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Vix

I looked over at Kai, who was sitting on the chair, his arm clutched around his stomach.

“So you got a girl huh?” he asked.

“Yeah,” I said. “Don’t  become an Aud.”

“Who?” he scratched his head.

I shook my head. “Its nothing.” I laughed lightly.

“Does Irena know?” Kai asked. “About your new girlfriend.”

I spluttered. “Irena’s alive?!”

Kai’s eyes widened. “You didn’t know about this?”

“I thought she died… I almost forgot about her,” I looked at my feet.

“You forgot about the girl you gave a promise ring to?”

“If you lost the person you loved the most, would you want to be thinking about their death constantly? I have enough issues, Kai. I don’t need to burden myself with so much more,” I fingered Grima’s necklace.

“Vix…” Kai looked up at me. “She wants to come see you. I got a letter while I was working for the Harns, it was from Irena, saying that she couldn’t reach you and was wondering if I could tell you. I didn’t know where you went either, after you moved to ‘get a job’ I completely lost track of you. So did she.”

“I thought she died in that fire!” I yelled. “I was over her!”

“She isn’t over you,” Kai said. “She told me about how she sleeps with that ring on. She misses you, Vix.”

“This messes everything up,” I put my face in my hands.

“Yeah, it really does,” Kai said.

“I hope I die in this battle,” I grumbled. “I am such an idiot.”

“For dating that girl? I don’t really think so,” Kai said. “She’s pretty.”

“Irena, or Rita?” I growled.

“The latter of the two.” Kai said innocently. Then he grinned. “She really is pretty.”

“If you have a crush on her I will rip off your arm and slap you with it,” I muttered.

“Let’s not do that,” Kai said. “What is there for fun around here?” he looked around at my room. “You chose a very boring life, my friend.”

“Sure. Ever ride a cliff?” I said, getting up.

I stood at the top of the crystal valley. Kai’s hair was messed up from the ride over here.

“Never put me on a dragon again,” he said, sway walking in a diagonal line.

I patted Triton’s head. “Hey, Triton enjoyed those loopty loops.”

“You name the creatures?” Kai said, shaking his head to regain focus.

“They’re more than just creatures, Kai, get over it,” I rolled my eyes. “If you want me to let you stay with us, you have to give the dragons a chance.”

“So how does one ride a cliff? I hope it goes in less loops than a dragon,” Kai said, sitting down on the ground.

“Hold on, I need to find a perfect aero crystal,” I scanned the area behind us.

I walked over, and found a piece of amber-milky looking crystal that was shaped like a large piece of bark. I selected another for Kai, and handed it to him. I set the crystal down on the ground. I sat down on it, testing its solidness. It felt pretty good.

“Ride the cliff like so,” I said, pushing it over to the edge, and sitting back down.

I scooted forward the slightest, and the crystal went forward. The air rushed in my face, and I went down pretty fast. The ground below me was smooth, which made for a good ride. No jumps though. I heard a girly scream from behind me. Grinning, I turned around to see Kai coming down not too far behind me. He screamed again.

“WHY DO I LET YOU GET ME INTO THESE THINGS?!” He yelled.

“BECAUSE I’M NOT A WIMP!” I yelled.

“SAYS THE ONE WHO WOULDN’T TOUCH A SNAIL!” Kai called after me.

Ah yes, the good old days of snail-phobia.

“JUST ENJOY THE RIDE, KAI!” I yelled back.

I kept going down, navigating the crystal to zig zag around. Somehow, I ended up in the air. ''What the Thor? ''I looked up, and saw Tumble’s underbelly. She rawred something, and it sounded like distress.

“AAAH! Get me doowwnnn!” Kai shrieked.

“Kai, there’s probably trouble!” I called back to him. ''Is it Rita? Are we under attack again? ''I peered around, and noticed smoke near the Guardian Base. Oh no… I grabbed onto Tumble’s side, climbing up onto her back.

“C’mon girl, let’s go see what that is,” I said, urging her forwards, faster.

I swear, if anything happened to Rita… what if the same thing happens to her that happened to Irena? We flew forwards, passing by the usual places. ''What if there’s something more… the whole world can’t just be a cave. Or can it? ''What if there was something else out there? As we drew closer, I could smell the smoke. I coughed. There was a few small buildings that were burning, that were in the same direction as the base. Good thing the base wasn’t that close. Bad thing for the people here. I saw some of the other guardians come over with their dragons. I had tumble dive down onto the ground.

Holy smokes. Bad phrase… I looked around at the little roads. This place is tiny. Like my old town. Rita landed beside me.

“What happened?” she asked.

“I have no idea,” I replied.

“Vix! Do you know what this place is?” Kai called behind me.

I looked at one of the houses. Gods no.

“Wait, is this… is this where you’re from?” Rita asked me.

I nodded. I rushed into the first house that I saw. I know this place. I know this place very well. There were shrieks everywhere, and tiny kids crying. I heard someone cry for help from inside the house. I could recognize the voice. No, no no no. I got down, crawling to find the voice. “I’m coming!” I called. The person gasped, then coughed. I crawled in further, looking for the person. Where are they? Then I noticed some blood and skin under some boards. I got up, crouching.

“You in here?” I asked, coughing from the smoke.

“VIX? I got this house over here!” I heard Rita yell from outside.

Thank the gods she’s safe.

“Yea,” the quiet voice replied. “Vi-“

“Hold on, I’m getting you out,” I said, lifting up a board.

I swung it aside, grabbing another. It revealed more of the person. I held in my breath. Irena was covered in blood and soot. I grabbed her arm under her shoulder, and started pulling her out. She screamed.

“My legs!!” Irena cried.

''This is the second time she’s been in a fire. ''I lifted some boards off of her legs, and scooped her up. I tried my best to be carefully. I ducked under a board that fell from above. I got to the door, and pieces of wood fell, blocking it. I kicked at it with my foot, but we were stuck. Then there was a roar, and the wood fell down, with Tumble in front of the doorway. I coughed, and stepped out. I walked over to the grass, nearly stumbling. I placed Irena onto the ground. As I got up to go to another house, Irena grabbed my hand.

I turned around. Her chocolate hair was burnt and matted. Her once flawless skin was now coated with scrapes and ash, her beaming vivid blue eyes full of tears. She studied me, not letting go of my hand.

“Vix, where were you?” She cried.

I noticed the silvery ring with a red gemstone still on her left ring finger.

“I thought you were dead,” I said, kneeling down.

She coughed violently, the veins standing out in her neck. That doesn’t look very good… “I… I don’t… I don’t even know what to say.” she coughed again.

“Um you should probably get some medical help,” I leaned over to lift her up.

She shoved my hands away. “Stay here with me.”

“Vix? I need some help over here!” Rita called from behind me.

“Babe, please, no,” Irena grabbed my hand with her left.

The ring on her finger was hot, and nearly burned me. “I have to help her. I’ll come back.”

I got up, going towards the house that Rita was in. I looked back, and noticed Kai approaching Irena. He better not tell her anything. She was helping two people around our age out, one of which was severely injured. How am I supposed to introduce Rita to Irena? And vice versa? But wow, even with ashes in her hair and on her face, Rita looked really pretty. I put my arm under the injured boy’s, helping him walk out to the open. Rita followed with the girl.

“I wish I had some water,” I muttered.

“I do,” Rita said, going to Nebula, and getting a bottle.

“Thanks,” I grabbed it from her, going over to the boy.

I dumped a little onto his legs, and then onto his arms, washing off the blood as gently as I could. I made sure to keep the ash out of the wounds.

“Babe?” Irena called through a coughing fit.

I winced. Rita looked at me weirdly as she knelt, talking to the other girl. I gulped and walked over to  Irena, sitting down beside her.

“We need to get you to a hospital, that coughing is not a good sign,” I said.

“Please, stay here,” she put her hands on my head, pulling me close to her so she could hug me. “I missed you.”

“I-I…”

I tentatively hugged her back. “We’re gonna get you some help, you know.”

Kai stood close to us. “I’d recommend you don’t ride Triton.”

“She probably won’t ride a dragon with us,” I said. "I was thinking a rescue committee could take her."

“Why couldn’t I ride with you, babe?” she asked.

“I have more work to do and the Guardian base is not safe at all,” I replied.

“I’ll be safe with you,” Irena said, before putting her hand on my cheek.

And then she kissed me. I didn’t even know how to feel about that. Sure, I missed Irena but… Oh gods, what if Rita watched. I broke away from her quickly. “Babe? Is something wrong?” I ran my hand through my hair. “Irena, I...”

I heard footsteps behind me, and Rita came over. “Uh Vix?”

I took a deep breath. “Irena, I um... I thought you were dead, and I grieved you… you were dead in my eyes. It’s still surprising to see you and...”

“Oh…” Irena looked down. “I get it.

“Rita, this is Irena,” I said. ''Hi girlfriend, this is my ex-girlfriend who I never officially broke up with cause I thought she was dead. ''Smooth, Vix.

“Hi,” Rita said. She seemed pretty calm. “You look pretty hurt. Are you thirsty? I have some water with my dragon.”

I sighed with relief. Rita doesn’t seem mad.

Irena went into another coughing fit. Kai held her shoulders. “Yeah, she should get a doctor.”

I stood up, but I looked at the ground. “I’m sorry Rita, I should’ve told you…”