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Chapter 17- I officially hate lakes.

It had been a couple of weeks since 'The Hatchling Incident', and we'd progressed a long way towards Dras Leona. While it was a long way in a short time for Eragon and Brom, it was painfully slow going for Saphira, Amara and I. We probably could have flown around the world in the time that it took for the two humans to get to Leona Lake.

Nevertheless, we did eventually get there. The moon shone down on the expanse of water in a bright strip, glistening in the night as I descended towards it. Skimming low, over the lake, I looked down into the water. A three-headed dragon stared back.

I sighed, and banked towards the rocky shore where my companions were making camp. With all the opportunities that this new form gave me, I still missed my human body on occasion. Granted, if I had to choose between what I was now, and what I used to be, I'd pick being Ghidorah any day of the week. But still… I was getting homesick. Or bodysick. Probably both, really.

The next day, I was rudely awoken by Amara dragging me towards the lake by my tails. She had two of her heads on each of my limbs, and was yanking me towards the water as her free head watched on in amusement.

Grumpily, I dug my claws into the rocky shore, turned around to face her and demanded "Stop it before I bite your heads off."

"Well someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed." My cousin replied a little too happily before giving me an extra-hard tug.

I yowled in pain and reflexively flared electricity over my scales, making Amara yelp and let go as I snarled at her. And it wasn't a friendly, play-fight snarl either. It was a full-on, 'back off, or you won't come back alive' statement. Then I stomped away from the lake and back towards where I'd slept, meaning to doze for a while. Evidently, my cousin must have thought I was either acting or just messing around, since she didn't get the message.

When I felt the next yank, I spun around and let loose three roars that came from beyond hell, along with a loud "**** OFF! I JUST WANTED TO ****ING SLEEP! NOW I'M AWAKE AND UTTERLY ****ED OFF!"

Startled, Amara backed off, her heads down and whining like a dog that disappointed its owner. Growling at her, I turned away and started tearing through the forest, venting my rage by smashing through the wilderness amidst wild roars. I was mad. Partly because I was homesick, partly because of Amara, partly because it was a morning, and I just needed time to vent.

I swiped, blasted, smashed, bit, tore, shot, and ripped at everything that stood in my way. The various birds and animals ran as they saw me, squeaks, screeches and caws of terror filling the air along with the gunfire-like snapping and cracking of branches. I didn't care. All I could do was get my anger out of my system, and that was what I was trying to do. As the sun reached its peak, I stopped, panting at the effort I'd gone through.

"I'm glad that you are on our side." A voice said, making me turn towards the speaker.

Saphira picked her way toward me, jumping from fallen tree to a clear spot of ground.

I just growled and turned away. "I'm not in the mood to talk."

"Are you in the mood to listen then?"

"No. Leave me alone."

"To sulk and destroy more trees? They truly are deadly opponents, are they not? You should be proud that you've felled so many of them."

I turned a head towards her and risked a small smile. "I never remembered you being so snarky before."

"I learned from the best." Saphira said.

"So Amara's passing on her talents then?" I grumbled.

"I meant you, you idiot." The blue dragoness said, her expression being one of 'are you seriously this stupid?'

"Me?" I asked, surprised. "I very much doubt that."

"Until your cousin arrived, you were the only other dragon that I'd met." Saphira pointed out. "Where else would I learn what dragons are supposed to be like?"

I laughed at that. "Me, knowing how to be a proper dragon? If that's what you're looking for, I'm not the place to look for information."

"Why would that be?" Saphira asked, cocking her head to the side. "You are a dragon, albeit a strange one, like your cousin. Between us, she is a good friend, but I the five heads are rather unnerving."

"And what about my three?" I asked curiously.

"I have not decided yet."

"Seriously?" I deadpanned. "We've been travelling together for months, and you haven't made a decision, but you're around Amara for a few weeks and you think that her extra heads thing is weird?"

"Her heads are all different colours and shapes!" Saphira protested. "It's strange!"

"But because mine are all the same that's fine?"

"Yes! I mean no! I mean- I give up."

I chuckled at that. "I'll let you off for now, but I've got to ask, why did you even follow me?"

"Because it was my idea to drag you into the lake, Amara just agreed to do the deed. I came to apologize and ask if you were alright."

I dipped my heads. "I'm homesick. That's all it is, I guess. Having Amara around helps, but still…"

Saphira looked thoughtful for a moment, then asked "Why is she here? You explained that you were exiled, but why has she also left your homeland?"

I shrugged and lied "You'd have to ask her."

Saphira hummed as I took a last look around the end of my path of destruction.

I sighed. "Go back to the others. Tell them that I'm going to be away for a while."

"And where will you be?" Saphira said as she stretched her wings, preparing to take off. By now, she was used to me disappearing for a few days at a time, but she'd never found out where I'd been going.

"I'll be finding myself again in the place between places." I said cryptically, knowing that only Amara would get it. "I'll see you guys again when I don't feel so down."

"Very well." Saphira said, taking off with a gust of wind. "I hope that you feel more like yourself soon."

"Thanks." I replied, waiting before Saphira was out of my line of sight before I took my key out of my bag of stuff and used it, creating a vortex to Locostral.

Snapshot #1C

The Forbidden Forest was dark and gloomy, apart from the ever-present glow of Darius. The three of us had barely evaded the wizards that had come down towards the Quidditch Pitch, and were were waiting for the cover of night before we explored further.

"Do you think we should call it quits?" Darius asked.

"Not yet." I decided. "We've only been here for a few hours, and in that time, we've-"

"We've burnt down a Quidditch Pitch." Amara chuckled.

"Yep." I finished.

"Um, guys…" Darius started.

Amara cut him off with "Well, what else can we do? We can't exactly do human stuff anymore."

"Guys?" Darius squeaked.

I ignored him and thought about the problem.

"Guys!" Darius shouted.

"WHAT?" Amara and I shouted back.

Darius just trembled and pointed upwards… where hundreds of gigantic spiders were descending towards us!

"****ING RUN!" I shouted, bolting past my two friends and into the darkness.