[b][I]You smell like lavenders[/b][/I] Porylucia twisted her face in disgust as he made his way down the ladder from his loft into her stall. She was sitting in a large basin of water, he entire body practically submerged in it. She lifted her head through the surface and let off a low growl as he approached her. [b][/I]What, pray tell, implored you to venture into the deep and unknown world of soap for the first time in your life?[/b][/I] Cedric lifted up his newly clean tunic, sniffing it before grinning at the drake that stared him down.
“I think I smell pretty nice.” He spoke with confidence. If Porylucia had been able to pick up on the soap he’d bathed himself in after the feast, then surely one of the many beautiful female tamers would also notice it. Picking up on his intentions, Porylucia lunged forward towards him and opened her mouth wide. He had no time to react, and was thrown back into the wall of the stall by a spray of almost boiling hot water. He slid down the wall and landed in a heap on the ground, groaning in pain.
[b][I]How dare you have such desires with another female! You humans have no sense of loyalty or respect. Completely despicable.[/b][/I] Cedric slowly stood up, spitting water out onto the ground while he stared at his completely drenched attire.
“Is this going to be a regular thing with you?” He strode over to her and began to stroke the side of her face gently. “I didn’t mean to offend you, I just thought it’d be nice to not smell like a wet dog for once.” Porylucia made her quick, short puffs of laughter again before nuzzling her snout against the left side of Cedric’s body.

[b][I]You will bathe with me from now on, Cedric. We will show the other tamers just how powerful our bond is by sporting the same scent as each other.[/b][/I] When she put it that way it didn’t seem all that bad. He promised her that next time they would bathe together and then walked up to his loft to dry off. His clothes were soaked, so he slept without them. He could hear the soft rumble of Porylucia’s breathes as he slept, and it was rather comforting.

[b]6:30am - Warm ups[/b]

Cedric briskly made his way to the group, being as perky and energetic as usual. Part of this was due to the insanely effective wakeup Porylucia had given him. While he walked to them, soaking wet in lake water once more, he started to become used to showing up to the group drenched. At least he didn’t smell as bad. Porylucia strode behind him carefully, making sure to tidy him up with gentle strokes of her tongue as well as gentle streams of water from her throat. He was going to catch a cold if this kept up. He gave a nod to the other tamers, and Porylucia coiled her long neck around him protectively as she stared down the other tamers.
[b][I]They smell disgusting[/b][/I] she thought, projecting her opinion to all who could hear it. Obviously she wanted the other tamers and their drakes to hear her thoughts on them.
[I]Hey, they’re tamers as well. They’re just like me, so ease up a little.[/I]
[b][/I]But they’re not you, Cedric. So I don’t care about them.[/b][/I] He felt himself going a little red. A dragon thought so much more highly of him than anyone else in his life had. He’d wanted to complain about her, but after thinking it through he realised that there was no greater honour than being chosen by Porylucia.

With her treading slowly behind him, the lap wasn’t nearly as tiring as it could have been. He still wanted to throw up by the time it had ended though. He definitely wouldn’t be eating breakfast before warm ups anymore.

[b]7:00am - Balance Practice[/b]

“Hey! Hey! Watch this!” Cedric yelled from the top of Porylucia to the other tamers. He stood upon her holster while she swayed from left to right, adjusting his hips, torso and footing with every movement she made. A life at sea had given him a better sense of balance than most would ever attain, and he was rubbing in every last bit of his talents to the others. “Come on Porylucia! I’ve been on ships that rocked harder than you!”
[b][I]Pride is a sin, Cedric[/b][/I] She was obviously annoyed that she wasn’t able to send him flying, and his taunts didn’t help. In one quick sweep, she turned herself almost all the way over. Expecting to see Cedric fall to the floor, she was ready to catch him in her claw. Her large eyes widened in shock when she saw that Cedric had grabbed on to one of her spinal fins. His feet were shifted in a way so that one was higher than the other, and he used his strength to keep his torso straight. He looked like he was scaling a wall, and Porylucia couldn’t help but be impressed that he’d kept his balance.
“Don’t underestimate a pirate, I’ve been through enough storms to know how to stay on my feet.” There was a sense of accomplishment in his voice. He was so happy that his first day of training was going so well.
[b][I]I didn’t notice before, but you don’t really speak like a pirate do you?[/b][/I]
“Of coarse I don’t.” He laughed, straightening himself up as Porylucia returned to her regular position. “My Ma didn’t raise me in the jungle, and I didn’t see a reason to drop everything I learnt from her once I started living out on the seas.” He sat cross legged on the back of Porylucia, the harness making sure he didn’t have to sit on her rough scales.
[b][/I]nonetheless, I must congratulate you. You are doing a lot better than I expected you to.[/b][/I]
“Just watch, we’re gonna be flying through the skies perfectly by the end of the day!”

[b]8:00am - Agility[/b]

Have you ever regretted saying something so badly that you wished you could rewind time? The thought crossed Cedric’s head as he laid sprawled out across the cold forest floor, his head up against a tree stump. It stung with pain. He didn’t expect soaring quickly in and out of trees on Porylucia’s back to be so challenging.
[b][I]I thought that someone as skilled at dragon riding on their first day would be able to handle a little bit of extra speed[/b][/I] her voice dripped with sarcasm, and even though he didn’t want to sound like a child; all he could manage to say was,
“I’m hungry.” 
[b][I]Lunch is a few hours away[/b][/I] 
He responded with a tired groan of pain.

[b]10:00am - Flight Training[/b]

Porylucia spent the entire training session listening to Cedric’s tales on the seas, fascinated with every aspect of the young tamer.
“And then I was locked in a fight to the death up on the crows nest while their ship bombarded us with cannons. I disarmed the poor bastard and kicked him off the mast into the sea. Then the rest of them began to retreat. It was a hard earned victory, and I’d also managed to steal this beauty from the guy.” He twirled the golden brooch in his hands, looking at the small dolphin engraved into it. He pinned it back to his shirt and laid his head down on the soft leather of the harness.
[b][I]When this war is over, let’s live on the sea. Just the two of us, forever.[/b][/I] the idea comforted Cedric, and he slowly nodded his head in agreement before nodding off to sleep.

[b]12:00pm - Lunch[/b]

Cedric rested in the nook of Porylucia’s arm, filling up his empty stomach with bread, cheese and sliced meat. He sat away from the other tamers, not being in the mood to socialise. Porylucia, on the other hand, was bragging to the other dragons about him. She was repeating all the stories that he had told her to them.
[b][I]There is no doubt that I, obviously, made the best choice in my tamer. Look at how he respects me by staying by my side instead of socialising with the filthy humans.[/b][/I] Cedric didn’t like the idea of several pairs of dragon eyes on him, so he turned his face into Porylucia’s rough breast and continued eating in silence. He ignored the chatter amongst the dragons.

[b]3:00pm - ???[/b]

[b][I]Should we really be skipping the first day of training?[/b][/I] The two of them were swimming in the lake, Cedric stripped down to just his trousers and floating gentle across the water. Porylucia swam with little effort, each stroke of her wings and tail propelling her through the water like a bullet.
“It doesn’t matter, they’ll fill us in. I’m way too tired to train anymore for today.”