Okay, so I've felt that I haven't been showing dragons in this nearly as much as I want and need to. So in this chapter we'll be skipping to two weeks later so that Faye can train. :)

Enjoy!

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TWO WEEKS LATER..

        "Down!" I linked to Leto as we flew towards a large canyon.

        She replied with a whip of her tail, which sent us racing and she shifted her wings and darted downwards so that we were diving towards the rushing waters.

"Up a bit," I said then, and she complied, raising just above the water as we flew, her feet grazing the water. 

"You're a natural at this," Leto tells me as we continue the path we're going.

I grinned. "Just a little." I-

Two weeks passed since I met Bion, and last week Mom and Dad agreed I was okay to start riding Leto and start my training. I would be lying if I said I wasn't bouncing off the walls excited. Leto, of course, was just as pleased. 

But I can tell how uneasy she is. Ever since I got shot Leto has been very protective around me. Three days ago a large lava dragon who tried to come of as intimidating nearly bit my head off for walking by him and crunching a leaf as I did. Just as he was about to spit hot burning lava in my face Leto flew in and clawed his face off practically.

And when I fell off a horse in the stables she nearly ate the horse..

But now that we're in the sky, flying like we're supposed to be I thinks he's become more relaxed. She had relaxed more and more everyday after some training and was starting to get more sleep.

Mom and Dad were also chill now, protective and pestering to no end, but a lot more better about it.

 Jordan, on the other hand, occupied the spare time I had by making me watch movies and eating ice cream with her. Now, I'm not complaining, really I'm not. It's fun hanging out with my sister, but with her being pregnant is ten times worse than a regular pregnant woman.

For example, when I asked her if she wanted to watch Marley And Me she burst into tears. When she had stopped crying, she then demanded we watched it, and halfway through she needed to go pee three times. Then at the end she bawled her eyes out even more.

Weren't the mood swings supposed to come later in the pregnancy? But with the way her mood is, Mom and Dad will start to notice that, the tubs of missing ice cream, and her ever growing belly which was barely showing at the moment.

"When do you plan on telling mom and dad?" I had asked her two days ago, when we were yet again watching a sad movie. That had been all she wanted to watch.

"Soon," she replied, setting the tub of ice cream on the side table and placing her right hand on her stomach as if out of instinct. "I just want to think things over, like how to tell them.."

"I'll be there with you if you want," I suggested, knowing Jordan shouldn't have to tell them herself.

She then burst into tears, of course, and hugged me tightly. 

When she recovered I asked, "Has Arch spoken to you lately?"

"Yeah," she told me, using her sleeve to wipe her wet cheeks and nodding. "He told me he'd be coming to see us soon."

"Us?"

"Me and you," she said. I raise an eyebrow. 

Jordan smiled. "He's really taken a liking to you, Faye."

When I give her a skeptical 'Not in a hundred years' look, her eyes widened. "No, seriously. Arch wants to get along with you! Sure, you don't know each other very well and what not but he knows how much you mean to me and-"

"Jordan." I keep myself from laughing.

"-really wants to be like a brother figure to you, since Kevin isn't around much." She takes in a large gulp of breath. "I mean, it's not that Kevin doesn't love you but he's taking care of his family and-"

"Jordan," I sing song, smiling widely.

"-But he'll talk to you if you need him, and he'll kick any guys ass for you and-"

"Jordan.."

"-he's really really sweet. Oh! And he told me to say hi to you and that-"

"Jordan!" I raise my voice slightly, laughing.

She stopped, staring at me. "Yes?"

"I get it." I smiled and patted her shoulder. 

"Okay," she says then she brightened. "Oh! By the way, he says that the guy who shot you is suffering deeply in a special pit of Hell."

I felt somewhat bad when I felt good about that. 

But he shot me.. I thought..

"Shall we go back up?" Leto asked, snapping me from my thoughts.

"Yes," I told her and she darted up smoothly, going high. We made our way up through the clouds and went above them, to the clear blue sky. 

"Do we have abilities when we fly?" I ask.

"Of course," she said proudly. "When a rider is riding his or her dragon, they do incrediable things together. Fight, fly, protect."

"That's awesome," I replied back, excited.

"Indeed it is." She gave a big flap of her wings. "Want to see how fast I can go?"

" Show me," I agreed, gripping the saddle and leaning down.

"Hang on," she tells me. I grip the saddle even tighter and she flies even higher than we were and without warning gave a loud roar and dropped limp, her wings pulled back behind her as the air raced past us. The wing roared in my ears as we went down, a speed I have never felt before was tugging at me. 

And it felt amazing.

She spun around and flew like a rocket only downwards and when we started to see the grounds of Dragon's Cove below us she opened her wings and sent even faster, just going right over the village. Though I didn't see much except blurs because of the speed we were at.

She started to slow as we got closer to the house, and then we landed. She slowed down completely to a stop when her feet hit the ground. I still had my arms around her, however, adrenaline rushing through my veins and my heart beating excitedly.

" You alright, Faye?" I heard Leto ask, and I rested my hand on her smooth scaled side. She was breathing heavily.

"I am, but are you?" I asked, worriedly.

"I have not flown like that in a long time," she tells me, her eyes bright. "I nearly forgot what it felt like to fly that fast!"

I laugh and hug her, happy to be on her back once more.

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