Chapter 1

Her heart began to pound violently against her ribcage, as she walked through the marble halls, with a silver staff in one paw. The pale rose colored dragoness was draped in red and green robes, that dragged across the smooth surface.

"Do not worry princess, all shall be fine" whispered a dull blue dragon into her ear, who held a paw behind his back

She turned to the male blue dragon "Thank you Azur, my friend" and gave the dragon a warm hearted smile "I just wish you could go there with me" she admitted, lowering her gaze

Gently he placed a paw on her shoulder "No matter where you are, I will always be there" he said with a tender voice

She stopped, and instantly threw her arms around her old friend's neck "I'll miss you Azur!" she sobbed

This sudden gesture caught him by surprise, but only for a moment before he returned it "I know Ying, just be strong and give it a try, maybe you might like with what you find" he added, releasing her from the embrace "Besides, wasn't it your dream to be queen and lead the counsel?" he asked, beginning to lead her towards a giant metal door

The two dragons stopped infront of it, both knowing that this would be them last time they would be seeing each other again.

"Just yesterday we dreamed of going through these doors, now we dread it..." Ying whispered to herself

Just before she could open the door, he stopped her with a firm paw on her elbow "Please be careful out there, and also be wary of the war, I've heard rumors of the serpentine breaking the treaty with the masters" he quickly added, with a stern tone

She gave a nod "I will..." she promised, slowly wrapping her talons around the handle, and pushed it open

The light inside the tiny room was quite bright, blinding her only momentarily before her eyes soon adjusted to it. The room was made out of pure limestone, giving it a medieval look. She noticed a blue crystal sitting in the center, on top of a lavender silk made pillow.

"Ying Fourthstar, daughter of Yuna Fourthstar" it began, startling her a bit "The day has come for you to take your place as queen and leader of the counsel" the crystal spoke, its voice rising in volume with every word "Do you accept?"

For a moment her heart stopped, but made her decision "I...accept" her voice formal

"Then place your paw on the crystal" as it said this, it began to shimmer

Instantly she placed her paw on the crystal, causing it to release a red mist that soon engulfed her.

A burning sensation ran through her limbs, but was countered with a cold harsh wind, that blanketed her body. She gritted her fangs and shut her eyes, trying to bare the pain which lasted only for about an hour, until she finally began to open them. She soon regretted doing that, because a large humanoid blue snake with two red eyes and a fairly large cobras' hood stood infront of her, very close to her face, barely touching each others snouts.

He gave her a wicked smile "Hello...princessss" he chuckled

Surprised that he spoke gave out s a yelp, and began to back away quickly, but was stopped by two other blue hooded snakes, but with different markings then the one that spoke. With great haste they began to tie her up, only allowing both her legs an head any movement, then both grabbed her firmly by the arms and quietly lead Ying to their cold underground dwelling, with her silently shedding tears along the way and wondering how today had gone very wrong, very fast.