a baby. Night says in a low voice, "Quick. I can sense the Savages." Vixie says, "Yes. I do too. Their radiation is already affecting me. We have to depart now." I hop onto Vixie as Hunter packs up everything. Blake jumps onto Melody and we fly off.

My stomach grumbles. It's been almost a week since we flew. Our dragons are tired, there's not a good place to land, and everybody is starving and thirsty by now. We land at a small pond and our all of us added together, drank the whole pond, most of it was drunk by the dragons, though. We lifted off again as I sigh. I hold on to Vixie's neck, even though the house-like saddle already gave more than enough protection. We finally find a spot to land, but it's really high on a cliff. I look down and almost vomit. It was so high up! Vixie says, "We are all very exhausted. We shall find a place to regain our energy." Hunter yells, "I found a small cave!" Our dragons couldn't fit, so they slept outside. After the sleeping bags were set up, I fell asleep in a second.

When I woke up, Hunter was ready to leave. I say, "Why are you in such a rush?" He says, "Remember how long we flew yesterday? There's just a little bit more to go." I wake up Blake as we pack up everything. I wrap myself in a jacket and brought a blanket with me. I climb up onto Vixie and we fly off into the distance once more. I am ready to avenge my parents, and kill the one who made me lose my sanity.