Dominic bounded across the rooftops with several dragons close behind her. She had heped the New York colony establish a schedule so dragons didn't have to go out nightly but for some reason the demons had become more active. They had to send out more teams. That night alone Dominic's team took down six demons. "Something's going on, something big." Dominic told Avery later back at the apartment. "I'll say." Avery agreed. "Isn't that one of your Avenger friends on TV?" "Avery focus…" Dominic stopped short when she saw that her friend was correct and when she heard what he was saying. He was calling out the Mandarin, the leader of a fast-rising terrorist organization known as the ten rings. Not only that but he had given them his home address. "Your friend is crazy." Avery stated. "That idiot!" Dominic growled running to the rooftop.

"Bruce?" she called as she entered. She was surprised when it was Steve who rounded the corner instead. "Dominic? What are you doing here?" he asked. "Sorry I should have called ahead but please tell me Tony is here." She begged. "No but everyone else is." Steve informed her gesturing for her to come in. "So I take it you all saw the news?" Dominic asked. They nodded. "Has he completely lost his mind?" Dominic asked. "We're still trying to decide that ourselves." Clint stated. "What was he thinking?" Dominic shook her head. "You don't think Tony can handle this?" Bruce asked. "Tony may arguably be the smartest of you but he has no training like the rest of us. He's a civilian." Dominic stated. "So am I." Bruce argued. "You've also got Hulk protecting you." Dominic commented. Bruce got a strange look on his face. "You say that like Hulk's another person." Clint commented. "That's because he is. Hulk is an alternate personality. Why do you think I call him the other guy?" Bruce stated. "How could you possibly know that?" "You're forgetting I'm an interdimensional being. You're not the first Bruce Banner or Hulk I've encountered." She reminded him. "Yeah still not buying the whole other dimension thing." Clint commented. "Neither did Tony till I pushed him through a dimensional portal." Dominic stated. "You what?" Bruce demanded causing everyone to flinch. "Why on earth would you do that?" "To prove to him I was telling the truth. Why am I missing something?" Dominic asked. "Tony has been having night terrors about going through the tesseract portal." Bruce informed everyone. "Oh my… I would have never done that if I had known." Dominic assured. Bruce took a breath. "It's Ok. If I were in your shoes I probably would have done the same thing." Bruce stated. Suddenly her phone started vibrating like crazy. The texts were from Avery. GET BACK HERE NOW! SOS! EMERGENCY! "Crap I've got to go take care of something on the supernatural end of the spectrum. Can you guys please talk some sense into Tony before he gets himself killed?" She requested before disappearing through a shadow. "Again with the shadows." Bruce shook his head.

Dominic emerged from the shadows back in her apartment. Avery was gone but she could hear growling from multiple dragons on the first floor. She rushed down to see every adult dragon in the building with claws out and baring their sharp teeth at a single man. They kept their distance from him as if he was toxic. Dominic took in his appearance. He wore a leather jacket with studs on the shoulders and jeans. A very biker look. "Easy I'm not here to hurt anyone." He assured. "I just need to talk to the one called White Fire." "That would be me." Dominic growled as she narrowed her now purple eyes at the intruder. She moved closer but stopped suddenly realizing why everyone was keeping back. There was a darkness about this man. "Who are you and what do you want?" Dominic demanded. "My name is Johnny Blaze and I need your help. Dominic realized exactly why this man had this dark persona. He was the Ghost Rider. She growled extending her own claws. "Whoa easy I'm not here to hurt you." Blaze through his hands up in defense. Dominic hesitated. He wouldn't have been able to get passed the magical barrier if he had intended harm. "Speak your piece Rider." She growled. "Oh good you know about that. That makes this so much easier." Blaze sighed. "I need some help with Mephisto." "And Mephisto is?" Dominic questioned "Mephisto is a Hell-lord under the devil himself." Blaze informed her. Murmurs broke out among the dragons. "Well that explains the surge in demon activity recently." Dominic stated. "So can I count on your help?" Blaze asked. "I can't ask my dragons to go up against a Hell-lord." Dominic stated gaining her quite a few shocked looks from the other dragons. "Can't or won't?" Blaze demanded glaring at her. "Both." Dominic said giving him an equally intense glare. "A Hell-lord is at least a class two demon which is on a completely different level than the class three demons they fight now." "Unbelievable!" Blaze threw his hands up in frustration. "I thought it was a dragon's job to protect humanity from demons." "Which is why I will be helping you." She clarified. "Whoa now so it's not Ok for us to face a Hell-lord but you can?" A wind dragon called Henry protested. "I just got you guys fighting demons again. I've been doing this for most of my life." Dominic countered. "White Fire you may be the alpha dragon but we are not letting you sacrifice yourself." David stated. "There's no letting me about it. I could just give an alpha command and you would obey." Dominic threatened. Many of the dragons visibly flinched. "Don't do this." Avery begged moving next to her brother. "You can trust us." Dominic looked around at the dragons. She had always been very suspicious of other dragons due to her past experience with them. It was the reason she had always hung around with werewolf packs but these looked sincere enough. "We have until sunset to make a plan." Dominic finally gave in."

It was decided that they would break off into teams of ten like normal only this time there was intentionally one shadow dragon per team while the rest went with Dominic. Out of all the types of dragons, shadow dragons were the most effective against non-elemental demons. They could also get any injured dragons to safety which is why she ensured one per team. "Alright guys let's link up!" she called. Each of the dragons linked their minds telepathically within their respective teams. It was a very effective way of battling as they could more quickly aid where they were needed and didn't even need to speak to know the plan. They could even see through each other's eyes if the link was strong enough. "Everyone up to the rooftops!" Dominic ordered as the last rays of sunlight disappeared beneath the horizon. They did as commanded as Blaze began to groan in pain. It was hard to watch him change into the Ghost Rider. The Rider glanced up at her before mounting his motorcycle. He was fast but they managed to keep up while in full dragon form. He lead them to the part of the city known as Hell's Kitchen. The name was certainly appropriate. Dark ominous clouds overcast the area and red lightning lit up the sky. They were definitely in the right place. Suddenly out of nowhere a fireball was launched directly at one of the other dragons. Dominic pushed him out of the way and took the hit. It singed her scales. "Hot, hot!" she hissed in pain. There were very few types of fire that could burn a dragon. Hellfire was one of them. Ghost Rider stopped short turning back to see what had happened. The dragons formed a defensive circle as demons appeared and surrounded them. The dragons roared as they attacked. The shadows rose like spears impaling the demons and slicing them to pieces easily. Another blast of Hellfire sailed towards her but Ghost Rider caught it instead. "Well, well, well. If it isn't the Ghost Rider and he brought friends." An old man commented stepping into the light or at least that's what he wanted them to see. The disguise faded for a moment revealing a demon who looked anything but frail with red skin and protruding sharp teeth. His eyes were blacker than any shadow could hope to be. His face itself was more like a skull and he had black horns curling back behind his head. It reminded Dominic of some of the interpretation drawings she had seen of the devil. "Drop the façade Mephisto. You're not fooling anyone." She growled. "Well aren't you the clever one." Mephisto glared at her. "Well I'd love to stay and chat but I have souls to steal. Kill them." More demons appeared and attacked them. Ghost Rider used his fiery chain while the other dragons again attacked with the shadows. Dominic stood up on her hind legs and formed a ball of white fire between her hands but this wasn't ordinary fire. It was heaven fire. There was only a small amount as it was difficult to produce without the help of an angel but its touch was devastating to demons. She wasn't sure if it killed them or just banish them back to hell but either way they didn't come back. "You might want to duck." She warned the Rider. The demons froze and backed away when they realized what she had. Dominic didn't give them a chance to escape. She sent the heaven fire out in an arc disintegrating any demon it touched. It took out most of the demons. The other dragons confirmed that they could handle the remaining demons before Dominic pursued the Hell-lord with the Ghost Rider following closely behind her.

They had to leap to a far rooftop but Ghost Rider didn't jump as far as he needed. He threw his chain allowing Dominic to catch it and swing him onto her back. This turned out to be a mistake. Like anything the Ghost Rider rode she changed. His fire surrounded her and transformed her into a skeleton but more than that it affected the seal that held the red horseman back. Freedom! War proclaimed as she pushed against the gate that always stood between them. Her powers surrounded Dominic searing her. Dominic wasn't sure which had hurt worse, the hellfire she had been hit with earlier or this. The transformation began to alter. Her scales reappeared except they were black and her eyes had turned completely red. "No!" Dominic gasped using all her strength to slam the gate shut and reseal her half of the seal. The sudden surge of power threw the Rider from her back. He rolled across the rooftop and gave her an angry glare as she shook off both transformations. "Let's not do that again." She requested. Mephisto laughed darkly. "Looks like you chose the wrong mount all be it a very interesting one." He commented. "You sure about that?" Dominic growled rising to her hind legs once again. Ghost Rider got the hint and caught his chain on fire again. Heaven fire appeared in her hands again. A look of shock and disbelief appeared on Mephisto's face. "It's not possible." He growled backing away but he found his path blocked by the other dragons who had caught up. They struck with the shadows but the demon merely struck them away but it provided the necessary distraction for Ghost Rider to capture him with his chain and for Dominic to form more heaven fire. The strain of this however forced her back into human form. Mephisto screamed as she managed to throw the fire and it met its mark. Much to her surprise the demon did not completely disappear but it had significantly weakened him. "Back to hell!" the rider growled as the chain lit up with more fire as her pulled the chain and Mephisto disintegrated.

Dominic had used all her strength and was barely able to hold herself up. Ghost Rider approached her but Avery stepped between them giving him a warning growl. He wasn't intimidated. And walked around the dragon to Dominic. He nodded in thanks before jumping of the building to his motorcycle and riding off. "Are you alright?" Avery asked helping Dominic steady herself. "I will be in few hours. At least I didn't pass out like I normally do." Dominic commented. "What was that?" David asked. "That was heaven fire." Dominic informed them. "No not that. The other thing. That red chaos that emerged from you when you transformed." Zach asked as the other shadow dragons approached. "That is a bit more complicated." Dominic sighed. They all stared at her waiting for her to explain. Don't tell them anything Fire. They will never trust you again. War warned. "You don't get to talk right now!" Dominic growled. "Um who is that?" Avery demanded searching deeper in her mind. Dominic quickly severed the telepathic link remembering that they were still connected and kicking them all out but Avery had gotten a glance at the gate and War. "Oh my… Do you have a demon sealed inside of you?" Avery gasped. "No it's not a demon. It's a horseman." Dominic admitted. "Whoa as in the Apocalypse horsemen?" Zuri asked. "You're a horseman?" Lucas demanded. "No I'm its prison." Dominic stated. "That makes no sense why would a horseman be sealed inside anyone?" David questioned. "You don't know much about horsemen do you?" Dominic asked. They shook their heads. "Horsemen, except for Death, have to be sealed within people. There are actually two seals: the one that breaks when the Apocalypse begins and the one that breaks then the person containing the horseman gives in to them." Dominic informed them. "What happens when someone gives in?" Avery asked. "The black plague, world wars, the Irish potato famine, stuff like that." Dominic stated. "Why you?" Avery asked. "Not really sure." Dominic shrugged. "As far as I now this is the first time they have sealed a horseman in a draconidaes instead of a regular human." The other stared at her for a long time then they did something that she didn't expect. They all shifted into human form and embraced her. "What are you…" she started. "You poor thing." Emma stated. "How do you bare such a burden." "She doesn't need pity Emma!" Avery scolded. "Please don't tell anyone." Dominic begged. "I don't want anyone looking at me differently because of this and I don't want it getting out to the magical community." "Don't worry about it." Avery assured. Suddenly the other dragons grabbed their heads as if they were in pain. Avery's eyes were glowing purple. "Avery what are you doing?" Dominic demanded. "Altering their memories." Avery informed her. "Why would you…" "They were going to turn on you White Fire!" Avery cut her off. "I could feel it!" "Oh Avery I could have handled it! I could have given them an alpha command and they would have obeyed." Dominic argued. "But you didn't because you don't like to control people!" Avery countered. Dominic didn't say anything. She simply grabbed Avery by the shoulders and forced their foreheads to meet allowing her access into Avery's mind. She could see the altered memory Avery had used but Dominic wasn't strong enough to reverse it. The only thing different they would remember feeling was Ghost Rider's transformation. "What are you doing?" Avery demanded s her mental defenses tried to push Dominic out. "You don't think they should know what's locked inside of me so neither should you!" Dominic yelled using the last of her strength to turn the altered memory back on its creator and overlaying the old one. The world went dark as she finished and Dominic collapsed into a crumpled heap.

Dominic opened her eyes to find herself back in her apartment. "So much for not passing out." She groaned as she sat up. "I was wondering when you were going to wake up?" Avery's voice said from across the room. Dominic tensed up hearing her voice. "How long was I out?" Dominic asked. "Three days." Avery informed her bringing her a glass of water. "What?" Dominic gasped. "What happened?" "You over used that special white fire you've got and passed out." Avery stated. Dominic was relieved to hear the false memory had stuck. "But hey we won." Avery shrugged. "Good to know." Dominic stated. Avery moved to her side. "Hey Aves, I appreciate the support but I need time to recover on my own." Dominic requested. 'Oh yeah sure." Avery looked a bit hurt. She left Dominic alone to her own thoughts. She pulled out her laptop to catch up with the rest of the world. Somewhere in the back of her mind she could hear War's laughter. I didn't think you had it in you to alter your friend's memory. Dominic ignored her reading an article about Tony Stark's house being blown up. "Darn it I knew something like this was going to happen." She muttered to herself. Not just a friend but possible the most loyal of your subjects. Dominic clicked on another article. This one about how Iron man and Iron Patriot had saved the president. "Oh good he's alive." She sighed. But then again you have to do what you have to do dragon princess. War sneered. "The only reason she is so loyal is because of my status. I've seen it to many times before and I am not a princess!" Dominic growled. War knew exactly how to get under her skin. Oh apologies commander. War mocked. I did try to warn you what would happen when people found out. "If you hadn't tried to break free we wouldn't have this problem!" Dominic argued. What do you want an apology? War demanded. "For starters." Dominic nodded. "And for you to stop trying to take over my body!" I wouldn't have to if you would just use my powers outside of assuming my likeness! War countered. "You would like that wouldn't you!" Dominic growled. Yes, because I wouldn't have to save you when you lose a battle! War stated. "Is this your weird way of saying you were trying to protect me?" Dominic questioned. In a sense, yes. You are my host body Fire I would prefer you undamaged. War stated. "You know this is why you and I don't get along." Dominic stated. War continued to talk but Dominic ignored her choosing instead to work on her novel. Eventually War became silent knowing that her attempts were futile.

Dominic went to the mirror looking at her own battered reflection the necklace that she had worn most of her life, that indicated who she was shimmered in the dim light. She touched the fire copper rings. A long time ago she had worn it to help her control her unique and very strong powers over energy. Now she just wore it for sentimental value. She told herself she was just like any other dragon but even she wasn't sure she believed that anymore. As if to prove herself right she undid the clasp and spoke in an antient tongue so that it would not reappear on her when she transformed as it normally did. Dominic looked back at her reflection. She could do better than she had been. It was time that she started acting outside of the New York colony. But that could wait another day. Despite being asleep for three days she was still exhausted and drifted off.

She was walking through a grassy field surrounded by mountains. A large stream filled with glacial water cut through the valley. A wild horse herd grazed peacefully down the valley while a small wolf pack played closer to the mountain edge. Dominic realized she was dreaming. She had been to this place many years ago. It was one of the few times there had been some degree of peace in her life but this place was gone now. The entire dimension was a blank nothingness now. As much as she wanted to stay here in this peaceful place there was something she needed to take care of. A door appeared next to her. Dominic opened it and entered the dream corridor. She found the door she was looking for. She entered and found Tony reliving going through the tesseract portal. Despite the fact that there was no ground she walked towards him. "Tony!" she called grabbing his hand and breaking the repeating cycle he was dreaming. He looked at her. "Dominic? How are you?" He started. "You're dreaming." She stopped him. Dominic waved her hand and they were back in his lab and he was no longer in his armor. "Whoa!" Tony shook his head. "How are you even? Aw crap Pepper is going to kill me for dreaming about another woman." Tony cursed. "You're not dreaming about me. I'm dream walking. If she' going to kill anyone it's probably going to be me." Dominic assured. "Dream walking huh? What a shaman or something?" Tony asked. "No I'm a dream master." Dominic stated as if it should have been obvious. "Well that must be why you are glowing like that." Tony commented. Dominic glanced down to find there was indeed a white aura around her. Nobody had ever pointed that out to her before. "So what are you here to change my dream so I stop having the same nightmare?" Tony asked. "No I'm here to teach you how to do it." Dominic corrected. "And to apologize for the whole throwing you across dimensions thing. I wouldn't…" Stop right there!" Tony cut her off. "What you did was amazing and I probably never would have never believed you. Hell, I still barely believe it." "Would you mind telling Banner that. I'm pretty sure he's going to kill me the next time he sees me." "Banner?" Tony asked "He's the one who told me about the nightmares." She informed him. "Can't tell anyone anything anymore." Tony shook his head. "Romanoff mentioned something about you coming by the tower before my house got blown up. Something about talking some sense into me?" "I'm just glad you made it through that whole ordeal." Dominic stated. "I get it you don't think I can handle myself." Tony challenged. Dominic wanted to say something about how he couldn't that Pepper did it for him but she thought better of it. "Are you kidding me you are Iron Man, now do you want help with your nightmare or not?" She asked changing the subject. "Only because I want you out of my head." Tony stated. "Note to self, stay away from Tony for a while." Dominic thought to herself. "Alright its easy. Just think of something else. Something that calms you." "Really that's all it takes?" Tony asked. "That and a bit of focus once you remember you are dreaming. Not everything has to be complicated." Dominic stated. "Let's give this a try." Tony sighed. "Tony?" Pepper's voice came from behind her. The dream Pepper walked past her and took Tony's hands. "Wow you're a natural." Dominic commented. "We'll you know big brain and all, now get out of my head." He commanded. "You're welcome." She rolled her eyes as she entered the dream corridor.

Dominic jumped in surprise as she entered back into her own dream almost jolting her awake. Death was waiting for her. "What are you doing here?" Dominic gasped trying to slow her heart rate back to normal. "I need a favor sister." Death requested.