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Murtagh woke before either Tori or Thorn, he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and glanced over at Tori. Hadn't seen her in good light yet, he moved closer to her and took in her facial features. Her hair was brown with six streaks of colour through it, one green, one blue, one yellow, on red, one purple and one orange. Murtagh moved closer again and touched one of the streaks, he had never seen hair like that, his hand moved to her face and he brushed his fingers along a thin scar above Tori's eye.
Tori groaned slightly in her sleep and shifted her position a little. When Murtagh was sure she wasn't going to wake up he let out a small sigh and started to move again. He looked down at her clothes, she was wearing pants made out of a strange blue material (denim) and her black top had writing on it, Tori's arm was in the way so Murtagh couldn't read it. It made him curious to where she had come from, he had never seen anyone who dressed, looked like, or acted like Tori.
What are you doing Murtagh? Murtagh looked up to see Thorn had his eye on him.
Nothing. Murtagh answered quickly and stood up, I'm going hunting, I won't be too long, will you watch her?
Of course, be careful.
You too, Murtagh rubbed Thorn's neck affectionately. I won't be long, I wouldn't leave you alone with her for too long.
Thorn laughed, all she'll do is keep me entertained until your return. Murtagh smiled, then turned and walked away.
Soon Tori stirred, she groaned and stretched then suddenly swore violently, looking down at her watch. "I'm so late! Dad is going to murder me!" Tori got up and gave a short scream when she saw Thorn, but then she laughed and put her hand on her chest.
"I forgot, wrong dimension!" Tori ran her hand through her multicoloured hair "Wow I nearly had a heart attack just then, see, I'm late to school a lot and my principal Ms Fetter told me if I'm late again I'll be suspended, and if that happened my parents would kill me!"
Thorn laughed, I don't really know what you are talking about, but why would something like that make your parents try to kill you?
Tori sighed "They wouldn't really kill me, they might think about it though. You see, my big sister Abby is the golden child, she's the one with the straight A's, she's the one who has the respectable boyfriend and she's the one who got accepted into Harvard law school. Me on the other hand, well, I would have better grades if I didn't miss a lot of my lessons and while Abby is at Harvard trying to become a lawyer all I want to do is start a rock band"
Again, I don't understand a word that escapes your mouth. Tori just laughed.
"So where's Murtagh?"
Hunting.
"Hunting what?"
I'm not exactly sure, most probably rabbits or a small dear.
"Yuk!" Tori said sticking her tongue out "Do you mean I'm going to have to eat a rabbit?"
"If you don't want to go hungry" said a voice from behind her. It was Murtagh, with two rabbits in his left hand, and a dagger in his right. "Sleep well?"
"We're not really gunna eat them are we?" Tori said looking concerned.
"Of course we are" Murtagh answered, he sat down and began to cut the skin around the rabbits paws.
"But they are covered in fur" Tori pointed out when suddenly Murtagh pulled hard at the skin he had just cut and in one smooth movement he skinned the rabbit completely. "Oh dude, that is probably the most disgusting thing I've ever seen" Tori said covering her mouth as he did the same with the second rabbit. "How are you going to cook them? The fire went out and there's no wood left"
Murtagh lay the two rabbits down and held out his hand "Brisingr" Murtagh murmured and the rabbits were suddenly set alight.
"Ho-ly crap" Tori said staring at Murtagh's hands. "Now this is some lord of the rings shit. How did you do that?"
Murtagh smiled "Magic" he said simply.
"You know what Murtagh? You're definitely the most interesting person I have ever met."
"I could say the same thing about you" Murtagh told her.
"Seriously! I mean you have a dragon, you use a bow and arrow, you sword fight and as if that isn't cool enough you're magic too!"
"Thank you…" Murtagh said still tending to the rabbits "I think"
"So what now?" Tori asked once they had finished eating, she had to admit that the rabbit had been surprisingly nice.
"Well seeing as we don't know how you got here, or how to get you home, we should probably go to the King. He has a witch who can probably figure out how to get you back"
"Ok cool" Tori answered "Is it going to be a long walk"
"If we walk it'll take four days" Murtagh answered.
"What!" Tori said "Are you kidding me?"
Murtagh shook his head "That's if we walk, but, if you are prepared to ride Thorn with me, we should get there in a few hours"
"That sounds good to me" Tori walked towards Thorn "How do I get on?" Murtagh walked forwards and picked her up quite easily, placed her onto Thorns saddle and climbed on himself. "Oh" Tori smiled "That's how"
"I must warn you, flying can be a bit… surreal at first. It may take you a little while to get used to it"
"Ah, not to worry, I'll be fine I do this all the time" Tori said with a smirk, Murtagh smiled.
"Hold on to me" He told her.
Tori barely had time to wrap her arms around Murtagh's waist before Thorn had hurled himself into the air. Murtagh felt Tori's grip tighten around him and he felt a strange feeling in his stomach, it was as if it was knotting up.
"Are you alright?" Murtagh asked her.
"I'm fine!" Tori called back. Eventually Tori did get used to flying "This is awesome!" she told Murtagh.
"Is that good?" Murtagh yelled, not really knowing what the word meant.
Tori laughed "Yeah, really good!"
Eventually they landed in a different part of the woods. Tori slid off Thorns back and stumbled a little because her legs were so stiff. Murtagh caught her before she fell.
"Are we there yet?" Tori asked.
"Nearly," Murtagh answered "I just wanted to let Thorn have a rest"
I could have kept going. Thorn told him matter-of-factly.
That doesn't mean you have to. Murtagh answered. He turned from Thorn to Tori who was now holding his bow.
"Can I have a try of this?" She asked. Murtagh hesitated. "Come on please?" Tori smiled.
Murtagh sighed "Alright, but be careful not to hurt yourself"
Or us, Thorn added.
Tori picked up an arrow, prepared it and aimed it a tree about twenty metres away from her. She had her tongue poking out in concentration when she fired the arrow. It missed to tree completely and she got a burn on her arm from the bow.
"Oh good" Tori sighed as she inspected her arm "Another amazing talent I can add to the list"
Murtagh walked forward and looked at her arm. "It's not too bad" he assured her "I've had worse" Tori snorted as if to say 'I doubt that' "Here, let me show you how to do it"
Tori picked up another arrow and drew the bow, aiming at the same bow. "Alright Murtagh, what am I doing wrong?"
Murtagh observed her for a moment then stepped forward "Ok, put this foot here and the other there… that's it. Now I need you to straighten out this arm a little more… right, now bring your elbow up to here… and pull your shoulders back a bit more… that's right"
"Oh is that all?" Tori asked sarcastically. Murtagh smiled and nodded. Tori took a deep breath and released the arrow. It still missed but it was a lot closer that time. "Hey I almost hit it, now if it had been a moving target it definitely would have hit."
"Oh of course" Murtagh suppressed a smirk.
"Hey shut up" Tori laughed and punched him in the arm.
"Did you just hit me?" Murtagh asked smiling, Tori shrugged innocently "You know no one has ever done that before without fear of dying" the smiled faded from his face.
"Really?" Tori said, her smiled fading too.
Murtagh nodded and looked away, wishing he hadn't said anything, his facial features showed no emotions but his eyes shone with sadness. Tori studied Murtagh's face not saying anything, Tori suddenly felt a huge swell of pity for Murtagh. Not really knowing why, she was overcome by a feeling of sadness and sympathy, Tori stepped forward and wrapped her arms around Murtagh hugging him tightly.
Murtagh's body stiffened against Tori's embrace "What are you doing?"
Tori stepped away, Murtagh immediately missed the warmth of her body "I'm sorry, it's just you looked like you needed a hug"
"No ones ever done that for me either" Murtagh whispered more to himself than to Tori, she was pretty sure he hadn't intended to say it aloud in the first place.
Tori watched Murtagh carefully not knowing whether she should say something or not. The moment was interrupted by a low rumble above them, both Murtagh and Tori looked up and saw rain drops plummeting toward them.
Thorn walked towards them and extended one large wing which sheltered the two of them from the rain. Come little ones, he said. We should find shelter.
