Hey guys! Sorry for the wait. I have school work going on and I had a hard time writing this chapter. So, hope you like it. And there is a slight
bit of cute things between Nefera and Night Fly. Just warning you.

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Chapter 4: Hints

The impact I had on the water stung on my back. The cold water had surrounded me as I attempted to swim up, but the waves were not letting me. 'Curse that Body Blazer.' I thought as I tried to swim up again. I shook my head and remained still. I had learned never to panic when you can't go up for air. It will only make you run out of air faster. 'Thank God for dragon's big lungs. I am sooo glad that I'm a dragon.'

"Nefera!" I heard someone shout through the loud ocean waves. I looked up and Night Fly dove straight towards me. He dove into the water and floated below me. Then he shot up, with me still on his back, and he landed carefully on the small island I was on. I wobbled off and plopped down on the soft green grass. He walked in front of me and put a small fire on the ground.

"Thanks." I said as I opened my wings to let the water drip off.

"Look. I understand that your afraid of the queen, but you didn't have to scare me like that!"

"What do you mean?"

"I thought you drowned!"

"Night Fly, I wouldn't drown myself over a little fright. I just held still to conserve energy so I didn't run out of air. And I didn't mean to fall in the water, a Body Blazer just pushed me in."

"Alright." He looked up to the sky and rain clouds were coming in. "Let's go find a cave to hide in. I think it's about to rain."

I nodded and we walked over to a nearby cave. It was big enough to fit both of us. Right when we laid down in the cave, thunder and lightning struck. I hid myself under my wings as if to protect myself from the lightning. I wasn't a fan of lightning, but Night Fly was laughing.

"Why are you laughing?"

"Because...you are...curled in...a little ball!" he said in between laughs.

"Don't judge me." Right then, lightning struck INSIDE the cave and right next to me. It made me jump back and fall onto Night Fly. He burst out laughing again. "THAT IS WHY I AM SCARED OF LIGHTNING! IT CAN LITERALLY KILL YOU! And stop laughing at me." I slowly walked off of him and sat in the corner of the cave. I felt all of my bad child hood memories flowing through me. Then, I remembered the worst day of my life; My mom's death.

*Flashback*

There was a huge dragon raid going on. Every single house on the village was on fire. I was asleep on my bed until I heard the screams of the village. I shot out of my room and ran outside to find Gobber. I ran into my mom and dad and they told me to go find Gobber. I nodded and ran over to the forge, but Gobber wasn't there. I kept shouting his name, but he wouldn't respond. I ran all around the village trying to find him, but all I found were angry villagers. When I was about to give up, I heard the worst sound of my life; My mother's screams. I ran over to where I heard the scream and my mom was laying on the ground, motionless.

"No." I told myself. I slowly walked over to her and knelt down beside her. She was burnt head to toe with scratches and bruises all over her. "No this can't be happening. DAD!"

My dad came running over to me with his shield and hammer at hand. "What's wrong, Ximena?" he asked. But his question was soon answered when he looked next to me, and saw his dead wife on the ground. "How did this happen?"

"I don't know."

"Okay. I'll stay here with her while you go get Gothi. Take my shield and protect yourself. I am not loosing another family member."

I nodded, took his shield and ran off to go get Gothi. She was sitting in her small hut at the edge of the town plaza.

"Gothi!" I shouted with barely any breath left. "Come quick!"

She nodded and followed me over to where my mother was. When we got there, she gasped at what she saw. She looked over to me and then back at my mother. Tears were forming inside my eyes as I looked at my mom.

*Flashback Ended*

I laid my head in my paws as I silently cried to myself. It was always hard remembering what happened to my mom. After she died, I had never lived up to my full potential. I was never good enough to play with the other kids, the other Vikings would not accept me and I felt like I was never human in the first place. I had my head turned away from Night Fly so he didn't see me crying. I didn't really know that dragons could cry, but apparently they can. I pushed the tears away and looked to where Night Fly was sitting. Though, he was standing right in front of me.

Concern filled his eyes as he laid down nest to me.

"Nefera?" he asked as he nudged my head with his. "Are you okay?"

"To be honest," I replied. "Not really. I just have a lot of bad memories. And they keep coming back every once and while. But, I'm glad that you're here to comfort me."

"That's what friends are for."

We soon fell asleep in the cave. But before I fell asleep, Night Fly had wrapped his wing around me, though he was sound asleep. I smiled and went back to sleeping, with my head next to his. I was getting at what he was hinting at.

'Nefera.' I thought. 'He likes you. And I may like him too.'

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