Though the city of Grahar was one of the biggest of the dragon cities, and was also the main capital of the dragon lands, it was not to only city that was worth of attention. For far from there, along the coast, there was a city that stood in the middle of an island.

This city was known for being the greatest market in the dragon lands what stood away from the city, and was well known for being the place from which came most of the fish that was eaten on the land, as well as for it great cuisine and also for the works that were done in there. In that island-city lived some of the greatest artisans of the Dragon Realms, and their works made out form sea materials, like shells, bones and corals were famous among the whole realms, and they were highly appreciated and very expensive.

The place was known also for being one of the biggest trade markets in the land, and for its magnificent structures build up into sea-stone. That place was built up in the image of the sea where it resided, and was a way of reflecting the beauty and majestic of the ocean.

A king named Tidus Sealord ruled this island. He was a great and magnificent dragon with sea-green scales and who had a long spear-like tailblade, and who was known for being very much like the sea. He was strong and was very stern when the situation asked for that, and he could be furious and aggressive like a storm of the city when you pushed him the wrong way. However, he could also be attentions and pleasurable, like the sea into a clam and pacific day. He was also known for passing form one to another with amazing speed during situations, just like the sea would change suddenly in the middle of the day.

Despite that, he was a wise and good ruler, and everybody in the island respected and feared him at the same time. He was a figure that everyone in the island respected, and who no one dared to disrespect.

He was married to a wonderful dragoness, queen Aqua. She was a very beautiful dragoness, with light-blue scales all over her body and slender horns on her head and a teardrop shaped tailblade and had green eyes. She was known for being gentle and caring, and for always worrying about others and for always wanting others to be happy. She would always hold all kinds of events in order to raise funds of the kingdom for the less fortunate, and for always supporting the poor and the homeless when she could, and for helping orphanages and hospitals in order to help orders who were less fortunate to have a better living.

She was known because of her heart, which rivaled with her beauty, and she was deeply loved by all the people. She and her husband lead wisely the people who lived in their kingdom, and they brought peace and prosperity to everyone in there, and they were loved by everyone.

One day, their greatest joy came, for Queen Aqua had laid two eggs. These two eggs represented the future of their kingdom, the future rulers of their lands. To celebrate, the king ordered a great parade and a great firework show for everyone who was in there to know that the future rulers of their kingdom had been born. And needless to say, everybody shred of the rulers' joy for this new promise for the future.

The eggs were well guarded and protected during ll the three months that they took to hatch. And during this time, they were always sure that the eggs were warm and well kept. Then, one day, the first cracks appeared in the eggs.

The parents rushed, along with their guard and some servants to see the birth of the new heirs of the lineage.

Soon, more cracks appeared, before the first egg broke. What came out was a healthy male hatchling. It was sea-green colored, just like its father, and it's tailblade was still tub, but it was clearly seem as somewhat shaped like a trident. The points and details would become more definite once it grew, as everybody knew. It yawned and blinked as it saw the light of the outside for the first time in its life. And soon, it stated eeping loudly, wanting to be feed.

After a few moments, the cracks on the other egg also grew, and soon, one piece of the egg fell down. The new hatchling, curious, perked its head inside, and it quickly eeped as it pulled out and fell on its back. And soon after, the egg broke in half, to reveal what had been hiding inside of it.

It was a little smaller and thinner than the other, and its scales had a bluish-white color, and it had small, stubby hors on its head, and a stubby, slightly round tailblade. It blinked a little, as if it was sleepy, and opened its baby-blue eyes, and looking around. It then let out a small chirping sound.

The sea-green hatchling, seeing this small creature that looked a lot like itself, approached cautiously. It sniffed it a little, and the white hatchling chirped at him. He retreated a step, but approached again, and soon, the two were circling around each other, with their stumbling baby steps, totally normal for hatchlings.

The parents approached, and King Tidus stood over the two hatchlings. The white one, a female, eeped and hid behind its brother, who looked up at the big dragon, not showing fear.

The king soon picked up the two small hatchlings son his claws, both which looked at him, and soon seemed to recognize his smell as they both started chirp almost happily at him. The king would never cry. This didn't fit in the image he had, nor fit with his own way. However, he allowed himself to smile proudly at these two new, healthy and perfect dragons.

His wife, on the other paw, had no problem in showing her happiness, as it manifested into the tears of join which were streaming down her face as she looked at her children. Soon she too was holding her children in her claws, and she was nuzzling them happily, as they both purred from the gently touch of their mother.

Soon they were deciding the names of their new hatchlings. The male would be named Frosch, while the female would receive the name of Drizzle. They were the new prince and princess of the island and of the land.

To celebrate their birthday, a great party was held in the whole island, and it lasted for three days. And this celebration would be repeated every year in the day of the children's birthday. To celebrate the day in which the heirs of the family Sealord had come into the world.

And every year this celebration was held, at the same time that the young dragons grew.


"Wait for me!" said Drizzle to her brother as she ran after him. The young dragon laughed ahead as he ran, and she was going right after him in the hallways of their castle of sea stone.

They had grew quite a bit, and they were still children and they were both playing around. They startled a few guards as they ran by, and they didn't stopped by no one.

Their scales were still on the same color form the day they hatched, their appearance, however, had matured slightly, as their traits were more defined. Their muzzles were slightly more squared as their lost the roundness that was common among the young dragons. And their tailblades became more defined. While Frosch's tailblade was still blunt, it was more defined and was easier to say that it was a trident, and was probably going to be sharp once he matured fully. And for Drizzle, her stub tailblade was slowly take the slightly shape of a drop, just like her mother's.

They both ran across the hallways, until they arrived into a balcony, which gave perfect view to the sea below as it was on the edge of a cliff, on the top of the mount their castle was set on.

Both dragons looked amazed at the great view of the sea that opened in front of them, bot marveled by its beauty.

"Amazing, isn't it?" said a voice behind them, and they both turned around to see a familiar face.

"Daddy!" they both said happily as their father smiled down at them, and he approached, and looked down "The sea is said to be the source of the first life to ever walk in the land." He said to his two children "The sea brings life, but it may also take it if you make it angry. That is why you must always respect the sea."

He looked at them as they looked at him. The king was very pleased by the way that his children appreciated his wisdom and drank greedily of all the knowledge he could offer them "The sea is our home, and it is kind for us as we are respectful to it. Always pay your respect to the sea, and it will always be good to you. Never forget it."

"Yes, daddy." Said the two young ones smiling happily, and king Tidus smiled, and he looked up, and he said "Is going to rain soon."

"Really?" asked Frosch, looking up and searching for any clouds that looked like was going to let water fall down. He saw none.

"It will be soon." Said Tidus, and Drizzle said "This is good!" she said "I love seeing the rain fall!"

Tidus chuckled. Yeah, his daughter really loved rain, she loved it since the first time that she saw it falling. She almost seemed to be hypnotized by the aspect of water coming down from the sky and falling on the land. In fact, she loved to go out when it was raining and play around the rain, trying to catch as much raindrops in her mouth a s possible and jumping in every puddle to make the water splash.

"Let's go." He said to his two children "Soon the lunch will be served." And with that said, all of them entered, and soon, as Tidus had said, the rain started falling, and Drizzle was overjoyed by this. After the food, Frosch walked a bit by his father's side, and soon, he asked him "Daddy, have you ever swam in the sea?"

"Many times." Was the answer of the older dragon "But is risky. The sea is unpredictable, and it can be cruel. If you swim inside the wound current you might be dragged away." He looked down at the young dragon "There are a few dragons like me who can swing for a while over a strong current, but you must never swim in one which is too strong for you."

The young dragon nodded, and he said "Can you teach me to swim in the sea too? Please?" he asked, and he was almost pleading. Tidus could not help but smirk. While his daughter seemed to be fascinated with the water that rained down from the sky, his son was far more interested into the great mass of water that surrounded all the island that was their kingdom. Matter of fact, it was like one was the rain and other the sea.

And it was not a bad thing. After all, both of them were different aspects of each other, and they completed each other. The sun made the sea go up in the shape of the vapor, and this one accumulated up until it turned into clouds. And the clouds, once full and heavy enough, fell back into the sea as water, completing the cycle.

One was the other, and one completed the other. Without one, the other could not exist. They were always in their eternal dance without ever stopping.

The king couldn't help but wonder if his two kids were actually the manifestation of these aspects. He knew it sounded somewhat absurd, but he knew that they had all the indications that they might could be. The king chuckled at this.

He looked down at the pleading eyes of his son, and he said "Well, if you truly want, and if that will make you happy, then I see no problem in you learning it." He winked at his son "After all, when you live along the sea, learning to swim is almost a requisite."

"Yay!" the young dragon said as he jumped around, and he hugged his father's leg "Thank you, daddy!"

Tidus chuckled at his young soon. The little one was still having a lot to learn, and Tidus knew it. Yet, Tidus had the feeling that this boy was a great promise, along with his sister. He just had this feeling that they both were fated to do great things, and to have a great future.

And this was only confirmed as he looked at his daughter, who had her face pressed against the glass of a window and watched mesmerized to the rain that was falling and to the drops which stained the window.

These two had a great future. Tidus could know it only by looking at them.


Frosch was underwater now. He was almost a preteen now, and he had matured as his body was slightly more toned, and the points of his trident-shaped tailblade were starting to give the first hints that they were sharpening, and it was very clear as a trident now.

The young dragon was smiling at himself as he was holding his breath underwater without many problems, and he swam fast as he watched some fishes swimming around him. He even reached his claw to pass it at one of them. He could catch the fish easily if he wanted, but right now, he was more interested on swimming.

Soon, another body moved near him, it was Tidus. The young dragon looked at his father, who smiled at him, and he gestured forward. Frosch looked at what he was pointing, and he saw a great stream of water that was clearly different from the rest.

It was an oceanic current. It easily stood out among the rest of the water due to it being formed by water in different temperature and saltiness. As a result, it stood apart from the rest of the ocean, and a very trained eye, like Tidus and Forsch's could easily tell it apart from the rest of the sea due to the slightly variation of color, for this water was usually one or two tunes darker or lighter than the water that surrounded it.

Frosch looked back at his father, as if he was asking for permission, and the older dragon looked at him, and he nodded. That was all Frosh needed, and son, with a big swing of his tail to give him the push ne needed, he dashed into the water just like a missile.

He kept his legs and wings very close to his body and kept his body stiff and straight just like an arrow, to reduce the resistance of the water around him, allowing him to swim far faster and more efficiently. He dashed fast with strong and fast movements of his tail to propel himself, and soon, he collided head first with the current.

The first impression he had of this water was that it was warmer than the rest of the ambient around him. He let the current wash over him, and he could soon pinpoint the direction in which the stream was moving, and the strength and speed of the current.

So, he quickly corrected his instance and his body, and he soon was moving himself against the current. He was just like an arrow in the middle of a powerful air current coming from a storm. He smiled as he saw that he was able to keep his ground… I mean, his water, against the powerful current.

He looked to the side, and he could see his father floating in the outside of the current. The older dragon was looking intently at him, and he seemed ready to offer him his help if he needed. However, the king himself doubted that there was going to have the need. For he knew that the young dragon was very talented in swimming. Actually, he was far more talented than many other dragons he had ever saw on his life at such a young age. Sometimes it even seemed that the boy was a part of the sea itself.

Frosch smiled at his father, and he returned to look forward, to inside the current, and he smiled at himself as he felt like he could keep it inside there for hours. However, he knew that his lung were still having the need for air.

Yet, he wanted to keep in there for as long as possible. He kept the swimming inside of the current, using his tail as mean of propelling himself, and he kept swimming straight like an arrow, using the dynamic of his body to fight off against the current, and to keep his pace inside the strong water running in the opposite direction.

Tidus looked as he son swam, and soon, he was feeling his own need for air come at him. He needed to come up to breathe every 20 minutes. His son, however, had already showed to have greater lung power than him. The body could hold around twice as much as him underwater, and he seemed to have no problems to do so.

Tidus got more and more admired by this body by each passing year that he grew older and stronger. The boy was showing each day more that he was truly one of a kind, and that he was indeed special.

However, the king still needed to breathe, and there was no way that he was going to leave his son alone inside a sea current.

Frosch was swimming inside the current, satisfied that he was able to be in there and to be in union with the sea. He liked swimming against the current, as if he was going through some trial that the ocean itself designed to him.

Each time he was in there, in some of these difficult situations that could only be found inside the sea, he felt like it was saying to him "win if you are strong enough", and he answered by facing it and holding up. It was like he was pleasing the ocean by doing so, and proving himself to be worthy.

However, his trail of thought was interrupted when he felt something big entering the current. He looked over, to see the big shape of his father gliding in the water right by his side. The older dragon looked at him, and he gestured up with his paw, and Frosch knew perfectly what that meant.

He gave a mental sigh, and he silently apologized to the sea for having to leave so soon and for not being able to stay for a while more. Soon, he was moving up with bhis father, as they both exited the current and move up at full speed. His father was the first to emerge, and he took big lungfuls of fresh air, while Frosch arrived short after, and he breathed normally.

"Boy." The king said between deep breaths, "I'll never get it how you can hold your breath for so long without problems." He said to his son, who smiled in return "I guess sometimes that all the fish your mother ate when she was still with your egg inside of her made you go half-fish!"

Frosch laughed with his father as he said that, and after a few moments, the older dragon finally recovered completely his breath. He looked up at the sun, and he said, "It is almost past midday now. We must go back home, the meal will be ready soon."

"Can't we stay for a little longer? Please?" Frosch asked, and his father laughed.

"I'm pretty sure that you has some fish blood in your, kid." He said "You love water far more than any other dragon on the Wayfarer Kingdom Island! I wouldn't be surprised if you started growing fins!"

And soon, both dragons were swimming back to the land. They both were experienced swimmers, and they could keep in the sea like that for hours, as long as they took regular pauses to take a long breath and simply float a little to relax their bodies.

In their way, King Tidus could not help but feel completely amazed by how quickly his son developed great affinity with the water. The boy seemed to swim almost naturally since the first time he went in the water, and he had soon learned to move himself underwater and to hold his breath for a long time. Now he was around his preteens, and he could swim as good and fast as Tidus himself only was able when he was entering the adulthood! And that not to mention the way the boy could hold his breath.

The boy had something special, that was for sure!

However, this passion for water and for swimming made the boy go a little weak in the area of flying. The boy had to struggle a lot to hover above the ground, and he got tired easily when he was using his wings for too long. While he was very swift and good at the water, he was not so gracious in the sky. That was why they were swimming to the land instead of flying, because his son could keep up with him much more in the water than in the air.

Actually, if they would be flying, his son would have to struggle to keep up with him. Now, in the water, they both could keep it pretty well. Now, if the boy kept going better at swimming like he was doing, soon, if they were both in the water, Tidus would be the one who would star needing to struggle in order to keep up with his son!


Back in the castle, a young dragoness was flying around the towers of the castle. She had grown, as well as her brother, now her horns were slightly more pointed and longer, and also, her tailblade was becoming definitely drop-shaped, just like her mother's

The young Drizzle laughed as she flew so high up the castle's towers, and she looked down to see the kingdom of the Wayfare Island. The palace were she and her brother were born, and from which, according to their father, they would someday be the rulers.

Well, he said that Frosch would be the official king, while she would be the Queen, at least until she got married.

She hadn't got this part pretty well.

She looked down, and she sighed, and then, she looked up, at the clouds who were still up there, and yet too far from her reach. She could not reach up for them yet. She had tried once, and soon she started feeling tired and sleepy, before everything blacked out. The next thing she knew was that she was in her father's arms, with everyone around her looking worried. She remembered pretty well how her parents told her to don't do something like that again unless she was surely ready.

She had taken this lesson, and she knew that she was not ready yet, so, she knew that she should not try. However, this did not stopped her from wishing to be up there, among the clouds, to see just where the rain came from.

Drizzle always loved the rain. It was like the clouds deciding that the world needed a bath, and sent down their own shower in order to clean I up. And once the bath was done, the world was brand new again, all nice and clean once more.

She just loved the rain!

"Drizzle!" a voice called her and this voice was very familiar "Drizzle, come back! Is almost lunch time!"

"Coming, mom!" she cried back at the voice, and she immediately corrected her direction in flight in order to fly back at the castle. She landed into a balcony, where her mother was. Queen Aqua smiled down at her daughter, and they both nuzzled.

"Had fun?" the Queen asked her daughter, and Drizzle answered with a "Yes!" what made the queen chuckle, and soon, they both were walking back at the castle.

"Mom?" Drizzle asked for a while after some walking besides her mother.

Queen Aqua looked down at her daughter, and Drizzle looked up at her "Mom, dad says I'll have to get married one day." She said, and she didn't sounded angry or sad. It was more like she was asking her mother a question.

The queen smiled down at her daughter, and she said "In fact, it would be desirable if you did." She smiled down at her young one "Your father and I can't take care of you forever, and your brother will have his own responsibilities once he is the King. We will all be calm if you have someone to take care of you."

"But I can take care of myself." She said, once again, didn't sounding angry or nothing like that "I don't need someone to take care of me."

"I know you don't." the queen said, smiling down at the young princess "But we will be much more relaxed if we knew that you had someone to rely on if you need."

"Huh?" the still innocent young princess said, not getting, and the queen couldn't help but chuckle slightly at her confusion. This was the age of innocence. Though she and her daughter had already have some "mature conversation" a few times, she was still somewhat oblivious to certain things of life.

"I know you are a strong girl, Drizzle." The queen said, "I'm a strong woman too. However, sometimes even the strong woman need someone to support them when they are in trouble."

The queen looked in her daughter's eyes "Sometimes, everybody gets tired or hurt, or grows sad, and when it happens, it is good to have someone by your side who is willing to stay with you and support. Or sometimes, even to hear you out. Someone who cares for you and wants you to be happy, and is willing to help you being strong and to pick you up and help you back on your feet if you fall."

The princess looked at her mother, and she looked down in thinking. And then, she asked, "Is like that with you and dad?"

The queen smiled at her "Indeed, it is." She said with a smile on her face "Me and your father always support each other, and we know that we both can count with each other to help stay strong."

"We care deeply for each other, and we would do anything for the other. I would face any trial and any trouble for him, and I know that he would do the same for me. We stay together and we give each other strength to face the world and to face anything bad that would happen, and we are ready to face the world together if we need."

Drizzle thought long and hard about it, and then, she asked again "This seems to be really good. But, I want to marry someone I love."

The queen chuckled "I know you does." She said to her daughter "Everybody wants. If you do not love the one you are married to, the marriage is fated to go downhill and to end in a way that both you and him will end with your feelings hurt. That is why you need to love the one you are married with."

Drizzled looked up as her mother continued, "I've loved your father for a long time. When he asked for my hand I didn't even needed to think. I knew that I loved him and that he loved me the same way. I knew that we both were made for each other and that I would always be able to count on him for anything. That is the essence of a successful marriage: knowing that the person you are married to cares for you, and also you caring for him."

Drizzle pondered for a long time about it as her and her mother walked, and after a while, she asked one more question "How can I know that a guy is the right one?"

Aqua looked down at her daughter. The young thing knew how to make some smart questions, and so, it deserved good answers.

"Your father and I have knew each other long ago before we married." She said to her daughter "At first, we were friends. Best friends. Overtime, we grew even closer, and I got to know him pretty well, just as he got to know me. We saw the loved one in each other, and we got to think on the other always first, and put our own needs aside."

She looked down at her daughter, and she said, "I can't simply point to you which one is the perfect one, but you can find out by yourself. My advice is: search for someone who makes you truly happy. Find someone who is a good friend and who is loyal to you. Find someone who wants to make you happy and who cares for you, and for whom you cares back. Once you find a person like that, who treasures you and who you treasures back, you will be sure that you have found the one who was made for you." Where the queen's final words as they both kept walking, and now, Drizzle was going to pounder deeply and hard over these words, each one of them, in all their way to the dining room.

Someone who cared for her and made her happy.

This was pretty specific.

Yeah, Drizzle wanted her husband to be someone who she liked. He didn't needed to be too handsome, but he also didn't needed to be ugly. And he needed to be able to make her laugh and to give her pretty gifts.

But, now that she talked to her mother, she started realizing that she wanted more than just that.

Yes, she wanted someone who would make her happy, and who would actually make effort to do so. Someone who cared if she was sad and asked her what was the problem, even if she told him to go away. Someone who was willing to step forward and defend her if she ever had trouble to defend herself. Someone who was there to offer his shoulder for her to cry on. Someone who would tell her everyday that she was beautiful and that he loved her.

Yes. She wanted someone who would be loyal, and caring, and sweet, and gentle, and strong, and he could also be handsome, and someone who gave her value, and who was a friend to her.

Someone…

She had barely even noticed that they had arrived in the dining hall until her mother called her attention. And, as she did, they both had time just to see Tidus and Frosch both entering the dining hall, both of them dripping water.

"Hi mom! Hi Drizzle!" said Frosch as he walked to them, leaving wet footprints on his way.

His mother looked at him,and at her own husband, and she offered a coy smile "You two never heard about a new invention called 'towels'? It is an amazing thing, it serves for drying you when you are wet!"

Tidus chuckled at himself as his wife's sharp sense of humor. She was the only person in the whole kingdom who would dare to talk to him like that, and was the only one who he would ever allow to do it without doing something drastic with the person.

"We just arrived and we didn't wanted to be late." He said, and soon, some servants came behind, drying their water from the floor, as well as offering him some towels.

"You are the king; you don't need to worry much about these compromises." She said, and he smiled back "I need when it is something really important. Like spending time with my beloved family, for instance." He said, and he approached his wife, and planted his scaly lips on her's.

She smiled and returned the kiss gently.

"Bleh!" Frosch said as he saw his mom and dad swapping spit. Really, he had absolutely nothing against them showing their love, but they didn't needed to do it in front of them and right before lunch.

Drizzle, on the other paw, just looked at her mother and she and her father both kissed softly, and they broke apart and they said "I love you." To each other at the same time.

This was what she wanted for her own marriage. She wanted someone nice and who threated her like a princess! Well, she already was a princess, but the point was that she wanted someone who would treat her as she deserved!

"Your Highness." A servant said, catching the attention of the royal family "The meal is ready." The small sea-weasel dressed in fancy uniform informed. The king nodded and dismissed him, and soon, they were at the table, all talking and laughing together.

Yes, the older dragons talked more about politics and matters that did not interested the young dragons so much just yet. While the younger ones talked about their days to each other and they talked about the things that they did.

"And I just stood in the current like I was swimming inside a tunnel underwater!" he said to her "It was the best thing ever!"

"It must have been." She agreed with him, and she ate another piece of the big swordfish they had for their meal.

"I'm telling you, the sea is great!"

"The sky is not bad too, you know." She said to him, and he looked at her "Yeah, but I still prefer to swim, I'm not very good at flying like you." He said to her "You make it look easy."

She blushed slightly at the compliment "Thank you." She said, and added, "But, I'm not that good."

"You are!" Frosch said "Don't you hear what the teachers and tutors say? You are one of the best they have ever seen!" he said to her, and she looked away "I can't even fly that high yet…" she said quietly, and Frosch looked at her.

"You will." He said to her vehemently, and she looked back at him, and he smiled at her "Someday you will fly so high that you will be able to hide among the clouds! And you will be able to see everything and everyone from up there! You will be the best flyer in all of the island! I just know it, just like I'm going to be the best swimmer!" he looked at her, the expression on his eyes letting very clear that he believed in every word he said till now "And I'll help you do it! I don't know how yet, but I'll help you, just like I know you will help me!"

Drizzle looked at him for a few more seconds, and looked away as a vivid blush formed on her face "I-if you say so…" and the dinner proceeded without further incidents.

Frosch…

He was there for her since she could remember.

He was always there to help her feel better if she had a bad day. And if she was sad, he was always there to make her company.

He always cared for her and supported her in any way, and he was always on her side no matter what happened.

He was…

He was just what her mother had described for a perfect husband.


Years had passed rather quickly, and, as they passed, Drizzle and her brother became closer and closer.

Frosch would always be there for her to help her in anything she needed, and he never hesitated into offering her his help if she ever needed. And, as he had promise that he would, he had helped her to reach greater heights. And he did so by offering her his constant support and always incentivizing her to do better than her best and to always go after her dreams and her goals.

He had always been there for her to defend her if she had troubles, and he was always by her side to offer his shoulder and to help cheer her up if she ever had a gloomy feeling.

They both had grown in these years. Drizzle now was a slender and very beautiful dragoness, with long and slender horn s in her head and a raindrop-shaped tailblade on her tail. Some in the kingdom said that, in many aspects, she looked a lot like her mother. She was already on the age to get married, and she already received many pretenders, coming from noble families on their kingdom, however, she always showed little interest in them.

Frosch, on the other paw, went more after his father. Now he had many of the striking features that resembled him, like a strong maw and a toned body that showed off his strength. And also, his tailblade now was clearly a trident, and it seemed very sharp. So much that many wondered if it could be used as a weapon in battle, and that it could actually kill someone.

And of course, with each other's support, it had not only been their bodies that had matured. Drizzle learned a lot in her years, and now she was a kind and wise dragoness who, despite being still somewhat innocent, was now ready to protect others and to fend for them. And now, she had reached new heights on her flying abilities. Now she could easily reach for the clouds, and she felt at home among them. Sometimes she would hid among them and watch everything from up there, and she often was near them when they started raining. It was magical to see the rain falling down.

And Frosch, he had grown into a strong and wise dragon. He was bold and determined, and he was always ready to stand his ground against anything and anyone, and to step forward in action if needed. He was a dragon with a spirit that rivaled with the one of his father. And also, he had really grown very much into his swimming abilities. Now he was the best swimmer in all the kingdom, and he could hold his breath for almost one hour. He had showed an amazing skill in all he did, and he was famous for being the best in that.

Frosch was strong and handsome and very brave, and he was also caring and gentle with how needed. And each time that Drizzle stopped to look at him, she saw more and more the perfect male on him.

She was older now, and she knew that he was her brother, and that many would think it wrong. However, she didn't cared at all. She only knew that Frosch has been with her since she could remember, and that he had always been on her side, as well as protected her. He was her confident and her best friend. And they both kept secrets among them, hidden from all the others.

Including one small secret. One that they had kept even from their own parents. One that they had both discovered a few years ago, and agreed to be their most absolute secret.

And of course, keeping this secret had somehow brought them even closer. And that was what it was taking to make Drizzle definitely make her mind up.

"That day was very good!" said Frosch as they both walked in direction to their respective rooms. Now they were walking together into a hallway. They were just coming back from the annual party that was their birthday celebration. And today, was simply the last day of a whole week of celebrations. And, by the way people were drinking in there, probably tomorrow most of them was going to remember only half of it.

"Yeah, the party is always good." Drizzled agreed. She was already used to the parties. This was the 21st, in order to celebrate their 21 years of life. And this time, they really made it. The two brother were officially adults, and that meant that soon they both would be ready to take up the duties of rulers.

Well, Frosch would take over as King. Drizzle, on the other hand, she already received some advices of her mother and father to find a good husband, and her father even presented her some individuals who they thought would please her. However, the only one who she really wanted was right by her side right now.

"Frosch?" she asked him shyly, and he looked at her. His sister looked at him, and she looked to the sides, as if to see if no one was looking. "Can we talk about something… particular?"

The dragon looked at his sister, and he also looked to the sides "You mean… about..."

Drizzle looked at him for a few seconds before understanding "No, not that!" she said, almost whispering. She knew that it was a very delicate matter, and that they shouldn't talk about it unless they were completely alone.

"Oh, right." He said "So what?"

She looked at him, and he could se her blushing "W-well…. Frosch… you know that… mom and dad… want me to get married soon, right?"

"Yeah, I know." The dragon said, and he looked at her "So, what about it? You don't want to get married yet?" he asked her "Sure, you might still be waiting for the right guy, I understand that. You have all the right to wait."

"Yeah, thank you." She said to him, still blushing slightly, and seeming a bit uneasy "But, is not exactly that." She said, her blush somewhat growing.

"Huh? So what it is?" He asked her, not getting just what would be the trouble. She blushed even more as she said "Well… I have been thinking a lot about it for a while now and… I…" she shuttered, and she looked at the ground as her face was very red.

Frosch looked at her as she tried to form the next words "I… I think I already know who I want for my husband."

"Oh! Really?" Frosch said, barely holding back his surprise. Yes, he wanted hios little sister to find someone who liked her and who would care for her. However, he could not shake the feeling of worry that followed. After all, she was still his little sister, and he was not just letting anyone take her and possibly break her heart later on.

"This is… nice." He said, trying his best to look positive and happy for his sister. Bu, in the back of his mind, he was making a mental note to himself to pay a visit later on to this candidate to brother-in-law. "So, is he someone I know?"

She looked up at him, and she nodded. Good. Frosch thought. If it was someone they knew then it would limit in much their options, for there were not many people who were actually close to their family and who they actually knew, and it included the sons of a few nobles and also the children of the servants and employers. He just prayed that it was one of these rich spoiled brats that usually appeared in their meetings and that felt like they could treat everyone the way they liked.

But, on second thoughts, he knew that his sister would never want to marry someone like that. She had a good eye for men, and she would not like just anyone. Still, he wanted to make a visit for this pretender, whoever he was.

"But…" Drizzle continued as she looked at the ground, still blushing "He doesn't know that I like him."

This surprised Frosch "He don't?"

"No." Drizzle said "I… haven't told him yet."

"Why?"

"I'm scared that he might reject me."

"He would have to be crazy to do that!" Frosch said "You are the most wonderful dragoness that there is in the Island, and any dragon would be lucky to have you as his wife! You are gentle, smart, caring, and you are beautiful! I can assure you that not a single dragon in the island would ever think about rejecting you!"

Drizzle looked up at him, with an emotion that Frosch did not recognized. He was about to ask her what she was thinking, when she did the last thing he would ever expect:

She kissed him.

On the lips!

"MMM!" Was all that Frosch was able to muster as his sister's lips crashed against his. She had her eyes closed and she seemed to be enjoying it. Frosch for a long moment didn't knew what to do now. He just stood there, his eyes widening so much that it seemed that they were going to pop out of his skull, and his sister was still kissing his lips.

After a while, his brain seemed to finally start working again, and he pulled back, breaking the kiss, as he almost shrieked "What are you doing!?" he was blushing furiously and looking to all sides, suddenly worried that someone might have seen it.

He took a few moments to realize that his sister was now looking at him with a mix of shock, sadness and fear. He immediately calmed down, and regretted having outbursted like that to her. He took a deep breath, but he was still shaken from what just happened, and there was still a blush on his face.

He was not naïve, he knew perfectly well why his sister had done that. So, instead of asking why, he asked "For how long have you been wanting to… do it?"

Drizzle looked up at him, and she said "Quite a while."

Frosch looked at her, and he sighed, not knowing now what to say. They both looked away as Frosch said "It was a long night. Lets talk more about it tomorrow, okay?"

His sister nodded, and so, they both turned around and they entered their respective rooms.

Frosch was going to take a lot of time to sleep, for what has just happened would come back to haunt him at every few moments. He would eventually fall asleep, but not before he reflected of every single aspect of what the kiss meant. About what his parents would say if they ever knew. About how people would react. About what they were going to say.

However, what haunted Frosch the most about that kiss was that, in the moment that her lips touched his', when they were kissing…

He actually liked that.


Smell of smoke.

Screams in the distance.

BOOOM

Frosch bolted on the bed as he looked around. He could hear the sounds of explosions and screams coming from the outside of the castle, as well as smell the scent of smoke and of other things burning.

"What the-" Frosch tried to say, but was stopped when another huge explosion came, and this one made his whole room shake.

The dragon quickly jumped out of bed, and he dashed out of his room. The first thing he saw was Drizzle. She also had woke up with the sounds and the explosions, and she was looking around, looking scared.

"Frosch! What is happening?" she asked, and there was another explosion, this one seemed to make the whole castle shake. Then, one of the servants came "Your Highness!" he said in a rush, "We are being attacked!"

Soon Drizzle and Frosch were being led to outside of their castle. And on their way, they started realizing what was happening. The Island was under attack!

But… why?

They had god relations with everyone! And they were important political allies to other kingdoms, though they always remained neutral in relation to any kingdom, and they made commerce with practically all kingdoms near. Why would someone attack them?

As they passed by a nearby window, they saw some kind of glowing inside and it was not from fire. And each sudden glow was followed by an explosion. The dragons instinctively ducked as they heard the explosion, and they could not help but wonder what was going on.

After a few more minutes, they finally came to the outside of their castle, and what they saw made their veins freeze.

Outside of the castle, the island was almost literally on fire. There were many houses, which were being licked by the flames. But what called most their attention, was the dragons which were flying around. There were some dragons using the armors of their kingdom. But there were another dragons, these ones wore very strange armors. They covered their whole bodies and they almost seemed to be like a second skin.

And they were porting strange devices in their paws. One of them, which was close to them, pointed a device, and it shot out a blast of pure blue light, which caused the hoof of a nearby house to explode when it hit it.

Both dragons looked stunned at the strange dragons with their strange weapons who were now attacking their homeland.

"W-what is this?" said Drizzle, too shaken, and Frosch remained silent. He had absolutely no idea.

One nearby explosion called their attention, and they both looked to see another house on fire. The family ran form there screaming, there was a hatchling crying, holding on onto the mother's tail for its dear life.

"Frosch!" Drizzle said, horrified "We have to do something?"

"Do what?" He asked, as scared as her "What can we do?"

She stopped for a moment, and looked at him. That look could only meant one thing.

"No." Frosch said "Drizzle, we can't!"

"They are killing our people!" she said, and Frosch could still hear the screaming around him. "We have to stop them now!" she screamed at him "And you know how we must do it!"

Frisch looked at her for a few moments, and he looked at the ground, seeming in deep thinking. While this, the servant was looking at them, wondering just what they were talking about.

It took only a few moments for Frosch to understand what she was saying "I'll take them down. You put down the fire." He said, and his sister nodded at him. And so, they both took flight, barely hearing the servant's calls for them.

Frosch kept flying, albeit quite difficultly, until he was face to face with one of the strange dragons. One of those pointed its weapon to him, and it started emitting a sound and a blue light, signaling it was readying to fire.

Frosch just stood in front of him, and he took a deep breath, and he felt something building up inside of him. And then, he let it out. As he did, a huge stream of water came out form his mouth, and hit the dragon square on, making it lose its shot and be thrown to the ground.

While this, Drizzle flew right above one house, and she took a deep breath, and she exhaled a cloud from her mouth. This cloud formed over the house, and grew in size, until it finally was big and it was able to start pouring a heavy rain over the flaming house, quickly putting the fire out.

The other flying dragons in there with the weapons started targeting Frosch. He was not very agile to dodge their attacks, however, he belly needed. For, as soon as they got on his line of sight, he took a deep breath, and he breathed a long and continuous stream of water, just like a geyser, and he hit one of them straight in the chest.

The other two became stunned by the doing of the sea-blue dragon, and Frosch used this time to start shooting water balls from his mouth in their direction, each one hitting with the strength of a wave.

They barely knew what hit them before they too were falling into the ground. As he did it, Drizzle continued flying away, breathing a continuous stream of cloud on her awake, and leaving behind a stream of clouds that poured heavily over the houses, slowly but surely putting the fire out.

One of the mysterious dragon attackers saw this, and he aimed a weapon to Drizzle, and was getting ready to shot. However, he was suddenly hit by a wave of water, that seemed to have come from the sky. But it had come from Frosch mouth.

After a few minutes, most of the fire was out, and Frosch was giving a real tiring to the dragons who were attacking their home. After a while, the attackers started retreating, and the last of them disappeared on the night.

Both siblings were panting and they stood one by the side of the other in their flight in mid-air. As both recovered their breath, they noticed eyes on them. Down there, the people on the street looked up at them.

However, before Drizzle or Frosch could do or say anything, a lout sound filled the air. And then, a strange light came from above, as if it was the sun coming form the middle of the sky. They looked up right in time to see a directed beam made of pure light, and thin as a pole, hit the center of the island.

As it did, there was a sudden vibration as it exploded into a ball of light, that started enveloping the island. A wave of pure heat and noise went forward, as everything on its path was destroyed.

Drizzle only watched in horror as that what seemed sure death came closer and closer to them. Frosch, out of pure instinct, jumped and hugged his sister. As he did, water formed around them, and sealed them inside of an orb of pure water.

They were hit by the light and steam came out of the water as it hissed loudly. Drizzle barely registered anything besides the sensation of being pushed as she lost her senses.


Drizzle groaned softly as she slowly stirred away.

Wow…

What a horrible nightmare!

She had dreamed that the kingdom was being attacked by some very strange dragons with magical weapons. Maybe it was the thing she ate for dessert, the taste was strange.

She could hear the sound of the waves crashing, ant the screams of the seagulls, as well as she could feel the salty scent of the sea. Strange, she didn't remembered leaving the window open.

Also, she didn't remembered her bed to be so stiff. And that it rocked like that. Or that it was wet…

Wait...

That was not her bed!

She blinked, and she slowly opened her eyes, and the first thing she saw was Frosch, who was looking back at her, seeming worried.

"Drizzle! Oh, thank the Gods you are okay!" he said as he nuzzled her. She blinked confused, and she raised her head to look around, and her stomach suddenly seemed to start taking spins.

She was in the middle of the sea, and the island was nowhere to be seem. She was floating into what seemd to be a big door, which horribly resembled her of a piece of the Castle's gate. Frosch was in the water looking at her, and all around her where floating piece of destroyed constructions and objects.

She looked all around, as she slowly started realizing:

"It wasn't a dream, was it?" she asked shaken at Frosch, who looked at her, and he shook his head "no."

Drizzle was shaking, and she asked "W-where is the island?"

Frosch looked at her, and she saw tears coming out of his eyes, as soon as they would come out of hers, while they floated in the open sea, after he said the words:

"There is no Island anymore… There is only us…"