"That poor child!" Filia cried. She wasted no time in going down in to
the shallow pit. She rushed up to the girl and gently stroked the child's
side. "It's okay, it's okay," she replied calmly but loud enough for the
girl to hear. "I'll get you out..."
"Duorue!" the child wailed. "Duorue!"
The man dropped down and approached the dragon girl. He brushed his gloved hands along her side while letting out a purr from deep within his throat. "Hush, hush, baby. I'm still here. I know, your scared, but sit still for a moment and we'll get you out, alright?"
"Okay," she whimpered.
"That's a good girl. Just be brave for a little while, just like you were for me before," he purred in reassurance.
Filia watched the display in shock. "You're a dragon," she whispered.
"Yes, and I believe that's what you called me before..."
"Your one of the murderers!" Filia snapped. The man stopped purring. "I suppose your the one who used her and left her to die!?!"
"Ah..."
"You demon! How dare you call yourself a dragon! Any dragon who commits atrocities such as yours has no right to call himself a member of the dragon race!"
"So says the lady who's race slaughtered anyone more powerful then them." Filia suddenly fell silent. "Can't deny it, can you? You know what your people did. I know what your people did. Everyone knows what you golds did. And your right, I have no right to call myself a dragon; I never participated in genocide. I don't condone things like genocide. He, everything I've ever done pales in comparison to the things your people did." He let his hands fall from the young dragon's side. His gaze had turned away from the older dragon. His voice became low and mournful, dark yet not in any way evil. "And just so you know, we did not leave her to die. We did everything we could to keep her alive from the moment we found her. It was your people who left her to die. Interesting how they're always trying to kill that which they never understood." He glanced up at the others. "Hey! Are you gonna come down here and help get her out or not!?!"
"I can get her out!" Filia snapped as her voice started coming back to her. "Just...just turn around!" He eyed her suspiciously, but did as he was told. The others on the edge of the gorge, who already knew what she was going to do, turned around as well. Filia touched her hands to the blue jewel that rested at the base of her neck. A bright light surrounded her as her body morphed in to its natural form. Her blond hair waved slightly in the breeze. When she was done, the others turned back around. The first thing they noticed was Filia was a good four times bigger then the trapped dragon child.
"Hey, um, I have a question," Amelia spoke up. The others turned towards her. "Why doesn't she...um, Kendra, isn't it?" The man nodded. "Well, why doesn't she just turn in to a human again? She should be able to get out like that."
"She's too little," Filia explained. "She probably doesn't have any control over her transformations yet."
"Can't transform period, actually," the dark man corrected. "Neither of us can. Destiny's got complete control over that. That demon is out here somewhere enjoying watching this. It's how he gets his daily amusement, I'm sure." He sighed heavily as if he were exhausted. "Just pull her out already."
Filia nodded and grabbed the girl's legs. The other dragon backed off while she did this. The former priestess gave several good tugs before Kendra popped out. They tumbled back, shaking the area as they hit the ground. After several moments, Kendra stood and shook off. She brushed away any dirt on her scales with one hand before scuttling over to the dark haired man.
Kendra plopped down in front of him and held her hand out to him. There was a small cut on her palm yet no blood came out. "It hurts," she explained. "Make it better."
He examined the wound and smiled. "Ah, it's just a scratch, babe. It's not even bleeding, see? The stinging will go away in a second."
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The first thing Xellos saw when he found his normal traveling group and materialized was a very curious Filia in dragon form. It didn't take long for him to spot the second golden dragon and a third dragon in human form. His aura suggested he was a black dragon, though not a very old one. The young gold dragon had a strange aura around her, suggesting she was possibly part something else, though he couldn't be sure what that was.
Xaina, who was sitting on her teacher's shoulders, titled her head to one side and blinked several times. "Where'd the other dragons come from?" she asked.
"I'm not sure. Are you adopting more children, Filia?" he inquired. The dragon woman jumped when she heard her name. She hadn't even noticed him.
"You!" the black dragon roared. Xellos turned his attention back to the young man. "Dragon slayer!" he accused. Xellos flinched at his nickname. It was one of the things he hated to be called. "I'll kill you!"
"Dragon slayer?" the neko monster inquired. Her question was ignored, though.
The man reached for the hilts of his swords and yanked them out. The blades had both been broken in half. He stared at his swords for several moments then smiled rather sheepishly. "Oh, yeah. I broke them. Oops." He frowned for a moment, then smiled again. He shrugged. "Ah, I'm already dead. What've I got to lose? Besides, I'm sober this time!" He stared at Xellos and sneered. "Come on, ya coward! Face me!"
Xellos snickered. The hate radiating off this man was certainly an interesting taste. It tasted mostly like any other hateful emotion, except that it was laced with a little self righteousness which gave it a slightly bitter taste. "You want to fight me?" The man nodded while taking up a fighting stance. "You don't even have a weapon."
"Hey, now I've got two of 'um right here. Sure, they're broken, but at least I got 'um."
'Idiot,' the monster couldn't help but think. This young dragon was going to throw his life if they got in to a real fight. The question why he would do something so foolish came to mind. Dragons weren't normally this reckless. Now, what did he mean by sober THIS time? Had they fought before... 'Wait! Did he say he was dead?!' Xellos peeked one eye open. A sudden burst of immense happiness caught his attention. Who had suddenly become so happy? He glanced up at the young golden dragon. It was her. 'Why...' His thoughts were cut off as she suddenly reached down and grabbed Xellos. Xaina teleported back just in time to avoid being grabbed as well. The next thing the trickster knew, he was trapped in the death lock of a young dragon and cuddled like he was some sort of favorite toy.
"What the hell?" Lina grunted.
"Ahhh!! Put him down!!!" Filia and the black dragon cried at the same time.
"Kendra! Let 'im go! He's dangerous!" the dragon man ordered.
"But..." the young gold started to protest.
"Now!"
The child's grip on Xellos suddenly, much to monster's horror, tightened. "No!" Kendra barked.
"Kendra, sweetheart, please let go," Filia begged softly as she stepped closer to the child.
Kendra jumped to her feet and trotted to the other side of the gorge. "No!"
"You have to put him down," Filia continued, though she kept her distance this time.
"Why?"
"Because I'm gonna wipe the dirt with him! Now drop him, sweet," the black dragon ordered, who, for all his boasting, still looked human. If he hadn't been so caught up in trying to squeeze out of the girl's grip (which he was beginning to think he would need the jaws of life to get out of), he might have wondered why the black dragon hadn't transformed.
"No!" Kendra persisted. "You can't have 'im!" She nuzzled her nose against the monster and closed her lavender eyes. Xellos struggled even harder to get free. This whole thing was starting to make him sick. "He's mine an' Xayxay's!"
"Damn it! Where's that mongrel when ya need her!?!"
"You can't have him," the girl persisted, though this time her voice was quieter.
Seeing that he wasn't going to able to force his way out of her grasp so easily, Xellos started devising a new plan. (Even I'm wondering why he doesn't just teleport out.)
Xaina floated over to the young dragon. She reached out and gave the other child a small pat. "Your name's Kendra, right?" The dragon child peeked open her eyes and nodded. "Hi, I'm Xaina," she introduced with a smile similar to Xellos'.
"Aren't you bigger?" Kendra inquired.
The neko monster opened her eyes back up and frowned. "Uh, no. I'm usually just this size, though I was smaller once."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure."
"Positive?" Xaina nodded. "Absolutely positive?"
"Absolutely positive."
"Oh...cuz I thought you looked bigger..."
"That's cuz you were itty bitty," the dragon man called out. "She looks smaller now because your bigger."
"Oh... Are you sure?"
"Please don't start that again," he moaned. The dragon man slapped a hand over his eyes and slumped his shoulders. His head suddenly shot back up. A few seconds later, a black light surrounded him and a golden light surrounded Kendra. Two beams of light shot off their bodies and past the others. Kendra and the black dragon became birds...again. The golden amulet the man had been holding dropped to the ground.
Everyone glanced back to see Destiny standing behind them with an outstretched hand. Resting neatly in her palm where a pair of stones that matched the colors of the birds she had changed. She tucked them back under her cape while Dragon and Outcast joined Prince and Monster in one of the trees. The cold, empty eyes turned to the slayers. "Shall we go then?" she asked her monotoned voice.
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Isn't Kendra cute? I have so much fun with her character. Destiny sure makes my skin crawl sometimes. She's so cold and emotionless. Well, the spider is gone, the birds are birds again, and things are looking like they're normal again...well, as normal as it ever get's with this group.Oh, I'd like to apologize for the absolute weirdness in my last comments. I was real tired when I wrote it.
Well, as promised, a little info on the next story. It will be called Golden Dragon Dance. (I bet you can guess who it focuses on). It should be interesting when I get it posted up. I'm going to try to have the first chapter done and put it up at the same time I put the last chapter on this fic up.
Oh, I have 49 reviews! If I get just one more I'll have 50!! I'm so excited! Thank you so so so much for reviewing. *bows to everyone* Without you I wouldn't have bothered continuing writing this fic. Well, on to finishing up the last chapter and writing the next fic. Bye for now.
"Duorue!" the child wailed. "Duorue!"
The man dropped down and approached the dragon girl. He brushed his gloved hands along her side while letting out a purr from deep within his throat. "Hush, hush, baby. I'm still here. I know, your scared, but sit still for a moment and we'll get you out, alright?"
"Okay," she whimpered.
"That's a good girl. Just be brave for a little while, just like you were for me before," he purred in reassurance.
Filia watched the display in shock. "You're a dragon," she whispered.
"Yes, and I believe that's what you called me before..."
"Your one of the murderers!" Filia snapped. The man stopped purring. "I suppose your the one who used her and left her to die!?!"
"Ah..."
"You demon! How dare you call yourself a dragon! Any dragon who commits atrocities such as yours has no right to call himself a member of the dragon race!"
"So says the lady who's race slaughtered anyone more powerful then them." Filia suddenly fell silent. "Can't deny it, can you? You know what your people did. I know what your people did. Everyone knows what you golds did. And your right, I have no right to call myself a dragon; I never participated in genocide. I don't condone things like genocide. He, everything I've ever done pales in comparison to the things your people did." He let his hands fall from the young dragon's side. His gaze had turned away from the older dragon. His voice became low and mournful, dark yet not in any way evil. "And just so you know, we did not leave her to die. We did everything we could to keep her alive from the moment we found her. It was your people who left her to die. Interesting how they're always trying to kill that which they never understood." He glanced up at the others. "Hey! Are you gonna come down here and help get her out or not!?!"
"I can get her out!" Filia snapped as her voice started coming back to her. "Just...just turn around!" He eyed her suspiciously, but did as he was told. The others on the edge of the gorge, who already knew what she was going to do, turned around as well. Filia touched her hands to the blue jewel that rested at the base of her neck. A bright light surrounded her as her body morphed in to its natural form. Her blond hair waved slightly in the breeze. When she was done, the others turned back around. The first thing they noticed was Filia was a good four times bigger then the trapped dragon child.
"Hey, um, I have a question," Amelia spoke up. The others turned towards her. "Why doesn't she...um, Kendra, isn't it?" The man nodded. "Well, why doesn't she just turn in to a human again? She should be able to get out like that."
"She's too little," Filia explained. "She probably doesn't have any control over her transformations yet."
"Can't transform period, actually," the dark man corrected. "Neither of us can. Destiny's got complete control over that. That demon is out here somewhere enjoying watching this. It's how he gets his daily amusement, I'm sure." He sighed heavily as if he were exhausted. "Just pull her out already."
Filia nodded and grabbed the girl's legs. The other dragon backed off while she did this. The former priestess gave several good tugs before Kendra popped out. They tumbled back, shaking the area as they hit the ground. After several moments, Kendra stood and shook off. She brushed away any dirt on her scales with one hand before scuttling over to the dark haired man.
Kendra plopped down in front of him and held her hand out to him. There was a small cut on her palm yet no blood came out. "It hurts," she explained. "Make it better."
He examined the wound and smiled. "Ah, it's just a scratch, babe. It's not even bleeding, see? The stinging will go away in a second."
~~~~~
The first thing Xellos saw when he found his normal traveling group and materialized was a very curious Filia in dragon form. It didn't take long for him to spot the second golden dragon and a third dragon in human form. His aura suggested he was a black dragon, though not a very old one. The young gold dragon had a strange aura around her, suggesting she was possibly part something else, though he couldn't be sure what that was.
Xaina, who was sitting on her teacher's shoulders, titled her head to one side and blinked several times. "Where'd the other dragons come from?" she asked.
"I'm not sure. Are you adopting more children, Filia?" he inquired. The dragon woman jumped when she heard her name. She hadn't even noticed him.
"You!" the black dragon roared. Xellos turned his attention back to the young man. "Dragon slayer!" he accused. Xellos flinched at his nickname. It was one of the things he hated to be called. "I'll kill you!"
"Dragon slayer?" the neko monster inquired. Her question was ignored, though.
The man reached for the hilts of his swords and yanked them out. The blades had both been broken in half. He stared at his swords for several moments then smiled rather sheepishly. "Oh, yeah. I broke them. Oops." He frowned for a moment, then smiled again. He shrugged. "Ah, I'm already dead. What've I got to lose? Besides, I'm sober this time!" He stared at Xellos and sneered. "Come on, ya coward! Face me!"
Xellos snickered. The hate radiating off this man was certainly an interesting taste. It tasted mostly like any other hateful emotion, except that it was laced with a little self righteousness which gave it a slightly bitter taste. "You want to fight me?" The man nodded while taking up a fighting stance. "You don't even have a weapon."
"Hey, now I've got two of 'um right here. Sure, they're broken, but at least I got 'um."
'Idiot,' the monster couldn't help but think. This young dragon was going to throw his life if they got in to a real fight. The question why he would do something so foolish came to mind. Dragons weren't normally this reckless. Now, what did he mean by sober THIS time? Had they fought before... 'Wait! Did he say he was dead?!' Xellos peeked one eye open. A sudden burst of immense happiness caught his attention. Who had suddenly become so happy? He glanced up at the young golden dragon. It was her. 'Why...' His thoughts were cut off as she suddenly reached down and grabbed Xellos. Xaina teleported back just in time to avoid being grabbed as well. The next thing the trickster knew, he was trapped in the death lock of a young dragon and cuddled like he was some sort of favorite toy.
"What the hell?" Lina grunted.
"Ahhh!! Put him down!!!" Filia and the black dragon cried at the same time.
"Kendra! Let 'im go! He's dangerous!" the dragon man ordered.
"But..." the young gold started to protest.
"Now!"
The child's grip on Xellos suddenly, much to monster's horror, tightened. "No!" Kendra barked.
"Kendra, sweetheart, please let go," Filia begged softly as she stepped closer to the child.
Kendra jumped to her feet and trotted to the other side of the gorge. "No!"
"You have to put him down," Filia continued, though she kept her distance this time.
"Why?"
"Because I'm gonna wipe the dirt with him! Now drop him, sweet," the black dragon ordered, who, for all his boasting, still looked human. If he hadn't been so caught up in trying to squeeze out of the girl's grip (which he was beginning to think he would need the jaws of life to get out of), he might have wondered why the black dragon hadn't transformed.
"No!" Kendra persisted. "You can't have 'im!" She nuzzled her nose against the monster and closed her lavender eyes. Xellos struggled even harder to get free. This whole thing was starting to make him sick. "He's mine an' Xayxay's!"
"Damn it! Where's that mongrel when ya need her!?!"
"You can't have him," the girl persisted, though this time her voice was quieter.
Seeing that he wasn't going to able to force his way out of her grasp so easily, Xellos started devising a new plan. (Even I'm wondering why he doesn't just teleport out.)
Xaina floated over to the young dragon. She reached out and gave the other child a small pat. "Your name's Kendra, right?" The dragon child peeked open her eyes and nodded. "Hi, I'm Xaina," she introduced with a smile similar to Xellos'.
"Aren't you bigger?" Kendra inquired.
The neko monster opened her eyes back up and frowned. "Uh, no. I'm usually just this size, though I was smaller once."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure."
"Positive?" Xaina nodded. "Absolutely positive?"
"Absolutely positive."
"Oh...cuz I thought you looked bigger..."
"That's cuz you were itty bitty," the dragon man called out. "She looks smaller now because your bigger."
"Oh... Are you sure?"
"Please don't start that again," he moaned. The dragon man slapped a hand over his eyes and slumped his shoulders. His head suddenly shot back up. A few seconds later, a black light surrounded him and a golden light surrounded Kendra. Two beams of light shot off their bodies and past the others. Kendra and the black dragon became birds...again. The golden amulet the man had been holding dropped to the ground.
Everyone glanced back to see Destiny standing behind them with an outstretched hand. Resting neatly in her palm where a pair of stones that matched the colors of the birds she had changed. She tucked them back under her cape while Dragon and Outcast joined Prince and Monster in one of the trees. The cold, empty eyes turned to the slayers. "Shall we go then?" she asked her monotoned voice.
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Isn't Kendra cute? I have so much fun with her character. Destiny sure makes my skin crawl sometimes. She's so cold and emotionless. Well, the spider is gone, the birds are birds again, and things are looking like they're normal again...well, as normal as it ever get's with this group.Oh, I'd like to apologize for the absolute weirdness in my last comments. I was real tired when I wrote it.
Well, as promised, a little info on the next story. It will be called Golden Dragon Dance. (I bet you can guess who it focuses on). It should be interesting when I get it posted up. I'm going to try to have the first chapter done and put it up at the same time I put the last chapter on this fic up.
Oh, I have 49 reviews! If I get just one more I'll have 50!! I'm so excited! Thank you so so so much for reviewing. *bows to everyone* Without you I wouldn't have bothered continuing writing this fic. Well, on to finishing up the last chapter and writing the next fic. Bye for now.