A Life of War...

Chapter 19: The Muddy, Bloody War

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We got over the fact of our little kiss. Well, at least Ziyraa did. William would sneak me sexy stares, showing me he wanted to do it again.

We climbed on top of the rock, and took advantage of this view point. I saw the shimmer of the waterpool in the distance. We also saw a small herd of horses, and some deer lurking around the waters edge. We raced off towards it, thirst starting to kill our throats again. The rain water was tasty though.

As we neared them water, the animals started to run away, obviously scared of our appearance. We reached the waters edge faster than expected, and Mikalina leapt into the water, sending droplets spraying us. For some reason, the water was not very cold. It was pretty soothing on my muddy skin.

I scratched my arm, peeling off the drying mud. My normally soft skin was now bumpy and red from the irritation.

"Why does it have to be mud?" I asked myself, but Ziyraa heard and answered by saying, and I quote; At least it isn't scat, rotting flesh, or ice.

I started dumbfounded at her, before screeching out, "Wait, what?"

"Nothing, just a ridiculous joke. Nothing at all funny though." She sighed.

"Hahaha, I forgot to laugh it was so funny."

"I was never a good joker."

"You are, when you don't try," I responded gently. She always wanted to make me laugh and smile at her jokes. It might happen one day, but definatly not today.

I continued peeling off the dried irritating mud, and I winced a few times due to the slight pinch.

After it was all peeled off, I washed off my dirty hands. Around me, the water turned a murky brownish slur. I ran to another edge of the pool, and stuck my face in. I took in a giant gulp of water, and lifted my head back out. I took a quick breath in from my nose, and swallowed half of the water. The water soothed my scrathy throat, along with everything else. I swallowed the last bit, and it slid down the back of my throat.

"Ahhh, better already." I said, before cupping my hands. I slid them into the water, and scooped out water when I pulled it back up. i gulped that water down too.

I watched as William refilled the cups, and sealed them off.

"Just a warning, waer will spray," I warned before leaping into the water.

As I came back up for a breath, all I could see, was a pouting Ziyraa, and a mad William. "Hey, I warned you both," I stated clearly before they started to nag on me. I swam back out, to shore, and right away, I started rolling around in the mud.

William and Ziyraa looked at me dumbfounded yet again, and their mouths gapped open like a giant fish. I giggled. My hair was now a matted mess, and weighed down on my head. "Aren't you guys gonna do that too?" I asked, a smile on my muddy face.

They just shook their heads in disgust, and got back to gently washing off the mud. I thought evilly, and knew that Ziyraa was still as skinny as she used to be. I stalked till I was right behind Ziyraa, and my shadow fell over her head. My smile scared her, as she figured out what I was going to do.

She quickly started to wade into deeper water, staying away from me. Once the water reached her hips, she knew she was defeated, and she jumped into deeper water. I waded back out to William who was staring at me.

I smirked and asked him, "We can either do this the hard way or the harder way. Choose." I crossed my arms to prove I wasn't joking.

He understood my message immediately, and he swam into the deep water and over to Ziyraa.