It took a day and a half of sailing to return to the Dawn's palace. The waves were friendly, the skies airy and bright. The trip was made mostly in quiet, only interrupted by tired arguments from the Dawns.

Kalli was lying on the ship's deck, her head in her Dragon's lap while Mae read her stories. The Dragon seemed to have found some source of endless patience for the rambunctious Phoenix. The sailors, seeing the Dawn's presence and the clear weather as a good omen, constructed a type of bench for the two, complete with an umbrella for the pale, easily burnt skin of the Dragon. The two would sit in the salt air for hours together, basking in a kind of contentment that was contagious.

"You should move into my room when we get home, Mae." Kalli whispered into a long silence between stories.

Mae sputtered, chocking on the water she had been sipping. "You think I should what?" The Dragon almost dumped her wife onto the deck in surprise.

"What?" The Phoenix blinked innocently up at her. "We are married, and I thought…"

"You thought what, Kalli?" She was blushing, and trying to hide it behind the book she was holding.

She shrugged as much as she could, shifting her injured limbs carefully. "I like being close to you, Mae…" The Phoenix carefully brushed her platinum hair from her eyes, watching Maellyn with a soft smile. The Dragon's anger melted away at the look in those wide, silvery eyes. "Besides," she continued, winking, "living with you, I could help you undress..."

Maellyn actually hit her, exciting chiming laughter from the Phoenix. "Oh great good Gods, Mae, you're such a prude. I was kidding!"

Their guards watched from a safe distance. Raenel leaned against the wooden railing, a bemused smile painting her lips. Her blonde hair was tied into a tight braid at the back of her neck, tiny wisps of gold escaping to cloud her face. "Those two are disgustingly sweet." She laughed, softly; even she had been affected by the Dawn's newfound happiness.

Suddenly, at a thought, the contentment faded, replaced by a tired kind of worry. "What should we do, Shuryntus?"

"Nothing." The guard answered, flatly. He was idly sharpening one of his knives, his eyes focused on the two Dawns. "I think, for a while, things need to stay as they are. The Dragon and the Phoenix need us as guards." He slipped the shining blade back into its sheath at his side. "I think they're ruling the world just fine on their own." He grinned, barring his teeth like a lion.

"As you say, my love." Raenel twisted her body around his with serpentine, slithering kind of grace, watching the two Dawns argue with yellow-tinged eyes.

..:THE END:..

And there you have it. I'd like to thank Inky, for the inspiration and letting me write this. I'd like to thank everyone who reveiwed and those who will read and review in the future. Hehe, I'd like to also thank Mae, for being so cute. And Kalli for being... well, Kalli.

I worked really hard to get the rest of this story finished before I posted anymore. So three chapters up at once. I hoping this will inspire Inky to write out a kind of timeline for the Dawns, so I can write about another set of Dawns either before or after Shanza and Ikeda. It'd be like a history lesson! I wanna write a fic about the very first Dawns. Ohhh! That's a good idea :gets to work: Hmm, I'm going to have to confir with Inky a little on this one.

Let's see... anything else? Oh yeah, this story was written kind of willy nilly. If you see any big mistakes, like me changing someone's hair color in the middle of the story, or someone suddenly gets taller, or there's some kind of massively wrong description somewhere, please e-mail me; the addy's in my profile.

As always, thanks for reading. I'll get started on the new fic. Someday. But right now I'm writing this crazy vamp story, inspired by none other than Hellsing (cause Alucard is HOT man. I want him as a master. :is jealous of Celas: Oh well, I have a feeling I'll be writing tons of fics before my Baton Kaitos and FF7 phases go away. I've been playing Baton Kaitos for the whole week, and I've been trying to DL FF7: Adment Children stuff for days. Tell me if anyone finds anything, okay? Thanks. Much Luvs!

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