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Serina belongs to me.

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DUDES AND DUDETTES

I NOW PRESENT:

Chapter 4 – A Truce

The night seemed to take ages to progress. Not that Serina and Revali had room to complain at the time. They were both gazing out at the stars as they waited for morning. Occasionally, Revali would ask Serina if she was sure she wasn't tired, to which she would tell him she was fine. For the first time, though, they didn't feel as strong of a tension.

Eventually, Serina wanted to try and converse with the Rito, in an attempt to start their companionship with a clean slate. Her trouble was trying to find the right thing to say, as she was unaware of what could possibly set him off.

Serina was distracted from her thoughts when she felt a pain in her back from leaning up against the rock for too long. She decided to lie down in the soft grass. As she flattened out on the softer ground, her back popped loudly a couple times and she groaned.

Revali looked down from the sky to her with a puzzled look, seeing the look of relief on her face.

"Feel better?" He asked.

"Loads," She sighed.

"Are you finally going to try and sleep?" He decided to try and get her to rest one last time.

Serina shook her head, "That rock got uncomfortable after a while, but now I have a better view of the sky."

He looked up at the stars, then back down to her.

"You've been stargazing all night? Don't you get tired of it after looking for so long?" Revali inquired.

"Never," She smiled up at the glittering sky, "I love them too much."

"The stars?" She nodded in reply.

"I've always had some type of connection with them." She said, "You can call me strange all you'd like, but it's true."

He shook his head, "There's nothing wrong with being fascinated by something."

She noticed him lie down next to her, fixing his gaze on the glowing specks above them. Her finger lifted up towards the sky, pointing towards a group of stars.

"That one up there is my favorite," She said, "It's the dragon constellation known as Draco."

"What makes you favor that one so much?" Revali looked over at her.

"I've also had a fascination with dragons. They're so majestic and beautiful, but also mighty and powerful. And when I found that they had their own constellation, I was never able to take my eyes off of it." Serina explained, hearing him chuckle lightly in response, "I'm not boring you am I?"

"Hm?" He looked over at her again, "No, why do you ask?"

"It's just, after arguing earlier today, I was unsure of how willing you were to really listen to what I had to say." Serina's gaze drifted away from the stars.

"I'm listening now, aren't I?" He turned to his side and leaned on his wing to face her.

She turned her head to look at him, his green eyes peered into her grey ones again. His gaze was more intimidating than earlier, as she wasn't angry with him so she had no reason to hold his gaze. She had no reason to try and prove to him that she wasn't going to back down.

He noticed her avoiding eye contact and attempted to lock eyes with her, her reason of doing so finally clicked with him.

"I see." He said.

"Look, I don't want to argue about anything any further," Serina said, "I guess this morning I was just-"

"You were defending your friends," He said, "There's no wrong in doing that."

"I'm aware it started us off on negative terms," Serina said, "And because of the fact you and I have to stick around each other for..Hylia knows how long.. it'd probably be best if we weren't enemies but.. acquaintances?"

"I think I can agree to that," Revali said.

"So.. a truce then?" She asked.

"Indeed." He nodded.

A sigh of relief escaped her lips, earning another chuckle from the Rito leaning next to her.

Serina looked up and noticed the star beginning to disappear for the sky. Light from the rising sun began to blot out the dark of night.

"Looks like we'd best get going," Revali stood up, holding his wing out to her.

Serina took hold of his wing and allowed him to help her stand. The two grabbed their things and equipped their weapons. She took out her map and pinpointed the Great Plateau.

It seemed as though the Plateau was closer than they had anticipated, as they had made it their earlier than expected.

"Well, now that we've made it… the question is: how do I get up there?" Serina looked up the steep wall holding up the Plateau.

Revali thought for a moment, and caught glimpse of a cloth hanging out of her bag.

"Is that a sailcloth?" He pointed.

Serina grabbed out the cloth, "Yes."

"Hold onto it, tightly." He instructed.

She did as she was told and made sure she had a firm grip on her sailcloth. Revali created an updraft that propelled both of them high into the air and above the Plateau.

Serina let out a surprised gasp as they lifted off. Revali flew next to her with a smirk on his beak.

"I'd say that was a fair warning." He said.

Once she had sight of the Great Plateau beneath her, she glided down and allowed her feet to gently plant themselves onto the ground.

"It was better than catching me completely off-guard," She placed the sailcloth into her bag.

They both scanned the area around them, and spotted their first shrine. Serina quickly ran over to the structure and grabbed out her notes and a pen. She had to re-adjust her glasses as she knelt down next to the pedestal in order to access the ancient texts engraved into the stone.

Revali walked up behind her and observed as she studied the writings. He chuckled to himself as he listened to her grumble about her side-bangs constantly falling in front of her eyes no matter how many times she moved them. For the time it took for her to decipher the writings, she looked completely invested in what she was studying. It was as if he could wave one of his wings on front of her face and gain no acknowledgement from her.

He had been pacing around the structure when he finally heard her speak.

"I got it!" she triumphantly stood up and re-adjusted her glasses as he approached her.

"Do share the results." He said.

"If my reading is as accurate as I think… that would make this the Oman Au shrine." She said, "So now, we need to locate where exactly we are so we can mark this shrine on the map."

Revali pointed a large feathery finger at a spot on her map. Where in turn, she took her pen and labeled where the shrine is.

"Now, supposedly there are only three other shrines we need to find up here on the Plateau." Serina flipped through her notes.

"Let's find them then." Revali smiled.

WOOO that's a wrap for this chapter! I hope you all are enjoying the story so far! And please do leave a review! Stay tuned for the next chapter and I will hopefully see you all then! Farewell!