After a long embrace, the two let go of each other, pointy ears peeking out of the hood, she had the same features as her older sister but she was smaller and her hair was shorter.
"N-nice to meet you! I'm Tarus!"
"I-I'm Sendra...thank's for taking care of big sister..."
We shook hands...what an awkward introduction...after shaking hands I went to investigate the tents left behind by the bandits that were just turned into ash mere moments ago. Our goal right now is to get to Azuma no taiyō, we might have to check out the floating city these two were talking about...and they're dragons which were very common back home...is this some sort of hint? Arriving at the ragged tents, the belongings of the bandits were nowhere to be found, all's that left were cloaks and items you need for a bed.
"Sellainor! Can I request something from you?"
"What is it?"
"Can you lead the others here?"
"Aye!"
"Big sister! Where are you going?"
"I'm just bringing more allies, they're nice people, so I'm sure you'll get along with them very well! I'll be back in a few minutes."
"O-oh, ok..."
"No need to droop Sendra, Tarus will take care of you!"
"Your big sister is right, if you feel uncomfortable, let me clean the tents so that you have a place to stay."
"Ok..."
Sellainor left and I started a fire, Sendra sat by the crackling warm fire as the sun went down and the moon has risen. I proceeded to clean the tents one by one, there are five in total and it was good for two people at the same time. The tents were very dusty and aged with holes here and there, I tried my best to cover the holes with thin sheets of ice and it looked like the tents weren't being pulled by the weight of the ice. The bed's like the tents were dusty so I had to smack it down outside, I need to wait for the others since I needed water to clean it and air to dry it, the river was far away so I can't really go there alone in the middle of the night. After cleaning up the inside and doing my best to remove the dust, I removed all the beds and I heard something grumbling, I turned to Sendra who was staring at me for some reason and she quickly looked away.
"Could it be that you're hungry?"
"N-no..."
"Don't hide it, c'mon let's catch some fish for dinner!"
Her face lit up when she heard the word "fish" she sure seemed enthusiastic when it comes to her favorite food. Inviting her worked as we walked together hand in hand through the dark plains of grass with the white flames in my left hand serving as our light to guide us in the darkness. We reached the river and I increased the output of the white flames so that the area of visibility will increase, the river was flowing calmly, I created spears out of ice and I stabbed it at the water, Sendra looked excited about it so I made a spear for her. We kept stabbing until we had at least around twenty fishes, we placed it in a bucket I made out of ice and carried it back to camp.
"Was that fun?"
"Yeah! Those spears of ice never melted and it didn't feel cold to the touch! Getting fish by stabbing was a fun experience!"
"Haha!"
She was smiling now, she seemed to be comfortable which is good. When we arrived back the campsite seemed to be lively, the others were there.
"We have dinner!"
"Fish again?!"
"J-Jade we have some meat if your sick of fish..."
"I'll take meat then!"
We started grilling the food's and we ate, I asked Jade who has a water and wind crown to help me clean out the beds. I quickly placed the dried and clean beds back to their respective tents and the others started to get ready for sleeping. I luckily got my own tent and before I went to sleep Sellainor was up and guarding outside.
"So it's your turn eh?"
"Aye, can't you sleep Tarus?"
"I just want to relax and enjoy the peace we have right now..."
"Can't we just lead normal and peaceful lives?"
"I'm trying to make that dream of mine come true, go back home to my village that got destroyed, rebuild, and live a peaceful life until the end..."
"Is that why you're on a journey?"
"Yeah, if you don't find a place to stay you can always come to my village..."
"I'll take that offer of yours then!"
"I want all my friends on the other side and on here to live together peacefully in one place..."
"Don't worry, I promise that we'll somehow work it out and make that dream of yours come true..."
"I believe this was also her dream..."
"her?"
"O-oh I sorry I just dozed off for a bit..."
"It's fine..."
"Sellainor, if I can ask, how did you know that your sister was getting attacked a while ago?"
"We dragons have some sort of sixth sense where we can sense family members..."
"Interesting...how did Sendra get here then?"
"She must've either done something so offensive that caused her to be banished or she somehow found her way here...I made sure that she and the rest of my family wouldn't get banished..."
"It sure is hard for you dragons...getting called ugly when you're strikingly beautiful..."
The cold night wind fluttered her long white hair, her face was beet red and her golden eyes were a bit teary...she was like a light in the darkness...what a rare sight to be seen...her expression itself was full of surprise and it seems that I caught her off guard...and that was the last thing I knew before I fell unconscious...I'm tired...