Act 2, Chapter 9

It was the middle of the morning, though one wouldn't be able to tell.

Runefor slowly woke from slumber. He was lying on his back. He was deep inside Nellie, who was lying on Runefor's belly. The Great White dragon wrapped his tail around the Water dragoness, keeping her locked in place. She was resting her head on her forelegs, silently snoring.

Runefor looked down at the Water dragoness, a satisfied grin on his face.

She is certainly quite the sexy little dragoness, Runefor thought to himself. And look at that: She fell asleep on my cock again. Adorable! Wouldn't you agree, Rune?

Stop talking to me.

And why would you want me to do THAT?

Nothing I say will make you stop what you're doing to her.

Well, it's nice to see you've finally gotten a fucking clue!

Runefor let out a yawn.

"Well, as delightful as it is being jammed up deep enough to split her in half, I'm sad to say that it's time for her to wake up."

Runefor reached down with both forepaws, grabbed Nellie's shoulders, and lifted her up into the air, slowly sliding out of her in the process. He brought the dragoness close to his mouth, and proceeded to lick her entire face.

She slowly woke up, grimacing.

"Ugh…" She said. "What is…?" When she looked at Runefor's face, she sighed.

"Oh.."

"Good morning, Sweetcheeks!" Runefor said happily. "Did you have fun last night?"

Nellie didn't answer. She just looked away, a melancholy expression on her face. Runefor frowned.

"Aww, feeling a little blue?" Runefor chided.

"That's not funny." She said coldly.

"Hmm, let's see if I can wipe that unhappy look off your face."

Runefor proceeded to lick Nellie's face again. She let him do it, but complained the whole way.

"Why do you keep doing that?" She yelled.

"Because you taste good." Runefor chided.

Suddenly, The Great White dragon spun Nellie around in the air, so that she was facing the other direction. Runefor placed the dragoness on his chest, and pulled her closer by her tail., so that her private underside was a few inches away from his face and her tail was in the air.

"I remember the time I swallowed you whole. Do you, Nellie?" The dragoness shivered, afraid of what Runefor might do.

"You were so warm, and you slid down so quick and easy. And I could feel you squirming around in by belly."

"Wh…what are you…?" Nellie stammered, frightened. "What are you getting at?"

"I'm just curious about something. Let's experiment…"

Runefor grabbed hold of Nellie's tail, and bent it around a little, so that the tip of her tail was pointed towards Runefor's mouth. He then proceeded to pull it into his mouth, and down his throat. The dragoness shivered in disgust at the slimy feeling that ran up her tail.

"Stop it!" Nellie protested.

The White dragon proceeded to push more and more of Nellie's tail into his throat, going as far as he possibly could, and grinning all the way. The dragoness clawed at Runefor's belly, trying to make him stop. However, that didn't stop him in the slightest.

When Runefor realized that he was starting to have trouble breathing, he pulled Nellie's tail our slightly to let air in.

Well crap! He shouted with his mind.

Runefor proceeded to pull Nellie's tail back out of his throat.

"It looks like we're going to have to try again at a later date, Sweetcheeks." He said, feigning sadness.

Nellie proceeded to wipe her tail off with Water magic, thoroughly disgusted the whole time.

"Disgusting…." She grimaced.

"Don't worry, Sweetcheeks: We'll try again later." The Great White dragon chuckled.

"Why do you keep doing these things to me?" Nellie shouted. "Didn't you say you that I'm going to be your mate?"

"Yes, if you please me." Runefor replied seriously. "That means that, if you piss me off, you will instantly become disposable. And speaking of pissing me off…"

In an instant, Runefor grabbed Nellie by her mane, causing her to cry out. He then shoved her face down onto his belly, right over the various bleeding wounds Nellie had made.

"Tell me, Nellie, what are THOSE?"

"Claw…marks..?" the dragoness struggled to respond through the pain.

"And WHY did you claw at my belly, Nellie?" Runefor asked, anger in his voice.

"I….uh…."

Runefor suddenly spun Nellie around to face him. He then extended a talon on his free forepaw and quickly sliced a cut into the dragoness's belly. He then let go of her mane, dropping her onto the cold floor.

Nellie curled up on the ground, clutching her belly and crying in pain, while Runefor glared down at her.

"Let THAT serve as a warning." He said harshly. "Remember, Nellie: You're not the ONLY sexy dragoness around. There're plenty of other dragonesses I can choose to replace you."

"Like who?" Nellie dared to ask, using her magic to heal her wound.

"Well, for starters, there's Emerald."

"Emerald?"

"Why not? Earth dragonesses are nice and Beefy. They're great for going slow and languid in bed."

"She'd NEVER submit to you!" Nellie protested. "She never even liked Rune that way."

"Hmm, good point." Runefor replied. "Being beefy comes with the price of being thick-headed. Well then, another choice would be a Memory dragoness, like Ember or Tina. Memory dragonesses like to play Mind games, which ought to be TONS of fun late at night!"

"But, Tina's dating Cyrus." Nellie stated. "She wouldn't do what you say. And Ember? She's only twelve! She's just starting puberty!"

"Oh, like any of that matters, anyway!" Runefor snapped. "But then again, I wouldn't want either of them waiting until I fall asleep, start probing into my mind, and try to fish Rune out! So nuts to them, I suppose…"

Runefor sat in thought for a moment. And then, something occurred to him.

"Say, perhaps I could go with a certain White dragoness…."

Nellie gaped up at Runefor in shock.

"That's INCEST!"

"Oh, like that fact ever got between US!" Runefor snapped.

"But, we were never really…"

"Oh shut up." Runefor demanded, making Nellie nearly jump in fright. Runefor started thinking again.

"Then again, Tyrrany has the potential to be extremely powerful, almost as powerful as I am. That's not what I'm looking for. So she's out too…"

Runefor began to think again, pondering who to go with. Nellie became nervous.

If he decides to go with another dragoness, what will he do with ME? She wondered, afraid. He could do ANYTHING to me! And it's bound to be even more horrible than what he's already done to me. I've got to keep him pleased with me….

After thinking about what to do for a moment, Nellie walked around to Runefor's hind section. She climbed up onto the Great White dragon. Runefor noticed this, and cocked an eyebrow.

"And just what are you doing now?" He asked.

Nellie proceeded to use her Water magic to heal Runefor's still-bleeding wounds.

"I'm sorry that I did this to you, Runefor." She said solemnly. "I promise that I won't do it again."

Once the wounds were completely healed, the dragoness proceeded to walk up Runefor's belly and stop just before his face.

"May I have a kiss?" She asked. Runefor smirked.

"You're just trying to butter me up." He chided. Nellie frowned.

"However, it's working."

Runefor leaned forwards and kissed Nellie on the lips, driving his tongue into her mouth in the process.

When the moment ended, Runefor grabbed Nellie and placed her on the floor. The then got up onto his feet.

"We've wasted enough time." He said. "We've got work to do."

Runefor waved his forepaw, summoning the black necklaces.

"Where are we going this time, Runefor?" Nellie asked.

"Well, the Pyrus Volcanoes have been torched, the Tarune Forest has been deforested, and the Mountains of Kilon have crumbled." Runefor replied. "I'd say that the next place on the chopping block should be….. The Aechos Valley." Nellie sighed.

"Let's go…" She said solemnly.

Runefor snapped his talons, and the two dragons vanished in a cloud of smoke.

Along the way, Runefor thought to himself.

Hmm, I wonder if I should have told Nellie that I decided on the dragoness to be her replacement…

Why would you pick HER of all dragons? Rune asked.

Aww, didn't you realize that SHE had a thing for you too?

You can't be serious.

Oh, I'm VERY serious, Rune. VERY serious.

…

A few hours later…

Roxanne woke up from slumber. She then slipped off of her straw mattress, yawning.

"Another boring day.." She grimaced.

Roxanne's room wasn't very big. It only had enough room for her mattress, a dresser, a window on the far wall, and a few posters placed here and there. The floors and walls were hardwood, and there were a few holes in some spots. A small satchel sat by the door, which was packed with the various supplies that Roxanne might need while on patrol.

"Let's get this crap over with.." She said, half-annoyed.

The Yellow dragoness grabbed her satchel, hung it around herself, and stepped out of her room.

Roxanne's family's home wasn't very big. It was a slum building, with a living room at the front that opened up to a kitchen. Two bedrooms were connected to either side of the living room via doorways.

When Roxanne stepped out of her room, she saw her mother Velma in the kitchen, cooking a few steaks.

Velma had a Topaz hide and a pink underbelly. She had three light blue horns shaped like lightning bolts on the back of her head. She also had green eyes, and an electric blue mane. She wore a light blue satchel around herself, and was humming to herself happily.

"Morning, Mom!" Roxanne greeted.

"Oh, hello, Roxanne." Velma replied.

The teenager stepped into the kitchen and grabbed one of the steaks and started eating it.

"So, is Dad at the restaurant already?" Roxanne asked, in-between bites.

"Uh-huh." Velma answered. "Once I'm finished here, I'm heading over as well."

"Okay. I'll be heading out to join the others for our patrol soon."

"Alright."

Once Roxanne was finished eating, she hugger her mother, and headed towards the front door. As she was stepping out, she called back to Velma.

"See ya later, Mom!"

"Have a good day, Roxanne!" her mother shouted happily. "Don't get into too much trouble."

Yeah right, Roxanne thought to herself.

For the longest time, Roxanne's parents have been running a small restaurant, called The Skyward Wyvern, to make ends meet. It didn't make them a lot of money, but it kept them from ending up on the street. When Roxanne became old enough, she started helping her parents out by working there as a waitress. The Skyward Wyvern was also the number one hangout for her and her two best friends, Vaun and Aaron.

Of course, that all changed when most of the children of Glenhaven were abducted, and the Palace was stolen. Vaun and Aaron were abducted along with them, leaving Roxanne alone. Some time later, scores of horrible black monsters called Crepsculi started roaming parts of the world, like the Arcus Desert. When that started happening, Several of the young dragons, namely Blank, Ember, and two others name Flame and Arthur, started doing volunteer work patrolling the outer walls of the city, keeping an eye out for the monsters.

Roxanne was more than happy to help out as well, at first. But then, she would have to work alongside Blank, whom she considered an idiot. But, she couldn't help out in any other way, so she was stuck with his bungling. At the very least, she had several of the other dragons to keep her company.

Unfortunately, on this particular day, things took a turn for the worse when Emerald of all dragons showed up. Of all the dragons Roxanne hated, she despised THAT dragoness most of all, with a close tie with Nellie.

While Flame, Blank, Roxanne, Arthur and Ember were preparing to make their rounds, the Green dragoness flew up to them. Roxanne had a look of revulsion on her face.

"What are YOU doing here, rich-bitch?" She yelled. Emerald only sighed.

"My mother has finally given me permission to go on patrol with you guys." The Green dragoness replied to the others, avoiding contact with Roxanne.

"Great!" Blank shouted. "The more the merrier!"

"Are you sure you want to, Emerald?" Roxanne chided. "Aren't you worried you might get dirt on your scales?"

"I don't mind getting a bit dirty." She responded. "I never have, and I never will."

"Oh please."

"Will just shut it already?" Blank snapped.

"He's got a point." Flame added. "We'll never get these rounds over with if we just stand here listening to you two bitch at each other."

Roxanne rolled her eyes.

"Fine." She said half-heartedly.

"What's this?" Blank asked. "No snappy comebacks?"

"Oh, shut up." The Yellow dragoness snapped.

"Face it, Rox." Blank replied, pointing a talon. "You're nothing without your attending toadies: Vaun McAsskisser and Flaming Aaron."

Roxanne gave Blank a nasty look.

"You know what?" She asked, enraged. "I don't have to take this crap from a punk like you!"

"Says the girl who picks all the fights." The Orange dragon retaliated. Roxanne groaned in disgust.

"Guys, stop it!" Ember shouted.

"Yeah." Emerald agreed. "Can we please just get going already?"

Roxanne and Blank glared at each other, growling.

"Oh, alright." the Orange dragon said, sneering.

"Yeah…" the Yellow dragoness replied, in the same manner.

With that finally over, all of the teenagers took to flight, beginning their patrols. All the while, Roxanne thought to herself about what Blank said.

Roxanne hadn't seen her two friends Vaun and Aaron in over six months, ever since the abductions.

The Yellow dragoness first met the Water and Earth dragons at the Palace, when they all started attending school. Vaun was a brainy young cub, and was often picked on by the bigger boys in his classes. Roxanne, Blank and Nellie came to his rescue one day, and invited him into their little clique.

Aaron, despite being a bulky Earth dragon, was often very quiet, and quite clumsy. He tried to befriend girls his age, but they wouldn't let him near them. Roxanne and Nellie, however, thought that Aaron was actually kind of sweet, and befriended him.

So, it seemed like Roxanne had a total of four friends. However, that wouldn't last long.

Roxanne's friendship with Blank started to deteriorate when Emerald started attending the school. Roxanne didn't like the way the Earth dragoness acted all snooty around the other cubs. So, the Yellow dragoness started making fun of her to take her down a few pegs. Nellie started joining in on it, albeit reluctantly. Blank, however, didn't like the way Roxanne was treating Emerald, and tried to get it to stop. A few insults were thrown around, and Blank renounced their friendship.

Vaun and Aaron were still friends with Blank, at first. However, a few years later, Aaron discovered that he was attracted to the Orange dragon. This was how the Brown dragon realized that he was gay.

Aaron tried pursuing Blank. However, the Orange dragon didn't like him that way. He could have just let him down easily. However, Blank felt it necessary to react harshly, saying various nasty insults and making a general ass of himself.

Aaron was, understandably, upset, as were Vaun and Roxanne for Blank's outlandish behavior. So, Vaun started acting hostile towards Blank, and eventually Aaron joined in as well, now thoroughly pissed off at the Orange dragon.

So, Roxanne and Nellie were the only ones still friends, while Vaun, Aaron, Blank and Emerald were very well divided. Unfortunately, Roxanne and Nellie's friendship eventually broke down, thanks in part to a certain young dragon.

Rune.

Roxanne first met Rune some time after he was brought to Glenhaven after being found nearly dead. The young Purple dragon was adopted by Hontus and Seraph, Blank and Nellie's parents. So, it didn't take long for Roxanne to get introduced to him.

Since then, Roxanne had developed a crush on Rune. He was a kind, good-natured boy, if a little prone to anger at times. So, the Yellow dragoness started trying to become best friends with the Purple dragon, even though Nellie did the same thing. Over time, Roxanne started dropping hints that she liked Rune. She didn't know if he felt the same way about her, but he continued being her friend, so she had some hope.

One day, all of that changed.

…

It was four and a half years ago.

Roxanne was thirteen years old. Quite recently, news was spreading around Glenhaven that Rune had been abducted by Dark dragons. Blank, Nellie and Emerald left the city as well, apparently in the hopes of finding him.

After Hontus, Seraph, Voden, and Emerald's father Jules left to find them all, Roxanne became absolutely distraught. Every day Rune was gone, the Yellow dragoness was worried sick about him. He became all she would think about. No one, not even her own parents were able to get her to cheer up.

About two weeks after Rune was abducted, incredible news reached Glenhaven. Roxanne was hazy on most of the details, but it seemed out that the city of Warfang somehow ended up being controlled by the Dark dragon race. But the most shocking bit of information was that Rune wasn't really a Purple dragon: He was a Black dragon.

Roxanne could hardly believe this fact. Rune, a Black dragon? How was that even possible? There must have been a mistake.

But, whether this fact was true of not, Roxanne was excited to learn that Rune was finally returning to Glenhaven. So, the Yellow dragoness made a very big decision.

As soon as I see Rune again, she thought, I'm going to tell him how I feel about him.

Soon, the day when Rune arrived back in Glenhaven finally arrived.

Halfway through the normal school day, Roxanne, Vaun and Aaron walked towards the Elders' chamber. All three of them had a free period at this time, so they could all go together.

"Why are we heading over there, Rox?" Vaun asked.

"Didn't you hear?" Roxanne replied. "Rune's back! I heard some kids say that he went to the elder's chamber with his parents. We're going to see him when he comes back out."

"If you say so, Roxanne."

"Did you guys hear the rumors?" Aaron asked.

"You mean how Rune has really been a Black dragon this whole time?" Roxanne responded. "Yeah."

"Hey, do you know what that means?" Vaun added.

"What?"

"If Rune's a Black dragon, that could mean he's a Prince."

"A Prince?" Roxanne asked, incredulous.

"Yeah. Black dragons have always been the rulers of Clan Capricorn, I think."

"I know that. But the Dark dragons vanished over ten years ago, right? And besides, the Monarchy systems broke down around the same time."

"The Dark dragons have returned, though." Aaron stated. "It'd make sense if Rune, a Black dragon, is of high status among them."

"Well, I'll believe it when I see it." Roxanne declared. "Come on, let's get going."

A short while later, the three young dragons arrived at the chamber.

"What now, Rox?" Aaron asked.

"We wait for Rune to walk out, that's what."

As they waited, Roxanne thought about what she was going to say to Rune.

How should I go about it? She wondered. Should I lead up to it, or just blurt it out upfront?

After about five minutes of waiting, the doors to the Elders' chamber finally opened up. Out of the chamber came several dragons: Hontus, Seraph, Jules, Voden, Emerald, Blank, Nellie, and Rune. A Black-hided Rune.

Roxanne's jaw nearly hit the floor.

The rumors were true. Rune really WAS a Black dragon in disguise. He looked so different: His horns and mane were dark grey, his underbelly was silver, his eyes were golden, and he had bizarre blue symbols on his sides and upper forelegs. Royal Birthmarks. He really was a Prince.

But that's not what made Roxanne surprised. What really surprised her was the sight of Rune and Nellie walking close together, and wrapping their tails together.

What's going on? Roxanne thought. Why are they walking like that?

"Well, what have we here?' Voden, the Orange-hided Guardian, asked.

"What brings you kids over here at this time?" Jules queried.

"Well, uh, we heard Rune was back in town…" Roxanne answered nervously.

"Rox wanted to come greet him." Vaun added.

Seraph turned to look at the young Black dragon.

"Is that alright with you, sweetie?" She asked him.

"Sure." He replied

"Alright, then." Hontus said. "We'll let you kids mingle for a bit."

The four adult dragons turned to leave down the hallway, leaving the young dragons behind.

Blank and Emerald glared across at Vaun and Aaron, who returned the nasty looks.

"I'm outta here." The Orange dragon declared. "There's no way I'm talking to you assholes."

"The feeling's mutual!" Aaron snapped.

"Yeah!" Vaun added. The Water and Earth dragons turned to look at Roxanne. "We'll see you later, Rox."

"Okay." She said

As this happened, Emerald and Blank glanced at Rune and Nellie.

"We'll catch back up with you guys later." Emerald said.

"Later…" Nellie replied.

Blank, Emerald, Vaun and Aaron left down opposite ends of the hallway, leaving Rune, Nellie and Roxanne alone.

"Uh, it's great to see you again, Rune." The Yellow dragoness said, trying to smile. "I was worried about you."

"Thanks.." The Black dragon said awkwardly.

"So, you're a Black dragon." Roxanne stated.

"Yeah…"

"Why did you disguise yourself this whole time?'

"It's kind of hard for him to explain, Rox." Nellie answered for Rune.

"I've got time to listen." Roxanne replied.

"Okay…" Rune said.

As the three young dragons walked down the halls of the Palace, Rune told Roxanne about his story, from his early life, to what happened to the Dark dragon city called The Hive, and the Ordeal with Malefor. The story seemed to have some holes here and there, but Roxanne didn't bring them up.

"Wow.." She said, genuinely saddened. "I had no idea how hard you had it, Rune. I'm sorry you had to go through it all."

"No, it's alright." He said, smiling. "It's finally behind me now. My mother's alive again, and I'm going to be spending the part of the year living in Warfang with her and my brother."

"Cool…" Roxanne replied. "So… uh… why did you two have your tails wrapped together?"

As soon as Roxanne asked that, Nellie blushed.

"Uh, I gotta go.." The blue dragoness shouted, turning to run off. "Bye, guys!"

"Uh… bye…" Roxanne replied, confused. "What's gotten into her?"

Once Nellie vanished form view, Rune blushed too.

"Roxanne, can I tell you a secret?" He asked.

"Sure, Rune." The Yellow dragoness answered, concerned. "What?"

"Well," He began, "Since I'm going to be living with my biological family again, I'm not technically part of Hontus and Seraph's family anymore."

"Okay…" Roxanne responded. "That is your big secret?"

"No, that wasn't it." Rune replied. "The thing is…well…"

The Black dragon leaned close and whispered into Roxanne's ear hole.

"…Me and Nellie are boyfriend and girlfriend now.."

This statement nearly drove Roxanne crazy.

"WHAT?" She exclaimed. "You and Nellie?"

"Uh-huh." Rune stated. "It turns out that she had a crush on me this whole time."

"But…" Roxanne stammered. "That's not…I mean, you can't… I wanted to…"

Rune looked at his friend, confused.

"Are you okay, Rox?" He asked, concerned.

"Uh, yeah, yeah.." the dragoness replied nervously. "It's just that I….I…"

"What?"

"…You know what, never mind." Roxanne said solemnly. "It wouldn't matter now anyway."

"If you say so, Roxanne."

The Yellow dragoness turned to walk away.

"I've got to go, Rune." She stated, partially sad. "See ya.."

"Okay…" the Black dragon said, confused. "Are you sure you're okay? You don't sound like it."

"Bye." Roxanne replied, ignoring the question. She then ran off. The young Black dragon just stood there, confused.

As the Yellow dragoness ran through the halls, she began crying. Eventually, she ran into the girls' bathroom, which thankfully was empty, except for her.

It's not fair! she shouted in her mind. I had a crush on him first! Why didn't I tell him earlier, when I had the chance? Now it's too late! Nellie got to him before I could…

When Roxanne thought about the Water dragoness, she became enraged.

How DARE she do this! She KNEW I had a crush on Rune! She had no right swooping in and snatching him away from me! And besides, they're BROTHER AND SISTER! The very idea that they'd go out with each other is DISGUSTING! Rune should be with ME, not HER!

Roxanne was now snarling out loud.

"Mark my words, Nellie." She declared, glaring. "You'll pay for stealing Rune away from me. Some day, very soon, Rune will be MINE!"

And thus, Roxanne and Nellie's friendship slowly began to end.