This is the story of Rakan von Dragonus, the crossover character between Rakan and the Skywrath Mage. I did some modifications of his lore from the Twitter part, and this is just the beginning of his story. Plus, Dragonus shares the same release day and month (but not years) with the couple! My heart goes fluffy right now- (coughs)

Anyway, enjoy!

CHAPTER THREE

The Skywrath's Tragedy (and why he appears)

Let's introduce this Dragonus into the story. This time, the story is being brought back to the Ancients.

Dragonus is the skywrath mage in the Ghastly Eyrie. Just like the Vastayan Lhotlans from the Runeterra, a skywrath has the characteristics of a bird, notably bird legs and feathers, while retaining the remaining body parts. A skywrath also possesses magical powers to either save their own kind, or to eliminate every threat possible. What makes a skywrath slightly different from the Lhotlan is about the ability to fly. A skywrath flies more often and walks rarely compared to their counterparts from the Runeterra. You could imagine Dragonus as a pseudo-Vastayan who is always flapping his wings throughout the Ancients, but he has his light armour wearing in case he is being attacked physically.

As per usual, he was patrolling his beloved Ghastly Eyrie, and in fact he was the prince of the kingdom. But everything changed when a small explosion occurred within one of the castles. He could hear the explosion as he was not far from the castle. Dark aura began to gather from the sky, channelling towards the said castle.

"No, no-"

Accelerating himself to a high speed, Dragonus would fly towards the castle where the explosion occurred. Well, all he could see was the large hole created through the roof. Furious, he thought nothing while approaching the hole, and looked through into the castle.

An outbreak was occurred. It was the battle of the sisters. The bright feathered skywraths like him were battling against the dark feathered counterparts. Magic spells were cast from one and towards another, one by one, creating more and more scars on the used-to-be beautiful and sacred castle. Dragonus shook his head as he would sense about any bad news would potentially occur anytime soon. And then, the male skywrath's eyes went big. He was in utter shock.

He could see a familiar face who was in the middle of the fight.

"Shendelzare!" He shouted.

"Dragonus, I'll be fine!" the face turned in response.

Shendelzare is her name. Another skywrath in the Ghastly Eyrie, and a princess from the different blood of the skywrath family. She barely knew him until the moment when her family moved into the Ghastly Eyrie 5 years ago. And then his smile caught her eye. They were dating since then. Dragonus and Shendelzare were happy being together for about four years, and they were now engaged, with a month away before their wedding.

Right now, Dragonus' fiancée was fighting against the evil power of the Sisters. But to no avail, her magical ability was slowly depleted, and eventually failing. Being witnessed by the male skywrath, Shendelzare was being sent off from the roof, while the sisters were cracking evil laughter as the dark aura was slowly gaining control over the castle. The female skywrath was sent flying so fast, her wings couldn't react even after she was being sent off the roof, and Dragonus was left in utter shock for a second, before he could react and flew as fast as possible to get her.

By the time he got her, it was all too late.

His lover landed with a pair of broken wings and an almost lifeless body. Dragonus was one second too late to reach her before Shendelzare hit the ground.

"Shendelzare!" Dragonus shouted while reaching the almost lifeless body of her, before he landed awkwardly but at least he reached her finally.

"So… sorry." The female skywrath said in sorrow, while trying to catch her breath.

"Stay with me, Shendelzare, stay with me," Dragonus said after having her head resting within his arms. He shook her gently, reminding her to regain some consciousness despite the fall.

"Don't you worry about me, Dragonus… I'll avenge sometimes later… Thank you… Dragonus…"

Shendelzare's eyes drifted to a close and she would never open her eyes again. The last breath had been caught. That was the last words from her mouth.

"Hey, stay with me… Shendelzare… Shendelzare…" Dragonus wasted his time calling her name before finally learned the fact that she had gone. Shaking his head while denying the fact that he was holding her lifeless body, Dragonus' eyes were being filled with tears – he couldn't hold his emotions anymore.

From that moment, he swore to himself that he shall take any risks to avenge, for Ghastly Eyrie, and his fallen skywrath family, and most importantly, his fallen fiancée.

But, Dragonus was too fond of his relationship with her. He spent the next day accompanying his fiancée, telling her their love stories despite Shendelzare could no longer listen nor response to his chat. It was a one-man show for Dragonus, and his only audience is the dead skywrath. He was focused mourning her death that he didn't bother to eat anymore. The next morning, still learning the fact that she is now dead, Dragonus made a huge decision of his life.

He would not forget what the sisters had done to anyone around him, and he would seek revenge.

Wiping his tears dry, Dragonus decided to bury his lover within a quiet forest nearby, with his staff acting as a substitute of a tombstone so he could mark the location of her body easily.

The next thing he could remember was souring upwards into the sky, flying into the parts unknown.

xXx

"Hey… You're okay? Oh, he's awake now. Rakan, give him a glass of water-"

"On it, miella!"

Dragonus gently opened his eyes upon hearing two strange voices. As he regained his consciousness finally, the skywrath found himself in the cabin, with himself occupying the queen-sized bed. Groaned in pain, Dragonus rubbed his head gently before looking around, and they were two strange humanoid creatures looking at him, one of them was topless with a golden cape, while the other has the violet feathers and a pair of pointy, fluffy ears on her head. The golden one was holding a glass of water, attempting to pass down to him.

"Where the hell am I-" Dragonus flinched.

"It's okay, man, you're safe with us for now," the lady replied.

"Yeah, you can say that," the golden man added.

"I am NOT fine! And where the hell am I?" Dragonus asked in a short-tempered manner. Notably, he is one of the few skywrath who does not show this kind of attribute often.

"You're in Ionia… And you're not a Vastayan, are you?" the lady asked.

"I guess this place is pretty far away from my own." Dragonus received the glass of water from the golden and took a sip. "And yes, I'm not a… Vastayan, I never heard of that name."

"You're an interesting guy, but until you are fully recovered, you're staying with us for now. Xayah and I had discussed about it, and please feel free as your home. Oh, talking about Xayah, this is her name, my miella… or I mean, my lover," the golden man moved swiftly towards Xayah, giving her a warm embrace, "my name's Rakan. The name's friendly enough, and how about you?"

Dragonus felt uneasy upon their interactions, as that could remind him of the lovely interactions between him and Shendelzare. Nevertheless, he shook his head strongly to focus where he was and what he would do now. "My name is Dragonus, from the Ghastly Eyrie- Guess you two would never heard the name before."

"Dragonus? Sounds cool." Xayah was amused, "Guess the names given at your place are as unique as us."

"I guess, that's the similarity between us, the skywrath and you as Vastayans." Dragonus inspected their bodies merely by his eyes – the feathers, the bird legs, the human body structures – and according to the skywrath, there is not much difference between the two races.

"How about like this, Dragonus?" Rakan left his embrace before heading his way towards the skywrath mage, patting his shoulders, "You're going to be one of us. You'll be staying here for a long while, and I'll modify you into one of us… Say, how about someone that is similar to me?"

"Bad idea, mieli-"

"I'LL DO IT." The skywrath stood up suddenly.

"Say what-" Xayah was surprised, "Wait- what's your motive actually? You're not going back to your places?"

That question hit Dragonus right into his heart. "I'm not going back until I'm regathering myself right here. Magical spells, new appearance, and any other things will do. As long as I can let the sisters pay and my Shendelzare will rest in peace. She will be watching me from the sky, from now on."

"Shendelzare? Sounds like that's your miella," Rakan said.

"Exactly. We were about to get married after years of being together, until something bad has fallen into my kingdom. My family has fallen, my lover has fallen as well, and I ended up here with two strangers, somehow." Dragonus let out a sigh, "I couldn't change my past, but at least I can control my future."

The couple nodded.

"She is looking for you right now, wherever you are." Xayah moved forward before hugging the skywrath, ignoring her partner's shocked expression even at the point where Xayah planted her kiss onto Dragonus' forehead.

Little did anyone knew that Dragonus had hit the Meta Barrier, but the skywrath ignored the shockwave and continued travelling north, until he ran out of stamina due to lack of food intake. And that's how he ended up collapsing in front of Rakan and Xayah.

The only one who knows the truth behind the barrier is none other than the Monkey King, who was observing the cabin on the top of a random tree nearby.