He dismounted the dragon and ran up to Brooklyn when she started to scream at the sight of the dragon. "Woah woah woah woah, relax. No need to freak out, she's friendly." He turned back towards the dragon and pointed toward Brooklyn. "She's a friend. Don't kill...see the white haired one over there?" The dragon cocked her head and looked towards gabe and Anna across the grove. "She's evil, but don't kill her, need her...temporarily. Treat her bad though, she deserves it. The other guy is just a goon, don't kill him either. If either try to kill you however, go nuts." He looked towards brook again and smiled. "See, she's no problem. She won't kill you...well, unless you attack her. Then she'll freeze you and make you shatter...BUT. She won't do that unless you DO piss her off...I'm not helping am I? She understands what you say too, just...start a conversation. HEY TEMPLAR BITCH." He left Brook and the dragon alone for a few moments while he walked away to talk to Annabelle. "WHAT?!" she yelled, keeping her distance from the dragon. "GET YOUR GOD FEARING ASS OVER HERE." "Fuck no! Not coming any closer to that thing!" "Stop being a pansy and get over here! She'll only kill you if you look at it wrong! Besides, world's at danger right now! Magic and such!" "You can come over here to spill your filth to me!" "No way! I'll get wet!"

Meanwhile, the dragon just looked at Brooklyn, keeping eye contact with her frozen figure. She lay down and crossed her paws over one another and set her head down. A low rumble came from inside her belly. If one looked at her from the right angle, one might see a sly smile come over her just before she blew some arctic breath near Brook playfully. She yelped and jumped to one side, balancing on one foot away from the icy-flame. She pursed her lips and opened her eyes wide as her breathing became more heavy and scared. From deep within the dragon's belly, she laughed and closed her eyes, resting.

Finally, the templar conceded and had Gabe help her across the river with his body and she drew closer to the dragon. Sebastian showed her the book and the map and told her of what was going on, making sure that his voice was loud enough for Brooklyn to hear as well. Once he was finished he closed the book and gave it to her for her to look over more carefully. "I'll never believe you-" "Listen, woman. Skip your damn prejudices and stupidity. Hunt's off. Considering us four are the only beings in the world that know about this, we can stop it. We both know that the superiors aren't going to do anything about it other than blockade the island with crappy weaponry and end up doing nothing to slow him down. Put aside your pathetic little rivalry with me for FIVE FUCKING MINUTES and work with me." He was right, she knew it. She looked at the book again and read through the story again. Her brain told her that it was wrong and the story was fake and she should use this free moment to stab the bastard in the stomach, but considering that there was a dragon laying over there harrassing the other Illuminavit with icy flames, her heart was quickly overpowering her brain. "Fine. I am going to have to concede to your points. My superiors would just leave it up to the maker to sort things out instead of taking action...but that does not mean that we are going to be friends." "Like I would want to be your friend. You're probably into slave and master stuff." Her jaw dropped for the second time today as yet again she was insulted and young gabriel behind her could just swallow his pride and nod, eyeing Anna at the same time as if he had to experience such things. [i]"Poor guy...."[/i] Sebastian thought to himself.

Another scream would set them off and make them turn towards the dragon only to see Brooklyn being lifted up into the air by the dragon as she slipped her tail underneath the back of her shirt and had her suspended with her flailing. "Hey! Don't struggle! You'll rip my coat! That thing was expensive!"

[b]"Ahhh... Wh-What do I do!?"[/b] she whimpered. "Just sit and let it happen. I'm sure everybody gets lifted up by something bigger than them and gets something slipped into their shirt! Wait...that sounded horrible...GOOD ENOUGH."

He stepped over to the dragon, whom was having fun screwing around with the young woman hooked on her tail. "Okay, let her go. She's had enough." She seemed sad as she curved her tail and let Brooklyn slip off. She plopped to the ground and started to ball up "Do you have any other dragons on this island? I doubt you can carry all four of us. She cocked her head, looking as if in deep thought, then lifted her head high into the air and let out a loud bellow. Not soon after, several dragons of many types came from the direction of the mountain. Most just circled, seeing the newcomers and then heading back, but a brave few ventured down to join them. The female dragon approached them and hugged several with her neck, being loving to her brothers and sisters. Annabelle stepped forth to choose one with a very light skin, but Gabe refused to have any of it and decided that as his duty as her bodyguard, the dragon should be one that would be best suited for him. It was greedy, but one might never get this chance again.

He stepped forward and a dragon near the back of the group stepped forth, wanting to test him. They glared each other down for a few moments. "Just approach it...him slowly. He's like a horse...sort of. Have to let them accept you." Gabe did as he was told and approached slowly. The dragon didn't move until Gabe drew too close. Then it lowered it's head, cautiously. Just before it could get within arms reach, it looked over to it's sister frost dragon, expecting her to say something about killing Gabe, but she didn't. He lowered his head and let Gabe place a hand onto his snout. A sense of calm came over him and he stepped forward behind Gabe and settled. The other dragons took off. "Alright, lets get out of here. Hey, do you have a name?" He looked towards the female dragon and she shook her head. He thought about it for a moment before coming to a conclusion. "How does Aurora sound?" She cocked her head, thinking about the name. She knew the meaning but she was slow to grasp it. She slowly nodded her head as it took hold and she lowered her head.

He mounted her and sat right at the base of her neck. He didn't wait for Brooklyn to come with him, He and Aurora simply took off. She flew over Brooklyn and suddenly the girl found herself grabbed around the arms by her paws. Though she wasn't being pricked by them, she couldn't help but scream as the ground started to get farther way and she was lifted into the air. "Don't do anything I'll regret, Aurora." She ignored him and, after they got high enough, she released Brooklyn and let her wings curl up. As Brooklyn screamed and plummeted, Aurora fell faster underneath her and caught her on her back. She gripped onto Sebastian's torso and closed her eyes. His coat, still on her body, whipped and tore at her, threatening to carry her off even though it would never.

They ascended higher into the air and through the clouds, eventually coming out above the clouds. "Open your eyes, enjoy the view." She reluctantly did so and found herself seeing the sky at it's greatest beauty, clouds forming archs and spirals, looking fluffy enough to dive into almost. He pointed towards the east out of nowheres. "Look, you can see Centari Station." The station was huge, covering a good part of the horizon. You could even see the space elevator extending from below it to Arcadia's surface. "Part of me hopes we get to travel to new Gnisis at one point. Beautiful city. Are you alright?" His voice was sincere and low, talking between the beating of Aurora's wings.