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Chapter 5: The Light's Fire

We left the lair an hour ago...left our life behind....Leo keeps stopping and whining...we have to keep dragging him along ordering him to walk...I think its my fault...what I told him...he wants to go back...to the baby...I freeze suddenly and stare in shock. A white dragon stands a few feet down the main hall, she is watching us, I'm not sure how I know its a she but I do. There is armor plating on her chest, stomach and under her tail, its black...with a silver-tinge to it on the edges. Her wings look like liquid diamond as does the bone plating on the upper half of her face...all except the black beak-like edges of her mouth...her eyes are like liquid opals...My breath catches...

Raph told me Leo changed into a dragon when he fought Shira...he tried to describe Leo's dragon form but couldn't...he said I had to see it...I went through the survailence videos and couldn't believe that beast was my brother...the dragon in front of me has similar atritbutes, the same basic build, the bone plating and the way the head is shapped, roughly like a triceratop's head...kinda...lits more stream-lined, more elegant than a triceratops'.

She moves towards us...I just hear the soft "click" of her talons touching the cement, I shutter...those talons are meant for fighting...meant for war...over 6 inches long...deathly sharp...

"Lyon," she rumbles. Its not the same as Leo's was...her's is more musical...softer...gentler...Leo's voice was deeper...fiercer...it had a wildness to it....her's sounds...elegant...like her...

I see Leo go rigid out of the corner of my eye. She stops and sits, her tail swinging up in front and curling around her feet like a cat's. She opens those wings, cupping them around her.

"Lyon," she calls again. Leo trembles and gives a little whimper.

"Lyon, imh ere sia," she calls. To my shock Leo moves towards her, I grab his hand and stop him. He jerks to a stop and whimpers.

"NO!" I hear myself shout," What do you what with him?"

I'm scared...I don't know what is going on...

"Don...let 'im go..."Raph whispers. I turn on him, furious. Mikey is staring at her. He nods and grabs my arm as does Raph.

"Let 'im go, she's gonna 'elp 'im," Raph says softly. I twist in panic...what is going on...then...

Calm yourself....

I nearly have a heart attack, I turn and look at her....she's in my head...

"Get OUT OF MY HEAD!!" I hear myself shout...I'm shaking like a leaf...I've never been so scared...

CALM DOWN LITTLE ONE....

I freeze and stand there shaking...my head pounding as if I'd taken a punch to it...

"Lyon, imh ere sia," she repeats. Leo walks towards her and stops in front of her, trembling and whimpering softly. She brings up one talon and touches it to the center of Leo's forehead, just between his eyes. There is a flash of light and Leo crumples to the floor.

"NO!" I hear myself scream. She sweeps her wings around him and with another flash of light they are gone.

Go...home...

I'm on my knees sobbing. Leo's gone...

Raph drags me to my feet, I hear him grunt in pain...his shoulder...Mikey grabs me and after a while I find myself standing in the lair, facing Jane-Shira, April, Casey, and a lady I don't know.

"Where'sLeo?" Jane says quickly.

"She said 'er name was Coa," Raph said softly.

"Cooo-ah," corrected the woman I don''t know.

"She's the head Lina, like a guardian...she and her brothers have lived many eons..." The woman continues.

"And we'll live many more," says a man. I twist around and stare...he's not quite human...kinda remionds me of the drawings of elves...He has longer pointed ears, an angular face, His eyes are silver but his hair is gold....not blonde...gold...he's slender and tall, over six foot.

"Eroni! Lumni!" gasps Jane, sinking into a deep curtsy. The other woman does the same. Another man is standing behind him, his eyes are gold, his hair is silver...not gray or anything...but...silver...he's built like a pro-wrestler...I mean every inch of him is covered in muscle...I catch sight of a giant battle axe sheathed over his shoulder...it looks like it weights over a ton.

"Donatello!" The silver haired one orders. I flinch.

"Yes?" I snap,"where is my brother?"

"Insolent boy!" the silver one growls. I take a step back, the room has gotten slient...too silent. I find myself flying toward the wall and slam into it, sinking to the ground with a groan I look up, Raph looks angry but a firm look from the golden one stops him, Mikey has tensed and is pleading with his eyes...

"Lyon is safe, you need know nothing more," the silver one whispers. He is standing over me now...I'm scared of him...he moved me with his mind...

"Enough Lumni," a woman's voice interupts. I look up and my jaw drops. the most beautiful woman I've seen is standing in front of me and hand on Lumni's shoulder. Her hair is like liquid dimond...first appearing white and then silvery...her eyes are like liquid opals...the she dragon that took Leo...she has the same eyes.

She smiles.

"Yes that was me," she says softly. I flinch as she touches my head.

"Nothing serious...Lumni only meant to scare you...not to hurt you...he's used to getting respect...not being treated like you treated him...best be carefull," she says. I nod.

"My brother?" I ask.

"Safe," she replies,"he is safe...under our protection for now."

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