As Cain went to make me something to eat I stayed inside the stables with Quiksilva who had his snout buried in his food. Trying not to laugh at my dragon I sat beside him as Moordryd watched on.
"So...thanks for keeping your promise." I said trying to fill the silence and feeling Moordryd's eyes on me made me a little uncomfortable. Though I wasn't sure why and when I finally looked up from staring at the floor he had his eyebrow raised.
"What did you think I'd do? Turn around and attack you?" He asked and as I stared at him I found myself staring into his pale grey eyes. Noticing me staring he frowned. "Why are you looking at me like that?" He asked suddenly and I blinked having realized just what I'd been doing.
"Uh...nothing." I answered as I felt my cheeks growing hot and I knew that I was blushing. Just why was I staring at him? It wasn't like I liked him or anything, I thought to myself though I had to admit that he wasn't all that bad. Thankfully Cain showed up with lunch for me though straight away he noticed me staring at everything but Moordryd and he grinned.
"Did I just miss something?" He asked as he handed me the bowl of soup and I shrugged quickly thanking him. "Okay what happened? Did Moordryd insult you?" He said clearly interested but I was too preoccupied with my meal to even notice so he looked at Moordryd instead.
"Nothing happened. I have to go and...report to my father." Moordryd quickly as he walked outside trying not to look like he was in a hurry. For a few seconds I wondered why he left in such a hurry until Cain cleared his throat and I finally focused on him.
"Is there something you two aren't telling me?" He asked me as I contiued eating my soup. Knowing he'd never stop bugging me I finally sighed and looked up at his grinning face.
"Fine I'll tell you but you have to keep it a secret. And if you don't keep your promise...Quiksilva will eat you." I added and Quiksilva gave Cain a grin showing his teeth.
"Um...okay so what's up with you and Moordryd?" He asked me and as I told him that I might, and I stress the word might, like Moordryd he blinked looking confused. Sighing I explained as clearly as I could what I meant by 'like' and as it finally dawned on him he burst out laughing. Scowling I repeated what I said about Quiksilva eating him and he shut up nervously glancing at my dragon who growled. Of course he wasn't really going to hurt Cain but the second in command of the Dragon Eyes didn't know that.
"Heh he's not really going to eat you, Cain." I finally told him though I was enjoying the worried look he kept giving 'silva. "I just said that so you wouldn't tell Moordryd. I still can't believe that...ugh." I cringed and he chuckled at me.
"I'm sure you're not the first girl who's had a crush on him. Just don't be surprised if he's not interested in you." Cain told me as I handed my bowl over. "Anyway I'd better get going." He said as my face fell for a long moment and even Cain felt a little bad for basically saying I wasn't good enough for Moordryd. Not sure what to say now he left me to my thoughts and as he walked away Quiksilva walked over and I felt him gently nuzzle my leg.
"Yeah I'm okay. I guess Moordryd just wouldn't be interested in me. Heh what was I thinking getting a silly crush on a guy I barely know anyway? He kidnapped me and tried to force me to help him find this gauntlet." I said as I slipped my jacket sleeve up to reveal the silver and black gauntlet I'd found. "I wonder what's so special about it?" I muttered and as I looked at it I thought I heard a voice speaking to me. I shook my head and the voice vanished making me think I'd just imagined it. Looking at the gauntlet Quiksilva nudged my jacket and as he did the medallion Word had given me slipped out and made a slight noise that made me look at it. "Hmm this indent looks like the medallion. I wonder if..." I began to mutter and just as I went to slide the medallion into the indent that looked just like a minature lighting bolt I heard a voice. In a panic I hid the gauntlet under my sleeve and accidently dropping the medallion on the floor I covered it with my foot just as Moordryd walked in.
"So are you ready to go?" He asked already wearing his helmet and I pretended to be annoyed as I stood. Though it wasn't really an act since I was a little hurt that he wasn't interested. "Why are you giving me that look?" He asked and I shrugged which just confused him. "Whatever just get ready to go." He added and walked outside giving me time to retrieve the medallion and slip it into my pocket. Once I was ready I was just adjusting the saddle on Quiksilva when I heard someone speak and as I turned around I saw Blarre and Swayy standing outisde the stables.
"Cain just told us you like Moordryd." Swayy said and I really wanted to punch Cain for giving away my secret.
"That's pretty...pathetic." Blarre commented and as they both luaghed I gritted my teeth fighting the urge to pick a fight. Of course Moordryd walked over and they left still laughing and just for a moment he looked at them then at me.
"What was that all about?" He asked but I just shook my head and climbed onto Quiksilva's back before he headed for the gate leaving Moordryd confused. "Hmph whatever. I need your assistnce and not your mouth anyway so this just makes things easier." He muttered before he went to get Decepshun. The moment he returned we left and as Decepshun walked ahead I sighed making Quiksilva gaze at me with his big amber eyes as if he was checking to see if I was alright.
"Yeah I'm fine. Thanks though." I said as I leaned over a little to give him a pat before I focused on looking for this gauntlet. Of course no one but me and Quiksilva knew where it really was and that was fine with us though as I found out soon enough it meant that we would be stuck searching for a 'missing' gauntlet that wasn't really missing after all. So our long search began and after spending several hours in the company of someone I really wanted to hit with a jakstick I stayed calm and instead focused on the fact he was pretty stupid thinking I was acually trying to help him.
"For dragon's sake where is the blasted thing?!" Moordyd finally growled and I resisted the urge to giggle as he almost smashed the device he was holding. "We've looked everywhere and its not here." He grumbled and that's when I giggled and he spun around in his saddle, giving me a glare. "And why are you laughing? You're supposed to be helping me."
"For your information I don't know my way around Dragon City. Its called amnesia." I shot back enjoying having the last word. Of course Moordryd wasn't someone who gave up and he climbed down from Decepshun's back and walked over.
"Even if you had your memory back you'd still be useless." He pointed out and my eyes instantly narrowed at him and as Quiksilva magged me onto the ground he knew he should have just kept quiet.
"Excuse me? Having memory loss isn't my fault and anyway you're doing a pretty awful job at finding this gauntlet. Despite acting so high and mightly." I answered poking him in the chest with one finger and grinning at the glare he gave me. "Oh I'm sorry did I hurt your little feelings?" I taunted and that's when he growled at me.
"At least I have friends unlike you and I'm not all alone." He growled and that's when I went quiet as I realized that he was right. He chuckled then enjoying having won our argument until he saw my lip quiver and before he could blink I climbed onto Quiksilva's back. By the time he realized that he'd gone too far Moordryd could only watch as Quiksilva turned around and raced away, taking his only chance at finding the missing gauntlet with him. He tried calling out but I was already too far away to hear his words and even then there was no chance I would have come back anyway. "For dragons sake." He muttered as his dragon looked up at him giving him a frown. "Look let's just go after her before she gets herself into..." And that's when they heard a scream. "Trouble." He finished before Decepshun magged him and as she raced towards the sound of my screams of fear. Just after I had left feeling pretty upset at being told I was alone I felt tears running down my cheeks and as I hurriedly wiped my eyes I heard a growl.
"Quiksilva what's wrong?" I asked and when I realized that he had slowed down I looked around at our surrondings. "I wonder where we are? This doesn't look like Dragon City to me." I muttered and as I heard another growl Quiksilva stopped abruptly almost throwing me off my saddle. "Whoa!" I yelped as I gripped the handlebars tightly. Relieved I didn't fall this time I jumed down and as I walked past Quiksilva he lunged forward and suddenly he tugged me backwards by my jacket. This time I did fall on my butt and I gave him a glare but just as I was about to stand I heard a loud roar and as I slowly turned my head something close by growled. Confused and terrified I could only shake as something moved a few feet from me and before my eyes it lunged from within the darkness of a nearby cave. And that's when something grabbed me and Quiksilva let out a roar that matched my terrified scream.