A/n
Here we are chapter 35. I am sorry it took this long, but with the length it came out to be and the things I put in it; I doubt I will get all that many complaints about it. Well readers this is the second to last chapter in this part of the Chronicle. I am getting so stoked about this story. This is the chapter many have wanted as it explains the relationship of Lara and Saber. So, please enjoy and review. Your opinion matters… I think I just sounded like some kind of priest, oh good golly!
Grammatical Overhaul complete. Enrichment and polishing is the words for this chapter.
Chapter 35 'For My Friends'
It took a few more dunks in the fountain before I was able to get out of the water. There was water dripping and running off of me when I got out. I spit out a stream of water out of my mouth to get the water I had nearly swallowed out. I took a step and stumbled forward a couple of steps as the nausea hit me again. All the gears began to turn in reverse making the sick feeling become worse. The vertigo inhibited my movements and so I fell against the fountain. I pointed my head away from the fountain and hurled. Apparently, someone was using my luck to have a good laugh at my expense, curse reverse divine intervention! After I was able to gain control of my digestive system, I rose to my paws.
I shook myself to get the excess water free of my body. I have heard of taking a cold shower is a good way to cure drowsiness, but I don't think this is what was implied. Well at least my luck buildup has been released so, it is back to the normal levels of power. That was at least one thing going in my favor for the moment. I had so few things going my way lately.
I was still leaning against the fountain in order to regain my bearings; when I heard a crash from somewhere behind me. I swung my head around slowly so I didn't trigger nausea again; only to Tarra sliding into the spot right next to me. I sighed and shook my head, before staring at Tarra as she lifted her head up to gaze at me. Oh Boy, what a pair we are!
"So, how is your morning going? I hope not as bad as mine is."
Tarra giggled at my comment.
"You sound like you have done this before."
I rolled my eyes… much harder to do as a dragon; I have to say. If only she knew just how often my bad luck strikes me! I then replied.
"That is one way to put it, though it would be better for me to say; I get this twenty-four/seven/three-sixty-five."
Tarra looked at me confused.
"That is a long and fancy way of saying that my bad luck does not take a day off, is on the job everyday pretty much."
"Oh, I see."
I took a deep breath and was about to continue when I a faint but familiar scent hit my nose like an eighteen wheeler. I paused and sniffed again, trying to identify the scent. It was one I had smelled and I think recently, but I couldn't particularly place it. The smell was… pleasant. Tarra saw my action and was asking me a question.
"… Hmm what was that you just said Tarra?"
"I said what are you smelling?"
I took another whiff, still unable to identify the scent. I know I have smelt it before! It just was on the tip of my… well tongue wouldn't apply here… maybe just inside my nose? I don't know!
"Well Tarra, I do not know what I am smelling, yet it is something I smelled recently. It has a hint of… is that… roses? I didn't think there were roses around here; at least I haven't seen any."
Tarra's eyes went wide when I mentioned roses and she took a couple of steps away from me. Now why would she do that? I am getting a terrible feeling I really am not going to like the answer!
"Um… Tarra… why did you back up and why did you seem to show signs of recognition when I mentioned roses?!"
"Oh… well I think you will understand in a minute or two."
I'll know in a minute or two?! What does she mean by that?! … Don't tell me my bad luck isn't still done wreaking havoc on me yet! What more could it still… actually it would be better not to finish that question, though I imagine I will find out soon! I heard Tarra then mumbled something to herself, which I caught a few words of.
"… Forgot… roses… her wash… sorry for him."
That jumble was hard to understand… … Wait! Did she say 'her' as in 'her!' The one who has been making my life complicated as of late with her vexing me! … It was then my ears caught a voice I knew all too well!
"… Where are you?"
Oh No, it IS her! I have had enough things go badly and wrong without adding her to the mix! As if my thoughts of dread were a signal to her, Lara happened to notice me at that moment. CRAP! I'M SCREWED!
… Not the best choice of ways of putting it for me to go with, although possibly about to become TRUE! Lara squealed in delight and raced towards me. My face quickly shifted to panic as Lara approached me.
"NO WAIT LARA!"
I turned and got one step to my right, trying to get out of the way; when she pounced on me. Lara had I would assume been aiming for my back, but my turning had made her miss. The force of the impact caused me to collapse to the ground with her added weight. I hit the ground on my back as Lara hitting me from the side had caused me to roll to my back. Lara ended out on top of my underbelly.
When I made contact with the ground I felt a very odd pressure and strain along my whole back. The pressure seemed to center along my spine… I really don't think I am supposed to feel that in my back. Oh dear this can't mean anything good for me!
CRACK!
… MY SPLEAN!
Pain burned all along my spine. Well I swear that someone had placed very hot metal along my spine. If what I am feeling is what I believe it is, then the disks and vertebra slid out of the position they're supposed to be. Oh Boy! In short; I think I just threw my spine out of line. That very likely will limit my movement if not prevent me from moving at all. My body contorted in ways that just ain't natural, yet with my spine no longer keeping my body as it's supposed to be. Then the second wave of pain washed over me.
Ow, the pain, good golly the pain! I involuntarily let loses a cry of pain.
"ARG, MY SPLEAN!"
"Lara, maybe you should get off him, it looks and sounds like Saber is hurt!"
Lara looks at my contorted form and instantly removed herself from me.
"Asreyel I am sorry!"
At least she apparently has the self-control to remove herself when I am hurt.
"Look… right now I really prefer for the moment that you call me Saber, but with how things are currently… ow ow ow! I am not going to be insistent."
"Saber is there anything we can do to help you?"
Tarra is really a nice dragoness, and I would hope Lara is normally, when she isn't in heat. Lara gave the impression that she is nice, helpful and friendly. Still how do you explain that I just got my spine thrown out of line and am now likely unable to move much?
I don't know if dragons would understand what that painful problem actually entails. Plus with a longer spine it makes it all the more painful. Add to this that Lara played a part in causing this… I don't think she would take that well.
"Um well… I kind of got my spine knocked out of alignment."
There was silence to my statement; I could almost picture the looks of confusion on their faces. I can't blame them. I only knew about things like this due to having to fix myself up as much as I have over the years!
"What I mean is in short, I needed to realign or straighten out my spine ram rod straight. Or force it back to where it is normally. Unfortunately I cannot do that myself in my current condition."
Lara's voice was the next thing I heard. I'm worry about this situation that feeling was growing fast!
"Just tell m-us what you need to have done and we will do it."
Was Lara about to say 'me' instead of 'us'?! You know, I am getting a really, REALLY horrible feeling about this! … Like I am seriously going to regret asking Lara's help in getting my spine back to working order! I don't know if Tarra would help me in this or...
My dilemma is that I need to explain what needs to be done without it sounding like… well asking for something more… sensual in nature! Lara would instantly jump at the chance of getting such an opportunity! Be that as it may though; I need assistance so here we go.
"Well I need someone to pretty much need to… um… … use their bodies by press themselves… against my back to help by providing a surface to be straightened upon and physically work my spine back into its rightful place."
I hope that came out in the way I intended.
"I WILL DO THAT!"
I shuttered at that declaration. NO! What I said definitely didn't come out as I had wanted! Okay, I know I wasn't the only one to notice that Lara was way too excited about helping me. I hope she isn't getting any strange ideas of doing this means I am giving her permission to do anything further. … Nine out of ten betting odd says she is!
"Lara, maybe it might be better if we get a healer for this."
A healer? That might be a better idea for this predicament.
"No, I can do this just fine."
… I feel worried about Lara's tone! I was worried before, now I am scared! I'm certain she has ulterior motives in 'helping me'. I wholeheartedly agree with Tarra on getting a healer! However, before I could make my thoughts vocal; Lara had gotten behind me and hooked her forelegs around my own raising me up. I was locked into a very dangerous place!
I had still a priority in this; I wanted my spine back to functional status. I needed to make sure she understood what was needed to be done. If said procedure was done wrong… let's just say correction of that would be much harder and more painful! An idea I would rather avoid given the option.
"Now Lara, are you absolutely you understand what I am asking you to do here?!"
"Yes."
… I am not feeling confident here with that ANSWER!
"Because if you do not, then I can wait for one of you to bring a healer! This needs to be done right preferably the first time!"
"There is no need for you to worry!"
The reply did little… no scratch that... it didn't do ANYTHING to clear the feelings of worry! It set them ablaze in fact rather than calm them! I desperately wish I could move at the moment! Yet since I can't, I have no means to resist Lara.
I heard Lara above my head now. She shifted me to a sitting position, as I couldn't do so myself. I felt Lara press herself against my back, which set her to have complete contact with my back to keep it in place. She started to use her hind legs to work my spine back to how it is supposed to be position.
Maybe I was a bit too paranoid of Lara. I grant that she was still in the heat of her mating cycle, which was obvious. Then again, she just could want to help me. We are friend and that's what friends do. Even Lara I would think would have enough self-control, to not take advantage of this situation where I couldn't fight back… wouldn't she?! … Hey you upstairs and you down below, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!
That's what I figured until I felt her underbelly scales rubbing me in a more than helpful kind of way. It would seem that Lara would indeed take advantage of the opportunity this misfortune provided. I was under the impression that I had already put on an entertainment show for the day! I don't do encores!
The sensations that Lara's action were producing were… No, no, no, I say NAY! I can't entertain such thoughts of her right now. I admit she is… rather attractive and very beautiful. She smells very nice too. … No, bad thoughts! I need a distraction now!
Lara kept rubbing her underbelly against my back as she worked. I felt the first crack of my lower spine around the base of my tail, realigning. The burning sensation from the pain began to fade afterwards in that area. The rubbing motion that Lara was doing now became more circular, which made things harder. There was a kind of fog, beginning to cloud my mind, which didn't help things.
I had never realized just how smooth a dragoness's scales on their underbelly could beeee… AAHHHH! That is dangerous territory, stay away from it! I needed avoid it like the plague! Cause it could be as dangerous as a plague if given time and opportunity.
This shouldn't be happening, I know I have better control over myself than this! SO WHY AM I THINKING LIKE THIS! My mind was going blank with every passing second as Lara kept massaging me. So I was having difficulty concentrating due to my mind going the way it is currently.
The exact way Lara was rubbing herself against me, was giving me feelings of… pleasure. The likes of which these particular feelings of pleasure, I have never experience before in my life at any time. These sensations and emotions they inspired, were somehow attempting to override my mental discipline… and they were coming close to winning!
Lara began to whisper into my ear.
"By the way, if this gets too painful, just say so and I will ease up."
What does she mean if it starts? ... The pleasure spiked in strength and magnitude after she whispered that to me. I may not admit it to anyone, including myself, but I was on cloud nine right now! My mental control was slipping!
This feeling on my upper back… it is rounder than her underbelly and the scales in this area are softer than her underbelly and somehow… BOUNCEY! Hold it… is this Lara's… (gulp) chest! Then that would mean that… what is equivalent to breast for dragonesses. Oh my situation is going from bad to worse fast!
Hmm… I wonder… if I can switch between my draconic form and human form; can others of dragon kind? If that is the case, then what would Lara look…! … No! No! NO, NO I CAN'T ENTERTAIN SUCH FANTASIES LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW!
I couldn't focus on what was happening anymore; one moment I was feeling pain and the next pleasure. This was becoming so confusing to me now. My brain was getting strung out and left to dry!
'Hmm torture and ecstasy; no wonder you are so confused.'
I felt the familiar surge of frustration and anger at that. There was a voice I certainly didn't need at this moment. He wouldn't help me! That I know for a fact!
'Asreyel… you aren't HELPING!'
'Who said that was the intent?'
I felt the anger rising in me at that reply, quickly turning into rage. However, there was a surge of pleasure running in jolts through me! That was followed by a crack as another section of my spine settled back into place that was followed with pain. The feeling of pain quickly returned to pleasure after the section of pain went back to its rightful position.
I gritted my teeth to prevent a goofy smile most likely with a goofy laugh; to come to my face at this new feeling. I would NOT let myself be seen acting like an idiot! Unfortunately Asreyel kept going in his teasing.
'Tell me why you are so against the idea of mating with Lara?'
That's a question I would rather not answer the question.
'Is this really the time to get into this kind of conversation right now?'
'You have something better to do then? Now is as good of a time as any.'
Does he HAVE TO be so good at making a point! It was taking most of my mental discipline and self-control to keep still and my voice silent at the things Lara was doing to me. I didn't want to talk to Asreyel at the moment, but he may help distract me.
'First of all I am too young to be seriously considering "that" activity!'
What do you say to that Stupid Head!
'Well actually, dragons as a race tend to begin to search for mates at the age equivalent to seventeen to eighteen for humans; so you are of the age as it happens.'
Damn! I can't argue with that as I don't know if what he says is true. Yet if Lara is anything to judge by, it is.
'You have got to be kidding me!'
I hate Asreyel. He just has to make sense in a way I can't disagree with!
'Why are you… ah I get it now. This is all due to human tradition and social behavior. Because of that, such an activity is seen as, "wrong" until you… what is the term join with another of the opposite gender?'
Join with… what does he mean? Oh I think I get what he is referring to now.
'You mean marriage Asreyel.'
'Yes that idea, humans have such odd traditions and customs. What hypocritical creatures humans are, if you ask me.'
I couldn't deny what he said completely. I would partly agree with him. I mean there are those how are as Asreyel said are hypocritical. Yet most people aren't. Humans are complicated, but I was still raised among them and so I was raised to be like them.
I felt another crack as more of my spine got back into place; that made around half of my spine now being the way it was originally meant to be. My mind kept descending further into the blank numbness state I was fighting. All of this was from the actions that Lara was still continuing to do to me. What next?!
I felt something brushing against my lower underbelly scales. I have begun to notice that there are some areas of my body where the scales are more sensitive than others. Unfortunately my underbelly is one of those said areas where my scales are more sensitive and are a bit ticklish.
Back to the matter at hand though, it took me a few seconds to figure out that the something was Lara's tail and she was brushing her tail against my underbelly. She had her tail south of the BORDER! It was giving me a very tickling tingle and it wasn't one that was welcomed by my mental discipline! This was getting to be very risky for me! Lara's tail was making its way to my South Pole! My steel clad will was slipping and if this didn't stop really soon, then I might fall for Lara's temptations!
A fourth crack came and another part of my spine went back in line. Lara's scent filled the air around me and it was intoxicating. I could smell little else right now. Lara then proceeded to rub her head against my neck and left shoulder. The smooth scales on her face felt amazing grinding against my neck and shoulder. I began to hear some type of clicking sound. I tried to identify what the clicking was and discovered that it was... her purring!
Well it was perfectly clear… OW! There was the fifth crack; all that is left is my neck. As I said it is perfectly clear that Lara is using this situation to her advantage and thoroughly enjoying herself. At least she hasn't completely forgotten the purpose of this activity is to get my spine back in place. That still doesn't excuse what she is doing!
'That surprises you? She is a female and one in the heat of her mating cycle I might add. You gave her invitation and opportunity; you brought this on yourself.'
'Why you… Dang it! He is right! No I must not, I shall RESIST!'
I couldn't deny the logic of Asreyel's argument. That didn't mean I had to like agree with it!
'Give me three good reasons why mating with Lara is so bad.'
I thought for a moment, trying desperately to think of something, ANYTHING that would justify not mating with Lara right here and now. I wouldn't lose to Asreyel!
'We are in the middle of the street, others could be watching! This is not the kind of thing two do in this setting!'
'That is crappy reasoning as well as hypocritical, due to the fact that it is still early! So few if anyone is out and for the one dragoness that is; it can be a good learning experience. As for the outside aspect, I understand that some humans like doing such activities in the outdoors. Next reason you would like to use as an excuse.'
I really hate Asreyel! Arguing with him is… good golly, I want to say it is like arguing with myself, but that is what it is! I am one hundred percent arguing with a part of myself! This paradox royally SUCKS! Okay next reason; I have got to win this!
'She is a dragoness, I was raised a human.'
'A mere technicality and one that has already changed. You are a dragon now and you can unlearn those human customs given time and persuasion. That's two failed reasons.'
Fricken fracken, that makes as Asreyel said at two compared to my zero! This isn't going well for me. His logic was beating my desperation!
'As humans put it, "that makes two out of three; care to go three out of five?"'
Does he have to wind me up, or does it just come naturally to him? I hate him! I hate him! I REALLY HATE ASREYEL! … Focus on the task at hand, thinking up reasons of why mating with Lara is a bad idea.
'Timing.'
There was a moment of silence.
'You mind elaborating on that?'
That worked! I didn't think it would. I was just spouting out random reasons! My mind raced to come up with a plausible way to make this work. Then my recent past gave me an idea.
'Perhaps you may have missed out on the time I spent in the ape city. Nonetheless the force gathering there was huge and I have little doubt that it will be heading to Warfang. That fact puts MY friends at risk! I don't have the time to mate when my friends are in danger!'
How now Brown Cow! Take that and shove it! There was another moment of silence.
'Very well I concede that is a valid point, for the moment. I dare you to convince Lara of that though.'
Crack that was the sixth and final section; my spine was back in line and in place. By this time Lara had begun to lick my chin. Still my besting Asreyel for the time being in our argument had given my mind mental clarity!
I immediately got to my paws in hopes that would get Lara to let go of me. I had no such luck in that as she still clung to me and still purring. I tried to shake her off, but she held tight to me. Obviously Lara had no intention whatsoever of releasing her grip on me in the near future.
Ug, if I were human this would be marginally easier. I started to picture just how I would execute such a feat when to my surprise a light began to shine around me. In moments I find myself still on all fours, but on secondary inspection my front legs were… hands and arms again. I gave myself a quick glance over and confirmed I was indeed a human again. All the while Lara was still clinging to me, though she seemed to notice something had just changed.
I took the time to slip out of her grasp and make some distance. I faced off against Lara. Lara was now taller than me, but that didn't change my resolve. My mind had become clearer now that I was a human again; the smell of roses was faint, but much less prevalent than before. Thank you human's weak sense of smell!
I saw out of the corner of my eye that… for some reason Tarra was blushing. I couldn't begin to guess as to why she was blushing at the moment, yet I suppose that what Lara had been doing to me might have been something she had never seen before. I hope that what she had seen didn't scar her for life or anything.
"Uh… Tarra why are you blushing?"
"Well… er you look different now, you do not have any of those cloths that you always made sure you had on. With no fur it is… I don't know how to say it."
Cloths, what does she mean? Oh… that's what she meant!
I look down and my eyes widen in understanding and embarrassment, as I saw that I had one and only one article of clothing. All I was wearing was shorts around my waist. I didn't think that dragons had a sense of decency; at least they have never shown any until now. I heard laughter from my mind from an extremely unwelcomed source!
'Oh this is amusing, you're almost stark naked and did not realized it until someone pointed it out!'
'DER… you mind keeping… comments like that to yourself! You care to explain how I am human with one piece of clothing now, when the last time I was human I was completely clothed?!'
Asreyel stopped laughing before he answered.
'Well my best guess is whatever you did to change back to this form, it missed the clothes. Why not try imagining the clothes?'
'This is not the time for jokes.'
'That wasn't a joke; what do you have to lose from trying the method?'
I sighed and decided to try as Asreyel suggested. Surprisingly, there was a glow surrounding me for a second and after it disappeared I found I had my clothes from before. Ah, fully clothed now. I wasn't appreciating the breeze around the nether regions! Lara just stared at me in confusion.
"What the… Asreyel, how did you change back to that form, and more importantly why?!"
I felt my left eyelid begin to twitch. I took a moment to calm down and take deep breaths before I answered Lara. She wouldn't know or likely comprehend the relationship between Asreyel and myself. So she shouldn't be blamed for it.
"Okay, first of all Lara, why I do anything I do is my concern and those I choose to let know. Second, I have no idea how I changed back to my human form; I am definitely not having a problem with it at the moment. Lastly and most importantly, I ask you to call me Saber, NOT Asreyel!"
The last statement I said with controlled annoyance. I may admit grudgingly that Asreyel and I are two sides of the same being, but that doesn't mean I like him! I don't at all, I hate him!
Tarra nodded slightly in understanding to what I had said; Lara on the other hand didn't.
"… Asreyel what happened to you? Where have you been and what about Koren?"
Lara's questions acted as a trigger for me. I lost my finite control completely and utterly. I was taking shuttering breaths trying to ignore the pain in my heart at the mention of Koren. I knew the signs as I had felt them before a couple of times. I was about to have a meltdown and involuntarily vent my problems. The crisis here was this meltdown was going to be big!
Tarra seemed to feel the change in the atmosphere and tried to calm it down.
"Um Lara maybe this is not the best time to ask question like that right now."
I was shaking with anger and regret. The forceful venting was imminent! I don't doubt Lara would hate to hear this, but I couldn't hold it in; it had to be said!
"What happen you ask?! I have been living in a continuous… living… HELL!"
I started speaking in a controlled voice, yet by the end of the sentence I was nearly shouting.
"For the last fourteen years I have been confined in the pits of hell! Only getting views of the good things of life to tantalize me…"
The horrible feeling that had been buried in me came pouring out as a flood. I ranted to the dragonesses about how the first things I remember were being alone. I told them about being shunned by others around me and even many times scorned by them. I went on of not having any true friends and about not being able to be close to anyone.
Yes I had Master Kai and he had been the only reason I had not gone insane and committed suicide. Years of pain and misery and loneliness poured out of me; I had kept it bottled up inside. I vented my anger and frustration in this tirade. The dark emotions in me would no longer be denied!
"… Then whenever I hear the name Asreyel; I am reminded of how much I hate him! I am NOT Asreyel! He and I may have been the same at one time, but now he and I are different people entirely! He is arrogant and had a superiority complex. He seemed to think he always needs to be right and dominate an argument. He irritates me to no end! The reason is that he… reminds me of how I used to be at the beginning before I met my Master. Master Kai helped me change for the better!"
I was breathing hard after my ranting tirade. I hadn't blown up like that for nearly a decade! Thankfully the incident had been around Master Kai and so he had consoled me. I looked at both of the dragonesses and found their expressions rather… interesting.
Tarra had her mouth open in shock, along with showing sadness and pity for me. Lara's jaw had dropped, hearing my story had hit her hard. I had not told them the recent events of my adventures in the dragon realm and nothing about Koren. I managed to stop the venting before I reached that part! I think they would need time to digest what I had told them. I needed separation now!
"I need time by myself."
After saying that, I spun around and walked away from the two dragonesses with no particular destination in mind. Within minutes I was lost in my own thoughts. I had to admit, it was nice to be able to be human again. I still didn't understand how the change between human and dragon really is done, but it works and that is what counts. It was still rough changing between dragon to human. I would bet going the other way would be rough as well, though I think I will get the hang of it eventually.
It felt wonderful to go on two legs again. I have nothing against going on four legs; it is just… well I have been human for around fourteen years so it is normal to walk on two legs. Then there is having hands, I will never ever take having hands for granted again. Dragon paws can do some of the things that hands can, well the dexterity and fine manipulative ability that hands had was still unmatched.
Though I had used timing as a reason to win the argument with Asreyel, it was something I was starting to think about now. I firmly believed that the army of apes I had seen would be sent to Warfang if it wasn't already on its way. This stood as a problem to me for many reasons the top ones of which being; one it was likely that my friends, Spyro, Cynder, Seth and Cyra were there by this time. Two as well built Warfang is, it couldn't last forever against a siege.
It was basic tactics in a fight; whoever can last the longest is the winner. It is all about endurance, which can be obtained by several means, but that isn't the point in this. The other thing that was scaring me about this siege was the silent killers. If they participated and I don't doubt they will; that changes the whole broad! If I were to say I was worried, it was an understatement of massive proportions.
I had fully intended to go to Warfang as soon as I found from Arkanis which way it was in. The thing that stopped me was a single thought; 'even if you go, you alone will not make enough of a difference and you will just die along with your friends.' It was true with the numbers that would be going against Warfang on the ape side, there was just too much of an overwhelming difference. I may be able to fight high odds and come out on top more than half the time, but even I have limitations.
I see three things I can do to improve the horrendous odds I would be facing at Warfang. The first two things have to do with me improving myself. One of those is figuring out how this transition between human and dragon works and get better at it. Two would be, after getting the previous action; learn how to harness the elements as a dragon. Of course I could do both of those, but the problem is time; the longer I stay here the worse things possibly get for my friends at Warfang. The third point that could improve the odds is by far the best way to increase odd of winning the most, and that is to get the help of the dragons here. The more of them I was able to convince the high the odds would become. Convincing the said dragons would be the most difficult part of this.
It would be easiest just to go and ask, preferable Arkanis as the dragons her seem to look to him for leadership. Yet, what if he says no?
Obviously I would be going to Warfang no matter the response I got. However, I tend to not go into suicidal ventures if I don't have to. Still my friends are worth it to me so; my choice is set, though any help would be very much appreciated.
Well I guess I just need to grit my teeth and do what I have got to do. I changed my course that I was walking which was taking me along the city wall. I was now heading to the temple.
===scene change===
When I had found Arkanis and told him I had something important to talk about; he agreed to listen to me. I explained my situation and requested the help of anyone I could get. Arkanis told me that I would need to ask the dragons and dragonesses directly. So now, I find myself in the central chamber in the temple surrounded by a great number of dragons. I took a deep breath and looked around at all of those who were giving me their attention.
"I know that many of you probably do not know who or what I am; well I am a human, my name is Saber. I am here to ask for help."
The room was filled with the quiet mumbles of dragons and dragonesses talking to each other.
"I have been here for two days now and well I can see you have a good peaceful life here, but I am here to ask you to help others who either are or are going to be in trouble."
I heard comments like 'who does he think he is' and 'just is a rabble rouser'. I wasn't finished in this plea, my friends are in need; I will do whatever is necessary!
"There is an army of apes that are going to attack Warfang. Their numbers are vast and outnumber the dragons and other that will defend Warfang. I know it may sound crazy, but I asking that as many dragons that can come with me to Warfang and help fight the apes."
I stood there in front of the many dragons, watching as the talked among them on what I had asked. The atmosphere in the council chamber was one of apprehension, that didn't bode well for me.
I'm not what you would call a prideful person in the point of having an ego; my uncle had made sure even if unintentionally that I hadn't developed an ego. Yet I do have a streak of pride that has help me many a time before, but it was paired with my sense of honor. However, right now... I had to ask myself is that pride helping me in this. I don't like to admit that there are times that I could really use help. Normally I would just grit my teeth and do the job myself. In this situation, that wouldn't be a possibility.
So it all comes down to two simple questions. First what is more important; my pride or my friends? Then whichever of those I choose, how far am I willing to go?
The answer to both of those questions is obvious and I have already chosen the answers. My friends are more important by far than my pride. The second question's answer; There is nothing… absolutely nothing I wouldn't do for my friends if they needed me to. If it meant I would have to humiliate myself, then… then give me a pink froo froo dress and get a video camera and start taping me singing "I'm a Little Teapot" while I dance or whatever thing I had to do!
In this however, I believe I would need to do something I have never ever in my life done... Bow down on my knees and beg for help. I have lived with my uncle for as long as I can remember, and I never let him make me bow down, my pride wouldn't allow it. You would have thought he would have been the first to get me to do so, and he had tried many times when he was extremely drunk. I was never willing to give others the satisfaction of forcing me to bow down.
Yet in this, for my friends I would do the one thing I swear I would never do for anyone! I would bow down and beg. That's how far I will go for my friends! I got down on my hands and knees and put my head to the floor. I heard the room become silent, before I began to speak.
"I know that most if not all of you, do not know about what Warfang is like or what kinds of dragons live there. … But please, I need your help! My friends are there and in danger and I cannot save them alone! As much as I want to save them, I simply cannot do that by myself!"
I took a deep steadying breath and forced the words out I vowed I wouldn't say.
"I am not asking anymore. For the first time in my life, I am... begging you all! Help me save my friends!"
Yes for Spyro, Seth, Cynder and Cyra… I would beg on my hands and knees for the first time in my life. They meant more to me than my pride or even my own life. They have been the first true friends I have had since Koren! Now that I could remember more about him than before. The room was silent; I waited for their reaction.
There was silence in the chamber to the point you could have heard a pin drop with ease. Well it would seem I would be getting no help from these dragons; that makes things more difficult for me.
"I will come and help."
I raised my head and looked to where the declaration had come, to see one I hadn't expected; it was Lara. Yes I may like Lara and consider her a friend, be that as it may I was asking for others to come with me and fight. So either she doesn't understand what I am asking for or I have misjudged her!
"Me too… I mean I will go too."
I turned to Tarra in shock and amazement; Lara was one thing, but Tarra as well. There then began to be a chorus of dragons saying that they would go and it grew in volume. Within many minutes most if not all the dragons and dragonesses had volunteered to come to Warfang with me.
I was baffled… hell I was gaping in dumbfounded shock, with no doubt a stupid look on my face to go with this! This was much… no a huge amount better turnout than I had hoped for let alone dared to expect. I had expected maybe a few dragons might help, yet I had been rather skeptical in that. My expectations had been completely blown out of the water and more. I wasn't going to say anything about it!
===same day evening time===
I was still not sure if I should go and talk to Lara as she has asked me. But as I am a gentleman I will hear her out. Lara had approached me as I and most others were leaving the gathering that morning and had asked to talk. She had said she would like to discuss matters that involved her and I in private. I had agreed thinking that it would be somewhere that I could exit if things got questionable. Oh how wrong I was at that; I should've known better! She had requested me to come to her room and had told me where it was.
As I had already consented to her request; it would have been very rude to back out now. Thinking back on it, agreeing before fully knowing what I was consenting to is unwise and very stupid; it just invites trouble to come. I just hope she isn't using this as a way to trap me and do the deed with me. I can't say what such an experience would be like, having never done things like that.
Yes I'm a virgin, but I am… nineteen I think by now; so I am young. I have heard some adults say that the activity of sex is very enjoyable, but I don't know. I mean one of my uncle's… drinking friends said that he knew a girl that could… how did he put it? … The girl could break a guy's pelvis and send him to the moon in two minutes flat; I think that was how it was put. Honestly I steer clear of my uncle and his friends when they drink for good reason and it is not just the foul smell.
Anyway, by this time I had reached the room that Lara had indicated was hers. I took a deep calming breath before I tapped the door. Lara opened the door and her face brightened slightly at seeing me. That was good to see as when I had left the large central chamber in the temple she had looked down casted. She stepped aside and let me in closing the door behind me. I get the very scary hunch that it will be a while before I leave this room! When and if it happens is likely not going to be with the same friendly feelings in mind or the same way I came in.
I suddenly realized that this was the first time I had ever been in a girl's room! I looked around the room taking in the décor. Lara's room was the same as mine in size, but the appearance was… different. I know that guys and girls are different in many ways, still in the concept of Lara's room, different is the right word.
How so one may ask?
This room is a thing of nightmares for a person with OCD, they would scream and faint with horror just with a glimpse and not for the reason you might think. I am not saying that Lara is a slob by this. No she is just… unique, I guess. I had always thought that the majority of girls were much cleaner and organized then guys; I had been right on the cleanliness part, however the organization was non-existent. At least if there was some sort of organization system here, I have never seen it and had no clue as to how it worked.
Where do I start in this room in taking in what it is like? Of course she had a bed like I did, though where my bed had simple white covers, hers were pink and the top cover was purple, she is a girl so the colors make sense. There was a bookshelf in the opposite right corner from the door; however there was a lack of books being on the shelves. Instead there appeared to be trinkets and bobbles of all sorts. The books were in piled in multiple stacks in the right corner farthest from the door. I could see a window in the back wall of the room; good information to know should the need for a quick escape come up. There was some kind of curtain over the window, though it looked more something for decoration. On the right wall there was placed a mirror and a short table or desk under the mirror; a vanity perhaps? Set on top of the desk were several bottles and other… things, which I assumed to be for… make-up.
I didn't know dragoness did such things, but as females it was likely they would do things to make themselves look more attractive to males. Overall the room was simple, yet elegant in a fashion. A table sat in the left corner by the door and this is where Lara was sitting. I smiled slightly at her as I settled down on the opposite side of the table.
"So Lara, what are the 'matters' you wanted to talk about?"
"Well um…"
It was obvious that she wanted to say something to me, yet was having a hard time putting it into words. I waited for her to speak her mind.
"… About what you said this morning, I… I don't exactly know how to take that."
Ah, so this is about what I said earlier. This was going to be a long… discussion. I sighed before I replied.
"Take it huh? Well it is the truth; no matter how much I would love to deny it. The past is what it is."
I was hoping that she would leave things in this as they were. Lara was quiet for a moment.
"Well Asrey… I mean Saber; did you not have any friends, others who cared about you?"
Oh boy, Lara was getting into a subject that is a very bad one for me. Better to make sure she knows that first.
"Lara, are you really sure you want an answer to that; it is not a nice one I can guarantee that. I will tell you if you want to know, just warning you. It is not a pretty picture that you will be painted."
She nodded in understanding.
"I still want to know."
Very well, if she is willing to open that particularly nasty can of worms, then so be it. I took a deep breath preparing myself for a very harsh trip down an extremely bumpy memory lane.
"Very well then, do not say that I did not try to warn you. Well to answer your question, yes and no. Yes I did have someone that cared about me being alive, yet no I had little else other than that one."
I hesitated for a moment; could I trust Lara like I had Spyro and Seth? The last few days activity, blatantly said no, but I knew that because she was in heat, Lara was not acting completely herself. Then with the memories that had been coming back to me recently… I really needed someone to talk to. I had the feeling, call it intuition that she would listen to me and not criticize me for what I said. I have no idea where this feeling or inkling came from; still I will go with it.
I start at the beginning and told Lara my story. I began at where I had raised by my uncle; if you can call what he did raising me! Although in my uncle's defense, at the start he wasn't such a bad guy. It wasn't too long after his wife left, which he took really hard, then he took up drinking alcohol. That's when he descended into becoming a drunken douche bag! Lara, at the point in the story, which I talked about my uncle taking his wife leaving him badly, asked me her first question.
"What is a wife? Does the word hold some type of special meaning?"
I paused for a moment at the unexpected question.
"Oh, well I guess the term is a human idea of simply saying the female mates. However, the idea of a wife means more than just a mate, but humans do not really agree on the whole on what being a wife means. It is a complicated explanation."
Lara nodded slowly at my attempt to explain. So I continued my tale from where I left off.
I skimmed over the year that passed after my aunt left, giving a few details of the change that happened to my uncle and the results that followed. My expression as I talked about the time of when I was six until a little after I turned seven fell into slight anger. I didn't like to recall having to take the things my uncle would do on occasion. They were less frequent at that time then they were later, still. I then came to the day I had met Master Kai. That had been a momentous day, though I didn't know it at the time.
===flashback approximately 12 years ago===
I walked down the sidewalk keeping my head down to ward off attention. I was frustrated at my uncle, but that was becoming kind of normal lately. I mean I know it was hard for him when Auntie left, but it is time to let it go. I grumbled at my luck.
Uncle John, when I had asked him if I could enroll in a self-defense class, smacked me so hard I had gotten a gash on the right side of my head. I had thankfully become very good at bandaging myself up over the months that had gone by since Auntie walked out the door.
The street I was on was one I had often walked down as it was in the quiet part of town. I seethed at how my uncle could think that because he was the adult that had responsibility over me; it gave him the right and duty to hit me and hurt me. This all in the name of disciplining me to make sure I wouldn't act up; that was the excuse he used anyways. Adults think that since they're in charge they can do anything they want, it is not fair!
"Good morning young one."
I looked up to the speaker to see an older man with a long grey mustache watching me. I jerked back in surprise; no one had even spared me so much as a glance for the last half an hour; so why did this old man do so?!
"Wh-what do you want old man, I have nothing to give you so leave me alone!"
I turned around and started to walk the opposite direction.
"I would say you have more than nothing, young one."
I fell backwards to land on my behind, clutching my chest! I swear, I thought I was having some kind of heart attack or something! The old man was now standing in front of me… but how could that be?! He had been behind me at the wood entryway, hadn't he?! I glanced over my shoulder seeing no one there at the said doorway. My eyes were wide as I looked back at the old man who was now smiling.
"What the… how did you do that?!"
"… Practice and patients my dear boy."
This only served to get me mad as I didn't get what he said.
"Just because you are an adult, you think you don't need to answer me?! I don't care that you are a weird old fart; you are not better than me!"
The old man's expression changed into a look of seriousness.
"It would seem you have not been taught manners boy."
The old man's voice was calm and even, looks like I hadn't got him mad… yet. Give me time and I would, I have never failed!
"Manners, yeah right! My uncle has tried teaching them to me, but I didn't listen to him as he tends to talk with his fists!"
I chuckled a bit at my own declaration. This statement took the old man by surprise and he muttered something.
"I see, still has yet to get over Joelle leaving then."
I looked back to the old man only to see he wasn't there. I was confused; the old man had definitely been there a second ago.
"Your lack of manners will only work to your detriment."
I jumped and spun around. How in the heck did the old man get behind me?! I stumbled back a few steps before I replied.
"What… would you know old man?"
"A great deal; knowledge is a valuable thing. I could teach you many things."
I snorted at that.
"Teach me?! More like order me around."
I began to walk away, but before I got far the old man spoke again.
"I see, well that is a great pity."
I stopped and turned; was the old man baiting me?
"What is a pity?"
The old man had his smile back on his face.
"A pity that such an offer that you are refusing. You have amazing potential my boy, which you have yet to see yourself. My offer of teaching you still stands."
The old man turned and went back to the wood entryway and passed through it. I hesitated for a moment. I really wanted to take self-defense classes, but MY uncle said no… well actually he said 'go screw yourself' but I take it to mean the same thing. I began to whisper to myself quietly.
"This might be the one chance I get to learn to fight back, but why do I have to learn from a senile old man?!"
I caught the sound of the old man's voice then.
"I may be old, but I am not senile!"
How did he do that?! I walked to the wood doorway and went in.
===end of flashback===
Oh how right Master had been in doing that. That had been the best choice of my life! I still don't know how he can hear what people say when he shouldn't be able to. Anyway, I kept going with my story; gave some details of the years of training I received. I also talked about being avoided by others and shunned.
"What about others that were learning at this… do-joe, were not some of them friends?"
I was silent for a moment, thinking how to answer Lara's question.
"Yes and no."
"How can one be a friend and not a friend?"
"That depends on your definition of a friend. Some of the other students there were friends in the fact I spent time with them and we had fun together. Nevertheless, I had no true friends that I could talk to and confide in; others that I could be completely honest with and not fear that they would think I was losing my mind. Only Master Kai was one such person I could be so open with. There was no one else like that."
I picked up where I had left off in my tale. Lara seemed to pay further attention when I got to the point of entering the dragon realm. She would giggle as I would regale about the thing I would say about Sparx. Lara burst out laughing at things I told about; like the belching contest I had with Sparx and the breakfast incident when I got the attention of my friends by my creative means. Lara was I will say very surprised at learning I could harness the elements I in my human form.
"You can the elements as a human?"
"Yes indeedly."
Had she forgotten about the things I did yesterday?! Wow, mating cycles can really make you ignore most things! She nodded seeming to not have anything against the idea, yet she apparently realized something and looked back up at me with annoyance.
"That is how you got away from me when I was chasing you and the ice on the ground!"
I nodded with an apologetic smile.
"Oh well, guilty as charged on that charge. In my defense you were giving me little other choice."
I started back with the story. I had gotten to the point of when I had escaped her and was telling Lara an abridged version of the event I turned into a dragon, all the while I was vividly recalling what had actually happened. As I finished that particular part I catch a glimpse of Lara's face and come to a halt. She had a look of shock on her face, which I hadn't predicted.
"Lara… are you doing okay? I know I have been telling you some rather unusual things, but I do not think that I have said anything that fantastic."
Lara shook her head and smiled broadly.
"Yeah, you are a dragon again! I really do not understand how and I really do not care!"
Wait what?! I look down at myself and see that Lara is absolutely correct! I was indeed a white dragon again. Still be that as it may, how did it happen? I had been telling her about the... time… I had been… turning into a dragon. EUREKA! That must be it! While I had been telling Lara about the event, I had in the process of picturing it vividly. Picturing the form in my mind seems to somehow activate the changing shift to the pictured form. Well that will have to be tested later, but if that is true, then yet another dilemma solved. That means two out of three of my major hurtles are behind me.
I had finished at the point I had met with her, Fredrick and Tarra. I was quiet waiting for her response on what she thought. I had thought to go further, but that would lead to question I really didn't want to get into. I would have to talk about the event that had occurred last night. Yet as I was still trying to come to terms with it not the best time to go into them. Lara sat where she was I assume thinking about the story I had told her; it was a lot to take in. I hope that she will believe me. With my returning memories, I think she will.
I had learned last night while I had been trying to sleep; that I had known Lara when I was a very young child… or dragonet. Yes my childhood memories proved that we had met long before now; in fact we would play together a lot along with Koren. So I guess I can kind of understand why she had cried and hugged me; to a degree at least.
===Lara's POV===
I had to say, the story that Asreyel was telling was unlike any I have ever heard. Wait he asked to be called Saber not Asreyel. I don't see a difference… Oh ancestors this is really confusing! I the way he acts may be a little different, but for the most part he is still the same as he was before. Actually I am happy that his air of arrogance is gone. He is much nicer than he used to be to others; not to say he was mean to other dragons or dragonesses, yet he did not really react with them much either.
I listened as Saber told about horrible experience when he was younger. The more about humans he talks about, the worse they seem to be! As he continued his voice was steady, yet his face and the way his body was shuttering ever so slightly, said he had been in pain, a great deal of pain.
"You mean humans are horrible to other humans, just to make themselves feel better?"
I could not imagine anyone doing such things. In the end doing such nasty things only hurts all those involved.
"Yes, some humans do that kind of thing. Most of the time it happens to those who are seen as different that the 'norm'."
'Norm'? I wonder what that term means; humans use such strange terms and use words that have different meanings than they normally do.
"What does 'norm' mean?"
Saber blinked at my question. … Even though right now he is a human, I cannot help but notice just how handsome Saber is. I admit that his scent has changed somewhat, though it is still very irresistible. …(!) No, I cannot think like that right now; that is the heat of my mating cycle talking. He does not react well at all when I am like that and I really want to talk like we use to when we were dragonets. Those are some of the best days of my life; I really want days like them again.
"Well the term 'norm' refers to those who in the majority or can adapt to be in it."
Okay… the term still does not really make complete sense to me, yet humans are… different so I just leave it as it is for the time being. I just nodded at Saber's answer, while thinking 'I have no clue what you explanation means'!
Saber picked up his story where he left off before he had tried to answer my question. I felt pity for Saber as I listened. He had not just been alone, which was just painful by itself. No, he had been beaten by the one who was supposed to be looking after him. I still do not understand why anyone would do that. Maybe it is due to the partaking of the stuff Saber mentioned. What was it called… Al-key-hall? If this Al-key-hall can change someone enough to have them beat the one they are taking care of, it is something to be avoided!
"What is this stuff called Al-key-hall?"
Saber shuttered in disgust at the mention of this. That was strange.
"First it is pronounced 'Al-co-hol'. As to what it is, that is a matter of perspective. From my view it is a vile liquid that causes nothing by trouble."
This Alco-hol is a liquid one drinks! If it causes nothing but trouble then why would anyone drink it?!
"If it caused only trouble then why would anyone drink it?"
Saber laughed, though it was not of mirth, but of cruel knowing fact. I do not think I will like the answer he is about to give.
"I have wondered the same thing many times. The thing is the effects of alcohol come in two basic categories; the good that is actually bad and bad that is worse than the previous. The so called good is outweighed by the bad."
This still is not making sense; humans just as such strange beings.
"People tend to drink alcohol to forget their problems; it also gives them the illusion of being empowered. That is the simple and only 'good' points there are, yet both are falsities."
Wait, humans partake of alcohol to forget things and feel empowered, but it is an illusion?!
"Alcohol blinds a person's reasoning and removes restraint that would say something sounds like a bad idea and in essence makes them for a period of time really dumb. Dumb human beings are bad, but take their judgment away and it is ten to a hundred times worse."
This alcohol liquid just sounds so horrible! Why would any consider using it at all, if it does nothing but what Saber says?!
"Then when you that period of time is done, which usually is the next morning; most tend to wake up with a ridiculously painful headache. What's more the things they were trying to forget or the problems they were attempting to avoid are still there just worse now than before. In other words they have gone through all that for nothing but to get themselves pain."
… You have got to be pulling the Chronicler's tail. They drink this alcohol and humans just end up feeling worse afterwards!
"Then why consume this liquid at all if it does nothing, but bring pain?"
Saber put a… I think he calls them hands not paws, to his jaw. He seemed to think about his answer.
"Honestly I have no real clue. It is completely stupid if you ask me. However, my best guess is that even for the short time that it occurs; people love the feeling of being empowered, but I cannot say really."
I have said it before now, yet I will say it again; Humans are strange beings.
Saber resumed his story. The only good thing that appeared to happen to him was this Master Kai came into his life. When he began to talk about this Master Kai, his face lit up with happiness. This master also seems to be the one responsible for Saber's change in attitude.
When Saber got to the point that he arrived in the dragon realm I wanted to cry aloud with joy! Saber, one of my two best dragonet friends had returned home after so many years of being gone. I listen more intently. I was eager to hear what kind of things had happened to him while he had back in the dragon realm. Saber talked about a dragonfly that he had met named Sparx. I have never met any dragonflies myself, but I have heard they can come in some beautiful colors. Saber and Sparx apparently did not get along; actually, by the sound of it Saber did not like Sparx at all and taunted him a great deal. As Saber mentioned some of the things he would do; I began to laugh. It was funny; Saber would call Sparx the most hysterical names.
When I heard the name Spyro, I took mental notes on this dragon that Saber was describing. I tried not to be jealous, but this Spyro, the other purple dragon, the one who defeated Malefor and saved the world, and still before getting through physical maturity. Saber by the sound of it got along very well with Spyro and became quick friends.
Saber went on about the trek to the dragon city of Warfang. The more of his story I heard the more amazing it became. If I was honest I was not very happy that he had been around other dragonesses. Cynder was one I was not worried about; she appeared to already be taking the position of Spyro's mate, so no competition. The ice dragoness Cyra, I do not know enough about right now. Sarana the wind dragoness however, I did not like what I was hearing about her. Apparently she was very clingy and forceful, that was worrisome. Hold it! No I cannot think like that right now. Yet I will not let any other dragoness have him; HE IS MINE! … I need to focus back on the story.
I felt horror and anger at the description of the treatment that Saber got with the apes. It was a miracle that he had been able to live through it. Then at last, at very long last we met again. True I did not know that it had been my dragonethood friend, but I do now. He paused in his story at that point.
"What about how you became a dragon?"
Saber nodded and gave me a short explanation starting the morning I had started chasing him. I found myself thinking back to how the night previous to that he had been so nice to me. First he had found me; I remember it pretty vividly.
===flashback===
===Lara's POV===
I was feeling so miserable right now. Who would not in my position? I have been training for the day I would defeat Malefor and suddenly some strange being that you brought home, comes and says the job has already been done. Why not just swipe me in the jaw and scratch deep, while telling me that all my training and preparation had been for nothing. My life is over! I then hear a scraping from below and I raise my head to see what is making the sounds. It was probably nothing. Yet I was incredulously; it was the human, Saber.
"You know (huff) you are quite (huff) hard to find when you run off (huff), I will give you that."
I kept staring at him incredulously for a couple more seconds. That is not possible; how did he find me? No one has before, so how did he do so?
"How did you find me?! No one has been able to do that, even Tarra and Fredrick never have found me."
He gave a weak smile; still breathing hard.
"I am stubborn as hell and I am not one to give up on anything that I start. So feel free to run as much as you want, I will still find you in the end, I guarantee that."
He is underestimating me, if he thinks he can catch me so easily.
"I have half a mind of testing that claim."
"Be my guest… I will even give you a head start since you are a girl if you want. I have always loved a good challenge, so bring it on!"
Would it be worth the time and effort I would need to put in to have fun with this human? No I doubt it; I am too tired anyways. I sighed at that and laughed hollowly.
"Yeah… no thanks! I do not doubt you would chase me no matter how far I would go, as you were able to find me once already. So what do you want then? Are you here to dash something more? Make me feel more miserable than I already am? Too bad I really have nothing else for you to take away to make me feel worse than I already do!"
Saber sighed at my reply to him. I was already mad at him as he was the one who had told me about this Spyro. I was getting really depressed just thinking about it all. What more could he want to say?! Saber spoke up at this time.
"Okay look… my intention of telling you about Spyro was not to bring you down in any way. I am sorry if that is what I did. Spyro is my friend, and I like to talk about the good features and qualities that my friends have, it is just the way I am. Frankly I wish I had some of the same qualities myself. It is one of the things that draw me to those I make friends with, the good qualities they have."
I snorted at his comment. What kind of lame excuse is that? It reminds me of Arkanis when he gives those lines of wisdom that he does.
"You sound like Arkanis when he teaches lessons; always look for the good and everything. It all sounds good when you say it, but when you get into a situation that you try and do that; there is just ..."
I paused; should I be honest with him? Well what harm would it do if I am; I sighed before continuing.
"... What good is there for me now that I find out I am not the purple dragon of legend. That has been my life and now I have nothing."
I lay my head back and was going to go back to my sulking when I heard him jump over the peak in the roof and slid down to end up lying next to me. I turn my head and glance over at him. What was he trying to do? He took a deep breath and looked up at the sky.
"Well you are alive now are you not?"
What is he getting at?
"Yeah, so what difference does that make?"
Saber snickered a little at my reply. I shoved him softly with my forepaws to get him to stop laughing. I do not like being teased.
"You think that you have things bad Lara, try for a moment, standing in my shoes, which mean try seeing what things are like from my position. You are in a place that you know little to nothing about. The creatures here are ones you hear about in stories, but do not exist in the place you call home. You find that you can do things that you were not able to do before and you have no idea how or why that is. Top that off with getting injured and maimed along the way by creatures that back home cannot talk. Lastly you go through being held prisoner by apes and wonder if you will ever see the light of day again; need I go on?"
Wow he does have it pretty bad. Maybe I have been a little hard on him. I mean he was just the one telling the story not the one who did it.
"… Well, after hearing that it is hard to say my life is bad."
"Let me tell you something; you may not believe me, but if I told Spyro about the life you have, he would be jealous of you."
I looked at him, my eye ridges raised. Oh really, I have a hard time seeing that.
"Why would he be jealous?"
"He never asked to be 'the purple dragon of legend', he never wanted the job either. Heck he was raised believing he was a dragonfly. However, he had the courage to do what had to be done. He actually hates crowds to be honest. Spyro does not like the fame he gets because of him fighting his hardest. In fact if you promise to keep this to yourself I can tell you what he dreams to do now."
I was curious as to what Saber would say, as he was friends with Spyro. What could the dream of the dragon who saved the world be?! I nodded my assent, so he continued.
"Spyro really just wants to have a family."
That is it! That is all that the purple dragon who defeated Malefor wants! I stare in disbelief.
"That is it."
Saber nodded at me. For some dragon so great to want something so simple, it just seems so odd.
"That is what he wants, simple yet that is his dream, and that sly dog is already working on that said dream rather nicely."
Huh?
"Um 'sly dog'?"
"Oh um… sly dog is a term of slang that is used for someone who is... doing very well... at things that has to do with an intimate relationship with another nature."
I process what Saber said and I understood what he meant. I feel my face heat up in a blush. Saber cleared his throat to regain my attention.
"Anyway, back to the subject; you are still alive and so still have opportunities."
What would he know about my life?
"Like what?"
He shrugged his shoulders.
"I have no idea that is for you to find out. That is one of the big questions of life, what do I do now? Only to whom it concerns can answer that question, no one else."
I looked at him curiously. He was very different from any male I had ever met. Most would just see me as some piece of meat, but Saber did not seem to see me like that. I felt my heart flutter at this thought. Wait am I developing feelings for this… Human?! Well there is something I cannot quite place that is alluring.
"What?"
"You are different than anyone else that I have ever met. You see things so differently. How do you do it?"
"Well, as long as I can remember, life or rather my luck has thrown its worse at me. I have learned how to take it and keep going. My teacher gave me a piece of advice when I was young that has stuck with me throughout my life. That is 'no matter what comes, keep moving forward'. That one piece of advice has gotten me through the many problems I have had to face and I can assure you that problem number is not small at all."
I smiled back at him, to which my heart beat faster. I had to admit he was not bad on the eyes. Yes he is not a dragon, but variety is not a bad thing at all.
"That is good advice to have in mind."
I paused for a moment and thought about whether I should go farther. Well why not?
"Thanks for cheering me up, it is really sweet. You are not only the first male, who has tracked me down, but one who has tried to cheer me up without another reason for doing so."
I found his reactions very amusing. Saber seemed to be having some kind of internal conflict. He is very cute while do so too!
"It is no problem, you are a friend so, and it is only natural to want to cheer you up, ha ha ha."
I began to inch closer to Saber. I was definitely attracted to him and it felt completely right. I know I had been starting to go into heat, though I was not in full heat yet. Still I was drawn to this human. It felt somehow natural in a way, so I will go with this. After a few more seconds my lips had contact with his and it was bliss.
I had finally, at long last found a male that I liked and was not disgusted by. I had found a male that could be my mate!
===end flashback===
Oh such fond memories! I was still listening to Saber as he started to talk about how I had started to chase him. What can I say? I wanted him and I was willing to go to great lengths to get him. Saber paused in hesitation in his tale, which caught my notice. He then talked about how he had slipped away from me.
"You can the elements as a human?"
"Yes indeedly."
Oh that explains a great amount of mysterious circumstances!
"That is how you got away from me when I was chasing you and the ice on the ground as well!"
Saber nodded with an apologetic smile.
"Oh well, guilty as charged on that charge. In my defense you were giving me little other choice."
I was frustrated at his reply. If I had known that he could use the elements; I would have approached the chase differently. Now that I think about it he did say something about it after I found him when he had done… whatever he had to stop me from moving. Oh well, that is already passed. Saber continued and got to where he had escaped me and had walked into the forest.
As he explained the event that had turned him into a dragon; a soft glow of light surrounded Saber, but he did not seem to notice. I was going to say something about it until the glow disappeared. When the glow had dissipated I saw to my extreme delight that he had become a dragon again. I thought my heart had stopped for a second at the sight of him. Saber was handsome as a human in a mysterious sort of way; however, as a dragon… there are not words that would do his beauty justice.
Amazing looks and that was an understatement, and skills that are unheard of to go with that. What a wonderful package! The scent that comes off him is similar to the one he has as a human, only much stronger. I could not get enough of the scent. Saber had finished explaining about turning into a dragon by that time and was asking me something.
"Lara… are you doing okay? I know I have been telling you some rather unusual things, but I do not think that I have said anything that fantastic."
I nodded as a smile of joy had spread on my face.
"Yeah, you are a dragon again! I really do not understand how and I really do not care!"
Saber looked himself over, while I was coming around the table. When I was two feet away from him I crouched down; Saber did not notice me. I pounced and tackled Saber to the floor and finally embraced him.
Oh ancestors, this is wonderful! I have him in my embrace at last and I will NOT let him go! This smell is wonderful, this feeling of his scales against mine gives me such pleasure. I want him as I mate… No I need him as a mate!
===hour or so later===
===Saber's POV===
I had escaped Lara. It had been a really near thing for me this time around. I knew going to her room would be dangerous, but… that was downright near lethal. To my surprise and relief, I had once again been saved by the shadow element. I have no idea how I used the element, nor do I care at the moment! It had gotten me through the door and that was the important thing.
I had gotten to my room and sighed in relief. I was safe at last, for the night. I know Lara is attracted to me and being in heat amplifies the idea somehow! Yet that doesn't explain why Lara is so set on mating with me! I jumped onto the bed and lay down. I would deal with the problem in the morning.
Chapter End!
A/n
Vulpimaru
As to when part two will be started, I guessing December at the earliest. I have complications that one could call life. But I am brainstorming on the plotline.
ArcticDragon Rider
Indeed Saber's bad luck has been since chapter one a wonderful source of entertaining material. I am glad you got the idea I was trying for. To me Asreyel is for Saber a reminder of how far he has come from where he started.
HolyCross9
Yes Asreyel is in short the personality that came into existence when Saber left the dragon realm and his memories were… sealed whipped, however you want to put. I have inferred of some of the memories, but that is all I will be doing for now.
That… is… the…longest chapter I have done! I hope that satisfy the questions I have been getting. Well I hope you enjoyed the chapter as much as I did writing this. Take the time to review or PM. The next chapter will be the last in this part of the Chronicle. I plan to have the next chapter done before the end of the month, sooner if at all possible.
Next: The battle of Warfang
Now I know some have asked if I will do the side drama I have come to love writing. So, here is a treat... YES here is another episode of:"Time in the Office"(In the head office)Blackshadow999
You need not worry Fredrick you will be in the next chapter and you will have a part.Fredrick
You said that last time.Blackshadow999
(sigh) Fredrick listen, I had a lot of people asking for an explanation about the relationship between Saber and Lara. So that is what the majority of this chapter was...(Ring, ring)Hold that thought for a moment.(picks up the receiver)Hello head office, talk to me! ... uh huh ... what!? AGAIN! ... No no I will take care of it personally. Thank you for informing me.(puts down the receiver)Fredrick I am sorry but I have a 'situation' to handle so we will have to continue this later.Fredrick
What happened?Blackshadow999
Oh the effects of a dragoness in heat and an idiot resisting said dragoness.(35th floor hallway)(Lara is on top of Saber)Saber
Lara come on calm down!Lara
We will have so much fun.(enter Blackshadow999 sliding to a stop at the end of the hallway)Blackshadow999
HOLD IT RIGHT THERE YOU TWO!Saber
Boss, thank goodness. There is indeed a God!Lara
Oh hello Black, what brings you down here?Blackshadow999
That would be the two of you! I have lost count of the number of complaints I have gotten about you two. It is getting very annoying. So you mind telling why I would be getting said complaints?Saber
It is all her fault Boss!Blackshadow999
That right?Lara
We are only spending quality time with each other.Blackshadow999
(sigh) I am tolerant about things that are done around here, as long as the work is done. I CAN'T overlook this!Saber
I knew I could count on you boss.Blackshadow999
Don't be so quick to think such things. You have apparently forgotten... God and I don't get along. I don't play well with others, remember! Anyway, I get that at your ages, the two of you have urges. However showing off your sex drive, is a big no no in this office while I run it!Lara
Well Black, what if you didn't run it?Blackshadow999
Wouldn't go there, but if you want an answer; go ask a guy by the name of Dracula. I made sure he knew who runs things around here.Saber
Boss, why not just say you are an immortal?Blackshadow999
Where would the fun in that be? Now the point of this. Should you two feel the need to satisfy those urges and can't ignore them then take it out of the office!Lara
What do you mean?Blackshadow999
I mean If you have the need to go at it, then TAKE IT OUTSIDE!Lara
So it s okay if we do it outside?Blackshadow999
Yeah that is the idea of it.Saber
No boss please!(Lara wraps her tail around Saber's legs and starts dragging him)BOSS HELP ME!Blackshadow999
Uh No, when it comes to females you are on your own. Make sure to keep track of the time.Lara
Will do HA HA HA HASaber
NO BOSS SAVE ME! I WILL DO ANYTHING! ANYTHING! NOOOOOOOO!Blackshadow999
Ah, this brings back memories of the old days he he he he. Now as for the rest of you; BACK TO WORK!(Saber continues to scream)Ah sweet sweet music.