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second story! ^.^
ages neci: 7 sol: 7 Aurelius: ?
"Sol, Neci, come over here I have something important I need to tell you," called Aurelius.
"Yes daddy" Sol and Neci said in unison.
"I have to settle some unfinished business on the mainland, I want you two to continue training while I am away," said Aurelius.
"Why daddy?" asked Neci. "Why can't we come with you?" continued Sol.
"Because I said so," said Aurelius.
"Give us three reasons," Neci and Sol said in unison, each holding up three fingers.
"Ok well First, both of you are too young, second, neither of you are strong enough to fly that far over water, and third I don't want ether of you to get hurt or killed. There, that's three reasons, now will you two stop pretending to be each other? It's really quite annoying," Aurelius said in a playful, yet firm tone.
"But its fun," said Sol, pulling his hair down.
"We love seeing you get confused over who's who," said Neci putting her hair up.
Aurelius sighed and patted them on the head. He was quit a handsome in human form he had beautiful dark golden eyes that seemed to go on forever and they show signs of age though his body did not. His skin was a light mocha with a little bit of caramel. His hair was the color of ash and was very long. However, this was not his true form, just his preferred form. His true form was that of a Golden dragon, the dragon of fire. His two children, Sol and Neci, are twins but are only half-dragon, with half the power. They are Identical in every way but one, Sol is a boy and Neci is a girl. Both have skin like their fathers with little clumps of scales scattered around their skin. They had gold eyes but they are lighter and more youthful than Aurelius's. Their hair, however, is jet black, like their mothers. But it is very unruly and hard to maintain. Unlike their father who looks just like a mortal, Sol and Neci can't hide their wings which were a beautiful shade of mustard yellow. They also couldn't hide their horns which look just like gold and point backwards, like all golden dragon horns do. "Well I should get going," Aurelius said as he got up, "it'll be a long trip ad I want to get there before night fall,"
"Good bye daddy, love you" Neci and Sol said in unison.
"Vale" he said as he kissed them both on the head "I love you both so much," he whispered and he left in to the mist. A little while later Sol and Neci were eating roasted mountain goat for supper by a huge fire which they built to escape the harsh weather and darkness of the night. They lived in a cave which was well hidden within the hot, harsh and unforgiving rocky mountain terrain.
"Neci," said Sol in a timid voice.
"Mph," Neci said, her mouth stuffed to the point of explosion.
"Is it just me or did dad sound like he wasn't going to see us for a long time?" asked Sol. Neci was straining to swallow her food and finished it with a large *gulp*, then answered "I don't know, I think it was just you, but since you listen to things like that better than I do, I would say you're probably right,"
"I see, but I'm just wondering, after all the times he's left us and come back, I wonder if this time it will be different, maybe he won't come back or maybe he will die, maybe he will leave us for a woman or maybe…"
"Or maybe your thinking about this too hard," interrupted Neci, "you've got to lighten up, dad has always come back, there is no need to worry," Sol sighed "I guess you're right, I am just worried that's all,"
"Its ok" said Neci, "hey, could you help me on that new spell, you're really good at it, could you please help me?" she begged.
"Oh, umm… uh…sure," he said slightly taken back.
"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you, you're the best little brother ever!" exclaimed Neci as she threw her arms around him.
"It…it's no problem," said Sol, really taken back.
After supper they did there nightly exercises to cool down before they slept so that they wouldn't accidentally use their powers while they were asleep. However, Sol couldn't sleep, no matter how hard he tried; he just felt that this time, something very bad would happen. Finally he couldn't bear the felling any more
"Neci," he said. Neci groaned, "Neci I'm scared," Sol was partially lying, He was afraid of being alone, wiht out their dad there the night just seemed so much darker. Neci groaned again but this time she held out her hand for Sol to grab and he did so. The few scales on her hands were smooth but they had a sharp tip that pierced through your skin without pain, which made for a dangerous weapon if in the wrong hands. Sol moved in closer to her and pressed his head against hers. It was a little thing they did when their father was away and they were scared. Sol breathed in the scent of ashes that emanated from Neci's long unruly hair and eventually fell asleep.
In the morning, Sol had gotten very little sleep and was exhausted. But Neci, who always had tons of energy in the morning, woke him up immediately. Since he wasn't on his guard, he had to pay a price, a huge one. Think of it this way, if you think squirting hot sauce up some ones nose is bad, Neci's jokes are a hundred times worse. Imagine having something explode in your nose, that's just a little prank for her, which is what she did to Sol.
"that ought to have cleared your sinuses," she said with a laugh while Sol was rubbing his nose. "Are you awake now?" she asked.
"Yes, but damn, that hurt!" Sol exclaimed.
"But it's in the past, so it doesn't matter. So will you help me with the spell now?" Sol hesitated, he was quite mad at his sister, but he was glad she was there, she always brought his spirits up, even if it was extremely painful. He sighed "alright, what do you need help on?"
"YAY! Thank you! Um, I need help on the movements, they are just so confusing," she said.
"ok well first what you do is you lift your right arm up above your head, and your left leg so that your foot touches your knee, good then you extend your leg forward and…" Sol continued to explain the steps slowly and also helped Neci with the words and timing. It took about an hour for Neci to perfect it, when she did it on her own for the first time without help she looked stunning, like it was only natural she danced like that. After their little lesson the two of them made dinner, which was a rosted mountain goat. After that they rest of the day reviewing spells and movements. Before they went to go get supper however, they had a dance battle, a tradition through all dragons, where there is no violence and it was created to test how much you have learned and how well you can control your element. Sol usually won these battles, but in this case they both agreed that Neci did a far better job. They continued this routine for five days, on the sixth day their father came home. He was fairly scratched up but thankfully they weren't fatal. He walked over to his children and they gave him a hug.
"We've missed you so much daddy!" exclaimed Neci.
"You have been gone for a long time," Sol said in a relieved voice.
"I know and I am sorry, I didn't know it would take such a long time," said Aurelius, "but I am back, so we all can relax,"
"Oh, hey dad, guess what!" exclaimed Neci.
"What?" asked Aurelius.
"I mastered the spell you taught us right before you left," she said proudly.
"That's great! I am so proud of you," he said, he really was proud of her. Sol, was in the background, feeling a bit left out. He really hoped that his father noticed him. "Yeah, Sol helped me a lot, he helped me with the words and the movements, he did a really good job, he's a great teacher," said Neci. She looked over at Sol and smiled, she knew this was what he wanted and he disserved it.
"Really? Well I want to see how good of a job he did at teaching you," said Aurelius skeptically.
"Ok daddy," said Neci confidently, she winked at Sol and went to take position. From the moment she started she was stunning. She was like a candle flame, so bright and so controlled, it was spectacular, and her fires were bright like individual sun's dancing gracfuly in the palms of her hands. When she ended Sol was upset, he didn't want her beautiful dancing to stop. "
That was spectacular!" exclaimed Aurelius, "I expect nothing less from my little girl!"
"Well if it wasn't for Sol I wouldn't be able to do it," she said trying to give Sol attention which he was very grateful.
"Oh, I almost forgot," said Aurelius, "a gift for you Neci," he said as he handed her something that looked like nothing they had ever seen before. It was curved and thick; two sides of it were flat and smooth, making a very short cylinder. On one side it was solid silver, on the other it looked like there were multiple symbols with an hourglass in the center. "It is to help you with your training," whispered Aurelius so Sol did not hear. But Sol was very jealous; it was always his sister getting gifts and not him, getting fathers attention, not him.
"Do I get a gift?" Sol finally asked.
"You will get yours at a later time, it is something very special and I want to make sure it is prepared properly," said Aurelius. After that he turned his back to them and walked into the cave.
"I am sorry Sol, I tried to get him to turn his attention to you I really did," Neci said sadly. Sol knew this but was grateful the first words she said to him after their dad arrived were not about the gift, but about him.
"It's alright I know you tried. Hey let's look at your gift, it looks very interesting," he said trying to lighten the mood.
"Oh, ok well it does look fascinating, I have never seen anything so peculiar," said Neci taken back by the sudden change of subject. So for the next few minutes they studied her gift until Aurelius told them it was time to go hunting.
While they were eating and talking about Aurelius's journey, they heard a large disturbance outside, it sounded like a dragon roaring.
"Stay put you two I will be right back," said Aurelius. And he headed out side. After a few minutes Sol and Neci started hearing shouting and the crackling of fire, they couldn't just sit still so they went outside to find him, but what they saw was terrifying. They saw their father in his true form and he was fighting another dragon. This dragon was a dark grey color and had a mantle that protected his head and it looked as though this dragon was wearing armor, covering its head and body protecting it from Aurelius's magic. They were fighting fiercely as though the only way to end the fight was by killing the opponent and so far it seemed like the other dragon was winning. Sol and Neci couldn't stand to see their father be killed so they flew over there to help him. It turned out that the dragon was not wearing any armor at all; it was just extra layers of scales that acted and looked like armor. As they looked harder they found weak spots in the armor where joints would be. After studying the dragon a little bit longer they found more spots on its body that looked like it had less protection and started throwing all the spells they knew at him, they hit as many of the weak spots as they could. The dragon let out a horrifying screech each time they hit him and each time the dragon slowed down. It got his attention like they planed but it also distracted Aurelius so he was not quick enough to stop the dragon from charging at his kids. Sol and Neci raced toward the cave as fast as they could, not looking back for even a millisecond. But then they heard an explosion so defining and so powerful it threw them right into the cave. Sol's wing was badly injured and he could no longer fly, Neci luckily survived without any major wounds, but they couldn't rest, because the cave was collapsing in on its self rapidly. Neci knew they couldn't use the front exit because it was blocked by both the dragon and 15 tons of rock and so they would have to use the back entrance. Neci grabbed Sol's wrist with one hand and snatched their father's staff with the other because she did not want the dragon to have either of these and she would protect them with the cost of her life. She ran and ran and with both her hand full and Sol dragging her down, she couldn't run at full speed. The dragon had flown over the mountain and was now fallowing them and was catching up, fast.
"Leave me behind" said Sol in a hoarse voice "you get away so at least one of us can survive," Neci was stunned she couldn't bear to leave him behind. Sol was her brother, her teacher, and her best friend, she couldn't do it. She kept running.
"No," she said in a strong voice "We will both get out of this alive, I promise," and she kept running, Keeping a strong grip on his rist.
But Sol knew better and he shook his head, "only one of us will get out alive, I am wounded and I am slowing you down neither of us will live get out alive at this pace" he said "You have to live, father was hit by that explosion directly and he died,"
"Sol don't say things like that father is alive, he can't die he's…,"
but Sol interrupted her "I know he's dead I can feel it and Neci, you will die right now because of me, if I live I wouldn't be able to stand that thought," he paused both he and Neci were crying, he was scared but he wanted her to live so he took a deep breath and whispered "goodbye" and slipped out of her grasp.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! SOL! SOL! DON'T LEAVE ME!" Neci shouted as her brother fell behind and was picked up by the dragon and was carried away into the night. The dragon was impossibly fast, and Neci could not catch up. The fire was still blazing on the other side of the mountain, her home was completely caved in, and both her brother and her father were now gone, she was all alone and homeless. She fell to the ground and began to weep; her tears evaporated off of her hotter-than-average skin, and through her all the tears she said, "why did you all have to leave me?"
awe poor girl how i wish to torture you more :)
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