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Although Ember made sure to keep in mind everything that Nox, Light, and Inferno had told her about the Pink Pup, she paid little mind to it, and instead, merely quietly ate her stew and bread, which was both oddly filling and tasty, to her surprise; and she glanced at Light, who solemnly nodded to her in response as they ate their own meal, all while keeping a watchful eye on their surroundings.

At that moment, Inferno slowly moved over to sit next to her, and Ember warmly smiled when she felt her wing reach around her back to pull her closer, even if the two of them were still nervous about sitting so close together in front of the rest of the group; but they soon noticed that none of the others looked at the two Dragonesses for any longer than it took to smile and nod politely to them.

It was then that Inferno gestured for Ember to look to her side, where she found Courage had slowly approached her by a couple of steps, only to freeze in place when she turned to face him, quivering in his every limb; but while her immediate instinct was to shoo away the Pup, Ember knew she had to take a moment longer to think about her actions, and she carefully showed him the palm of her claw.

As Courage slowly stepped towards them, Inferno quietly suggested to give him a piece of her bread, which Ember then tore off and placed next to her on a clean stone, before she turned back to eating her stew and spending time with Inferno, not paying much attention to the Pup yet again; but it did not take very long before Ember felt a tickling sensation on her side, as Courage was sniffing her.

With a deep sigh, Ember briefly chuckled, but just before she could pet the Pup on his little head, she noticed that her claw was as big as Courage's entire body, and she pulled her claw back, trying to avoid thinking about what it looked like from his perspective; for while she was capable of many great things, she dreaded the day that she would encounter a Great Dragon with claws as big as her.

In turn, she quickly finished her stew, and before she had even swallowed all the diced vegetables, she put her bowl aside, and carefully laid her claw on the ground again for Courage, who sniffed at her claw for a moment before he backed off again; and Ember shook her head to Inferno, and sombrely said that she figured as much, that Courage would be far too scared of her to apologise to the Pup.

But in return, Inferno smiled, and sweetly reminded Ember that it took time, far more than just the first few moments of introductions, for the Pup to get used to her, when she gestured the other way again; and they noticed Courage was sitting close to Ember, turned away from her, but only slightly quivering as he looked at her on occasion, which she figured was a significant improvement already.

Meanwhile, from the other side of the pot, Boom could only watch on in frustration as Courage moved closer to Ember, despite what she had done to them both just a few moments ago: startling awake the poor Pup and causing him to fall to his doom from a great height; and he could not eat his stew, as it made him sick to his stomach that he had not heard any apology from Ember for what she had done.

Even though Boom only stewed in his own anger, Nox, Light, and Shining, who were all sitting at one side of the camp, quietly watched on as Courage slowly continued to approach Ember, and eventually, she quietly apologised to the Pup for scaring him, adding that she meant nothing by it; but even as he started wagging his tail in return, it was clear that Boom had not heard anything she just said.

As the trio watched the unintended hostility between Courage and Ember fade, they realised that the bitterness within Boom only ever seemed to grow, so, without uttering even a single word, the three quickly glanced at each other, and they knew what the others were thinking; and with a few discreet gestures, they split up, and as Nox stayed in place Shining moved over to Boom, and Light to Ember.

While they figured the two would never be friends, they hoped to at least make them cooperate…

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It was clear that Ember was uncertain if she should accept their suggestion, so Light spoke up, and politely said that she was not bound to the group, and if she wanted to head home again, they would respect her decision, no matter what; but if she was set on leaving, they would not dare let her go without having something to eat first, since there was fresh bread and plenty of stew for everyone.

Although the three Dragonesses were briefly confused at the fact that they had managed to make stew in such a distant place, Light sweetly said that if she would prefer not to see Boom, they would at least bring her a portion with some bread; and they added with a quiet sigh that the offer extended to Inferno and Nox, too, so if they would rather accompany Ember to the West, they were free to go.

But in response, both Nox and Inferno, who appeared almost hurt over their comment, replied that it would be a great dishonour if they suddenly abandoned them in the middle of their journey, not just to the group, but to themselves, as well; and besides, flying through occupied territories at night was a recipe for disaster, and it was wisest to wait until the Sun rose again before they departed.

With an exhausted sigh, Ember nodded along with Inferno and Nox, before she admitted that they were right, and that no matter how much it infuriated her to know that Boom was waiting at the campfire, she had to stay with the group for the night; for despite her own strength and her ability to wield the Scepter, she would not be able to withstand the power of countless other Dragons attacking her.

Just as she got from where she sat, closely followed by Nox and Inferno, Light quickly reminded her that if being close to Boom upset her so much, they could bring her some food that she could easily eat here, so she did not even have to look at him before she left; but to their concern, Ember just shook her head, until she told Light that she had managed to calm down with the help of the others.

Even though the Great Volcano would sooner turn to ice than she would apologise to Boom, Ember said that she at least wanted to make sure that the tiny Pink Diamond Pup understood she did not mean to frighten it; for while she remembered tales about those Dogs stealing the Dragons' jewels for their own hoards, she figured that a Dog as small as Carnage would not be a threat, in spite of his name.

Mere moments after Light turned around to lead the three Dragonesses back to the camp, they stopped walking, and slowly asked Ember whether they had heard her correctly, and that she thought the name of the Pup actually was Carnage; and when Ember merely shrugged in return, Light chuckled, and said that his name was, in fact, not Carnage, but Courage, because he was actually terrified of Dragons.

Before Ember could utter even a single word in confusion, Nox told her that when her Mother and she saw the little Pup for the first time, he ran away from her in terror, and it took some time before he was comfortable enough around her to not flee when she was even remotely close; and since he had only met Inferno this morning, and her just a few hours ago, it was impressive that he was so calm.

But before she rushed towards him, Inferno politely added, as the four walked back to the fire, she her wanted to know that she should wait for Courage to approach her, just so he got the time to get used to her; for while he was just a Pup in her eyes, she was a massive Dragoness to him, and if he were to run away at this time of day, in this part of the Dragon Lands, he could get terribly hurt.

It took a while for Ember to let everything the others had told her fully sink in, but fortunately, by the time that they made it back to the camp, where Light solemnly thanked Shining for keeping an eye on the stew and dough, she sat down in front of the fire; and to her immense relief, the pot of stew which she just noticed was large enough to prevent her from seeing Boom in every possible way.

While Ember looked around for Courage, Light and Shining cut the bread and served the stew.

When she got a bowl of stew and some bread, she saw a small pink shape in the corner of her eye…

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