Stormy days

Dear diary,
We are in the middle of the sea, and to be honest, writing is a bit annoying. The pages are all wet because of the rain so the ink is going all over the page. Also I wasn’t feeling the best these days, I even fell over the deck. I don’t think i have seen such a bad storm before. Not even Xebec is enjoying this anymore, i don’t think so.
So here we were, going through the Road of storms. Before we entered, Nixie had a few announcements to tell us. She made sure to let the team know that they are in danger of death every moment of the day. Vadrek didn't seem so disturbed about it, but the others didn't seem very excited. Maltor even asked if there would be another way to pass. It is true that we could have passed near the dragon-raiders country but that seemed more dangerous than the road of storms. Then Nixie announced that Dillen the snake and me, should receive a punishment for our little fight: we needed to find a way to entertain her and the crew. I mean everyone seemed very entertained the other day when Dillen the snake and me were fighting, so we could do it again. But to be honest, i wasn't really in the mood so I decided to talk with Dillen the snake, to see what he thinks we should do. He suggested that we should play "spy eye". Not a bad idea, at all. I am sure enough that he is planning something, so why not.
 
Later that day, we started our journey. Nixie was training with Miremis, who set the boat on fire. Seeing that we cannot stop it with water, I decided to give up and let Nixie stop it. After all it was her training, and I had mine to do. Then, we had a very interesting conversation with Xixi. We tried to tach her how to say "boy" and "girl" in common. It seems like she didn't understand much though. She was very amazed that Bart had "three boys", whatever that meant. I thought she thinks that Bart has three children, but I am almost sure that is not what she meant. Everyone seemed very amused. Then, for some reasons, Bart decided to annoy Xixi. He showed her the forbidden sign then ran on the stick that catches the wind. Of course, she caught up with him, and threw him down. We tried to catch him but we weren't fast enough. It was very amusing. They should do that more often.
Not even half a day later, up from the sky, we heard a very loud noise, and Marv started to scream that he saw something in the sky.
And this is how, dear diary, we met, for the second time in my life, a dragon. I must say that it was very fast coming to get us. And also, dragons are a lot bigger when they are very close to you. I wish you never see that in your life. Right when it was ready to kill us all, Miremis, made a dragon out of water. The two big creatures had a very big fight, of course, we were still in the middle of it. There was not much I could do so I tried to help Marv, who fell over the deck. In the meantime, The black dragon freed from Miremis's spells and now was attacking us again.So with a very fast speed, he went straight to Xebec. For a second, I was ready to jump in the mouth of the dragon to get him but it was necessary after all. Nixie managed to create some kind of wind and threw Xebec in the water right before the dragon got him. I should have expected it! Nixie is always there to have my back. I was never so thankful to see someone be thrown in water before. Dear diary, I don't even know how to thank Nixie, but i will find something. I wanted to go help Xebec, but I noticed that when the dragon attacked him, it broke the wheel that gives directions. I didn't know how it works, but Bart was nearby. He told me to keep hold what was left from the wheel that gives direction, so we keep going straight. At some point, the elves came to help Miremis and they fought the dragon. Nixie joined them and was very close to freeze the dragon's whole tail. I told you before, dear diary, Nixie will become very strong some day!
The others tried to help Heron (who for some reasons climbed the dragon) to come back on the boat. I remember also seeing Eve throw some veil to Drenizek who used it to make the dragon dizzy. It seemed very strong i wonder if she can give us strong veils as well.
 
After such a day, we all went back to sleep. We were awaken by a huge storm. For a few days, everyone had to work day and night, to make sure we go the right way. There was a lot of water everywhere, and big waves, and a lot of sharp stones that could harm the boat. At some point, we passes some stones, and Bart realized something very scary. All those stones, were in fact bones of dead dragons. Just what exactly happened to them? And, as the day could not get better, one lightning hit our big stick that catches wind, so now it was even more hard for us to sail. Everyone was really tired, almost half of us were either on the floor or throwing up. Poor Eve was in a corner, throwing up from the sickness, Dillen and Bart were somewhere laying down and the others could barely stand. Everyone except Vadrek and Brunek. Nixie also seemed in a very good shape that day. I felt a bit tired, so i stopped to rest for a bit. But once I stopped I felt very very dizzy, and at some point I only saw black. The next thing I remember is that I woke up and Nixie and Xebec kept asking me if I'm alright. Later, Nixie told me that I fell into the water and Xixi came to help me. Looking around, I barely saw a few people being able to work, so I suggested Nixie to devide the crew in two. So some can rest while the others work and the other way around. I wanted to work more but had no choice because fainting would not have helped the other, but make it worse.
 
When I woke up, the storm was even worse. We sent the others to sleep. Nixie had to force Drenizek to stop working. We saw him fall while carrying something. I felt bad for him. He kept forcing himself to work for so long because Dillen the snake,made him feel like a liability. By the way, since Xebec had to rest as well, Dillen the snake had to drive the boat. You can imagine that he wasn't as good as my dear Xebec, but we had no choice since the others have no clue how to sail the boat. I also didn't help much, because at some point I pulled too hard, and one of the sheets that catch the wind got ripped. I swear, dear diary, I didn't do it so I can annoy Dillen! I don't know what it was wrong with me. I wasn't feeling in my element at all. Because of that we hit a few stones until we managed to fix it. i think I would have helped more if I carried the water out of the boat, or even better, not touch anything. We kept sailing until the others woke up.
 
Of course, being the third day, you probably think that the storm stopped, right? But NO, it got even worse. We needed all men now to sail the boat. We even separated from the elves from a bit. At some point, we decided to stop in a bay, where the waters were a bit calmer. We all rested there and in the morning, we wanted to fix all the necessary things on the boat, including the big stick that catches wind. Well we tried our best, but even the ropes decided to give up, so our stick fell into the water. We spent the whole day trying to put it back on the boat. Now we were ready to leave, but guess WHAT. Now five ships of dragon raiders were coming to attack us. At this point, i didn't even care anymore, fighting them couldn't be wrong than the last few days and it was finally something I am good at.
 
People on the ship got very confused and didn't know how to act. Seeing this, Xebec screamed at them to not be lazy and start preparing to fight, and he threw Maltor in the water. Now, everyone was ready to fight. But to be honest, we were all confused what to do. Xebec said that we should go on their boats and fight, but Bart said to stay on our boat and wait for them to come. Nixie just told us to fight, but to be honest I do not exactly know what that means, so I just decided to go with the Fastodans. Of course, it wasn't very hard to fight those people (not all of them were dragon-raiders). At some point, Menn'e tied the enemies up, and I managed to throw them over the deck. I noticed however, that Laimon and Xebec needed a bit of help. I went in that direction, but by the time I got there, Nixie already managed to help Xebec and Eve went to help Laimon.I arrived just in time to kill the dragon raider that was fighting Laimon, and save her. To be honest, I was impressed how well she was fighting. I am sure she will learn to be a wonderful fighter in the future. Maybe I will manage to help her as well. Eve also fought very well. She jumped in front of a fire that was coming to us and got the hit. Bart and Xebec both defeated their enemies. Nixie was throwing ice everywhere, stopping them from moving snd Drenizek, manage to empty a whole ship of enemies.
 
In the end, most of the enemies were beaten, but some guy with a ring was in the water and we couldn't see him. So Nixie asked Xixi to go look for her. It was a huge fight underwater, but in the end, Xixi came back, holding the guy's body in her arms. But we soon noticed that she had lost a hand. Poor Xixi, she was of so much help, but she still lost a hand. I hope it doesn't hur her too much and that Vas will be able to help her.
 
After the fight, we all gathered to collect things for the boat to repair it even more. But one of us was missing. We found Maltor laying on the floor, without breath. I could feel a very very tense feel in the air. We did win but we were only half way on the road of storms. We burried him, together with all the elves that died. While the elves sang their songs, each one of us, left Maltor something behind. Orman left him his deck of cards, and Vadrek gave him the money he had ( no enough to pay his debt, but it was all he had) and the rest of us left him a bottle of alcohol. While we were there, I kept thinking about what happened. "Why did Maltor die? Why did the others die?". Yes, they died helping us fight for life and for this world. But they didn't know that, and the others don't know that either. By now, they probably realized our purpose was not only to get to the Sapphire Sea, but they still don't know anything. The contract we had, long expired (not that we would have any money to give them). We ask them to risk their lives everyday, to fight things that even we can't defeat easily so I think that we at least own them the truth. Yes, they will be angry and upset, and probably not trust us again because they would think we came all the way here, just to ask help from Enneth. We should have told them long before and now, we have to deal with what will happen. Nixie however doesn't want to tell them yet, and I don't know about the other party members. She keeps waiting for something, and I don't know what it is, but I hope it will be coming soon. I don't want to break her orders, and I will not but i hope the crew will finally find out soon. I really don't understand why she doesn't want to say. They are not babies anymore, and we can't protect them anymore. They will need to protect themselves after this journey, and if they don't know what is happening, they can't protect themselves.
 
Today the weather seems a lot better and we finally managed to sail a while longer. But there are many stormy days ahead, and I have hope that we will be fine but I don't know, I think the water I drank, made the fire inside a bit smaller. We still have a chance, so I will not give up, not until there is nothing left to try. We need to fight this, for everyone.
 
May the Almighty help us pass through the Road of storms, and protect us all.