"Good idea. I need to know how many dragons I'm allowed to get." Belle grinned. "Don't worry, I don't think I'll end up getting a bronze and a gold. Probably not, anyway. Although, with fire lizards, all bets are off."

"Fire lizards?" Daemon's eyebrows shot up as he pictured lizards on fire leaping from cliffs. He sent the image to Lucivar on an Ebon-gray thread.

"They're basically miniature dragons, only they can't communicate with words. They're very good at non-verbal communication, though."

Lucivar snorted, holding back laughs. Andy looked at him and raised an eyebrow, but he just shook his head.

Belle turned suspicious eyes on Daemon, and he merely smirked. Yes, he was responsible. No, he was not going to tell her. Belle shrugged and kept walking.

The rest of the walk seemed fairly uneventful, if Andy ignored the occasional chuckles and smirks from the two bishonen. Obviously, they were having an internal conversation, so she didn't really feel like interrupting them.

By the time night fell, Belle was ready to stop. She yawned briefly and stretched, starting to gather up firewood. The only warning she had that someone else was around were the rustling of leaves, then the trainer from earlier emerged.

"I'm challenging you," the trainer said, glaring at Belle. "Winner gets him."

"Are we really going to do this again?" Belle sighed heavily. "Fine, you know what, we'll battle. When I win, you leave us alone or I'll press harrassment charges, and I get the normal fee for winning."

"And if I win I want him." The trainer nodded to Daemon.

Andy blinked.

"She's persistent," she commented, moving out of the area so the two trainers could battle. Oddly enough, she was kind of fascinated. She'd never seen Belle's battle style.

Belle smiled, and it was so much like Lucivar's lazy, cocky smile that Daemon actually glanced between the two. "'Clipse, you mind?"

Eclipse nodded and stepped forward, while the other trainer sent out a Yue. The fight was short and rather amusing; Eclipse simply trapped Yue in a bubble and then floated the bubble up nearly fifty feet above the ground, and Yue gave up.

Visibly fuming, the other trainer sent out Edward. Belle nearly laughed and tapped Thomas's ball.

"Go get him. Win and I'll let you feed a bit." Belle smirked, and Thomas's grin shifted to something a little more predatory. He pulled a sword out of seemingly nowhere and started fighting, the two moving around the clearing and knocking over a few trees before Thomas knocked Edward into a tree and put one foot on his chest, the swordpoint at his throat. Thomas grinned and kicked Edward once for good measure, muttering "fuckin' sparkly-ass pansy" before he returned to Belle.

"Well, that went fast," Andy commented. She wasn't really surprised. The other trainer didn't seem too terribly strong to begin with.

The other trainer, now really fuming, sent out Legolas. Belle considered him for a moment, knowing he wasn't just some pansy-ass (most likely), but was saved the decision of choosing who to send out when Daemon touched her shoulder.

"May I?" he asked with a smirk. Belle smirked right back at him and motioned for him to go ahead, watching as he started stalking his prey. This fight lasted a little longer than the others, both of them fighting with swords. Daemon finally decided enough playing was enough and pinned Legolas to a tree, disarming him. He released the other bishi after a few long moments and returned to Belle.

The other trainer threw down some money and stormed off, swearing and cursing. Belle merely shook her head.

"That would have been a waste of time if we hadn't been stopping for the evening already," she said with a sigh. "You three were great, by the way. Now let's set up camp and make food."

"It could have been worse," Andy pointed out as she helped set up camp. "She could have actually been a challenge."

"True," Belle said after a moment. She chuckled when Thomas picked up the money. "Thinking about getting a new pair of leather pants?"

"Maybe," Thomas said with a grin. "I've got some things in mind."

"Of course you do." Belle rolled her eyes.

Andy couldn't help but snicker a little, and shook her head when Lucivar raised an eyebrow at her. There was no way she was going to tell him what she was thinking. She'd hand him the book later and point him to the page, instead.

Belle started up a fire. "So, anyone have any ideas for dinner? Besides, y'know, whatever can be caught."

"Not really," Andy replied. "I'm not really much of a cook, remember? Besides, I need to go have a chat with my Celestial dragons." She checked her gear's map real quick and nodded. "Yeah, there's a lake nearby within range, so I'm going to take them out there. They need to catch their own fish, anyways."

"Okay. Have fun with that," Belle said with a shrug. "I think I'm just going to cook whatever Dejaal can get and bring back. I'll tell you when I've made something, or you'll find out when you get back."

"Feel free to employ Kaelas in the capture of dinner," Andy said. "He doesn't like to fly, so he may as well stay here and make himself useful." Making sure Lawrence was with her, since he was technically Temeraire's captain, she went to release her dragons and take them flying.

"Alrighty, you two," Belle said with a grin. "Go get dinner please."

Dejaal looked at Kaelas, suggesting they find a deer or other big animal for dinner.

Kaelas nodded and went with Dejaal. It was a good idea, and they both seemed to work together well, so it shouldn't be hard to find something to bring back.

Belle set up the fire so she'd be ready to cook whenever they got back. Then she lounged back to wait.

It didn't take Kalas lfind a suitable deer, and he let Dejaal know so they could coordinate their actions. It didn't take them long to kill the deer, and it wasn't anywhere near big enough to give Kaelas trouble dragging it back.

Dejaal let Kaelas drag in the kill, basically giving him the larger claim to the kill. He sat down near Belle once they were back, cleaning himself off meticulously.

Belle blinked at the deer. "Thanks," she said, moving over to it and cutting off a few strips of meat to use for their dinner. "You two can have the rest, or whatever you want from it."

Kaelas nodded but left it where it was for now. He wanted to get himself cleaned up as well. He knew Andy would be annoyed if he tracked gore everywhere.

Dejaal found a stream not far away and had a grand time rolling around in the water and pouncing on the little fish there. Hey, he was a tiger, and tigers like water. Then he went to go drag the rest of the deer a little ways away from the others so the two cats wouldn't disturb their dinner.

Belle hummed to herself as she cooked the venison steaks, managing to find other things to go with it.

Andy got back not long after with her dragons. Once she was sure they were settled in, she made her way back to the camp.

"Any news about an upcoming egg?" Belle asked, looking up from cooking one of the steaks. She had a pot of rice boiling away, and potatoes wrapped in foil around the edges of the fire.