Chapter 26
The next morning a girl riding a fire dragon appears in the air, the dragon starts blowing fire burning the forest. Jadis, Aero, and Nicholas all head outside to try to stop it. Lunetta bursts into Mela's room "wake up" she yells as Alex falls out of bed taking the sheet with him. Mela rolls over while saying "I don't want to go to school" she states. "Wake up" Lunetta states again slapping Mela across the face. "Ok I'm moving…what's going on" Mela states getting out of bed throwing a dress over her bikini. "There is a fire breathing dragon burning up the forest" Lunetta states. "Oh shit" Alex says running outside in shorts. Mela quickly rushes outside then conjures up a huge wave soaking everyone and putting out the fire. The girl on the dragon comes over to Jadis steam rolling off her body, "what in the hell was that for" she snaps. "You need to control your dragon" Jadis replies annoyed.
"Jadis is that you" she states. "Who are you?" Jadis replies annoyed even more ice forming over her hands. "Ember your sister" she replies. "Ember!" Lunetta yells running over to her and hugging her tight. "Where is Darius?" Aero asks now holding hands with Jadis. "Right here" Darius replies coming up behind Ember and grabbing her by the waist. Alex rushes over "what's going on?" he asks. "Nice shorts. Aren't you freezing it's the middle of winter" Jadis states poking him in ribs. "No not cold" Alex replies. "I took care of it" Mela states walking over to the group, "Ember your back" Mela states. "And I'm soaked" Ember adds grinding her teeth. "Sorry about that lets all go dry off" Mela states walking back to the castle.
"Where have you been Ember?" Mela asks. "In Egypt I'm the fire queen of the Egyptian covenant" she replies. "Wow that's cool" Mela replies getting towels for everyone. "Traitor" Lunetta yells at Ember, "I thought you were a part of our covent." "I'm still a part of our covent, I married into his covent too" Ember snaps back. "How come we weren't invited to the wedding?" Jadis asks. "It was clear in Egypt…I figured you guys won't have been able to make it" Ember states. Inside Mela hands everyone a towel and they all dry off. Mela and Jadis decide to go for a walk down by the shore. Mela sees a sea turtle on the beach and starts to scream, Jadis picks up the turtle and starts chasing Mela with it. "No!!! Keep it away!" Mela screams running down the beach, Aero sees Jadis chasing Mela with a turtle. Are women always this weird he thinks to himself. "Jadis what are you doing?" Aero asks heading down to the beach. "It's a turtle…can I keep him, please?" Jadis asks. "I'll name him Killer and feed him everyday" Jadis adds. "Ok, I guess you can keep it; just quit chasing people with him" Aero replies.
"Mela I'm keeping it" Jadis says. "No it's not going in my pool!" Mela yells at Jadis. "It's going in a tank in Jadis' room" Aero states. "Thank God" Mela states letting out a sigh of relief. "I miss your red eyes" Jadis states looking deep into Aero's golden eyes. "It because I haven't been drinking human blood" Aero replies. "Why don't drink some human blood?" Jadis asks. "Ok then I will" Aero says biting into Jadis' neck. Mela freaks out and goes running into the castle running into Alex knocking him over. "What's going on?" Alex asks helping Mela up to her feet. "Aero bite Jadis!" Mela screams. "What?!?" he replies rushing out the door. "What in the hell are you doing Aero" Alex yells Mela running close behind him. "She said she missed my red eyes so I drank some of her blood" Aero replies cradling Jadis body close to him. "Is she ok?" Mela asks a worried look on her face. "Yes, she is just asleep" Aero states carrying Jadis' body inside.
"Is Jadis ok?" Lunetta asks seeing Aero carrying Jadis' body and Alex carrying in a sea turtle. "Yes she just gave me some of her blood and now needs to rest" Aero replies. "What's with the turtle?" Lunetta asks. "Jadis was chasing me with it and Aero is letting her keep it thank God it's going into a tank in her room and not my pool" Mela states. "Oh, the turtle issue huh?" Lunetta says understanding Mela's problem. "Yeah the turtle issue" Mela replies. "What turtle issue?" Alex asks. "When I was little I was afraid that the sea turtles would try to eat me" Mela states. "It's ok I'll go put this turtle up then meet you in the pool I have a surprise for you" Alex states heading with Aero to Jadis' room.
Alex puts the turtle into a tank Aero set up after putting Jadis to bed. "So Alex what do have planned for at the pool with Mela" Aero asks after Alex sets Killer the turtle into his tank. "It's a surprise" Alex replies grinning from ear to ear. As he heads to his room and stuffs a small box into his shorts pocket then heads to the pool. Seeing Mela topless in the pool, he leans down and swirls his hand in the water to get her attention. Popping her head out of the water "Hey Alex come on in the water is great" Mela states leaning again the side of the pool. "In a minute I got to talk you for a minute first" Alex replies his hands in his short pockets. "What is it?" Mela asks curiously.