Chapter Nine

The White Dragon...

'This is getting ridiculous,' Raven thought with a sigh. She looked over the top of the book she had been trying to read for the past fifteen minutes to find a pair of green eyes staring at her. It wasn't the fact she was being watched that bothered her; it was who was watching her that was. Ever sense the two had first meet, Gar had tried everything he could to make her laugh. Unfortunately, she didn't find his sense of humor refreshing in the least.

"Can I help you?" she asked trying not to sound annoyed. "I was just wondering why you're inside on a beautiful day like this," the changeling said. "Trying to finish a book I forgot to bring with me," she said before going back to her book. "But why?" he asked. "Book report," she replied simply. She had just finished the page when it was taken from her hands. "Give it back, Gar," she said glaring at him. "I just want to see what the title is," he replied. She went to take the book back but stopped as she saw a white dragon walk up behind the green teen. "Gar, whatever you do, don't move," she said quietly.

He gave her a slightly puzzled look before looking behind him. "That's not Alex, is it?" he asked quietly. Raven slowly shook her head before they heard a voice say, "Guinevere?" The dragon slowly looked over and seemed to smile a little. Raven used her powers to move Gar next to her as she watched Howler walk up and place a hand on the dragons head. "Where have you been?" he asked quietly. The dragon let out a soft whine as it closed its eyes.

"You know that dragon?" Raven asked a little surprised. "She was my mom's," he said before giving it a hug, "I missed you too, Guinevere." Gar shared a puzzled look with Raven before asking, "If she was your mom's, then where has she been?" Howler rested his forehead against the white dragons for a few seconds before saying, "Who's Ra's Al Gul?" "He's the head of the League of Shadows. Why?" Gar replied.

"I'll explain later," Howler said before turning his attention back to the white Dragon, "Michelle and the others have been worried about you." Guinevere shifted her gaze to a photo on the wall for a brief second before looking back at him. "Emma's here," he said as a tear slid down his cheek, "She's missed mom most of all." The dragon let out a soft rumble as it moved so it looked like it was hugging him. "Gar, go find Michelle," Raven said in hushed tone. "G-got it," the changeling said before quickly leaving the room.

She slowly got to her feet and walked over before asking, "Are you ok, Howler?" "I will be," He said wiping the tears from his eyes. Guinevere shifted her gaze to the young girl and watched her. "Raven, this is mom's dragon Guinevere," he said smiling. "Nice to meet you," Raven said looking into the white dragons eyes. Guinevere nodded slightly before wrapping her tail around Raven's waist. "Uh, what is she doing?" Raven asked as she was lifted off the ground.

"Don't worry Raven, she won't hurt you," he said watching Guinevere set the young girl on her back, "See? She likes you." "Ok," she said a little shaking. She placed a single hand on the dragons back and gasped as images filled her mind. She pulled her hand away after a few seconds to find Guinevere looking at her. "You ok, Raven?" Howler asked sounding worried. "I think so," Raven said before being gently lifted off the dragons back. As her feet touched the ground, he walked over and helped her stand.

"What was that?" she asked a little shaken. "It would take too long to explain," he said as they heard the doors open. The looked over to see a shocked Michelle staring at them. "I-it can't be," she asked trying not to cry, "Guinevere?" The white dragon stuck its tongue out at her as Howler said, "She's as real as the three of us." "I wonder how Emma is going to react," Raven said as she watched her host hug the missing the dragon.

"Probably the same way as Michelle and I have," Howler said. Michelle slowly let go of the dragon after a few seconds before looking at her cousin and said, "You know what you have to do when you get back." "I always do," he replied placing a hand on the dragon's side. Raven looked from one to the other before asking, "What does he have to do?" "Go to war, Raven," Michelle replied calmly as she looked at the young girl, "Go to war."

"Why does he have to go to war?" they heard a voice from the door way ask. They looked over to see Emma standing there. Michelle went to explain but stopped as Guinevere walked past her. "You were mom's dragon I take it?" Emma asked watching the dragon move towards her. Guinevere gave a slight nod before gently touching her forehead to the young girls. Emma slowly reached up and hugged the dragon as she started to cry. "Not sure who is going to be more upset about this," Howler said watching his sister.

"What do you mean, Lance?" Michelle asked. "Someone made my little sister cry," he said sounding upset, "Out of all our friends, I'm not sure which is going to be the most upset. But I do know who is going to pay for this."