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Chapter 4: Dragon's warmth
Gilbert, Bowen and Kara bring the little girl to the palace. Draco is too big to enter the castle so he has to wait outside. Kara laid the little in Enion's old bed with servants checking on her. Kara changes the little girl's dress into an icy blue gown with white long sleeve tunic. After they check on her Kara went over to Bowen and Gilbert.
"She is fine. She just needs to sleep." Kara said, looking at the sleeping child.
"I still don't understand how that little girl defeated Enion." Bowen looks at the child.
"Maybe she is a witch or a sorceress." Gilbert guessed.
"We'll talk about this in another time," Bowen said, "Right now. We need to heal the injured."
Nodding, the three went outside to see many servants healing the injured villagers. Kara helps out the best she can. Draco came over to Bowen.
"How is the girl?" Draco asked worriedly.
"She's fine. All she needs is a goodnight rest."
Then there was an explosion. They saw smoke near castle grounds. It was damage and needed to be fixed. Bowen and five healthy men started fixing it. Bowen checks the damages. Something blew it up with fire. Did Enion made an exploding powder of some sort that accidentally blew up? But he'll think about it later. He and the men started fixing the damage. Draco decided to take a nap near the castle's gates. He wants to know about that little girl and hopes that she is alright.
Meanwhile, Val wakes up in the bed alone. She sits up and rubs her eyes and looks around.
"Where am I?" she mutters. Then she remembers the incident. She gulps in fear as she remembers the explosion. She worries about her friends. She hopes they are okay. Then she heard hooting on the window. Looking at the window, Whitetalon flies to her from the window and landed in front of her in the bed.
"Whitetalon? Is Brendon and Silverfang okay?" she asked.
Whitetalon hooted saying that they are alright making Val sigh in relief. He also told her that Brendon made an explosion near the castle ground. Val told him to tell the two when everyone is in bed, Brendon will fly to the window and pick her up. Val's body was still a bit weak from the lost of energy and she can't use her powers. She worries that they might go haywire again. Whietalon flew outside the window. Val heard footsteps and pretended to sleep. She heard voices of Kara and a female servant.
"She's still asleep." Kara's voice whispers.
"Will she be alright?" the servant asked quietly.
"She will be alright. She just needs time to rest."
Val listens to them for a while before they walked away. She waited for a while until their footsteps were no more. She heard flapping wings in the window. She got up and saw Brendon smiling at her. Val smiles happily before carefully getting out of bed. She made it to the window and gets on Brendon.
"Where are Silverfang and Whitetalon?" Val asked as Brendon flies towards the forest.
"In the forest," Brendon answered, flapping his wings, "After we made the distraction, I told them to wait for us there and then we go to Crystal."
Val nodded and hugs his neck close. Brendon flies towards the forest with bit difficulties since he was still young to fly properly.
Draco was sleeping near the gates while Bowen and men's were fixing the castle's ground. He felt a weird energy in his heart. Did the little girl's tears have some special powers? Or is it a curse. Then he senses something, he sees something flying away and saw a figure riding on its back. Then he heard a servant yelling.
"She's gone!"
Draco's eyes widen in shock and realization. The girl has escaped with the flying creature. He got up and alerts Bowen. Bowen got on his horse and helps Draco chase after them. Draco flies after them in the forest. He can barely see but he can feel the girl's presences. The girl saw him and screamed in shock and told the creature to fly faster. The Chase was on. Draco chases them to the forest with Bowen from the ground and then Draco heard Bowen yelling in surprise. He looks down and his eyes widen to see a giant white wolf attacking Bowen!
"Bowen!" Draco roared as he rushed over to his friend's aid.
The wolf growls at Bowen before tackling him. Bowen hits a tree with his back as he groans in pain. Draco came to save him and uses his fire to scare away the wolf. The wolf runs towards the little girl's direction. Bowen got up and got on his horse. The two chased after the wolf and saw the little girl inside a dark cave with a mysterious figure and a snowy owl. The wolf enters the cave.
Bowen and Draco raced in until the girl removed the crystal necklace off of her neck and yelled.
"Take us to Crystal!"
Then the crystal gem broke and a swirl of ice and snow surrounded them. The four were consumed before disappearing with the snow as it vanished. The two were shocked. How did she do that?!
"What happen?" Bowen asked in shock looking at the cave.
"I do not know," Draco answered, "But, I know that child is hiding a secret." He looks at the sky, "I don't think we seen the last of her."
Meanwhile, Val and her friends came towards Crystal's kingdom. They landed and the snowy wind vanished. They enter Crystal's home and saw her resting.
"Crystal!" Val exclaims happily.
Crystal got up and smiles to see her favorite girl and then saw Brendon. She was surprise to see another dragon that is young. She flies over to them and asked, "Valentina? Who is he?" she looks at Brendon curiously.
"This is Brendon. He became my new friend." Val explained. Crystal listens to her child's words and felt pity towards Brendon. She decided to adopt him as his son making him happy as well as Val.
Val and Brendon would play in the show or hunt with Crystal. Until one day, Val was practicing her fire at a safe distance with Crystal and Brendon watching her. The golden dragon markings appeared on Val's body again. She became scared. She worried that she might go haywire again but Crystal tells her, she may have dragon powers. Val was curious and asked about it. Crystal explained that Val is a combination of Crystal's species of dragon and Draco's species. That means, Val can turn into a dragon.
Val and Brendon were amazed and wanted to know what does Val's dragon form looks like. When she used it, Val's dragon form is a golden dragon with two sapphire horns and eyes. She and Brendon would fly around in the snowy mountain with Crystal watching them from bellow. Val and Brendon became like brother and sister. Silverfang and Whitetalon would hang out with them but they have patrolling to do in the borders. Then one day, Crystal decided that they all should go on a little trip on the summer area. Val and Brendon were happy that they are going as a family.
They all headed to there and played in the river. Val and Brendon would play in the river while Crystal watches them with Silverfang and Whitetalon. But they didn't know that someone was looking for Val.
Meanwhile, Draco was flying towards the river with Bowen, riding a horse with Kara from behind. He felt the little girl's energy again. He doesn't know how he inherited this but maybe it was the little girl. As they got there, Draco saw five figures near the river. The little girl, the wolf, the owl and…dragons!
Draco, Bowen and Kara were shock to see two dragons. They thought Draco was the last one. Then the wolf's ears perked up and he growled at their direction. The icy blue dragoness heard that and fired her ice breathe at them. Draco and two doges in time but a tree was frozen.
"Valentina run!" the dragoness orders before attacking Draco.
Draco watched in shock as the girl name Valentina turned into dragon before flying away. The icy blue dragoness fires another stream of ice at them before she and the others escaped in a different direction, trying to make them confused. Once they were gone, Draco is focused on Valentina.
Draco tells Bowen, "I will get the girl, head back with Kara. There is a big storm coming our way." He looks up in the sky to see dark clouds coming. Nodding, Bowen and Kara gets on the horse and rides back home. Draco took off to find Valentina, in hopes that she can tell him the two dragons that she played. He took off to the sky and tries to fallow her scent but it was hard to find since she played in the water. Then he saw a weird of stream of energy in his eyes. Did he have a power to see/track energy signature from the girl? If he did then he will thank the little girl after he finds her before the storm attacks.
Val flies back to King Arthur's place by using her shadow powers carefully, thinking she had lost Draco. As she landed, the golden dragon markings appeared again and her earth powers go a bit haywire, creating a cave but doesn't harm King Arthur's resting place. Once the cave was done, Val runs out energy but she uses the last of it to enter the cave. She returns to human form and collapses in the cave. She was completely out cold and she didn't notice Draco landing at the cave. Draco finds her as he enters the cave. Then thunder and lightning rain down from outside, Draco sighs as he looks at Val.
She shivered by the cold in her sleep. So Draco pulls her close to him to keep her warm from the cold. She stops shivering as she snuggles close to him. Draco looks at her curiously. Did she lost her family or is she lost. He didn't fell asleep. He worries that the little girl might escape while he slept. It is a good thing he doesn't sleep for three weeks.
Few hours later, Val wakes up and sees Draco, looking down at her. She screams in surprise as she tries to get away but Draco uses his claw to pin her down like he did to Bowen. Val became scared when Draco pins her down and tries to wiggle out.
"Calm yourself," Draco said, "I am here to talk."
Val looks at him with wide eyes, "I am not going to hurt you. All I want is you to listen and answer my questions, okay?"
Val nodded slowly as Draco asked his question, "First question: What is your name?"
"V-Valentina Rosalina Grady," Val answered, she shrinks under his claw in fear.
"Second question: Did you end Enion's life and saving my heart?"
Val gulps, "Y-yes..."
"How did you do it?"
"You know the small dragon with me?" she asked. Draco nodded, "He told me that there was a weapon that can safely remove half the heart of the dragon's and kill the one who has it."
"He knows the heart remover?"
"Yes, his old mentor Rouen told him that." Val said.
"There's another dragon?" Draco asked.
"No, Rouen died to protect my friend when he was young."
"How did you get a hold of that weapon?"
"I made it because I have powers."
"You do?"
Val nodded and explained everything to him and how she helped him and the others. Draco admired her courage and was happy to know the two dragons that she played. He now knows of Crystal and Brendon. As Val answered all of Draco's questions, the storm continues to rain down. They have no choice but to wait until the storm clears tomorrow.
"Well, we should make ourselves comfortable," Draco said, lying on the ground and removing Val from his claw. She walks over to him and sits close to his head.
"Get's some sleep, we have a long day head of us." Draco said.
Val nodded and hugs Draco's head as a pillow. Draco was surprise at first but smiles as he gently put on of his claw on Val's back before going to sleep.
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