Chapter 2
The Beginning of a New Time
"Katrina, Mariana, come on, we need to get going!" Julianna cried.
Katrina twisted her long hair into a knot at the small of her back, letting two pieces of her golden hair frame her face and curl under her chin. Her tiny dragon flew down from her perch to curl around her waist, and Katrina walked out of her suite down to the lobby of the hotel in Markania, and ran into Jason, he was second in royalty. She, however, was first, so he bowed down to her. She just pulled him up and into the embrace that had become quite common between them, as their dragons had started to show interest in each other. He pulled away but kissed her again and put his arm around her. They walked into the lobby and met Julianna, Marisia, Lily, Clarissa, and Alexia and their dragons. Juliana's was a large pink dragon with black stripes down her tail, Marisia's was a tiny little black dragon with a gold muzzle. Lily's dragon was a medium sized bright yellow dragon with orange bottom scales; Clarissa had a plain brown dragon with no pattern whatsoever. And Alexia, hers was a beautiful silver dragon with gold shot through her tail, muzzle, and claws, the closest any dragon got to be a princess.
They whistled when they saw Jason with his arm around her, and she just giggled with the rest of them, kissing him on the neck, and her dragon nuzzling his. Mariana crooned and flew over to curl around Larson, who, surprisingly, was smaller than her, an odd thing for the king of dragons, since the two had imprinted, Katrina could see it in her eyes. Jason pulled her closer and whispered in her ear, "Darling, we must catch the next flight to Lovington, our honeymoon cannot be canceled, and the flight is leaving soon."
She went over and hugged everybody who had come to see them off, and then waved from the back of the cargo eagle1 which was to take them away. They felt the wings on either side of them jostle with the start of takeoff. They turned around to see the ground flying away from them with amazing speed. Then, almost as soon as the flight had started, the flight ended and they looked around to see numerous couples getting out of dragons and eagles to check into the suites. Of course, since they were the dragon queen and king, they got the best suite, open to the skies so the dragons could come and go as they pleased.
They looked around to see most of the couples wearing white, the women wearing white, silken wedding dresses with pearls and lace. The men were wearing white suits with white ties and shoes. Katrina, however, was wearing a black silk dress laden with black lace and covered with a black shawl over her face, her silk slippers just barely showing underneath the dress and her hand covered in black gloves. She had black pearls from the Red Sea on the shawl and thick black kohl around her eyes. Jason was wearing a black suit with a black bowler hat low over his eyes. They were in mourning for Jaquelene, who had died soon after Mariana had imprinted upon Larson, for then it was concluded that there would be more young dragons in a few months. The queen and king grew at an alarming rate, ready to mate after 1 year of their birth. The riders were entrusted to keep them from mating until they were at least old enough to ride, if not breathe fire. The queen and king were already big enough to ride, and in a few days they would be able to breathe fire, and both dragon and rider would be allowed to mate.
They flew on their dragons up to their suite and settled onto the soft downy blanket that was on the floor and watched their dragons play fighting.