Hi there! I'm grounded but that won't stop me from updateing! Ya!

Anyways, in this chapter something happens to Anzu's humainty. Here we go!

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Dragon Princess

Chapter 6

Anzu twisted her wings slightly and rode the air current even higher with Atem following her closely, watching her to make sure she didn't do a fatal mistake. Occasionally he barked out orders on how to move her wings or turn her body. She decided, once she figured out how to stay aloft, that flying was fun.

Though dragons were heavy but because of their muscular wings, that didn't even matter. But they still flew with a little use of magic. Most dragons, Atem had explained, only used that magic when extreme speed was needed. That was it.

When Atem had woken her up that morning she reluctantly followed him, knowing that whatever she did today would probably embarrass her for the rest of her life. But when Atem taught her he didn't joke around, he was completely serious. He explained that one wrong move could mess up her flight and have her falling like a rock before she could catch herself.

That simple explanation hit Anzu like he had just used his tail to smack her on the head, one wrong move in flight and she could hurt herself or even worse, kill herself. Atem started out small. He had found a small, but tall cliff and had her glide off it until she could remain afloat. Once she had completed that he moved to a higher cliff, and it continued like that until he brought her to a complete drop-off.

"You must be crazy to think that I'm going to jump off and potentially kill myself!"

"Please, you'll be fine, and besides, what's life if you don't take risks?"

"A life with no broken bones and not getting into any danger."

Atem snorted. "You certainly didn't think like that when you entered my cave and when you threw yourself at me like a battering ram." Anzu had squealed in outrage and whipped her tail at him which caused a small tussle with no winner.

After a few more fights Atem finally got her into the air and she was enjoying it. He taught her the basics, turning, speeding up, slowing down, and diving. He even gave her a few targets. He had asked her if she had seen the hawks before. She responded with a yes so he explained that she needed to dive for targets.

Three out of five she caught, but one she almost had and the first time she tried to do it. When she tried to do a trick he scolded her and told her no tricks after she got used to flying.

They flew over a swampy area she had never seen before. "Atem."

"Hmm?"

"What are the different habitats in the mountain? I always thought that you found swamps near the ocean."

"That is true, most can be found near the ocean, but in the mountains you have ice and snow always melting, and that water has to go somewhere, and this is one of the places it goes." He explained.

They circled the swamp a few times before they started to head back when Anzu felt a wave a pain fill her. She gasped and tried to hide it but Atem caught the emotion before she put it behind the iron wall. He turned to her, his eyes narrowed. "Anzu . . . what's wrong?"

"I . . . don't . . . kn-" but she blacked out before she could say anything else, and fell to the ground. The last thing she heard was Atem roaring her name.

Atem had felt the wave of pain from Anzu and started to worry. He wondered if he was going too hard on her but she had gotten plenty of rest and he didn't push her too hard.

But when she fell from the sky like a dead weight it scared many years from him, that was for sure. He had tried to catch her before she hit the ground but instead of his claws grabbing her, he grabbed air.

He dived after her but he didn't catch her in time as she collided with the ground, the mud dirtying her sapphire scales. Landing beside her he looked over her to make sure nothing was wrong and to his relief, nothing was wrong.

But keeping her out here like this, after dark was a bad idea. Dragons may have few enemies but that doesn't mean other creatures will prey upon ill and wounded ones.

Picking her up as gentle as he could and putting her on his back he walked slowly back to the cave so he could watch her properly.

Anzu opened her eyes to darkness. Where was she? Looking around all she saw was darkness and seemingly endless space. "Hello?" she called out.

There was silence before she heard a soft cry. Something that sounded hauntingly familiar. Walking forward toward the sound she came up against a wall, maybe a mirror?

Walking up to the mirror like wall she did not meet the image of her dragon self, instead she was met with her human self. Brown chocolate hair and sapphire blue eyes, but her skin was pale, she looked like a walking dead person. Dark circles under her eyes and her gaze looked almost dead except for one thing.

A spark of hope was in them, and Anzu knew what that hope was for. Her human self wished her back, to be human again. This . . . corpse was the part of her heart that held on being a human.

Her human self stepped forward, hand extended. A simple gesture, one that was now alien to her now. She snarled and the human stopped. Anzu had only been a dragon for a short time but already she welcomed this form. She could fly, control skyfire, and turn things into sapphires, all this just to become a dragon. This was freedom!

But what had her human form offered her? Nothing, just pain. Memories of her father, many happy, but some sad. The dark memories she gained when he married her step-mother. But the darkest memories were those of her mother. She didn't know what she looked like, only given a vague description about her, brown hair and pale, icy blue eyes. That was all she was given, nothing else.

Her father had sand blond hair with some gray and hazel eyes; she knew that she got her looks from her mother.

Suddenly a shriek pulled her from her thoughts. Anzu looked over to see her human self being burned in blue flames, being consumed . . .

That's when it hit, her humanity was burning away. She didn't try to stop it, the blue flame was almost impossible to stop. The screams continued until slowly, very slowly, they faded away.

When the flames finally disappeared the only thing that was left was a faded shadow. Even with her dragon sight she could barely make out her old self. The memories of her father, when she was human, were shadows now. Almost nothing. She couldn't even remember the fields of flowers she ran around in when she was a little girl, with her father behind her, playing tag.

Anzu only remembered the actions. She ran, her father ran, they were playing tag, but she couldn't picture the field. Her memories were in darkness. She couldn't even remember the castle!

Only certain memories stuck out. Derek, her real mother, and the Queen. Her real mother's memories were practically screaming. But they caused her to question them. Was her mother a sapphire dragon? Or, could she have been half sapphire dragon?

And Derek! How could she have forgotten Derek? After all he had done for her she didn't give him anything but tell him that she loved him. She had to get back to him somehow, or bring him to her. But, he vowed to serve . . .

The Queen. She would be the first to suffer. Anzu would turn her into a sapphire statue then turn the statue into sapphire dust.

Suddenly a familiar pressure, a mind, pressed against her iron wall.

Atem.

Oh gods! She probably caused him heart attacks for falling like that! Anzu steeled her mind and forced herself to go back to reality.

Atem sat in front of Anzu, trying to reach her mind. He had been close once, he even felt her respond to him, but she escaped again. He caught her one last time and this time her body shuddered and her eyes flickered open.

"Anzu?" he whispered softly.

"Ow. How hard did I hit the ground?" she groaned. Atem sighed with relief. Like a cat, he curled his tail around him and tucked his claws under him.

"You hit the ground hard, but you healed. I am more concerned as to why you fell."

"I have no idea. My mind feels fuzzy." She muttered. Getting up slowly to test her muscles. Atem noted immediately that she had grown some.

"You've grown."

"I have?" she asked as she looked at herself and then down at him. "Stand up."

Atem sighed and stood up in front of her. To his surprise she grew more than he expected. Now she was maybe a human away from being the same size as him. "Wow, so I have grown. Dang and I thought I stopped."

"Sometimes a dragon never stops growing."

"Really?"

"Yes, now tell me wha-" but before he finished something, or someone for that matter, landed right on his back.

"Who dares . . ." but he stopped when he spotted a golden colored dragon. "Oh no, why are you here Chaya?" he groaned.

"What? I can't see my favorite brother?"

Anzu looked over to see a blond-golden colored dragon. Her eyes seemed to be a blue-gray-green color, (blue being the main color) and her neck-spikes were tipped with the color of turquoise. She was maybe four humans shorter than him.

"How is she your sister?" she asked. Atem looked over at her and sighed.

"Though, as impossible as it seems, she is my youngest sister. She takes after our mother. Chaya, this is Anzu." He said.

Chaya looked over at Anzu with wide eyes. "Wow! You're almost the same size as Atem!"

"Chaya . . ." Atem warned.

"Oh fine!" she snapped. "Sorry, it's just; my brother's the biggest dragon, besides my mother, that I know."

Anzu relaxed. "It's alright. So, are any more coming or are you the only one?" she asked. Chaya shrugged, looking away from Atem.

"Chaya, for the love of gods tell me who else is coming?" he snapped.

She ignored him.

He glared at her before gritting out each word between his clenched teeth. "I'm. So. Happy. To. See. You. Chaya. Now tell me. Who's coming?"

This time Chaya bounced with happiness. "Yugi, Rebecca, Seto, and Kisara."

Atem growled. "Why the damn lovebirds? Anyone but the lovebirds." Anzu looked over to see Chaya snickering at him as he banged his head against the rock wall.

"Lovebirds?" Anzu asked. Chaya answered her.

"Yep, Yugi is my other big brother and Rebecca is his soul mate. Same goes for Seto and Kisara."

Anzu made an 'oh' sound and turned to watch Atem, who was still hitting his head. "You know that won't help. You heal too fast." He turned to glare at her and sighed.

"I know it won't help. Gods, I should just kick them out."

"But I want to meet them!" Anzu said.

Atem turned to her and for a few moments there was silence before he spoke.

"Fine. But don't say I didn't warn you."

It's short. I'm sorry.

But hey, I updated. So, any questions if something confused you, ask away.

About her Humanity. I had to have it burn away. The spell that Derek put on her makes her forever a dragon. Her humanity couldn't stay.

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