Chapter 4

Dragon P.O.V

'No! Mate hurt!'

'Can hear mate's cries! Mate need dragon!'

Sniffing the air again the dragon realised his mate was close, the dragon looked around for any sign of his mate and saw her, she was lying in the middle of a street her breathing was short and shallow, the dragon soared out of the sky only thinking of his mate and how much she needed him, he pulled up from his freefall just in time to land softly near her, and promptly lay on his belly next to her.

The dragon watched the girl as she tried to look up at him, succeeding after a few minutes and he was caught by her eyes, the amber orbs matched his perfectly, he lowered his head and looked into them for a moment, before nuzzling her cheek with his snout, knowing that the contact would ease her pain.

He watched as his mate sighed some of the tension leaving her body and she was able to breathe a bit better. She looked at him and gave a small smile.

'Mate feel better now?' the dragon enquired making the blonde girl gasp in shock, her eyes widening.

'How could she understand him?' she was thinking, the dragon chuckled as best a dragon can it came out as short chuffs as the air left his snout.

'Dragon speak in mates mind, dragon hear mates thoughts too.' he nuzzled the side of her face again as he projected this and was happy when his mate sighed again at his touch this time attempting to move to a sitting position, 'her strength must be coming back' he thought to himself.

Lucy P.O.V

'He can hear my thoughts?' she wondered to herself and looked up at the dragon that was again making that chuffing noise that the now thought sounded like his form of laughter, as she thought this the dragon eyes lit up.

'Yes dragon hear mates thoughts' she heard him reply 'mate feel better now?'

She thought about this for a second only now realising that she was in a sitting position and able to get a proper look at the dragon.

When he first landed and she was able to peel her eyes open again she saw what she thought was a strange yellow wall, but after several minutes of trying to lift her head she realised it was the dragon, which had concerned amber eyes trained on her, they came closer before his red snout came into contact with her heated cheek instantly soothing the flames that were threatening to consume her, she let our an involuntary sigh and when she looked up at the dragon again his eyes shone seemingly proud of himself, she succeeded in giving him a weak smile in thanks that was when she first heard his thoughts, at first she didn't know what it was then realised it was him and wondered how she could understand him when he told her they could speak telepathically he nuzzled her again this time it took away some of the weakness in her muscles, causing her to sigh again.

Now getting a good look at him as she was feeling a lot better she gasped in shock for a second time, he was the most magnificent creature she had ever seen, noticing her reaction he lent forward, with worried eyes and pressed his nose to her forehead, receiving yet another relaxed sigh from her the only ache that was left now was a mild one in her chest as she took in his beauty, he had a strong elegant body covered with ruby scales that seemed to shine different shades of red, orange and even a yellow as the sun caught them, making it look like flames danced across his whole body black spikes spread down his spine, his legs that were tucked underneath him were powerful and muscular with slender but strong black claws tipping each of the toes on his feet, his wings that were folded neatly against his back looked almost delicate with the fine folds of them nearly an orangey pink colour with a black claw extending out of the elbow, his tail was currently wrapped around the left side of his body covered with the same scales that glittered all over his body it also had reddish black, spikes that ran down its centre, the tip ending just at her crossed legs, Lucy couldn't stop herself as she reached out to touch it gently sliding her fingers along the scales there amazed at how smooth they felt.

When she looked back up to his face she was amazed yet again at the intensity in his eyes, but it didn't last long before he closed them and purred, taken aback by this she realised that she was still stroking his tail and stopped, making the dragon open his eyes again.

Finally Lucy responded to the dragon's earlier inquiry

"Yes I feel much better now" she spoke out loud to the dragon emphasising her point by cautiously reaching up and brushing yellow scales on his chest, which caused him to start purring again and making Lucy giggle.

'Mate happy' the dragon spoke into her mind again looking into her, newly coloured, amber eyes.

"mhmm" Lucy hummed in agreement starting to feel a little tired from the days adventures the dragon pulled her into his large chest softly using his tail, Lucy loved the warmth that he provided and wondered vaguely why she wasn't scared of him like any normal human would be.

The dragon spoke again dragging Lucy from her musings 'mate not scared of dragon, mate know dragon heart, dragon never hurt mate, dragon only want protect mate, make mate happy' Lucy finally understood what levy now meant about the dragons only wanting to care for and protect their mates, and she realised the only reason they were so violent in finding them was because the longer they were apart during the heat the more their mate would be in pain and that made the dragons themselves hurt too.

'Dragon mark mate now.' It firmly said towards Lucy who was starting to look a little scared since levy never told her how she would be marked or if it would hurt at all.

Dragon P.O.V

The dragon noticed how his mate started to tense up again and listened to the thoughts that were rolling around in her mind.

'Dragon never hurt mate', he growled a little to show his displeasure that she was still a little nervous around him, then repeated what he said before 'dragon only want protect mate, make mate happy'

The blonde was still nervous the dragon could tell, he pulled away slightly and she whimpered at the loss of warmth shocking herself, and making the dragon chuff again. 'Mate happy if dragon turn human now?' looking at his mate he noticed that she seemed to relax a little at the thought of this, thinking that the marking might not be so bad if he was human.

'mate stay' he told her and he stood and took a few awkward backwards steps since there wasn't much room in the street for the dragon to fit properly. He then concentrated focusing his magic on himself, he started to glow body slowly shrinking down in size then morphing his front legs changing shape to become muscular arms, rear legs becoming sturdy human legs most of the scales on his body disappeared, his head flattening forming a human face his torso narrowed out revealing a toned back and a muscular stomach, the glowing dimmed and the dragon looked down at himself never seeing his human form before, as dragons could only transform once they found their mate, he noticed he still had clawed fingernails, his teeth still felt sharp in his mouth, taking a look behind him he noticed his wings were still here as well as his tail, but he expected this as he would only transform fully once he marked his mate.

Lucy P.O.V

Lucy couldn't help but stare at the handsome man before her he had lean muscles covering every inch of his body, and he stood at least 6ft tall and had soft looking pink hair, his eyes were still the emotional amber they had been before and she noticed he still had some scales on his face and torso, as well as the claws, wings and tail but for some reason this only enhanced his features.

Blushing a little Lucy looked away from the half dragon that was standing butt naked in the middle of the street, looking over his own body taking in the changes.