Chapter Four-Dragon Council Katari sat up silently, glancing over to her brother, who was sleeping soundly. In an instant, her stomach growled, and she sighed, reaching out to the Council. ~I have a small problem...~ Everything with you is small. And we already know. Nothing can live without eating, and the food left for you will restore all your strength. Save a bit of it for when you get here... ~Thank you.~ Of course. She stood, walking towards the small, flat boulder in the meadow, where she found three packages. She opened one, and blinked. Whatever the food was, it was a purple color, and odd looking...The shape of a fang. ~I would ask what it is but...~ It's a drink within a fruit shell. Oddly enough, it's grown here in that form. You see how small the third one is? That's the one you take with you.Drink the juice and eat some of the shell before you pass through the barrier. Save a piece of the shell for after you do. ~Ok.~ She sighed, and picked up the fang shaped fruit, biting the smallest end, and drinking the juice from the fruit, before eating the rest of the shell. Standing up, she looked over to her brother, who was resting soundly on the thick grass. Silently, she moved over to him, sitting down by him, watching him for a few minutes before reluctantly shaking his shoulder. "Lakai...Lakai, wake up..." She said, and he opened his eyes, stretching slightly, before sitting up, looking to her. "There is food over there on the boulder. It has liquid inside, so use common sense when you eat it. And please leave your sword here if you plan to come with me to Council." He blinked a moment, and nodded slowly, standing as she did, but she moved to sit on another of the grass beds, closing her eyes and waiting, as he unsheathed his sword, laying it upon the bed gently, before moving to eat the fruit. As he finished, she stood, walking over and picking up the other fruit, before heading back down the trail they had taken to the meadow, and down the small path heading towards the mountains in the distance, with him right beside her. "Why is it I feel I have seen this place before?" He asked, looking to her. "Remember when you were very little? About three or so?" She asked, and as he nodded, she continued. "You saw the birth of it. I took you to the attic, and helped you climb onto the roof with me...I told you it was the Dragons' Country...And you nodded, watching as these mountains rose from the earth, the storm swirling around it...Lightning crashing to the ground..." "I remember...It scared me, and as I cried, you held me close, but since you never looked away, I didn't..." Her smile was soft, and she nodded slightly, then stopped, as they reached an arch in what seemed to be a never-ending cliff wall in both directions. She snapped off the end of the fruit remaining, and saved it, drinking half the juice, before passing it to him, and Lakai drank the rest, before snapping the fruit in half, handing her half, and they ate silently. When they finished, she grabbed his hand, closing her eyes. He knew what was about to happen, and her eyes opened, silver mingling in the blue, her hair suddenly rising slightly, as the earth began to tremble, and clouds formed in the sky. His eyes closed as they stepped forward together, but instead of the battle he had felt before, it was different. He saw his sister in his minds eye, walking forward into a circle of Dragons, the Council, he assumed, and they all just...Looked at her, before nodding slightly. Then the storm faded, and he opened his eyes, watching his sister on her knees, hand still in his, eating the piece of fruit she had snapped off before. She stood, enegry completely restored, and began to walk forward, leading him by the hand as she used to when they went for walks in the garden. He stood tall, eyes locked on his sister, as he dropped her hand, and moved to walk by her side, now watching everything around them. In an instant, she put out her hand, making him stop, as she walked forward. He stopped, but saw ahead the Council, and ran to stay by her side, though it was in vain, as a Dragon's tail came between them, and he stood helpless, only able to observe. He suddenly saw Katari stop, and her hair rose all around her, as she called once more upon her power, and lightning began to fall all around her, making it impossible to see. He realized suddenly that there would either be a battle from which only one emerged, or a meeting, envolving his sister, and another with her power. As she began to walk forward again, it became impossible to look at her, and he turned away, sitting down on the ground silently, waiting. The last thing he saw before he did so, however, was a form that was growing too bright to look at as well, walking towards his sister. He could only pray that what happened when their circles of light met wouldn't result in his sister's death...