The
Gods are about again, this time in the forms that they had once possessed years
past. Death lies around everyone corner, coming to collect all those who lay off
their guards, and for all those who look for it. Not that surprising people
looking for death as an escape from these world that was once called earth. It's
4047 and everything is screwed up beyond comprehension. The human race is
failing, the once most prominent dominate race of earthians has fallen almost
completely. Our cities lay in ruins and our satieties have been destroyed we
have lost contact with the others, Vella Crean, Lao Deamia, Rayllom and all of
the nexus worlds. Thank the skies that my blood is stronger than I know, or I
found have fallen along with the rest. Well four of us have proved strong enough
to exist, each in our own ways, I'll tell you our tale along with the rest. You
must listen, but you have to swear on your mother's blood never to tell a soul,
and I know all to well mortals hearts are easily swayed. And you have to promise
not to tell anyone...
Don't
let her scare you will all her ooga-booga crap. This world is falling apart,
she's right when she says that, but she forgot to mention one thing, the fact
that 4 of us remain pretty well alive and kicking. So far, we've defeated
everything they're thrown at us, and if all goes well I know in my heart and
blood that there are still other humans out there, waiting for us to find them.
But all this fighting tuff isn't me and Mike's scene, oh no, I'll leave
the fighting to them...they seem to be good enough at it. Geese, with powers
like there they should be out there blowing this world to shreds! They're both
powerful enough to defend us, and though me and mike try our hardest we'll never
match their strengths. We're more of your average humans. Look at them though,
at least me and Mike aren't all shy about it. Why does she deny him? He loves
her so badly...poor kid.
Humph.
Why did I suspect this to be coming? I knew it would happen eventually didn't I?
That's why I was the one to prepare, if we could only make it back to
California, or what used to be California. All my stuff is still there, all I'd
need is a means of getting there. This world has gone to hell, all those demons
and war gods running around killing off the mortals. Why would they pick earth?
I can name dozens of much more beautiful worlds they could inhabit, but I guess
they figured we where weak. Hm...well not all of us are as weak as they think.
I've outlasted quite a few I thought to be powerful, and my powers still
surprise me. We have lasted longer than I suspected, but if it came down to a
matter of life or death, I'd go all guns firing and banners flying. I for one am
no weakling. Most of the them, the foolish humans, they're all pretty much
blind. Science has become my eyes, I don't need anything else. Danielle and Mike
are cool, and I'll help them out since it's better now to move around in a pack
so to speak. But her...oh why does she torment me? Am
being to shy about it? That's what Danielle always tells me, I know they
both can see my pain. Everyone can, except for her, she's blind to love. I
should have just stuck with science, I always wondered why women didn't like me,
maybe I'm just a looser.
Dude!
It can't get any better than this! Last 4 humans we know of to exist and I get
stuck with two totally hot chicks! Wahooo! Score! Seto's just to serious, that
dude needs to have more fun. But he matches her well, they're both deaf to
almost any emotion. Like Dani said at least me and her are cool with our
feelings. I mean if we do end up winning back our freedom, we will have to
reproduce if you know what I'm saying. *waggles eyebrows* Yeah I was considered
a 'dawg' when I was growing up, and still now. But for now, it'll be funny to
watch them two, they totally love each other and won't admit it. He's only here
for the money and to win her over, she's her for the glory and for revenge,
Dani's here for the thrill of the ride, and me...I'm just here for the hell of
it. It's not like I can do anything else, they already blew up all the hockey
rinks....
So
you got it right? It's Mike, Danielle, Seto and me, 4 teenagers left all alone
to defend ourselves after what happened, and due I'll let someone else tell you
about that because it still just gets to me. Me? Oh they call me Kaiya, Kaiya
the ever-serious. So what if me and Seto are a little more serious about this
than those two goofballs! (Don't tell them I said that-because I've grown to
love 'em) I'm just not as fun prone than the other two. If you knew what salzers
where, then you'd be pretty serious two. They're not like what the story books
used to say, they're al dawgs. Even the females are perverted.
This world is pretty much shit thanks to them, they have more than just a
small taste for destruction, and a longing for human-flesh. *Sighs* I so want
out of here, but I'll stay for a while, Danielle and Mike need me, and I think
Seto does, too. He's an odd one I'll tell you, sometimes he can be the kindest
gentlest person in the world, but other times he can be such a jerk. There's
only one thing I can remember that we agreed on: there's no need for me to call
upon Lord unless Seto calls his Beygon, and that's only in the most dire of
situations. And he won't do that unless one of us gets hurt, he's to scared to.
And I don't like the way Lord kills. He draws it out to much, and I know it's
because he enjoys it more than he should. But we kill because we must to
survive, I guess it's the law of the jungle.
I'll
tell you what happened, but I'm sure you won't like it to much. Well you
see...when the Gods of evil first staring sending the salzers to collect us, all
the humans freaked. Everyone knew we had to get off earth, and quickly, head to
one of the others worlds and bring back reinforcements. Half the population was
killed before they could even make it to Europe, which is where all the shuttles
where docking. And us, well we had all decided to have a party the night before,
for America hadn't been hit as hard as some of the other countries. Had
something to do with the oceans, ask Seto about it he'll tell you. Anyway so we
were partying, all of us, even Kaiya and Seto, which was something quite
amazing. Just when we were having a ball here comes Kaiya's dad running as fast
as he could towards us and shouting "Kids! Hurry get out of here! Their
coming!" Well let me tell you, we had been watching the news, and yes, we
made a dumb move by throwing that party. But we figured that if this was the
last party we were gonna ever have, why notta blow-out?
So
as soon as we're out of there, Kaiya's dad gets us all on an airplane, that
means everyone left and all the sudden there's this big boom and when we're
flying away we look back and Seto's mansion is like gone. He still won't tell us
what happened. We flew for what seemed like forever and then all the sudden, it
was like all those old war movies. Fire was falling form the sky from out of
nowhere, and a big piece took out the front end of our ship. We crashed landed
here, somewhere in the middle of what used to be England. Only half the people
survived, most of them where teenagers. It was so sad, and for days we had to
take cover in this old beat-up castle. Of what was left, it was decided that us
four go out and look for others, but when we came back all the rest of them
where gone. Completely gone like they had just vanished form the face of the
planet. We later found out how exactly salzers kill. Enough said.
Salzers, Rayllomian for angels. But I'm not talking about fairy-tale white and silver winged angels, these are like hell's angels. Big black and red gremlins almost, and they're all sick as sick can be. They kill like snakes, unhinging their jaws and swallowing things whole, then after all the nutrients and goodies have been sucked out of the corpse they spit it back out and leave it. All that's usually left is a sack of empty skin and bones. Nasty creatures they are. Still haven't figured out why they call themselves salzers, it's almost like their taunting our God, but they'll see.
One
of these days I will call upon Beygon to do m bidding, at least she's not afraid
of them. Ha, they run from her. But I made a promise to Kaiya I wouldn't call
her, after what happened the first time, both of us are a little freaked out
about the whole thing. I still have let to figure out what they are, or more
importantly who they are. Kaiya calls hers Lord, I'm guessing after her
favorite dragon warrior monster, Lord Draco. And I can see the resemblance, Lord
Draco was king of dragons and demons, a powerful and rare monster that was
usually a level 13. That means it's almost impossible to obtain one. I call mine
Beygon, and why I call her that I will tell no one but myself. No one else gets
it, I think Kaiya might more than she lets on though. She's so sweet al of the
time but sometimes she can dead serious and other times she can be totally
carefree. But when it comes time for us to battle, I've never seen her once
smile when Lord killed something, I know the killing is the worst part of it.
And even though there should be no shame anymore, since we're the last four
mortals, but I feel bad when we have to kill the animals. They're just as
defenseless as us. Salzers though, I could care less about them.
So
you're probably wondering where we live right? And how we're living? Well it's
simple enough, you know how we stayed at that castle? Well we're still there,
except we live under the castle, in what used to be the prison and storage
chambers. It's not very big but we've got all the technology we could muster and
all we could find. When the salzers kill, they leave behind all the mortal junk,
thinking that hey-no one's gonna be hear to use it. Wrong bucko! Shortly after
we realized that the rest of our buds weren't coming back we found a town not to
far away, intact but without people. So we took all the stuff we thought we'd
need, from fridges to wallpaper. Though we have to go out and catch our on food,
or grow it, we've turned this basement type place into a pretty tight pad. We
have 6 rooms so to speak: two
bedrooms, a room with all of Seto's high tech stuff, a kitchen, a room where we
store all of the unused stuff, and a gaming room. Yeah, we found some old
playstations and xbox's and hooked them up to a T.V. we found and they worked!
If it weren't for Seto's skill with all the wiring and stuff, we wouldn't have
basically anything though. I hate to admit it, but he's pretty cool, even if he
is a computer nerd. And we have one bathroom/shower type thing in the upper part
of the castle, but we only go up there in the really early morning to take
showers, like around 3 and 4ish. That's when the salzers sleep. That's the only
time that's safe so to speak.
Your
probably wondering about the two bedroom thing right? Well let me just tell you
that even though we are teenagers left all alone and probably the last four
alive...it's not like that at all. We could afford to make 2 parts of the
basement into bedrooms, or otherwise, all our space would be taken up. And I
know what your thinking, why didn't you just put four matteresses in there? Well
because I snore really loudly (it's genetic I swear) and because we've found
that it works ok to have "shifts". Like for the first night, Me and
Seto will crash on the couches, and the girls will get the beds, and for the
next night Seto and Kaiya will crash on the couches and Dani and me will get the
beds. Since there's two couches and two beds, you'll have to sleep on the couch
twice and then the beds twice, got it? Good cause I'm not explaining it again?
**Welcome
to our world**
"Kaiya! You gotta come
check this out!" Mike called from across the room as he sat on the old
beat-up blue leather couch. It was so ugly and had holes all over it, but it was
the only thing we could find, and for now it would work. I looked up from what I
was cooking, it was me and Dani's turn to make breakfast again. Suddenly
realizing that Danielle had abandoned trying to get the old toaster to work and
was sitting next to mike and turned the heat on the old 21st century
stove down to low and jumped over the couch and landed on the floor next to a
snow-covered Mike. Wonderful, it was snowing, at least now we wouldn't have to
go far for water, it would be the food we'd have to worry about.
"Yeah?"
I asked looking at him one eyebrow raised. He pulled form his pocket a small
very old game pack from one of the early versions of "Gameboy". If
only the original creators had lived to see the hologram producing ones we now
had. "EEEE!" I said suddenly realizing what the game was. "Dude,
where did you find it?!? I thought I had lost it!" I said throwing my arm
around him and giving him a big hug. That's when a snow-covered and very grouchy
looking Seto walked through the door.
"I got bored halfway
through trying to fix the heater, so...i went 'ploring!" He grinned like an
idiot, showing the totally immature side of him that Danielle adore. She was to
fascinated in her game to even pay attention. She bi her tongue and swung the
controller to the left wildly, as if it might actually move the little car on
the screen.
"Yeah
what a help you are." Seto said dodging a punch that Mike aimed at his
face. He swung back and hit Mike in the face, not hard but hard enough to start
a 'play-fight'. Guys are such dorks, why do we even bother? I shook my head and
looked down on the game pack. My favorite game of all time; "Dragon Warrior
Monsters". An RPG where you went around befriending different types of
monsters to help you save your sister. Or was it your brother? Why was it in
RPGs you always have to save your sister, or dad, or your grandpa?
It was a great game though, and before I had lost it I had bred the most
powerful monster available, Lord Draco, my favorite and Lord's name sake. I
wonder if the game erased...
"Dude
we need some more food." Danielle said, giving up on her racing game after
about 8 crashes and returning to the refrigerator. "Looks like it's time to
go hunting again.." she said grinning like a fool and slamming the door
shut. I didn't enjoy the hunting, but I knew Danielle and Mike did. I still
wasn't sure about Seto, we has pretty unreadable.
Mike
and Seto stopped their play fight to look up, grinning at each other the way
guys do, that weird way they speak without saying a word. "Flip a
coin?" Seto said tilting his head towards the piggy bank we had found.
Money was worthless now, but we kept the old pink clay animal as a last hope
that things might be the way they once were. Mike shook his head, his funky
orange-blue tipped hair soaking wet form the melted snow.
"I
was thinking more like chicken." He said innocently and my eyes found
Danielle's. Chicken was a little game that everyone at our old school used to
play, since no one would volunteer to go, we had to come up with creative ways
to get them to. I hated chicken, you had tot ell one of your deepest secrets to
the group of people you were playing with, or otherwise you were out; and for us
out meant you had to hunt. It was a sure fire way to get me to go I can tell you
that.
Before
I could even object Mike grabbed my arm and drug me over to the other couch, a
nasty old raspberry colored one and threw me on it, next to Seto. "I hate
this game.." He mumbled for only my ears to hear and I nodded. We all had
our secrets, but us two had the most crucial ones to keep. Danielle plopped down
on the other couch, folding one her legs beneath her and grinned evilly at me.
She had been trying to force my secret out of me, well it wasn't going to
happen this time, I had dirt on her and if she dared...
She
did. "Kaiya I think you should go first." She smiled those cherry
painted lips taunting me. I rolled my eyes, she was a sweetie but she dressed
like a whore. Hm...could use that against her.. "Who was the mystery
man we saw you with at the dance last year?"
Wonderful,
she had to bring that up. I knew my face was glowing a nasty shade of red, I
could feel the heat pouring form my cheeks. "I told you already Danielle
you booger! I never even found out!" Never go to costume parties kids,
cause when you get your first slow dance and long romantic kiss from a guy
wearing a half mask, you'll be sorry. That had been quite a night, Dani still
mocks me for wanting to find out. He was very romantic...*swoon*
"Your
next Danielle: where were you the night of the dance?" Seto shot
back, leave it to him to come to my rescue. I wondered if he was in one of those
nice moods today, like I said before he could either be really nice or a total
jerk.
Danielle
turned the shade of her cherry lips and became suddenly interested in the floor.
"Chicken.." she muttered avoiding mike's eyes.
"And
while we're on the subject of that dance Seto, were where you? I remember coming
with you, oh one who portrays a vampire all to naturally, but what happened? It
came time for the slow dance and poof no more Seto.." Mike said defending
his girlfriend. We all knew that Danielle never even made it out of the parking
lot, all of us except of course for Mike. He denied it even though it was
obvious she was a bit to frisky than she would say. She belonged with him
though, they were both party children, and both a little to perverted. But it's
ok I guess, they're really cool people.
Seto
only blinked. "My network decided to crash leaving a shipload of very
unhappy Alsykrians trapped in space, I had no choice but to go back home and fix
the whole system." He said calm under persecution. It was amazing to me
sometimes how that boy kept his calm, something that blew me away barely phased
him.
"Right
you did." Mike said narrowing his hazel colored eyes in a shallow mock.
"I bet you and that Aai girl made off together half way through. Escape
into the parking lot and beyond." He laughed watching Seto turn bright red.
Aai was the definition of a bi-acth. She really was, I'm not just saying that
because I found out last year who Seto had liked oh forever and a day. I bet he
did make-off with her....
He
kept quite looking to me for help. "At least some of us aren't so caught up
in our sports that we totally forget about the dance." I smirked watching
his face twist up. "So Michael, tell us why you like women's hockey so
much?"
"Aright
fine I'll go." He muttered under his breath, glaring like me like I was
some kind of hell child. HA! I win! I watched him and Danielle rise form the old
beat-up blue couch and walk over to the back door grabbing
their coats and a few crossbows we had rounded up. Primitive but
effective, hey this was an old English castle right? Crossbows and spears were
in plentiful supply.
I
waited until the door clicked before jumping up and yelling "IN your face
you big old hunk of half frozen potato casserole!" I folded my arms and
looked down at a very stunned Seto. "So.."
I cleared my throat realizing that maybe I shouldn't do that...like ever...
"Well
I'm figuring they'll be gone all day....knowing those two.." He started
rising from the couch and drifting over to his 'baby'. He punched his password
in and watched as something that looked very familiar flickered on the screen.
"We've got the whole day..and.." He turned back to face me fidgeting
with the ear-piece mouth-piece combo that looked all to natural against his
brown hair. "..well...run some tests on Lord and Beygon. Since the kiddos
are gone, we could call upon them without the possibly of either mike or
Danielle being sliced to pieces. And we do after all need to figure out what
they are you know...if worse comes to worse..."
Wonderful,
that's the last thing I wanted to hear. What if they got out of control? Gods
forbid, those two where the baddest of the bad when it comes to ...whatever.
"Aren't you worried they'll hurt someone...mainly us?"
He
smirked over confidently, one of his 'few' faults. "Has Lord ever turned on
you?" He asked knowing the answer was no. "There's a group of salzers
headed this way Kaiya, it's either summon the beasts or battle for ourselves and
no offense, but you're not the greatest with a sword." He said.
He
was deifnity in a jerky mood. "Oh I'll show you sword!" I said picking
up a cardboard tube and leaping over he couch beating him on the head with it.
YEAH!
Hunting with just me and my boyfriend! I should make a song! Me and my
booooooyfriend out huuuuuuuuuuunting in the wiiiiiiiiiiiilderness where there's
dark and scaaaaary stuff! Um...no. Sometimes my creativity scares me. I sighed
as I tromped through the crystal white snow my black and rainbow boots getting
covered in the fluffiness of it all. This would be interesting. We hadn't seen
another human being in over 4 months, I know it must be weird for you to imagine
but try. Your all alone, ALL alone. No one else is here but you, and well a few
others. You'll never seen another human besides your kids, figuring you have
them, because there's no one else! It's so freaky! "you know what
Mike.." I said as he came to stand behind me. "where's the last humans
ever....Everyone knew this day would come...but did you expect it to be so
soon?"
"Gods
I know...I'm the last hockey player to ever live.." He said wild amusement
flickering in his hazel eyes. "rock on me!" He said raising one hand
skywards and gazing at it like it was some symbol or power.
"You
weirdo.." I said turning around and punching him in the gut. He was so
nice, but sometimes so incredibly weird. All well though, better to have him
than Seto, that boy was just to serious. That's
when I saw it, faint but it was defiantly what I thought. On the horizon as the
sun rose higher and higher outlined by it's faint glimmer was something of mass
volume. A salzer, but not just an ordinary one, this was a giant and it had
wings. If your having trouble picturing a salzer; think of a snake then mix it
with a demon and add a little cat. "Crap.." I said pointing it out to mike. He stood
next to me slack jawed staring at the extra-large salzer.
"It's
headed towards the castle grounds.." Mike said his eyes widening as he
watched it slither towards the 'backyard' of our castle. "Kaiya and
Seto!" He said the realization hitting him cold in the face.
I
was stunned, why now? The salzers had pretty much thought the castle to be
deserted, why would they come for us now? And especially when we were...divided.
"Mike.. divided we fall....damnit.." I said throwing down my crossbow,
it landed softly in the snow making not a noise.
"We're
going back for them...they can defend themselves but trust me if they are
outnumbered. or worse...the salzers are going to come looking for us
next..." He said his game-face taking over along with the fight-or-die
attitude that I knew so well. Hockey player on the outside, warrior at the
heart, that was about Mike.
"Fine.."
I muttered following after him as he dashed back over the hills towards the
castle grounds. This was so crazy, it was like some weird battle-scenario from a
video game. So not cool...I picked my cross bow back up, thinking it might be
the only tool that could help me save my skin and ran after my boyfriend. Gods
how did it come to this? I defiantly can't fight to save my life, I'm just the
whore that lures the salzers in! Even I'll admit it to myself! That's how we
killed 'em before! "Why oh why oh why?" I muttered panic choking me
like a fish exposed to air. "I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die...I'm gonna
DIE!"
"Beygon's
waiting." I said smirking as Kaiya sat next to me in the backyard glaring
at me with those light blue eyes. And waiting she was, though I knew not what
she was, I knew it was some element of power. She was large, and silvery-white
with shinning blue eyes that stood out like an ornament on a Christmas tree. She
was about the size of a small blue dragon, and resembled what looked to be an
ancient form of azonese, butt here was something strikingly different. She was
almost transparent, she gained her power through killing the more she killed the
more powerful she became. The more powerful, the harder to control. She now
stood across the ways staring at me with those sickly-sweet and innocent blue
eyes, watching, waiting for my command.
"I
still don't like this idea. I don't think they like each other.." Kaiya
said picking at one of her fingernails and avoiding my eyes. Why did she do this
to me? She glared up at me as if reading my eyes. "Don't you dare let me
fall of the table.." She said pushing a strand of her gold-blonde hair out
of her eyes.
"I
wouldn't dare.." I muttered. She nodded and closed her eyes placing her
hands together and blinked then she was gone. This was the freakiest part
probably of what we had come to call 'the summoning'. The process of which we
summoned Bey and Lord, it was pretty weird , but never painful and though I've
only done it a few times the immense sensation of feeling your spirit detached
briefly form your body are feelings only a few mortals can handle.
I
was sitting besides the only other I knew. She chanted in an uncanny voice that
seemed to deep and masculine for her small frame to handle and her body rocked
violently with the words. I took hold of her arm to keep her from falling off.
If she would have though, I doubt she would have stopped, the chant was more
like possession than detachment...
Her
body convulsed for the final time and she leaned forwards and from out of
nowhere the form of the other giant creature appeared a few feet in front of her
body. He was impressive, a giant black monstrosity with fiery red eyes and stars
speckling his hide. Larger than Bey even when first called upon, he was a king
no doubt, the silvery crown attached to his forehead gave that away. He
resembled a some-what wolven dragon, a dead wolven dragon, the blood
stained mane gave that away. That's why I thought they where some sort of
spirit, ancient spirit. From the blood on Lord's silven mane and the structure
of Beygon's body, I knew them to be elders. Though I doubted Kaiya did, she had
her own theories.
Kaiya
blinked, opening her eyes to look into Lord's fiery red ones. "Why hello
there." She said smiling a bit then suddenly realizing that my arm was
still locked around her. She said nothing but shifted her position. That's when
I realized Lord's eyes had fallen upon me. I pulled away quick, knowing that
Lord was her protector...and he had proven that to me already.. "Do you
think he can talk?"
"Only
if Beygon can." I said as the silvery-white seemed to float towards us
hearing her name, she didn't really movie her feet as she walked. Her eyes fell
upon Lord as she moved closer and then they fell towards Kaiya, though something
unreadable flickered beneath them as she strode forward, I knew better. She
didn't like Kaiya, the way Lord didn't like me. I never knew why lord hated me
so, maybe it was because he could sense my love for his protected. All I knew
was that he tolerated me because Kaiya did, and for that I was thankful.
"you
wanted me to take data?" Kaiya
said staring at me with her deep brown eyes irritance flickering beneath the
surface.
"Oh
right." I said picking up a chip that sat besides me on the cold snow
covered bench and handing it to her while I urged Beygon towards me. she floated
over staring at me as I reached out a hand to her, and found her skin cold as
death. Bey's eyes watched me carefully, as I placed the micro-chip on neatly so
I could process data collected from her as her power levels grew, as she killed.
I
looked over to watch Kaiya as she placed her chip on Lord, following my lead.
But her hands ran from his black star specked shoulder up to his silven crown
and down onto the blood. He let her touch him, which surprised me, I though he'd
for sure pull away when she pressed her hands against the wound that surely
would have meant his death is he where alive. "Does it still hurt?"
She asked patting his mane, though knowing he couldn't respond.
I
felt something cold and hard tough my shoulder, and when I turned to look,
Beygon had reached out to me, the way Kaiya had to Lord. One draconic arm rested
on my shoulder and she ran her claw down to my chest resting it right above my
heart. I felt my pulse quicken, with those claws I had watched kill so many
times being inches away form my mortal flesh, but she didn't hurt me. Quite the
opposite, when I looked up at her eyes I found them resting on Kaiya, who was to
busy with lord to even look over at the silven-white. "Kaiya?" I said
and she turned back. "Yeah....my hearts does love Kaiya.." I said
under my breath realizing she was at least trying to communicate with me.
"what are you?" I said my mind jumping back into it's scientific
stage. I had thought them to be spirits ..but spirits that are made of undead
flesh?
I
shook my head and stood up pushing her back at bit and reached out to Kaiya.
Eyes still locked on Beygon I turned slowly to see the thing I least expected, a
salzer standing where Kaiya had been seconds earlier. And it had to be one in charge, for it was at least 50 feet
taller than any others I had ever seen.
Beygon
growled low in her throat and stepped over me like a protective guard dog fangs
bared and wing unfurled curled at the tips. I had seen her once like this
before, when she faced down her toughest opponent. She was ready to kill ..i
could sense it, I could feel it, she reached out to me in her thoughts the drive
for blood tugging at my sanity. She was doing it again, she was calling for me
to help her, calling for me to defy all laws of nature and make her mortal.
Something in the back of my mind snapped before I was dragged into an
unconscious sate of being, something that I would use for later I if could even
remember.
I
ran as fast I could towards the castle, my mind was a buzz as my heart pounded
with adrenaline, ready to make that shot from 20 yards away form the goal line.
This was it my big moment time to save someone else instead of always having to
be saved. This was it...i quickened my pace and neared the back door. 20
ft..10ft...there! I charged around to the back barely knowing what I was doing.
When
I saw it I almost fell over. Two giant beasts of different sorts attacking an
army of at least 3 dozen salzers. The
odds were hopeless but the two fended well, backing each other up as they
fought.
The
black killed ruthlessly, sparing no mercy for the wounded and attacking with all
hell. Thunder echoed above him from nowhere as he leaned onto all fours thunder
ripping down form the skies and spiting another salzer in half, blood staining
the once pure white snow. He
attacked with all the powers of hell along with a variety of fire and lightning
attacks each ripping apart his foes, and he showed no signs of slowing down.
Danielle
ran up behind me as my eyes found the white-silven. This one was female, it was
obvious and her killing was more elegant but al the less styled. She attacked
like a machine that was fueled on blood, her metallic arms shredding her foes to
bits as she lashed out with fang and claw. Lightning twice as powerful as the
black's spilt the air above her, blue lightning that singed even the salzers
that stood 50 feet away from her. She was mighty, an even match for the black.
That's
when I spotted Kaiya, laying face down in the snow, in a pool of blood.
"KAIYA!" I cried running towards her as fast as possible. I leaned
rolled her over and pulled her up towards me smacking her face to try and wake
her. No response. I leaned forward to see if she was still breathing, and she
was. Faintly but she was breathing, she was alive! My eyes fell upon the wound
on her forehead, a deep gash that look almost fatal, right above her left eye.
I
was going to call out back to Danielle, to ask her is she had found Seto, but
that's when I saw the shadow. A 70 foot shadow leaning over me, and onto the
battle scene. I glanced up but could do nothing as a pair of green scaly clawed hands pulled me up towards
the thing's head. All went black.
I
awoke not knowing that I had fallen asleep. The last thing I had remembered I
was sitting next to Seto ready to test Lord and Bey's power levels. Then he had
called to me, mentally, and then... I blinked my vision blurring as I tired to
study the body that was only feet away from me. "..mike?" I said
recognizing the now stained but all to recognizable St. Louis Blues jersey that
mike always wore. He didn't move only moaned and muttered some very interoperate
words that I shall not repeat.
"Where
are we?" I said looking around. It looked like I had finally died and gone
to hell alright, for slime covered the four black-gray walls of the room we
where imprisoned in. There was a trap door in the ceiling and some light shown
through it, probably through the cracks in the old wood, but just enough that I
could look around and recognize shapes in the dark. I suddenly realized that I
was chained, my arms were clasped in nasty old shacklings they used in prisoners
in the old movies and bound to my leg was another shackle and it was attached to
the wall. Erguh! Trapped like a rat in cage! How was I supposed to get out of
this.
"Lat
thing I remember.." Mike said rolling over and looking at me form beneath a
very black eye. "I rushed back from the hunting grounds, seeing that some
giant salzer was headed towards the castle. I saw these two giant beasts, one
black one white, and then I saw you fallen in the snow bleeding like crazy out
of your head.." He paused narrowing his eyes in the dim light as I silently
traced a scar that had appeared on my forehead. A thin line that all to utterly
resembled the thin line of blood on Lord's forehead, underneath his crown.
"Gods.."
I said shaking my head realizing that Lord and Bey had come to our rescues once
more, how I didn't know and I never knew. I had only seen Lord kill once., the
first time he had faced down a salzer he had pushed me against a wall then
squared it off, I watched him kill it, and he had killed much like Lord
Draco attacked, with all the powers of hell. It was scary.
I
would have said more if the trap door hadn't of opened and down from the way too
low ceiling reached a long scaly arm. I shrank back, afraid that if it touched
me I would certainly die, all that filth on it was enough to make me hurl.
The arm grabbed mine and pulled me towards it.
From
the ceiling hopped down a very nasty looking creature, a salzer in all his filth
and glory. He grinned yellow teeth exposed under slimy green lips and he walked
forwards towards me and then past me, unlocking the shackling on my ankle.
"C'mon we've got another job for you little pretty.."
The
silven-white beat had remained when the black one chased after Kaiya and Mike,
and it stood protectively over where Seto laid, in some odd unconscious state.
As I neared the beast curled back it's metallic lips showing rows of white metal
teeth. Her wings unfurled and she glared me down like I was one of the salzers
that lay slaughtered about her. "FRIEND OR FOE? I SUGGEST YOU ANSWER ME NOW
AND Truthfully OR YOU SHALL DIE
LIKE THE REST!" a very feminine but all the powerful voice roared form out
of Seto.
"Seto?"
I muttered glancing down at him in this weird-possession like state he was in.
The she-beast growled low in her throat, blue eyes flickering with anger.
"Friend!" I yelled up to her taking another few cautious steps towards
her. She seemed not to make an advanced so I ran the rest of the way to Seto and
bent over his unconscious body. "Seto?!" I muttered, leaning over him
and shaking his arm trying to get him to wake form certain death. He was alive,
for he had a pulse but there was something terribly wrong with him, terribly
wrong. He stared up at me with his normally smug blue eyes, these weren't his
they where cold and hollow, filled with the looks of death. I pulled one open
farther and then felt his hand reach up and grab my arm and the she beast
stepped back all to quickly.
"Danielle..?"
He said as if arising from a dream. He glanced around at the fallen bodies then
his eyes fell upon one of the black's victims. "Gods.." He said the
realization of the battle scenario hitting him cold and in the face.
"They
have taken Kaiya and Mike. The one big snake like thing came and took her before
the black thing could get to her, they headed west." I reported wanting to
get to them as quickly as possible, they'd either end up as stew for the
salzers..or...worse..
"
Damnit!" He muttered rising to his feet so quickly he reached out to the
silven-white beast for support. But she didn't pummel him like I thought, she
pushed him back onto his feet, as if helping him out.
"what
is that thing?!?" I demanded, wanting answers now more than ever.
"It's a friend." He responded simply, reaching a hand out towards me.
"Come now, we must go to save them, for no offense to you but Kaiya is the
only one I want bearing my children." I would have smacked him if he
wouldn't have been so weak.
He
truly was the knight-in-shining armor type, I didn't see why Kaiya just didn't
give into him. Ok maybe I do, he happened to be a little to arrogant but oh
well, that's life isn't it? All men can't be perfect. "Really now? I don't
think she'll be liking that idea to much.." I muttered as he walked off
followed by that large white-silven dragon. I decided to head up the rear, at
least there weren't teeth on that end of the beast...
I
moaned rolling over on my side, this was so not good. They had Kaiya up there,
doing hell knows what to the poor child. She was brave, especially brave for her
age too, she was only sixteen. Seto was the oldest, somewhere around 19 he had
graduated from school last year, and me and Danielle where both 17, which made
us second in command. Another reason why I found it ironic that Seto fell for
Kaiya, age doesn’t matter in love, but I was almost positively sure a man with
his status (being a business manager and such) could have whoever he wants. So
he picks Kaiya...
More
creepy noises, I rolled over on my stomach and pushed my self to my knees. I had
to help her, for her sake and mine. If she was killed and Seto found us...I
pulled myself into a squatting position feeling the burn in the back of my leg,
that had to be frigging broken. I slowly opened the trap door the light blinding
my eyes for a second as I made sense of the scene. A salzer was holding Kaiya'
head inches away from a pool of what looked to be vastly cold water, with the
chunks of ice floating in it and all. Her blonde hair was drenched and all
around her eyes and lips were blue, form her blood running cold inn her skin.
Antother was standing in front of the pool of icy water watching with
immense evil pleasure. "Tell ussss now?" He hissed like a snake his
tail swishing back and forth. "Who controlssss the beastiessss?"
"Leave
him alone!" she spat trying her best to break out of the shackles that held
her arms in place behind her back. A loud roar echoed down the chamber, a roar
that I vaguely recognized; the black beast's. The star-matted one with the crown
of silver stained by blood. The one who had silently followed us here.
The
salzer holding Kaiya down shoved her head under-water for a good minute and the
pulled her back up. "Now tellssss ussss?"
"NO!"
she muttered through chattering teeth her brown eyes filling with even more
hatred than before. Her eyes caught mine and she smiled. "Do you prefer
fire or lightning?" Kaiya said, and for a second I thought she snapped
until I realized what she was referring to. It was her who controlled "the
beast" and she was about to bring him in.
"Firess
or Lightningss? You've crackedss childsss.." He spat serpentinely, but when
the roar echoed again shattering the light structures that hung only feet above
his head he knew what she meant. He hissed low and coldly, dashing over towards
her and picking her up. "Itsss the childsss! Getsss the other! Beforesss...the
beastsss-" He was cut off by a loud smack as he head was sheared clean off
his body. He fell limp to the ground and I jumped up running like a madman on my
bad leg to Kaiya.
But
when I looked up to see who had sheared the head of the snake-thing I was
delighted but not the least surprised. Seto stood sword still raises and
dripping with the blood of his newly claimed victim. "Danielle has freed
Lord-the black, Beygon is waiting outside that wall over there....get out now
because this place is coming down. Lord wants his revenge now hurry!"
I
watched Mike smile and nod, leaving Kaiya to me and making a dash for the
eastern wall limping on his right leg. I looked down at Kaiya and she looked up
me, brown eyes filled with tears and her body shaking form cold. I'll kill of
those frigging salzers for doing this to her! I leaned down to her breaking the
old and rusted shackles with the hilt of the sword I had found and taking hold
of her hands. "what have they done to you?"
She
smiled as silent tears poured down form her eyes and she pulled me into a hug.
"Thank the gods..." Needless
to say I would have melted on the spot if another salzer wouldn't have entered
the room. Why must all the times I try to be romantic end so suddenly?
I
stood quickly pulling her up with me, she was still shaking from the cold.
"Dare to take another step and you loose your head." I said as Beygon
knocked down the wall nearest me, sticking her nose through the cracks of the
wall. She roared and her roar was echoed by Lord's as he tore through another
bundle of salzers, somewhere off in the distance. "Move or die.." I
said narrowing my eyes threateningly. I didn't' kill for sport, but right now I
would have killed every single salzer in that building
because they had all thought of hurting Kaiya. They had all thought of
taking away the only ting in life that mattered to me besides my business, my
love.
He
jumped out of the way as I ran past him, holding Kaiya to me with one hand and
the sword with the other I raced through the ancient building as it collapsed
being torn apart by the two beasts.
"Gods!"
I muttered as I finally found the exit which was being carefully guarded by a
very ticked off Lord. He turned on me red eyes shifting from me to Kaiya and
then narrowing as protectively as mine had earlier. "For once understand me
you big black lug! I'd never even think of hurting her! Can't you see that I
love her!?" I shouted up to him. He glared for seconds longer deciding, I
guess, that if Beygon protected me then I couldn't be all that bad.
I
saw Mike and Danielle in the distance accompanied by what looked to be another
human, or a part human, and a giant black-bronze dragon. Another human?!? My
S.O.S.'s had gotten through to someone! A dragoner! Now we could get out of here
fast!
I
ran as fast as humanly possible as one can run while carrying another human and
a weapon of destruction. And when I arrived I had no time to speak, the
wolven-human forced me and Kaiya aboard his black-bronze. I turned back to call
out to Beygon, but she had already gone along with Lord back to wherever they
resided. All was well I guessed.
He
was Sargon of Azon, as he ahd explained to me as he and his giant black-bronze
Bolton popped out of mid-air not to far away form us. And he was here to help,
he was taking us to a dragon weyr, Ryslen did
he call it? Anyway he had promised that he wouldn't try and hurt us, and in the
frightened stage of panic I was in, I decided to trust him. After all, how many
handsome men do you know who are evil? Don't answer that just think it.
I
sat in front with Mike and Sargon, near the black-bronze's shoulders.
"Should I introduce myself to those two?" Sargon asked turning around
to us and string with yellow eyes.
I
glanced back as Seto held Kaiya in his arms, something he had only been dying to
do forever, and shook my head. "Give them a while, and pretend not to
notice.." He nodded and turned back around as we flew through the sky.
I
wondered if I heard him correctly, when he had stopped Lord from tearing him to
pieces, though I would of he Lord would of tired. Right now as we sat on this
might black-bronze dragon's back he held him tightly to him his arms wrapped
around my back. I was thankful for his warmth, gods that water had been cold, ad
I thought nothing of it, until he spoke. "Kaiya..." He said, his face
only inches away from my ear. "What I said was true..." He put his
forehead against mine looking into my eyes as I looked into his. What beautiful
eyes he had, blue, like the color of the ocean. "I love you, and I have
loved you for as long as I can remember."
Blue,
like the color of my mystery man's. I smiled best I could with my chattering
teeth. "You should of asked me, I would have said yes you know. You didn't
have to leave me swooning over you for and year and six months." Was that
really how long it had been since that age old dance? Gods I had fallen for him
right there, if only I had known that it ahd been good old Seto the entire time.
Good old Seto who always came to my rescue, good old Seto who and never let me
down....
If
I would have been smarter I would have expected it, as he drew me into my second
official long romantic kiss....
We
have been taken to Ryslen Weyr to stand for the flurry clutch
We arrived at Ryslen only a few short hours later, with Kayia and Seto hanging all over each other. i decided that i preferred them when they weren't like that. Yeesh, when i looked up as i walked through the gates i realized that something was headed right towards me. POW! It collided with me, what looked to be a very hyper energetic little rainbow flitter. I pried it off long enough for Sargon to glance at me and laugh. "found yourself a flitter have you?" He said watching as the others avoiding being chased by the flying lizards. "Your all going to need them to qualify for the clutch so just pick one already." He laughed.
"oooooh! mine gets to be Bruce!" i said deciding that the hyper-active little lizard wasn't all that bad.
"It's pink!!!" Kayia said picking up a little pink f'lizzard and dubbing 'him' Shquando.
"Chip.." Seto said laughing at the little blue that landed on his head.
"Buttercup!!" Danielle said to adorable little cream flitter singing loudly as it sat on her shoulder.
******
It
had been a short time since Mike, Danielle, Seto and i had arrived at Ryslen and
we already knew that we were going to love it. People from all different worlds
of all different races were candidates at the hatching, even, somehow other
earthians. The whole thing was crazy, dragons impressing and hatchings. I was
totally confused and it hadn't helped that the Ryslen doctors had fixed me up,
giving me some kind og number that was supposed to put me out for an hour. It
worked and trust me i had the biggest headache you can even imagine after
that. It's
all been so weird, now that i finally found out my Romeo's identity and though i
really love him and have like forever i think he's still amazed by it to. But
today i think was the weirdest day of them all, i was like sitting there innocently
minding my own business and Seto runs up to me and grabs both my arms something
fierce blazing beneath his blue eyes. "Dragons!" He said and i began
to hear a loud humming song that i took to be singing. "Hatching!" Was
his second word and i leaped up almost knocking him back and cashed madly down
to the sands to meet up with a befuddled Mike and Danielle. It
was already halfway through the hatching and not one of us had impressed, Mike claimed
to to have gotten close but i doubted it. Sargon had told me you'd know for
sure, Mike was just blowing out hot air. An egg had been left all alone, for a
blue and a green had just rolled away from it hatching and bonding to their
chosen. Aw...poor draggie has no other of it's brother around him! It must feel
left out! Boy did i know how it felt before the accident i was quite a loner
even with the few close friends i had i still felt like no one felt i was good
enough. As
i concentrated on the egg my brain replaying the accident over and over the way
i had grown to know Lord and Beygon, the way we had built up our shelter the way
Mike had fallen for Danielle or was that vise versa? I had no time to wonder
because as i started at the egg a black hand broke through it and out slipped a
jet black snow flake dotted dragon. He stretched out not one but two pairs of
wings clouded black like the night sky and dotted with the same snowflakes that
stood out like stars against the midnight sky on his hide. A felt a gasp escape
my lips, i had seen this dragon before only in a much more reckless blood thirsty
state. It could only be the one it could only. "Lord!" I whispered
watching the dragon's head whip around his icy blue-purple eyes fixing on me
from beneath midnight black. A crest with the same pattern as his wings glisten
on his head between tow knobs that could of been horn buds. But they weren't,
Lord had a silven mane (this one's crest) but no knobs... The
hatchling's eyes were bright and an ancient and powerful voice ehcoced inside my
head. Kayia...you know my name.
It said incisively pressing the name form
my lips before i knew what was going on: "Kanakanizainth.."
I said knowing that this dragon was mine, he had always been mine and though it
took him a little longer to become mine than it did for most dragons and their
bonds he was my black studly god of a black dragon. 
What and entrance! she strutted out, white with snow flakes dotting her hide and little socks on her nose, feet, tail tip and wingtips that were purple ehcoced with black. She spread her wings to reveal dark purple black sails dotted with more sparkling snowflakes. Yo Danielle! She said striking a pose.
"Teazeth! MY Teazeth!" i screamed madly and dashed up to the gorgeous purple-black Siamese marked white. I hugged her tightly listening as she mentally giggled and looked over my shoulder at a very stunned Mike who had no doubly missed the entire thing.
The hatching was almost over, I could feel it. About 10-15 eggs remained unhatched and the remaining candidates were staring at each other nervously. Mike stood besides me complaining that the vests were stupid and that he wanted a Ryslen hockey jersey form one of the Vallen cove kids who was walking around with one. Rolling my eyes and taking a sip of coffee i was trying to keep myself warm, it was cold but not terribly cold. I could not believe that the girls had already impressed leaving us here to freeze as they frolicked off with their bonds. Kaiya's dark duowing was gorgeous and it could have even no one else than Lord. My intuition was correct, they were sprits, Lord had been reincarnated. Now to wait it out hopefully for my Beygon.
Deciding to myself that she wasn't coming after another 5 eggs hatched i crumpled the Styrofoam coffee cup in my hand turning to leave but Mike's hand on my shoulder stopped as i turned to see something that i would have defiantly been sad not to see. A egg broke open so gracefully that i would have believed it to have a zipper. A white dragoness slipped out her hide glistening with the same snowflakes all of the flurries had been marked with. She spread open wings to reveal silven-light blue membranes clouded with larger blizzardy flakes. I blinked feeling that i had seen this dragon before, and i knew i had, every single time i flipped on my computer a mechanical looking clone of it popped up and stared me in the face. The symbol for my company, the blue eyed white dragon, my guardian spirit. "Beygonth.." the words escaped my lips and i only half noticed that Beygon had added a th to the end of her name as she was reincarnated.
She glided towards me, barely moving her small silven white feet and i took her into my arms staring deeply into her eyes wondering if it truly was my beloved silven-blue-white reincarnated as a flurry. Only if there is room enough in your heart for me, Seto my chosen, will i remain here. I love you the way only a bonded pair can share, though i think you still believe me to be a figment of your wild imagination. I glanced at Mike who was staring at me eyebrow raised mouthing the words "it's a girl haha!" I speak to you only no one else needs to know about this, Tiyanni does for sure but Kanakanzy already raised enough questions when Kayia called him by his given name.
I nodded running a hand over her Rylsenese crest and then over the two knobby things planted on both sides. "I was unsure at first but now i am certain that you are as real as my love is for you." i said smiling as she nuzzled her snout into my chest as i carried her off the sands.
Huh. Maybe i'm just not dragon bound maybe I'm just a big stupid hockey player. I thought to myself as i chugged down some kind of wine cooler like thing. At this Rylsen place it's so awesome they allow kids to have beer and wine! BAH! i'm going to be drunk when i get out of here. It would be funny if i was the only dragon less one, to be perfectly honest i didn't think Danielle or I'd impress but I'm happy for Dani, she deserved a pretty Siamese like that. But heh, Seto impressed a girly dragon! How funny, he always looked a little light in his loafers to me! But gee i guess he can't be gay since Kaiya and all, but gods, how can a guy so caught up in his machines be so, so loving?
Maybe he's just weird. I pulled the vest off that i was wearing and stared at the Ryslen crest, now that would look tiiiiiight on a jersey with maybe a few stripes and some more color. But not on this itchy white crap they put it on, so what if it's tradition this is crazy! no body wants to wear something hot and white of all colors! Hearing something snap i looked up to see a Liana digging at the sands revealing a forgotten egg, buried deep underneath all the others. Temporally the attention was drawn to a rather slinky white-purple but i was still watching the one Liana had dug up. It snapped open and a very interesting dragon came rampaging out. It was almost pumpkin spice colored but it's back half was white and his entire hide glistened with the same snowflakes like all his brothers and sisters before him. He opened all four pairs of his semi spice clouded wings and his crested knobbed head found it's way to me. MIKE! He barked and i jumped.
"Woah! Iztitath!" I said as the dragon charged at me checking me like i was on the opposite team in some crazy hockey game. He giggled when i shoved him off rainbow eyes glistening in the cold winter air. "you could make a fiarly decent defensive player if you can skate! i said, knowing that I'd need better defense if i ever wanted to play goalie professionally.
eee! that i would friend, that i would! but right now let's catch up with the others! i want food and i want to see this dragon your lady got! i hope she's a babe! He said dancing out in front of me and when i didn't get up he barked again. NOW you silly boy! up!
I jumped up and followed him to the table set up for hatchings to get a bite to eat. I spotted Kaiya's dark, who was rumored to be the very first black ever to hatch at Ryslen. He stuck out like a sore thumb against all these whites. "Hey!" Danielle said her eyes finding my spice duowing! "OMG! he's gorgeous!" She said leaping up from her seat besides her Teazeth and hugging the little pumpkin white dragon.
SO am i! Teazeth shot back falring out her wigns and putting on what could only be a puty face. C'mon Danielle! your supposed to love me!
Quiet your mouth young one, she does love you greatly but you need to leanr a little self control you ARE a Lady. Seto's silven Beygonth said holding herself with the most royalty she could manage in such a small body her wings slightly arced back and chest puffed out with head held high.
Seto laughed from besides her, Kaiya sitting to his left stroking her black's head who seemed to enjoy it almost as much as she was. He had one arm draped around her shoulder and the other was desperately trying to hold Teazeth from killing his precious white.
YOU WANT TO GO YOU LITTLE DRAGON HUSSY? She bellowed mentally to all those that surrounded her, gaining the attention of almost everyone in the room.
Go? No I don't feel like going anywhere thank you. Now sit down and please shut that purple-black little mouth of yours because people are staring. Beygonth replied smoothly slipping down to the ground and curling herself up besides the dark duowinged.
All the while Iztitath had been very good allowing Danielle to play with his four wings giggling the entire time and muttering "tee hee four wings on the pumpkin spicy! IzzY2 I'm going to call you IZZY!" Realizing that Danielle had perhaps had a wine cooler to many i pulled her off my dragon and set her on my lap as i took the seat were she had set my eyes lingering to Seto.
"So..." I said nodding to the black-purple socked dragon. "We got ourselves a hussy, a spoiled brat, a tackling idiot and a..?"
"A dark duowinged." Seto mumbled gesturing to Kiaya's. "Lord/Kanakanizainth hasn't said much since he hatched."
He's always like that. Beygonth said as she pressed her head against Seto's right leg and wrapped her tail around his other. Our flitters came flittering back, Shquando landing on my head with a whiz and a bang.
***
Kayia...Kanakanizainth muttered mentally to me as i sat next to him on the hills just outside our castle-like fort. It had been a good while since we had seen a salzer, thank the gods. Maybe the dragons had scared them off, or maybe Beygonth and Lord had killed enough before they were reincarnated to scare them of for a while.
"Yesum?" I responded as i watched Mike skating around on ice skates showing off for Danielle as he tried to teach Izzy how to skate. So far he was progressing pretty well, those two pairs of wings certainly helped a whole lot, balance wise.
Something troubles me. I should have said sooner but where is the fifth? He caught my look of confusion. Kayia, there were five survivors of the crash, i drug five bodies out of the plane, i only see four. My memories are clouded, but i remember things better as time goes by. this is one memory that i know is not a figment of my imagination, there were five survivors, three people Bey made me go back for. He said eyes glazing over, black snout pointed out towards Mike, Dani and Seto.
"you mean there's another earthian right? Geeze that's kind of scary but when we woke up i only remember seeing Mike, Seto and Dani, i would have noticed another person." I said following his gaze and trying to keep myself from cracking up as Mike cut a corner to fast and skidded out onto his butt.
Maybe I was not meant to remember at this time...He sighed, becoming even more mysterious to the outside world as he reached weyrling ship, but he was growing even closer to me. Our bond was strengthening, and soon enough he'd be able to fly, that meant goodbye to this horrid earthian life and hello to a new life, at Azon were Sargon had told us to come. He said once the dragons were old enough they'd be able to find their way. Seto is coming, he looks serious. Hello Beygonth. He announced and i looked up from the ground bringing myself from my thoughts of a new life and new hope.
Hello Kanz, Kayia...Beygonth responded nodding in turn to the black she had known longer than anyone mortal could imagine. She slid herself down next to the black duo wing and though their conversation was private i knew what things they were discussing, Kanz's body language had become all to familiar to me. He was distressed thinking of this forbidden memory as it floated back into his consciousness. In turn it was making me worried as well, another survivor all this time...
Seto smiled warmly as he plopped down next to me reaching down to his feet and unlacing his blue hockey skates. "What's wrong?" He said leaning back and looking into my eyes as if he could just pull it straight out of my face at any given moment. "I'm sure there can't be.." He said as for sure his Beygonth relayed Kanz's message to him. "He wouldn't have survived the salzers alone. They picked out all the weaklings."
I nodded amusing that if there was he was gone by now, there could not be a fifth, he or she would have been slaughtered by the salzers as soon as he was seen alone. "I guess your right." I shivered suddenly remembering the cold and was thankful for the warming arm Seto slid around my shoulders. It was good to finally know there was someone in life who cared for me, and on top of that i had two, Seto and a studly black duo wing to watch my back and every move i make.
Stop it you little booger! Tea shouted to Mike's light spice as he skated away from her failing out wings to keep his balance. Teazeth on the other hand wasn't as coordinated on ice yet, and she slipped and fell flat on her gorgeous black-purple marked face. I laughed along with Mike as he skated up besides me ice coating the back of his pants all the way up to his shoulders from were he had tripped and fallen harder than the Siamese. Why are you laughing Dani? He's such a flirt! she yelled mentally at the spice eyes whirling red with anger and tinged slightly pink in embarrassment.
Call it what you want you over stuffed little prissy! It's not flirting unless the feeling is mutual! Iztitath shouted mentally back from across the frozen over lake sticking out a draconic tongue and flapping both pairs of wings speeding himself up crossing the lake and ducking behind Mike with ease.
"Ahhh...look at the love birds." Mike said avoiding the light spice tail that came flying at his head. He almost tripped and fell again only to catch himself with a very old beaten up hockey stick, the only one they had been able to rescue form the plane crash. It seemed like forever since that age old day, but all that mattered not any more. the salzers were gone, scared off by Lord and Beygon, that last battle damaged their forces severely. The death count was 150 of the slime-coated beasts.
And a good thing two, for if they were to come back they'd have four dragons to deal with and though the weren't full fledged adults they still put up a good fight. My Teazeth had enough spunk to drive someone insane. she had regained her footing on the ice and was charging at Iztitath full frontal ready to body check him the way Mike ahd shown her. "TEA! I shouted before she came crashing into all three of us, and it took her only a minute to fail her wings and come to a skidding stop.
Ahhh....Danielle you spoil all my fun. she said sticking out her bottom lip in a very almost eerily humanic way. Well, not all of it i guess, She said innocently eyes flashing. you did let me play with the boys at Ryslen. Teazeth said strutting off the ice in a very sexy manner. I laughed remembering her little flirt streak with a few of the other flurry hatchlings. I figured she had to leanr sometime how to manipulate a guy's emotions to get what she wanted. why not sooner than later?
"You let her flirt?" Mike said face twisted in amusement and bewilderment. "Dragons shouldn't flirt.."
Who says? I rather like it. Iztitath said eyes whirling pink when he realized that he had said it out loud when it was meant for Mike's ears alone. He skated akc off deciding not to say anything else.
"I like to be flirted with too." mike said desperately grinning innocently to me with his hazel colored eyes.
"Really?" I laughed hugging him tightly. Ah well, if this life is going to be screwed up for now I wouldn't care, as long as i can keep Teazeth and Mike. They make it worth my while. Plus i still need to teach Tea more tricks of the trade...
I closed my eyes briefly beginning to fell the same sick to my stomach feeling that i always got when something was wrong. There couldn't have been five people, i repeated to myself over and over and breathed out slowly. there just couldn't. If he survived he would have been gone by now Seto, calm yourself, or you'll concern Kayia even further. It is not a matter to discuss at this place and time. Memories are hard to place, especially ones that you are not meant to remember. I nodded my head Beygonth was wise Beygon her years. she had been for as long as i had known her, and that had been almost forever.
I had created her to be my signature image, the mark of my company the silven white dragon with glowing blue eyes. But what had become of my logo now? It had pranced to life before my very eyes and now lay curled up next to a dark duowing, and next to Kayia. It was all so unbelievable, the day a dragon chose me was never even a thought in my mind, though i longed for a different life many times, a life of adventure a life of excitement like the draogneers of Alskyr and Pern. It had never even crossed my mind that i could become one. And the gorgeous young woman curled up in my arms as i think this to myself, I had only loved her forever.
So the two vanes of my existence had become realities. It was like i was being suspended in some super-natural dream were you could feel, see, hear, touch and taste. some sort or parallel dimension. I knew it to be to perfect, and that was why this fifth persona troubled me so. I re-opened my eyes and pulled Kayia tighter to me, she slipped her arms around my neck and buried her face into my coat shivering slightly as the cold wind blew across my face. "It's all going to work out, i promise." i said assuring myself more than Kaiya, but she nodded silently assuring me more than she knew.
It will all be fine Seto, it will all work out for if it was not meant to work out things would have strayed form their set paths long ago and I and Beygonth would have never been here. Kanz reminded me nodding his black head in a gesture towards Mike and Danielle. Things would have strayed if they had not come, if i had not saved them who would have been there to wake you in Kayia's time of need? He said referring back to when Kayia and Mike had been taken hostage, the last stand made by the salzers to defeat us once and for all. The last stand made for man kind...
Do not tell Danielle, Mike, Iztitath or that silly purple excuse for a dragoness. Beygonth huffed, it was a well known fact that those to resented each other for some unknown reason. Maybe it was womanly competition, or something else, possibly maturity? or even morals? They will not be able to handle it. And like I've said it's only a faded memory. Don't' give me that look Seto you know i dislike that hussy of a dragon. She hissed raising her lip to show white fags beneath, the first offensive manner i had ever seen her take, well since the hatching.
"Why don't you like her? she's a ...nice little dragon?" Kaiya asked from somewhere within the folds of my jacket barely turning her head to look at my silven white. Kaiya was one of those people who got cold really fast.
Because she's overly competitive about her property. Kanz said smirking rather egotistically, a draconic smirk crossing his face. She thinks that Tea's out to steal every male from every respectable dragoness, like herself. And she doesn't want Seto, to in conclusion and drawn to Danielle because that would screw things up between Kaiya and Seto, ultimately screwing things up between me and her and Seto and Kaiya which would screw p our whole way of life. Kanz said, this taking a lot of thought for him to process into words.
Seto laughed. "Well you don't have to worry about that. Danielle is defiantly not my type. She's' the one corrupting her Siamese. And i think Kanz has proved himself to be pretty loyal..."
I closed my eyes and squeezed Danielle back tightly, trying to control my raging hormones. Gods, they were right when they said i was a dawg. Oh well it's better than being prude i guess. Your mentally corrupt. Iztitath laughed from across the distance, but knowing not to push any of my buttons he let it go snickering evilly to himself as he strode up to meet Kanz and Beygonth, who were being just as cuddly as Kayia and Seto. Ah well, it was good to see that those two had finally given into each other, it had taken them long enough.
I pulled away from Danielle's death grip of a hug and planted a quick kiss on her lips, grinning at her flustered smile. "not in front of them.." she said gesturing to everyone else. I smiled wickedly, i wasn't allowed to kiss her or anything in front of anyone, but she was allowed to wear those skin tight clothing a flirt with anything male that moves? Well maybe not anything, she was always pretty loyal, but those clothes no matter how hot she looked in them, were a bit sluty.
"Why not?" I asked taking her hand and leading her from the 'rink' skating best i could, my entire back end had gone pretty much numb. Hey i already told you, I'm a goalie not a winger. I'm not supposed to be able to skate that great. Failing her arms to keep her balance as we came to a stop at the edge of the pond i helped her up onto the snow and walked with her up to meet the others, trailed closely by a semi-steaming Teazeth.
Hello Teazeth. Beygonth said coldly wrapping her tail around Kanz's defensively. The silven white had made her point over and over that she didn't like the siamese and this would cause some friction between the dragons. Luckily, Iztitath got along good with pretty much anything, being one of those dudes who was naturally happy, a bit bossy but still happy.
OH hello Beygonth babe, i see that you've already decided to twine tails with a male? Aren't you a bit young to be mothering a clutch? After all we've only been weyrlings for about a week. she snapped back curling up in front of Seto and Kaiya as i and Danielle came to sit opposite of them.
Iz, sitting down to my left gave a snicker only to receive a death-stare from Kanz, good thing Kayia didn't have any big enemies, or they'd all be dead by now. Ha ha ha. At least i don't go prancing about like you do you sorry excuse for a dragoness. You give all of us a bad name. Beygonth shot back ducking behind one of Kanz's four black wings as Tea whip lashed her tail at the silven.
"Children!" i said puting on my best impression of one of our former known to be gay teachers. "Now it's in everyone's best being if we could all get along and be nice!" I made sure to put on my gayest accent elaborating on the c's adn s's.
Danielle and Kayia giggled, but all to serious Seto only rolled his eyes. Yes can't we all hold hands a sing? C'mon know i know you want to. sing with me guys! Kuuuuummbiiiiiyaaaaaaaaa my lord! Kuuuuummbiiiiiiiiiiiiiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Kuuuuummbiiiiiyaaaaaaaaa my lord, oh Kuuuuummbiiiiiyaaaaaaaaa! Iztitath said in a very sing-song voice, mocking my style of gayness. At least we knew he wasn't gay, well possibly, can dragons be gay or is it only their riders? Gods please say they can't...that would be so freaking weird... Someone's singing m'lord! Kuuuuummbiiiiiyaaaaaaaaa! Someone's dancing m'lord! Kuuuuummbiii-iiiiiiiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
"Kanz!" I shouted clasping my hands over my ears as if it would stop the mental singing my dragon was doing. I'd kill Izititath for teaching him that song, he so knew it got on my nerves!
Kanakanizainth shut up, obedient but sometimes annoying there were still many things he had to leanr, like how to sing. He already knew how not to do it. In his adulthood he was wise beyond his years but he had grown somewhat bad-ass as Bey had predicted. She knew him the best, there was no doubting her opinion, for she was even wiser than he, her sprit grew purer while his grew darker. But there was one thing i knew about the douwing black, and it was that he'd never ever leave me. He was fiercely loyal and definitely a threat to all of the other dragons, even Izititath, who would have been the only one to stand up to him. KAnz was large, extremely large for a Ryslen, but hey he was the first official 'black'.
Folding one wing at a time Kanz pulled himself into a sitting position next to me as we waited for the other three, we had all decided to meet for today we'd make the jump to Between and go to Azon were Sargon had told us to. It was time, the dragons had become fliers, great filers. Teazeth bless her heart, the one who was most apt to not flying and staying on the ground had become the best of them all. Maybe it was because Mike had a fear of falling off, or maybe it was because Seto constantly strove to improve Beygonth's almost perfect style. Kanakanizainth was a great flier himself, but was prone to use it to his advantage, he'd chase after both females despite Iz's roaring. Not that Kanz would actually fly them, i hoped, but he liked to make like he would.
Flirty he was. This is the song that never ends...yes it goes on and on my friend...started singing not knowing what ti was now i'm stuck singing this song just because this is the song that will drive you insane! yes it will pick apart your brain! Kanz sung mentally at the top of his deep voice and ignored the shower rocks that i threw at him. Ok I'm done now i promise. He laughed watching as Teazeth was the first to make her appearance. What's Danielle smiling about? She looks a little to happy.. The black dragon stud noted as Tea turned a loop in the air coming to an aerobatic landing in front of Kanz.
Hello handsome. She said mentally all but strutting over to his left folding her pair of purple-black pointed wings and lashing her tial out behind her. Kanz watched her in a manner i have only seen guys watch the school wide slut walk down the hall ways. I slapped him just for the heck of it though i doubt he felt it he was to preoccupied watching Teazeth preening in a very showy way.
Danielle had hopped down off her Siamese's back and was walking towards me with the scariest grin i have ever had the displeasure to see. "Danielle.....oh god I've only seen that smile once before. Stop it bad! no go away! i don't want to know!" I shouted jumping to my feet and running backwards clamoring up onto Kanz back and trying to hide underneath a pair of black smoky wings.
"Ah but don't you want to know all the juicy details?" I teased knowing that Kayia would rather eat her own hair than listen to another one of my stories. She had learned well after the night of that dance so long ago not to listen to my stories when i had a grin like this on my face. Ever. She was a bright girl that one. Ah well, she's not going to spoil my good mood.
"Not after what happened last time! My poor virgin ears! I was about to throw up! Keep it to yourself that you didn't make it out of the parking lot, eeeeeeewww!" Her voice called from Kanz's back as he watched Tea with slight fascination unable to break his eyes away from my Siamese purple-black. Hmm..i had taught her well, she had the giant dragon under her spell, now she could about have any male she wanted.
"Ah but don't you want to know all the juicy details?" I teased knowing that Kayia would rather eat her own hair than listen to another one of my stories. She had learned well after the night of that dance so long ago not to listen to my stories when i had a grin like this on my face. Ever. She was a bright girl that one. Ah well, she's not going to spoil my good mood.
"Not after what happened last time! My poor virgin ears! I was about to throw up! Keep it to yourself that you didn't make it out of the parking lot, eeeeeeewww!" Her voice called from Kanz's back as he watched Tea with slight fascination unable to break his eyes away from my Siamese purple-black. Hmm..i had taught her well, she had the giant dragon under her spell, now she could about have any male she wanted.
"Kanakanizainth, you better watch out i think Beygonth's coming." I said half laughing at the big black as he whip lashed his crested tail around spinning to see Seto and Beygonth off in the distance. Beygonth was a sweet dragon to me, but she was rather jealous of my pretty Siamese. Boy what a dragon Teazeth had become to, she was sweet as a pea and cute as a button but she was a bigger flirt than Kayia's black stud. And what was even worse for me and Mike was that she liked Kanz, liked him a lot, not good at all. But she liked Izititath too, but she found him to be to goofy, to carefree. She liked Kanz for his 'mystery stud' appeal.
That draconic jealous wacko. Teazeth snorted in her feminize but smooth and sexy voice slinking in the way she did over to Kanz's side and sliding herself down next to him, when Beygonth got here, she'd about hit the roof. She needs to learn how to share, i don't see anywhere on Kanzy that says that he's her property. Your to much of a stud for one dragoness aren't you? She said lficking her tail againist his neck.
"Ut-oh" I said watching as Seto and Beygonth arrived, his silven white tearing through the sky aimed straight towards the Siamese purple. She skidded to a halt in front of me and Seto had to leap off to avoid the angry queen's rampage. I turned my attention back to Seto who was looking around for Kayia. He walked towards me, shirtless in the heat of the summer i noticed and hm...Kayia had been right about him.
I walked over to Danielle unsure of were Kayia had gotten to, but that grin on Danielle's face was a warning sign and i knew it. She winked at me and i raised an eyebrow watching her gesture to Kanz's back, i could barely make out the top of Kayia's head. "Well since Seto's here maybe I'll tell him all the juicy details so--" Danielle began only to be cut off by Kayia as she slid down from the black dragon's back.
"NO! No, no no, gods please no!" she hissed running over to me and then stopping a few feet off her face going crimson and she glared at Danielle who giggled evilly and walked over to try and break up the dragons' fighting. It was only verbal so far, Beygonth hadn't totaled Teazeth yet. "Hey." Kayia said weakly suddenly very interested in the ground.
"Hey." I said smiling and taking a few steps forward, watching her back away, keeping a distance between us. Did is smell or something? I watched Kanz turn around sensing Kayia's distress. The giant black dragon completely ignored the two bickering dragonesses and came to his rider's rescue, he was loyal, so very loyal. His cloudy blue eyes blazed red as he stared at me, seeing me as the one who was hurting his precious Kayia. "Kanz I'm not doing anything.." I said taking a step back and finding myself backing into Beygonth leg. She stared fiecrly bkac at the lage black.
She was even more loyal if possible than he was, and she was fiercely jealous of Teazeth for trying to take Kanz away from her though she'd never say. she'd do but wouldn't say. Beygonth was also one to be wise beyond her years, extremely sweet but always mysterious and fierce. she was not one to be reckoned with. I told you it was not a good idea to go shirtless no matter how hot it was, now you've embarrassed the poor girl. She's a nice one that Kayia, not like Danielle or her beast, they're both whores. Beygonth said obviously getting the information from Kanz as they mentally communicated.
Oops? I thought to myself what was i supposed to do about it now? I walked forward despite Beygonth's attempt to stop me and over to Kayia who blushed even redder but didn't walk away. "What was Danielle talking about?" I asked though i thought i already knew the answer. It was a touchy subject for any couple to discuss but i thought we needed to, the last thing i wanted was for her to fell pressured by anyone. I'd never put any pressure on her, no matter how crazy my hormones were going, but i knew peer pressure was another thing.
She cleared her throat still bright red. "You know Danielle....probably went and convinced Mike or vise versa that it was 'time'.." I thought it not possible for her to blush even brighter but she proved me wrong turning the shade of Kanz's eyes. "And i really didn't want to hear about it and i didn't think you did either.."
"I know i don't. Eck, but Mike will probably tell me anyways.." I said realizing that rather i wanted to or not Mike would tell me everything. I shivered despite the heat and grinned up at Beygonth who had gone back to yelling at Teazeth.
GET OFF! She shouted as Tea snuggled into the big black duowing. He's mine you retarded purple! She snapped flaring out silven wings and trying her best to look as aggressive as possible. Though both females were around the same size and shape, Beygonth was a good deal stronger, for she was always one to be out flying or running or whatever. Not like Teazeth, though she was the best flier, she was a couch potato. If it's possible for dragons to be couch potatoes.
I'm a Siamese you dim witted white! Teazeth snapped back avoiding Beygonth's spaded tail as it was lashed at her.
Girls, girls! All this fighting over little old me? Izititath said smugly as Mike and he made their entrance. If you thought Danielle's smile was bad, you should have seen Mike's. That was the smuggest most pathetic look at me grin I've ever seen. He hopped off his large light spice duowing and made his way towards me all but dancing.
STAY OUT OF THIS! Bey and Tea roared at the same time both, both sending spaded tails towards the large light spice. He locked eyes with Kanz who was trying his best to back away form the whole scene, and perhaps hide behind Kayia. Which of course, would not work.
"Hey Danielle your lover boy is here!" I said announcing the arrival of the way to giddy Mike, along with all four of the flitters we had picked up from Ryslen. Bruce, Shquando, Chip and Buttercup all fluttered above Mike's head before fanning out and landing on their respective owners. Chip dive bombed my head little claws scratching up my shoulders and Shquando the pink male tangled himself in Kayia's hair ignoring her constant "eees! bad flitters!".
I walked towards Seto and Kayia happy for reasons that would make my mother faint if she would have lived to know why. It had been a good day yesterday and an even better night, but i won't tell you all the juicy details, nope., maybe if i knew you better. Izititath probably would, since he has no sense what so ever of who is friend and who is potential audience but yeah..i'll shut up know.
That light spice has gotten bigger, not as big as Kaiya's black but big enough for me and for Teazeth. She likes him, but i think she's a flirt. A big flirt. If you say her name right, it sounds like tease-eth. Hum....appropriate. But Iz learned how to live, he's so laid back and cool. Kayia says he's just like me. Ah well learned form the best ya know?
Anyway as i walk towards the two serious ones, Bruce twittered from my shoulder, hardly able to contain his excitement. If he were a puppy or something i'd be getting worried he was about to pee on me. All but squawking, i watch as Danielle and Teazeth come bounding over, Danielle to greet me, Teazeth to get away from Beygonth who has gone mad with rage. "Mike!" Dani squeals and pounces pulling me into a hug. "Eeeeeeee! I can't wait to go!"
"Yeah.." I said slowly, realizing that this would probably be the last time we were ever going to see the old castle that had been our home for so long, and the lonesome uninhabited place we once called earth. "It's for the best." I reminded myself more than her and nodded watching Seto and Kayia board their respective dragons.
"C'mon then!" Danielle said letting go of me and climbing up Teazeth's outstretched leg. "Let's go!" she grinned wildly and i glanced up at Seto who also was having the same thoughts as i. Kayia too, we had lived here so long, it's hard to part with something that saved your life so many times. But i have to hand it to Danielle, she always has so much spirit.
I slowly clamored onto Iz's back settling myself between the first pair of wings and sat there, waiting. I didn't know what i expected to happen, all i remember was blinking and then realizing that i was no were, no were for about ten seconds. It was so icy cold, like someone had stuck me underneath a lake in the middle of winter in Wisconsin. And then it was hot, so incredibly hot i felt like i was being prepared as some kind of side dish for a giant and this was the oven. We blinked form nothingness and all the sudden it was like heaven had fallen onto earth.
This had to be Azon like Sargon had described it: "On a beach, right next to the silver sea, with palm trees and mountains looming in the distance. The large building that is the Sanrix, made of black and white marble, like some kind of darkened roman coliseum. And if the Sanrix were to be viewed from dragon back, you can see that the entire Sanrix-grounds is shaped like that of a blackened squared off heart, broken in two. This is for that of all the dragons who were lost in the great battle and sealing of Garth, that took place on the twin mountains to the left." Those were close to his exact words, a beckon of hope for all of us to remember as we remained on earth waiting for the dragons to become adults.
It was even more gorgeous than he described it, i noticed as i slid down from Izititath's back and walked over to join the other three as they gazed up at the building in the same wonder. "The Ryslen black returns?!?" The voice of a young girl cried out and i looked up, or over, just in time to see a black wolf shift into the shape of a girl and stand in front of Kanz staring up at him in wonder. She was gorgeous, and looked strangely familiar with that pair of yellow draconic eyes as she stared into Kanz's big white swirled ones. He was more confused than the rest of us, i think.
Um ...hello. Kanz said as the girl circled around him hands clasp behind her back and eye moving up and down the dragon.
The girl stopped and looked up at the duowing's face again smiling to reveal a pair of fangs similar to her father's. "Oh I'm dreadfully sorry. I should have stated that Sargon if off today, interfering into a demon's pocket dimension to retrieve a greatly needed candidate. I'm Akinta his daughter and he put him in charge of showing you to your place." she smiled and before i even had time to blink she was standing in front of me, hand held out to offer a shake.
I shook it, reminding myself to concentrate on her eyes and muttered. "Um...yeah I'm Mike." Watching as Danielle, and Seto managed to mutter the same response.
"And since she's Danielle i guess that makes you Kayia," Akinta said grinning at Kayia as she grinned back.
"Yes that would be me. BUT i do wonder, Akinta, were do you keep your dragon?" Kayia asked, used to dragoneer's like Sargon said would be at Azon, who never separated from their beasts.
Akinta blinked. "Oh....my dragon right. My dragon hasn't hatched yet. Bolton flew queen Paianith about three months ago, I'm standing for the clutch then." She said and her eyes seemed distant as they had when she first collided with the big black. "Anyways...I'll show you to your rooms. It's Mike and Danielle, Seto and Kayia right?" She asked pointing to each of us with a sly grin on her face, Kayia blushed bright red along with Seto again but Danielle just nodded. I was lost to what she meant.
Akinta lead all four of us up the slate gray stone steps, that contrasted nicely with the black-white marble walls and into the grand entrance hall of the dragon-sanrix. Gods, it was even more gorgeous on the inside. We walked mystified by the beauty of it all, past a few doors and then up two flights of stairs to the second floor. Akinta paused and turned around, smiling at us brightly. I smiled weakly back, only because a very blue looking man had come to stand besides the daughter of Sargon. He was a demon no doubt. "This, Mike and Danielle is Kurt, now despite his looks i promise he won't bite." She laughed and so did the demon as he lead Mike and Danielle up another few flights of stairs.
Seto stood besides me pacing me as we walked down a purple carpeted hallways, glancing at the paintings as we passed. We came to the last one on the right and Akinta stood besides the door pointing to a small device next to it. A computer screen, outlined in silver. "this is an-" Akinta began.
"Retina scanner." Seto finished for her and she nodded smiling slyly impressed by his identification.
"So they don't raise complete fools on warp-earths. Anyways, it's simple enough to use, it'll only open with one of you present here. Security for riders against other riders mostly, we've never had problems but you know." She said speaking mostly to Seto and not to me.
I nodded understanding her completely, security was an important thing. I stepped forward allowing the screen to scan my eyes and watched as the violet black bordered and etched door slide open to the reveal our new living space. It was gorgeous! If i say so myself. The room was spilt into two levels, a step down form the door was the first level, that consist of a small but highly advanced office complete with a highly evolved computer, and a high-tech kitchenette and table. the wall to the leftmost had a ladder running through it and if your eyes followed it upwards it led to the second floor. Two beds, both canopy style wooden frame were placed side bye side. A large window with drawn back curtains took over the majority of the back wall and it looked out onto the side of Azon, onto a large stony gray mountain, the third in the chain of seven.
The whole room was decorated in an old-English manner. Purple and gold mainly with a few reds thrown in there once and a while. Around the office space the walls were blank purple border halfway down by a tawny gold and paintings with large gaudy gold frames hung neatly in a row. I think the paintings were of purple and gold dragons but i couldn't be sure i was too far off to tell. Around the kitchen area to contrast the stainless steel, the walls were painted the tawny gold color and bordered with violet. But the most impressive thing was on the wall with the ladder, it was some kind of epic battle scene of long ago, painted and shaded entirely in purple and gold, truly gorgeous. As we neared i gazed upon it, looking at the whole thing, it was a battle scene but not a bloody unhappy gross one, one army charged at another as what appeared to be a giant four winged black white starred dragon flew above it edging on the battle though which side he was on was a mystery. To the right a cliff hung out over the eastern most army and a white-silven metallic dragoness laid around it sunning herself in the sun that protruded form the east, were the west was covered in thick foggy purple storm clouds.
"I thought you'd appreciate this room. Since that is Lord Kanakanizain, the god of war, and Beygonaia, the dragon goddess of those who cannot speak for themselves, like the unborn and machines." Akinta said slowly as Kayia and I stared at the painting, dumbfounded.
"Outside that mountain framed in your window is were your dragons will make their roost, i have let Phantom show them to their assigned place but they can pick anywhere they please in a certain area. Kanz will appreciate the caves and i think Bey the sunning rocks.." She paused and we both turned back to look at her feeling stupid. "This is what we call the purple floor, because all the rooms are decorated in a similar purple and gold fashion, while the floor your friends have found themselves on is the blue floor, decored in blue and gold. There's a green, silver, white, black, and I'm on the floor directly above you, the red floor. In fact the room directly above yours is mine, if you need anything just call."
I nodded still at a loss for words, this was amazing, i thought i had died and gone to heaven all over again.