Lone

14

"Do not move." Lo'ak told me as he looked back at me, walking towards Rotxo and Tisil.
"Lo'ak! No. This was me. This was all me." I hissed as I grabbed his hand.
"That doesn't matter. I will deal with them." Lo'ak pulled his hand from my grip and I grabbed it again.
"No, I can't let you do this for me." I hissed.
"Terina-"
"Lo'ak. Please."
"No Ter-"
I had began to walk towards Rotxo and dived into the water, clapping for Lasi to join me as I swam out further to him.
"Where is Aonung?" I asked the two of them, who looked somewhat bewildered that I even spoke to them.
They both shared a glance.
"Did you hear me?" I asked.
"Outside the reef, it's where the men go." Tisil smirked, I rolled my eyes as his eyes scanned my body, I patted Lasi reassuringly as she let out a bitter chirp.
"TERINA!" Lo'ak yelled from the docks.
"It seems your boyfriend wants you to go back." Rotxo teased.
"Take me to Aonung."
"Of course. But I should get a kiss first." Tisil winked, I ignored him.
"Take me to him." I ordered.
"Of course." Tisil smirked and Rotxo grabbed my hand, a worried expression on his face.
"What?" I asked, but before he could respond, Tisil splashed us both.
"You do not need your Ilu, ride on mine."
I let go of Lasi and climbed behind Rotxo, much to Tisil's dismay, he scolded and then looked at Rotxo.
"Let's move."

When we had reached what Tisil had called, the three brothers rocks, He told me that Aonung was hunting, that I should go and find him.
"I'll wait here. We all will." I scolded, feeling a sense of uncomfortableness.
"You should go alone." Tisil smirked.
"No. I do not know the waters." I scolded.
"You should learn, you are part of us now, or are you going to be an outcast here too?" Tisil tilted his head and I let out a hiss, my tail swaying through the air.
"Calm down." He had put his hands in front of him.
"I would like to apologise to Aonung." I told them both.
"Apologise?" Rotxo asked.
"Yes, for the fight." I nodded.
"Let's go back." Rotxo looked at Tisil with pleading eyes but he was silenced.
"You want to find Aonung, you find him. He is in this water." Tisil shrugged.
"I will not go alone, I would like your help." I rarely asked for help, so this was a big thing for me to admit.
Jake always said that, he always said that I never admitted when I needed help, that that was my biggest weakness.
"We will all go look for him." Tisil suggested, he hopped down from his ilu first, then Rotxo, then me.
I was slower than them, hence why I wasn't able to catch up to them when they both swam straight past me, mounted their ilu's and headed off in the direction we came.
"Kalweyaveng!" Son of a bitch!
I yelled out, climbing upon the rock as I looked around me, a hand resting on my head as I let out a few deep breaths.
"No..." I mumbled.
"HEY!" I yelled and saw Rotxo' s head turn in the distance.
A drop of rain hit my shoulder and I looked up, grey clouds.
The water was already rough outside the reef, and I wasn't used to the currents they had, let alone the depths. I trusted myself to not dive into the water in which I didn't know what creatures were within.
I sat down on the rock and waited.
That's all I could do, at least until the storm calmed down.