Chapter 7: Confessions


"You bend down like this, then you flutter your wings and jump over each other!" Vera said excitedly.

"One problem though," Sarah turned around and shook her 'back' (ok, her butt) at Vera.

"Oh, right... You don't HAVE wings..." Vera was trying to teach Sarah one of the many games that Vera played in the Nursery with the other hatchlings. One of the only complication was that Sarah didn't always have the parts required to play the game.

"Erm... If only you were a dragon..." Sarah turned and looked at Vera.

"Oh, am I not good enough for you?" she said with a smile.

"Oh, no. It's not that. It would just be like three times the fun if you were a dragon!" she said, smiling even wider. Sarah frowned at that.

"Hm... Truly, I've never been happier in my life," Except when I'm with Phelias, But she didn't say that out loud, "I've never really had anyone care, or love me before. Sometimes, I wish I could have been born a dragon, I feel as if I'm completely home here." she said with a smile.

"REALLY?! YOU WANT TO BE A DRAGON!" Vera squealed, starting to hop up and down.

"What? What, yes of course, I feel as if I could be a dragon if I was reborn... Why are you acting like this?"

"AW! WE COULD PLAY ALL DAY, no, ALL YEAR IF YOU WERE A DRAGON! AND WE COULD PLAY ALL THE GAMES!!!" she stopped jumping, and pondered something for a second.

"How old are you?" she asked, looking strait into Sarah's eyes.

"You are very off topic now aren't ya? Well, I'm fifteen why?" she asked, in reply.

Vera started to jump up and down again. "YES, YES, YES!" She squealed, she stopped jumping and started to run around in circles.

"What? What are you doing? Why is that a good thing?"

"XELIS WILL BE SOOOOO HAPPY!" She smiled, then her eyes got big and she stopped spinning, putting her paw in front of her mouth. "oops..." She said. Her eyes started to fill with tears, big, fat, alligator tears.

"Aw, come here Vera," Sarah came and wrapped her arms around the little dragon's body, sitting on the ground, Vera and her were at the same height.

Then, Vera's tears started to flow freely, and she shook, "X-X-Xelis told m-me to ask you t-that... H-He wanted T-T-T-To know I-If you would like it-t-t he-r-re." She stuttered, trying to talk through her tears.

Sarah frowned. Why would it matter to him if I wanted to stay here?

"I-I'm no-t-t supposed to even t-t-tel-l-l you thi-s-s-s..." Sarah nodded.

"I completely understand Vera."

"You do?" Vera asked, looking down at her, the last tear, slowly leaving her cheek.

"I won't tell Xelis, if you won't tell him you said this, kay?" she said smiling.

Vera smiled back at her, "Okay!" she said, her usual happiness sprouting once again.

"Vera! It's lunch time! Get back in here!" They both turned around at the sound of the Nanny that took care of all the hatchlings.

"I have to go now Sarah," Vera said, jumping up and running out of the cave.

"BY!" Sarah called after her. Now, Sarah was alone with her own thoughts. Why did Xelis want to know if I wanted to be a Dragon?

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Sarah lay in her bed, waiting for sleep to take her, but she was having quit the trouble going to sleep that night. Why? Flew through her head, a thousand questions. Why does he care? Why ask if I wanted to be a DRAGON? Why? WHY? WHY? WHY?

Yawning, she tried to quiet her mind. She thought of Phelias, Vera, Areala, Xelis, Kelata, Geliyx, and all the other dragons, and people she loved. Tired from her day, she closed her eyes, welcoming the quiet sleep waiting for her.

Her eyes flew open, looking up at the familiar sky. I am talking to Phelias tonight! She thought smiling. She had gotten to talk to him less lately, and she had missed him.

She almost tripped over herself getting up. She started to laugh.

"Here, let me help you." she heard the voice of her prince, but something was wrong with it. It sounded cold and dark.

"Thank you," she whispered when he helped her up. He looked her up and down. Since she had come to live with the dragons, Xelis had gotten many fine dresses for her. Many were the color red, he said that color suited her. Many of the dresses where embroidered with beautiful pictures of Dragons.

He continued to look at her with darkness in his beautiful green eyes.

"Sarah-"

Her eyes began to fill with tears, she knew this was happening, this had happened once before, when she was twelve. She was stupid, and she thought she was in love. But, the boy that she had supposed to have 'loved' her, had started with the same line, and he had, had the same darkness that was in Phelias' eyes right now.

"NO! Don't say it!" She screamed. She took her hands and pushed them up to her head, right above her ears. She squeezed her eyes shut.

"What have I done Phelias? I LOVE YOU!" She screamed, because, she knew that no one would hear her, she could be as loud as she wanted. She started to shake her head frantically. "No, no, no, no." She whispered to herself. The tears started to flow now.

"Nothing you have done..." He said, quietly. The darkness in his eyes lifted for a moment, when she said 'I love you' but, they darkened again quickly.

"It is me." he said.

"NO! THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY!" she screamed.

"PLEASE TELL ME THE TRUTH!" He pondered this for a second. Sarah had removed her arms from her head, and now rapped her arms around herself, she rocked back and forth on her feet.

"I can not love you." She stopped crying for a moment and looked at him.

"I can not allow myself to love you, I will only make you have to separate from your family." he muttered.

"What? What are you talking about?"

"I want you to go home Sarah." This confused her, because to her she was home.

"I want you to leave the cave Sarah." His eyes met hers, and she finally understood.

"Xelis?"


Authors Note: ok, while I was writing this chapter, the words just flowed, and I was even shocked at the turn I had taken. At the end of the chapter, I was neer tears!!! XD