Chapter 9: Saving Benson

(Crystal's POV)

We were loading up our dragons when I went to mine and my sisters' room alone to get supplies for when we had to make up camp, that's when Zane came in. "Hey," he said. "Hey," I said turning back to him. He came in and sat on my bed which was the one to the window, in front of my dresser. My bed had blue covers and white pillow cases. There were doilies on the top of the dresser that decorated the old piece. My bed was against the wall on the right wall in the room. A white desk next to the door for me to randomly work at. I had a blue shag rug under the bed and a picture of me and my sisters in a white frame on my desk. "So, are you really going to be gone long?" Zane asked me starring into my eyes. I placed my hand on his to comfort him. "Just two days max." He still seemed sad though. "How about when I get back we go out like we said we would?" His head and neck rose slowly. "That sounds perfect," he said with a smile. We stayed holding hands for 3 minutes until our heads leaned in, our eyes closed, and our lips touched. It felt so good. His lips felt warm but cool at the same time, his breath smelt fresh and warm, and he moved to my rhythm of movement. We parted and our foreheads still touched. I felt I wanted this moment to never end. "Come back safe," he said in a hush. "Don't mess up while I'm gone," I said. He chuckled and I giggled as he got up and left the room. I stood up to zip up my bag when it hit me 'I just had my first kiss.'

(Mag's POV)

I tightened the bags on Melody and turned to wave goodbye. "Remember," I said "If anything happens while we're gone, keep the ship close to this area so we can find our way back easily." "Got it," Nya said being very happy yet sad to see us go. Crystal waved Zane goodbye, there is totally something between them they haven't shared, and we four girls took off on our dragons for the orphanage.

Once we got close enough to the orphanage we found a clearing to land. We told the dragons to stay and walked to a hiding spot. All we could do now was wait until they let the kids out for air. It took an hour and a half, but Molly finally saw Benson out in the grass. He had bruises along both his arms, and his check held a small scar. He had short messy dark brown hair and purplish blue eyes and was wearing a dark green T-shirt and blue jeans with holes in them, and very dirty old sneakers. "Alright," I said "Molly you sneak over there while me and Ally bring up the rear, and Crystal keeps look out." They nodded their heads and Molly crept up to behind the tree he was sitting against. Me and Ally followed her while Crystal scooted down two trees closer than just watched out. Molly talked to Ben and he followed her back to us and we moved back out with Crystal.

We set up camp a mile or three away from the building. "So, Ben," I said "how did you meet Molly?" He looked at Molly and then to us. "When my parents died, I was sent here and one day I saw Molly about to be beaten. But I ran in front of her and ended up getting hit myself." He spoke soft and sweet. He was kind and gentle. "Well, now you get to live with us on a flying ship," Ally said eating a snack bar from her bag. He looked like he thought she was crazy. "She's telling the truth. It really does fly," Crystal said. We talked until the sun was no longer in view and then we all went to sleep in extra blankets and sleeping bags.