((Quick Recap: Naomi met Colt and his dragon partner, Storm. After the dragon saved them from bandits, Colt took his new friend to his home, The Nest))
Naomi woke up in a treehouse. Despite living in a mountain, Colt knew how to make the place feel like an actual home. When Naomi left her little shelter, she ran into Colt who was by the river with a few Terrible Terrors
"Morning" Noami said making herself known
"Hey. How'd you sleep?" Colt smiled
"Pretty good. How do even have all of this stuff? Enough material to build a house, a comfy bed, even all those clothes?" Naomi wondered
Colt shrugged "What can I say? Over the years, we've just come across stuff"
"We?" Naomi noticed
"Oh yeah, you haven't met 'em yet. Don't worry you will soon enough" Colt said
"Meet who?" Naomi asked
"What? You don't think I'm the only human here, do you?" Colt laughed
"Well, I did" Naomi shrugged
"Sorry I didn't tell you, it didn't occur to me before" Colt apologized
"It's fine. So, when exactly am I gonna meet these friends of yours?" Naomi asked
A second later, a loud roar went off in the distance
"By the sounds of it, right now" Colt commented
Storm flew over the friends' heads and was carrying a young boy with short blonde hair
"What the?!" Naomi gasped
When Storm landed, Naomi quickly pulled the boy away from the dragon
"Bad dragon! What do you think you're doing?!" Naomi scolded
Storm growled and got in a pouncing position
"Who is this?" the boy asked
"This is Naomi. Naomi, this is my little brother, Cody" Colt laughed
"Oh..." Naomi mumbled and let the kid go "Sorry"
"It's okay. Thanks, I guess..." Cody shrugged "Uhh... Welcome to our home"
"Thanks for having me" Naomi smiled
"Sorry about meeting under these conditions. I was checking up on something on the other side of the mountain" Cody said
"By yourself?" Naomi wondered
"Yeah. All of the dragons here are gentle. If you don't bother them, they don't bother you. Simple as that" Cody told her
"Got it" Naomi nodded and noticed Storm was still in attack-mode "What?"
"I said if you don't bother them, they don't bother you" Cody repeated "Storm here clearly feels bothered"
"Shoo, shoo" Naomi glared
The dragon growled and opened her mouth to reveal a light blue energy
"Storm, don't you dare!" Colt scolded
Storm stopped herself and stood behind Colt
"Sorry. She doesn't mean any harm, she just doesn't take well to strangers. She'll get use to you sooner or later" Colt smiled
Storm stood on her hind legs as her ears moved all around
"What's with her?" Naomi asked
"The only time she does that is when someone is coming" Cody explained
"Must be Jet!" Colt smiled
The group made their way to a large pool in the middle of the base of The Nest
"So who's Jet?" Naomi wondered
"A friend" Colt answered
"Sorta" Cody mumbled
"He lives here" Colt added
"In a way" Cody shrugged
Naomi looked confused "Uhh..."
"Button line, we know him. He has his own place here but he doesn't really stay a lot" Colt explained
"He comes and goes. He never causes any trouble so we don't ask questions" Cody said
"How many people live here exactly?" Naomi asked
"Just Cody and myself" Colt answered
"And Jet, on an occasion" Cody followed up
"I see" Naomi nodded "Okay, one last question, why are we just standing here?"
"This leads to the ocean outside of the mountain" Cody told her
"And?" Naomi shrugged
"Wait for it" Colt smirked
Soon after that statement, the water started to bubble indicating that something was about to surface. Following a large splash, stood a man a little taller than Colt. He was wearing some kind of mask on his face with a tube going from the mouth to a bag on his side. Naomi looked into the water and saw a creature with with two heads and large wings
"A Seashocker..." Naomi mumbled
The rider jumped off the dragon and took off his mask, revealing his dark brown hair and almost soulless eyes
"Hey, Jet!" Cody smiled
"Welcome home" Colt smirked
"Hey" Jet deadpanned "Did I miss anything?"
"Just our new roommate" Colt replied, pointing to Naomi
"Nice to meet you" Naomi smiled
"Hm" Jet nodded, ignoring her
"Okay..?" Naomi glared
"I'm gonna get some rest. I'll be outta your hair by tomorrow" Jet said and walked off
"What a ray of sunshine" Naomi smirked
The brothers chuckled to themselves
"He's not so bad once you get to know him" Colt said
"Yeah, he's worse" Cody joked and walked over to the two-headed dragon still in the water
Naomi stood next to him "You know, I've never seen a Seashocker before. I've read about them but in person they're a lot bigger than I thought"
Cody smiled "Of course, Jet raised them well. Let me introduce you"
The dragon poked it's heads out of the water to be pet by the two
"To your left is Static and on your right is Charge" Cody said
Naomi laughed when the dragon showed affection "So that Jet guy rides Static and Charge like Colt rides Storm? How does he do it? I read that Seashockers Tidal Class so they can only survive in the water"
"You're right. Did you see that mask he was wearing? He uses it to breathe underwater. When the air supply is close to running out, he simply resurfaces and refuels" Cody explained "I don't know why he goes through all of that trouble when there are easier ways to ride this specific dragon but my best guess is that he likes to keep a low profile, wherever it is he goes"
"It's that easy?" Naomi smirked
"Like we said, he doesn't cause any trouble so we don't bother him" Colt spoke up "Yeah, he's gone most of the time and goes Thor knows where but he contributes. Majority of time he comes back with a food or supplies"
Naomi stayed silent for a moment before facing Colt "What can I do?"
"You?" Cody asked
"Colt called me your new roommate. I wanna contribute too" Naomi nodded
"I guess you can tag along with me when I run my errands" Colt suggested
"What do you mean?" Naomi wondered
"Well, everything we have isn't just stuff we've come across throughout the years. Sometimes, Storm and I head back into the archipelago to find jobs. Mainly quick shipment jobs and we get paid. Whatever we make goes to whatever we need here. If you want, you can come. With an extra set of hands we can make twice as much money"
"Sounds good, I'm in" Naomi agreed
"Wow. You've only been here a day and you're already part of the team" Cody laughed
"Looks like I chose the right person to run into, huh?" Naomi smirked
((Short chapter, I know, don't care. This was just an introduction chapter, anyway. Next chapter will be longer. Next time, the duo's first job, but... Questions, comments, and concerns are expected and accepted. Thanks for reading!))