The quiet afternoon skies suddenly echoed with cannon fire as an air ship rose quickly from beneath the clouds where it had been in hiding. As the ships fins propelled it away from the area where it rose another cannon sounded in the skies as a cannon ball just barely missed the mast of the ship that had surfaced. It was the captains quick thinking as he suddenly steered his ship to the left that made them avoid the cannon. The captain of the ship glanced back behind him, his eyes filled with a hint of frustration as he tried to avoid the ship that was pursuing his.

The captains green eyes glittered in the setting sun as he looked around suspiciously, his pursuers had given them a moment of reprieve but he didn't imagine that it would last long. "Captain Kristoph! The engine room has taken some massive damage sir! Right now we're barely running, anymore quick maneuvers or hits and we could lose power and take a dive to the lower world!" one of the crew yelped in a panicked  tone as he ran to the deck just below the captain's wheel.

"Well then you had best find a way to fix it and quick! The Silver Arrow ain't going down today, she's still got life left in these sails!" the captain retorted in a sharp, dangerous tone as he looked at the engine master with his now icy gaze. The man looked at him nearly to the point of exasperation, but their argument was cut off when the black ship that had been pursuing them suddenly rose from beneath the clouds close to them. "No time to argue Bastion! Get back down there and work your hands raw to get this ship out of here!" Kristoph yelled as he returned to steering the ship, trying to gain distance from the ship behind them now. The man clenched his teeth as another round of cannon fire whizzed past them, he was grateful for the poor aim their cannon men seemed to have.

Looking back, the captain decided that they would have to return fire in order to escape their fate beneath the clouds. "Emerson! Report to the cannon men! We are returning fire on the enemy! We will be fighting the enemy from the rear left while on the run! I want them to take aim at the enemy's masts and fins, we need to slow them down!" Kristoph called to his first mate, leaving the cannon men's orders in his capable hands.

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On the small floating continent of Tiriene, Zeva made her way with her sister towards the port town of Eagleharbor. It was a path they had walked many a time together, normally to pick something up from one of the traveling traders for their aunt and uncle but this journey was different from any of the other ones they had taken to Eagleharbor. The two sisters had decided to seek out work for themselves, and it was something Zeva personally had been wanting to do for a long time. She loved her aunt and uncle a lot for taking care of them in the absents of their parents but the woman wanted to know what was beyond their little continent in the great big world out there. Even though Zeva knew just "who" she and her sister were, she still couldn't stand the thought of being cooped up in the small mountain village of Nightfort for all of her life.

Zeva and Zaria made their way by foot down the familiar mountain pass heading towards Eagleharbor. As they crested a bare hill after making their way out of the forest, Zeva saw the port city come into view. A small grin toyed at the edges of her mouth as she saw the city spread out before them. "It's so exciting isn't it Zar? Finally getting to see something off of our little continent." Zeva let out a slightly breathless whisper as she toyed gently with the end of one of her pigtails that her vibrant brownish-red hair was in. Her mismatched eyes stared out with enthusiasm as the buildings stared back at her.

The port part of town itself wasn't extravagant even for a capital city. The buildings were little more than shacks with tin roofs on them, and the trading building where the merchants gathered was a long single story building that took up most of the southern coast line. It looked a bit better than the shacks that had been set up around it, with a heavy wooden roof adorning the peak of the building, and some grime covered windows that didn't appear to let the sunlight in. The rest of Eagleharbor however had more to say than the port part of town. Most of the buildings had brick foundations and heavy wood siding for their walls, the roofs were tin with wooden supports underneath.

Zeva turned to her "older" sister now, the movement causing her curly hair to bounce around a bit as she did. "Are you ready to do this? Ready to set out and find work for ourselves? You aren't having second thoughts are you Zar?" She asked a bit anxiously as she looked at the woman beside her, she had seemed quiet during the journey there, or maybe it had been because Zeva had so many thoughts running through her head she hadn't heard her sister say anything.