Hello everyone. I'm not sure if you got notification about last chapter, because I sure did not. Well at least it forced me to move on faster, huh? XD

Skylar Sparks: You think I could make the last chapter longer?! That thing has over 2200 words. But all right, this one is really longer. It has almost 3000 words. XD

Well anyway,, here's another chapter. ENJOY!

Darkness before me was infinite. Following Pyrha's advice I was following the wall through the tunnel. My hand never left its surface as I was heading forward. My mind was blown away by realization that my baby sister was dragon. Then again, she was acting weird. To hell with this all. I should've seen all the signs. First my inner self went haywire, yelling at me to stay away. Then Erania was behaving unusually. Of course, if she is dragon it would explain it. As a baby dragon, her instincts of preservation is much stronger, so when she feels danger, she sticks with the strongest one of her kind. She sensed I was still a wyvern.

How much I must've been torturing her. She was so scared of Thomas and his family she didn't move an inch and was clinging to me in fear, seeking protection. I'm such a bad big sister. I should have realized it sooner.

Wall was curving and I could say the floor was slowly ascending. Light from my wing was enlightening the tunnel, but not too much. I still couldn't see well. Erania was still clinging to me. Not as much as before, but she still was far from being calm.

I had an idea that a voice might calm her somewhat. I was singing, just random songs that popped into my mind, I even tried slow and soft versions of few heavy metal songs. It seemed to work. Step by step, we continued onward through the darkness until sound of my footsteps began disappearing into nothingness of the void around. Wall turned sharp right and ascending stopped, but sound was also gone. This must be the main hall Pyrha was talking about. She told me to just head forward until I reach another wall.

"Who is there?" A voice came. It was dark, sinister. Pyrha told me to ignore it and just keep going.

"Blue Wyvern… you returned for me?" I did my best to ignore it, but it was almost as if it was echoing in my head as well as outside "No, you are only a copy."

"Don't listen and keep on going." This one was Pyrha. She was somewhere in the hall.

"Ha ha ha!" that dark voice laughed "So you are still here, Red Wyvern. Tell me, why don't you tell her what she truly is?"

I stopped. What am I? What does he mean by that? What… what am I? What was I thinking? Pyrha told me to just be quiet and move, but instead… I asked "Who is there?"

"Don't talk to him!" Pyrha yelled.

"I am but a prisoner." He replied, ignoring Red Wyvern's protest. I heard shifting in the darkness. Whatever was there, it was big "I am your past. I am your future."

Light began showing up. It was dim, almost impossible to see, but it was getting stronger.

My blood froze solid when I began recognizing some features. A tail, wings, arms and legs… it was a dragon, but a truly giant one. Dark like night itself, purple light appearing in on several places of his body. Giant black scaled dragon. His head was wide, pointy and he had four giant horns. I saw his red glowing eyes, staring into my soul, piercing through. I felt powerless, as if a god was standing before me and my task was to destroy him. However, there were also sounds and dark stripes all over his body. Metal chains were sealing this creature on place.

He opened his mouth. Bright flames emerged, not enough to shoot, but just the inside of his mouth was burning, illuminating his giant fangs "I am Shir'aknus! I am the Shadow Dragon!"

"Shadow Dragon!?" I yelled out in terror. Before me stood a legend, creature from myths, greatest threat universe ever faced. This dragon… this giant was not to be taken lightly. It is said his breath could burn whole worlds. His magic was so powerful whole universe had to unite to defeat him. He was supposed to be… imprisoned.

"That's no temple…" I said under my breath "it's a prison."

"Burried deep underground so nobody could release him!" I looked left to see Pyrha walking up to me "Get out of here."

"Blue Wyvern!" Shir'aknus yelled, causing ground to shake "There is more to your past! You are the one! Once you remember, I will be free."

"Get out of here!" Pyrha began pushing me forward, to the hallway out "Now listen, Hunters will soon break in. I will give you two as much time as possible, but you need to move out of here. I'm going to flood this place." She pushed me into the tunnel and I began running "Run. I will find you later." She also said "We'll catch up." Under her breath, but I could still hear her.

So I ran. My wings were giving me some kind of light, but it was truly dim. As I ran, I was just hoping there wouldn't be any sharp turns or obstacles. Erania in my arms was calm, but her claws were still digging into my scales. Come to think of it? Since when did I have scales on my shoulder? Hmm… maybe my body reacted to her claws, so she couldn't hurt me. After all, it was only a spot of scales under her hands.

What am I thinking? Now's not the time for biology. I need to focus on getting out of here.

As I ran, I heard noises from behind me. First there was a blast, an explosion. Then… sounds of fighting. No doubt Pyrha was keeping them back, away from us. How long could she hold out against them? If she was anything like me, maybe several minutes.

I have to hurry.

I ran and ran, the tunnel began changing. It was no longer the carved flooring, but instead just stone. This must be the cave Pyrha was talking about. However… something was off. I still felt rather strange. Something was nearby and it was dangerous. I don't know how I knew it, but I quickly jumped right and dodged powerful ice arrow. Since my wings were already charged with my own energy, I could strike back instantly. I turned around and swung my free arm, sending a wave of energy back into the darkness of cave.

Something there got hit, but not fully. It managed to dodge. Another arrow was coming. It was full of magic and ice, so it was nicely visible. I quickly moved my arm and managed to deflect it with my front wing bone, but… it hurt. Whatever it was, it was physical and cut my skin there. It wasn't bad, but… I noticed that I didn't see the source. I know it was dark, but I saw only the arrow, not the bow that fired it. Darkness is blinding me, I need to get out.

I turned around and ran as fast as I could. Another arrow flew at me, but I managed to dodge it. Maybe… time to disappear. What the attacker cannot see, he cannot hit. I sent out all energy I had stored up in wings to at least for a second illuminate the path and then… I disappeared into darkness.

I couldn't stop, I had to continue. That flash of light was barely enough to know where I was going, but it had to do. Arrows stopped coming, attacker couldn't see us. But so I couldn't see the path.

I heard steps getting closer. Time to stop for now. Like a lizard, I jumped right and hid in stalactite formation. I closed my eyes and focused on my hearing. Whoever it was, was uncertain of where to step. So they couldn't see in dark.

I was there, motionless, almost not breathing so not to give away my position. If I was to survive this, I had to rely not just on my brain, but also dragon instincts. I had to be the animal, the predator to live through this.

I heard footsteps walk right before me. I carefully laid Erania on ground, she didn't even protest and just sat there, leaning against nice smooth stalactite.

Time to move. With Erania safely lying there, I could strike the attacker and get rid of them. I heard their footsteps, just before me. Like a predator I moved on all four, ready to get them. My fire glands opened and for the first time in months, I released all fire I had. Stream of blue fire shot right out of my mouth and hit the attacker. But to my surprise… there wasn't anyone. Someone was on fire, their clothes were visibly burning, but there was nobody there.

They were invisible.

I couldn't wait. The burning clothes distracted them more than enough. I grabbed Erania and just ran out of there. My flames and wings were illuminating the path and soon light appeared before us.

We were outside. We made it!

I stood before nice wide field of golden grain. High on a hill, behind me was entrance to a cave. However, down under the hill I saw the ravine and the camp. True to her word, Pyrha flooded the place. Whole abyss was filled to brim with water.

I wanted to run down there, but I knew I couldn't. Not like this. Not with Erania in this form. But where to go? Amulet could hide my presence and appearance, but Erania… almost no dragon can change back from this form for years.

Mirkaria… maybe she can help me.

About an hour later

"So Pyrha flooded the place, huh?" Mirkaria giggled "Well she was always a radical one."

"You know her?" I asked, holding now sleeping Erania on my lap, sitting behind her stone table "Of course, she was the one you knew where she is, huh?"

"Yup." She giggled, putting a cup of tea before me "I knew you wouldn't listen to me and wouldn't go to Alfea. Dragonbane was there, trying to access the archive. Of course Faragonda didn't let him in, so… he had no other chance than to get you to help him. And what is more inviting than getting a dragon? Getting two dragons."

"You knew he was a Hunter?!"

"I did. But Hunters are no match for wyverns." She sat down "I knew you would make it out. What I didn't expect was this baby to turn out to be Silver Wing."

"Silver Wing?" I looked at cute baby in my arms. Silver Wing was a rare kind of dragon. A drop of their blood can heal any wound and break any spell. I am resistant to magic, but Silver Wings are immune.

"You have real luck, girl. Dragon Flame fairy is your sister, you have royal blood, you are one of greatest predators in universe, Red Wyvern is looking after you and you have a Silver Wing as little sister. That's some damn power pack."

"Maybe, but…" I sighed "Do you know how to transform her back to human form?"

"Hmm…" she glanced at sleeping baby in my arms "I might know something." She turned around and walked behind a corner. I heard some rustling, as if she was looking for something "I know a remedy that should make her change back to human. It tastes horrible though. So, you'll need to perform feeding."

"Ugh…" it made my tongue come out as disgust filled me "Seriously? Do I have to?"

"Do you want her to change?"

"Ok, fine." I had shivers up my spine. Feeding meant I would… I would take the remedy into my mouth, kiss my baby sister and force her to swallow it. I know… sounds horrible and trust me I hate it. I myself had to perform it only once and I hated it. That feeling when you just… kiss a child sibling and force content of your mouth into them… UGH! I HATE THAT!

But we were no humans. We had animal instincts. I guess… although my human mind was disgusted, it is how many animals feed their young. It can be how many dragons do it. I know we have a reflex that makes us kinda submissive in that situation. I think you could compare it to how kittens are. When you pick them by back of their necks they just go limp and 'I trust you, do what you need to.'

But if it's for her… I will keep myself together at least just this once.

In about an hour Mirkaria brought me a cup full of… whatever the hell that was. It was green, smelled really bad, but… it was for Erania. I gently began shaking the baby, waking her up. You can probably imagine she wasn't too pleased with it and began moaning in discomfort.

When her eyes opened I grabbed the cup and poured its content into my mouth. I totally get why I had to feed her. It was disgusting, butter as hell. I thought I was going to puke. Erania looked up at me and I moved down. My lips met hers and she instinctively opened her mouth. Don't imagine anything gross… eww, I would never do anything to a child, let alone my own sister.

Funny thing was that I was probably the only one feeling gross and embarrassed. What Mirkaria saw was natural process for dragons. Erania acted purely by instinct and she just accepted it without thinking. Only I thought it was wrong.

I poured the remedy into her mouth and she eagerly drank it. When I felt she took all the remedy I stopped and released her. Of course I immediately began spitting the remaining taste away. It had such a bad taste.

"Here." Mirkaria handed me another cup full of some orange liquid. I immediately drank it. It was just an orange juice that took the horrible taste away.

"Thanks." I replied putting cup on table. Then I glanced back at my baby sister. She was just fine, ready to fall asleep again. She leaned against me and closed her eyes. She… she didn't even complain about the bad taste. If it was so bad for me, I expected her to cry and hate it, but… she was just fine.

"Don't worry about her." Mirkaria sat down opposite of us "Potion will take effect in about an hour. I must say you both handed it well. Was this your first time feeding a baby?"

"This small… yes." I replied "I had to feed a sick child before, but… I dunno, it just feels wrong."

"By modern human eyes." She pointed out "What you just did was very natural process. Look at her, do you think she will ever complain? You did it for her and she knows it. She might not like the taste, but she knows you had a reason to do it."

"I guess, but still…"

"Forget about it now." She gave me a sincere smile "She is all right. Safely tucked away in big sister's embrace, potion will work soon and then you can return back home."

"Yeah." I smiled as I saw little baby sleeping on my lap "This isn't the end, is it?"

"I'm afraid not." Mirkaria sighed "If Pyrha truly flooded the place it's only a matter of time before shackles binding Shir'aknus rust away and seals break. Surely other wyverns will attempt to contact you before that."

"How many of them?"

"Six." She replied "I do not know anything about what wyverns truly are and where they came from. I just know that you, together with them, represent 7 basic elements in universe. Water, fire, earth, air, light, dark and time. You know that philosophy, right?" I nodded. It was old one, nowadays forgotten.

"You know… I always hoped that I wouldn't be the only one, but now… I just wish it could just end."

"I know. You are still very young. You are wise for your age, you know things that nobody else does, but… a child should be with their family and friends, not fighting against great evil."

"I don't want this fate." I said stroking Erania's hair "But if I have to fight… I will do it for my family."

And so… it all began moving. I realized that I just wasn't meant to have simple life. I wanted to be with my family and just be good princess, but… I am more than that. Great evil is about to be released upon universe and it was clear that I would have to defeat it or die trying. I swear to all gods this universe has I will protect my family no matter what the cost.

After all… I am Dragon Sister.