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Chapter Cover: Aesyr standing in a forest as she was looking toward the distance and Shinji was seating down upon the ground leaning against a tree.

Chapter Three

The Girl's Story

Helen turned out to be a plump looking woman with blue hair and eyes. She had a frown upon her features as she worked upon the wound Shinji had gotten. There was a worrying concern in her gaze as she worked wrapping Shinji's torso in a bandage with both Ellis and Aesyr watching on how she worked to take care of his wound.

"He will be out of it for a few days," the woman told them, "I thought that boy was going to take it easy given our situation. For him to get this injured…I wonder what could have happened."

"Then he'll make it?" Ellis asked.

Helen gave the two of them a glance.

"Don't worry, Shinji is a lot like his father," she said, "He'll be out of here in no time."

The man Ellis was visibly relieved.

"Oh…that's good," he said.

Helen smiled at him for a few moments before her gaze turned toward Aesyr who was silently standing in the corner of the room looking at the sleeping Shinji with an empty gaze. When she felt like she was being watched, Aesyr turned her attention away from the young man and toward the two that were in the room with her.

"I must thank you for bringing back to us and helping him escape whatever situation he had found himself in," Helen said, "I know he can be quite stubborn that boy."

Aesyr only nodded.

"Of course," she said, "But can I ask you something?"

Helen nodded.

"What happened to Dragmount?" she asked, "I asked in town about it but everyone talk about the place like it was destroyed or something."

Helen looked at her with a small frown upon her features almost like she was searching something upon her features but when she didn't find what she was looking for, the woman glanced at the boy for a moment and then nodded.

"For that," she said, "Why don't we let him rest here and go find some place to talk."

The group left the infirmary room, walking through an set of hallways that led straight into a room with a small table. Both Ellis and Aesyr took a seat while Helen worked on making some tea in the kitchen. This must be a lunch room Aesyr realized as she took a glance around. It wasn't as big as one would expect as it was not filled with many chairs only a few tables. Helen returned with three cups of tea and placed one in front of her.

"Thank you," she said with a light smile.

Helen returned it as she took a seat upon one of the chairs across her. The tea smelled good, if not a little hot to be drunk yet.

"Dragmount," Helen spoke out after a while, "It was our home till five years ago."

Aesyr feel her eyes widen lightly.

"You…You're from Dragmount?" she asked.

"Both of us are," Ellis spoke out after taking a sip from his tea, "Used to be a beautiful town with grasslands as far as one can see. As a boy, I could seat upon my favorite hill and look at the entire town at sunset. It may not be something that many liked but it was home."

Aesyr stayed silent for a moment.

"What happened?"

A dark look crossed Helen features.

"Minotaur happened," she said, "He suddenly attacked our home without any warning. It was a massacre waiting to happen and there was nothing to be done at all. The Dragon knights tried to fight them off but with his Commanders, there was nothing they could do at all against them and Minotaur was simply too powerful to be stopped…"

The woman lowered her gaze toward the table, and Aesyr can see her tightening her grip upon the cup that was in front of her.

"I lost my husband to that monster," she said.

Ellis had a sympathetic look upon his face.

"We all lost something that day," he told her.

Aesyr frowned lightly.

"Is that why Shinji is the last Dragon knight?"

Ellis glances at her direction.

"He was only a trainee back then," he said, "I don't know the full on how he became one but he did. He was only fifteen after all when Dragmount fell to Minotaur…however, he more than proved himself to be a Dragon knight. If there is a test that must go through to become one, I'll say that he more than passed it."

Aesyr frowned lightly.

"Then…why did he attack?"

"It was without warning," Ellis said, "What about that you didn't understand…thought I started to think that it was because he was afraid of the Dragon Knights."

Helen looked at her.

"Our people have been peaceful for many years," she said, "The Dragon knight had always protected us in the past but now…with our people scattered across Atlasia, the Dragon knights all but wiped out, I don't see just how they could be an end to this fight."

"Helen…," Ellis said shocked.

"Shinji is a good man," she said, "But he is only one man…and when he passed, the dragon knight will be extinct…"

Ellis had a look upon his features as if he was contorted in pain.

"Our only hope now would be Lord Elassan," Helen continued, "But…he's been gone for over fifty years now…"

Aesyr tightened her hands into a fist.

"There is something I wish to say to you," she spoke out drawing their attention toward her, "I know that this is not the most opportune time but will you listen to my story?"

The two were curious.

"My full name is Aesyr Assan," she said looking at them, "I came from the Kingdom of Dragnov…"

Flashback

To begin this tale, I have to turn to clock back some time back. Back then, the Kingdom of Dragnov was a small part of Fiore where people and Dragon have been living together for years. They were many Dragons that lived side by side with us and one of the most well known of them at the time was Belserion the Sage Dragon, one who protected the Princess of our nation as a thanks for the previous Queen for saving his life.

But then, Dragons from the west invaded the continent of Ishgar. Belserion summoned allies from other Dragons who felt the same as him and they went to battle against the Dragon who wishes to eradicated humans and for those past seven years the lands of Fiore were locked completely in battle without any type of ending to the war.

Until it all changed one day.

We were all standing in the room waiting for the announcement that the Queen would make to us. I was nervous for The Sage Dragon was present as well as the large dragon looked at all of us with a critical gaze almost like he was inspecting us or something. Then, the Queen approached.

Queen Irene was a beautiful woman with scarlet long red hair and a determinate gaze. Her features were serious as she stared at them all, her brown eyes taking them in and then she started to speak.

"All of you have been chosen for an important task," the Queen of Dragons spoke out looking at them all, "In your years of service, your loyalty to Dragnov have been unwavering and unmatched. I am sure that many of you have been hearing the rumors about the battle going on in the west of Ishgar. The Dragons of the West are fighting against their brethren who wishes to protect and live with us in coexistence and our Dragon allies are losing the war."

A murmur crossed the room in surprise and even I could feel the apprehension growing within me. I always knew how powerful Dragons were in the world and there was nothing that could fight against them…but if the ones who are our allies are being defeated…then what would happen to us?

I could tell I wasn't the only one thinking like that. The look upon the other soldier's faces showed their thoughts quite well.

"Well the Queen must have an idea in mind if she is bringing this up," the young man at my side spoke out.

I glanced at him.

"You think so?"

The young man had the same dark skin as me, as his spiky blue hair fell down around his face, thought his gaze was as sharp as ice.

"She has to," he said simply.

I didn't have time to say anything else for the Queen started to speak once more.

"Despite our dire our situation is," Irene continued, "I am here to tell you that we have a way of turning the tide against the dragons that are killing both us and our protectors. I am here to tell you that I have found a way to push our enemies from our lands and back into the west they came. I am here to tell you that, after speaking with the Dragons that supported coexistence with us, they have decided to teach us their magic."

I can feel my eyes widening in shock at the revelation.

"What?" I gasped, shocked.

"That's impossible…," another said.

"Can something like that even be done…?"

Learn the power of a Dragon, I thought shocked, Can humans wield such power?

Irene was looking down at us with a stern look upon her features, looking every inch the Queen that she was.

"I can see upon your features that many of you think this is impossible," she said, "But I am here to say that it is very much possible for I wield the power of a Dragon."

She raised her hand as it was engulfed within a glow of magic power, but I can instantly tell that it was different than the power she usually wields. I have seen the Queen's enchanting power before and this feels completely different than what she was doing right now.

"I will not deny that they are risks involved into learning that power, but if this give us a glimpse of victory against overwhelming odds, are we not indebted to try?" she asked, her gaze filled with determination.

I was completely floored at what I was seeing. For a human was wielding the power of a Dragon was something that I never thought possible in all my lifetime and yet, here was the possibility staring at me right in the face.

Then, Belserion, the Sage Dragon spoke out this time, drawing our attention toward his massive form.

"I have a few Dragons that I spoke to that are open to the idea of sharing their powers with humans," he talked, his voice thundering through the room we were in, "However, know that it is because of the trust I share with the Queen they are even considering the possibility. This is an honor unlike any other you are being given. You have earned the Queen's trust as her loyal soldiers and now, that loyalty is about to be rewarded. May that knowledge fill you with pride."

After that we were all dismissed.

I walked off thinking about what was about to be given to us. I have only recently joined the Order as a way to honor my family who had been serving for generations. The Assans family had always been part of the Queen of Dragnov soldiers and as the last of the family, I was honored to join them but to think that this would be something so…unbelievable.

"Will you refuse?"

I looked up at the voice that spoke to me. the blue haired young man from earlier was there. We came from the same region given our skin tone which was different than most around Ishgar. The young man was looking down at me with those piercing eyes of his, his spiky blue hair falling around his face.

"Ace…" I said, "What about you?"

"I am," he said, and there was such conviction in his tone, like considering rejecting the offer was the worse idea that one could have, "I will finally have the power to make them pay for what they've done to our home."

"I won't reject it," I told him with a light frown.

Ace let out a small smirk.

"Good," he said, before turning away, "And when I have the power of a dragon, I'll make sure to bathe the countryside in their blood."

"You know that there is not a lot of chance of finding the one who destroyed our village," I told him.

He stopped and then gave me a backward glance.

"I don't care if I find him or not…I just want to kill them."

With that he left.

I let out a small sigh, looking at him go. Ace, as I always called him despite that not actually being his name, wasn't always so filled with anger and hate. He used to be a laughing, carefree child during our childhood. But then, when we were around six-year-old, our village was attacked by Dragons and it was completely destroyed killing everyone we ever knew.

Ace and I lost our entire family to the Dragons and while I retreated upon myself, keeping my pain inside, Ace however used his to lash out toward the cruel world that took what he loved the most from him…and now, despite the friendship that still exist between the two of us…

I almost didn't recognize him anymore.

A week later, I found myself back at the same place as before thought this time, we were with many Dragons around the area along with Belserion the Sage Dragon being present as well. The Dragons were all different and shape and size all of them varying in scales as well, with red, bluish white, black and one that looked strangely metallic for lack of better word and there was another with orange coloring.

"Those are the few that have come to help us learn the Magic of the Dragons," Lord Belserion spoke out, "My friends those are the humans that have been chosen for the tasks. All of you will get to chose a human to teach your power and maybe they will be able to turn the tide in this terrible war with our brethren from the West."

"For things to have become this desperate…I guess we have no choice," the bluish white dragon spoke and its voice was softer marking it as a female.

"Have some faith in this plan, Tarmala," the red one spoke, "The Humans are much more resilient than we give them credit for."

The female Dragon, Tarmala let out a humph noise.

"Elassan," Belserion spoke out addressing one of them, "Since you were the first to arrive, why don't you choose the human you want to teach your magic to."

A Dragon approached toward us. It was scaled in silver with red lines visible upon it's scales. The Dragon was about the same size as Belserion and it stared down toward us impassively. Since it's face wasn't human it was hard to tell what type of expression he was making, however, the eyes which were a greenish hue was looking around at us all before it fell down upon me.

"You…human female, what's your name?"

I blinked at him realizing that it was me the Dragon was speaking to.

"Me…well, I'm Aesyr."

"Aesyr…well, then how would you like to learn to wield the power of the Dragons?"

I can feel all of their stares on me, and I approached forward coming to stand in front of the large creature of magic. I stared at his features for a few moments and even if I wasn't looking back, I could feel Ace's gaze upon my back. I fell down to one knee in front of the Dragon, Elassan, bowing my head as if I was in front of royalty.

"I will be honored to learn."

A fated meeting...

Next Time: The Girl and the Dragon

Jacques0 out.

AN: Fun fact, the character "Ace" introduced in this chapter was supposed to be Acnologia in my original plan but then the Fairy Tail anime decided to give him a backstory and i was like...ruin my fun why don't you? so then i changed his role.

Anyway, hope you have enjoyed that one.

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