hey everyone, thanks for reading. I have every intension of finishing this but I have no guarantees, of course comments help… I do not own any of these characters except Tanner Hawk and Mycias/ Mariah and David Hawk. Let me know what you think, whether you liked it or not. Once again, thanks and have a fantastic day! ;) HockeyKid6622
"Who are you?" Bonnie asked the young girl in the snow. The girl cocked her head and examined Bonnie. Bonnie could feel her mother's blood still on her hands as her tears ran from her face. The snow had frozen her feet and hands as the ice cut her feet.
"My name is Tanner Hawk; I am your younger cousin. I know of Hartanna and the mighty race of the dragons, I also know of your gift," her eyes twinkled as she continued, "I am the only daughter of Mariah Hawk, the youngest descendant of Makaidos but she was born as Mycias (me-sigh-as); The Comet From Above or the Lioness." Tanner's eyes shimmered with pride. "I have heard of Hartanna's distress and have come to your assistance as instructed." Of all the questions Bonnie had only one that stood out from the rest.
"Instructed by whom?" She voice was fragile as a smile crossed Tanner's thin lips.
"From the one from above, the one who answers our prayers." Tanner paused. "Did your mother ever mention Mycias?" Bonnie nodded, she had forgotten about it.
"Did you have a sister?" Bonnie asked with excitement as Irene tucked her into bed; it wasn't every day you learned that your mother used to be a dragon.
"Yes, but none of my brothers know about her although without her help all of us would perish. She was my youngest sister named Mycias, though the people called her The Comet From Above and as the Lioness when she became human. She was the best fighter, better than my father or Goliath."
"Why didn't your brothers know about her?" Bonnie asked, Mycias must have had a very lonely life.
"It was commanded from above to my mother when she conceived her, the prophet prophesied that she would turn tides and create earthquakes through the years but she needed a life of solitude or else evil would seek her out. Mycias had a dark nature running through her that if ignited would burn and destroy us all."
Bonnie swallowed as she looked at the Lioness' daughter. She had shorter, spiked brown hair with a pair of dark, murky blue-gray eyes that looked clouded and mystical. She was young, about six or seven but with years of hard labour in her prominent muscles and tanned skin. She had a deep scar on her shoulder that ran down her back. She wore a pair of jeans and a light jacket.
Does she have darkness in her too? Bonnie wondered but looking deep into her haunted eyes she knew that Tanner did. Those eyes had seen too much blood and violence for her young age. Would she burn and destroy us all? Yes, Bonnie decided, but if I help her she would become an asset to my battle.
"Will you come with me?" Bonnie asked with a strong voice confident with her decision to help the Comet's daughter and to calm the flame. Tanner took the question by surprised and blinked twice before nodding.
"Yes, I shall accompany you." Tanner shut her mouth quickly as she listened. "But we must hurry, the allies of the darkness are rising."
"What?" Bonnie asked too tired and too traumatized to compensate Tanner's words; she'd just lost her mother! Tanner gave her a look and sighed.
"It means the jerks that killed your mom are on our tail and will get us if we don't get our butts moving!" Tanner hissed ushering Bonnie on as the icy wind stopped as the wind held its breath. Bonnie began to run feeling an ice run into her bones as she felt the darkness' eyes on her back.
"Bonnie, DUCK!" Tanner shouted. Without thinking Bonnie allowed herself to fall to the snow and rolled to her back. Behind her was a man in medieval armor carrying a big sword. The man had a deep hate in his eyes as he raised the sword above his head to pierce Bonnie's heart.
Faster than lightning Tanner pulled a thin sword from her coat and swiped at the man cutting his neck open. The man's sword fell to the ground and disappeared into the snow.
Bonnie looked back at Tanner, panic in her eyes as Tanner looked around her trained eyes scanned for dangers.
"Bonnie, we must go Liam is one of many, there will be more," Tanner warned as she grabbed Bonnie's hand and began to run through the blinding snow.
"Why will there be more? My mom's dead!"
"Your mother wasn't their target," Tanner answered as she came to a halt. "You were, they cannot let another generation begin, they won't let that happen." With a nod Tanner began walking. "Come, we must move quickly."
After several minutes of running blindly through the snow Bonnie broke the silence. "How did you know about my… Gift, as you called it?"
"My mother kept an eye on all her dragon brother and sisters so I naturally will continue her job," Tanner answered easily.
"Which is? What was her job?" Bonnie asked. Tanner paused as she regarded the question.
"To find the Dragon Slayer, Devin and kill him before he hurts anyone else in my kin." Tanner's eyes burned darkly as her hand tightened on the sword's crafted silver handle. Bonnie nodded sensing that she touched a sensitive spot for Tanner.
"Do you have any traits?" Bonnie asked quickly changing the subject as it began snowing harder. The little frozen droplets as sharp as knives cutting into frozen skin.
"Yes, I can change into a dragon and half way if I wanted to, I'll show you one time," Tanner added after she saw Bonnie's face of pure confusion. Suddenly Tanner stopped and looked to the sky.
"Bonnie!" In one swift motion Tanner swung her sword in a perfect arc stopping another man in armor in mid swing. "He wasn't alone." Turning around she thrust her sword into the heart of another slayer. "Bonnie, fly! NOW!" Without objection she opened her wings and took off into the sky and into the razor snowflakes.
Being in the sky was the closest thing to helplessness Bonnie had ever felt, more helpless than Bonnie felt when she held her dying mother… She could hear the sounds of sword against sword, of cries of pain and death. She could hear everything… A panic flared through her when she heard…
Nothing.
Nothing but the wind sweeping the snow over the land. No more screams and no more metal against metal.
Tanner! Where was she?
"Tanner!" Bonnie called but her voice was lost into the wind. "Tanner!" Nothing.
A new fear creped through her, she couldn't have lost the Lioness' daughter! Could she? That girl had so much life, so much light but it was mixed and lost in so much darkness that had become an everyday occurrence in her life. Tanner couldn't be gone.
"TANNER!" She screeched feeling loss wave over her. Not two people in one night… No.
"TAN-"
"Are you trying to be found?" A voice asked. Bonnie whorled around to see a small, blue dragon. Relief, confusion and amazement washed over her as the dragon had Tanner's cocky, sure, strong voice. It was Tanner.
"Tanner, I thought you were dead!" Bonnie admitted as the two began flying to civilization. To safety.
"Me? Nah, no one messes with Tanner Hawk and gets away with it!" She laughed into the night. "However." The dragon looked down to her cream colored under belly that was oozing blood from a wound at her shoulder. Bonnie gasped and almost forgot to flap her wings.
"Tanner, are you gonna be okay?"
"Calm down, Bonnie, this isn't my first rodeo," she laughed. "Ya, I'll be fine it isn't deep and isn't bleeding much so I'll be fine. Just need some bandages." Bonnie nodded though the sight of blood frightened her. "C'mon let's go before my wings freeze off."
They flew for about five minutes before Tanner went into a descent and turned into half human so she had a human body but still had wings like Bonnie, until her feet touched the ground, then her wings melted into her back.
"Bonnie, lead the way we are safe now." Tanner sheathed the sword and put it back in her coat as a lady ran out of the adoption center.
"Bonnie, oh I hoped this day never came. Bonnie, dear you must be frozen!" The lady handed Bonnie a blanket and hustled her inside but paused and gave Tanner a look.
"She's to come with me," Bonnie said giving Tanner a nod. They were together now and they would protect each other until the end.
"Your mother said another girl might come. Come on in you two, you both must be freezing. Bonnie, use the blanket to cover your wings. Now you both are gonna be sent to Jared Bannister-"
"Clefsphere," Tanner breathed too quietly for the lady to hear. "We'll be safe with him." Bonnie nodded and allowed herself to relax.
We made it to the centre, Tanner is gonna take care of that wound, we're gonna make it to Jared. Bonnie sighed. We'll be fine, Mom, I'll be fine.