Ch. 4- A Startling Mix Up

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I woke up with Violet asleep next to me. Weird. She normally wakes up before me. Oh well, she needs her sleep.

She was slightly bigger than when we first met, but then again so was I.

I put some more fire wood on the dying fire and waited for Violet to wake up as I drew in my notebook (I traded it for a few fish and baskets I made, like I do with all the stuff I have, traded for or made it).

When Violet woke she nudged me with her nose. "Hey, Vi. Ready?" She quickly stood and nearly pulled me on her back herself. "Whoa girl. Calm down, just give me a minute to pack and then we'll leave, okay?" She nodded and let me put my notebook and pencil in my bag, which also had 2 pairs clothes and a journal I wrote in just in case I found my family, they would know how I've been.

I hope that they're alive. More than likely daddy is the only one, if my dream is truly just memories. It's been just about a year since I got lost; soon I'll turn seven. I'm starting to lose hope, but Violet helps me get it back. She is my best friend.

"Come on, Vi," I jumped on her back and she took off towards the sky.

We flew to some rocks sticking up from the water. Sea stacks, if I remember correctly. She flew through them with ease, twisting and turning to get through. Then we flew straight up. Then I could touch the clouds, I jumped off her back and began free falling; Violet was doing the same. The cool wind brushed through my hair, adrenaline rush though me, making me excited; it was awesome. When we got close to the water Violet spun around so I could get on her back. She started flying within moments before hitting the water. "Nice job, Vi."

She started rushing to two sea stacks that met in the middle to make a shape of a upside down U. I knew what trick she wanted to do. When we got close enough to the rock, I jumped off of her and went over the rock as she went under. As soon as my foot touch the ground, I ran to the other side, running off the edge without a second thought. I landed on her back. "Good job, Vi."

We did tricks and stunts until lunch. Then we caught some fish and ate lunch.

"Time to search," I climbed on Violet's back. We flew over the a different island and saw a village. "I'm gonna search the village." Violet flew close to the forest so she wouldn't be spotted. Not every person was friendly to dragons, and I didn't want her getting hurt. She landed near the village, and I climbed off her back. "Stay out of sight. Bye, Vi. See you in a little bit."

I walked for about five minutes before entering the village. I tried to act like I belonged here. Doing it for the past year, I was pretty good at it. Most of the time.

No brother, no mommy, no daddy. Didn't find any of them. I did, however, trade for bread, a piece of pie, some cabbage, and carrots.

"Vi! Violet!" I called. "Violet, there you are. Did anyone see you?" I asked, as I scratched under her chin where she liked it. She shook head. "Good girl. Ready to leave?" I climbed on her back as she nodded.

We took off to the sky and went to a uninhabited island, so I didn't have to worry as much of Violet being caught. We flew around the island as we watched the sunset, like always. It was beautiful.

I took a blanket out of a bag on Violet's saddle and spread it out. The blanket was big enough to fit me and most of Violet. Violet made a small pile of sticks, dead leaves and small branches for a small fire. Violet then laid down of part of the blanket, and I laid down next to her and wrapped the unused part of the blanket over myself.

"Night, Vi," I said. Her reply was a quiet purr.

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Thump! Thump! I woke up to a pounding on the ground and someone nudging my shoulder. I was torn: I didn't want to wake up, but I knew Violet would only wake me up if it was important.

So I woke up. "Hey, Vi," I sat up and tried to pet her. She moved back. "What's wrong, Violet?"

She gestured to my left. There, in the distance, there was a faint light. I looked up at the sky, and it was the middle of the night. Light moving around like that at night= torches, which = people.

I jumped up, quickly packing up. "Come on, Vi. Let's go." She flew away quickly, having to dodge a few axes and arrows. I hadn't noticed how close those people were before.

I shook my head, blaming myself for what almost happened. We could've been caught. We almost were caught. Then Violet would have been killed, and only Thor knows what would have happened to me. I was a child, so I would be either killed or punished harshly while being trained to think that all dragons are bad. Neither sounded desirable to me. I would have to be more through while scouting an island from above again. I didn't see a village on that island, so those vikings must have been camping or something.

Violet made a purr like noise, getting my attention. I patted her head. "Good job, girl." We flew in silence for a while before I spotted land below us. "Let's land there, or do you wanna keep flying?" She went higher. "Keep flying it is." It was nearly dawn, so it didn't matter to me.

We landed around noon, caught fish, and ate lunch. Then we did tricks, I fell off of Violet a few times as we tried new tricks, but she always caught me. I trusted Violet with my life. I wouldn't think twice before throwing my life into her hands- or paws- and have showed her such trust many times.

By late afternoon, early evening, we found another island with a rather large village that took up a good chunk of the island. We landed in the forest, and I spent minimal time getting ready for my trip to town.

"Violet, stay girl. Remember, stay out of sight unless I call, got it?" She nodded, and I went to the nearby village to look for my family.

I had barely reached passed the outskirts of the village when a bulky man stood in front of me.

"Get inside, Luna," a man looked at me while pointing to a nearby house.

"Me?" I asked.

"Yes, Luna, you. Get inside before you brake something."

"I'm not Luna though," I said.

"Sure you're not. Come on, I don't have time for your stupid games," he grabbed my upper arm and dragged me into the house and in a room. He pulled me up the stairs and opened a door. "Stay in your room- Luna," he said Luna quietly when he saw another girl in the room who looked similar to me.

"I'm not Luna!" I cried, pulling my arm back.

"But- but- what?" He went from me to the other girl, Luna I'm guessing.

"Dad, who is this girl? And I know I must stay in my room." She asked, standing up from a chair at a desk.

"You're not, Luna?" He asked me.

"No! Please, let me go!" I tried to tug my arm out of his sturdy grip.

He released me, apologizing, "Sorry, I thought you were."

"I'm Luna, dad," the girl said.

"You can go now," he told me. "Sorry for the mix up. And you," he said to Luna, "uh, stay in here." He followed me out.

I searched the village quickly- before I got mistaken for that girl more than seven times- then left. After the first six times of being mistaken for that girl, and no one knowing of a Starfire who was missing at sea, I didn't bother with the rest of the village and got out of there.

"Violet! Vi!" I called when I reached the area I left her.

She came out quickly, and I gave her a tight hug. She didn't pull back, but I could tell she was wondering what the hug was for. It wasn't like I rarely hugged her, but we both knew this hug was different. When I pulled back she looked at me as if to say what's wrong, Star?

"A bunch of things, Vi. Today someone mistook me for someone else; it was scary. But, still, there was no sign of my family. I kept being mistaken for that girl, so I searched less than half the village, but no one recognized my name, so I know my family isn't here." I sighed and sat on the ground, bummed out. "My family doesn't seem to be anywhere. What if I never find my family?" I shrugged. "Oh well, at least I have you." I gave her another hug. "Come on, let's go."

I didn't want to stay on that island. I strangely disliked being mistaken for someone else. It upset me in a way I couldn't explain, not even to myself. We flew to another island just in time for dinner. We set up camp, ate dinner, and went to sleep.

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