I didn't know what was worse, the poorly struggling fairies of the poorly struggling specialists. But i could see the determination on their faces and was glad they couldn't see the disgust on mine. The fairies seemed to fight without strategy and technique, while Specialists was trained in those areas. On the flip side the specialists were fighting with knowledge of any spells and their effects while the fairies seem to be caution of the spells and either fight them off of take cover.
"Oh my" i whispered to myself and pinched the bridge of my nose feeling a headache beginning to form
"It looks like your got a lot cut out for your Ms. Bloom" a stern voice said behind me and i sighed in relief when Griselda came and stood next to me
"It does seem like it" i said and smiled towards her before returning my attention back to the group
"Faragonda told me about you meeting yesterday with the….illustration on your arm" Griselda said staring at the dragon wrapped around it
"She did didn't she"
"Bloom i want you to know something" Griselda said sounding worried and when i looked into her eyes i knew that it was serious
"Once Faragonda told me i knew that it sounded familiar so i checked in the advance library, that marking can be traced back to the beginning of time...starting with the Great Goddesses-"
"The Great Goddesses?"
"Yes, pay attention this is crucial" Griselda said making me roll my eyes and call a ten minute break for the people fighting
We then began our walk around the school and once we were out of ears of the group she started to spill everything out all at once making it incoherent to my ears.
"Calm down Ms. Griselda" I said stopping right in front of her grabbing her shoulders to make her stop walking
"Now slowly start from the beginning" i said stepped to the side and slowly starting to walk at her pace
"In the beginning when the Great Dragon made the planets that was when the Great Dragon also created the Great Goddesses in Linphea, Solaria, Melody, Zenith, Andros, and when Sparks became its resting spot, to didn't rest. It transformed itself into the Great Goddesses of Sparks and with them there was peace and order in the world
They were the ones everyone trust to keep them safe and they did for a long time, until the mark showed up."
"What does a mark have to do with the Great Goddesses?" i asked making griselda annoyed at me
"I'm getting there okay?!" she said annoyed and i raised my hand to show her that i'll back off
"Because the Great Goddess of Sparks was actually the Great Dragon it had a mark on their arm that signifies of its existence, but instead of one there was two" i raised my eyebrow honestly shocked if the Great Goddesses has two markings but i had one
"Because of the Great Dragon being mostly made of energy, there was a positive and negative...also known as light and darkness. The darkness tore itself from the great Goddesses of Sparks and made a new planet just for where later evil leaders will be banished too.
At one point the dark Goddess grew jealous of the light one getting all of the praise, they fought and they fought for thousands of years one trying to gain their power from the other and eventually in the end…" Griselda said looking away from me
"They died didn't they...all of the goddesses died fighting the war" we stopped walking and finally Griselda looked at me with puffy red eyes
"No they all didn't die, just the Great Goddess of sparks and the dark Goddess, the others were so grieve stricken that they spelled themselves and the Goddess of Sparks on her deathbed. No one was sure on what the spell was but soon after her death they went back to their planets where they disappeared forever as well with their powers"
"But i don't understand, the mark what does it mean, will i die just by having it?" i whispered with fear hidden in my voice
"From my understanding, that mark will cause your demise" Griselda said placing a hand on my shoulder for comfort while i looked down and hugged my body for the real comfort i am looking for
"I told Faragonda about it and she has made up plenty of ways to get rid of it just in case one of them didn't work" i looked up at her and noticed the small smile she gave to me making me give one right back
"When will we do it?" i whispered and wiped my eye the let the tear fall down
"Later this night, under the full moon it is import-"
"Bloom?" Flora said calling my name from behind us catching me off guard so i turned my back to her and wiped my eyes furiously
"Yes Flora?" i called out and tried to study my breathing
"It's been about twenty minutes...are your okay sweetie?" Flora said walking closer to me making me turn around with a smile
"Yea...i'll be right there, i just have to make sure with Griselda" i smiled and watched her nod her head and eyed me curiously
"Okay well i'll see your back over there" Flora said and i watched her leave before turning the Griselda
"What time?"
"Once the sun goes down in the woods" Griselda said passing a location through magic to me, i nod and left her to return back to the group summoning glasses to cover up my red puffy eyes
"Okay guys here's my conclusion-"
"What was that about?" Flora said cutting me off noticing the new look
"Just some business that i have to do-"
"What kind of business?"
"Flora...not here" i said looking at the girl who held my heart, the others looked shocked and uncomfortable at the situation but nonetheless she nodded in agreement letting me continue
"The girls have no sense of strategy and technique and the guys have no idea which spells are dangerous and are not" i said which made everyone give little nods
"So let begin with that shall we?"
…
The world is big, too big for me to lead by myself. The solution is evident but i don't know, it felt wrong to do. These were my creations and i should cherish them
'Come on it won't hurt to destroy at least one, and once you do it wouldn't hurt no more'
'Don't listen to darkness, it's insensitive, you created these planets for a reason just try to find that reason'
"Be quiet you two, i need to think" i said but my voice sounded more powerful than regular but that isn't the problem now
My problem is the overwhelming responsibility of all of the planets it'll be better to share it...that's when the idea came into my head, equal share of power and responsibility. I turned my path around and headed back to my planet, Sparks.
'Where are we going?'
'Oh be quiet light, your don't have to know anything'
I kept quiet because i knew that they were gonna object to my decision and talk me out of it. So once i land on the soft healthy green grass i started my transformation. The only thing that i could describe it was that it was painful. During my transformation i made sure to send out the power to five other planets
'WHAT ARE YOUR DOING?!'
'Make it stop! Please it hurts!
From my dragon body to the body i received now. I grew arms and legs, the horns disappeared into my head creating stiff bones, the scales turn into leathery skin but evidently some scales stayed on my temples. My tail disappeared into nothing as well with the nose tendrils, and finally my hair, to rememorate my essence stayed fire like that pooled over my shoulders in fiery waves that dance.
'YOU'RE CHANGING YOUR APPEARANCE FOR WHAT?!'
'Darkness calm down, the pain is finally over'
When my transformation was complete i stood up on shaky legs and winced greatly t=at the feeling of pins.
'It's over huh'
'Darkness it'll be okay, this will all pass over soon'
I rolled my eyes and looked down at my arms that held the two dragons bickering
'Woah, your look….different'
'The Great Dragon looks like those creatures admit it, a hideous look'
'Darkness!'
'It's true'
"I'm not the Great Dragon anymore"
'Yea...you're not even a Dragon'
'Darkness please try to be sensible'
I ponder my new name and closed my eyes thinking. I opened my eyes and stared at the flower next to the pond, it was beginning to bloom and i looked around at its friend. So were they in the same stage as the original, some was even more in their way to becoming a perfect flower. I looked around and admire all of the things i created as the Great Dragon
'So? What's the new name?'
'I am also curious for the new name that you are going to call yourself'
"Drákon"
…
"That's all for today guys" i said at the tired out group that collapse at the sound of those words
I laughed at the sight then began to clean up the mess that was made giving each a bottle of water to keep them hydrated. And once i handed Flora her bottle of water she got up, grabbed my hand and pulled me away from the group
"I'm sorry" she said which caught me off guard
"I was being very insensitive and i guess i got jealous when you and Griselda were just walking"
"Did Flora Linphea actually get jealous?" i asked jokingly shocked just to see the beautiful smile which worked
I caress her left side of her face with my right hand and smiled at the blush that spread across her face.
"Flora you don't have to apologize, it's perfectly normal if you feel some type of way when i am talking to another female" i said with a smile and softly brought my lips down on hers
We slowly pulled apart and she smiled up at me lovingly. We held hands, bid the group farewell and head back to our room grateful that i had asked hunter's friend parent for him to spend the night. Once we got to our room we quietly got on the couch and we waited for a good while just acknowledging the silence.
"So?"
"So?"
"What did she say?" i smiled and grabbed her hand for her comfort and for my confidence
"The dragon on my arm is and ancient mark from the Great Goddess of Sparks who used to be the Great Dragon"
"The Goddess of Sparks?"
"Yes but listen, anywho because the great dragon is energy there was a dark and light the eventually separated and the fought yada yada yada, they died. So Griselda thinks because i have a mark then i'm going to die so at sun down they are going to try to separate it from me"
"You're going to die?!"
"Yes unless if i get this mark off of me"
"Bloom this is serious" Flora said standing up and started pacing the floor
"I know this is serio-"
"But you're not acting like it, this can kill you and you're passing it off as a joke" Flora said looking at me with tears in her eyes
"I'm sorry Flora i just don't want to see it as serious because i'm afraid too" i said grabbing her hand and took off the glasses so she can see my eyes she softened her eyes and i pulled her into a hug
"I'm scared Flora...terrified even, but i know that it'll be alright once this mark is off" i said tightening my grip when i felt her do the same
"Everything will be alright" she whispered and i felt a big sigh leave my body
The sunset shown down into my room and it made my nerves jump. The nerves must've reached Flora by the grip she put on my body
"It's gonna happen at sun down" i said and looked at Flora who looked right back at me
"In the woods when the full moon arrives" i whispered and placed my forehead on hers, she sighed and gave me a kiss
Something that i desperately needed, i poured the nerves in my body into this kiss and she did the same. I grabbed the sides of her face and pulled it towards mine trying to distinguish any space that existed between us. I felt a drop fall down on my cheek and realised that i was crying.
I was crying because when if this didn't work? Or something went terribly wrong and i have to leave Hunter and Flora behind. I would be crushed if it came down to that.
Flora pulled away and wiped both of our tears with a smile.
"It'll be okay" she said in such a sweet voice that i couldn't help but to smile
"Just you and me" i whispered and placed my head on her forehead radiating and feeling the radiation of our love