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New Author's Note: This story is not mine from the start but originally belongs to FallenSurvivor'sBestie and it is my honour to continue and finish this story.

Document 1: by FallenSurvivor'sBestie

So this is obviously AU and Fantasy, because I love wizards and dragons and damsels in distress, so I hope you enjoy this. And thank you FallenSurvivor for forcing me to get an account and posting this…on your account….and support when I cried over this…and….you know what lets just start the story

The black dragon walked through the huge hall of his fortress, a palace within the mountain. Piles of treasure around him as he read over ancient scrolls, something becoming increasingly hard as he grew larger and he decided on that day he needed something. Someone.

It was becoming fad for his fellow dragons to acquire princesses to work for them. But that was stupid, because eventually a knight would come for the valuable girl and kill the beast, yada, yada, yada. The same old, same old.

Besides, he didn't want some prim and proper girl that couldn't do a thing for herself much less for what he needed. But who could he get?

His coal scales covering him and ashen horns crowning him as the king of his brethren, his great blue eyes looked at the tiny text. Damn it was hard to read these days, no room to twist around. He need a servant, not a slave that was of the lower class dragons, no he needed a servant who would be loyal to him.

But who?

He gave up on reading and exited his palace, stretching his great midnight, leathery wings. Taking to the skies, toward the human's village and castle, he just needed a good servant even if it was one of those disgusting creatures.

As he flew high above, something caught his sensitive ears, and he had to investigate. It was a voice, a girl was singing by the river, but what she didn't see was the men watching her in the bushes. He stayed high up to watch as the man moved in.

His excellent vision showed the beautiful girl with olive tone skin and dark hair and eyes tense and begin shaking as she turned towards the man who looked at her like a piece of meat. It wasn't until a very little girl came running out of the clearing calling for the older girl that he began to descend. Was this her hatchling?

His huge size gave him only so much of a surprise before he let out a growl, long and low, landing behind the girl and trapping both her and the little one.

Before the man could run off, the great dragon snapped out his tail and speared it through the human's neck, ending his pathetic existence.

The girls screamed or cried, but he patiently spoke out in a soft gentle voice, explaining himself in their language he had learned so long ago.

"My little dears, I will not hurt you." He watched the older girl stare at him with wet lashed eyes, she was perfect for what he needed, if only she could read.

"Pl-please, I will give you anything, just don't hurt us, I will give you my books or-"

"You can read!" he was excited, but she just cringed back. "I will make you a deal, I am oh so lonely at my home and I would like some company, I would like you to come live with me, I am far too big to keep things clean and I keep tearing my ancient scrolls. I will bring your offspring as well if you wish, for I mean no harm." She trembled much less and looked at his claws and teeth. "It will only be for a year and you will be paid well."

"She is my sister, I need to give her to my parents, and say farewell, please just don't hurt us." She begged once more as he smiled, scaring her more. He slowly reached out and wrapped his paw around the two, gently placing them on his neck, just behind his horns where they won't be caught by the wind.

He decided instead of flying high, he would glide just over the trees taking them to village to finish this bargain.

He heard their screams as the village spotted him and attempted to flee. Speeding up a bit and cutting them off, before addressing them. He reached back and lowered the girls to the ground, where a man grabbed them and put them behind his little form.

"Daddy, I-I need to go with him, he saved us." She waved to her sister who cried silently in their mother's bosom.

"Come little one, I have many scrolls unfinished," the dragon fluttered his wings for her to come hither, which she did after a quick hug to her family. "And as first payment," He stuck his chin out and scratched it, dislodging a jewel, one of the many he sleeps on to become an armor for his under belly, falls to the ground, before he presented it to man, her father.

She stood before him as he gently lifted her into his claws and took to the great blue sky, on way to his home with his little helper.

He finally climbed the mountain and slowly landed, careful of his precious cargo and let her into his home and out of the wind as soon as he could. He heard a sharp intake of breath and watched her stare around at the elegant and dragon sized entrance hall as the great doors locked, almost like a vault.

"I think you will like it here. Come to the library, I must finish my scrolls." He stopped to look at her, "Actually, why don't you go get cleaned up and dressed adequately as I cook diner." He showed her to her room. The fact that all the doors but the front entrance had small human sized doors to them were because the previous dragon, his grandsire, had a human servant who died some years back.

He despised the old human, but his new human was much better.

Looking down at her as she surveyed her huge room that had the appropriate sized furniture for her. "Bath, and then dress in a nice gown, I believe I stole some fabric as well, so if you would like to make something go ahead, and the keys on that table go to every human sized door. When you look well I will return to you for dinner, I will cook a calf."

He turned and left her, hurrying to the entrance, he couldn't wait to show her finery and finish what he started. Besides, he felt happy.

As he flew over the fields he caught sign of something very bad. Another dragon was in his territory.

He grabbed an animal and raced back to his palace, finding sign after sign of another dragon.

No, no, no.

"LITTLE ONE?" He called out as soon as his doors shut, looking for his little servant. She ran from the room, dressed in a deep purple gown that brought out her skin tones and a bit of make up on. She was gorgeous, really, really gorgeous.

"Um, My Lord?" She curtsied and stared at him in worry.

"Has anyone entered? Have you heard anything? Are you okay?" He felt smoke exit his nostrils and used his wing to bring her closer. She was cold against his burning scales. He liked it. This little one was quiet a beauty. Oh all the other dragons will be jealous of his little servant.

"No, no, and yes, Sire, everything seems fine." She reached out and petted his shoulder, a purr escaping him. He looked at her wide eyed.

"That wasn't me, I….uh-" he went silent. "I am called Markatheus, but seeing as you are my servant, you may address me as Mark." he leaned down to look into her amber eyes, "Like Jewels." He whispered, but she heard perfectly.

"My Lord….Sire…"

"Mark."

"Mark, I am honored to introduced myself as Madelyn Shannon." She smiled, or tried to. "But Maddy is good."

Maddy was perfect for a companion.