Marina walked out of the house after thanking the owners and flinched as the sunlight hit her face. She slowly walked towards the red dragon waiting them.

"Hello there." "I don't believe we've met." She said. Thorn grunted.

Marina smiled. "Well then I hope you'll keep my secret." She said. The dragon nodded. She smiled at how understanding he was. "Your sweet."

"Thorn right?" She asked. Thorn nodded again. She smiled.

"Your master is very… very what?" Murtagh asked. "Difficult." She said turning around to face him.

She stared at him and he smirked. "That sounds like someone else I know." He said. She glared at him. He jumped onto the back of Thorn and offered her his hand she crossed her arms and smiled as thorn lowered his wing for her.

She nodded to him and climbed up. Murtagh smirked. "Suck up." He said to Thorn. "No I just know how to treat a girl." He said.

She climbed up behind him and put her hands on his sides. He looked back at her. "Hold on to me." He said. She smirked. "Like this?" She asked wrapping her arms around his waist and pressing her chest to his back.

"Not what I had in mind but it works." He said as Thorn started off. She smiled.

They flew for fifteen minutes and were suddenly forced to land as arrows started to appear coming at them. Thorn landed and Murtagh and Marina dismounted.

Murtagh drew his sword and placed Marina behind him. "Stay back." He said as black cloaked figures appeared about fifty of them. Murtagh backed up putting Marina between him and Thorn.

He froze as a man in red appeared. Murtagh's blood froze in his veins.

"It can't be." He whispered.

"Marina close your eyes." He whispered. Marina stared at the back of him and closed her eyes. Thorn roared in anger making her jump. "Give us the girl." The man in red said.

Murtagh glared at him. "Why so you can do what you did before?" He asked.

The man laughed and Marina froze. "So you know." "I'm surprised, she has told no one." He said. "Not even her father I bet." Murtagh said.

"Kill the boy and bring me his dragon and the girl alive." The men came at Murtagh. Thorn swung at some but they fired arrows piercing him in his side.

He roared in pain. Murtagh clashed swords with a few and fought to defend Marina but a man got behind him and grabbed her.

She screamed and Murtagh went at him but was pierced in the side by an arrow. He was grabbed from behind and forced to his knees. "Murtagh!" Marina screamed. "Please don't hurt him if you do his dragon will die." She said.

"Enough, rough him up a bit and send him on his way." "We have what we came for." He said walking over to Marina. She froze seeing him.

She squirmed and fought to break from the man holding her but to no avail. She closed her eyes as he reached her.

"Hey there little sis." He said.