Chinese Touch

Chapter 6-Precious Materials

Like I said last time, if no one reads these, there is no reason to continue writing. So, I'm begging you. Comment. Or this might be the last you see of CottonCandy.
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The hand reached down, and I prepared my self for a hard grip on my shoulder, to be yanked from the bush. But instead, hard scales pressed gently on my back, sharp claws brushing my shoulder. I looked up into Ai's deep, kind eyes, and burst out crying. He wrapped his front legs around my back, and I buried my head in the soft scales of his chest. He held me tightly, and as I cried, he hovered above the ground. He carried me back to the bath, and then on past it, into the mountains. He flew into a cave, where a pile of fruit stood on a small patch of grass. A fire crackled in the back of the cave.
I curled up next to it, and Ai blew rock over the mouth of the cave so that if anyone came past, they would think it was just the mountainside.
"Can you clear it?" I sniffled.
"Yes. It will be easy to clear."
"Okay." Ai lay down beside me, curling around me. He began to scrape at the ground.
"What are you doing?"
"You will see." He felt around, then forced his claws deep into the rock. When he pulled it out, it shone with colour. He blew onto it, fire melting the rock away, forming coins made of copper.
"What are they?"
"They are called cash. They let you buy things, and when you sell items, you receive more." The little pieces of cash were made of what appeared to be copper. They were little round coins, with small square holes in the middle. They came in varying sizes, and had different symbols carved into the depending on their size.
"Ming. I want you to do something for me. I will fly you down to the village, but you have to go in alone. I need you to buy some clothes, something to pin back your hair with, some shoes and, if you can afford it, some gloves.
"Then, you need to come back to the forest where I drop you, and I'll pick you up again. Okay?"
"Yes Ai."
"Good." So we flew down to the village, and I walked into the market place. The first stall I came across sold everything I needed. I purchased a pink dress, some white tights and gloves, a pair of red shoes, and a flower hair clip. I pulled my hair into a bun, pinning it with the clip.
As I was heading out, I passed a man behind his stall, packing up some things. There were little pendants on the stall.
"Hello sir. May I ask what you are selling?"
"Hello miss," he said turning to face me, "I sell pendants engraved with the name of the wearer. Can I interest you in one?"
I asked Ai, and he said as long as I only gave the man my first name, I could have one.