Jane and the Dragon: The Dragon Lords

Update: Chapters 1 and 2 are now Chapter 1, because it was why to short to be called a chapter alone, well it makes me feel better. I also added more to the first part. Chapter 2 is now totally new.

Note: Hello, Hello. This would be my first fan fiction on this here website so I hope you like it. My spelling and grammar aren't as good as I would like so any mistakes you see, could you tell me and I'll fix it up.

Chapter 1: Jane and the shadow.

'Why can I not get to sleep?' Jane thought to herself as she got out of bed and made her way over to her mirror, the moon lit it well enough for her to see. Jane looked at her own reflection searching for an answer to the silent question but nothing came. For some reason she felt as if something wasn't right or something was coming. It was an odd feeling she hoped would pass. 'Maybe it is because I cannot wait for my seventeenth birthday,' Jane thought to herself, 'Only a few weeks away, one more year down before I can become a knight.' She smiled and was about to go back to bed when Jane heard the approaching sound of Dragon outside her window. Turning to walk over there, Jane almost fell backward when someone was already standing there.

He was a few heads taller then she was, and dressed in a cloth jacket, with long sleeves and went down to his feet. It was buttoned up along his chest leaving the rest open so he could walk easily. The Man held his hands behind his back and didn't move when Jane saw him.

'What is he doing in my room? Does he have a dagger behind his back? How did he get in? The door was locked! Has he been here the whole time!?' Jane's mind raced. They both didn't move for what seemed like hours to Jane. 'I need to do something,' Jane thought quickly glancing around the room, 'My sword!' As if he was reading her mind he took a step forward and raised a hand pointing at the sword. "You can pick up your sword if it makes you feel any safer," the man started, speaking each word slowly as if trying to remember what each one meant, "I only want to tal…" But he didn't get to finish. Jane had raced over to her sword and drew it and eminently attacked him. His speed at dodging amazed her. Each stroke only met with air as he effortlessly moved out of the way of each swing. This continued for some time. It would have looked like they were dancing to anyone else.

Jane knew she couldn't go on for much longer. Her arm was getting tired and he was only speeding up. "Helsen kor mar'ka?" Came a deep voice from outside the window. This surprised both of them as they both stopped and look at the window. Jane couldn't see what it was, unlike the man, but she could hear the wing beats of a dragon. 'But since when has Dragon spoken like that?' she asked herself.

"Ginth…" The man replied turning back to Jane. He raised his hand as they started to glow blue. Jane took a step forward to attack again, but felt her head feel light and her eyelid slowly close. Jane started fall backward but was caught by the man. His shadowed face was the last thing she saw before falling into a deep sleep.

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'Bang, bang, bang' came a knock on Jane's door. "Jane?" Jester yelled from outside, "Jane wake up! Morning is almost over!" Opening her eyes Jane still felt light headed. That quickly passed letting her clear her head. Almost as soon as she remembered what had happened last night, Jane dived out of bed.

Standing in the middle of her room, Jane slowly turned checking every inch for an intruder. "No one," she said with a grateful sigh, "Was that even… real?"

'Bang, bang, bang'

"Jane!" Jane walked over to the door and opened it. Jester almost punched her in the head but Jane jumped back followed by Jester jumping the other way. "It not like you to sleep so long," He stated fixing his jesters hat on his head again, "Morning is almost spent."

"Huh?" Jane replied looking into the sky. He was right. The sun was already long on its way to noon. "I must have been more tired then I first thought," she said more to herself then to Jester, "But I had the strangest dream…"

"You have no time for that now," Jester pointed to the training yard, "You are late for training. If you do not hurry Sir Theodore will skin you alive. Or have you forgotten what today is?"

Smacking herself in the head, Jane ran back inside her room to grab her sword. "How could I over sleep today?" She almost yelled looking for her sword, "How could I forget today is Sword Mastery Test?" But she stopped in her tracks when she found her sword lying on the floor near her bed. Slowly leaning down Jane touched the blade. She pulled her hand back when it looked like it glowed. "What are you doing?" Jester was almost jumping up and down, "If you do not move now Gunther will be passed and you will fail with out even taking the test!" The thought of Gunther passing so easily made her forget about what had happened, so she grabbed her sword and made a dash for it.

"Thank you for joining us," Sir Theodore sounding none to happy.

"Sorry…" She replied after catching her breath, "I… I over slept… I have no excuse."

"Well then," Theodore said waving Gunther over to stand next to Jane, "This exercise is to test you both on your attacks, blocking, parry and restraint with using full force. You will strike at each over with all your power. But if you injure each other you will fail. Is that understood?" He looked at both of them in turn. Both of them nodded and took their place facing each other.

"All that training you must have done last night will not help you win," Gunther mocked.

"I was not training last night," Jane replied calmly, "Because I do not need to, to beat you."

"You both are not tiring to beat each other keep that in mind. You can begin when you are ready," Sir Theodore said shaking his head.

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"What was that about, Mai-an?" That man said to his companion on the roof of the castle. They where dressed in much the same way. Long cloth jacket going down to their feet, But Mai-an was dark blue and buttoned up, as the other mans was dark brown and unbuttoned. Underneath was scale like armor. But the way they dressed wasn't the only thing to tell them apart. Mai-an was slightly taller and had a slightly rounder face. His dark brown hair was also slightly messy, his friend trying to look his best at all times. "What was what about?" Mai-an replied not really paying attention. He was to busy watching the red hair girl fight. She blocked the incoming attack from the male, counter attacking with a spin only having her blade meet his with a clang. "I'm talking about what you did last night," The other man continued poking Mai-an in the arm make him brushing it away like it was a bug, "What were you doing?"

"Last night?" Mai-an said still watching the two fight. She had been knocked off balance and was stuck blocking. When a long swing came she ducked and followed with a spin kick. The male rolled and was on his feet just in time to block the flurry of attacks from his opponent. "Yes last night," the other one continued beginning to get slightly cross, "Would you listento me."

"Clam down Slyth," He replied wave a hand for him to sit down, "You should watch this. They are quite good." Slyth sat down seeing the hopelessness of getting an answer. The two fighters had heated up the fight. They both wouldn't give up any ground as they both swung their blades at each other. The sound of the metal hitting each other rang out into the air. Slyth turned to his friend to find he had a large smile on his face. "What are you planning?" He said, suspicion filling his voice. When an answer didn't come he turned back to the fight. They were both obviously tiring but still wouldn't give up ground or slow their attacks. Slyth had to admit, they both had amazing skill with the blade, even more reason why he didn't want to spend too much time here.

"Humans are so interesting, do you not you think?" Mai-an said suddenly.

"That is the last thing I thought I would hear from you." Slyth answered sounding almost half asleep.

"Is that so."

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Gunther attacked from the right and Jane blocked easily enough. When the blades met pain ran up Jane's arm from exhaustion. Jane noticed Gunther flinch in pain as well. 'How long can I keep going?' Jane thought to herself as she pushed to strike at Gunther left side. He blocked sending pain up both their arms again. 'This is not about skill any more, this is about stamina.' Jane guessed as she dodged another attack. She was about to attack again when a voice spoke in her head, "Tap into the power I placed in the blade."

'Power of the blade!' Jane asked in her head.

"Yes! It will give you new strength so you can win!" it answered sounding excited, "Say this out loud, and do not yell it! Just say it. 'Ha brin'in thim ka'in dragon'"

Jane didn't know what to think, but figured she didn't have anything to lose. "Ha brin'in thim ka'in dragon!" she whispered to the blade. She couldn't believe her eyes when she saw runes appear and disappear as quickly as they came. Gunther had noticed Jane did not counter attack and saw it as if she had run out of energy. It was far from the truth as Jane easily blocked the attack knocking Gunther backward. Everyone watching was stunned, no one could have guessed this turn of events. Sir Theodore had remained unmoved. He had seen the runes appear, only for a moment, but long enough for him to be sure.

Gunther had gotten up and was about to attack again when Sir Theodore spoke, "Enough!" He said with almost fear in his voice. "You both pass. Jane, Give me that sword. Then both of you get some rest. You have done well today." Gunther and Jane were shocked, more Jane then Gunther. 'Had he seen?' She asked herself as she walked over to the old Knight and gave him the blade.

"Do not tell him anything." Came the voice again. Jane asked why, but was not answered. Sir Theodore looked the blade over, and then scanned the wall around the castle. He thought he saw something move on top of the castle, but couldn't be sure. "I do not like this…" he said to himself.

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"What was that!?" Slyth said waving a pointing arm at the girl, "What did you do!"

"She is… different," the reply came with Mai-an tilting his head to the side as he watched the girl activate the swords power. A wide smile appeared when the red haired girl knocked her partner onto his back, but then something unexpected happened. "Time to go," Mai-an said suddenly.

"What?" Slyth asked looking down to the fight again, "Oh, Great just what we need." They both watched as the girl handed over the blade and walked off. Mai-an and Slyth turned and made their way out of sight with Mai-an saying, "We have work to do."

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Jane slowly walked over to her friends. After she had given the sword back, all the energy it gave her went with it. So she was in the same predicament as Gunther, tired. "That was amazing!" Pepper said clapping excitedly and handing Jane a cup of cooled water.

"Yes it was," Rake added in, "We should celebrate."

"And I will have to make a song about the mighty victory!" Jester yelled dancing about. "And write a mighty tale to go with it!"

"When Jane has rested," Smithy said noticing Jane almost falling over from the exhaustion. Jane nodded her approval of the idea of rest then party. "Where is Dragon?" She asked looking to the sky. She thought it was odd he wasn't there as well. 'It's been a very odd day,' she thought as her mind tried to made sense of everything.

"I do not know," Jester replied stopping and looking to the sky as well, "Has anyone seen him?" The other three shook their head.

"Maybe he over slept as well," Jane joked.