It wasn't safe to stay in one spot for so long, but what could she do? That dragon weighed more then a village full of people, and there was no way she was going to leave the dragon in the state it was in, it'd been past out for five days.

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The dragon woke up days later, it still wasn't in the best shape but it wasn't thrashing around and roaring in pain. More then a few times Kai had to refill her water skin more than ten times a day. The dragon seemed to be depressed, did beasts become depressed? Either way she didn't want it to die. There was only so much she could do for it. She gave it water and fed it whatever she could catch and carry. Its big silver eyes seemed empty as it stared at the patch of trees Kai had buried Silko in. though still, there was an intelligence in its eyes she'd never seen in another animals eyes.

Kai was beyond surprised that no one had discovered them sitting out in the open field, if they had she would have to had killed them, it was best if no one knew about the dragons whereabouts in its condition. And she wasn't up to killing innocent bystanders.

"I know you can move." Kai told the beast one day, they had been there almost a full month. "Go hunt or something before you die." she told it as it seemed to glare at her. "What good is living if your only going to lie about and cry over something you can't change" she knew it didn't really cry, but she was just trying to get her point across. "Get up; this is in no way productive." She told it in her normal even voice starting to push its side urging the beast to move. She had know idea if it had understood her.

With a low growl the huge dragon stood on its gigantic clawed feet and slid Kai away from him with his tail in annoyance. Kai actually smiled, the dragon had to stare at her for a moment as she smiled at him. After a grunt from the animal he lifted his unused white wings, they seemed to stretch the width of their field. With a powerful beat, the dragons thinned form lifted off the ground and flew away to hunt in the dieing light of dawn. She really should have left then.

A few more weeks passed and Kai deemed it safe to leave the dragon to its self, "Don't let anyone catch you." She told the huge animal behind her as she kneeled in front of Silko's grave, she placed a hand on the stone she used to mark the grave then stood turning to the frosted dragon.

Kai nodded to the dragon then walked off, the light pat of the dragon's huge feet following her. She stopped and looked forward as the steps behind her stopped too. Slowly Kai turned to see the huge animal behind her still with its large silver eyes on her and its head low, close to her form.

"No" she simply said to it. "You can't come with me, I can't do the things I do with a dragon as big as a house." The beast only grunted as smoke seeped out of its nostrils.

After a few days of walking the perimeter of the desert and the dragon still behind her, Kai stopped trying the obvious ways of ditching the beast, she stopped bolting from their site; the dragon just took off and followed her from the air. At one point she even tried to travel in the forest where the narrow passages between the trees wouldn't let the dragon follow her, or so she thought, the beast was more maneuverable then she thought.

A few more days into their trip she just stopped trying to leave the dragon altogether. The dragon was determined to stay with her, there wasn't much she could do to change its mind, and the fact that she didn't even know if it understood her. She really should have left when she had the chance.

Kai? The sudden voice in her head made her fall forward in surprise, unfortunately for her she was crouching on a cliff observing the small open area below.

"Ack!" she yelled out of character showing her surprise as she flipped over the edge. A large white frosted head peered over the edge to see the small girl hanging on the steep cliffside with her back against the flat racks and dirt, the only thing holding her up was her hand clutched to a protruding stone. Kai's eyes were still wide as she stared off into the clear sky in front of her.

Kai? The masculine voice asked again. The alien feeling was really freaking Kai out; she almost lost her hold on the rock when the same voice rang through her head again. After a dozen or so voice-in-head moments free Kai looked up at the large eyes watching her.

Swinging over Kai faced the cliffs surface then reached for another protruding object in the ruff incline. Kai kneeled in the dirt with her back to the cliffs edge and blankly stared at nothing at all.

Kai?

"Ack!" she yelled again hitting herself in the head. The dragon lowered its head to her face's level and seemed to stare at her like she was insane. Kai glared at the animal for the very interpretive look. Her eyes then widened as the truth hit her full force. In her shock she almost fell down the cliff again, luckily the dragon's long tail snaked behind her and kept her from falling down the somewhat death promising height.

"Stay out of my head." she said slowly to the beast still not fully sure that it was the dragon intruding in her head. Again the animal glared at her. Kai just glared back for lack of anything else to do.

There's no other way to communicate an annoyed voice broke her scattered thoughts. She continued to glare. The beast in front of her made a sound similar to a sigh. Accept it he said slowly I've decided that I will be your companion he finished with some difficulty at the thought of his best friend.

"Is that why you're following me around?" she asked out loud. The giant head nodded, Kai gave a huge sigh then looked to the landscape below them. "I was going to go to the town that's a little after those trees." She told him. "They'll have supplies that I need….. Do you…….need anything?" she asked awkwardly. She was new to the understanding that dragons were much more intelligent then anyone hade thought.

No was his reply, though I want to know what happened while I was…… not of use he said, it must be hard to think back and realize you were of no help.

"Well…" Kai started remembering back, "It was some kind of beast I've never seen nor heard of, it was watching us for a while. When I whistled it ran off, sorry for that." She added remembering what it did to the dragon as well. The great best just nodded for her to continue. "Then seven humans and a Shade arrived after we made it to the trees. The humans used an illusion to make their arrows appear as though hundreds of people were sending off arrows……. Silko….." she couldn't bring herself to say it to the dragon and let the beast just understand her silence. "You fell from the sky and all I could do was take-out the archers, so I did." She said looking at the blue sky during her whole explanation.

The Shade? The beast asked.

"He didn't do anything just watched me and told me they wanted me. I think the empire was after me on the second attack, not you and Silko."

Why you? The dragon asked interested in something to talk about to take its mind off Silko. To anyone else, Kai wouldn't even speak to them, but something about the dragon screamed trustworthy.

"I'm not……..normal." she said for lack of other words. She was definitely far from normal, but most people were, she wasn't even sure of what she was actually. Kai had no memory of a childhood; it was like she never had one.

Sighing Kai stood and pushed her silver hair behind her shoulder, again she looked out at the small lump of a town she planned to visit.

"I'm going to the town." She said to the dragon then stepped off the cliffs edge. The large white head of the dragon stretched out to peer down the cliffs steep edge just in time to see Kai land in a crouched position then take off towards the town at a fast run. No, she was not normal, the dragon did agree with her there.

In Kai's absence, the dragon deemed it a good time to hunt. It was a nice area they found themselves in, it was like no one was around and the dragon was free to roam about without being noticed in the least.

There was no telling how long it was to last, a girl being hunted by the empire traveling with a white dragon the size of a house that the empire thought was dead, they could never stay free to roam about longer then they had. There wasn't much they could do, what was to happen to them when their choices ran out?

"We don't have very many supplies miss, there's a war starting! Didn't you know?" an exhausted young man yelled at Kai as she stood in front of his small shop in the small town.

"Its only leagues away!" an older woman with the man said with wide eyes unable to believe this girl was so close to the huge battle and had no clue.

"Why are you wearing a hood?" a little boy asked jumping around. What was with this town and questions? But what was all this about a war? Wasn't there a war going on for years then? Maybe it was a battle.

Kai sighed; if it was a battle then she was missing it. She was always there to watch happenings like that begin. She guessed her month or so away from gossiping townspeople made her miss updates about Alagaesia, and now something large was about to happen. The world continues even if you don't want it to.

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