A/N: Hey all. Here is the second chapter of the story. After I wrote the first chapter i got all fired up and tried to get this one as fast as I could.

Enjoy the chapter.

Chapter Two

An Unexpected Encounter

Fire. Death. The mansion turning to ashes in the background. Three hooded dark figures chasing us. I was on Silver, clinging to my bothers waist for dear life. That's when he turned towards me with a blood painted face and red eyes.

"Don't worry sis, they won't catch you, they will only kill me." He…it said with such a disturbing and sadistic voice that could probably turn seasoned soldiers into trembling grannies.

I look in horror at his face, wondering what was happening.

Suddenly, I was in a dark forest, walking around, my only company being the red eyes that were following me from the darkness. I tripped on some roots and fell to the hard ground.

"How long will she survive out here." Whispers all around me echoed.

"Should we put her out of her misery?" The voices continued.

"Let her suffer first." All the whispers boomed at once.

"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" I yelled, curling up in a ball on the ground and putting my hands on my ears.

"You are going to die, alone." They said with what seemed like delight in their voices.

"No one is even going to care that you died. That's how pathetic you are." They said, as they laughed maniacally at the last part.

I couldn't take it anymore. What was happening? Tears started coming out of my eyes. I was paralyzed, I couldn't move. And then I saw it. A giant black figure standing not too far away from me.

It slowly started moving towards me.

I couldn't move. I gave the command to my body to get up but it's not listening. I can't move a muscle. I looked at the figure, horror in my eyes. It came to about a foot away from me. It just stood there observing me. And then all I saw was it's hands enveloping my form and then…

I woke up. I bolted in a siting position. I was still half asleep. Cold sweat on my forehead.

'It was all a dream?' I though to myself, relieving the panic. 'Ugh I don't want to get up yet, Beatrice is going to make me practice balancing the books again.' I sighed mentally. 'Just a few more minutes.'

I fell on my back again, closing my eyes and trying to relax.

And then it hit me. This was not all a nightmare. The mansion burned down. They got Draco!

Once again I bolted into a siting position, this time fully awake. I started scanning my surrounding. It was a dark place. I saw a light coming from one end though. This was a half cave. Those kinds that some creatures use.

'Oh god! What have I gotten myself into'I though, swallowing a lump.

I continued looking around and my eyes stopped dead in their tracks as they met one pair of blue and violet colored eyes.

YEEEEP!

That was all that came out of my mouth, panic starting to fill me.

As if to my scare, fires started bursting out of torches that were standing idle on the corners of the half cave. Now everything was bright and I could clearly see the blue and violet gigantic form that was near me.

'OH… MY… GOD!' Was all my mind could say at this moment.

There was no doubt about it. I knew exactly what this was in front of me. The blue scales, with a hint of violet on them. The huge form. The wings that were rising from it's back. This was a dragon!

"So, you're finally awake." It or rather he, as his voice was hinting, said calmly.

I couldn't say a word. I was frozen.

He stood up and made a pose as if he wanted me to see him whole. He was huge!

He looked right into my wide green eyes and asked me calmly.

"Are you afraid of me?"

I stood there, thinking. Was I afraid? Was that why I couldn't say anything. No… that's not it at all. I'm excited. This was a real live dragon and he was standing in front of me… conversing with me even.

"No." I said confidently.

He watched me, shock on his lizard-like face. It must be pretty strange for a dragon who is probably used to fully grown men and rune knights quivering in fear at the mere sight of his kind and yet here stood a four year old girl in front of him, who mind you, just boldly exclaimed she is not afraid of him.

"I'm actually quite fascinated. I've always wanted to meet a dragon." I continued. That was true. In my old life I've always dreamed of dragons being real. They were creatures that amazed me. I always admired them.

He just observed me. I could just think what was going through his thoughts right now.

"Don't you fear that I will harm you, young one?" He asked with a hint of fascination in his voice.

He won't harm me, will he? I mean the last thing I remembered is when I fell unconscious.

"You were the one that saved me, were you not? If you wanted to harm me, you would have done so already and not just let me rest." I answered.

He just stood there in silence again. I must be a pretty weird girl huh?

"You are pretty sharp for a little girl. Tell me what is your name?" He said with a now gentle voice.

"My name is Anora, nice to meet you." I said giving the dragon a huge grin and closing my eyes in the process.

"I am the Arcane Dragon Inoreth Ontrix." He proudly exclaimed.

"And what age might you be, little one?" He asked.

"I'm four years old." I answered.

The look on his face was now a mix of fascination and shock.

"What is a four year old girl like you doing, exploring this dark forest on her own?" He asked.

I looked back at what had happened to my family. Pain engulfed my heart as I remembered the visions from my nightmare and my memories of the fated day.

"I… I was running away from the bad people that destroyed my home and killed my friends and family." I said, tears trying to force themselves out.

"I wondered what all the commotion was about in the near village, three days ago. So you have nowhere to go now?" He asked me, now in a sitting position on all his fours, so that his head can be right in front of mine.

I merely nodded at his question, looking down to try and hide my eyes filled with pain at the moment.

He observed me for a moment. Then when he opened his mouth again, came a question I was not prepared for…

"Do you wish to stay with me? You can live here with me if you want. Since you are so young and you have nowhere to go I can take care of you." He said with such a gentle voice as if he were speaking to his own child.

I eyed him funny.

'Did a dragon just ask me to stay with him?' I though, not believing where this conversation was going.

I looked straight into his blue-violet eyes and he looked straight into my green ones.

"What?" Was all that came out of my mouth.

"You can stay with me and I will watch over you since you have nowhere to go." He repeated himself.

I was baffled to say the least. This dragon saved my life and now that he finds out that everyone I knew is dead, he asks if he can adopt me… If the circumstances of our meeting were different I would be jumping to the heavens right now.

"I can stay?" I asked him, hopeful as if I didn't hear him the first two times. It was just all to strange and my mind was having problems processing what was going on.

"Of course you can. I am not going to leave a child like you on her own in this forest." He said, grinning widely, revealing his huge teeth.

I watched amazed as the dragon said that like it was the most obvious choice.

And from then forth, he kinda adopted me. I was like his daughter and he was like my father. I even took up his name. 'Montesque' brought up to many painful memories so in time I decided to switch it for his.

Three weeks passed since the day we met. He gave me some new clothes. A blue and violet dress with hints of white. I really love that dress. It wasn't too formal but at the same time it looked so beautiful. Needless to say that it was my favourite thing to wear.

Then he showed me around the forest. We went fishing a few times. I was really bad at the beginning but I got the hang of it really fast. At night he would go fetch us dinner while I waited in the cave.

I really grew to love him as my dad even more so than my old one. My old dad, of the Montesque family was not the best one but even if he was kind of a douche I still cared about him.

Today was yet another peaceful day. He left me by the lake that we usually fish in and told me to stay here while he went to do something, not explaining himself. He just said "Wait here, I'll be back soon." And with that he was off.

It was kind of boring really. I wasn't in the mood of fishing and I really didn't want to wait in one spot till he returned either. So the silly, little old me decided that the best course of action was to explore the forest… on my own.

I walked between the huge trees observing the scenery. You know when you are not being chased by crazed lunatics, this place is a lot more beautiful. I chuckled to myself.

I was suddenly stopped dead in my tracks as I heard a growl from behind a bush. I quickly looked at it and observed it moving.

Of course being as I am, totally wise mind you, I went in and checked it. As I neared the bush I saw it twitch a bit again. When I got right in front of it I reached for the bush with both of my hands and moved it to the side.

…And what do you know, a bunny startled me by jumping towards me from the bush. I caught it in my arms and smiled shyly.

I sighed. "You almost gave me a heart attack, you know that?" I said, chuckling.

'But wait, if you were hiding in there, then what was the growl I heard' ?

That same moment a wolf jumped at me. I barely dodged. In my panic I put the rabbit on the ground and started running away. As I ran I picked up a big stick that was lying on the ground and I turned to stand my ground.

I knew that I can't outrun a wolf. This was a very bad situation. I may have been eighteen years old in my past life but this was still pretty scary. I was a four year old girl after all. What could I do against a wolf.

The wolf ignored my thoughtful face and started circling around me.

I followed it with the stick in my hands. The situation looked dire. I can't do much If it decides to attack. What am I going to do? I can't even climb a tree.

Suddenly the wolf jumped at me. He hit me and I fell to the ground, the only thing stopping his jaw to get to my neck was the stick that was currently shoved into the creatures mouth, keeping it at bay.

The situation was dire. The wolf was on top of me and I wasn't strong enough to get it off me. The stick would soon break and then I will be all over.

'I need to find a way to escape.' I though, but I had nothing. I couldn't think of one thing that could save me right now.

THUD

The ground shook as a thunder-like sound echoed through the air. I looked past the wolf which was now not concentrated on killing me but was trying to identify what the loud sound was.

I wasn't hard really. I mean who can miss a huge azure dragon, standing in the middle of the forest.

Inoreth roared at the wolf with all his might. The creature got scared and ran away as fast as it could.

'Whew, that was close.' I thought to myself, lying down on the ground to rest a bit.

"Anora…" Came a really angry sounding voice from the direction of my saviour…

'I guess I'm not out of the gutter yet.' I speculated, knowing full well that I deserved the scolding that was coming my way as dad started walking towards me.

"I thought I told you to stay near the lake Anora. What were you thinking? You could have gotten yourself killed today if didn't come in time." He scolded angrily.

"I know…I know...It was a really stupid decision but I was so bored." I mumbled through my teeth.

He looked at me annoyed.

"Bored or not, you know that the forest is full of predators." He sighed.

"I guess part of the fault was on me for leaving you like that, but promise me that you won't go wandering alone in the future." He said with a serious tone to his voice.

"I promise." I said looking down, ashamed.

"Good, now let's go do something fun, how does that sound." He said, back with his usual cheerful tone.

"Yeah!" I answered excitedly, putting my mistake in the past.

"Then hop on." He said, grinning ear to ear.

I eyed him, confused.

"What?" I asked, for confirmation mostly.

"Hop on my back" He said, leaning his head towards the ground. "We are going sight seeing."

I had stars in my eyes. He never did allow me to ride him before. That's why I was so confused. Not that I asked him but I guess it just never came up.

I climbed on his neck and he warned me.

"Hold on tight now."

He jumped in the air and started flapping his huge wings on his back. In an instant we were in the air and we were going even higher. We went through the clouds and I tried to touch them. They were so puffy.

"Now the fun begins, hold on to something." He said with his trademark grin that showed his sharp teeth in all their glory.

I did what he asked of me and held to him for dear life and then without any further warning, he dived down towards the ground, like a bullet, with such a speed that I was having a hard time trying to keep my face on.

Right before we hit the ground he stretched out his wings and we started flying in normal speed again, just above the trees of the forest.

I raised my hands in the air, forming fists in the process and yelled with all my might.

"Yeah! That was so awesome. Let's do it again." I said, not containing my giddiness.

He just chuckled at my comment.

We were picking up speed once more and we were going towards the clouds yet again.

This time instead of diving, he did a roll. I was not prepared for that and I fell. I started panicking, while dad merely started flying near me, pretending to be falling with me.

"Nice weather today." He joked, smiling at me.

I put up an annoyed look. "This isn't funny." I told him and he just laughed. "Ok. Maybe just a bit." I said, laughing with him.

We were nearing the ground now so he dove further under me and cought me before I fell to the ground.

Amused by his antics I asked.

"What more do you have up your sleeve?" I asked, mischievously.

He grinned.

"Oh I have a few more tricks, don't worry." Just as he said that, he grabbed my leg with one of his hands and threw me in the air, startling me. Then he made a backflip and caught me by the hands while I was still going up. Then he threw me even higher and did the same thing, over and over again.

After a few more throws and some more backflips he let me fall freely while he was diving right beside me.

Before we reached the ground he caught me by the hands and put me back on his neck.

"I think I was going to be sick there for a minute." I said, putting my right hand on my mouth.

He laughed full heartedly and I put on an amused look.

We were flying normally now, just observing the beautiful scenery. We stayed like that in silence. I didn't know that the land of Fiore was so beautiful from up here. You can't really appreciate it as much behind a screen in your own room.

We reached a top of a high mountain, which peak was in the clouds.

He landed on the summit and I jumped off of him. I looked at him and grinned ear to ear.

"We gotta do that more often." I said, excitedly.

"We will, if you want." He said smiling as usual.

We just stood there. Surprisingly this wasn't the only peak in the clouds. Around us were three or four more.

We stayed like that in silence. He was first to break it.

"Anora. For a while now I've felt that you radiate a certain aura around you." He said, leaving me with a confused expression.

"I can feel strong magic running through you." He elaborated. "If you wish, I can teach you how to wield it. Know though, that the magic that I can teach you is not regular. It is called Dragon Slayer magic. If you wish it, I can cast a spell on you that will grant you the ability to use it, but know that it will be a bit painful because your body will go through somea changes." He said, with a serious tone.

I stood there, processing the information that was coming my way. I remembered the anime back in my old life. Dragon Slayer magic. The magic bestowed to the humans from dragons. The only magic that can harm a dragon. Supposedly it is learned when a dragon casts an ancient spell on the person they wish to train, changing their body to gain the traits of a dragon.

Once one learns this type of magic they will gain the power of the element that their dragon teacher is connected with. Their lungs will change to contain the breath of a dragon. Their skin will turn to dragon scales to protect against the said element. Their nails will turn to claws with which they can attack and their teeth will sharpen.

The student will also get the ability to consume the element of their dragon teacher to gain more power. But in the anime there never was an Arcane dragon.

'I wonder what element dad uses.' I though to myself.

I'm really excited. The sparkles in my eyes were probably visible from a mile away. I stood in silence, thinking like that for a few seconds.

"Dad, please teach me. I've always wanted to wield magic." I said, the excitement within me was so much, I probably wouldn't even be able to contain it even if I wanted.

"Very well. Brace yourself now. This is going to hurt a bit." He said gently.

He raised his giant claw to my head, which was so tiny compared to his hand. As he did so, the tip of his talon started to glow a faint blue-violet light and then he touched my forehead with it.

With that I felt a surge of pain in my chest. I could feel my lungs shifting left and right. Then my whole skin started to burn and my teeth ached. I could feel my nails going sharper and I could feel the magic flowing through my veins. A burst of light surrounded my from and in an instant it vanished alongside the pain.

I looked at him and he was smiling lightly.

"Now you are a dragon slayer. You wield my magic. My element is magic itself."He said while I just stared at him.

'Magic itself? How is that even possible?' I thought.

"You see, when mages cast spells they have a magical pool of energy within them from which they draw their strength from. When depleted, this pool slowly starts to regenerate itself through the Ethernanos in the air. I can manipulate those particles to conjure objects or powerful arcane attacks. "He explained. "I cannot however manipulate the Ethernanos that another mage is using as a fuel for his own magic." He continued.

"Dragon Slayer magic allows you to get more powerful by consuming the element that has been granted to you, meaning that as an arcane dragon slayer you can directly take power from the air you breathe. But, that doesn't happen from the Ethernanos in it. In order to consume your element, which is arcane, there must be a high amount of these little particles to form a charged Ethernano called Arcania. Arcania is a group of empowerd Ethernanos from the released magical energy around them. Meaning that when in battle, the longer you fight, the more Arcania will be created, the more power you will gain by breathing the air." He continued his explanation, keeping his voice deep and serious so that I can get everything.

I just listened quietly, taking every bit of information.

"Now let us practice." He commanded. "Start of simple, doing this." As he said that, he raised his claw and a bright blue and purple light surrounded his hand. As he pointed towards one of the near mountain peaks, he yelled "Arcane Dragon blast" and the light in between his claws formed a shape as that of a laser. It shot itself towards the mountain peak, destroying it completely.

I just watched at the performance, shocked.

"That was simple?! And why did you have to destroy the mountain to show me?" I half-shouted.

He watched at me, amused, with a grin on his face.

"Well, maybe I did go a bit overboard." He merely chuckled. "Try creating the blast that I just showed you now."

I closed my eyes and exhaled. I raised my hand and I could feel the magic gathering at it. I opened my eyes and saw the light that was in dad's claws, now forming around my small hand. I stretched my hand fully, pointing towards the now destroyed mountain and yelled the words.

"Arcane Dragon blast"

The light in my hand started to shift and it turned it's form of that of a laser blast again. It shot itself out of my palm landing a few feet away.

TSSSSS.

That was the only sound that was heard before the light vanished, leaving a black spot on the ground where it landed.

I was disheartened to say the least.

"Oh come on, I was expecting at least a small explosion…" I said, annoyed.

Dad just laughed full heartedly.

"Oh come now Anora, you can't expect to be that strong from the beginning."

The sun was now setting down and it was time to go home.

"Come on, let's go back to the cave." He said.

We flew to the cave again, grabbing dinner in the form of some wild boars on our way. When we reached the cave we ate and then we were off to sleep.

Dad just curled in a ball, his tail and wings enveloping his form letting his head rest on the hard ground. I stood a bit outside watching the moonlight covering the forest with it's gentle light. The cave was on top of a small mountain and there was a spectacular view of the whole forest from the entrance. I glanced down to my right hand, observing the small blue, white and violet light that was dancing between my fingers.

I smiled at the view. Maybe I've gone through some hardship and maybe I've lost my family... twice, but I met with a dragon that is currently my adoptive father and he even taught me magic. Two of the things that I've always wanted to do.

"Maybe the world doesn't hate me after all…" I smiled to my thought.

Then I turned around and went near dad. I climbed on his huge hand that was bigger that my whole body, I was still four years old after all, and nested myself in it.

By instinct, he gently leaned his wing to cover my body as if with a blanket and I drifted off to sleep.

A/N:Hope you guys liked the chapter. This one was more light and with more happy-fun times.

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See ya all in the next chapter.