Coming Home

[Dagger]

Sitting under the waterfall, letting the water run over his head, a small relaxed breath escaped his lips. It ad been to long before he had any chance to relax, he looked downwards as the water ran red, washing away the blood off his form, the clothing hanging on the tree, his once short blond and brown hair now waist length and bright pink, he had changed it to not be who he once was, however he still kept his old name, he did not remember his real name nor did he care, he just wanted a fresh start. One hand came up to run his fingers through the streaks of pink and fading red, nothing on his mind for once was a welcoming relief.

Moving to slowly stand, he was no longer the shy closed off man he had once been when he was younger, however he did no longer talk, it was not the fact he couldn't it was the choice he made, he just enjoyed what little freedom he had in the water, he knew well it wouldn't last but for at least he was able to stop running, his once circus markings and clothing long gone, he had changed his entire appearance aside his eyes, clothing was different his hair was different, he didn't want to remember any of the circus past life he had once come to love then fear. 

He twisted slightly to allow the tension to slid free from his body as he jumped onto the ground by the tree where his clothing was and sat down, letting his body dry as well as the bandages that covered his entire torso, none of it mattered anymore, he was free and that was the way he was going to keep it, if that meant a fresh start then so be it, he was not going back no matter what. "Home sweet home at last."

[Camilla]

The exploration of the labs had left her a little dirty, and it had been an unpleasant trip down memory lane but she had managed to find what she was looking for. The crusty old medical journal now lay safely tucked in the small of her back, and she became hyper aware of it since it was such an important artifact. Camilla was also in search of Darcassan, since he had been the only one she'd met once coming back to these quiet lands. The blond strands of hair had fallen out of their bun and no framed her dirt smudged face. Cobwebs had stuck to it but she hadn't cared, they would be removed later when she got back to the coven and took a shower.

It was traumatizing how quiet the place had grown, though the vegetation still grew healthy with greens and a variety of colors. She'd taken residence back up in the old room in the attic, curling up around the window seat and staring out at night, pushing the window open and watching the stars go by. It was a quiet life she wasn't used to.

When she approached the falls the smell of blood made her wary and she crouched to hide within the trees, slinking forward on all fours and allowing her camouflage to take effect as she blended in perfectly with her surroundings. Quietly she moved closer, pushing branches and hedgery aside to peer through to the clearing and the water pooling from the waterfalls. It was a person she didn't recognize, at first only seeing his backside. And he would have been completely naked if he weren't wearing those bandages. Camilla's brows arched, something nagging at her to recognize this person but her eyes not knowing who they were upon. "Are you a water sprite?"

She was obviously joking, but it was a good place to start as she came out of the tree-line and made herself known to him.

[Dagger]

"Been to long hasn't it Camilla" She would know his voice the moment he spoke just not the attire nor look he wore now days, he spun his old daggers between his fingers, he had gotten a dangerously lot better then he used to be when it came to his weapons of choice, he leaned against the tree, slipping his clothing on, he didn't bother to slip on the usual beanie more so since for now he didn't need it, pushing his partly wet pink hair out of his face, his eyes remained the same as they had always been then again they were the one thing he couldn't change about himself nor did he really wish to, he was rather fond of the color of his eyes as he waited for her to click to who he was.

Raising an eyebrow at her appearance, it would seem like him, time had not been kind to either of them but then again time was pleasant to no one, he remained resting against the tree, spinning the dagger between his fingers in thought, it had been to long since they had last met, he was older now and so was she.

[Camilla]

That voice, she would recognize it anywhere and it sent a shiver down her spine making her skin rise in gooseflesh. His disappearance had put her through hell and back, and the tears sprang to her eyes but she blinked them back. She was not the weak little girl she once had been, nor the one he remembered. "There's no way it's you... No way..." But she knew that it was him by the way his fingers moved around the twirling daggers. Things didn't seem to click in place as she stared at him, moving her eyes from his daggers to his face and his pink hair. That was new.

Not knowing what to do, she reached back and untied the rest of her hair, approaching the edge of the water and crouching down to splash her face and wash the dirt off it. The silky blonde tresses caught the light, creating a halo effect around her face. But she kept her gaze on the water. "Did you forget something here Dagger? Is that why you came back?"

[Dagger]

Slid the twin knives back into their rightful places. "Should I have?" He tilted his head very slightly, watching her every move, noticing the changes in her much like she would in him, he got fully redressed, placing a hand to his side before withdrawing it, looking at the fresh blood and smirked slightly to himself, it wasn't often he got hurt this badly but it had been either fight or die to him, it always had been. He didn't really know what to say it had been much to long since they had seen each other and they had been so young and naive back then.

He tightened the bandages once more, not actually to bothered by them, he pulled down the grey colored jacket and shirt over the bandages before sitting down by the tree and simply watched her in silence for a while, he had heard what had once happen to the coven but he himself had not been apart of the fight he had been in his own back then, he just shook his head. "Nice to see you are still alive"

[Camilla]

She looked up at him at his words, eyes narrowing only a little before she let out a puff of air. "Yeah, me." Shaking her head she got up from her crouch at the edge and walked over to him, noticing the way his bandages were being soaked with blood again. Kneeling down beside him, Camilla avoided looking up at his eyes and lifted his shirt and jacket, "You're hurt. Take this off and let me treat it."

Now her eyes lifted to meet his gaze, her fingers still grasping the hem of shirt and jacket and the others splayed carefully and gently on his side; feeling the hardness of muscle at the edges of the ribs. A small smile playing on her lips. "Same to you. Well... take off your shirt."

[Dagger]

Watched her silently for a few seconds before pulling off his jacket and shirt, he only trusted her this close, he leaned closer to place his free hand that was not covered in blood and took her jaw gently, looking closer at her, he studied her face, she had not changed much, not underneath everything, she was still the girl he had fallen in love with. He turned away, gently letting go of her jaw, letting her free to treat the massive cut on his side.

Thinking to himself, he didn't know why he was back just something within the back of his mind had told him to return and now he knew what it was, keeping quiet as he stared at the ground. He had missed her a lot more then he thought he had, she was the reason he was back, he couldn't think of any other. "Camilla"

[Camilla]

When Dagger took her jaw, Camilla lifted her face and met his eyes with her own. They reflected the swirl of emotions in the way they didn't settle on one color but changed like a rainbow, draining and filling with two and sometimes up to three colors at a time. A faint blush came to her lips and she watched him, searching and finding the old Dagger in there; if not only older. This made her face soften in a smile, though her heart was beating roughly and quickly against her chest.

After her released her jaw, Camilla turned back to her work; reaching back to pull the handkerchief from her back and when she pulled it free the journal came loose and dropped near her foot, falling open to information about her. "Do you remember that window pane you created for me? The coven preserved it, like it knew we would be coming home." Letting out a small sigh as he uttered her name, she closed her eyes and began to hum a tune from her old home. Weaving the song of healing slowly through his body, and from her hands came a soft golden glow which grew like vines and closed his open wounds; ridding them of infection and leaving not a single scar as evidence.

[Dagger]

He nodded, he remembered well the window pane. It had taken him so long to do it but it was well worth it as he felt his side heal he glanced to the book, he didn't read anything in it he simply leaned down to pick it up and slip it back where it had been, he didn't need to read it to know who she was, he didn't care what so silly book said about her, he knew what she was like and he loved her all the same.

"I thought it suited you and me, you know.." He wanted to say something else but he was not to sure how she would take it, he washed the blood from his other hand in silence, watching the water, he loved the way her eyes changed, it was unique to him. Allowing a breath to escape before simply taking her jaw gently again and kissed her deeply before whispering against her ear, he had never really spoken of how he felt about her, only the mistress knew. "I love you Camilla..." There was a hitch in his voice and in his throat as he spoke, he wasn't to sure how she would take his words but he meant every word.

There was nothing in this world that meant more to him then she did, he knew that he had always known it, he would die for her if he had to, he wanted more then anything was her happiness, when she was happy, he was.

[Camilla]

Camilla felt Dagger replace the book under the waistband of her jeans and at her lower back, the proximity of his hands setting her skin on fire but she continued her work without giving the slightest hint of how much he affected her still. A smile making her voice lighter when he broght up his own point, "it did suit us well. I took that room, you'll have to find somewhere else to sle-" her words were cut off when he bent down, bringing her face up and kissed her.

Forgetting about the rest of his wounds and without worrying since they would heal on their own now without a hitch, she pressed against him and kissing him deeply. Her hands settled against his shoulders and she breathed in the scent of the one person she'd always know no matter what or where they were. Face bright red and still grinning, she listened to his words in her ear. "I love you too, Dagger." And she did, she had just never told him, like he had never told her.

Even though she was leaning against him, she laughed and hugged him a little tighter. "Do you want to bunk together like old times?"

[Dagger]

Held her close, he didn't wish to go anywhere by to be at her side, his arms resting lightly around her waist as he smirked more to himself. "I planned on it" He winked. His usual playful nature showing slightly but as always it was only around her, she knew him better then most and that was the way he wanted it to stay, he wasn't worried about some book she had found, he would rather go by his gut and instincts then some other person's words.

He smirked to himself and rested his head against hers, even though he was still human his heightened senses were well beyond a normal human he had trained until he dropped to get them that way, there was something about her scent, he would always know it was hers, he would be able to track her down every time just as he knew she would be ale to track him by his own scent.

[Camilla]

"Well maybe I don't want to bunk with you after all. You still sound very sure of yourself." she huffed, grinning and laying her head on his shoulder. Forgetting that he was still partially undressed because of her but not caring. This was a happy reunion, not like she thought it would be; she was supposed to get mad at him but apparently that was impossible.

Pulling back she stared up at him, her vivid blue eyes curious and bright under her blonde hair. "Why did you vanish, Dagger? You and the circus were both gone when I went looking for you." she had gone in the middle of the night and found nothing but trash and fliers where the circus had once been. All the tents were gone, and they had taken Dagger with him. A few days later she had been captured and also relocated.

[Dagger]

Glanced at her for a few moments, he did not really want to remember as he pulled away and got dressed again, he didn't look at her. "You really wish to know what happened, Let's just say I had to do what I had to do to be free and that involved facing the troupe and coming out alive" He cringed slightly at the memory and held his head partly remembering things he had been made to forget, almost making him double over as he forced himself to stop thinking about it.

He glanced at her with a distant look before seeming to zone back into things, shaking his head and sighed. Running a hand through his hair before pulling the hat down over his head and part of his pink hair. "You shouldn't have gone looking for us you know" He muttered partly under his breath as his eyes seemed to flicker a dark black before becoming the normal crystal like blue as he closed his eyes in silent thought.

[Camilla]

She stood up when he did, knowing that she had asked him to remember something he wished to forget. The pain was palpable when it took him over, but it wasn't something physical; this was something psychological and something that she couldn't help him with. He would need to overcome it himself. Camilla shrugged, looking at the water "What was I supposed to do, just forget that you existed? It doesn't work like that Dagger. Your existence has always been special to me and I think it's going to remain that way for a long time."

Camilla didn't invade his privacy, she didn't reach for his cap like she would have plenty of other times; right now she studied him and the way he had put a wall between them. "You never change, you're still keeping me in the dark because you think it's for my own good." Stretching her hands over her head, she held her hand out wanting the heavy mood to get lost already. "Come on, it's my turn to be the dude and walk you home." she said with a grin, showing that she didn't resent him or his choices.

[Dagger]

Almost fell over in a fit of laughter, that was priceless more so cause it was coming from her, he pulled her down into his lap and looked at her, He pressed a gentle kiss to her forehead before resting his own against her's. "We would be rather worried if you were a dude miss Camilla" His voice was lower in pitch then usual but aside that nothing looked different about him,he shook his head before taking her hand and slowly starting to walk back with her, keeping quiet, more in thought then anything.