A Seceret To The Island (Curtis/Luna)

[Luna Hieler & Ayer]

It was close to the time when they would normally go to bed when Curtis came and said he had something to show her. The dragons were already asleep, but the way he was acting convinced her that this was something... different. This wasn't usually how he asked if she wanted to go for a walk. She followed without complaint, curious to see what he was up to.

Once outside, he started along a route they often took. They went out the village and into the woods along a familiar path. It was a little chilly out, but pretty warm for a day during this time of year. He made a comment about the nighttime in the forest. The full moon did make everything seem even more beautiful in its light. She agreed with a nod of the head, uninterested in making a response and too curious about where he was going with all this to come up with one. She looked around carefully, but didn't see anything out of the ordinary.

When they reached the end of their typical route, Curtis led on, heading toward the mountain. He obviously knew where he was going, but Luna had never really explored this specific area. He led right past the foothills and up into the craggy landscape, advising her to be careful as she ascended a structure in the rock much like a natural staircase, and at the top, he led her around to a clearing with a few trees and a body of water in the middle.

"Wow..." she breathed. She went up to the edge of the water and knelt down. It was a really pretty spot- the moon shone down on the perfectly clear water, making it look glassy. In the middle, bubbles rose from the spring. She reached down and put her hand in the water, swirling it around. It was nice and warm- she was going to get in. She smiled, rising to her feet.

Luna took a few steps back before taking her clothes off, dropping them in a messy pile. When she was done, she ran her hand through her hair and tossed it back. The chill in the air made goosebumps appear on her bare skin. Looking over, she noticed Curtis looking at her. "What are you looking at?" she said with a playful smirk. Shrugging her shoulders, she went on to say "Well, I don't know about you, but I'm getting in!" Luna took a running start before leaping in, squealing as she hit the water with a splash.

[Curtis Veen & Slity / Silvia]

Curtis walked over to the edge of the pool of water, testing it for himself. Hot springs were unpredictable, usually they were just warm but some could be boiling hot, the last time he checked this spring himself he didn't burn himself so he figured he'd get the same result again. He slipped his hand in and moved it around, it was at a fairly nice temperature, not cool but also not hot. He stood up from his spot and took a step back or so, and by the time he was about to make comment on the springs to Luna, she was already stark naked and making comment about what he was looking at.

Just as Curtis was about to respond with something witty, Luna had already taken her leave as she jumped into the springs. That had been unexpected from her for him, he thought she'd just get in normally instead of jumping into it. He smirked and rolled his eyes as he glanced around the surrounding environment for a quick second. He looked back to the spring before he took off his own clothes, pushing them back and away from the edge of the springs. The cold air that hit his body made his hair stand on end, he made no delay before he got himself into the spring as well, moving to the edge and gently dropping himself in.

The warmth of the water was extremely welcoming compared to the chill of the air, although because the air was so cold that's what made getting into the water oh so much better. He made his was over towards Luna more, granted she wasn't too far from him in the first place. Once he got closer he looked over to the edge of the spring, moving over and feeling the rocky ground under the water to see how high it was raised up.

"Happy that I found this place?" Curtis said as he looked back to Luna with a smirk on his face.

[Luna Hieler & Ayer]

 The water felt so good. The warmth was even nicer than she had thought. She kicked her way to the center and swam through the bubbles that were rising. She smiled, they tickled a little bit as they rose around her, it felt funny.

When Luna surfaced from jumping in, she saw Curtis getting ready to come in. Luna swam toward him when he came to the edge and got in. She noticed him feeling around the bottom for a good place to stand, but, where he could stand, Luna would have to be on her tiptoes. She came up behind him and splashed a little water on the back of his neck so he'd turn around.


"Happy that I found this place?" he asked, a smile on her face
"Yeah, its beautiful. No dragons or anything- this is so nice. I didn't think I was going to get a good swim until the spring." She looked around the place again, taking it in. Her face broke into a grin "How did you find it?" she asked.

Trying to standing on the tips of her toes was getting annoying already. Moving closer, she hung onto him, wrapping her legs around his waist. She put her hands around the back of his neck for support

[Curtis Veen & Slity / Silvia]

Curtis raised his eyebrow and his smirk stayed when he noticed the grin on Lunas face, "Well you remember that day when I went out for a fly with Silvia, and before we even went out the door she was being bitchy and complaining how she just wanted to lay around all day?" Curtis asked as he looked down to Luna and smiled at her when she gave a nod of the head, "Okay. Well we went out for our flight and about half way through she complained about how the saddle was on wrong. So when we landed, we landed around here and I noticed steam so I checked it out, and of course I found this." He went on and finished up explaining how he came across the hot springs. "But I do agree, no dragons, no people, no chance for interruption up here." He added on.

He noticed Luna move closer and soon hung off of him, feeling her legs wrap around his waist and her bare arms and hands around his neck. Curtis wrapped his arms around Luna to help keep her up, smirking at her as he did. "Getting pretty comfortable I can see?" He made the joking comment as he slowly moved himself back towards the sides of the pool. When he felt the cool wet stone touch his back, he lowered himself down a bit, seeming to find some sort of a ledge under the water to sit on. He moved his arms from around Luna and rested them beside himself seeing as how he didn't need to help hold her up at the point.

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[Luna Hieler & Ayer]

Luna listened as Curtis explained how he'd found this place. She gave a little laugh at the retelling. So it had been an accident? Well, an accident compliments of Silvia. Maybe that crazy dragon was good for something.

She smiled at his sarcastic comment about her hanging onto him. "Do you have a problem with that?" she shot back, pressing herself even closer. He put his arms around her and she felt his slightly restless fingers along the big scar down her back. It distracted her, making her mind wander to the dreary thoughts of her past and what had put the scar there. Forcing her mind to move on, she adjusted her posture, making his fingers rest differently. In a moment, it didn't matter though, because he removed his hands completely. He set himself against a ledge, giving her a better opportunity to balance herself.

She looked at him with a gentle smile, running her palm along his scruffy jawline. Leaning in close, she hovered her lips close to his, asking for a kiss. She got one, but she only enjoyed it for a moment because, almost as soon as he began, his arms went around her, hands rubbing up and down her back. He probably didn't even realize he was tracing right along her scar- or maybe he did- but either way it made her uncomfortable. She fought back the thoughts of what her father had done to her and the terrible past they shared because of the man who had raised her. This wasn't what she wanted to be thinking about right now. Luna rolled her shoulders anxiously, willing him to stop with the rubbing. It only made him hold her tighter. She ended up struggling against him until she was able to pull away. Luna looked up at him desperately, but the look her gave her back made her feel guilty, so she broke his gaze and pushed away gently, letting herself float just out of arm's reach.

She let her body bob to the surface so she could float on water. Luna let out a long sigh. "I'm sorry," she groaned "It's not you." She realized that he probably deserved a little more of explanation for that.

"It's these scars. I keep trying to move on from Hysteria, but this is how it stays with me now, and the fact that I can't let you hold me like that without having to think about it is..." she flailed her arms, trying to come up with the right word "It's very troubling to me- and it's not fair to either of us. My past is just not what I want to be thinking about in that moment" She paused, staring up at the sky. "That, and I wish I wasn't so torn up, for you."

[Curtis Veen & Slity / Silvia]

Curtis had not excepted Luna to move away from him, it was the last thing he figured she would do. When she did move away from him, he raised an eyebrow at her and had a somewhat concerned look on his face as if he thought he did something wrong. Just as he was about to speak he heard Luna talk, explaining about the scars and how she was trying to move on. He nodded his head only once as he glanced down to the water in front of him, continuing to listen about how she wished she wasn't so torn up for him.

He wasn't able to fully connect to that Luna was feeling or going through in such a moment, he had never had such traumatic events happen in his life aside from the incident where he almost lost Luna, but because she was in front of him and better then okay, the idea didn't bother him as much. He moved himself away from the edge of the spring and over to Luna, he lightly gripped her hands and just held them.

"I can't say that I understand what it's like to be in your boots. " He started off, collecting what he would say, "But just because I can't understand it from your perspective doesn't mean I don't understand it from mine, because I do. We all have our scars, either emotionally or physical sometimes both. I mean it's physical but I have that big freaking scar up the back on my leg, remember that? " He said with a smile on his face, it wasn't a very pleasant day that day, but now he could look back on it and be amused by his terrible timing when the rain hit.

"And don't worry about me, I'm here for you no matter what it is you're dealing with." He started "Thing is you could be over your past tomorrow, or in a week, a month, a year, or to be quite honest you may never get over it. But even if you can never truly get over it, at least you can figure out how to coup with it I suppose. Just do what works for you." Curtis suggested, he didn't know what he was saying would be helpful or comforting at all but he could only hope it did for Luna.

[Luna Hieler & Ayer]

Luna let herself float vertically again when Curtis took her hands in his, although she avoided direct eye contact- she was a little embarrassed that she had pulled away from him like that. She listened carefully to his response, taking the words to heart. Right now, he was thankful for how understanding he always was with her, but she was also glad he didn't pretend like he knew exactly what she was going through.

She nodded as he mentioned his own scar, making her recall that he also had them, even if they didn't carry the same weight as hers. "Yeah, I remember that," she whispered.

She listened as he talked about getting past it, letting her know he was there for her. She appreciated him saying that, but he hardly needed to, he showed it often enough. Usually it was just helping carry her emotional baggage by sharing her sleepless nights and comforting her from the nightmares, but sometimes there were times like this, and he was okay with letting her work through it.

When he got quiet, she had to think about what she was going to say back. Finally looking up at him, she said "It's not that I don't want you to see my scars- I know you have, I have nothing to hide from you. I opened up that part of my life to you a long time ago because I think honesty is important. My problem is that they're not what I want to be thinking about when we're having time like that," she paused, trying to find the right words. "I don't want you to stop what you're doing or go out of you way to avoid anything, because confronting this may be the best way for me to deal with it. I can't let my past control me like this."

She gave a long sigh, frustrated with herself for making such a big deal out of this, she just wanted to go back to enjoying the water and beautiful night "And this isn't why you brought me here..."

[Curtis Veen & Slity / Silvia]

Curtis lightly rubbed the tops of Lunas hands with his thumbs, standing there wondering what he was going to reply with. He shrugged at himself and looked around, "Yea, confronting it is the best way to deal with it. " He replied with before he looked back to Luna, "But I don't want you to beat yourself up for it. Sure technically it's your fault, but it's not intentional and that's all I'm looking for." He commented hoping that Luna took that the way he meant for it to come out.

He looked up to the dark starry sky with the moon plastered right there in the middle of it all. It was a beautiful night, but Curtis hated these kinds of nights because such a view was only visible on the coldest of nights. Now he actually had a way of viewing them without freezing his butt off in the process. He brought his gaze once again back to Luna and looked at her in the eye, he had no idea what to say now. It was quiet now, so quiet that it was eerie.

"Anything else you want to add in? Personally I can't think of anything else to say here. " He said. His mind wandered for a moment onto random things as he waited for a response, such as had the dragons noticed they left the house already or were they still asleep? He shook his head for a second before bringing his full attention back to Luna again as he heard her begin to speak again.

[Luna Hieler & Ayer]

Curtis seemed a little distracted as he continued to reply. Luna didn't mind, she didn't really want to talk about this anymore. She did, however, appreciate his concern. He was lost in thought for a moment, and Luna watched him move through the familiar mannerism. His eyes wandered, but his fingers continued to fawn over her hands, making Luna smile. She wondered exactly what was on his mind, and she hoped she hadn't troubled him too much by denying his affection- it hadn't been her intention to upset him, but his words indicated that she hadn't. They both kind of tended to do the zoning out thing, though. She wondered if she did the same little things as he did when she was distracted.

He asked if she had anything else to add, indicating that he didn't have anything else to say on the matter. "Well, good. I'm done talking about this. Let's just enjoy the time together, you never know when we'll be without dragons again," she smiled at him, trying to lighten the mood.

Looking at Curtis, she noticed his hair was still dry. Feeling a little mischievous, Luna gripped his hands a tighter and pushed hard, hoping the surprise would win out over his obvious strength. She giggled "We're swimming and you haven't even gotten your hair wet, I'm just helping you out!"

[Curtis Veen & Slity / Silvia]

Curtis smiled when Luna made comment about how they likely wouldn't be able to get another time slot without the dragons for a while. He nodded his head as he kept watching her out of curiosity, what happened next caught him off guard as it happened.


He felt her hands grip his harder and then the pull on them as they dragged him down under the water, he was completely caught by surprise. Of course out of natural instinct he closed his eyes as he hit the water, when he felt his entire body submerged he opened his eyes again. The water was cloudy under the surface from the bubbles that were rising up from random spots along the spring floor, but aside from that he couldn't see very much. He pushed his feet against the floor of the spring and brought himself up and out of the water, taking in a deep breath of air and blinking his eyes multiple times along with shaking his head to remove some of the water.


Pushing the hair off his forehead, Curtis looked at Luna with an unamused look as he wiped his face off, "You know what. Maybe I like my hair dry, because when its when it looks like this. " He made comment as he motioned to the wet hair on his head. He took his hand and put it on top of Lunas head, "Hold your breath " He said, giving little in the way of an early warning before pushing her under the water, removing his hand from her head once she was fully under.

[Luna Hieler & Ayer]

Luna laughed again as Curtis broke the surface of water after being pushed in. He took a deep breath and blinked the water out of his eyes before he wiped most of it off his face. He shook his hair and pushed the longer strands over his forehead, slicking it back.

He made a retort about his hair being wet. "Well I couldn't very well be the only one without my hair looking perfect" she tossed her soggy curls and brushed them out of her face again. Her hair actually was a mess when it was wet- it was basically just in the way until it was dry. Curtis, on the other hand, didn't look so bad with wet hair. Obviously, Luna preferred his hair wet, but it didn't look bad wet.

"I don't know, I kinda like it..." Moving closer. She ran her hand through his hair and tousled it up. "There, now we're equal," she said, taking a step back, giving it a look-over. She smirked at him- he looked funny like that.

Curtis told her to hold her breath, and she knew what he was going to do. She made an exaggerated face as she took a deep breath and closed her eyes, ready to be dunked. He planted his hand firmly on her head and pushed her under. Luna let herself sink close to the bottom before pushing off of the bottom and coming to the surface. She came up quickly, using the force to gentle tackle Curtis, knocking him over again, and submerging them both in the warm water. Luna came up laughing and tried to apologize between giggles.

[Curtis Veen & Slity / Silvia]

Figuring she wouldn't do anything else after pushing her under, which was a mistake on his part, Curtis let his guard down once again and didn't pay a whole lot of attention to Lunas actions and movements. When he got tackled however, that's when he knew he messed up again. Being thrown back lightly and back under the water once again, feeling the warm water completely encase himself as he sunk down. When he felt himself stop moving he brought himself back up to the surface of the water and wiped the water from his face as he looked over to Luna.

"I'll get you back for that some other time. " He said with a smirk on his face, hoping that might make Luna a little more paranoid in the future to come. He lightly pushed Lunas face away from him with his hand as she was apologizing and giggling at the same time, "Pfft okay then missy." He laughed at his own actions and glanced up to the moon in the sky, noticing it had switched positions in the sky signaling they had been here for a decent amount of time already which felt surprising because it felt like they just arrived. Glancing from the moon over to their clothes, then back to Luna he smiled again.

"So how much longer do you want to stick around here? Oh and don't give me the whole- " Curtis stopped as he cleared his throat and began speaking in a somewhat higher pitched voiced and altering his accent abit to mimic Lunas, "Oh but Curtis, I just want to stay here forever and never leave this pool of water, but I know if I do then I'll shrivel up into a ball of nothing but that doesn't matter because you'll shrivel up with me." He smirked and giggled as he looked at Luna and awaited a response from her.

[Luna Hieler & Ayer]

Luna struggled as Curtis pushed her away. Her uncontrollable laughter wasn't helping her out any "Hey! Let me goooo" she whined, trying to pull his fingers away from his face "I can't see anything!" When he finally took his hand away, Luna made an exaggerated pouty face at him and crossed her arms when he threatened to get back at her. "I'd like to see you try!" she crowed, challenging him only because she was quite sure he'd never do anything that would truly hurt her in any way.

She gave him a splash for good measure before moving back in front of him, watching carefully. While she knew he wouldn't cause her any harm, she didn't doubt that he might pull something mischievous on her. Luna watched him carefully, ready for anything.

He began speaking, so she looked up and listened. She thought it was just a question until he put on a silly falsetto, mimicking her. She laughed at him, protesting "Hey, I don't talk like that!" she gave him another splash. "I'll stay until you're ready to go, you know I don't like making these decisions. And don't give me the whole-" Luna cleared her throat, making her voice deeper "Oh, but Luna, I'm not sure if I'm enough of a man to make such a serious decision without my dragon here for confirmation" she let her voice go back to normal before giving way to laughter again.

[Curtis Veen & Slity / Silvia]

Curtis sat back and smirked as he heard Luna attempt a similarly poorly attempt at mimicking him as he did to her. He made a hand motion in front of her way and looked off to the side all dramatically for a second, "I am offended my darling." He kept the smirk on his face as he looked back to her. "Of course I can make decisions without my dragons. I just use their counsel is all."

"And I'm aware you don't talk like that. You speak worse than that." He said with a grin on his face as he joked about his impression beforehand, "Besides I can't make my voice sound like that crazy accent you have on you." He added in as he looked around them. In the back of his head he was debating whether they should actually get up and leave yet or not, he was pushing towards leaving.

He raised his hand out of the water and just let the air hit it, just testing how it would feel like out of the water. It was cold, but it was almost like the warm water seeped into your skin and kept you feeling warm after you left the spring. It didn't matter how you did it, it was going to be cold getting out but they had to at some point. Curtis looked behind him to see where the edge was, even though he was practically at it already. He put his hands up onto the edge and pulled himself out of the water and seated himself of the edge of the stone. He reached back for his pile of clothes that were only an arm stretch away and brought them right behind himself. He looked back to Luna and smiled as he whipped the water from his skin, the cold air was slowly getting to him as he sat out of the water for once but the steam from the springs helped make it much more bearable.

"Going to come out or what?"

[Luna Hieler & Ayer]

Luna laughed when Curtis made fun of her accent "My accent?" she teased, "Have you heard yours lately? I can practically taste the southern in the air when you speak!"

She watched Curtis test the air before sliding back out of the water. He asked if she was going to do the same, "Just coming," she said in reply.

Moving to the edge of the spring, she hoisted herself out of the water. The cold air hit her skin with an unpleasant wave of goosebumps. The cool weather felt much colder after being submerged in the warm water. She shuffled over to her clothing and found her shit. Luna wrung her dripping hair out before putting it over her head, struggling against the wetness of her skin. Soon, she had taken on a slight shiver, but when she was fully clothed, it started to subside.

She picked up her boots and carried them with her over to where Curtis sat. She sat herself down beside him and smiled. "Well, this was lovely, Curtis. Thank you," she leaned close and brushed his hair out of his face before she gave him a short kiss. "I'm cold now. Let's go home and start a fire upstairs"