Yet another story I probably don't finish lol. Maybe I'll go give crappy endings to some of them. I'm actually really in love with this story and hope you guys enjoy it as well. It goes without saying everyone is OOC just like with all my stories. I have several other Fablehaven Fanfics as well if you would like to check them out. I think most of them are finished (because they're mostly oneshots) but I'm really not sure.

Kendra Sorenson starred out her bedroom window, looking out upon the hidden dangers of the dragon sanctuary, Wrymroost. The land was amazing, and as she spent
more time in the secret preserve, the more she began to hate it.

It had been five months of relative peace. Five months without a disturbance from Celebrant, the Dragon King, or his cronies. Five months since anyone had
last heard from Bracken or Agad.

After Soaring Cliffs fell to the dragons no one had made any contact with the two. Agad, the wizard who had taken over as caretaker, had seemingly vanish. And
all that was left of Bracken, who had gone to fight the dark unicorn Ronodin, was his first horn that Kendra kept in her possession.

She stared at the pearly white horn, only the size of a dagger , and her mind drifted of to the unicorn. Where was he? Was he hurt? Had he been captured yet
again?

Bracken was extremely resourceful. The Fairy Queen constantly told Kendra that she hade nothing to worry about. Her son was a skilled warrior and the most
qualified for the job of ridding the world of the darkened unicorn, but Kendra's mind always strayed to the years Bracken spent in the dungeon of the Living Mirage
and how he was unable to escape. No matter how much reassurance she received, she couldn't help but fret.

Kendra wished she could be out there looking for Bracken, but when she and her little brother Seth became co-caretakers of Wrymroost they became bound to the
preserve for a year, only leaving for short amounts of time, unless Celebrant, who ran the preserve along with the two siblings, allowed for a replacement caretaker.
However, this would never occur for may reasons, a big one being that Kendra publicly humiliated the dragon king in front of all the people who respected him.
Her hand brushed along the sides of the horn and she sighed. 'Bracken,' she said in her mind, 'can you hear me?'

Just like the past five months she received no answer. She held back her tears. Why couldn't anything in her life be simple? She already got stuck fighting
the demons, and now the dragons? It wasn't fair. She just wished that it could all be over already, She would find Bracken and he would give her the kiss she had been
waiting for. But her life was a rollercoaster that never seemed to end.

There was a loud knock on her door and Kendra internally groaned. She hated visitors, she had recently been keeping to herself unless there was an urgent need
to be around the others.

"Come in."

Seth bounced into her room, happy as ever. Kendra prepared for him to shout excitedly in her face.

"Kendra! Guess what!"

"What," she said in annoyance.

"Some dragons are arguing down by the mountain peak and we need to go settle it!"

She rolled her eyes. "Can't I go by myself? I can do it a lot quicker without your opinions getting in my way."

Seth's excitement faltered a little as he spoke, "Stronger together, right? Besides, co-caretakers, remember? Listen to the prefixes. I thought you were
smarter than this!"

She sighed, "Go away Seth, I'll meet you in the stables when I'm ready."

"Whatever," he mumbled as he walked away and slammed the door on his way out.

Kendra fell back on her bed when the loud noise was over. She didn't mean to be rude to her little brother, but lately she became a lot less patient than
she normally was. Though she realized this herself, she couldn't stop saying things she didn't entirely mean in the heat of the moment. The tears came again, and
this time she wasn't able to hold them back.

About half an hour later Kendra was finally able to get out of her bed. She made her way down to the stables, ignoring as many people as possible along the
way. She reached her destination, to find Seth pacing around near the Griffins.

"Seriously Kendra? It's been almost an hour! They dragons could have killed each other by now!"

"I know, I'm sorry," Kendra responded trying to sound as sincere as possible.

"What the hell is going on with you?"

"Hey," She snapped, "Don't talk like that. It's disrespectful. And you're only fourteen."

"You're only sixteen and we run a dragon preserve for heaven sake! I think you and I both can handle a little profanity."

"Whatever Seth, come on, you're wasting time."

They both picked out there griffins and took flight towards the mountain peak. Being with magical creatures is the only time Kendra has felt like herself in
the past months. Flying on the griffin she could forget everything and focus on the wind blowing her hair behind her, she could let herself go. Bracken, Agad,
Wyrmroost, Fablehaven, and the nightmares left her brain. She was free for a few moments.

Then, like they always do, the griffins landed, and reality came swirling back.

Kendra and Seth dismounted the large creatures, and she immediately saw the two dragons. They walked against the crunchy terrain. As they approached the dragons
Kendra was able to get a closer look at the beasts.

She first noticed the smaller reddish-maroon colored one, with wings that looked to be twice the size of it's body. Spikes covered it's gorgeous back in an
intimidating, yet fascinating way.

The larger dragon was a yellow-green dragon. To Kendra it must of been one of the least intimidating dragons she had ever seen. Tiny wings, no spike what
so ever, and purple dots covering its entire body.

They reached the dragons mid conversation. "They don't deserve to have you mucking up their lives!" the yellow-green dragon shouted.

"Well," the red dragon responded, " if their mother wasn't the weakest dragon in this prison, maybe I wouldn't need to be here to protect them."

"Woah, woah, woah, we all need to calm down," Seth spoke confidently out against the dragons. "What seems to be the problem?"

"Did you call the Caretakers in, Nimira?" the red dragon asked. "Goodness grief I can't believe you!"

The yellow-green dragon, whose name was apparently Nimira responded, "Of course I did. Rather we get this settled instead of Celebrant coming down to punish
us for causing a disturbance like he did to Alcoza and Obora."

"You're ridiculous," the unnamed red dragon concluded to himself.

"I feel I'm the only sane one in this situation!"

"Okay!" Kendra shouted, attempting to end the argument. "What seems to be the problem here?"

"My ex-mate here, Ugoto, seems to believe I'm going to be an unfit mother to our hatchlings, when I have been here protecting them everyday while he's been
off running around with some nymph!" Nimira angrily stated.

"Well maybe I wouldn't need the nymph if you didn't nag .time."

"Custody battle between dragons," Seth said under his breath, "This is a first."

Kendra elbowed him in his chest before shouting up to the dragons, "If you two can't decide then I will. You both will have fifty-fifty visiting time with
the hatchlings. The matter will be open for change if, and only if, I'm contacted a month after they hatch. That is my final decision at this point in the time."
She dragged Seth, his hand in hers, back to the stationed griffins, leaving both dragons in shock. Seth stomped angrily when he could. Finally, once they
were out of sight from the dragons, he angrily shook his hand off of hers.

"What the hell was that?"

"What the hell was what?" Kendra matched his furious tone of voice.

"You made that decision without hearing what I had to say, or, the most important part, what they had to say!"

"If I didn't make that decision, we would have been stuck there for hours."

"It doesn't matter! We should have made that decision together!"

Kendra got on her griffin and rolled her eyes. "Be honest with yourself, Seth. Your comments would have been the main reason it would have taken so long in the
first place." She dusted off some dirt from the griffins head ,and leaned down to whisper her destination in his ear. Then, she looked back up at Seth. "I'll see you
back at The Keep." She and the griffin took off in the air, leaving her brother before he even had the chance to get on his.

Though she had told her brother she would see him back at Blackwell Keep, she had a different plan in mind. The griffin soared through the air, past mountains
and rivers, and her favorite: scorched plots of land.

She flew on the back for several minutes before spotting her secret spot; a cave in the back of the biggest mountain of the entire sanctuary of Wrymroost.
It has her sanctuary. The place she often went when she didn't want to be around anybody. The place she came to cry. The place she came to be selfish for once in her
life.

She hopped off her griffin and pet her head. Griffins were known to be extremely proud creatures, but after five months, this one had finally warmed up to
Kendra. "It's alright, Taieka. We'll only be here for a little while." The griffin nodded her head.

Kendra left the griffin and headed deeper in the cave. Cobwebs stuck to her skin like leeches, but by now she was far to use to it. Rocks crunched beneath her
feet and almost broke through her shoes. Sometimes, they did, and she didn't mind it that much. Often, she deliberately took them off. It would sometimes leave her
feet scarred for weeks at time.

Kendra walked for about five minutes down the corridor when she finally reached her chamber. Over the months Kendra had stocked it with everything she could
possibly need incase she wanted to disappear for a while. A homemade mattress, made from feathers and sheets she had torn up and sewed together. On top was a blanket
she would never admit she had kept from her childhood. A cabinet full of food, matches and water. Buckets...for...using. A number of drawing utensils, for it had
become a habit of hers to cover the walls, and finally, he favorite of all, hidden in a place where no light shown was bottle among bottle of alcohol she had stolen
from the cabinets not only from Wry roost, but Fablehaven as well.

She walked over to her 'stash' and grabbed a bottle of something, she didn't really care what, and took a gulp. It burnt all the way down her throat. She
smiled at the feeling. She grabbed a few more bottle and made her way over to her bed. There she drank the bottles, one by one until she wasn't herself anymore.

Thanks for the read!