Ceralis Zanto's Story

I have her a small smile. "I need to find a place to settle down." I walked down next to the man. "Get me rope and help me carry this man to a bed." I tired the man up so he couldn't move and set all of his weapons on a shelf in the captain's room before trying tio heal the guy again.

Carla giggled as she watched Ceralis tie up the man, "He's not going to be to happy when he wakes up, you know that right?" She commented as she followed the two men into the captains cabin, sending Light a warning glance over her shoulder before entering the dim room.

Ceralis had put the mans weapons out of reach and resumed the healing, "He must be pretty crazy if he moved around that much after being so badly injured as well as having nearly drowned, that or he just has a warriors instinct, I say the second seeing as he has so many weapons." Carla pondered out loud as she took a seat next to the mans bed and watched as Ceralis worked

"Ceralis..." She found herself asking after a brief pause, "What do you mean find a place to settle down? You came from loreal, why not go back?" She had heard of the city of thieves once or twice but was not aware of its traditions and was in fact quite curious about it.

"Well um what I mean is I want tio find a ni ce girl and have somebody to care for." I finished healing the man's leg and stood up I say in the captain's chair and sighed. "I can't go back nothing left I was too late and as far as me kicking the pirates out there around they wanted to do some unflattering things tio you things I would not and will never support." I was looking at the map on the table my face was red as a ruby.

Carla watched as Ceralis got up and moved over towards the map table. "Thats nice, im sure that girl would be very lucky." She sent him a smile.

"So what happened in Loreal? Im sorry, i can be a bit to curious for my own good." She stuck her tongue out and made a face before getting up to stand next to ceralis, glancing over the map. Turning around and resting herself against the edge of the table she looked at Ceralis and noticed his red face, "Hay Ceralis, are you okay? You got a really red face, maybe all that healing gave you a fever!" She said worridly, she had nver seen someone heal a wound like Ceralis had and she wasnt sure if it could actually a negative effect.

"I ummmm well." I couldn't make eye contact so I got up and started out the door and looked back. "don't let that man move he opens that wound again and i'll take the whole damn leg off." I went outside and sat against the railing feeling a little odd.

Carla watched as Ceralis left the room, still slightly worried about the mans red face. Turning her head she glanced at the sleeping man, sighing she approached the bed and took a seat next to him, glancing down at his leg she rolled her eye and smiled at him even though he couldn't see her, "Honestly, what type of a numpty moves around like that when he's so badly hurt." She mumbled to herself.

Looking around the room for some type of entertainment, she found herself staring at a huge bookshelf filled to the brim with old and new books, worn and rebound, filled with information about the outside world. Making her way over she pulled out a big, brown leather bound book, cracking it open only to cough as some dust blew into her face. Carla hated sitting still but maybe being able to read and sate some of her boundless curiousity would help a little.

I looked at Light and gave a long sigh. "What the hell do you treat her like that for." I was starting tio go back to normal my blush was gone. I gave him a glare that could freeze a volcano. "I shouldn't care but I do I don't know why." I sat there with a confused look on my face I looked up at the dragon again. "I think I might actually like her can you believe that." I gave a stressed chuckle.

When Valar woke up he was bound hand and foot. He lay there for a few moments Feeling oddly safe. Sure he was tied up, yet these were the first people who had not tried to outright kill him on sight in about 5 years. More than that his leg was starting to feel better. He opened his eyes and sighed. Then looked over at the girl beside him. She seemed to be looking at him with a puzzled air, book still in her hand. He just looked at her for a little while. Then he motioned to his bindings indicating that he should like to take them off. Seeing that that wouldn't work. "Where we are?" He grunted.

She spoke for a while and then he motioned at his bonds again. "Friends? Please cut me loose?"

Turning her head at the sound of movement, noticing the man had gotten loose. They stared at each other for a few seconds before the man spoke, "Where are we?"

"Your on a ship heading for the mainlands, I hope that okay with you but we didn't really get a chance to ask if you were okay coming, seeing as you were so badly hurt." She sent him a warm, comforting smile before shutting the book and replacing it on the bookshelf. "You shouldn't move around so much when your hurt." She commented offhandedly before moving over towards the man.

"Friends? Please cut me loose?" Carla smiled brightly at the mention of friends before giving a nod and making her way through the knots, beginning to untie the man.

"My names Carla, in cause you didn't hear, may I ask your name stranger?" She sent him another smile as she finished untiring the rope and helping the man to sit, refusing to let him do it alone after what he had been through today.

~Meanwhile~
Light couldn't help but chuckle at the man, "I treat her how I do because we are partners, she is the only one I will allow to talk back to me and in exchange she deals with my amazing personality." Light said arrogantly, while glancing towards the door Carla had left through. "Of course I can believe that, I would not choose as unattractive partner, it's no surprise really." Light continued vainly, not even faltering after the cold glare he was given, just watching Ceralis sit down.

"Well you really are arrogant aren't you." I gave a light chuckle and stared at the sky. I got up and have him a small smile. I walked back into the captain's room and saw Carla helping the man. "He needs tio rest and you need tio read this book." I pulled out a book called "powerrs of a heathen rider."

Jumping a little in surprise when she heard Ceralis voice she turned around to look at the book he was holding up for her. Walking over and taking it in her hands she turned it over and examined it, it was old and had been used countless times before, the pages dyed with age and crinkled with use. Flicking it open she came facet of ace with hand written words, it was old and traditional.
"Wow, this looks really amazing!" She couldn't help but grin in joy, she loved reading and if it would help her get closer with light than there wasn't much of a down side. "Thanks Ceralis, where did you get it though?" It was old and well looked after, maybe it had belonged to the previous captain?

"I had a friend she owned that book and a dragon to go with it." I say back down and leaned back planning on getting some sleep.

Carla gave him a grateful smile before exiting the room, spotting Light curled up ready to go to sleep as the sun set on the horizon Carla made her way over and took a seat next to him, leaning back gently against him as she opened the book.

"What's that you got there?" He asked sleepily over her shoulder before giving a huge yawn and shaking his head, "Oh wait, I'm to tired to actually care." He finished as he lay his head back down and closed his eyes. Carla chuckled at her friend as she looked over the first chapter, "Your first steps to frying a person with lighting." Carla giggled slightly at the title before beginning to read, hoping to catch the lady few rays of light.

Carla jumped a little in surprise when she noticed the man had sat next to her, granted he didn't sit quite a distance away but Carla hadn't expected him. "You and he, you friends? How?" he asked in disjointed speak, heavily masked by a strange accent she had never heard before.

"When I was younger I ran away from home and found myself hiding in Lights lair, he came back and found me. I don't know why he didn't just kill me than but we stuck together for about a month before I had to return home because of an illness, he waited for me until I was healthy again. We have been together ever since." She said, giving him the simple explain action on how her and Light met.

"North there are no friend dragons. They are wild and fierce ruled by instinct. And the Bandit clans that have their own are worse. They always try to go south, to richer lands unfortunately for us we are in their way. There is much fighting. Look at my armour, my knives.", Carla glanced at his weapons and armour and couldn't help but be slightly fascinated by them, she found herself curious about his homeland, after all she and never met a dragon who had attacked someone before. She knew they could but she had never met one.

"All dragons are ruled by instinct, even light. And that's probably why he became my partner, because it is in his instinct to protect me." She smiled at her dozing companion, giving his shining scaled head a gentle pat to show her compassion towards him. "It my belief that every Dragon has a rider, who knows, maybe you will find your own partner one day." She smiled at him before noticing he had a vacant look in his eyes, not really listening to her anymore.

Giving a tired smile, she leaned back against Lights stomach and placed the book down next to her. Giving one last yawn she felt her eyes close, smiling faintly when she felt lights tail curl around her on instinct to keep her warm.

I slept in the captains room but in the morning I got up and made food and tried tio gently wake Carla. "Hey time for grub and I think we are close tio the mainland." I didn't want to add that I wanted to have another private talk with her. I just sat sharing food with Zabata who was making vines form on almost everything even made a blanket of moss on light even though I warned him not to. I had placed a dragon egg I found right next to the man but not within his reach in case he had another episode.

Carla yawned as she was gently woken, "Hey time for grub and I think we are close tio the mainland." she smiled slightly at the mention of food and their destination, pulling herself into a sitting positions and rubbing her eyes of sleep her movement must of woken Light as well because soon after she stood to fetch some food he gave a huge yawn, a small bolt of lightning exiting his mouth and making a few sailors jump away in shock, Carla laughed and grabbed the food for her and Light. Sitting back down she turned and smiled at Ceralis, "So 'Captain', I've been wondering if anyone in the mainlands have ever tamed dragons?" She giggle slightly as she noticed part of the ship were Zabata had become a garden of moss and vines.

"I heard they do and that they have different dragons than we do." I said watching Zabata grow daisies on light's tali. "You're gonna have the prettiest dragon ever if you let Zabata keep going." Zabata started making light into a mobile garden.

Valar came up from below decks to see the sun shining in his face. Lost in thought he had not slept much the past night, but this was a hardship he was well used to by now. He just heard the last part of the conversation. "Where are we close to?" His Cealdish was improving the longer he stayed with these people. "There are more kinds of dragons? How many? Are they bigger? Do they all fly?" Valar fired out these questions. Recognizing that not all dragons were evil or cruel Valar had resolved that he would learn all about them in order to obtain his own some day

She sent light a playful smirk, "Hear that Light? Your going to be the prettiest dragon in the world!" She sent him a cheeky wink as her growled in warning, moving himself slightly out of Zabatas reach.
Carla saw the man exit from below deck, he must of moved down there after she fell asleep, and began to fire questions at Ceralis in rapid succession. Carla didn't really mind, she also found herself slightly curious about the land, after all she would probably be on her own there once she left the ship. Thinking back, maybe this had not been her best idea in the world, but she couldn't find it in her to regret it, the prospect of a new adventure to strong.
"Hay light, you will stay with me in this new land right? No upping and running away, okay." She whispered at him, sending a small smile to try and hide her worry.
"Like I could abandon you." He said noncommittally before continuing with his breakfast.

"I don't know but you should be more worried about your egg I set out over there." I pointed to a pile of netting with a large egg in it. I then watched Zabata sneaking up on Carla and he leaned next to her head and exhaled makinga crown of plants grow on her hair. "Guess Zabata wants to tag along with you which means you're stuck with me." I gave her flirty wink before thinking about it.