-Talk with Dmitri-

"Hey love"
"Oh, hey Dmitri"
"You alright?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Ever since you got back, you seem a little divided. Like you're not sure what to do"
"You waited three weeks to tell me this?" Saira smiled
"Didn't know how"
"I'm fine. I'm just thinking"
"You sure?"
"Yeah"
"Well, ok. So, you excited about the third task?"
Saira was trying to avoid that subject because she remembered her vision.
"Yeah. Hey, I don't want to be rude, but I've got to go train with Legolas now"
"Oh, my little girl's growing up" he said playfully. She gave him a small push laughing.
"Bye Dmitri"
Saira was supposed to meet Legolas down at the lake to train every Tuesday and meet him at his room every Thursday for magic, but that often got canceled. She headed to the common room to change first then ran down to meet him, but she ran straight into Draco coming round the corner.
"Damn. I'm sorry Draco"
"Hi. Where are you running to?"
"To meet my bodyguard"
"Mind if I walk with you?"
Saira was going to protest but she liked the company. He noticed her baggy pants and tank top, with holes on the knees.
"This certainly isn't your school uniform, but it's a look"
"Well, it's more of a work out than a meeting"
"Ah, that would explain"
She spotted Legolas. "I'll talk to you later, okay?'
"Sure. Bye"
"Namaarie"
Draco went back up to the castle and Saira jogged the rest of the way down the hill.
"Hey"
"Vedui" he said, "Who were you walking with?"
"Oh, Draco? You've met him"
"Right. I wanted to ask you before we get started, do you want to train a few more days out of the week"
"As long as its not weekends, I'd be glad to"
"Good"
They started with some meditation. It was slow but difficult. Pretty soon Liz and Hermione came down to the lake looking for Saira but once they saw what she was doing, they sat down about 20 feet away to watch. Mainly Legolas.
"I wish we had some popcorn because this is a great show," Liz said
"It doesn't get much better than this" Hermione added
Saira and Legolas turned around and immediately stopped seeing the two girls.
"Liz. Hermione. What are you doing here?"
"Dmitri said you were training and we came to see if you were done" Liz said
"Oh well I'm not"
"We can see that" Hermione said
"Mind if we stay anyway?" Liz asked
"Matter of fact yes" Saira said, "I don't like people to watch me"
"Legolas is watching" Hermione pointed out.
"Legolas is different" Saira really like having just Legolas there"
"What if we want to work out too?" Liz said playfully
"Then you can make an appointment when I'm done with him. Now auta!" -Go! -
"Alright, alright. Namaarie, Legolas" Liz said.
"What she said" Hermione nodded
"Namaarie' Legolas said as they left. When Liz and Hermione were out of sight, he said, " 'make an appointment when I'm done with him'" he quoted
She just blushed and picked up a stick to start sparring. "Shall we?"
Legolas smiled and grabbed his own stick, "Ready?"
Saira took a stance Legolas taught her. "Ready"
"Ok" Legolas called out numbers representing a sword movement. He started out slow. "5! 1! 3! 2!" He stopped calling out numbers but they continued until Legolas did a spinning movement ending up behind her with his arms pinning hers across her chest
"Well, that was almost too easy for you" Saira said. He let go
"You're learning quick though"
She looked at her watch, "Well I've got to go. I said I'd meet Liz and Hermione for a study date"
"Ok, if you're not doing anything after class tomorrow, come down here and we'll try again."
"What? Are you gong to just come down and wait and see if I'm going to show up?" she asked skeptically.
"No, I come down here to work out myself. I have to keep up my skills"
"Okay, well I'll try to come by. Namaarie"
"Namaarie" Saira walked up to the castle and headed straight for the common room. Liz and Hermione were playing chess.
"Hey you intruders" Saira said jokingly
"You know, if technology from the Muggle world worked here, I'd tell you to video tape your workout sessions" Hermione said.
"Yeah, its not fair that you keep him all to yourself" Liz added
"Would it please your guys to work out with us?"
"Yeah"
"Of course"
"Maybe" Saira said
"You're such and guy magnet and you don't even try to be. Ita, Legolas, both elves mind you, and Draco, Harry and Ron" Liz said, "and there's probably more"
"It's not like I do it on purpose," Saira protested. "Anyway, I'm only going out with one of them"
"But you've got the full attention of the others" Hermione said
"Look, I'm going to go change. Can we just drop this and go study?"
"Fine" Hermione said not paying attention to Liz staring at the chessboard.
"Checkmate" Liz said. Saira went upstairs listening to Hermione object.
"What? Checkmate? How?" Hermione said shrilly
"Well, my bishop, my knight, my queen. See?"
"I hate chess"
"To change the subject, how are you and Viktor getting along?" Liz asked
"Good. You?"
"Well, I'm glad you asked. It will make this easier. You see we are becoming quite close" Liz joked
They started laughing when Saira came back down
"What's so funny?" She asked
"We'll tell you later. Let's go." Liz said
"Where are we going?"
"To the courtyard" Hermione said
"Wait, I thought you said non-elves couldn't go in and that the effort could kill them" Saira said confused.
"Oh, Aranel just tells people that so they'll stay away. However only an elf can open it," Liz explained
"Oh"
They went through the winding halls to the courtyard. Liz made the opening and let Hermione go first. Liz and Saira started to walk in when they ran straight into Hermione who had stopped dead in her tracks.
"Hermione? Why'd you st--?" Saira saw Dmitri and Aranel making out wildly on the bench. "Dmitri Alonde!"
Immediately upon hearing Saira, Dmitri pushed Aranel up and inched away as if to lessen the situation. Both looked very guilty as they got up and headed for the wall'
"We'll just be--"
"Yeah, bye"
"Dmitri." Saira said sternly. She curled her finger motioning for him to come to her. "You and I are going to have a little talk later. Do I make myself clear?"
"Crystal"
He left promptly and the wall left Liz, Saira and Hermione alone to try and forget.
"That vision is going to haunt me until kingdom come" Saira said quietly
"That picture is forever imbedded into my memory" Liz said
"I wish I knew a spell to make me forget that" Hermione said
They stood there for many minutes until the opening appeared behind them and all their guy friends ran into them. This snapped the girls out of it and they finally went to sit down on the benches opposite where Dmitri and Aranel had been.
"What gives?" Ita said
"You girls ok?" Harry asked
"You look like you saw a troll," Ron added
"I will never look at Dmitri the same way again," Saira said ignoring the boys. "I mean he was never innocent. At least he never let me see him. I still think of him as my little boy from Hyrule."
"I've known Aranel for years and she's always been conservative. I never thought she'd let a guy, let alone Dmitri, feel her up," Liz said
Hermione said nothing. She didn't know either one that well.
"Wait! What?" Ita said, "Aranel did what? Let who?"
Ita looked absolutely livid. Aranel was like his sister. As Saira and Dmitri had, they'd grown up knowing one another and were great friends.
"Nothing" Liz said not wanting Dmitri beat up
"Yeah, it was nothing" Saira said knowing Ita would do something rash if he knew what Dmitri was doing.
"It must have been something. You're all pale as vampires," Ita said
Ita continued to yell until Saira stood up and kissed him, "Don't worry about it. Liz? Hermione? I'll meet up with you guys later. I need to find my little blue haired boy"
"We'll go to the common room to study. It's too weird in here" Liz said
All the females left. Ita stood stunned and Harry and Ron stood in shock and disbelief at their behavior.
"I just don't get her," Ita said shaking his head
"What do you mean?" Harry asked closing his mouth and shutting Ron's
"I think I've got her figured out, then she does something completely out of the ordinary. When I kiss her, it's fine for a minute, and then she gets a guilty look on her face and makes an excuse to leave. Then she just kisses me at random and everything is fine again."
"Don't try to understand girls. They are very diverse with their emotions." Ron said. Ita and Harry just stared at him, "What?"
They all laughed

"Dmitri!" Saira yelled as she caught up with them
He stopped reluctantly.
"Hey love"
"Aranel do you mind if I borrow him for a minute?"
"Do I have a choice?" Aranel asked in response
"Not really"
"Then he's all yours"
"Thanks"
Aranel walked off leaving Saira and Dmitri in the deserted hallway.
"What's this about?" Dmitri tried to act innocent
"I'm just worried that's all"
"Worried?"
"About you and Aranel moving way too fast"
"Love you've got nothing--"
"To worry about? Yeah, I'm sure but when I walk in on such a lovely scene as the one back there, it makes me wonder"
"I really regret that now"
"At least in Hyrule, you hid it well even though I already know everything you did"
"How?"
"I have my ways" Saira said
"O.k."
"Will you promise me to slow down a bit? You're still my little Dmitri. I don't want you growing up too fast."
"Sairalinde. I'm sorry. I promise. Just promise me in return you wont reveal anything you know about the other girls to Aranel"
"Ok"
Dmitri gave Saira a hug; then they walked down the halls talking like old friends should.