Morning comes to find both Rados and Roylzen laying side by side looking at each other, their eyes locked. Rados hums as his right hand reaches out and strokes the young girl's silver and black hair, his eyes filled with moisture surprisingly.

"What's wrong?" Roylzen asks as Rados draws back and sits up, his breathing quicker than usual.

Nothing, he mutters as he closes his eyes and twists his head to the side out of the human's reach.

"I don't believe you," Roylzen comments as she sits up.

Rados snorts, seeming to be amused at the young human's comment.

I see, he chuckles as his breathing slows to normal.

"Tell me what's on your mind," Roylzen requests as Rados lays back down onto the grass below.

It would be unwise, the grey dragon mutters faintly as Roylzen starts to stroke his back.

Roylzen grins faintly as her hand stops on the older dragon's back.

"Oh really?" She asks as her eyes flicker with interest.

I speak the truth on that, Rados nods as his tail swishes along the grass.

Roylzen nods and sits up, the white bloodied shirt she's wearing nearly ripped off her as Rados flips her onto her back, his massive bulk rising up over her.

You said you wanted to hear what was on my mind, Rados reminds the younger human as she looks up at him in fright.

"I did but not like this," Roylzen persists as Rados hums, his scales rubbing against her body and ripping at her delicate flesh.

She fights to hold back screams of pain as Rados continues the display, the male seeming to be lost within his own instincts.

"Stop this," Roylzen hisses as she clenches her teeth together to keep from screaming.

Rados' eyes, despite their earlier mixed in each eye color, are completely white as he leans forward and reveals his teeth. Roylzen fights to no avail as she tries to get away before he does something that they both may regret.

"Rados snap out of it!" Roylzen shrieks as Rados' teeth near closer to her neck.

The male continues on, seeming to have not heard the young human's cry for him to stop. Roylzen starts to panic as Rados' bites gently into her neck, his teeth letting some kind of poison through into her. The grey male removes his head from her neck and backs off, standing a few feet away as Roylzen staggers to her feet.

"What was that for?" She asks, her hands curling into fists as her body trembles with rage.

The male doesn't reply and Roylzen blinks, her vision getting fuzzy.

"Tell me what this is all about," the young human commands as she steps forward, or tries to before she slips, her balance seeming to have been lost.

Roylzen lands on her hands and knees, her eyes going up to Rados. The male's eyes are still completely white as he looks back at her with no emotion what so ever on his face.

"You? You want me like you, don't you?" Roylzen asks as she starts to realize what is going on.

She blinks as her vision slowly dims, the grey dragon disappearing from her limited view as she closes her eyes and slips down onto the grass beneath her, her body trembling and jerking as the first parts of her transformation start to take place.

Meanwhile, the present time Rados opens his eyes for the first time since being saved from death by his former rider and his future self. Tamli and Finca nuzzle their son as they see he is awake.

How are you doing? Tamli asks as Finca proceeds to lick her son's wings clean.

I've been better, Rados mutters as he stops suddenly, his vision coming to him.

His parents are blurry, the cave is blurry. Could his eyesight have been affected by the Ricantaridic Poisoning?

What is wrong my son? Finca asks as she stops licking his wings.

My vision, Rados confesses. My vision is blurred almost as if I was on the verge of going blind while the Ricantaridic Poisoning racked my system.

You were on the verge of going blind my son, Tamli explains as his eyes lock with his son's.

That would explain it then, the white dragon nods as Finca stands up.

I'm going out hunting, she remarks as Tamli stands to ask what she is doing.

May I join? The white adult dragon asks his mate as Rados sighs, his eyes closing as his mind and body demand more sleep.

I see no problem with that. Our son is alive and asleep so yes, Finca answers as she and Tamli make their way out to the ledge to fly off to hunt together.

When both dragons leave Rados is asleep, unaware of the dangers soon to come to both him and his future self as an old rival from the past rises again to destroy any hope of a future for them and the one they both love.