The four of them slowly started walking through the vegetation, the dragon-witch leading the way without paying too much attention to the others, too lost in thought. Why did he feel the urge to protect the prince from everything, even a little slap behind the head? He knew the fatherly guy meant no harm and he still wanted to push him away from Roman and protectively stand between the two of them. And even before that he didn't understand why he felt so attracted to the guy; sure he was really attractive, no one would deny it but it was more as if he felt a deep connection, as if his heart was actually pulling him towards the prince, than a mere physical one.

"You okay V?" Nyx asked through the mind link as she flew above them; Patton was still pouting because she couldn't walk with them and Logan didn't let him fly with her.

"I'm okay, just...confused." He answered, eyebrows furrowed as he kept walking keeping his head down and slightly kicking a rock every once in a while.

"Virgil how long till we stop? We have been walking for hours now and it's starting to get dark." Roman said, unknowingly interrupting the conversation the two were having.

The dragon witch stopped, looking around for the first time in a while and noticing that the prince was indeed right.

"We should stop in a place preferably near a body of water, set up a fire and somewhere to sleep." Logan instructed as he adjusted his glasses and his now slightly messy hair, trying to conceal the way his breath was slightly labored.

"Tell the nerd that there's not a single 'body of water' in miles, so unless he wants to walk another ten miles to find the only small river I can see from here, he'll have to do with what you can find." The dragon commented sassily still not particularly liking the guy because of the way he acted towards her owner and best friend, before adding, "Also there's a small protected clearing just a mile ahead of you and for what I can see that's probably the best place you guys can go to set up a camp."

He chuckled slightly before letting Nyx know he understood and looking towards the other three who were now looking at him with curiosity in their eyes

"Nyx said that unless you want to walk another ten miles there's no water close by, we'll just have to use what we have and deal with it. But ahead of us there a small clearing and as far as we know, it's the only protected area we can go to to sleep. So let's go." He said before turning around and starting to walk again but immediately being stopped by Logan.

"Wait, no, what do you mean 'use what we have'? We don't have any water left and we have been walking all day! We need water!" He exclaimed frustrated making Virgil roll his eyes and fold his arms.

"Yeah kiddo! I'm thirsty and tired! How can we get water?" Patton asked, slightly making puppy eyes and making roman nod in agreement, causing the dragon-witch's feature to soften slightly and a small smile to appear on his face.

"Don't worry, you'll have water. Let's get to the clearing first though." He started to walk without waiting for an answer, slightly rolling his eyes when he heard Logan grumble under his breath.

"Logan stop. I already told you I trust him and I'm sure he knows what he is doing." Roman shushed him making a small smile appear on the Dragon-witch's lips.

Virgil quickly shook his head, trying his best to get the fluttery happy feeling in his stomach, that appeared when he heard the prince say he trusted him, to leave him alone, his cheeks reddening slightly. What the hell was happening to him?

Before he could even realize it, they had reached the clearing; he stopped, looking at Nyx who was already there, curled up just before the line of the trees. Just as she had said the space was small and the ground was mostly covered by moss, providing a comfortable surface to lay down on.

"I already checked around her and we should be good to settle for the night. I would still cast some protecting spells if I were you though. We don't know where the assholes might be."

The Dragon-Witch nodded letting her know he understood before turning around to inform the others. Before he could even utter a word, Patton ran past him, his arms high in the air and a big smile on his face.

"Nyx! I missed you so much!" He yelled, throwing himself at the dragon making Roman and Logan's breath itch as they both waited for her to lash out. That obviously didn't happen and the darkly dressed guy chuckled fondly as he herd the creature purr and wag heir tail happily.

"Okay so," He started, his voice loud so that everyone could hear him. "This is the clearing I was talking about, Nyx has already checked our surrounding to make sure no one was close to where we are so we can start to set up a camp."

"What about the water?" Logan asked, his left brow arching challengingly as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"Be patient Calculator watch. I was getting to that." He said sighing and once again rolling his eyes. He had been doing that too often that day.

"Roman could you please go gather some for a fire? And Patton could you help him? We need as much as you guys can carry." They both nodded, the cheery guy waiving Nyx goodbye with his hand before following the prince slightly into the forest.

"Now, Logan, since you're so eager to prove that I can not gather water in any way, you will help me with it."

Virgil turned around and went back to the satchel he abandoned in the middle of the clearing when they reached it. After a bit of digging he took out a couple of empty leather canteens and a small piece of wood.

Now more interested, Logan curiously observed the dragon-witch; the small item was hollow and has one of the two ends shaped into a point and a small indent in the middle while the two water containers looked rudimental and hand-made, with a string attached to both sides.

"What are you doing?" He asked, eyebrows furrowed, as he walked closer to the guy.

"Stop asking questions and follow me." Virgil didn't even have to look behind to know that the nerd was following him. His scrutinizing eyes did make him anxious, he had to admit it, but that was something he did thousand of times, that day wouldn't have been any different.

He went up to a tree he knew would have been perfect for the procedure and stopped in front of it, handing the items to Logan; then, closing his eyes, he pronounced a small spell under his breath pointing his index finger towards the trunk of the tree.

Almost immediately a small ray of light came out of it, piecing straight through the bark, leaving Logan flabbergasted. He knew the guy had powers but if he had to be honest the thing hadn't sunk in his mind up until he saw them in action.

Calmly, the guy turned around, taking the small wooden object form the still surprised man.

"This," He said holding it up, "is a spile and it's what we will use to get water."

Then turning back around he put it in the small hole that now was in the tree, making sure it was stable. The spire wasn't perpendicular to the ground, but at a slight angle, allowing small droplets of water to fall to the ground.

Quickly Logan regained his composure and opening one of the rudimental canteens he hung it using the string and the small indent in the wooden spile.

Virgil smirked as he watched the man's still surprised though more controlled expression, before muttering another spell to make the water come out faster.

"This... this is just amazing." Logan whispered making the Dragon-Witch chuckle slightly.

"You should really stop doubting nerd. Im in this with you whether you like it or not."

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