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There was no one else she had seen so far and thought that no one else will for the rest of the day. It's like the last time she had ever made contact with since ever were the two dragons she'd left behind. Moon winced at that thought. She shook her head and rested on her talons.
The night was dark, but not dark enough that one full moon would shine just above the vast clearings. Moonlight glimmered and faded in front of her through the little wavelets of water. Arching closely, she could see the hints of slivers of the other two moons, sharp and clean like thin slices of pear. When she blinked, she thought she had lost the reflection of the two for a while.
But maybe there was really nothing to look at, or she was just hesitating to do so. Maybe she was overthinking it, or it was just herself that she felt peace even after all the days of ease and solitude after that execrable debacle that started it all.
Even though she still had work to do.
But she only sat there and huffed heavily. She kept herself under the shades of the overhanging palm tree leaves as if the moonlight was too much. She instead basked herself under the heat of the desert itself, and despite the surprisingly cool temperature of the oasis, that didn't stop her from laying her head down on to the sandy banks. The only noises she could hear right now were the buzzing desert bugs and the scuttle of lizards crawling across the sand, but aside that was also the unsettling hum of the desert which echoed and vibrated, ringing her ears.
She was drowsy, almost closing her eyes as she dragged her tail around. But she kept herself awake. She felt peace.
And it was only a matter of time before she heard rustling behind her. She woke and twisted, facing her back, and saw two familiar shapes emerging out of the shrubs and trees of the forest that masked below the serrated mountain peaks. Their expressions were feverish and tired, just as she was. They twisted their necks and bodies here and there and to and fro. They scampered against each other and jeered with words too far away for her to hear.
Likewise, they stopped and huffed, looking at the night sky with realization. Then slowly as their gazes went down, they met her quiet eyes, and the moment lasted in what seemed to be like a moonsforsaken eternity.
"Moon!" They both shouted, or as she thought they did until one of them repeated her name. They ran towards her as their shapes were lit by the moonlight. Her eyes adjusted, then she saw a glimmer of ice blue and sandy yellow as they were getting bigger and bigger.
It was then she really broke her trance when she stood on her hind legs and flared her wings, as she braced the impact of two dragons against hers and felt like the moon itself was collapsing on her.