"Where are we going?"
"Just hug me tight and trust me deeply."
"I wish I had my own dragon. Then we could race. Ten times cooler than bumber cars."
"You would lose."
"I said Dragons, not Pegasus'."
"I know, but you'd still lose. Consider this an act of grace helping teach you to ride. Then you can race."
"Maybe you should be a trainer."
"As Natysh said in the Treaty, these Dragons are hers. So, if anything comes up then you have to go by her."
"Why? Someone to take the heat?
Maybe I should go ask her. What if we fly ther right now? We could…..."
"No."
"No?"
"Let's just...…enjoy the wind, brushing through our hair. No talk of anything else. Just you...….me...…the wind...…"
"And me?"
"Apple?"
"I guess the mermaids couldn't make me a real boy forever."
"Or.....you learned your lesson.
They said they only made you real to teach you a lesson. They didn't tell you what would happen after you learned it."
"So....No more hands and feet?"
"No more hands and feet."
"But you can give them to me. Right?"
"Only if you really want them. No lessons, nor strings attached."
"Thanks, Ruby."
"Everything seems so small from our vantage point up here.
Like little ants, and we are the hill."
"Everything started with you, Ruby."
"No.
All of this started with you, Apple. Stop selling yourself short from your success. It's okay to brag every now and again."
"Really?"
"Just.....remember your lesson."
"Of course. I could never forget."
"Good."
"Ruby?"
"Yes, Darius?"
"What's that?"
"......Everyone, duck and cover.
Dragon; dive, dive, dive."
"That storm is coming awfully fast. Showed up on no weather reports."
"Ummmmm....I'm gonna have to send you two home."
"Why? What's happening? Who's causing the storm? Is it Jacklyn?"
"No."
".....The Dragons?"
"No."
"Then who?"
"Please stop asking questions and trust me.
*Phueeeeeeeeeeeemmm*
Just go back and tell Jacklyn to meet me by the Lake. I'll get Elwin."
"Oh no. This looks like big girl stuff. Can I come?"
"Darius!!!!"
"I know. I know. I'm not a girl."
"That's not what I am saying."
"Did we forget to invite someone to the party?"
"Yes."
"Are they made?"
"Ummmmmmmmmm."
"Ruby?"
"Mabe we could've sent them a 'wave.'"