Chapter Twenty Five

Pyro had a troubled night's sleep that night. He was sure he fell asleep before the rest of the gang but he remembers waking up in the middle of the night for a moment, long enough to realise that Silvermist was in fact cuddling him while she slept. He didn't really know why and he didn't really know if he minded or not. Even though, he also remembers waking up long before the rest once the sun began to rise, he watched it rise actually, finally being able to admire something.

Everyone was awake, fresh and ready, preparing to set off for Pixie Hollow and bring Ash to his new home. Rosetta was trying to help Ash fix his hair which had knotted and stuck up overnight.

"So, why is your hair this long Ash?" She asked him. "It's unusual for a Sparrow man."

"Is it?" Ash replied. "I don't know I just never really like getting it cut, it feels right! You Know?"

"Oh I know Ash!" Silvermist added in." Rosetta just doesn't understand how great it feels when it touched your back!" She said jokingly.

"Silvermist your hair is longer than everyone's here!" Fawn joined in. "Of course you think it's great!"

"My hair's not quite that long," Ash said. "And your braid is pretty long Fawn."

"Is there something wrong with my braid?" Fawn said, panicking as she grabbed it and examined it.

Tink and Iradessa ran over to reassure here why everyone else laughed. While this was happening, Pyro, who was sitting with Clank and Bobble getting a giggle out of this, began to grow frustrated with the silly conversation and stood up. He let out a quiet huff as he flew off slowly; he was in a slightly crooked mood after that bad night's sleep and wanted to get home quickly.

Vidia noticed and chased after him. She was able to catch him quickly and he did not try and run.

"Pyro are you ok?" She asked him. "You look a little mad!"

"I'm not mad I-," he paused his reply to think a little. "I'm just tired and over it."

"Over what?" Vida asked again.

"The flying and the walking and the running!" He answered. "I don't know I normally can't get enough of flying,"

"I know!" Vidia remarked. "I remember when you arrived in Pixie Hollow you seemed to think flying was the best thing ever!"

"Yeah I almost still do!" He said with a slight smile.

"Maybe it's the pace!" Vidia suggested.

"Huh?" Pyro was a little confused.

"I mean, maybe you're just sick of the slow pace you have to fly because of everyone else!" She said. "If it were just me and you, we could have done all of this days ago!"

Pyro laughed. "You know I never even thought about it that way! How do you think we could speed it up?" He asked her.

"You know I recall you challenging me to a race the day you arrived!" Vidia said with a cheeky smile and a hand on her hip.

"Oh yeah!" Pyro said with a grin. "There's a waterfall south of here! First one there and back to the gang wins?" He challenged.

"Oh you're on!"

A/N: Hey guys I really am sorry for my lack of consistancy when it comes to uploading new chapters and I am also sorry for the length of this one. I am having trouble figuring out what to do with the story and this chapter seems necessay to me in order to get my flow going.

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