After the ship had touched down on a private landing pad, Michelle gave them a tour of the castle. They had just reached the library when Cassie asked, "Hey Michelle, just how did you remove Fate's helmet?" Michelle looked at her and smiled saying, "It's a secret." "Translation; you don't want to know," Howler said as the libraries doors were pushed open by a scarlet dragon the size of a small horse. Emma let out a squeal of delight before flying over and giving it a hug. Michelle cleared her throat after a few seconds then said, "Manners, Emma."
The young girl turned a little pink saying, "Sorry. Everyone, I'd like you to meet Taylor. She's my dragon." "You weren't kidding when you said there are dragon's here," Robin muttered quietly. "Be glad you didn't bet money," Conner joked. "In case anyone was wondering, Taylor is one of a few special dragons here," Michelle began to clarify, "You see, she was born the exact moment Emma was. It's because of that, they are bonded in a special way."
"Just how special are you talking about?" M'gann asked. "It's like the way you can make it so everyone can understand other languages, M'gann," Emma said as Taylor lifted the young girl onto her back with her tail, "Except I can understand dragons." "Her and Lance both can," Michelle said shaking her head as she watched the antics of her cousin and her dragon, "And like Lance, his dragon is opinionated." "But that's what makes him fun," Emma said before Robin gave a startled yelp.
Everyone turned to see a dark blue dragon almost two times the size of a Clydesdale sitting on its haunches, rocking form side to side as it mewled like a cat as it hug Robin. "Can someone get this thing off of me?" Robin asked. "He's not going to hurt you," Howler replied as he tried not to laugh, "He's just being a dork." "Um, what is he saying?" Cassie asked looking at Emma who had both hands over her mouth. "And I will love him and pet him and squeeze him and call him George," Howler said as he looked at his cousin, "You just had to let him get the Looney Toons collection, didn't you?"
"In my defense, he did ask politely and did the whole sad puppy dog eye thing. Which is really weird to see on a dragon," Michelle counted. Howler shook his head before saying, "Other than put him down, Aiden, I think there is someone else that you need to say hi to." His dragon handed the boy wonder off to Cassie before leaning over and looking at Emma. "I was wondering when you were going to say hi," Emma said giving the dragon a hug. Aiden mewled softly as M'gann asked, "Are there any other dragon's here?" "Just one other," Michelle answered, "His name is Alexander and he is mine."
"Speaking of the devil, how is your golden boy?" Howler asked as he reached over and placed a hand on Aiden's shoulder. "Like both Taylor and Aiden, he has missed you both," Michelle replied calmly, "Shall we continue with the tour?" "As soon as Cassie puts me down," Robin said looking at his girlfriend. "But if I put you down, the dragon might grab you again, George," Cassie said with a slight smirk. "Not funny, Cass," Robin said as everyone started laughing.
"And I thought your dragon was weird, Lance," Michelle giggled. "And this is only some of them, Merlin," Emma asked as they entered the library. "You mean you there's more?" Michelle asked smiling. "Quite a few actually,"Zatara said speaking up, "There is about forty different members to the league itself and the team that Conner and the others are apart of has close to thirty." "Please tell me there is no chance my cousins apart of either one," Michelle said voicing her concern.
"I can assure you they're not," Zatanna said smiling, "Neither the team's leader, Aqualad, or the senior members think it would be a good idea for Emma to join because of her age." "Plus the league is still trying to figure out why the Light wanted your cousin's to join them," M'gann interjected. Michelle's face went white as she slowly looked at the martian. Her gaze slowly went to each of her guest as she said, "Make no mistake when I say this; neither the league, nor team, can afford to lose any member. For the Light thinks they have come to an accord with an evil that cannot be trusted.
"The dragons of this realm and I will be at your side the day the Light puts their plan into motion. Please understand, I will not speak that evil's name, but I will help you prepare for the final confrontation with him and ride into battle with you." Silence filled the room as everyone took in what had been said. Robin was the first to break the silence when he asked, "Why won't you say his name?" Michelle looked at the young hero and smiled as she replied, "Because, Mr. Timothy Drake, the only evil that is allowed in this realm is in the books this library contains. Any other questions?"
"How did you know my actually name?" Robin asked surprised. "Let's just say that Batman could learn a few things from Michelle when it comes to security," Howler said. "I have a question," Zatanna said stepping looking at Howler, "Your actual name is Lance?" Howler cleared his throat before answering, "Uh, yeah. Why?" "No reason," she said smiling, "So, where to next, or is this the end of the tour?"
