The Heart of a Dragon

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing

Chapter 4

Relena once again found herself running towards the figure of the little boy. She would reach him this time, this time she could not fail. She called out louder to him, asking for his name.

"Please tell me your name. I want to help you," Relena screamed as loud as she could, begging the boy to answer her.

The boy looked at her through his fierce blue eyes, half covered by his wild brown hair. "My name is Heero Yuy, I've waited a long time, as have you, but finally we can aid one another."

Relena's heart leap for joy, his name was Heero Yuy, and finally she could help him.

Suddenly a blood curling scream rang out, instantly awakening her, shaking her to her core. She jumped out of bed and ran into the main room. She looked down where the lifeless stranger used to lay, and panicked when she saw he was gone. Millardo still lay asleep in the corner in a deep slumber. Not wasting anytime Relena ran out the front door through the town. She ran into the woods where she thought she had heard the scream come from. The dream she had just had, forgotten.

She ran through the woods desperately hoping to find him, and that was there safe and okay. Trees snagged at her night gown and branches got caught in her hair but she didn't care. She ran through the dark forest trying to find him. She slowed down when her legs could run no more, she stood panting for a while tears streaming down her face. She felt silly and foolish for running all the way out here, and she felt worried and upset because of his disappearance. She knelt down on the ground and started to cry, feeling alone and cold.

Suddenly she heard a branch snap beside her. She turned and let out a small scream at the sight before her. A wild laugh resounded through the woods, causing a chill to run through Relena's spine. Three men came out from the woods, surrounding her from every side.

"Now what is a pretty lass like you, doing out at a time like this." One of the men said.

His voice was slurred and husky as if he had been drinking heavily.

"Maybe we should escort the pretty lady home." Another one of the men said.

Fear gripped Relena's heart as the men stepped closer to her. She tried to cry out for help, but failed to find her voice. The men laughed evily at her, advancing closer to her. Relena closed her eyes, hoping it was all a dream and that she would wake up soon. She opened her eyes when she heard one of the men scream out in pain. She looked to where the source of the scream was, but saw nothing. The other two men were now running away from her, through the forest frantically, as if they had seen a demon. Relena heard another scream, but again when she looked there was nothing. The last man was yelling something, but the forest went dead silent when he was quickly cut off.

Relena stood, afraid of this new, silent threat. She heard the leaves rustle beside her and turned around, and froze at the sight before her.

Standing inches away from her, was a black dragon. It was at least twice the size as she was. It stood frozen, staring at her, its blue eyes a mixture of malice and confusion. It looked as if it was battling within itself. It slowly it brought its head forward, and touched its snout to the top of Relena's head. Relena slowly raised her hand and touched the tip of the dragon's nose. Her fear was replaced with curiosity as she looked into the dragon's eyes. They seemed warm now, and somehow familiar.

The dragon lifted its head and took a step forward and laying down. It turned its head and looked at her and then to its back, motioning her to get on. Nervously climbing onto its back she sat between its shoulders and held onto one of the spikes that lay at the base of its neck. The beast slowly lifted its head and stood on its four legs. With a swift, powerful jump, it launching itself into the air.

Relena closed her eyes at first fearing for her life, but soon found herself enjoying the sensation of flying. The dragon flew high over the forest towards the town. She gripped the spike tightly, not daring to look down at the ground below her. As they flew steadily through the night sky, Relena gently ran her hand along its slick, scaly neck. There was something familiar about this beast, and then it hit her. She thought about the Prussia blue eyes the beast hadm and thought about the man she had met in the woods with the same eyes. She then remembered the dream she had had about the boy, and then suddenly everything made sense.

Gripping the dragon's spike tighter she leaned forward and as loudly as she could yelled, "Heero, it's you isn't it?"

The beast went rigid, and started shaking. They began to sink in the sky and Relena feared they would fall to their deaths. Before Relena had time to scream however, the dragon relaxed and beat its wings. Bringing them higher into the night sky once more. The dragon turned its head slightly to look at Relena. She looked into the beasts eyes once more, they had changed somehow. They now were bright and looked less strained as they had before. They soon arrived at her home, and landed softly next to her room. Relena got off the beast and turned to face him.

She gently hugged him and whispered, "Thank you for saving me Heero."

The beast sat still, as if it was afraid the slightest move might break the girl. Relena let go and stepped back, looking into its eyes once more. Then turning she went to her bedroom window and climbed through it. She turned and looked back at the beast as it launched itself into the air. Relena, looking out of her bedroom window, watched the creature disappear into the night.

"Thank you Heero," she silently whispered to the night sky.

Authors Note: I've been debating on whether or not i want to extend the story or just leave it as is. There is only one more chapter after this one and all i have to do is re edit it. I'm pretty happy with how it ends and how it all works out. But i love the story and would like to make it longer. So i decided to do a sequel to it, but don't worry you can read this story and it has a happy enough ending to leave you satisfied. Well i should probly get back to work i spend the morning so far editing out this lol. As always please read and review.

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