A continuation
...of Dark Ice Dragons 'Awakening the Guardian.'
It inspired me and I wanted to include Raizel in the AU but who would a dragon respect let alone serve?


"Human's are hunting my brethren?" The mussels under Frankenstein's scales tensed with anger, making his newly soul bonded humans flinch. He forcefully calmed himself they had only brought the news and helped him. There was no reason for them to feel his wrath while unaccustomed to the bond.

Their news brought a dilemma there was no way for dragons to communicate freely with each other without entering another is territory and causing conflict. So how could Frankenstein alert them to the danger and protect his horde. The bonded humans were too weak, also very few sentient creatures could safely go into a dragon's territory.

There was also the problem of convincing his brethren that the danger was real he was himself was only convinced because he was soul-bonded to humans who had witnessed it. A being that could enter dragon territory safely and convince said Dragons of danger outside and come to the lair without questions... He could only think of one. Calling that one could wait at least until his new cohabitants knew how to behave.

Frankenstein was teaching Takeo how to fully use his small gift of sight when he suddenly stopped mid sentence, which was something both the humans recognised as strange. The dragon getting up and dashing to a small natural vent was even more concerning. Then a soft sound made them look down Takeo could see a small feline with an aura of power that he had come to know was magic and Tao saw what all his senses was telling him was a living magical well spring.

"Thank you for coming, if you would take another form I can introduce you to the people I informed you of." The feline nodded in a regal manner and shifted to a form that would pass as a male human or elf.

"Don't dragons hate shape-shifters," Takeo murmured to Tao who could only nod in disbelief.
Cadis Etrama di Raizel is not a shape shifter, Frankenstein thundered over their bond Tao would have pointed out he was wrong except they knew this method of communication didn't allow for lies and there was a sense of knowledge/authority to the words.

'It was named after blood and roses?' the humans questioned

'Yes, it/he is' the sense of respect and admiration was not something they ever expected from a dragon. "Sir if you would listen to the human's story and pass it onto others of my people it would be an honour." The gold dragon turned to them most of the warmth disappearing from his eyes "Tell him about the hunters." And they did.

It was Takeo who got the courage to ask first "What was he?"

"A personification of magic and power."

The reply was too short and meant little to the humans. 'Please explain.'

The dragon seemed to frown, "What do you know of The Rose Cradle?"

"It's a legendary place that completely nullifies magic back fire." The mage responded promptly.

"Hmm, you are right but do you truly know no more?"
"I heard it was a valley of roses in a crater of a tall mountain." Put in the archer.
"That is technically true. It seems I have to tell you the whole story." The dragon sighed

Three magical races who each had their Grand Magicians had come into conflict for reasons that don't matter to this story, save that it caused a three way magic battle on the top of a mountain of a height you just don't see any more.

The greatest Magicians fort with magic so powerful that the tip of the mountain was flattened. They called upon the greatest destructive spells they knew and realising the opponents were doing the same they were all forced to discard the magic's lest they destroyed all in their strength.

"You should know the effects of discarding even a small spell I hope." Fast nods and a wince from Tao.

Well the effects continued to ravage the mountain even after the spell-casters had died. When the destruction suddenly ceased for no known reason the local Magic mages examined the area and only to find the mountain much shorter and a deep creator in its centre. The strange thing was in this crater was a living thorny bush on the edge.

Weather this plant had evolved in the magic or had existed on the mountain undiscovered is unknown, it was quickly realised was that it feed off uncontrolled and ambient magic. In the otherwise desolate cradle it quickly takes hold and many Kings wanted to own it, silly creatures. The plant refused to grow anywhere else so many battles were fort there staining the plant in blood.

When the battles were about to escalate into a full war the plant which had budded in this time finally bloomed into a rose. The rose plant that covered the valley sized cradle released tremendous amounts of energy which formed him. He had no substance and quickly shifted between forms many believed it to be the birth of a shape-shifter and a demand went up for a name (because it would force the shifter to live in only one form).

A group of the highest ranked in the cradle quickly got together and named it 'The Rose of extreme blood'

Cadis Etrama Di Raizel.

"He is not a shape-shifter so the name did not seal him instead it made him tangible, he is the power of that rose given consciousness and form. The name gave him independence. The plant's life is no longer linked to his, as it has absorbed more power since it made him, but he is power first and a person second even more so than dragons.

If we run out of magic entirely we will die and rot. If he runs out he will simply cease to be, there will be no body. Yet he still lives as an individual person." The dragon felt wishful through the bond.

It was a strange story but Tao couldn't help to ask "Who got the cradle in the end?" That got him a very flat look.

"No one, the rose had proved itself sentient and could not be owned. Hmm? Takeo shall we continue your lesson?" The great gold head turned to the archer when he moved. Tao just gave a nervous laugh and went back to his own studies as Takeo did his. They knew the limits here now.


The rose of extreme blood, is the definition I found for Raizels name so I hope its right and you enjoy the fic.