Coastal Winds [OPEN]

[nightrode]

Huffing a little, he was still rather annoyed. But he quickly noticed the fish that got thrown towards his nose. Lifting his head, and looking at the STRANGELY glistering fish (thanks to the light), he quickly gobbled it down, in one piece. Smirking a little, he said:

"I love fish. Thanks alot, Sven. To be honest, I could eat fish all day, hahaha!" The dragons laughter sounded husky and deep, but it was still happy.

"I enjoy all kinds of meat, really. But I especially love these green weirdly shaped fruits - pear, I think? I just get stomach aches when I eat too much of it, hahaha..."

Standing up again, he moved towards Noah and lied down behind him, closing his eyes. It seemed as though the dragon was going to take a nap, until one of his eyes opened halfway again and stared Noah right in his eyes.

"Oh, by the way. I heard that you laughed. Idiot." sounding more jokey then annoyed, he used his tail to give Noah a slight whip at the back of his head. Chuckling evilly afterwards and grinning, he closed his eyes again, not expecting Noah to fight back.

[Sven & Hermes]

Sven watched silently, seeing Noah's intentions. He knew very well that Hermes was not the kind of dragon that takes part in playful behavior, so he was hoping to see what kind of reaction she would make.

Hermes was soaking up the suns rays, relaxing her overworked wing muscles. She was blatantly ignoring the other three playing in the sun. She had no interest in it at all. Suddenly, a small rock hit her cheek. The shock shot her head high into the air, sapphire-blue eyes wide and scouting for the source of that thrown pebble. With a grumble, she saw Noah rushing away laughing.

Her initial fright wore off quickly. She knew from the way the humans were acting before, that they were in a playful mood. She slowly panned her gaze, looking at Sven, Night, and back to Noah in the distance. She groaned. They were *all* waiting on her to do something.

Shooting a dirty look at Sven, as if to day 'I'm only doing this for you', she sauntered up to Noah with long strong strides, easily nearing the distance between dragon and human. Sweeping her head low, she got her head between his legs, then lifted up quickly, making him slide down her neck to her shoulder area onto the saddle.

Before Noah could even react, Hermes had shot high into the sky without a word. Sven stood, mouth agape. He didn't expect Hermes to do something like this. Sven knew that Hermes would probably just scare him or something. But he better be careful. He turned to Night.

"Look Night, I trust Hermes, so don't feel that she's going to harm your human in any way, just teach him a lesson. I know she's done it to me sometimes, and look at me, I'm still alive." Sven looked expectantly at Night. Sven knew that Hermes' version of fun was incredibly dangerous, driven on adrenaline that can only be attained in the air. " What do you say we go up there and see if Noah's going to be okay? If that's alright with you, that is." Sven blurted.

[Sven & Hermes]

Beating her wings as hard as she could, gaining altitude with each second, Sven and Night had quickly shrunk into tiny specks. Her muscles burned with pain, but this was worth it... well, in her opinion, at least.

She heard Noah's cries over the screaming wind.

"You know I can." She said simply. Noah didn't know that she was perfectly capable of undoing the girth of her saddle. "Tah tah."

Wings snapped to her sides like elastic bands. Hermes dropped from beneath Noah. Free falling.

The black mass fell much quicker than the human, soon spreading her wings open, circling beneath him like a vulture.

Sven face palmed. He knew that Hermes would do something like that. He still trusted her, but he hoped dearly that she would catch him. He had no idea how Night would react, whether he would attack him or Hermes, or go out and rescue his human before Hermes catches him.

[nightrode]

The dragon had seen enough. Completely enraged by this act of foolishness, the serpent took off and went to catching Noah with his front claws. The dragon looked more then enraged, infact, green acidic breaths where escaping his maw. How could Hermes do this?!

He got the boy calmly down, even if clumsily, and roared in absolute rage at Hermes. His wings flaring up, and eyes growing slits, he roared:

"How the fuck could you do this?! He's my goddamn friend! You can't scare me like THAT! Come here if you want trouble, you feathered freak!"

Nightrode had snapped. Completely.

He was already spewing acid infront of him before Hermes returned, but he made sure to tell her that she wasn't welcome right now...

[Sven & Hermes]

Hermes eyes widened at the fit of rage that struck Nightrode. She was just about to fly over Noah and catch him gracefully, but Night beat her to it, spraying acid everywhere. Hermes wasn't as lucky this time - lots of droplets of acid sprayed nearly all over one side of her body. Lots of black scale fell from her body like raindrops. Her flight suddenly became disorientated and ungraceful.

Whereas Night successfully landed on the cliff side, Hermes fell, spiraling out the sky like a stalling aeroplane. She managed to somewhat level out, but unable to land properly, she skidded to the floor, churning up a huge trail of mud and grass behind her.

"HERMES!" Sven cried, fearful. Hopping over pools of acid, she reached the limp body of the dragon. She was covered in cuts and scrapes, reeking of burnt hair smell from where the acid had hit and burned her prized scales. She was no longer a pretty-looking dragon.

Sven stared back in horror at Nightrode. How could he allow for such a thing! He knew Hermes would never... wait.
Sven swore he heard Hermes mumble something from her bloodied beak. He closed in on her head.

"Never again..." She said weakly. Sven chuckled inwardly at that, knowing she'd never give up her aerial manoeuvers or anything of the like. "Jesus Christ do I hurt...." The smile was wiped of his face again, and he patted her head soothingly. There wasn't much he could do right now.

"Don't look at me like that, you're acting like I'm dying or something..." Hermes said roughly, breaking the brief silence. She even emitted a coarse laugh, that ended in a cough, spluttering mouthfuls of dirt.

[nightrode]

The dragon was still rather enraged at Hermes, feeling no pity for her. She had gotten Noah into a dangerous position, so he got HER into a dangerous position. Huffing once, he was content with his work, and turned towards Noah.

... Who was throwing an absolute tantrum.

He was angry at him... no downright showing HATE to someone who just saved him! He insulted him on languages that he didn't even understand, and gave the most poisining look he ever gave him. Infact... Noah had never looked this evil at him.

The dragon took a few steps back, highly upsetted by what Noah said. His eyes almost fully deluded in sadness, and he lowered his head in submission. How... could he do this to him? He cared more about that feathered beast then about him?!

... As that thought struck him, the dragon grew mad again, slitting eyes, and a tense body, the dragon roared into Noah's face.

"So?! So, you care more about her wellbeing then yours?! She could've KILLED YOU! MORON! WHY DO I LOVE YOU EVEN, WELL?! You care more about her anyways, so make love to HER or something! You're through, Noah BLACKheart!" Roaring once more straight into his face, he afterwards took into the sky, and flew into the distant forests that he'd call home now.

And, while flying, the dragon cried heartwretching tears...

[Sven & Hermes]

Noah screamed at Night in a language Sven had never heard before. Shuffling round, he saw the two, Noah's slipping between his language, dragonese and common in anger. Sven frowned even more. He didn't want Hermes to be the cause of the end of a friendship.

When the ordeal was over, and Noah appeared to be in a great deal of trauma. Sven stayed at Hermes' side, stroking her cheek. He'd have to fix Hermes enough so that he could get her to Luna's, but not right now. He looked at Noah though. He never realised that the relation between him and Night was more intimate than he had originally thought. He closed his eyes, bowing his head. He wasn't the greatest at speaking to people, especially in fragile times, but words were better than none at all.

"No, I apologise on behalf of Hermes." Sven said, allowing the dragon to rest. Hermes gave a small movement of her head, signifying a nod. "If she had known of this relation you have with Night, I doubt she would have never done it." Sven looked to Hermes. Both of them knew heartbreak very well, in very different ways.

He looked back to Noah. "I reckon you should go find him." Sven said simply.

"Don't worry about me, Noah..." Hermes whispered, coughing again.