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"Okay!" Vergil grinned. Without wasting a second, he ran to the door and down the stairs.

By the time Cindy had finished with the packing, Aurin was awake and ready to join her and Vergil for their trip to the ranch. Vergil was waiting with him, and looking quite pleased with himself.

"Quite," Aurin assured Cindy. "It's a different feeling, being able to sleep while on something solid. Skyel is solid, I suppose that was not quite the words to use ... something stable, then."

He rose to his feet. "I suppose you are ready to head to the ranch then?" he smiled.

They headed outside, and Aurin helped Cindy up onto Skyel's back and motioned for her to strap herself in. The harness was simple in design, she wouldn't have any trouble.

"I'll tie Vergil in," he told her, picking the boy up before climbing up himself. "He will be safe, don't worry."

He set Vergil on Skyel's back and slipped one of the harnesses through the boy's belt-loops, tying him firmly to the roc. Once he had finished, he turned back to Cindy.

"When you are ready, then," he said with a smile.

With a word from Aurin, they were up in the air, and very soon they were over the ranch. He brought them down right next to the ranch house, and after helping Vergil to unbuckle himself, he hopped down and held one hand up to help Cindy down as well.

"That was so fun!" Vergil laughed as he waited for his mother to join him on the ground. "This is going to be such a great trip!"

Vergil grinned. "I still think it's gonna be fun!" he beamed. He turned and started running towards the house. "Come on, Mother! Let's find Haradhel!"

Aurin chuckled as Skyel flapped her wings and took once more to the air.

"He is very eager," he commented to Cindy as he followed after the boy.

Aurin nodded. "Well, I think we can safely say that he will be seeing quite a bit on this trip," he quipped. "A lot of ocean, that is certain."

He kept pace with Cindy, since Vergil would have to wait for them anyways since he couldn't open the door himself.

"In the dining room," Haradhel's voice called back.

She, Elrohir, Arahad, Ahren and Shiara were all eating lunch together, and had just sat down.

"Haradhel! Elrohir!" Vergil called out as he ran to join them. "The guy that married Rhea is here!"

He had been tempted to add "bossy" to that description, but Aurin had let him sit by himself on the roc, so he didn't want to be mean anymore. Not to him.