"You can, if you want," Andy replied. Hey, they had one set of brothers between them, what was one more? And Daemon and Lucivar didn't seem to mind belonging to different trainers, at least at the moment.

Belle grinned. "Oh this is going to be fun..." She was looking forward to this now. She didn't want anything besides the two little harnesses for her fire lizards in Temeraire land, but after that they could go to Leandros land.

She wasn't getting a Promise, though. And she kind of hoped Andy didn't either.

"Oooooh, you know what? One of us could get a Salome!"

Andy snickered. Oh god, that would be priceless.

"Salome would terrorize everyone," she replied. "Even the dragons. Just because she's undead."

"Yeah, really." Belle snickered, extremely amused by that thought. Then she shook her head.

"Well, after Temeraire area, we can head back to Leadros area. Sound good?"

"Sounds like a solid plan to me," Andy replied. "We're not all that far from the Temeraire area, anyways, so it won't be too much longer getting there."

Belle nodded and yawned briefly. "Yup. Tomorrow we can continue in that direction."

Eclipse's arms tightened briefly around her before he looked over her shoulder at Sesshomaru, quirking an eyebrow, clearly asking if it was time to cart the girls off to bed.

Sesshoumaru nodded to Eclipse's unspoken question. He could tell Andy was starting to wind down, too, and would be dozing off in a couple of minutes. Best to get them headed to bed now, rather than trying to do it while the girls were falling asleep on their feet.

Eclipse got up and pulled Belle to her feet, starting to pull her towards his room.

"Not tired," Belle grumbled.

"Yes, you are," Eclipse disagreed with a little huff. "Now sleep."

Belle grumbled but let him shove her into his room to get ready for bed.

Sesshoumaru was going through a similar thing with Andy.

"I'm perfectly capable of staying up longer," she pointed out.

"Capable, perhaps... but not allowed," Sesshoumaru replied as he steered her towards his own room. "Your opinion will be much changed within the next fifteen minutes or so, regardless, so it would be wise to just acquiesce now."

"What if I say no?" Andy asked.

"Too bad."

Belle growled weakly at Eclipse before she got ready for bed and plopped herself on his bed, sprawling out. She liked to sprawl. It was nice.

Of course, that only lasted half the night, until she started tossing and turning and tossed herself right out of bed. She woke groggily and settled in on the floor instead, not quite awake enough to realize she wasn't on the bed.

Andy wasn't into sprawling. She didn't want to admit it, though, but once she snuggled into the bed, she was asleep quickly. And darn Sesshoumaru for being right about that. She didn't move much once she was asleep, though; she was a deep sleeper. She did end up snuggling closer to Sesshoumaru once he finally came in, though.

Belle woke up a little later than normal and started getting ready to go, packing things up and making sure she had everything. Most of her bishis were away again, not that she minded. Eclipse and Lucifer were the only two out.

Well. Apart from the fire lizards, who were both vying for the best position of her shoulders. The female won, sending the little male sulking to nestle in her arms.

Andy was already up and awake, packing up her things. Of her group, Sesshoumaru and the dragons were still out: Sesshoumaru because he always was, and the dragons because it was about time for them to stretch their wings again. And it was about time for Xiang to really try flying. Andy wasn't worried about taking him on such a long flight, since she was certain that one of his parents would carry him when he got tired. He was still small enough that they could do that.

Belle grinned over at Andy, settling her pack before she walked over.

"So, are we walking or flying?" she asked casually. Either way was fine with her.

"Flying," Andy replied. "It'll be faster, that way, and they know the way back there." The dragons also knew which areas to keep the girls away from, and Andy trusted their judgement about it.

Belle nodded her agreement, looking between the dragons. "Well, I'm ready to go whenever you are." She grinned, knowing that Lucifer would just follow them.

"Then all aboard," Andy replied, grinning. Shouldering her pack, she climbed up Temeraire's harness with Sesshoumaru behind her. Once she was on the dragon's back, she quickly got behind Sesshoumaru and pulled his hair back so it wouldn't get tangled during the flight.

Belle got up as well, Eclipse settling in behind her. She knew he liked to use her as an anchor while they were flying, and she didn't mind. Just because she liked flying doesn't mean everyone did. Which she knew very well.

Once everyone was settled, the three dragons took off. Temeraire took the lead for now, glancing around for a moment before heading back to his home territory. Lien was close by, keeping an eye on Xiang. The dragonet would be tired before long, and she would be there to catch him and carry him along until they landed.

Belle just settled in for the flight. The fire lizards had both cuddled against her stomach for the trip, and Eclipse was tense behind her. But she wasn't worried.

Although Lucifer occasionally dive-bombing them just to annoy Eclipse wasn't helping.

Eclipse wasn't the only one getting annoyed with the dive-bombing. Temeraire finally got fed up with it, as well, and flicked his tail out, smacking Lucifer with the end of it. Andy just snickered.

Lucifer rolled his eyes and muttered something about giant lizards before evening out, staying a little ways above them so he could keep an eye on them. Belle rolled her eyes at Lucifer and just shook her head.

Andy didn't even reprimand Temeraire for smacking Lucifer. As far as she was concerned, he deserved it.

The flight to the territory wasn't long at all, although Lien did end up carrying Xiang for the majority of the flight. The dragonet needed to build up his strength and endurance, but that would come with more flight experience. Finally, the two dragons hovered and landed in a clearing just inside territory lines.

Belle looked around, staying where she was for the moment. It looked about as she expected.

"Well. Shall we, then?" She grinned at the rest of the group. She was curious to see the city.

"Let's go," Andy replied. A quick check of her map told her that the town they wanted wasn't far away, right on the edge of the territory. Once she'd figured out which direction it was in, she started off towards it.