That night after we all say goodnight to each other I slowly make my way past the main classrooms. It's ten p.m. and boy was I tired! I hear the slow creaking of a door and see the last teacher leaving to go home. It is my old third grade teacher Mrs.Defrancesco. She doesn't see me and walks the other way towards the grand entry. I shrug and walk into a dark hallway. That is strange, this one was on just a moment ago. suddenly something crashes through the window. Since i'm the only one in this area of the first floor no pony could have heard that. It looks to be a hooded pony as it quickly stands. I back into a dark corner hoping it wont see me. The hooded pony's aroure glows. So it's a unicorn.
I gasp but I was too late to realize my mistake. It faces me and advances slowly towards me. The aroure glows for a second more and stops. I then feel my eyes flash. It felt like water was touching my eyes. The figure throws something at me and jumps back out of the window. This time a guard was near enough to hear the rest of the glass breaking.
"Are you well my lady?" He asks worriedly galloping over to me. I like his accent, wait why was i thinking of accents?
"I'm fine," I answer lying. I truly felt shocked.
The guard feels around the wall and lights the torches with some spare matches. "Then I shall escort you to your room for safety measures."
I nod a thanks to him. He hesitantly looks at me.
"I think you dropped your necklace princessa!" He scoops up the black mass and suddenly drops it groaning in pain.
I react quickly by grabbing his hoof and start a cooling spell hoping it would help, the relieved look he has answers a yes. There is a nasty burn mark on his hoof where the chain touched it.
"Are you alright?" I ask worriedly observing his hoof.
"I am ok, thank you your majesty!" He curtsies.
"Brightfire!" Dreya exclaims trotting over to us. "It's alright officer Endiot, I shall be escorting her to her room now."
The guard smiles and starts to turn away but stops. "Hey! How did you know I was escorting her to her room?"
He raises an eyebrow and gives Dreya a cold stare.
"One, that's just common sense. Two, uh she could have been killed just now isn't her room the safest place for her since it has TWO guards on it?"
The guard considers it. "Well, just how do you know that she could have been killed."
"Four words: Broken window, night time. It's part of exercise four to bring her to the guarded room. And with a pony like her...."
Dreya tilts his head towards me.
"HEY!" I growl.
"Plus I'm training to be a guard myself! I wouldn't be surprised if they BEG me to be the captain as soon as they see my killer moves."
Dreya punches at an invisible target, While the guard and I burst out laughing and we both fall to the floor choking for air.
The guard helps me up and pats Dreya's head while he continues down the hallway.
I hear him chuckling, "Good kid man, good kid."
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"So what did you want to talk about OFFICER DREYA?" I roll my eyes.
"Ha ha brightfire, must be awesome to make fun of ponies' dreams." He teases.
"No, only yours!" I reply. Dreya and I laugh and then he clears his throat.
He gives me a look of what? Hope?
"I really like you Brightfire." He states hesitantly.
"Isn't that what friends are supposed to do?" I question with a laugh. "You know, get into fights allot over who's prettier. Tell each other our deepest secrets and crushes. Talk about the latest fashion. Or, is that to girly for you."
"No, no! I mean past the point of, well, friends." He glances at me not quite meeting my eyes.
"Best friends? Because we became that when we first met!" I say punching him softly on the shoulder.
"Past that." He shakes his head and rubs his shoulder.
I just look at him. Could he really? I can't even finish the thought. I can't even think straightly.
"But Have you ever felt any feelings towards me?" He asks.
All I could manage to do is nod. "I don't know why though it's just something about how every time I see you."
"Before you met me I lived in this incredible place called the Byzantine empire and there was this filly I really liked. More of a foal crush I should say!"
"Dreya, we are still foals."
"Anyways. My mother said that she wish that I could love her but it would not be allowed. She saw how we did everything together and that we were in love, but she simply laughed and she smiled and told me loved me but I can't love her. For she is in love with another and that I was too young to find love anyways. So I went to ask Castillia if she loved another and I learned that it was true. She didn't even notice me when I shouted out to her."
I felt sympathy growing for Dreya. Even though he was way too young to already be in love it must be pretty harsh to have his heart broken at what age Four?
"I was five if thats what you are wondering about. Five when she broke my heart and five when I lost everything." He explains sadly. He must of seen my puzzled face and continues his story.
"That same night, my mother held me until we both fell asleep. We were one of the highest ranks so we were living a great life, but we decided not to spend that much so if anything bad happened we would have enough money to hopefully fix it. In the middle of the night I awoke to the sound of screams and to the smell of smoke. My mother was carrying me out of the city in the direction of the woods of the forgotten. but halfway there she was shot by an arrow in the chest and there as so much blood.." He breaks into a sob and I hug him tightly. He calms enough to finish. "As she lay there she told me that I was born with the powers of the cupitine, and that only one every thousand years was born with it. And that I had the power to make ponies love me. She also warned me to never use the power. and those were the last words I heard before she closed her her eyes and I saw a horrible explosion at the castle. so I ran and ran until I couldn't go farther. After I spent a few days healing I traveled for a whole week and found that cave. So I lived there for a month until somepony crashed into my life LITERALLY! and instead made it better by giving me a second chance in life, but I felt that she would leave me like Castillia did so I....." He drifts off.
"Used your powers on me." I finish very shocked.
He nods with his eyes closed.
"I should be mad," I tell him. "But that only makes me happier!"
"But I turned off my powers! How could you still like me, for what I did to you!" He exclaims begging for an answer.
"Now I know that somepony likes me for who I am, not what I am." I hug him and sigh.
"What was her name? Your mother's I mean." I ask.
" I was never able to meet my father but her name was Basilissa." He replies with a sigh.
"It's beautiful,"
"Like you!" He implies and smiles happily when he sees me blush. And with that He leans in and kisses me softly on the cheek.
"I like you because you are smart, strong, loving, honest, and nice enough." We both laugh. "Well now that our feelings are out I think we should probably go to sleep!" He whispers with a yawn. "See ya in the Mornin' Brightfire."
And with that he leaves me in his empty room with only the faint whisper of a kiss that I would never forget.
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"Hmmm, Basilissa. Basilissa!" That next morning I had gotten up extra early to search the Byzantine empire in the grand library. It was a saturday so I didn't have much to do today. I feel the black chain that I had put on earlier with my hoof. It had a pendant of a silver talon holdin a blue sphere on it. It must be a pearl or something. I then remember the shadowed pony and what it whispered when it was casting that spell. "Look to the flames when all is lost, you must learn to trust them so they can guide you." What did that mean?
Suddenly an interesting passage catches my mind as I flip through the dusty old book.
Emperor Leo the fourth was married to Irene of Athens. But there were rebels trying to hurt him and his family. Wait? It says that Irene was sent into hiding to protect her and their only son. Empress Irene went by her nick name BASILISSA! and the son was named. I Drop the book. Dreya wasn't just any pony born with special powers. He was heir to the throne of the Byzantine empire. The book said that It was destroyed. So for all I knew, Dreya is the emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
I need to tell my father of this but first I needed to find Dreya.
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I found Dreya in a random hallway. Without saying anything I grab his hoof and we walk speedily to the throne room with the book tucked under my wing. I nearly give my Father a heart attack when I gallop into the throne shouting while dragging Dreya behind me.
"Is something wrong Brightfire?" He drops his scroll that he was reading before I entered the room.
"We need to talk....NOW!" I gasp for air. "EVERYBODY OUT! Please I mean."
The ponies in the room hurry out and close the door silently.
"What is going on Brightfire?" My father asks walking over to us.
"Yeah!" Dreya adds in.
We sit in a triangle in the middle of the room and I start to speak.
"Last night dreya told me about his past and it was very surprising!" I Start wondering if I should tell him about the powers too. Maybe at the end of the conversation. "Dreya told me that he is from the Byzantine empire but escaped the rebel attack and came here through the woods by him self when he was still five."
"But that's impossible With a pony his age it should have taken a month or two!" my father gasps in awe.
"It took me a week, then I lived in a cave for a month." Dreya answers.
I hold up my hoof so he doesn't ask any more questions.
"So I looked up the Byzantine empire and guess what I found!" I excitedly look from my father to Dreya and open up to the page I as reading earlier.
"It says that Leo the fourth the Emperor was married to Irene of Athens, and they soon had a son. But not long after the rebels started attacking hoping to kidnap Empress Irene and their son. So they were sent into hiding as normal towns ponies but still living a life of luxury."
"What does that have to do with me?" Dreya asks with my father sharing the same look of confusion.
I smile unable to hold in my excitement any more.
"The empress went by her nick name Basilissa! The same name as Dreya's mother. And last of all, they named the son Dreya!"
"So i'm Emperor Leo's son?" Dreya manages to get the words out.
"It says that the empire was destroyed the same night you left. So for all we know you could be the emperor of the Byzantine empire!"
We all jump up excitedly whooping with joy for Dreya. When several guards burst in with spears drawn we all laugh and tell them that everything is fine. I then remember something.
"And Dreya also told me that he was born with the powers of the cupitine!"
My fathers face fills with amazement.
Dreya nods happily.
"Well then let's throw a banquet to celebrate!" My father announces.
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The banquet was scheduled for next week on friday. Maids, guards, and other ponies rushed to prepare for it. They were nearly done by the time wednesday night came. Tia bounces around Dreya asking what it felt like to be an emperor excitedly.
"But you must know that we are not exactly sure that i'm the emperor just yet, there is a chance that my father could be." Dreya doesn't bother to finish.
"Well I think!" Tia starts but Dreya covers her mouth with his hoof before she can say anything else.
"How about I just go take a walk?" Tia follows him quietly. "Alone, please!"
She looks a little hurt but runs off to a guard and blabbers away of what she thinks it feels like to be an emperor or empress.
Dreya trots my way and bumps into me.
"Oh! Sorry Brighty!" Dreya laughs.
"Brighty?" I raise an eyebrow.
"Whatever!" We both walk into the royal gardens. "Oh yeah! I was wanting to ask you, want to go for a fly with me and the flight team?"
"When?" I ask.
"Now,"
"Okay!" I shrug my shoulders.
He leads me to the field that they all meet in. There are about seven colts there when we arrive. I should have known it was an all colt team.
"Hey bud!" A neat mained alicorn colt struts over. "Got us a new admirer?"
I recognize him as Derby Fjords. The fastest colt in all of Aroure academy.
"No i'm a challenger!" I reply smoothly.
"I like her all ready!" He hands out his hoof for me to shake I see his muscle twitch and know what he is planning.
I reach to shake it but instead pull back at the same time he does. He stare in awe.
"How?"
"I'm royalty," I get closer to him. "It's in my blood!"
He chuckles "Alright then little miss princess! How about I offer you a deal, If you win a race against me you can join my team! If you lose, you have to go to the dance with me!"
That's right. I now just remembered the posers that were hung up in the school area of the castle. The dance was scheduled on friday. The same time as Dreya's banquet.
Before I can answer Dreya pulls me to the side.
"Don't tell me you were going to accept!"
I gaze at the sky to see the sun almost ready for my father to lower it. I didn't have much time, the sky had the smallest bit of pink and orange creeping along the edges it was quite beautiful actually. In he soft haze I forget everything and get lost on the pinkish glow.
"Yes Dreya, I was. Now can I go now?"
"But you might have to go to the!"
"I have nothing to lose Dreya so I might as well go with him anyways!" I notice that our soft whisper had gone to a loud conversation.
"But, the dance is on friday!" He looks hurt.
"I know that Dreya!" I growl and walk away. as soon as I leave i'm behind I regretfully look back to see him close to tears.
"Sooo," Derby struts over again. "Do we got a deal?"
I wish I could take the words back as soon as they left my mouth. "I accept!" I then remember Dreya's banquet.
It's too late anyways! I have a race to win!
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Derby and I stood side by side on a big white cloud. A much smaller was placed in front of ours for a much good reason. To start the race. I feel a cold breeze blow against me causing me to shiver.
"Just think of it! in a few minutes I can wrap my wings around you whenever you get cold."
"And just exactly why is that!" I ask.
"Because in a few minutes you will be dating me!" He remarks.
"Then again why is that," I ask again pushing dreya's hurt face out of my mind.
He leans closer to me. "Because I always win the races, and I always get the girls!"
He snorts and gets into starting position spreading his average sized light grey wings. I soon follow except I place my hooves farther ahead than my face.
A tall skinny yellow filly with a long pink mane and tail lands on the smaller cloud ahead of us holding a checkered flag. She seems to cower into the cloud. I glance up to see The rows of clouds filled up with colts, fillies, and even teachers on them. I look below us an see unicorns, earth ponies, and some pegasi that couldn't fly yet, all of the ponies cheered either "Derby!" or "Brighty!". Seriously what's is with everypony calling me names other than simply Brightfire? I glance up at the checkered banner that hung on two poles above us.
I snap back to my senses when I see Tia and Luna cheering my name and I feel overjoyed. But that feeling vanishes when I don't see Dreya anywhere.
The sun was being lowered about at the end of the race it would set.
"Oh, um! On you m-mark," The yellow filly stutters. I set my position again.
"G-get set," I spread my wings facing down and as wide as I can and push my waist up. I only focus on my breathing.
"GO!" She waves the flag up and down furiously and I am already in the lead by a very long shot. I even up my breathing so my heart doesn't fall out of my chest. The first cloud "O" shaped ring comes into sight, I tilt up at the right moment and zoom straight through it.
I see the second far to my right, I was going to have to make an extremely sharp in order to avoid crashing. I slow a little bit and hear hard panting and fast wing beats getting closer. He was wasting his energy on getting past me instead of saving it for the end of the race. He makes the turn and accidentally kicks up a small chunk of cloud. I react quickly by dodging and making the turn in the nick of time. next the third ring which was another long turn to the right. I aced it and caught up easily to Derby. He beats his wings faster. It helps him a little. Finally, the fourth ring. It was hundreds of feet below us. I don't even hesitate and nose dive towards it. A familiar feeling comes up as I feel the wind push against me harder and harder. What is it? It gets to the point where the wind pushes so hard it gets hard to see. I am neck to neck with Derby. He thinks he is so fast? Let's see then!
He falls behind just the tiniest bit but not enough. the ring is only moments away and the WIND is starting to feel like i'm burning alive. But it also feels wonderful. The thrill in my stomach, the burning in my throat, the flame in my heart and soul ignites. And I embrace it warmly. My wings are tucked in so tight until I reach the final ring, and every thing explodes in a blinding light. At the same time, a green light flashes as the sun finally sets. I snap my wings open and a rainbow trail follows me on the way up. To the finish line. I bolt straight past the finish line. I won. But I keep on accelerating up o the point where another fiery rainbow explosion follows. I try to stop but I can't and end up going faster. Another one. I suddenly can't breathe as i go faster past the point of possible. I just made one thing impossible possible. A fourth explosion and I hear a loud rumbling. Then, Nothing. I am completely alone in a starry heaven. I settle onto, well nothing! I'm literally walking on the stars. That's something I can't say everyday! An ancient but young mare appears out of a silver-like mist.
"Hello Brightfire," Se greets with a calm smile. She is all white and has a short bergundy-red mane and tail, her cutie mark is a quill and ink.
"Who are you?" I gasp. "and where am I?"
"You should tell me! After all you created this place," She smiles again. I now just notice that she is an alicorn.
"Am I related to you?"
"Brightfire, my power runs within you, so can you keep it safe?" She gives a worried expression.
I nod. "Where am I though?"
"It's called the Starlight lanes." She hands me a small crystal mirror. "I will answer any of your other questions later." She looks deep in my eyes. "But before you go, let me ask you this."
"Who are you?" She whispers "Your destiny is right in front of you but only Brightfire can complete it."
"But I am Brightfire!" I remark.
"Are you?"
"There is only one of each and every creature and there is definitely No pony going to replace me!" I explain.
"So once again, who are you?" She grins.
"I am Brightfire!" I confirm almost shouting.
"And you are the princess of the elements."
"I am Brightfire the princess of the elements!"
"Good!" She praises. She casts a spell causing my heart to burn as a dark shadow seeps out of my chest and vanishes. "Now go you have a prophecy to fulfill! look to the mirror to find me!"
"But how do I work it?" I beg.
"Use your imagination!" Then she and everything else fades away.
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A few moments later i'm back high up in the sky except this time i'm falling with my back facing the ground. I react lightning fast by spreading my wings, flipping right side up and landing on the big cloud. Everypony roars with excitement as they see me. I must have only been gone for a few minutes then because the sun was still setting. I rub my head it's getting harder to breathe and my whole body hurts. I keep on a strong face any ways. Tia and Luna come speeding up to me.
"Where did you go!" Tia asks furiously. I'm starting to feel dizzy. "I thought I lost you!"
Luna pulls me into an embrace, Tia soon follows. "Sometimes I wonder if you are still my little sis because you have grown!" Luna chuckles. We all do. Tia walks me to my room while Luna has to have an extreme bathroom break. Tia and I sit on my bed.
"I can't help but realize that things have been both exciting and strange lately." Tia looks out to my balcony.
"I completely agree!" I say and see a silver flash on my dresser. It's the mirror.
"Well, I'm pooped from the race! I think that I'm just going to call it a day." I yawn faking.
"You haven't even eaten dinner or lunch yet! Not to mention how you barely touched your food today, except for the porridge!"
"I will eat later, as in the middle of the night!" I joke.
She doesn't look amused.
"That was a joke. Something you are supposed to laugh at!" I explain amusingly. I feel like i'm about to pass out.
She shakes her head and tucks me in. She kisses my head. "I love you sis, I know things have been a little odd lately but it will all be fine."
Before she leaves I shout "Porridge and pickles!"
"What!" Tia jumps.
"Nothing!" I lie. My lungs felt like they were on fire right now. I could just scream. After she leaves me I pounce out of bed and grab the mirror with my magic. I look into the mirror.
"Hello?"
Nothing.
"Are you there?"
Still nothing. I place it on my bed and lean over it. My wolf necklace skims over it and it flashes.
"I told you that you would figure it out," I hear the familiar voice of the old alicorn. Her aged face appears on the surface.
"Ugh you could have told me!"
"I'm helping you." She softly replies.
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The knock on the door startles me for a second but I relax when I see that it's Luna. I feel a little disappointed that it wasn't Dreya I need to apologize to him.. She enters and shuts my door silently.
"Um, Luna?" I ask.
She glares at me and creeps over. "Hello little sis," The whisper sends chills up my spine.
"Come with me! I want you to meet some of my friends." She seems to add a little bounce to it.
"Ok! what time are we going tomorrow?" I ask.
"Now!" She grabs my hoof and drags me over to the balcony."Ready?"
"What NO!" she launches into the air dragging me along with her into the dark sky and she then dives towards the old cave Dreya used to live in.
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"Stop struggling or you will make it worse!"
When we arrived I had been blindfolded and carried off to, well somewhere! I fought against the hooves or claws that held me. Either way they were really sharp. I heard the sound of loud buzzing hoof, claw, and paw steps?
Finally after what seemed like hours I felt what ever holding me stop, and so did the many others.
It drops me to the ground and rips off my blind fold causing me to hit my head on the ground. "Ow!"
Something snatches off my blindfold furiously.
"Hey!" I hear Luna yell from somewhere behind me it much to dark to see. "You do NOT treat my sister like that you understand me!"
It mutters a yes.
"Excuse me?" Luna shouts this time.
"Yes princess." The creature adds in with a slight hiss.
"Chrysalis!" I see a glowing green light flicker and it buzzes over to where Luna is. My eyes finally adjust to the dark and I become more terrified than I ever had so far in my life. Countless black ponies with curved horns and holes in their legs and hooves. There were also holes in their green buzzing bug-like wings. "Luna," I meant to shout but it comes out in a whisper. My lungs burned horribly now, I couldn't breathe but I held on.
"Hey sis," Luna flies over to me.
"I want to go home Luna!" I snap and choke at the same time.
"Not yet," She shakes her head.
I groan in frustration. my lungs were killing me, and my sister just foal napped me. What a great night. An image of Dreya pops into my head. I need to go say sorry to him still.
I hear hoof steps behind me and they stop after a few moments. I turn to see a colt with a curved horn that was red at the tip and beautiful silver feathered wings, he also has a long shiny black mane and tail and dark grey pelt only a few inches from me. His laugh nearly scared the living daylights out of me. "Scared?"
I turn back around and pout.
"Don't tell me that you aren't the brave pony your sister has been telling me about!"
I give him a death glare.
"Of course! I'm very sorry princess!" He bows smirking. "My name is Sombra,"
He gently holds my hoof in his and kisses it. "Sombra of the fallen."
The fallen. The name sends chills up my spine. I roll my eyes and scoff. "You expect me to melt all over your hooves just like that SOMBRA OF THE FALLEN!" I slap him with my tail and walk away. "Not for a hot shot like you."
He bites the inside of his bottom lip for a moment and catches up to me, where ever I was going.
"Come with me so we can get this meeting over then," He gestures with his head over to a cave not far off into the distance.
"Fine!" I submit. He leads me silently through a large crowd of now sitting, well, things!
"You are probably wondering what they are," Sombra says with out looking back.
"You read my mind." I mutter loud enough for him to hear. He smiles at that.
"Changelings, and they can take any shape or form and you wouldn't even notice."
I look up at the blood red sky. Not a star in sight. Not even the moon. All around me is a brown and black land symbolizing death and decay. But I like to color for some reason. No trees in sight, only rocks and a gigantic mountain with many different holes and huge black clouds surround the very top. It must be where this whole swarm sleeps. Oh, so thats why I felt claws.
We are heading straight towards the mountain. A muscular changeling carries Sombra to the top cave. I fly after them. When we finally get there I see Luna behind a huge round table talking to a changeling sitting next to her who is bigger than the others.
"That's the changeling princess, Chrysalis." Sombra explains.
He leads me over to the other side of the table and sits next to me.
"No matter where you go, if there are two fillies like Chrysalis and Luna then there will be nonstop talking!" Sombra whispers. I Laugh and he smiles, obviously satisfied. "So thats the real you huh?"
I then feel comfortable for some reason and relax a little bit. We sit waiting and when about thirty minutes later three of the oddest creatures i've ever seen in my life burst into the cave. One is part pony, reptile, lion, and many others that I can't even name.
"The one that is mixed beyond recognition is Discord," Sombra explains. Discord has a bat wing and a pegasus wing that I can't help but stare at. The furry one is Scorpan, and the monkey faced one with the huge horns is his brother Tirek."
Discord and the other two fill in the remaining spots causing me to have to squish close to Sombra. our wings are touching due to the limited space.
Chrysalis clears her throat.
"Welcome my friends, once again for our thirtieth meeting of the New Age Force." it suddenly hits me that Luna has been strangely missing once every week. Has she been coming here?
"Enough with the fancy intro!" Tirek blurts out. He wraps one of his bulging muscular arms around me pulling me into a one armed bear hug. "I want to know who's our little friend here."
I attempt to squirm out of his grip but I'm trapped by his arm.
"Put my little sister down Tirek." Luna growls.
Tirek puts his hands up in defeat and I drop to the cold hard stone floor. Luckily Sombra catches me. A familiar memory flashes into my mind of when caught me years ago. Or more like broke my fall. I jump up realizing that I was staring at Sombra.
"What?" he asks in a whisper not wanting to interrupt Chrysalis who was once again back into her introduction.
"Nothing!" I whisper back hoping that he didn't hear the hint of embarrassment in my voice. Judging by his smile and silent chuckle, he probably did.
He leans over and then whispers in my ear. "You're blushing. So I can tell that's a lie."
He shuts up when Chrysalis shoots him a death glare.
"How about we welcome our newest member Brightfire," Chrysalis raises an eyebrow.
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After the interesting meeting where we only talked about recent events in Equestria I steped outside of the cave and immediately choked on the thick stench of pure black smoke in the air. I look down and It only take a small glance to take anypony's breath away.
"Never seen a dragon before?" Sombra asks teasingly.
"I've heard of them but I've never seen one!" I reply. It's a gigantic black dragon with curved horns that lean in front of his gapeing mouth with needle sharp teeth. The horns are like a bull that are twice the size of the dragons grand black head. It's huge leathery wings are withered and are worn at the edges the tail has a very thick bushel of feathers at the tip. Almost like a whip. The dragon was big enough to be able to wrap its wings around the castle and still have room to spare. It's eyes are the silver of the moon and shine like the stars. Much like my mothers eyes. No. Exactly like hers.
"Why is it here?" I question not taking my eyes off of the sitting dragon.
"you've got to be kidding me!" Sombra scoffs. "that is not an it He just happens to be the King of dragons!"
"oh! I'm sorry I didnt know." I apologize.
"It's fine, you have never seen a dragon before so I guess that it doesnt matter."
"Wait! I thought that the dragons hated us!" the thought itself confuses me.
"They do, especially the king." Sombra answers.
The look I give him tells him that I don't understand.
"I will tell you soon, but I think that it's about time for you to go home. Its almost morning."
Just him mentioning that it was almost morning made me realize how tired I was. If we didn't go home now then Tia and my parents would freak out.
Suddenly I stop breathing and my lungs feel like they are filled with water. I clutch my chest and fall over choking.
"S-S-S- ombra!" He holds me looking straight into my eyes with a worried expression. More like a "sweet hay apples there are crabs coming out of your ears!" expression. He is screaming something but I can't hear him or anything else around me. I only hear the ringing in my ears growing louder and louder until my head falls back and my vision turns black around the edges. Growing dimmer and dimmer until the last thing I see is the silver of the moon in the dragon king's eyes and my whole world stops.