I started making my way back to Ruby's when my thoughts had finally organised themselves and I thought I would be able to walk past all those people with all there emotions without having a mental breakdown in the street. I walked as quickly as I could without tripping over anything in my path and had soon found my way back to the gates. I could feel the sun on my face, though it wasn't strong, and guessed it to be about early evening. As soon as I was in the gates the emotions that I had felt building in strength as I had made my way here wash over me in a tide a wave, leaving me slightly out of breath and wondering what had happened.
"are you okay?" I heard someone ask and come over to me, but I simply straightened up, forced my breathing to sound normal and smiled in the direction of the stranger.
"fine, thank you." I said and carried on walking, the person still seemed a little uncertain. A sudden, rather irrational urge to find arya suddenly overpowered me and in my mind I searched for her, soon finding her energy at the training arena. I quickly walked back to Ruby's house and getting my bow and arrows before telling everyone I would be back soon and heading for the other side of the city. Arya was still there when I got there.
"lafniar! I needed to talk to you!" she said and sounded happy enough, but underneath she was worried about me.
"Arya, I was wondering if I could try hit a target or two. Could you clear the place or something?" I asked and I heard her chuckle.
"sure. If you come with me there is a separate training area from this. I sure we could use it. I think its empty." she told me and I nodded, Inwardly wincing as someone was hit on the arm with a blunt training sword. I was lead by Arya to a long thin room, away from the sounds of sword clashing and arrows striking there targets and into a comfortable silence.
"can you feel where the target is?" Arya asked and I nodded. "im standing behind you. Shoot when your ready, and don't worry if you don't get it in the centre, I wouldn't expect you to." she said in an overly and obviously fake 'understanding' voice. I tok one of the the arrows and knocked it in the bow, before pulling the bow string back as far as I could and concentrating. I sensed where the target was, where the circular edge ended and worked out where the middle would be roughly in comparison to it. Then I let go, breathing out a breath I hadn't realized I had been holding at the same time. I felt Arya's surprise before I heard her gasp.
"what?" I asked and I heard her turn, could feel her gaze on me.
"I just…" she trailed off.
"its okay, at least you don't treat me like im dying or some fragil piece of glass. Could you keep this place clear so that I can train here? I just don't want to go out there. For a little while anyway." I told her, and felt weird confiding in an almost total stranger.
"sure, sure." she said and I nodded before going back to shooting arrows. I heard her leave a few minutes later. I didn't mind, though. I kind of liked being alone, with no-one hovering around you, watching your every move and reminding you to 'eat your vegetables' though I didn't say anything as I didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. When I got back everyone was talking quietly, each person nervous though not showing it as they didn't want anyone else to worry. Though they seemed temporarily distracted. I knocked and Ruby got up onside so that she could answer the door. When she saw me stood there she let out a pent up breath.
"sorry, it's just kind of easy to lose track of the time when you can't see the sun." I said as I means of an apology and I heard Evie laugh. She was in a happy mood. Ruby grabbed my arm gently and lead me over to where Megan and Scoble had both shifted slightly so that I could sit with them on the sofa.
"so, what were you guys talking about?" I asked, slightly curious.
"Evie's dragon! He flew!" scoble told me.
"scoble!" Evie complained. "his name is Elzar!" Evie said, and I guessed that meant she had picked a name for him.
It's a nice name, Elzar. I told him telepathically, and heard Evie jump.
"how did you do that?" she asked, and I guessed she had heard what I had said to him as well.
"elf?" I said by means of an explanation and Scoble chuckled under her breath. It seemed that Evie's dragon getting a name and flying had finally lightened the dark mood that had been hanging round the house like a cloud, for which I was grateful.
Sorry this took such a long time, but you should settle in for more of a wait because evie is on holiday to French people are going to come and abduct me!!!! [her own words] but i have a couple of other chapters. Hope this was okay!!!!
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