Okay so this is shorter than the second chapter, but hopefully interesting. I think I've found my in-between, between the first two chapters.

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Chapter 3

When we got back, Kygo led us to his tent. Probably because he knew Lady Dela would be waiting there with Ryko. And low and behold, he was right. As soon as Lady Dela saw us, Kygo let go of my arm and smiled at Lady Dela and said,

"Good evening, Lady Dela."

"Good evening," She said to Kygo and then she looked at me with a stern expression. "Where have you been, little Missy?"

Missy. Well that's a first. "I told you I was going for a walk!" I said trying not to act like a spoiled three year old.

"In the woods?" She exclaimed.

"Well, I found him, didn't I?" I said pointing to Kygo, then moving behind him so Lady Dela couldn't slap me.

Lady Dela sighed exasperated, "Fine, but we have to feed you and get you straight to bed." She said moving to grab me. I moved away from her.

"Why are you moving away?" She asked slightly amused.

"Well first of all I think you're going to club me right in the head. Second of all I slept for three days, can't I stay up a little past my bedtime?" I said acting like a child.

"Why are you acting like a toddler?"

"Why are you acting like a Mother?" I asked mocking her tone.

Her lip twitched, "Alright touché."

I smiled at her expression, and let her lead me towards the tents. Ryko went to follow but Kygo called after him. He wanted to talk to him in his tent.

"What do you think that was about?" Lady Dela asked curiously.

"I'm actually not sure."

Once we got to the tent I was sleeping in earlier today Lady Dela handed me a bowl of soup and asked what the Emperor wanted.

"I'm actually not sure what exactly he wanted. He basically got me to spill my guts, all my inner thoughts just came out like word vomit."

Lady Dela just looked at me and smiled, "So you're comfortable enough with him to voice your problems to him?"

My eyes widened as I thought about it, "I guess so. Why?"

She smirked and shook her head, "Oh no reason at all."

I finished my soup and narrowed my eyes, "Sure there isn't."

That's when Ryko came in and looked at me with a curious expression, and asked to see Lady Dela outside the tent in private. He assured me it was nothing bad. Lady Dela shrugged and followed him out and shortly after I heard a loud shriek. Then Lady Dela came bursting in,

"Are you sure nothing else happened?"

I must have looked taken aback because Lady Dela said,

"I take that as a no."

"No." I said shaking my head. "Why?"

"The Emperor wants you to share his tent with him."

I just sat there and stared, "What did you just say?"

She looked at me curiously, "You heard me. Any thoughts as to why?"

I shook my head, and Lady Dela said, "Are you sure there's nothing you're not telling me?"

"I'm sure! Unless you know something I don't? And if you do then please, feel free to tell me."

Ryko grunted, "I have an idea."

Lady Dela dragged him in and sat him down. "Then please, share."

Ryko smiled, "I'm not at liberty to say."

Lady Dela pouted, "That's no fair."

"Well," I said. "If you won't tell me, then I guess I'll have to ask Kygo. I honestly don't think it's anything special."

"Oh fine." Lady Dela got up and sighed, "I'll bring the clothes Lady Jasmine made you."

"More clothes?" My mouth dropped open, and Ryko laughed.

"Yes," She said. "More clothes."

I still had no idea where I was going so Ryko led me back to Kygo's tent. Kygo was pacing in front of it, his guards had an odd expression on their faces. And I wanted to know why. Kygo saw me and smiled, and led me into the tent. He had a dark sheet hung up through the middle, and I relaxed at that. Lady Dela saw me eying the guards so she handed me the bag with the clothes in it and when out of the tent, most likely to talk to the guards. Ryko stood outside the tent and I set the clothes near the cot that was I guessed was mine. I looked around, it was a really nice tent. It had colorful drapes hung around the walls of the tent. It hardly even looked like a tent. I looked at Kygo he was still pacing and glancing at me every so often.

"Fancy tent." I remarked looking at him, my voice full of amusement.

"You like it?" He asked and stopped pacing to look at me. He seemed more relaxed once he heard the teasing tone in my voice.

"Yes, very much so." I said looking around the tent. Once I was done checking out the tent, I turned back towards him.

"Why?"

He looked taken aback, "Why what?"

"Why share your tent with me?" I asked, was he just protecting the one thing that would help him win the war against Sethon?

"I know what you're thinking, and no that's not the reason. I'm not going to treat you like a piece of property, Eona. You said you felt uncomfortable in the middle of the camp and Lady Dela's tent is smack dab in the middle. This way you can come and go as you please. No questions asked." He opened his mouth as if to say more, but shut it again. I didn't want to prod so I just said,

"Thank you." But my look must have gave away my curiosity because he said,

"You're welcome, and Eona I'm not lying to you. I can honestly say that's the reason."

"I believe you." I said, then hesitated when I said, "but I'm still curious." I said smiling after.

"Well, we can't avoid that now can we?" He laughed, "Have you eaten?"

"Yes, I have." I said nodding as I spoke.

"Okay then, good night Eona."

"Good night," I said as he walked to his side of the tent.

The first thing I did was walk over to the sheet that separated the tent. I brought my face close to it, to see if I could see anything through it. I mean, I trusted him, but he was still a man.

"Eona, you can't see through it, there's three of these sheets hanging."

I suddenly jumped away from the curtain making it move. He chuckled,

"I'm glad you think my almost heart attack is amusing." I said sarcastically. This made him chuckle even more,

"Good night, Eona."

Then I didn't hear him. I figured, he must have settled in his cot. So I decided to try out my cot, I sat on it and it was pretty comfortable. Even if it wasn't, it beat sleeping on the floor. I then went through my bag to see what night clothes were in there. Lady Dela had them categorized by day dresses, night gowns, and formal dresses. There were little pieces of parchment in the bag telling me which was which. I chuckled at her antics. I picked out a night gown and before changing into it I checked to make sure the guards couldn't see in. Then I quickly changed, well as quickly as I could I mean, it was really hard getting the red dress off.

Once I was changed I folded the red dress, like the maids do and put it in the bag so it didn't get dirty. Then Lady Dela whispered through the tent opening,

"Eona? Are you awake?" I could barely hear her, but I answered back,

"Yes I am." Once I answered Lady Dela came creeping in. She made sure to not make any noise. She sat on the opposite side of my cot and whispered,

"Ryko told me what the Emperor said to him." I could barely hear her, but I didn't want Kygo hearing what she said.

"Mouth it," I mouthed, "I can understand it."

"Okay," She mouthed back. "He said that the Emperor-" But she didn't finish. The guard outside the tent whispered in,

"Lady Dela you have to leave. Lady Eona needs some sleep."

Lady Dela whispered back OK, but she promised she would tell me tomorrow morning.

I wasn't entirely sure how I fell asleep but I must have because when Lady Dela came bursting through the tent opening I didn't want to get up. At all.

"Eona?" Lady Dela whispered at first, but when I didn't respond she began to call my name more urgently. Then when it was blatant that I was ignoring her she started to shake the living daylights out of me.

"Eona! Wake up! You slept for three days! You can't possibly be tired!"

I finally sat up and groaned, "You're never going to let me live that down are you?"

"Nope!" She said popping the 'p' at the end. Then her smiled faded and her face grew serious, "Come on time to get dressed. There's someone here who wants to talk to you."

I yawned, "If it's Lady Jasmine, tell her I don't need more clothes."

Lady Dela laughed, "No it's not Lady Jasmine."

I just stared at her, and when she didn't tell me who was waiting for me I asked, "Well are you going to tell me who's here for me?"

Lady Dela just smiled, "It's a surprise. Partially because if I tell you, you won't come."

I opened my mouth to make a comment, but she left it at that. Every time I went to talk she shushed me. She helped me into my red dress. She wouldn't let me talk and I finally decided that it was probably better if I didn't know who was out there. Especially because if I knew, I wouldn't come; but that only made me all the more curious. Once my dress was on, Lady Dela exited the tent, but told me to stay put. As I waited for her to return I went through my bag and found a small brush. I ran the brush through my light brown hair a couple times. Then I realized there were a lot more knots in my hair than there should have been. I brought the brush through my hair more forcefully when I realized that my hair was curly from the braids it's been in most of it's life. So I quickly ran my hand through it when Lady Dela came in with my swords. She had a brown leather strap that she tied around my waist, and then she slipped the swords into the belt. She stepped back and gave me a good look that made me self conscious.

"Are we ready yet?" I asked, smirking when Lady Dela looked at me with mock annoyance.

"Yes, you are. Come on we've left him waiting long enough."

"Him?"

"Yes your visitor is a male, I tried to make him wait long enough so he would leave but I guess he's not leaving until he talks to you."

I gave her a questioning look, "Why would you-"

But I was cut off by someone calling my name, "Eona?" I recognized that voice all too well. I spun around to make sure my assumption was right.


When I did, I came face to face with the Rat Dragoneye. Ido.


My eyes narrowed instantly, as he walked up.

"What do you want?" I asked sourly.

"Awe, not happy to see me?" He asked a smirk in his voice.

I ignored his question and got right to the point, "What do you want?" I asked again.

"What makes you think I want something?" He asked his eyes lite up at that statement.

"You always want something." Lady Dela interrupted, when Ryko walked up behind me.

Ido looked between Lady Dela, Ryko, and the men at the camp. "I need to talk to Eona alone, if you don't mind." He went to grab my wrist and I slapped him. He looked surprised but recovered quickly.

"We can talk here."

"No we can't it's important." He said a pleading look in his eyes but I knew better than to fall for it.

"No, we can. Go ahead, talk."I said crossing my arms across my chest.

"Why won't you just hear me out?"

"I am, you're talking aren't you?"

"Alone."

"No." I said my voice lowering into a more authoritative tone.

"Why not!" He said and his anger was showing through his masquerade.

"Oh I'm sorry. FORGIVE ME if I don't want to be alone with you. You're just the reason Brannon is dead, you're the reason all the other Dragoneyes are dead and if Dillon isn't dead yet, then you'll be the reason for that soon. You're the reason Lady Julia is dead. You're also the reason why Ryko's hand is injured, so again forgive me for not wanting to even hear a word of your lies." I said screaming loud enough for anyone in the woods near here to hear me. "You're also the one who tried to kill me and threaten me more than three times! So I'm so sorry if I hurt your feelings."

Once I was done Ido's eyes were wide with shock, I knew my voice was dripping with sarcasm and acid. I looked over at Lady Dela and Ryko and they were speechless, and out of the corner of my eye I could see Kygo watching from a tent.

"You have done a lot of things that cannot be forgiven. Me? Yes, I masqueraded as a boy and broke laws, that I should be dead for breaking. But I payed for that a long time ago, and even right now, I'm still paying for it! Everyday I had to live with the guilt and fear of being caught, you? You'll never pay for it because you don't have a conscience, you'll never care because all you are is bloodthirsty."

I finished, gave him one last glare and stalked off towards the forest. I had nothing more to say to that traitor. He chose his side, let him go and take his punishment. I walked until I found a tree capable of climbing. I blinked away tears, as I swung my legs onto the nearest branch. I then climbed a few more branches but my tears were overwhelming. I couldn't see so I decided to sit where I was. I wasn't sure why I was crying, and I tried not to. I took deep breaths, and wiped the tears away, but they still came. I remembered my dragon,

"Show them what you're made of."

But right now, I couldn't be strong. The reality of that situation hit me like boulder. I couldn't be what she wanted me to be. I didn't even know who I was really, let alone be someone I've never tried to be. I looked up suddenly, at the bright sun. No, I though to myself, no. I have tried to be just that. Someone strong, someone who tried to not care what other people thought of me, someone who I built a wall with that blocked everyone. That someone was Eon, Eon was my stronger part, yet that's the part my dragon is taking away from me. I took a deep breath and wiped away my tears. I was not going to sit here and feel sorry for myself, feel sorry for what I said... No, I wasn't sorry for what I said. Ido needed to hear the harsh reality of his situation, no matter how much it hurts. Just like I have to. I stood up, careful not to fall off the tree branch. I spoke out loud, soft but determined.

"I'm not sure who I am just now, Eona. I'm not sure who I'll become. But I'm determined, to be who you want me to be, I'm determined to find out who I really am. I'm not sure how far I'll get, or even if I'll survive this. But I promise, I'll do my best to finish the task I started by communing with you, Eona, and promising Brannon, Sethon will be stopped. It's not much right now, I know. But I never go back on my word, and it's the most I can offer you right now. That I'll try."

Then I heard a deep, but soft and gentle voice,

"That's all I ask of you, Eona."


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