Luna

Chapter Three

I woke up to Fidi shifting underneath me. "What's going on bud?" I slowly opened my eyes and looked up at him. I need to move, because you have been sleeping forever. I was tired but he deserved to do what he wanted, so I reluctantly slid off of him and began examining the decorations that Lily and I had created. I wanted one of Fidi somewhere, for there were many protector dragons depicted, but not my good friend. The only reason for this was because Lily had never seen one up close and so she could not get the details right for the drawing of it. From the way the tall pines were casting shadows on the cave floor, I could tell I had around an hour before Luna would start making her way out here. My stomach let out a loud rumble, I had missed dinner last night. Maybe I would be able to find some berries or fruit in the woods to the south before Lily would make it here. I looked out the entrance and saw Fidi making large loops in the sky, clearly enjoying himself. Enjoying himself in plain sight...in the Fotia tribe's lands.

"Fidi! You can't just fly out in the open here. We are no longer inside the Araki borders." Even though he was hundreds of meters away, I knew he could hear me, for his hearing, just like his sense of smell, was amazing. The lazily looping figure disappeared before my eyes. "Thanks Fidi." I was worried someone had seen him, but I couldn't really be mad. Everything had changed for both of us last night, but most of all for him. So, how long do you plan on hiding out here? I mean this hiding thing is fun and all, but I would like some food eventually. Just then he appeared at my side, and looking into his black eyes I wanted to tell him everything would be okay, for he had to be worried. "I guess we will have to find our own food. I was just about to leave and look for some fruits or something." A low whine escaped him and laid down, obviously deflated. "I have a friend here..." I began. And do you think she just carries around enough food for a dragon in her back pocket? There are no animals anywhere around here. We are way too close to the Araki lands for hunting. He was getting grumpy. Before he could talk he had always been grumpy when he got hungry, but I never expected him to be so sassy about it. "No need to be sassy there big fella." I smiled at him hoping the jest would cool things off. He turned towards the entrance, and these words appeared in my head; Let's go find some food. I jumped up and clapped my hands. "It will be so much easier with your help, thanks Fidi." With that, I climbed onto his back and off we went.

We had collected a few berries and one plum, which would hold me over until Lily came, but Fidi was getting more and more upset at the lack of food for him. "Alright buddy, let's go back to the cave and then we'll try and track Lily back to her house. She might have something for you there." I had brought some money with me and hopefully it would be enough to compensate Lily. After landing on the ground in front of the entrance, I lifted the rock to show Fidi the sheet the Lily had held so often. He smelled it once and then spread his wings to take off. "Hey! Wait for me!" I shoved the sheet back under it's rock and jumped onto Fidi's back, jostling my side just enough to make me wince. Fidi whined and looked apologetically at me . I shook my head. "It's my fault," he camouflaged himself and we took off without another word. I assumed we were following Lily's scent. I watched the ground beneath us just in case she had left her house early. Which she had in fact done, I saw her walking below us about five minutes later, but before I could say anything Fidi began descending. "You can't just land right next to her..." I began, but I was too late. He was already on the ground right next to her, thankfully still invisible. I, however, was fully visible.

"Luna? I thought you said that you couldn't fly." She looked extremely confused, "Did you lie to me? Why?" Her green eyes started clouding over with anger.

"Wait, calm down. That's Fidi. Fidi, please show yourself." His camouflage faded and he looked straight at Lily, his head slightly cocked. "He started doing that last night."