All persons in the room went dead silent, as the white-haired Yukaoi began her story.
"Thousands of years ago, there were two kinds of dragon spirits in the Spirit World. There was the race we see today that still thrives, the kind that Restu, Kohaku and I are all a part of, the race of reptillian dragons. And then there was the race of dragon spirits that had no reptillian form but had only a human form. This second race used to be greatest and strongest of the dragon spirits, and had complete control over the reptillian dragon race.
"This nobler race were known as the dragon lords, and ruled harmoniously with the reptillian race. They maintained peaceful order between the dragons and the Spirit World. The nobler race had a monarchy; the Emperor and Empress, followed by the Lords and Ladies, all guarded by knights. The knights, though powerful in strength, were like the rest of the noble race of dragons, unable to fly. Because of this, a unity between the noble and reptillian race of dragons were necessary, as a reptillian dragon, had the ability to take flight. Each knight all had a reptillian partner, in which they rode upon and together defended their royal leaders. Soon after this was done for the knights, every noble had a reptillian dragon as a lifelong companion.
"Because so many of the noble race had a reptillian companion that they rode upon, the noble race of dragons were nicknamed, 'wings'. This was because the companionship, that allowed a noble flight upon a reptillian dragon, was as if they were two parts of the same body joined in an alliance, the noble becoming the 'wings' of the reptillian dragon.
"The peace between the two dragon races, the reptillian and the human-like nobles, was disrupted when a reptillian dragon, the companion of the Emperor at the time, felt unhappy that the reptillian race was beneath the nobles. Thus a rebellion started against the noble race of dragons. And though the noble race were far stronger than the reptillian dragons in terms of power, they were greatly outnumbered and slaughtered in a mass massacre.
"All records of the noble race of dragons was wiped away by the rebellion as the reptillian dragons no longer wanted to be remembered as animals such as horses, ridden by a 'so-called greater species'. Dragons now as children, were usually told the fairytale, that they were born without wings, because they were supposed to find them when they grew older. This was a fairytale that the rebellious reptiles told their children that taught them how to find their 'mate'. But it was really first told to cover up the absence of the nobles or 'wings'.
"However, from what happened tonight, I think that we may have a survivor of the ancient noble dragon race," Yukaoi finished, fixing her gaze on Ryumiko.
Both Retsu and Haku turned to face the blue-eyed girl, each wondering if it was possible.
The girl gaped a little, lost for words momentarily, before finding her voice again, "I-I can't be a dragon spirit! I was born in the Living World and I didn't even know dragons really existed until only a week ago! I'm quite sure both my parents were quite human! Not to mention the fact I couldn't be a noble dragon, since I am pretty much made of clumsiness and I can't even walk half as easily as Yukaoi can in these dresses!" she exclaimed, gesturing to the long white dress she was wearing.
Yukaoi smiled, "Well, maybe you're not all dragon spirit but you could be a long lost descendant!"
Ryumiko had a short moment of bliss as she wondered if she was some lost heir to a Lord and Lady before she smacked herself out of the delusion.
"But how would a spirit be able to be born a human? It makes no sense!" Ryumiko questioned.
Everyone was silent as they thought, when Retsu came up with a suggestion, "Maybe you were never born human."
Upon seeing Ryumiko's confused expresssion, the red dragon elaborated, "What I mean to say is, that it's possible for a spirit to enter the Realm of the Living easily. But a spirit's life in the living world is not long so they must either return to the Spirit World, fade into nothingness, or remain in the Living World by taking the body of a deceased being. In your case, you would've taken the body of your 'parents' deceased newborn."
"But wouldn't I know if I was a spirit before I took the body of a dead baby?" Ryumiko asked, all the new information making her confused.
"Not if you were an infant spirit when it happened," Yukaoi said.
"But spirits age slowly don't they?" she questioned, hoping that would stump the dragons.
This time Haku interjected after being silent for the entire conversation, "Spirits can age as fast as they want to remember? Besides, if you believed you were born into the living world, wouldn't you expect yourself to age the same way every other human does? Plus being in a human body would affect that too."
Ryumiko rolled her eyes, "Not you too Haku! I thought you'd think this as ridiculous as I do! There's no way I'm not human!"
There was silence and Yukaoi cleared her throat a little, gaining everyone's attention.
Ryumiko shuddered when her eyes met Yukaoi's silver ones. Her white eyelashes framed cold and expressionless silver orbs. Her voice had lost most of it's friendliness, and now held a serious captivating tone as she spoke.
"Ryumiko, all I am trying to say, is that considering the way you were almost naturally controlling Kohaku in his dragon-beast form, suggests something strikingly similar to the second dragon race's existence. Also raising the possibility of where that ability came from is highly probable. You don't have to believe it in any way, but it's there if you want to find out for yourself. The problem with this is, Yubaba has closed off the gate so that spirits can enter the Spirit Realm but they can not leave. Humans can go in and out as they please, but if you actually are the long lost descendent of the dragon spirit... you may not be able to leave."
O.o ...What have I done? I'm so sorry Ryumiko! I really didn't expect this to happen I swear! Sorry this took a while to get out there fellas. End of semester at my high school gets sooo busy I hardly found time to write, and I wanted to get this as good as I could.
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