Chapter 6: Meeting up with Serayana

A little disclaimer: I've hurt my right hand badly, it isn't broken or anything but it needs to rest for now. As I am writing now only with my left hand there will not be longer chapters yet (today a little shorter :( ). Sorry volks! Also no chapter on the 30.09.2016 I don't have the time to write.

-------------------------------- Vorlianth's view

Vor was already half-way to their camping place, carrying Dan's Bag and the weird fruit called a "Melon". 'Even though this encounter was interesting, I presumeably have woken up shorty. This is going to be difficult to explain...'

"VOR!?" shouted a voice in the distance.

'That girl... She doesn't even mind that somebody else could hear her...' criticized Vor in his mind as he made his way towards the voice.

"Don't be so loud, you could attract attention from beings who want to harm you." spoke Vor out of the dark to Serayana, she jerked and looked into his direction.

"Where were you? And what was this weird feeling a few minutes ago?" asked Serayana, she looked quite distressed.

'It shouldn't be long since she started looking for me. Maybe 15 minutes?' pondered Vor ,while he was hesitating to answer, he went next to Serayana. "No clue. I was meeting... new friends."

"New friends?" asked Serayana as she gazed at Vor, her entrancing face was full of confusion. "Why do you suddenly have cloth? Where does that bag come from and whats up with that fruit? Seriously, I take my eyes off you for once for a few minutes and you come back with all this new stuff."

'She really likes to ask questions, doesn't she? Let's tease her a little.' thought Vor. "I've met Dan and his colleagues, Dan gave me this cloth and some food! And I've got this fruit from a dryad. Say, why were you searching and shouting for me? Were you scared?"

"Eh? I wasn't... I was a little bit scared." spoke Serayana in a low voice, she was embarrassed.

'Hou? That is new, I wouldn't have thought that she actually would admit that.' Vor was a little bit surprised.

"Anyway, why would Dan give you food and cloth? And a Dryad? Why would a nymph give you anything? She would usually kill you!" retorted Serayana, she thought that Vor was making no sense.

"Don't mind the details, Dan was in a situation where he happily gave me the cloth and food. The Dryad was actually really social, she thaught me new things and gave me this melon. I am still hungry, let's go back and eat." evaded Vor, he couldn't disclose too much. He had thought about what would Serayanas reaction be like, if he told her everything, but she probably would be scared of him. You can't really protect somebody who is scared of you.

Serayana seemed to be deep in thought, she didn't seem too happy with Vor's vague answers, but she understood that he would not respond properly. The two of them went back to their camping place. The fire was nearly burned out, which is why Vor put in more branches. He took out the bread, the rabbit and the melon.

"Do you have something to skin the rabbit or open the fruit?" inquired Serayana because she had no knife or anything.

"I have my hands." responded Vor. 'So humans really need to get rid of the fur to eat a simple rabbit, I could open the melon with my fingers.'

"So we only get to eat bread..." said Serayana in a depressed way.

Vor swiftly pierced the melon with his finger, he easily managed to open it by using his finger like a knife, it looked like he was cutting buns with a knife.

"How did you do that? Whats up with your strength, it shouldn't be so smooth without a knife..." spoke Serayana without her usual vigor, she seemed to slowly accept Vor's weirdness.

Serayana and Vor ate the bread and the melon and went to sleep. Serayana was still in dire need of rest, Vor on the other hand didn't feel the need to but did it anyway. As a dragon he didn't need to sleep too much either but he did it anyway for over 500 years, when he was sleeping as a dragon he was in a state of hibernation which means that he did not need to eat.

Vor was the first to awake as the morning sun shined through the trees.

"Wake up shorty." said Vor as he gazed at the sleeping Serayana. Her figure was currently nothing like a graceful lady, it was similar to a child, her hair was messy, her legs were spread and she was lying on her back. The only thing missing was the snoring. 'Humans and their clothing...'

"Only five more minutes..." responded Serayana still half asleep.

"Why do people wear so many different cloth beneath their usual clothing? Dan had a trouserlike thing beneath his trousers which was half as long as his trousers, you have... can you even call this cloth? Its white and only covering a really small portion of your lower body, does it even offer any protection?" asked Vor pondering about the different uses of clothing.

"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT!" screamed Serayana as she jolted upwards, covering herself with the rest of the skirt from Vor's view.

"I am looking at your cloth and I am wondering why it is so different." answered Vor, not understanding why Serayana was suddenly so mad.

"Y-You..." Serayana slowly seemed to regain her composure, she was pretty tolerant with Vor's weirdness so far, but she seemed to slowly reach her limits. "Woman wear other cloth, because our body is obviously different than the one of the mans! Where does the sudden interest in clothing and underwear come from!?"

"Because my new trousers is itching, since I have nothing else to wear beneath it." answered Vor scratching his legs. 'Wow, do all woman get that mad if you look at their underwear?'

"... We will get you something to wear beneath the trousers when we reach Tavin." declared Serayana, she seemed to have given up trying to teach Vor common sense. "Seriously, at the time we arrive at Medeth you are going to get yourself teached by one of our servants!"

"Does this mean I can stay at your home?" inquired Vor, he sensed an opportunity to stay near Serayana.

"I-If that is your wish, I will arange it, as a compensation for saving me." answered Serayana, she was happy that she finally found something with which she can repay her debt. "I would employ you as a servant, servants are payed decently in our household."

"Thank you." said Vor wholeheartedly. 'Protecting will be much easier that way.'

Serayana was surprised from the sudden change of behavior from Vor.

"It's the least I can do for you."

The two of them made their way till Tavin , it didn't take them too long. The sun was at its highest point when they finally had arrived.