Life anew

[Luna Heiler & Ayer]

           Luna slept. FOr the first time in two weeks, she slept. Her bouts of sleeplessness had taken control of her making it virtually impossible to sleep, and if by chance she did fall asleep she had horrible nightmares full of death and bloodshed of dragons and of people, sometimes of people she knew other times not, and all she could do was sit and watch the frightening images of absolute carnage; or of being dragged back to hysteria in shame and forced to live the way of life she so fiercely rejected or of falling from incredible heights, tumbling through the air, screaming to hit the earth below. These dark-hearted dreams brought her worst fears to life before her very eyes. So often she didn't want to sleep, but over-exhaustion made her force her eyelids shut for a few hours to endure those most terrible of nightmares, just seeking a little rest that she was never to receive. And she would wake up more tired than she was Before she fell violently into the restless sleep. So mostly she sat up awake- tired, wanting to sleep but unable to find slumber and doze off into peaceful sleep. She spent many dark nights alone crying to herself in absolute agony. Sobbing many waves of uncontrollable tears of regret and fear and desire and sadness and loneliness and even anger. she would cry until the tears would no longer come and she was left with a broken, empty heart and a forlorn and barren spirit.  It was an experience like hell, you felt completly abandoned by the world and fully physically and emotionally drained, you felt dead and wished you could be it made you want to give up on life because it had given up on you. Luna would never wish it on her worst enemies. But tonight she didn't cry or dream, she just slept deeply and heavily and tranquilly in the still, dark night.
          
          Then in her sleep, Luna thought she heard a noise, small pounding, a knock perhaps. Her mind dismissed it as one of her dragons walking around a bit in the night and quickly slipping back into subconscious. But Unknown to Luna the knocking continued for a few more minutes before the door creaked slowly open on the hinges. A shadowy form entered the house. A pair of footsteps could have been heard pattering across the floor of the dark, shadowy main room. They stopped when they reached a curtain hung across the doorway into the Room where Luna lay. A hand pushed back the curtain and the soft padding noise began again as the person advanced over to the side of the room where she slept in her bed. The dark figure slowly bent down across Lunas sleeping body and quickly examined her with his eyes. His hand reached out and gently touched the girl. He shook her slowly, trying to wake her and failing. He whispered her name to her, putting his mouth close to her face so she might here without him making a ruckus. The girl's eyelids eventually fluttered open and tried to focus on the figure in front of her.

       Luna begrudgingly opened her eyes slowly. Of course the first night she was blessed with any peaceful sleep would be the night she was needed. She groaned softly and stretched out her legs, pointing her toes. It was dark, but she could feel the breath of a face close to her own. She briefly wondered who it was. Then she heard the voice of the person say her name and she knew who it was " Curtis?" she said quietly, a little suprised he was here. Luna clumsily thrust her hands out into the dark and felt around for him. He was patient as Her hands eventually landed softly on his face and she touched his hair and ran her cold hand over the side of his face, trying to identify his bearings in the room. SHe made a small sleepy noise before rubbing her tired eyes and asking Curtis a little crossly " what is it?" she didn't quite catch what he said when he replyed, as she was still awakening from her sleep. She stretched out her limbs a little more before propping herself up and setting her bare feet on the cold floor. She threw her warm blanket off her lap, and felt the cold air against her legs. She groaned softly as she lifted herself to her feet. She shivered in her nightshirt, it was cold despite being inside, the night air on berk had quite a chill to it. She lumbered slowly out to the main room and took a candle and stuck the wick into the low-burning fire in the hearth and waited for it to light. While she was there she put another log on the embers which would soon turn cold and burn out. When it lit luna walked back to the bedroom where she had left Curtis standing. She pullled the cloth far away from the fire she held in her hand when she passed through the rooms. She stuck the candle in a holder and it illuminated the room. She took a few steps across the room and handed the candle and holder to Curtis who took it from her hands and held it in his own. Now she could see his face. From the look of it he had come for a purpose, not to mess around. By this time Luna was almost completely awake. She rubbed her blue-violet eyes one more time and rubbed her cold hands together. He began to speak but Luna told him to wait. And he did. She Took her dark brown knit sweater and pulled it over her arms and around herself over her nightshirt, which was white and reached to just above her midthighs. Now she was a little warmer but her legs were still freezing. She quickly took her grey wool leggings and stepped into them with her bare feet and slid them over her bare legs and up around her waist. She didn't feel like she needed to get completly dressed. She was pretty much awake now and mostly alert. Then she turned her attention back to Curtis holding the one candle, which cast eerie flickering shadows across the walls and on the furniture. " so....what is it?" Luna asked him again, rubbing her arms and legs to warm them up and waiting for an answer. She wondered what Curtis had dragged himself out here to see her for.

(( ooc: ok, new personal word record!!! 1102 ^__^ I could keep working but it's 11:20 so I should be off to bed xD ))

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Curtis opened the door and waited for Luna to go out before him, He started talking when Luna went out the door. "The egg is in the middle of hatching and I need your help" Curtis looked around in the dark. "Were on foot, Slity is watching the egg right now. Slity woke me up as soon as he heard noises coming from the egg and I immedetly came here." Curtis starting to make his way back towards his home. He locked his coat togather, He only had His Leggings, His boots, And the coat he had on. The cold didn't bother him too much, Which was odd becuase he never lived in an area were it was cold most of the time.

They kept going on towards Curtis' home, They weren't far from the house now, Curtis moved around the forest floor going towards the opening. He saw the Ice pillar appear infront of him and started into the clearing towards the door, He opened it and allowed Luna into the home before shutting it. He looked over at Slity Currled around the egg, Slity open the tail up. The had gotten there in time. The egg was just starting to crack up out of the shell. Curtis allowed Luna to go ahead and do what she needed to do, Curtis went off and got some more wood for the fire. The room was starting to get cold just abit and needed it to warm up. Curtis threw the wood onto the fire and small sparks flew up into the surrounding air before disapeering. The room was completly lit up becuase of the fireplace at the entrance of the home.

Curtis walked over and watched Luna take care of the egg, He was seeing what she was doing excatly. If she needed anything, Curtis would be happy enough to go and grab whatever she needed. Curtis was sleeping pretty lightly before Slity had woken up. He didn't really dream about anything, Just layed there with his eyes shut roaming around in his own mind. It kinda caught him off guard and that was what made if run out the door. He left Slity to make sure the egg didn't roll around or anything like that. It was pretty dumb to think the egg would roll around on the floor if it wasn't watched. "Well?"

[Luna Heiler & Ayer]

Luna was on the floor, kneeling next to the egg watching it. She had taken her sweater off now that she was in Curtis' house, there was a good fire burning and it warmed the small space well. She scooted closer to the egg and wrapped her sweater around it and rubbed the shell of the egg with it on either side. She was trying to encourage it to come out. Every once in awhile a new crack would form on the surface of the purple and white egg. She didn't touch the cracked part, you NEVER broke an egg for the dragon unless it was in really serious trouble. She heard Curtis walk up behind her. She looked at him. " how long was it before I came?" she asked after he asked her the question. She looked back at the egg while she waited for an answer. She nodded as he replied. " well, it shouldn't be long now." slity was pacing and coming over to check on the egg every once in a while. She had never seen slity like this. After a few more minutes of watching and rubbing, the egg chipped open and the two saw a white nose stick briefly out of the egg. Another piece came off the room was silent as they heard small baby noises coming ever so often. Luna looked over at Curtis and smiled as she took his hand. As much as she was goingto miss a good night of sleep she was glad Curtis had woken her up for this.

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Curtis smiled abit, Luna had asked how long it had been since she had come here. Curtis thought for a minute. "Ten-ish minutes probably" Curtis laughed abit, It hadn't of been that long. Curtis walked over to the other side of the room and looked around for a small book with a blue star on a white covered book. He opened it up and looked around for his make shift pencil. He had rummeged through his stuff. He finally found it an opened it up to the next blank page in the book. He smiled and and started to draw the egg starting to crack open. Curtis wrote underneath the picture afew quick notes just to remind himself about some stuff that was going on right now. He placed the book aside when he was done with it and smiled as he saw the small little white nose pop out for a moment.

Curtis lightly held onto Luna's hand after she had grabbed his hand. He watched closely at the egg as he watched it continue to hatch. He saw a small peice of the egg chip off and fall onto the ground beside it. He kept silent not trying to move or anything of the sort.

[Luna Heiler & Ayer]

Luna and Curtis held each others hands as they watched the dragon slowly hatch. The pieces of the shell came off small and slowly. The small noises the baby dragon made as it cracked it's egg were soft but constant. Luna tried to look into the egg when there was a little more of an opening but it was still dark inside making it so she couldn't see the little white dragon. It was still pitch black outside, The moon was still shining brightly in the dark sky flanked by scores of stars. She glanced at Curtis next to her and gave his hand a slight squeeze and smiled at him. She brought her attention back to the egg before them. This little dragon would be strong, she could tell by the speed of it's hatching. Soon their was enough shell gone to see partially see the small white mass contained by it. It's eyes were closed and it was curled up tightly in the small space. Slity came over and sniffed it. He purred, he seemed happy. With her other hand Luna gave the large white dragon a scratch and he returned the gesture with a fishy lick on her face. Luna giggled softly and wiped the drool off her face. She moved over right next to Curtis and kept watching As the little dragon chipped away at the shell, making little noises as it Went. Luna stayed by the egg while Curtis continued to come back and forth from the rooms. The small dragon was almost completely hatched. Luna reached out a cautious hand and touched the little body lightly with her fingertips. It was warm and smooth and slimy just like it should be. After only a few more minutes the egg was open completely. Luna reached out slowly and ran her hand Over the small body who slightly wiggled. She wrapped her hands around it and picked it up. The small dragon wiggled and made tiny quiet protesting noises as she began to dry it off with a cloth. It felt around her chest and arms with it's nose because its eyes were still closed so it couldn't see. It gently poked her with it's little white nose. Luna lightly stroked it's head after it was dry. Just then Curtis came back into the room and luna stood up slowly and walked over to him with the baby dragon in her arms. " look." Luna whispered. The little dragon must have sensed curtis' presence because it sniffed the air and cautiously poked it's little nose in his direction.

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Curtis smiled as he looked at the small white dragon. Curtis ran his finger alot it's small little body and laughed quietly to himself. Curtis looked up at Luna and smiled abit looking down at the Baby dragon again. "Mind if I hold it?" When Luna allowed him to hold the dragon he smiled and lightly took it in his arms. He lightly rubs the small dragons under belly and laughed abit as he did so. The Dragon would squirm abit in his arms, Curtis lightly handed the new born back to Luna and look at the fire. "Ill be right back" Curtis went towards the door and opened it. He walked outside and went to the log pile. He didn't have any logs there, He was going to have to get more now. He walked back into the home and pointed to Slity and then made a geasture to have him come to him outside. Curtis looked over at Luna. "Ill be back in afew minutes, Gotta go grab some more fire wood." Curtis shut the door after Slity was outside and walked to grab the axe and met with Slity again walking to one of the nearby trees.

Curtis pointed to the spot he wanted Slity to breath on. Slity did so and Curtis took the swings with the axe and the tree fell down. He ran along and put small hack marks in the tree every very inchs for Slity to breath on, He went to the beggining again and start to cut through the logs. Slity carried a couple in his mouth and Curtis had grabbed the rest putting them to the side of the house. He grabbed two peices and walked back inside the house and threw them onto the fire. The Room warmed up once again very quickly. He walked over and Shut the door before walking over and sitting down infront of the fire and motioned for Luna to come over and sit down with the New born.

[Luna Heiler & Ayer]

Luna watched Curtis walk out the door with slity behind him to go get firewood. Luna held the dragon and stroked it gently. It continued to nudge her with it little nose. Luna touched it's nose with her fingers. The sniffed her fingers before closing the tip of it's mouth gently around her fingers and trying to suck at them. It acted bewildered when nothing happened. Luna felt it's hard slippery gums against her fingers and smiled at it. She pulled her fingers out of it's maw and wiped them on her nightshirt. Luna took her sweater off the ground and wrapped the hatchling in it to keep it warm. It pursued something to suck on for awhile before giving up. It cuddled in next to Lunas chest rubbing it's head on her. Luna held it close to her. She heard the door swing open and she turned around And see Curtis and slity return. The babies little ears perked up when the other white fear passed. Curtis put wood on the fire before inviting Luna over to sit. She wrapped the sweeter more tightly around the white mass in her arms before walking over to Curtis with it. She sat down and he did the same. He looked at the bundle cuddled next to her she stroked it's head. " put your fingers out for it to smell." he did like she said and in a moment it was sucking on his hand. Luna laughed quietly. When Curtis eventually pulled his hand away the dragon set it's head back on Luna. She smiled and stroked it. She looked at Curtis who was looking at the small hatchling.

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Curtis smiled and felt the little New born rub it's gums on his finger, He laughed abit and pulled his finger away and wiped it off on his jacket. Curtis examined Luna for a moment, She seemed more tired then he was, Curtis nudged Luna gently and looked at her face. "Hmm." Curtis waited for a second looking down at the New born. "How about you get some rest, Ill take care of the Dragon." He lightly lifted the New born Out of Luna's arm and lightly held it in his arms smiling at it. He watched Luna fall asleep. Slity came over and looked at the new born again. He sat down beside Curtis with his "Arms" crossed infront of him, Slity had his ears perked up looking at the Dragon. He moved his head over and sniffed the dragon and and lightly licked it's head, Only with the tip of his tounge.

A couple hours passed, Curtis was still awake watching the Dragon. It's eyes had been opened not long and and it was curious of it's surroundings. Curtis looked over at Luna, She seemed to just be waking up. It was pretty early in the morning, Yes Curtis was tired but he didn't mind staying awake to take care of the New born. "Hey, Look" When Luna look over then small dragon Looked at her with it's Dark Violet eyes. Curtis smiled and laughed abit.

[Luna Heiler & Ayer]

Luna opened her eyes and looked up at Curtis. He had taken the dragon and told her to get some rest which she did. Now she was awake again. He told her to look and she glanced over at the dragon. It's eyes where open now. Luna smiled sleepily and rubbed her eyes, trying to wake herself up more. She propped herself up on her elbows and watched the little hatchling as it's eyes followed her. She reached out so it could smell her. She sniffed her and must have recognize her because it started sucking on her fingers again and purring. Luna laughed quietly and sat up the rest of the way. She pet the little dragon and it nosed her gently. She smiled over at Curtis and asked him " so what are you going to call her?"

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Curtis thought for a moment on what he was going to call the new dragon. He wasn't really sure on what to call her, Just that it needed to sound.. Well femalish. Curtis had gone over some names out loud to Luna and then he had disagreed with them all after he had said them out loud reliseing only afterwards, did he relise he didn't like them. Curtis thought it through more and more. It took him afew minutes to finally think of somthing. He looked down at the small little dragon in his arms and then back up. "Hmm. How about...." Curtis thought a little. "Silvia?" Curtis kinda liked that name, He didn't know why he just had the feeling that he liked that name. Curtis waited and looked over to Luna seeing what she thought of the name. He knew that he wasn't going to have Silvia forever, Only until he relised her but still.

[Luna Heiler & Ayer]

Luna nodded when he suggested Silvia. " I like it, Curtis." she said in reply. She paused for a moment and looked back at the little white dragon. " welcome to the world, Silvia." Luna said to her. Luna released the sun was coming up now. It was dawn. They had spent the whole night with the hatching dragon. Luna yawned, she had only gotten a couple hours of descent sleep. Well, at least she had gotten some descent sleep tonight. She looked over at Curtis who was looking at Silvia. She knew he would take very good care of her. Luna sighed. " well, I have things I have to do today..." she said, her voice trailing off. She touched Curtis' hand and stood up. She decided to let Curtis keep her sweater for right now, silvia seemed happy in it and she didn't want to disturb her. " remember to feed her often, cows milk will do. You can dip the end of a cloth into a bowl of milk and have her suck it off. Shell catch on quickly. " Luna told Curtis. She paused for a moment, looking around before heading for the door. She opened it. " bye, Curtis!" she said as she walked out the door. She walked out of the clearing and into the forest. She would feel a little silly walking into town with just her nightshirt and leggings and boots, so she went the long way around down back alleys so she could walk in her back door. Now, the day would start.