Rejuvenation

chapter 6

Lilith had practically seen enough from all the contestants and she already knew who she wanted to pick to be the newest god. She could not let the other contestants know though because if she did then she would risk the entire point of having the trials and the people staying with them. Even still she was excited to tell Falos who she believed should win. She walked out of her castle after telling the remaining contestants that they had a day off. Xola still had not really recovered from the last trial and Lilith didn't want to put any more mental strain on the girl at the moment. She continued through town in a green shirt and black leggings. She looked like a teen with her rather small stature but, it didn't bother her. Lilith continued to walk and got tired so she just used the trees to find out where Falos was. She gently placed her hand on a tree and as she did she concentrated on Falos. She picked up on this trick a while ago and had not really used it since but, she was feeling really lazy so she said forget it and decided to use this ability. She wanted to give it a name but it wasn't important. And before Lilith knew it she found Falos who was surprisingly sitting in his castle

reading with the young boy he had rescued weeks before. She called for Blaire and he came to give her a ride. Lilith always hated having to go into the water to get to her friend's house but, that was the only way besides swimming and that was a no for her. She walked over to Blaire and climbed onto his back. Lilith gestured toward the water and the dragon knew what

it meant and waded through the water to reach Falos's home.

His castle was on the complete opposite side of the water but it didn't take long with Blaire taking intervals of flying and swimming. It only took about thirty mins but, it was a rather boring ride for Lilith. Then she saw it on the horizon, his castle was in between two mountains and offset enough that when the sunset was there it would peak just over the top. It seemed to get more amazing every time she visited, she wasn't going to tell him that though. She gestured for Blaire to land on his balcony and she hopped off the dragon and walked into the castle. She had been here many times before but, he kept constantly moving things around and never decided on where to keep them so it was different this time.

"Alright now where is he", she said aloud.

"Oh come on Lilith your losing your touch". She turned to see her best friend sitting in a chair smiling gleefully.

"Save it Falos I came to tell you that I have already decided who I want to rule the sky". His expression did not change from being cheerful.

"Okay and I'm assuming it has something to do with the girl, Xola," he said it while getting up and walking toward the door and leaning on the frame.

"You knew already didn't you"?

Again he smiled, "Of course I did, I noticed your fondness of her since she came to the party and you've been watching over her closely".

She glared at her best friend wanting to hit him for being right but she didn't and instead continued on, "If we announce that she wins now then it will cause problems with the others"

Falos looked at her seriously, " So, some of them have tried to kill each other and some have tried to sabotage, these are not the qualities that we need nor desire".

Lilith smiled, "This is why you are my best friend you know that right", she said. She then proceeded to ask, "So where is the boy".

Falos turned and signaled for her to follow.

They walked until they were outside near the water at the back of Falos's castle and there was a young boy sitting in the golden sand. "He has been living with me since the accident", she noticed he never took his eyes away from the horizon.

"You need something better to do and so does he you know that right". Falos looked at her, his deep blue eyes peering through her, "What would you recommend"? She smirked and said, "I'll tell you later now I wish to meet him."

They walked up to the boy and when he saw Falos he jumped up, "Mister where'd you go earlier you just disappeared"?

Lilith looked at Falos, "Mister"?

"He won't call me anything else but that and he does know my name so I just go with it". She nodded and looked back at the boy, "what's your name"?

He looked at her and said "Dorin, my name is Dorin Miss"

"Well my name is Lilith, how do you like it here?"

Falos made a noise behind her but, didn't say anything, "It's nice here I like it a lot and I especially like the dragon, can I play with him Mister please"?

Falos smiled and whistled sharply and Micah sprang from the water and landed in front of the boy and began nuzzling him. "Well it seems he likes Dorin as well", said Lilith.

After they watched Dorin and Micah play for a while they decided to let the boy be and go and talk, "If you really feel that Xola is ideal I will back your decision".

"Thank you Falos I'm not sure if I will announce it yet but soon for sure".

They got up and hugged and as Falos was about to walk away he fell due to a root in the ground, "Really Lilith"? He said laughing. She turned and walked into his house, into the back where Blaire was waiting and said to herself, "Maybe he will be fine after all".

Falos watched as his friend's dragon disappeared from sight and began to wonder if she was right, he needed something to do other than just be at home. He decided to go into town, "Micah watch after the boy" the dragon glared and began playing with the child again. He put on a black t-shirt that looked smokey thanks to his "storm" clothing and some black sweat pants. He left the palace and stepped onto the water and then shot across it like a speeding train. He was glad he could control water the way he could because getting here would be a hassle. He got close to land rather quickly and slowed down until he fell into the water just above his waist and then waded out of the water his clothes completely dry. Falos looked up at the sky, "Dusk makes this town look beautiful", he said aloud. He then turned and made his way into town, it was more crowded than usual and thanks to his attire no one really cared to step aside for him, not that he really cared he liked feeling "normal" for once.

He walked on lost in thought until he bumped into a woman and knocked her over, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you, are you alright"?

She hadn't looked up yet and said, "Yes I'm fine, just watch where you're going from now on". As she got to her feet she finally looked at him.

"Are you sure you're alright you're kind of staring"?

She turned away and said, "Yeah yeah it's fine um what's your name".

Falos was about to say his name but then thought about why she didn't know it already, "You don't know"?

She looked at him puzzled, "Should I"?

He looked at her dumbfounded, "You're not from around here are you"? "No, I actually just got here earlier today".

"Well welcome to the city and my name is Falos".

He half expected her to jump in surprise at his name but all she did was hold out her hand, "Nice to meet you Falos, I'm Danae".

He shook her hand firmly and let go, "So you really have not heard of me before"?

She looked at him and laughed, "Of course I know who you are I just didn't know what you looked like, just that you were some angry guy with a stern face but all I see is a soft-hearted guy". Falos looked at her quizzically and smiled and he actually really looked at her. She had long blonde hair that went to her shoulder blades with white streaks running throughout it, and her eyes were sky blue. She was also fairly tall at 5'8 and she also had a fairly nice figure. Danae smiled at Falos, "Well I will see you later Falos". She said as she began walking away into the dimly lit streets.

Falos turned and headed back toward the water when his dragon walked out of the forest and nudged him, "Stop it would you, just take me home". Micah did as he was asked only after "laughing" at Falos, and for the remainder of the night he pondered the woman he had met in the town.