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' Thinking to oneself '
" Talking "

Chapter 36
Kidnapped

"Well done in locating my humble abode, guardian of the Sacred Dragon Flame."

The couple were surprised when they saw a figure in the shadow of the waterfall appear and slowly walk out into the sunlight. Bloom gasped slightly when she clearly saw the man that she talked to when she got her powers back, her sacred partner, and he looked exactly like he did in her dream. He was a tall gorgeous man with long waist length blue and white hair, wearing long elegant blue and gold robes with a gold outlined red dragon flying up from the bottom of the robe holding the Domino royal crest protectively in its front claws. Around his waist was a red sash with detailed embroidery of elegant blue and white flames. This tall man's hands had shinning blue scales going up his arms and even some scales on the sides of his neck. He had deep cat like ruby eyes, which were shinning with wisdom, compassion and pride. He still looked like a god.

"I thought that you would take longer to arrive, since you were so unsure about yourself." Bloom shook herself out of her trance. "I know that I am sure that I need to train in order to defeat Eldus." "Hmm… we will see about that. And what about you, Crown Prince of Eraklyon? What brings you here? Are you here to be a hindrance?" Sky did not take the dragon's words kindly "I am here to support Bloom in any way she needs. I won't be a hindrance." He remarked as he took Bloom's hand in his "Hmm…"

The humanoid dragon just turned and started to walk to the far end of the clearing. He turned when he noticed the couple not moving. "Well, are you coming? I thought you were here to train." He continued to walk and was swallowed by the darkness of another cave. Bloom and Sky nodded to each other and ran after the dragon.

They slowly followed him for a couple of minutes until they stepped through a very powerful barrier. Once through they entered an extremely large cavern. It had a very high ceiling and soft sand, giant rocks were scattered everywhere, it seemed that there was some sort of light magically being used to make the cavern so bright. In the far corner sat a perfect oasis with a small cabin sitting by the oasis' lake. The cavern looked like a desert but it was a nice cool area, not too hot and not too cold.

"So where are we now?" "This is my personal training room, but I recently did some improvements." "What improvements? It just looks like a boring old desert." Sky asked as he looked around. "Well to the untrained non-magical eye it seems like nothing." The dragon said coldly "But I'm sure my guardian noticed when you entered the room, did you not?" "Well, I'm not sure. I know we passed a barrier but it felt much different than a defensive barrier and much more powerful." "Correct, the barrier I placed around this place is not like the norm. It is actually charmed with a powerful spell to distort the time flow here." "What do you mean?" "Time flows differently here. One day spent in here will actually be one minute outside. I saw that time was of the essence and you needed more than a few hours of training to even have a chance to face Eldus on even grounds. This way you will have 12 months of training in only 6 hours. So shall we begin?"

"Yes, let's." Bloom nodded and started taking off the small pack that she was carrying. "Here I will take that Bloom." "Thank you, Sky. Hey, what are you going to do while we train?" Bloom said with a curious smile as she handed her pack to him. "I will do some training of my own." Sky said with a smile.

"Oo that's right you brought your Prince." The Dragon said in a bored tone. Bloom slightly glared at him for making such a rude remark towards her beloved. The dragon rolled his eyes when he saw his guardian glare at him. 'Sigh' "Do you truly trust this man? Would you trust him with your life? Would he protect you at the cost of his?" he coldly stared deep into Bloom's flaming eyes. She knew that he would notice if she had doubts, good thing she had no hesitation in her words. "Yes, I trust Sky with my life. He would protect me with his life, just like I would for him. He is the man I love with all my being. He is the man I will marry and be happy with, for all eternity."

'Hmm… certain eyes… eyes filled with love… just like Jeanne's…' "Hmm… very well." He looked to Sky "How skilled are you boy?" "I am the best in my school, and home planet." "Of course you would be the best on your planet you are the Prince. Who would fight seriously against you? I wonder how skilled you truly are…" in that moment the dragon threw a large blast at Sky.

Sky immediately pulled out his sword and deflected the blast away from them and towards the empty desert. After the blast made contact with a rock it burst apart in a firey explosion. "Hey you were serious! You could've hurt me!" Sky said angered. "Of course not, if I was serious you would no longer be alive. I just needed to make sure your skills were deserving of my guardian's faith. I couldn't very much have her mated to someone useless, now could I?" He said with a shrug. "I would've stayed with Sky regardless of what you thought. He is my true love." Bloom said as she stood beside Sky daring the dragon to attack again. "Very well then, I guess I have no choice now."

He walked over to Sky and held out his hand and started to conjure up a summoning spell. Sky got on the defensive in case he was going to surprise attack again. But instead of an attack a magnificent sword slowly started appearing, hovering slightly transparent above the Dragon's hand. After a short moment a quick light, burst from the sword and it became solid as it landed in his hand. The sword had some engraving along the blade in an ancient language that Sky couldn't read, the hilt was simple enough with a golden dragon wrapped around it.

"I enchanted this sword long ago and I only lent it to one other…King Leonard, Jeanne's husband. Just like you, he stood firm against me and was sure of his love for my guardian. So as a reward I will give you something that will stand as firm as your will. Be warned: This sword cannot be held by anyone else besides you, unless I wish it or you give it a verbal code. If evil is freely able to use it then it will be catastrophic." He held out the sword for Sky to take. Sky put away his sword and reached out to accept the dragon's sword. As soon as he took it in his hands, he felt a strong bond immediately form, along with a power surge running up his arm and spreading throughout his body. "Thank you, I appreciate it." Sky said in awe as he grew accustomed to the sword.

The dragon just nodded "You may use that area to train, it has some targets you may practice on." He told the prince as he pointed to the opposite side of the nodded, said his goodbyes and good lucks to his fiancé and started to walk over to where he was told. The dragon faced Bloom once more "Now let's start guardian, we must being your training." Bloom nodded as she followed the dragon deeper into the cavern.

"Now before we being there is one thing we must do…" Bloom waited for him to continue. "…introductions. We cannot form our sacred bond until we know each other's names and our worries." "Oo that's true. Well then, shall I begin? … Hello, my name is Bloom. I am a princess of Domino, but I was raised on Earth by my adoptive parents…" She paused when he raised his hand for silence. "I already know all that I want to know about what you feel… your deepest thoughts, your worries." Bloom hesitated and glanced at Sky who was training in the distance before nodding. 'Sigh' "I want to protect my family and friends… I want to get married to Sky and live happily ever after with him… and our daughter Cari. We have no idea how she came to be but I already love her so much and I want us to be family. But my biggest worry is that I will end up like Jeanne after I face Eldus. I don't have the confidence in winning AND coming back alive, Jeanne couldn't do it… what hope do I have…I know I can't escape my fate but all I can do now is to destroy Eldus and protect my family and the magical dimension."

"Hmm… well I cannot tell you what the future holds young guardian but remember that the future is not set in stone, there are still many possible outcomes. But I can tell you two things for certain: one, you are not ready to face Eldus yet. If you were to face him at your current state you would most likely fall and fail your ultimate mission. But with this training and my partnership it is very possible to succeed… second, I was the one who gave Calida Cari her current form." "Wait, what?!" Bloom exclaimed in total shock. "How?! If you created her then how is she my biological child?"

"I did not say I created her, I said I gave her, her current form. She was created from the magic that you gave up when you were under Eldus' Keres curse and the pure energy that your fiancé used to save you. She was created with your magic and his will, along with the love you both shared for each other. Originally, I was going to absorb and use the orb when we face Eldus, but the love in the orb was so strong, among other things, I wondered what would happen if I did something unexpected for once. Since I created the magical universe it was easy enough for me to give the magical orb a body, free will included. The only thing I took control of was her memories, even as an orb she was still aware. I locked them away since it was too early for you to know what she really was. When I told her to go find you and give you the message I was unsure of the outcome, but it looks like it worked out nicely. I'm glad I made the correct choice." He said with a smug smirk.

Bloom was just too shocked to really say anything. 'Cari really is ours…' after a moment the red haired fairy saw that the dragon was waiting for a response, so she just took a deep breath "Yes, thank you. I am grateful that you made the decision to allow her into our lives. Thank you very much…umm…'sacred dragon'." "Oo that's right I have yet to introduce myself. My name is Glaedr, I am your Sacred Partner and together we will change the future." After a short pause Bloom asked: "Is that all? Aren't you going to tell me what you feel and worries?" "Hmm… Well, I wonder if your fate will be as Jeanne's because of your apparent similarities of stubbornness and overprotective personalities. And I worry that I will miss my routine hibernation cycle again." He said in a monotone as he shrugged 'It doesn't seem that he is very worried…' Bloom internally commented.

"umm… ok, I don't think I'm that stubborn but at least I know that you are worried about me. So thanks…" "you are almost the spitting image of your ancestor, including your personality, young Bloom." "So I hear… now what are we supposed to do Glaedr?" Suddenly they both started to softly glow and it started to connect to each other from the couple of feet they were from each other. Bloom was so surprised that she just stared at her glowing hands and the glowing ribbon connecting them until it just burst away. "Umm… what just happened?" She asked when he looked like he didn't see anything or just didn't care. "Nothing really we just made our partnership official. Now you may summon me as you see fit, as I you. But try not to summon me while I nap, understood?"

Bloom just nodded "But how do I summon you and you me?" "Just imagine me appearing before and focus your energy in reaching me, I believe a modern analogy would be making a so-called 'phone call'. Once you focus enough and begin to feel me, call out my name. I will come. As for me calling you, I will just transport you when I feel like it." "Wait what? You don't give me a warning or anything. That's a bit rude, don't you think? I might be in the middle of something." 'Sigh' he said as he rolled his eyes "Very well then I shall give you a two minute warning. That should be plenty of time to inform people or what-not." He said with a shrug. 'I think that is the best I am going to get… sigh.' "Thank you, much appreciated."

"hmm." He said with an indifferent shrug. "Now I shall attack you with 25% of my power, I suggest you prepare yourself." At that he sent a large fire blast at Bloom. "Wait WHAT?!" she yelled as she barely dodged the attack in time. She looked at where she was just standing and saw a small crater in the ground, and she was shocked to see that her clothes were slightly singed. "You-you attacked me seriously!" she exclaimed as she glared at Glaedr. "That is the point. Oo… You may attack me as you wish." He said as he held another firey ball in his right hand. "Wait, wait! what is the point of this?" She asked as she dodged another attack. "To test your reflexes and control of your powers without transforming." He replied as he crossed his arms as multiple dark red fire balls appeared and hovered around him. Bloom groaned as she prepared to protect herself from the oncoming barrage 'this is going to be a longgg day…'

"Why are we headed to Domino, again?" Stormy asked "I need to pick up a new ally." "Who?" Darcy asked "Her" Eldus said as he pointed at the image in his crystal ball. "How is a little brat going to help?" Icy coldly asked "She is going to make a huge difference in the outcome of the upcoming fight. She holds within her an incredible power that can rival Jeanne's. All I have to do is convince her that darkness is better than the light." He said with an evil grin. "Hmm… is that so? Then what is the plan?" Stormy asked "You three will need to distract the royal family while I go and talk to our new companion." "How are we supposed to do that? They would be more suspicious if we just showed up randomly and just started to shoot up the place." Darcy remarked. "You three will think of something. Now I just need to find the key in convincing her to come willingly." Eldus said as he stared at the two young girls in the enchanted crystal ball. That was when he heard exactly what he needed. He brightly smiled before turning to face the witches. "I got it. Ladies we are leaving now. To Domino!"

"Rosie, do you think it was wrong of me not to see Bloom off before she left? I know that she wants to send me away, but I miss her already." The red haired girl asked as she watered the roses. "Well, hopefully she will be back before you go to sleep. And I really don't think that she is going to send you away Cari. She obviously cares deeply for you. She might just be worried about something else." Rosie said as she watered her side of the roses. "Then why would Tecna give her an orphanage's name? I don't want to leave, Rosie. I don't want to be alone, I want to be happy with a family. I want to feel safe." Cari said as she wrapped her arms around herself in despair. Rosie put down her watering can and walked over to her friend and gave her a hug. "I know Cari. Its ok everything will work out in the end, you'll see."

Suddenly a huge gust of wind surprised the girls and forced them to close their eyes from the oncoming debris that was flying in the air. When they opened their eyes they saw a tall man dressed in all black with black cold eyes, staring down at them a few feet away. Too scared to move the two girls just stared as he took a couple of steps closer. "W-who are you?" Rosie asked as she motioned for her friend to hide behind her. "I am Eldus. The most powerful sorcerer in the magical dimension. And I would like to talk to the one who carries Bloom's dragon flame within her." He said with a small smile.

Rosie glared at the man 'he must be after Cari. He might be the one who injured the king and queen. If he captures Cari then Princess Bloom will not be able to fight to her fullest.' Rosie took a deep breath and took a step towards him. "What is it do you want from me?" Her voice was strong but her body shook with fear as she hoped that Cari would stay stunned just a little longer. "Oo you are the keeper of the royal family's dragon's flame? Then why is it that you wear an apron, I doubt one with such power and supposed rank would be put to work." He replied with a cold voice "Is it wrong for a young girl to play in the garden? I couldn't very much dirty my pretty dress now could I?" Rosie replied without a moment's hesitation. "Hmm… then you wouldn't mind stepping closer to have a better look at you my child." He said with an outstretched hand. Rosie hesitated for a moment but glanced down at her scared friend 'I must protect Cari…' she thought as she slowly stepped forward.

Once she was close enough Eldus lurched out and aggressively took a hold of Rosie's long light brown hair. "OW! LET GO!" the young girl screamed as he pulled her hair tighter. "If you are the one I am looking for then you should have no problem in defending yourself." Eldus smirked as he pulled her hair higher to where her feet no longer touched the ground. "OW! STOP! LET GO!"

That was when a blast appeared out of nowhere and made a direct hit to Eldus' chest. In surprise he let the girl go and held his chest in pain. He looked up to see Cari standing with rage burning in her eyes and her hair glowing as if on fire with purple ribbons dancing in the flames. "Leave Rosie ALONE! It is ME you want!" Cari yelled at Eldus. "Yes, you are." He said with a smirk, he looked down to see that Rosie was getting up. "Don't even think of touching her again!" he saw that she had another blast ready to be fired at him and he raised his arms as if he was innocent. "I wouldn't dream of it, my child. I just came here to talk to you. To give you a proposition." "What do you mean?" Cari asked with slight confusion after Rosie ran to hide behind her. "I want you to give you something you want… a place where you can belong. I want to give you a place where you can be safe and happy. A place alongside me."

He saw that he was getting to her, he saw her thinking about it. "How do you know what I want?" "Because I wanted it too, a long time ago. I wanted a place I could belong to. I just wanted to be happy with someone I loved, to have a family, to call someplace 'home'. But I was always pushed away, no one wanted me, I was always alone. And the one person I loved and thought I could count on, tossed me aside the first chance she could, she left me all alone and forgotten. I wasn't needed and misunderstood, so I was easily cast away and rejected. And I don't want you to go through the same pain I did." With his words Cari calmed down enough that Eldus felt safe enough to take a couple of steps forward. "You don't know that will happen to me. I will be needed, I won't be cast aside. Bloom won't let that happen…" Cari said with doubt in her eyes

"Are you sure about that, child? You may have great power within you, but you won't be needed to protect anyone. This planet already has the royal family to guard it and the universe has that group of fairies to watch over it. So where do you, a powerful and gifted being, belong in a world where all the needed positions are filled? Besides do you really think Bloom won't send you away as soon as she can? She is a busy princess after all how do you think she will have time to even protect you when you need it the most? Where is she now?" Eldus grimly smiled when he saw that he had won.

Rosie saw that her friend was being swayed and stood to face her. "Cari he is wrong! Bloom loves you, you are her child! She wouldn't send you away I just know it!" Cari looked at her friend with conflict and doubt in her eyes. "But Rosie you heard her, she is already looking at an orphanage or foster home to send me to. I-I think I have a better chance with Eldus. He understands how I feel, maybe he is just as lonely as I am." "No Cari… I think he is the man who seriously hurt the King and Queen, he's dangerous." "Is that true? Did you hurt King Oritel and Queen Marion?" "I have never even heard those names before. How can I be blamed for this horrid crime if I don't know who those names belong to?" Eldus said with a nonchalant shrug.

"Now my child decide whether you want to come with me and be wanted, or stay and be sent to an orphanage to be alone." Eldus said as he held out his hand for Cari to accept. "No don't go Cari. I want you to stay, you are my best friend don't go, please." Rosie pleaded as she saw her friend thinking about accepting the man's offer. Cari slowly looked to her light brown haired friend. "You're my best friend too Rosie. But even if I stay Bloom will send me away and we might never see each other again. At least if I go with him, I won't be alone. I'm sorry, we might meet each other again someday." Cari said as she gave her best friend a final hug good bye. Then she pushed her away and ran to accept Eldus' hand.

Once Cari was in his arms, Rosie saw as he pulled her up off the ground and embraced her with an evil smile, he quickly opened up the portal and disappeared into the dark hole that faded away. Rosie stood there in shock at what had just happened. She then heard an explosion in the distance that shook the grounds. With that, Rosie was shaken back to the present and started to run towards the inner palace. 'I need to tell the King and Queen! They need to send word out to Bloom… they need to tell her that Cari has been kidnapped!'