Note: This is like a little continuation of the Final Battle &
Finding the Harem ficcies. So you might wanna go read those to understand
what's going on ^_^
05/28/02 Finding the Dragons
BBBBBBBRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAM!! WHAM!! WHAM!!!
"Stupid alarm clock....." I growled as I let the hardcover book fall from my hand. Why, oh why had I set the alarm? I had only been asleep for a few hours, it was only 7am and I was simply too comfortable to want to move. The body next to mine shifted to curl itself more tightly against my back, and I sighed as I felt Blackwargreymon brush his cheek against mine, a low sleepy rumble escaping him.
"Wha tim's'it?"
"Seven," I mumbled. The two of us had only gotten to bed at 4. Between the reunion party, the two Goddesses that thought we were all grand entertainment, Telca trying to get me to order Xellos to glomp Barney and the little emotional breakdown we had had, we had pretty much pulled an all nighter. "Black?"
"Mrhpt?"
I couldn't help it. I giggled. "What was that in English?"
There was a distinct rumble of a deep chuckle. "What is it?"
"Why'd I set the..." I paused and yawned. "...alarm?"
He sighed contentedly, obviously planning on going back to sleep once I had shut up. "You and the others were going to go look for the dragons."
My littlings!! Memory fully restored, I fought my way free of the blankets and the Digimon's arms, cursing at the sudden cold as I grabbed some clothes and headed into the bathroom, not bothering to close the door since he probably wasn't going to get up anyway. "Are you awake?"
"....no."
I rolled my eyes and kicked my pyjama bottoms, aka boxers, out of the bathroom, then hopped into my jeans and turned to stare at my reflection in the huge mirror. I look like shit... The Elf that was staring back at me looked ragged and emotionally drained, my eyes were still slightly red from all the emotional crying I had done the night before. It didn't help to see the dark bags under my eyes either. I sighed and rose my hands to run my fingers through my hair, freezing when I saw dark markings on my arms. I stared at my reflection a moment longer before glancing down, gazing at the strange black runes that lined the backs of my forearms where the spines had emerged from during one of my Avatar transformations.
Glancing out the doorway to make sure that Black wasn't up, I sighed, closed my eyes and called on the Chaos, a part of me needing to see what I looked like when I transformed. Taking a breath to steel myself, I opened my eyes and stared at a total stranger.
"Dear Gods...." I whispered as I studied the woman that was staring back at me. This wasn't some half-Elven sorceress... this was a being that simply couldn't be described. Her hair was the purest gold with only the very tips of the long locks looking as if they had been dipped in black ink, pointed ears more defined, small fangs lenghtened. The eyes that locked onto mine were shining gold with black eliptical pupils, and I was sure that if I stared into them for too long that I would lose myself in them. Golden light swirled in reaction as she rose her arms, the long black spines that had emerged from her arms curving backwards towards her elbows, looking very sharp and very deadly.
I simply couldn't believe that I was looking at myself.
I was still staring at myself in shock when Blackwargreymon finally got up to see why the bathroom was glowing a bright gold. Judging by the gasp he let out I guessed that he hadn't gotten a good look at me in this form before either.
"Lashana...."
"T-this monster....this can't be me," I breathed, reaching out to touch the mirror, my gaze locking on the black talons that had replaced my long fingernails. I shuddered and rose my hand to touch my face, seeing my double do the same. Did I have such a look of shock in my eyes too? "It can't be...." Denial - not just a river in Egypt.
Arms wrapped around me from behind, making me blink in surprise as the woman in the mirror was joined by my Bonded as he slowly lowered his head to nuzzle at her hair, and I jumped slightly when I felt him prick me in the ribs with his talons. The sudden sensation jerked me out of whatever state I had been in, making a shiver travel down my spine as I blinked, breaking the spell that the sight of my reflection had put me under.
"....'Shana?"
I closed my eyes and leaned back against him. When I opened my eyes again I saw myself in the mirror, white hair, dark blue eyes and all. "I'm never going to get used to that," I muttered as I glanced down at my arms, frowning at the small black runes for a moment before letting Blackwargreymon distract me with a hug.
He pulled away a little while later and met my gaze, raising a hand to brush my wild bangs from my eyes. "You're incredible, you know that?" He must've seen the total confusion in my eyes, for he sat on the edge of the bathtub and pulled me close so that I was standing in front of him. "You know what the only part of being in Hell I clearly remember?"
I winced. "Do I want to?"
"Yes," he rumbled, sliding his hands up and down my arms. "I remember you leaning over me enveloped in golden light telling me that you loved me. I thought you had changed into an avenging angel." He paused and smiled as he tenderly reached up to brush away the tears that had begun falling down my cheeks. "That was you just now. You're not a monster, my angel. You mustn't think that."
I shuddered and threw myself into his arms. Even after all the pain he had gone through, the big sweetie only cared about making sure that I was alright. "I love you," I whispered as he wrapped his arms around me and rested his cheek against mine, a low purr rumbling out of him as we held each other. I wouldn't have traded that moment for all the money in the world.
Granted all the money in the world would have let me afford better locks for the doors.
~Lashana? Are you up ye-- Ack! Sorry! Sorry!~
I groaned and rose my head from Black's shoulder to glare at the Pokemon that was in the process of running out of the bedroom. "Don't you people know how to knock?!?! We're trying to have a moment!!!"
Blackwargreymon chuckled and released me. "Let me find my jeans and I'll help you track down the dragons."
"Kay," I muttered, waiting until he had left the bathroom before changing out of one tank-top and into another. I stared at myself a moment longer, then used one of those neat claw things to pin my hair up. "You decent?"
There was an amused chuckle. "Do you care?"
I snickered and walked out of the bathroom, sighing in mock disappointment when I saw that Black had already changed into faded blue jeans. "You looked better in the boxers."
"I am not going to go running around a forest in my boxers."
"Why not? It'd make a great conversation starter when Thanksgiving rolls around. Besides, it's not like that speedo armor thingy of yours covers any more....or less."
He grinned and winked. "But it protects everything."
It took me ten minutes to get my mind out of the deepest depths of the gutter.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
~Why are you blushing like that?~ Mewtwo asked when Black and I walked into the Kitchen. I growled and headed for the coffee machine, leaving my Bonded to dissolve into soft chuckles while Mewtwo looked at us as if we were insane before turning back to his newspaper. Smart Pokemon.
"Oh Gods....it's too early...." I turned and looked at Kang as the draconian staggered into the Kitchen, arms raised above his head as he stretched. "Is there coffee?"
"Isn't there always?" I asked curiously as I held a mug out to him. He froze in mid-step and stared at me for a moment before grinning and moving forward to give me a bone-crushing hug. Ack! I needed that rib!
~Kang, she can't breathe,~ Mewtwo protested for me since I currently was unable to draw a full breath.
"Sorry!" he yelped, quickly releasing me then reaching out to take the mug of coffee from my right hand and steady me since my knees still weren't sure if they were going to give out under me or not. "I'm sorry. I just.... It's still a surprise to see you..."
"Among the living? Yeah, I got that," I winced, rubbing at my left side. I really think he cracked something....
"Are you alright?" I blinked and looked up into Black's worried golden gaze, forcing a smile as he touched my left cheek lightly.
"Yeah. M'fine."
~Liar.~
"Evesdropper!" I shot back, glaring at the Pokemon. "You stay out of this."
~It's not my fault if you think too loudly.~
My exact opinion of that was cut off by the low dangerous growl that rumbled out of my Bonded. Uh oh. "Time for breakfast!" I grabbed the first edible looking thing and held it out to the Digimon. "Here, have a muffin!!"
He blinked at me as if I had grown a second head, then chuckled and took the muffin. "One of these days I'm not going to let you distract me."
"That'll be the day I go to Plan B," I smirked as I turned to get myself a cup of coffee, glaring at Kang when I discovered that he had polished off the entire pot. "You're just as bad as Zelgadis!" I smacked him and shoved him aside, grumbling as I went about getting the coffee maker ready to brew another pot.
"What's Plan B?" Black asked as he sat at on a stool by the island counter, looking over at me curiously. I snickered evilly.
"As if I'm going to tell you that."
"I know that tone of voice," Kang grinned. "It's a sadistic plan, isn't it? If you won't tell him, will you tell me?"
"No. Because then sooner or later he'll pester it out of you or you'll feel sorry for him and warn him and then I'd be forced to hog-tie you, hang you from the ceiling of the Main Hall and let Telca use you as a pinata."
~Do you reaherse these ideas or do they just come to you?~ Mewtwo asked warily.
"Sometimes I reherse, sometimes I improvise," I shrugged. "It all depends on my state of mind at the time."
"Konichiwa, minna-san!!"
"Ugh." I turned and glared at Xellos as the Mazoku floated into the room, returning his trickster's smile with a nastier glare.
"Yare, yare. Did the Chaos Knight not sleep well last night? Tsk, tsk. Blacky, you should learn how to keep her happy! There's a drug that'll help you with tha-- urk!" The last was due to the fact that I had reached up and grabbed him by the throat.
"Xellos?"
"Hai Lashana-chan?"
"Get out!!" Thus said/screamed, I drop kicked him out of the Kitchen, not bothering to watch as he slammed face-first into a wall. Instead, I was staring at my Bonded in surprise. "You missed your cue. You've never missed your cue. What's wrong?"
~Lashana....back away....~ Mewtwo sent, his voice panicked as Blackwargreymon got to his feet and stomped out of the Kitchen. The Pokemon was even brave enough to stop me from going after him. ~I don't think you want to--~
"TERRA DESTROYER!!!!!!!!!!"
~....go after him....~
"Well....at least we know that everyone else is the Palace is awake..." Kang offered as the three of us peered out into the destruction that used to be the Main Hall.
I replied with my usual finess. "No really? Y'think?" Sarcasm, ya gotta love it. I shoved my way past Mewtwo and picked my way through the mess until I caught sight of Blackwargreymon sitting on what remained of the stairs, elbows on his knees, shoulders slumped. Dammit.... I walked over to him and lightly touched his arm, sighing when he didn't acknowledge me. Desperate times called for desperate measures. Such measures included me curling up on his lap and wrapping my arms around his neck. "Warrie?"
"Don't call me that," he mumbled.
I sighed and hugged him, rubbing my cheek against his like he always did when he was trying to make me feel better. "But it's cute."
"So's Elfy, but you don't let me call you that either." It was a traditional conversation, one that always managed to bring a smile from him. He sighed and shifted so that I wasn't in constant danger of falling off his lap to crash down the stairs, his arms loosely curling around my waist. "I'm sorry."
"For what?"
"Acting like an idiot mostly," he muttered. "And this," he nodded towards the remains of the Main Hall.
I didn't think my usual response of 'you're male, you always act like an idiot' would be useful, so I merely hugged him and brushed my cheek against his again. "You're forgiven. But only if you give me a hug."
He chuckled softly and tightened his arms around me, pulling me closer as he nuzzled the side of my neck and let out a low contented purr. "Thank you."
"You're wel--"
"Sweet flamin' shit!! What did you people do to the Main Hall?!?!"
I growled. "Do you mind?! We're trying to have a moment!!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Remind me again why I volunteered for this?"
"Because you're my best friend and you like me?"
"Hah."
I grumbled in Telca's direction and took another drink of my coffee, frowning as I finished off the mug. "That's it. I'm going out to the woods."
"You're not going to start looking on your own are you?" Kang frowned from where he was waiting for his toast to finish toasting. "You'll never find the dragons that way. It'll take forever."
"I ain't gonna find them sittin' here, either," I retorted as I walked out onto the patio and slammed the door behind me. I immediately regretted snapping at Kang, but truth be told I was getting mighty sick of having my time with Blackwargreymon constantly interupted. I knew that the entire Harem had suffered when Telca an I had 'died' but he was my Bonded. When the Bond had broken it must've been like he had lost a part of himself.... Dammit. Why can't things ever go the way I want them to?
And thus I managed to work myself into a depressed funk in record time.
~Blacky, go outside.~
"What? Why?"
~Go. Outside.~
I glanced back towards the patio door as Mewtwo shoved Blackwargreymon out onto the deck and glared at the Pokemon. "What are you doing?"
~Helping you look for the dragons.~
"Liar." I saw him startle before he smirked and reached out to touch my forehead.
~You still think too loudly,~ he murmured. ~Now come on, let's find the trio.~
I stared after him as he leapt off the deck and flew towards the forest, blinking a few times before looking at Blackwargreymon, who sighed.
"I missed something, didn't I?"
"Yeah. I'll fill you in later," I promised. "For now though... RAYWING!" I flew off the deck and hovered in midair as I twisted to look back at him. "You coming?"
"Hey!! Wait for me!!" Telca screamed, running out of the Kitchen and leaping onto Blackwargreymon's back. "Mush!"
I sighed. "Oh for the love of...."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Here dragon, dragon, dragon!"
I rolled my eyes and looked over at Telca. "You've got to be joking. They're not stupid enough to answer to that."
"They're your dragons. You never know."
I glared at her, grumbling at the grin she sent me. We had been out here for three hours, searching the forest around the Palace for any signs of my missing dragons without any luck whatsoever. Even with the entire Harem helping in the search, there had been no sign of draconic life. Maybe they went into town... or maybe they were captured.... or maybe-
"I know that look. Stop panicking. We'll find them." I blinked and looked over at Telca, sighing moments later.
"Yeah okay. You're kinda-sorta right." No way was I ever going to fully say that she had been right. I had my sanity to think of. I turned from her and cupped my hands to my mouth. "Kalamadea!! Korin!! Akhor!! Where the flamin' hell are you?!"
"I dunno if they heard you, but I think I've lost a good percentage of my hearing," Kang grumbled as he fought his way through a thick bush and walked over to me. "There's something you have to see."
My heart leapt into my throat and stayed there as he led Telca and I to a small stream, where Mewtwo and Kenshin were waiting. "What? What is it?" Ohmigod they're dead....
"Clawprints," Kenshin told me, kneeling to point out the small footprints in the soft earth. "Three sets."
They're alive!!
~Of course they're alive.~ I winced and looked at Mewtwo, who was glaring at me. ~Don't ever think otherwise.~
I sighed and looked over at Telca. "Now what?"
"You're asking me?"
"No, I'm talkin' to the tree. Of course I'm asking you!"
"Why me?"
I growled and debated smacking her with something. Like a tree. "Because you're the one who's best at setting up traps."
"Why, that's so sweet of you admit!" I snarled. "Say please."
I'd rather kiss Xellos.
~Really?~
Shaddup, 'Two. And get out of my private thoughts-- hey! That's it! I turned away from Telca and grinned at the Pokemon. "You're still maintaining those psychic blocks in my mind, right?"
~Riiight. I resumed doing so the moment I knew you were alive. What of it?~ he frowed, obviously not getting it. I rolled my eyes.
"If you take them down, then I might be able to sense the littlings! Comprende?" I grinned as understanding dawned in his eyes, then glanced back at Telca. "Don't need those traps anymore. You can take your' say please' and shove it." I smiled at the glare she sent me, then turned to Mewtwo. "Do it."
~You're sure?~ He took the glare I sent him as a 'yes'. I closed my eyes as he came closer and rested his fingers on my temples, shivering when I 'felt' him ease himself into my mind, easily lowering the mental blocks he had placed there. ~Done. Any difference?~
I blinked and looked around for a moment, trying to get my bearings. "That way," I announced, pointing east. "Kang? Anyone looked over there yet?"
He frowned and shook his head. "Not that I know of, though I think Malcho and Blacky are nearby."
"Perfect! Do me a favor?"
"Always."
"Bleh."
I threw a glare over my shoulder at Telca. "Shaddup." Plan forming in my mind, I returned my attention to Kang and grinned. "Go tell Black and Malcho what's changed and meet us...uh...half a mile east of here in ten minutes." I smiled at his look of shock and smirked. "Get Malcho to give you a lift, snake moves damned fast when he wants to. 'Two? Could you tell the others what's going on and have them meet us in the same place?"
"What's going on in that head of yours?" Kang asked as he reached out to lightly tap a talon against my forehead, chuckling when I swatted his hand away.
"I don't think the dragons can sense me. They think I'm dead, remember? But I can get a basic idea of where they are, but..." I paused and shrugged. "We'll still have to look around a bit."
"Alright. Makes sense."
"What am I supposed to do?" Telca asked, folding her arms over her chest as she looked at me curiously.
I can think of a few things...
~Lashana.~
I sighed at Mewtwo's warning tone and met Telca's gaze. "We need bait of somekind. Think you can portal back and get a few May West cakes?"
She narrowed her eyes at me. "So that's what happened to the box I had stashed in the Library!!" I winced. "You so owe me for this."
I nodded and waved as she leapt into a portal, sighing when it shut behind her. "Well.... I suppose I could distract her fury with a crate of Ho-Ho's...."
Kang chuckled and gave me a friendly slap on the shoulder. "I'll meet you in ten minutes, then!"
"Right." I smiled as the draconian ran into the underbrush again, his scales melding with the forest's tones so perfectly that I had no hope in hell of tracking him by sight. I gave up trying to find him seconds later and turned to Mewtwo instead. "So?"
~They'll meet us there.~
"Perfect." Now if only everything else can go this smoothly.... I sighed and started walking. "You comin'?"
He chuckled, making me glance back at him in surprise. ~I have a better idea.~ Before I had a chance to ask him what the hell he was thinking of, he ran forward and threw me onto his back, ignoring my yelp of surprise as he lunged forward.
By the time my heart had returned to it's normal rhythm, he had managed to cover at least half the distance to the meeting spot. I opened my eyes and found that I had thrown my arms around his shoulders in a death grip, and sighed and I forced myself to relax, not wanting to throw him off. A little warning next time, okay?
~Alright,~ he chuckled, making me grin. It had only been a day since Telca and I had come back, and this was the first instance that made me think that everything was truly going to be alright. ~Hold tight!~
I blinked, then loosed a yell of shock when he leapt straight upwards, clearing the tree that had loomed in front of us. He had obviously been going too fast to safely veer around it. Why slow down when you could clear said tree in one leap? I laughed and hugged him as he plummeted back to earth, gasping when he landed without even missing a stride. Thanks.
~For what?~ he asked innocently, glancing back at me.
You know.
Mewtwo chuckled again and returned his attention to the forest around them. ~You're welcome.~
By the time we reached a small clearing, I was certain that we had made a new Inter-Dimensional record for distance covered in a disgustingly short amount of time. Not that I was complaining. Well, I was, but only because Mewtwo had misjudged the span of a stream and gotten me smacked in the shoulder with a branch.
~You're sure you're alright?~
"Ask me again and you'll find out. Aw shit this hurts..." I hopped off his back and rose my left hand to touch the forming bruise on my right shoulder, frowning as I wove a Healing spell on myself. "Quit working yourself into a panic. I'm fine." I lowered my hand and let him see my newly Healed shoulder. "See? All better through the miraclulous power of Magick!"
He sighed. ~I am sorry. I thought there was enough room.~
"It's alright," I assured him, glancing behind me when a low growl caught my attention. "Black, I know it's you. We're Bonded, remember?"
There was the sound of a disappointed grumble. "Can't ever sneak up on people anymore...." I rolled my eyes and grinned at Mewtwo as the Digimon extracted himself from the bushes and walked over to me. "How are you?"
"M'fine," I smiled, casually reaching up to pull a burr off his t-shirt and tossing it over my shoulder. "Where's Kang an Malcho?"
Blackwargreymon smirked and pointed up, making me blink curiously for a moment before I followed his gaze to the sky, gaping as the familiar quetzacoatl flew past, his tail firmly curled around the upside-down and struggling draconians right ankle that was hanging dangerously close to the treetops.
"Oh lovely..." I muttered, catching the last bits of Kang's roaring curses. "I didn't think a snake and a toaster could do that. Ah well.... YO MALCHO!! Down here!!!"
"AAAAHHHHH!!!" THUD!!
I blinked and looked at Kang where he had slammed into the ground at my feet, then rose my gaze to the winged snake that landed a little ways away. "When I asked him to get you to give him a ride, this is not what I meant."
"He got here, didn't he?" Malcho grinned.
L-Sama give me strength. I reached down and hauled a woozy Kang to his feet, lightly slapping him to fully return him to the land of the conscious. "Hey. You okay?"
"I'll be better when you stop slapping me!" Oooh. Touchy.
"Fine." I stopped supporting him, smirking when he immediately collapsed. "That better?"
He grumbled out a response that made both Mewtwo and Malcho wince in imagined pain. I merely grinned at him and reminded him that while I had promised to never hurt him, that I still had those photos of the time where he had fallen into a pool full of jello. He grimaced and shut up. Smart draco.
"I'm baaaaack!" Telca's reappearance was accompanied by a wail of pain from Kang when she leapt out of the portal and landed on him. "Whoops. Sorry, Kang. Didn't see you there."
Black frowned. "How could you not see him?"
She grinned. "I closed my eyes."
I chuckled. "Didja get them?"
"Yep. Last three," the other sorceress said as she held up the three May West cakes. "And I brought something else, too."
"What?" I asked, staring at the cage that she pulled out of another portal. "You've got to be kidding me. I am not letting you try to catch them with that!"
"Then you do it," she shrugged, tossing the cage at me and smirking when I caught it and found myself forced to take a few steps back to keep my balance. "I'll draw them out with the food, and you jump 'em."
I frowned and looked at the Guys, sighing when they shrugged. "Fine. Guys, go hide somewhere. I don't know what state of mind the littlings are in and I'd rather not risk them getting spooked." I turned and followed Telca deeper into the forest, moving to crouch behind a large bush once she had found a spot that she liked.
"You ready?" she asked, glancing back at me.
I nodded, then remember that she couldn't fully see me. "Yeah. Go for it."
"Right." She turned and opened the first of the three May West cakes, using a bit of her Power to increase the breeze that was lightly playing with the leaves of the trees and bushes around her, sending the scent of the cake further into the forest.
I grimaced at a cramp in my left calf and shifted my weight as I let my gaze dart around our surroundings, hoping for a glimpse of blue scales, or even a flash of sunlight off of white hide... something. Anything. Please be alright.... please....
"Elfy!"
I startled at Telca's hissed whisper and peeked through the bush, nearly screaming in relief when I saw an irridescent blue form flit through the branches of a tree above us before it dove down to hover in front of Telca. It was Kalamadea. And I was shocked to discover that he had doubled in size since the last I had seen him. He was magnificent. Scales rich shades of dark blue, purple and green, horns just starting to take full shape, wings fully formed. I had to remind myself to breathe.
"Anytime now!" Telca whispered to me, throwing a glare over her right shoulder.
I blinked and shook myself awake, glacing at the cage for a moment before setting it aside and slowly rising to my feet, staring over at one of my dragons.
"What are you doing?! Get the cage!"
I ignored Telca with practiced ease, my gaze locked on the sky-blue eyes that were staring at me in what I could only determine was shock. Kalamadea? Can you hear me? When I didn't get any response, I reached for the weakened link and brushed my thoughts against it. Littling?
::MOMMY!!!::
I yelped as Kalamadea slammed into me with enough force that I had to take frantic backwards steps to keep my balance. I rose my arms and cradled the trembling dragon that was clinging to me, feeling tears sting my eyes as I held him. Kalamadea.... I was so distracted that I never took notice of the other two forms divebombing towards me until they crash landed onto my shoulders, sending me crashing to the ground with a wail of surprise.
::Elfy!!::
I now had a mild concussion from introducing my head to a rock, three whimpering dragons attached to me, and a laughing Telca standing over me. I didn't know whether to take it as a good sign or a bad sign that I now considered things to be back to normal. All I cared was that I had found my dragons, that my Bonded was pulling me to my feet, and that Mewtwo was suddenly joining me in hugging the dragons.
We were a family again.
It figured that I needed an Excedrin.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
::We thought you were dead!:: Kalamadea rumbled into my thoughts the dragons, Mewtwo and I had regrouped to the Game Room. Along the way back I had discovered that the three dragons had not only matured in body, but in mind as well. Their intelligence and vocabulary had practically doubled. ::We couldn't feel you, Elfy!::
I sighed and moved to sit on a stool next to the island counter, reaching up to remove Korin from my left shoulder since he was starting to get upset again and was digging his talons into my flesh. Akhor sinply refused to budge from my right shoulder, so I left him there. "I was dead, littlings. It's....it's a long story. I'm back though.... I missed you three." I sighed again as they curled up in my arms. "Why didn't you stay with Mewtwo?"
::Not daddy's fault,:: Korin said as he clung to my shirt, climbing up until he could press his chest against the spot where my heart was. ::We sensed his....depression. We didn't know what to do. We were lonely. We had to leave.::
~It's not your fault either,~ Mewtwo murmured. ~I didn't know what to do either.~
::Mommy?::
"Yeah Akhor?"
::What happened to your aura? It's....different.::
I blinked and glanced at Mewtwo. "It's a long story."
::We're not going anywhere,:: Kalamadea told me.
Mewtwo smiled. ~Go ahead,~ he whispered into my thoughts when I looked at him in askance, knowing that he, like all the Harem, didn't like being reminded about our deaths. ~It's okay.~
I mustered up a weak smile and returned my attention to
my dragons as I began to retell the events that had changed all of our
lives forever.
