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Chapter V: Sailing on the Open Sea

We had just walked into Fletz, and Hajeri looked over at me.

"I'll be right back." He told me.

"Oh, okay." I watched him walk off.

"Why is he so...so...quiet and mysterious?" Selistia asked me.

"Well, he's just...Hajeri. Phirala probably knows more about him than I do." I looked back at Phirala.

"I honestly don't know much about him." Phirala shrugged her shoulders. "Not even you-know-who knows anything about him other than him having a little brother."

I knew exactly who Phirala was talking about. The Dragoon Queen.

"Who's 'you-know-who'?" Selistia looked at me, then Phirala.

"Um........." Phirala and I looked at each other.

"Hiya, guys!!" Came a female's voice from behind us.

As we turned around, we saw a platinum haired young woman.

"Meru!" I was surprised to see the Wingly.

"How ya doin', Crystal?" Meru smiled.

"Just fine, you?"

"Oh, I'm okay! Hey, Phirala! Um......" Meru pointed to Selistia.

"Hi. My name's Selistia." Selistia waved.

"Name's Meru. So, um, why ya'll here?" Meru asked.

"We're lookin' for the Judges. Have you seen 'em?" Phirala looked at her.

"Um......sorry. Haven't seen them. Oh! Hajeri's here too?" Meru pointed behind us.

Everyone looked behind and Hajeri was standing right behind me.

"Oh......yeah......" I looked up at him. "So, um, what did you get?"

He just stared down at me. "Why?"

"Just curious...that's all......" I quickly turned back around and took a few steps forward. "So, well, we might as well grab some items and-"

"All ready got 'em." Hajeri said.

"Oh......okay......then, let's go to Donau." I began walking backwards. "See ya, Meru!" I waved.

Meru waved back as we all began to leave. I was still walking backwards when we walked out of the town.

"You could trip." Hajeri told me.

"I could." I put my hands behind my head. I looked over at Selistia, who was whistling. 'We're gonna hafta explain everything to her sometime'

"Crystal...you're going to trip and-" Hajeri never had a chance to finish.

I did indeed trip, but I was lucky that Hajeri had grabbed my arm in time.

"Uh........." I just stared at him.

He pulled me back to a standing position. "I warned you." He continued walking.

I just stood there. Blinking. I quickly snapped back to reality once something hit me in the head.

"Ow......" I rubbed my head and looked up. Hajeri was standing behind me, looking down at me.

"You're gonna get left behind if you don't stop daydreaming." He smirked, then walked off. Again.

"Hey! Wait up!" I turned and ran after him. I hit him in the back of his head and ran past him. I turned around, still running backwards (I never learn my lesson), sticking my tongue out at him. I turned back around and began to run once he started chasing me.

I had a very irritated look on my face whenever we arrived at Donau. About ten minutes ago, Hajeri had caught me, tied me up, and thrown me over his shoulder.

"Ya know, you can untie me now." I said for the hundredth time.

Phirala giggled. "Yeah, Hajeri. I think she's learned her lesson now."

Selistia also began giggling. "I think she should stay tied up. She's not as much trouble."

"Hey! I'm still here, ya know!!" I began kicking my feet. "Let me GO!!"

Hajeri smiled. "Now why would I do that? You do seem to be less trouble when you're tied up."

"Once I get outta these ropes, I'm gonna give ya one good punch!" I sighed. 'Then after that, I'll get tied up again......' "Okay. You win. I learned my lesson, OKAY???!!"

Hajeri put me down and walked inside Donau. I pulled out my dagger, cut the ropes, stood up, and stomped inside the town.

Humans were inside, rebuilding the place.

"I hope the Dragon doesn't attack again." I looked around. "Hey, maybe we should help."

"No need." A man's voice came from behind us.

"Who are you?" Selistia was the first to ask the question that we were all gonna ask.

"Name's Lynn. You're Dart's friends, correct?"

"Um...yeah. So why can't we help?" I looked around again. 'This city needs all the help it can get.'

"Because I think we have it under control. The next ride to Furni is ready, though. If you would like to go there, that is." Lynn informed us.

"Well, Donau seems to be okay, sooooo.........how 'bout we go look at Furni?" I looked at everyone. They nodded in response. "Well, then, let's go!"

So we all headed to the Queen Fury.

I stepped inside the room that I was supposed to stay in, at least until we arrived at Furni.

"I'll be bored outta my mind........." I sighed, and left the room.

I leaned up against the rail, looking out at the ocean. 'So beautiful...... I betcha I could make the ocean form some sorta sea creature......' I smiled at how the Humans would react. You see, I had full control of my water powers now so now I could make the water form, like, a shark fin and have a little bit of fun. I sensed someone walk up to the rail and stand beside me. I looked up and saw Hajeri. "Hi..."

"Hi. So what are you doing?"

"Well, I was just thinkin' 'bout what to do. I'm completely bored." I continued to stare out at the ocean. 'If only I could-' I never could finish thinking. Something hit the side of the Queen Fury and.........thrown me over the side of the rail. I hit the water before I could even think another word.

"CRYSTAL!!" I could barely hear Hajeri's voice as I went deeper and deeper......

I struggled to swim to the surface. Something was pulling me under......

Well, at least I could breathe longer underwater than a normal Human could. I looked down and tried to see what was pulling me under. An......octopus thing?! Okay, so it's not the best name, but all I saw was the tentacles around my legs. I went to draw my sword, but one of the tentacles wrapped around my arms and waist, making it impossible for me to get out. I tried to picture my sword coming out and slicing this octopus thingy to bits and pieces. But, ya know what? IT WOULDN'T WORK!!! I don't know why, though...... If it was supposed to respond to my feelings, THEN IT'S DOIN' A GREAT JOB!! I struggled to get free. No luck.

'Great. I'm gonna die by some octopus thingy!' Okay, I really needed to come up with a new name for that thing. Wait. I'm gonna die and I'm tryin' to figure out a name for the creature that's gonna kill me??!! I sighed. 'That's just like me.' I closed my eyes, but just in time to hear the octopus thingy scream. And boy, was it a terrible sound. Someone wrapped their arm around my waist and began swimming. I reopened my eyes and found Hajeri. 'Why does he always end up saving me??' The same question kept repeating itself as we were swimming to the surface.

Once we reached the surface, I gasped for air.

"You okay?" Hajeri asked me.

All I could do was nod. I couldn't find my voice right now. Hajeri swam us to a ladder that the girls must've let down. He began climbing it; holding onto me at the same time.

'I-I really, really need to thank him......once I regain my voice, that is......' I looked down. I could see the octopus thingy's tentacles reaching out for us, and we were halfway, halfway I tell ya, and the thing was already tryin' to grab us again. Somehow, somehow, I regained my voice just then. "LOOK OUT!! IT'S COMIN' BACK!!"

Hajeri froze and looked down. "I won't be able to make it to the top in time."

I never had a chance to say anything. He threw me up into the air. I went up......but everything that goes up, must come down. As I was falling, I could see a bright light below me. I didn't even have the chance to look down to see what was goin' on. I fell back into Hajeri's arms, but this time, he was wearing his Dragoon armor. He flew up to the deck of the ship and stood me up on it.

"I'll be right back." He flew down towards the octopus thingy.

Selistia just stared in disbelief. "Wh-wh-......wh-......he......wings......armor...wings...HOW COME NO ONE TELLS ME ANYTHING??!!" That was the first time that she had yelled like that. I didn't blame her, though. Hajeri flew back up to the deck and de-dragooned.

"Job's done." He said with a grin on his face.

Phirala sighed. "Did ya overkill it this time, Hajeri?"

"WHO CARES??!! THE THING'S DEAD!!.........it is dead, right?" I looked over at Hajeri. He nodded.

Selistia cleared her throat. "Anyone wanna explain???" Selistia tapped her foot in impatience.

Hajeri, Phirala, and I all looked at each other.

"You're gonna explain." We all said in unison.

"NO. YOU ARE." I stared at Hajeri.

"Nope. Phirala is."

"Nuh-uh!! Crystal is!!"

"How 'bout we take turns??" I suggested.

"I don't really care who explains. Just tell me already." Selistia looked at all of us.

I just kinda stood there. I was never really good at explaining. "Um..............."

A/N: Sorry if this chapter was short, but it was originally shorter than this before I added in a few things. I might have everything up to chapter eighteen figured out, but I didn't expect this chapter to be two pages long so I had to change a few things and make something attack us and throw me off the side of the ship so Hajeri could save me. If ya haven't noticed, Hajeri and Milro are my favorite outta my beloved Dragoon Judges. I don't know why though......... Anyhoo, I'll defiantly do something with Milro, but I can't tell ya what. Oh, and I can't tell ya if my ghost father will attack me or not. He might, he might not. [shrugs] Who knows? Oh, right. I do. Hehehehehe......... Well, I'm gonna put that story on the Dragoon Judges out sooner than I thought. Okay, I've got the first chapter of the first book done, but that's all. It will defiantly come out soon......I hope......