Sorry for not writing at all folks! I just kinda got carried away
with work and stuff. Well, here is the awaited chapter four!
However, since no one is really reviewing, I'm not to sure about
the awaited part though...
Anyway, on with the fic!



Chapter Four: Survival

Jadera walked silently around her room, looking for anything that she
might have wanted to bring with her on her survival test. Her eyes
alighted on some flint that she'd taken from the kitchen for no reason,
and she quickly grabbed it and put it in her sack. Looking around,
she found the steel iron (okay, I kinda forgot what it's called, so
just bear with me and I'm just going to call it this, okay?) that
went with it so she would be able to make a fire out in the
forest. She then laid out her spare uniform to pack and then went
to the kitchen to grab some food supplies.
Opening her door, she was greeted by Gatti, who was just raising
his hand to knock.

"Oh! Hello Gatti. What are you doing here?" Jadera asked.

"Jaden!" Gatti said, surprised. "Oh, um, we were wondering if you
wanted to come with us to the kitchen."

Jadera looked behind him to see Chesta. She smiled.
"Sure thing. I was going there myself already anyway."



They walked into the kitchen and started opening cuboards and drawers,
looking for the food they would need on their journey.

"Hmm," Gatti said, "it appears that no one has been here yet.
Nothing's gone."

"That's good." Jaden said. "We'll get first pick on the food."

"I don't know about you guys," Chesta said, looking into the
utensils drawer, "but I think that some knives would be helpful."

"Are we even allowed to bring that stuff?" Gatti wondered out loud.

"Dunno," Jaden said shrugging. He picked up some jerky and bread,
a hard block of cheese and an assortment of fruits that wouldn't
go bad. "How's this?" he asked, showing the other two.

"Nice choice," Chesta said, "but is that all you're gonna bring?"

"Pretty much. It's the bare basics for me. I know how to survive in
the forest. For me, this is all that I need." Jaden replied.

"Interesting. So you're done?" Gatti asked.

"Yeah. See you later." Jaden said, and walked back to his room.


Jadera set the food down on her table and wrapped it nicely in a
hankerchief (sp?). Sticking a thin blanket and then folding her
clothes neatly she laid them in a bag (I don't know if they have bags
in Gaea but in my fic they do.) and put the flint and steel wrapped in
a cloth on top. Next, she stuck some daggers that she had around them,
then put the food on top. Closing the bag she walked down
the hall to Miguel's.

"Hey! Miguel!" She called, knocking on his door.

There were some shuffling sounds coming from inside and then the door
opened.

"Yeah?" Miguel asked.

"You done packing?" Jadera questioned.

"Yeah. You?" he asked.

"I'm done too. Come on, let's go to the hangar. We're going to be
leaving soon."



When they arrived at the hangar, almost all the other dragonslayers
were there, tense and waiting. Not long after, The General responsible
for the survival test walked in. He let them off in the forest randomly
and then flew back to the floating fortress.


Jadera sighed to herself, then looked up at the sky.

"Oh shit," she said. The clouds were dark and it was going to rain.
She quickly set to work building a camp for herself, and made a shelter
out of tree branches and a couple of logs that she dragged together
and covered them with leaves and some evergreen-like boughs.
She had just made a fire and was settling down when it began to rain
heavily.

"Damn," she moaned, "just when I had the fire going. At least the rain
isn't coming through the roof of the shelter."
Sighing heavily, she ate her dinner and leaned back against the wall
of the shelter, watching the rain fall outside dully.

"At least I'm not wet." she said to herself, then smirked as the
thought of some of the other dragonslayers that looked as though
they had absolutely no experience out in the wilderness.

"I wonder how they're doing," she mused. She then sighed as the rain
seemed to increase even more.

"There's no use doing anything, not with the rain. Might as well get
some sleep." Taking out her blanket, she spread it out and lay down,
using her bag as a pillow. Drifting off, she wondered if the rain was
going to let up anytime soon.








Sorry for the long wait minna, but I was caught up in school work,
and I'm trying to finish my science... Arg!
Anyway, I have a surprise coming up in the next chapter... so review!
-reb