Dragon Master
Part Two
Dragon's Power
By, TigerWolf
~ Authors Note ~
This story is a sequel to "Dragon Master" which is an Escaflowne Fan Fiction (Duh). If you have not read "Dragon Master", please do otherwise, for this mayor may not be hard to follow if you have not read that story. Thank you.
All you other people who have read "Dragon Master": Thank you for your reviews and support while I was writing the story. I hope you all like this sequel, which I promised.
Chapter One
~ Starting Again ~
"Gaea is a world were the heart and the soul roam free. A place where your wishes can become reality and how strong your will is can determine the outcome. The mythological and supernatural creatures and people of the Mystic Moon created, Gaea, long ago. On the Mystic Moon, they were feared, hunted and killed, only because they were different. The fears and anger of the Mystic Moon's people had wished the 'demons' away, and so Gaea was created. Any of those that had any magical power or had witnessed and believed in the Mystic Moon's magic and mythological creatures was sent to Gaea, a land were they would be excepted and live in happiness and have adventures. Because magic is something that can't truly and completely be eliminated from any culture or even the Mystic Moon, some magic was left behind. Those with extraordinary powerful magic were called to Gaea to live there life there.
"Gaea in the early ages was separated into two continents, in the hopes to help prevent wars. One continent was a place for sorcerers, wizards and people with magical powers, with few magical creatures which were the most dangerous, called Saragway. The other continent was a place for magical creatures of all kinds and there were few people with magical powers this place was called Gatesan. The two continents were formed in the hope that there would be no kind of magical hierarchy of power on Gaea and that the magical creatures would be able to live free, not used as a sign of power.
"As time passed on Gaea the people on Gatesan, our land, told tales and sung songs about the other continent all the people wondered what it was like on the mysterious land. But a magical barrier surrounded the other continent, making it so you can never visit the other land. So the people of both lands were left in the dark about each other.
"People wondered why the creators would do such a thing as to separate the lands so. Some people thought it was a mistake, because it would engage human curiosity and people would try all possible ways of getting to the other land. Some people thought it was a blessing in disguise, because what ever lay on the other land might need to be kept from them. Most people did not care only for the fact they did not know about the land, for the reasons most have never seen it. The only people who believed the land existed were scholars and nobility, they themselves having either founded the research done or read the logs of previous expeditions to the great barrier. So the land lies as a mystery to us all, and the question of whether or not we want the barrier to fall is a question we still have not answered."
"But Lady Maya, what do you think should happen to the barrier? Do you think it should come down?"
"Now little one, what I think I'm not going to tell you, you should make your own decisions on whether the barrier should come down."
The little girl was leaning against Maya on a couch in the study looking at a book in Maya's hand, then she got up. She had curly golden hair and deep brown eyes, and wore a simple light purple dress. "I think it should stay there. If it's there, then it's there for a reason, most likely either protecting us from them or them from us. And also I think they can keep the really dangerous creatures, dragons are enough for me." The little girl stated. Maya laughed a bit at what the girl said.
"You and Dragons, it seems you can't figure out your opinion of them, whether you love them or fear them. But either way, as long as you respect them and realize their power you'll be ok." Maya said. The little girl gave her a fake little pout.
"So do you know when my Daddy is going to get out of that meeting with King Van?" The little girl asked. Maya had been watching her through the day for three reasons. One both King Dryden and King Van asked her two, and secondly the little princess had practically demanded Maya to watch her, and thirdly it got her out of that meeting on tread negations.
"No I don't hun, but it should not be too much longer." Poor Dilandau, having to sit through that. It serves him right though, he abandoned me in the last three meetings.
"I hope it's a lot longer. I don't want to go back to Austria, I want to stay here in Fanelia with you." The princess said not in a little girl way but in a longing way. She meant it; this was not a little girl tantrum. Maya sighed, and looked and at the girl with loving eyes.
"Now Elena, you know you have to go back and you can't stay here. Your parents love you a lot, and as much as you would like to escape your duties as a Princess, you can't. People need you to be there, but it doesn't, mean you have to acted completely like a good little princess." Maya said with a wink "Have fun! you are a kid, just remember that you do have obligations." The little girl sighed she knew Maya was right.
"I know, but I just love being here and the way you treat me. You drop the royalty stuff with me and you treat me like a normal person. You take me out to have fun, something I can't do with me parents because wherever they go they are recognized."
"Well that may be, but remember you aren't an ordinary girl either, you're smarter then you look and more mature, the one reason I can put up with ya." Maya said, and messed with the girl's hair. She quickly ducked away from her and straightened her hair out some while giggling.
"Well, you are right like always, sometimes I wonder though if you realize how lucky you are. King Van lets you do whatever you wish, you got to learn how to fight, and you're a General and you get to be in love with the one you love, instead of some prince from a far away land." The princess stated, while looking out the window onto Fanelia.
"Well I'm not an ordinary princess either, for many reasons, and I think we know those large ones. I lived on the Mystic Moon 'till less then a year ago and I'm the Dragon Master. So I have some excuses for not acting like a proper princess, but it still doesn't mean I'm not looked at horribly because of that. Here, the way I dress and the fact I'm a General is appalling to some and I thank God that Fanelia is not damaged because of it. So I do realize my freedom compared to you, but you should understand the cost of it, and how it could be a lot worse." Maya stated simply.
"Well, I know you're not all that appalling to most, you do have almost every Prince on Gaea fantasizing about you, your strength and possession call them to you. And your Beauty is well known to them." She said and giggled.
"Believe what you must, but I know where my heart belongs and it's not to them. I do wish the way me strength and 'beauty' (as you so put it) was as well know as how my heart all ready belongs to someone."
The little girl smiled and turned to Maya. "So, any other stories you could tell me?"
"Hmm, lets see." Maya said any started to go through some on the books on one of the shelves in the study. She pulled out a book with a dark blue book with silver lettering. The silver was faded along with the book, making it look very old. She walked over to the couch and the Princess Elena came and sat beside her. Maya opened the book to the first couple of pages to a map of Gaea and the Mystic Moon as Gaea could see it. Maya started to tell the story of Gaea's creation to the little girl, a different version from befour. Soon she was asleep against her. Maya sighed and moved the little princess over gently so she would not disturb her sleep. She walked out of the study, telling one of the servants to watch over her in her sleep. She would be in the training grounds, if she woke up.
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Maya walked out on the training grounds. Sword at her side, she walked up to the group of knights (perversely known as the Dragon Slayers).
"Lady Maya, you decided to join us." Gatti said. Maya gave him an evil look for saying 'lady.'
"Yes, the Princess has come to get us." Magul popped in.
"How can we be at service to you, Princess Maya?" Chesta said followed by a bow.
"Shut up. All of you, otherwise I'll give you a little piece of hell today that you'll regret." All the Knights started to laugh; they knew Maya hated being called 'Lady' and "Princess' by them when they did not have to. And it was always fun to watch her reaction. Maya scowled and was about ready to make them all do ten suicides on the castle's front garden which was a mile long almost. But Gatti looked up and pointed to a man ridding in on a white horse. A blue coat of arms was across the horse and the man was dressed in fine clothing. Maya picked up a rock of the ground and threw it at the man, hitting him in the arm. The man stopped abruptly and rode over to the group of knights with a look of fury. He stopped, dismounted and looked over the knights. He was tall and handsome, most would say. He had soft brown eyes and hair almost like Van's but brown. He wore black pants and a black long-sleeved shirt covered by a blue vest with a code of arms embroidered on it, and a black and blue scabbard at his side holding his sword.
"Which one of you dishonorable Knights dare to disrespect me, Prince Hunt of Tishion?" The Prince said in a stern tone. His voice sounded like it's own unique instrument, you could tell he normally had girls hanging off of him.
"I think you've done it this time. Tishion, that's the forth most powerful country, and it's heard he has almost every princess asking for marriage from him." Magul said.
"Yep, he's right, I wonder why he could be here?" Chesta said sarcastically. The prince was looking at them strangely because the knights/ slayers started to laugh some.
Maya was behind two of the Knights, Hunter and Blade and pushed between them. "I threw the rock, so what you going to do about it?" She said. Prince Hunt just stared for a moment, shocked that it was a girl and because of Maya's beauty. Over the time, she still kept her hair short (by Gaean standards) so it was barely brushing her shoulders. It was also wavy, with red and blond highlights. Her eyes were a palette of different blues; some soft, most bold, making her eyes look like they were dancing and moving like the seas. She was wearing black pants and a simple blue tank top that tied together at her chest, and at her side was her sword, which had an elegant scabbard which was black with blue gems. She was breath taking by his standards. She looks like she could be the princess by her beauty, but she can't be a princess! A princess would never be allowed to be dressed like that or be out with these knights and joking with them, Prince Hunt thought.
"You should watch were you're throwing things for now on." Prince Hunt said, the knights started snickering, he was getting frustrated.
"I did not miss, you were my target." Maya replied.
"Then what do you want then girl?" Prince Hunt said. He was not prepared to start a fight with a girl. He refused to fight girls. That went against chivalry.
"I was wondering what your business was in Fanelia." Maya said
"That is between me and the Princess of Fanelia, not you," He stated matter of factly.
"Well then it is mine. I am Maya de Fanel, Dragon Master, Princess of Fanelia and Head General." The color of his face faded a little, Maya purposely stated all of her titles to scare him a bit. "What can I do for you?"
She's a General! A fighter, a strong leader, beautiful. She would make the perfect queen. My advisers told me to watch out for her, that she may be one I can't have, is this what they would not tell me?
"May we talk alone?""Depends, if you're here to try and court me then you can leave now, if you're here on business matters then we can talk later." Maya said. He got a nervous twitch when I asked if he was here to court me, Damn... "You're here to court me." Maya stated and rolled her eyes. "I'm not interested no offense, so please just give up befour I hurt you. And if you're planning to ask King Van behind my back for my hand be warned. He's letting me chose my husband, and plus I'm being courted by General Dilandau and we're planning to marry."
The Prince inwardly flinched at her straight forwardness, I'm not giving up yet, she's not married yet, plus a women has never refuse my advances. "Well then, I'll see you at the ball tonight. There I will ask for a dance, and you can't refuse, for that will be disrespectful of Fanelia." Prince Hunt mounted his horse and left.
Maya turned toward the Knights. "Well it looks like that one may be hard to get rid of, I hope Dilandau doesn't give him a beating like he did to the last one." Maya said.
The Knights laughed, for all the princes, (eight total) and even Kings (three) that had come to Fanelia for Maya's hand was turning into a very interesting show. "Well it's not like he doesn't have to worry about getting a good beating from you either. Let's see, you're at five princes you've beaten up and two kings. And Dilandau had only fought two princes. To me it seems they should be more afraid of you then him, also considering you scared that prince and king of with only words." Blade said, they all started to laugh more.
"Well I'm going to go practice my sword befour the ball tonight, I almost forgot about it, if I don't go now, Hitomi and Merle will be after me to get ready and we still have six hours!" Maya said, and started to walk away then she stopped and turned around. "Oh yeah, four suicides on the front lawn for getting a laugh out of your commanding officer." They started to complain. "Make that the back lawn." That was twice as long, that shut them up, "Oh yeah I'll be watching so don't slack off, your only cheating yourself if you do, plus, I'll catch you and that's more for you all. Then at the ball tonight you'll be to tired to dance with all the beautiful young ladies." She finished and walked of to her spot in the gardens.
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Maya's Point of View
Once I reached an old tree that laid by the forest line I was about to pull my sword out, when I felt a weird tingle go through my body. Then the wind seemed to pick up a little and sky went dark, like a late evening sky. Then I felt immense pain go through my body, it felt like my skin was on fire. I fell to my knees, screaming in agony. Once on my knees the pain only worsened and then my bones felt like they were being ripped out. I felt the tears running down my checks and they left a trail that felt like ice on my burning skin. Then my vision started to blur to blue, then to blackness as I passed out from the pain.
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Throughout the inner castle, everyone heard a heart stopping cry from the gardens. The guards closest to Maya knew they were her cries and rushed towards her. The Knights stopped their suicides nearby, knowing they were her cries and ran to her, ready to kill whoever was causing her pain. Both the guards and Knights arrived at the same time, as Maya fell to her knees in pain and doubled over. They stopped about fifteen feet away, afraid of what was happening. Van, Hitomi and Dilandau all felt her pain and rushed to her, arriving right after the guards. They all watched in horror as she was knelt down and crying out in pain, afraid to go no closer then the others.
Then her screams hushed for a second, and wings came out from her back. She screamed out again, now that her heritage was shown. Dilandau was now being held back by Van so he would not run to her side. Her pure white wings with blue tips started to change from white to gray to black with navy blue tips. Van, shocked and scared for his sister, let Dilandau go and he started to run to her side. Just as he was, a blue light spread out from Maya, then a shock wave knocked every one down. Then the light came back in itself blocking Maya from everyone's view. The screams had stopped and everyone feared the worst. Then flames erupted around the blue and then just as quickly subsided. The blue collapsed in on itself and Maya was left unconscious, back on the ground.
Dilandau was instantly at her side, on his knees. He had a tear running down his face and reached out an unsure hand to touch her. He touched her check and it felt warm, not feverish worm, but alive warm. He could now see her breathing and he checked her pulse, it was strong. He picked her up in his arms and walked towards the castle. Van and Hitomi followed close behind.
Once they reached Maya's room, Dilandau placed her on her bed. A team of healers came rushing in and pushed the three dragons out of the room. Once the door was shut in Dilandau's face, he slumped against the opposite wall and slipped into a sitting position. Van and Hitomi did the same. After about five minutes of silence Hitomi spoke. "I wonder what happened out there, I wonder what happened to her. Her screams..." Hitomi could not finish. Van held her close. Dilandau closed his eyes.
"I think it's starting again. Don't you feel the presence of misfortune coming upon us? The feeling that the balance that were chosen to protect altered?" Van and Hitomi nodded. They did not have time to continue their conversation as the healers came out of the room, three looking worn out and nursing some bruises. All three of the dragons raised an eyebrow at this. The head healer came over to them.
"As we can determine there is nothing physically wrong with the Princess, she is now just in a deep sleep and we do not know when she will awaken. She seems to be having a nightmare, or she is having a battle with her mind. Right now she is lashing out in her sleep and we cannot restrain her…we don't want her to hurt herself." Dilandau went past the Healer and to the door. "I would not go in there, she is liable to hurt you." The healer said over to him, knowing he could not stop him.
Dilandau grinned, "I know and she won't hurt me much, she's having those dreams again and she needs me. She hasn't had them sense she first got here. It only confirms what we fear, about the balance being disturbed." Dilandau said, then opened the door and closed it silently.
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Maya's Mind
Everything around me was pure black. I could not see my hand in front of me if I placed it there. It was also deathly silent. I could not even hear my own breathing. Just as I was pondering where I could be, a wind picked up from nowhere. I could hear it howling and swirling around me. The wind did not feel either cold or hot, it was just wind. Then a ring of fire lit around me, with the flames reaching well above me. The sudden light from it made me squint my eyes until they adjusted. Then the wind that was still circling me lifted me into the air. I could feel my hair whipping around in the wind, and the heat from the flames. I looked around, I was lifted about ten inches of the ground then from right underneath me a pool of water formed and spread out all within the circle of the fire. I also noticed my pendant was glowing blue and lay slightly off my chest. "What's going on?" I asked, my words echoed in a different way. It did not sound like my voice, but that of another.
In the water below me, a part of it had turned into a viewing pool with a picture of Gaea in it. The same weird echo voice started to talk. "In Gaea's creation two continents were formed. One called Saragway, were the sorcerers and sorceresses would live alone, with the most dangerous creatures such as griffins and hippogriffs. These people and creatures were the most dangerous to Gaea's future, only because they had the power to take control of Gaea making a magical hierarchy. The Draconeans, a proud and peace making people, joined with the gods to place a barrier over Saragway, making it so nothing could get in or out.
"This barrier is a key factor in keeping balance on Gaea, if it is broken then chaos will shortly follow and then the unmaking of Gaea. The strings of fate have prophesied what will happen centuries ago. The apocalypse has started, you have one moon, only you and your dragons can stop it." At that second, images started to flash in front of my eyes of battlefields, death, destruction and chaos. At the same time, this was charmed into my head.
The barrier that separates two worlds within a world will fall,
Mischief and chaos will spread like a plague,
Slow at first then rapid with time.
Four Dragons will stand united,
Elements, Earth, Illusion, Light.
False love, false marriage of a kingdom of woe.
From a Prince of wow the intended will not unit.
A dragons scorn will start it all
Evil shale win over good and the first day will start,
With the cries of Griffins and the flight of dragons,
The moons - - - -
The words faded away without finishing. But the flashes still pored through my head, of violence and destruction. Then Gaea exploded. Nothingness is what existed.
Then the water beneath came up to me and entered by chest, the ring of flames closed in and engulfed my body, then the wind circled me and pressed against my chest. Blackness then surrounded me once again. The picture of Gaea came in front of me, "Save Gaea, Save me." The echo said. Gaea exploded in front of me again, and I could do nothing about it.
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Authors Note:
Ok there's the first part, I wanted to say this story is dedicated to all my supporting friends out there that helped me through Dragon Master's first part.
I also wanted to remind people I'm a High School Senior and I got lots of pressures, and I'll try to update as soon as possible. And lastly please review, I love comments and suggestions, and even the once that tell me to hurry up and write more. But Note to yourself when you review, I know I am a bad speller and my grammar needs work, so don't flame me about that because I'm working hard at improving there. Thanks.
Also like I said, I have limited time, I'm posting this for my pleasures one, but also how fast I get chapters up will depend on how popular the story gets. It sounds mean but it is the truth. Have fun!
-TigerWolf
Oh yeah, thanks to my editor for helping make this more reader friendly!