Chapter 1
"It hatched?!" That was the first thing that Claudia said as she and Soren materialized in front of Callum, Rayla, Lujanne, Ellis and Zym, still standing at the summit of the Cursed Caldera.
"Yes, captain obvious, it hatched", said Soren, "it doesn't take a genius to realize that." Ignoring him, Claudia ran up to the baby dragon and embraced it.
"Its so cute!", Claudia said, "I mean, it's a super dangerous, powerful weapon but-" At the same time, she and Soren looked up and noticed Rayla who was standing in front of them, smirking.
Claudia chanted a spell, freezing Rayla in place as Soren ran towards her, his sword held in position to make a killing blow.
"No!", Callum and Ezran yelled in unison.
"Frozio lunaris!", Lujanne shouted, gesturing towards the moon then towards Soren. A beam of moonlight shot from the sky and struck him in his back, freezing him in place.
"What did you do to him?!", Claudia asked angrily.
"Nothing you should worry about", Lujanne said, "All I did was use a spell to temporarily freeze your friends brain functioning in place."
"You WHAT?!", Claudia shouted.
"In a few hours, he will be back to normal with no lasting injury or trauma", Lujanne said, "like I said, it's nothing you should worry about." With difficulty, Claudia forced herself to turn her attention to Callum, Ezran, Rayla, Ellis and Zym. The storm dragon had just started to chase Bait around in circles.
"Callum and Ezran", Claudia said, trying to keep her voice steady, "step away from the elves. I can handle them. You'll be safe soon." Her hands filled with black fire.
"Claudia", Callum said, "let me explain."
"What do you mean let me explain?!", Claudia asked, "she's a moonshadow elf. She'll kill you!"
"No", Rayla said, "they're my friends, I would never try to kill them."
"Well.."
"That doesn't count!", Rayla cried."
"If that's true, then why have you kidnapped them?", Claudia asked.
"She didn't kidnap us", Ezran said, "we decided to-" He was cut off by a soft zapping sound coming behind him. Ezran looked down to see Zym standing over Bait, licking him, causing small electric shocks to hit his body. Bait grumbled unhappily. Smiling, Ezran picked the glow toad up, away from Zym's reach.
"Perhaps we should talk about this over dinner", said Lujanne, "it is getting late."
"Dinner sounds great!", said Ellis. Claudia glared at Lujanne and Rayla for a full ten seconds.
"Alright", she said, suddenly smiling. As they walked towards the long outdoor tables in the distance, Claudia narrowed her eyes at Rayla and Lujanne.
"One wrong move Elves and I swear to Plaxian, I will do whatever it takes to finish you off", she muttered.
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