Yes, yes, I know. I haven't updated in awhile and I'm sorry for that. Anyways, you can't kill me if you want to find out how this ends.
Note: Since Kitsune is my most loyal reviewer this story as well as Cage Bird in the Dark, High Elves Past, Revenge on the Kitsune, and Secrets of the Fox are all dedicated to her.
Don't own DK
Now on with the story!Cage Bird in Death
Chapter (what chapter is it anyways? I got lost.)
Five years had passed since Rune had disappeared. Lykouleon had distanced himself and was no longer his cheerful self. As for the Water Dragon, he refused to take a new master.
At the moment Lykouleon was sitting in his office. Water was sitting on the window seal watching him working. Well, in truth he wasn't really working as much as he was drowning in misery. 'Five years ago today, five years ago today he was taken from us. I should have been able to protect him, I should...' Lykouleon's thoughts were interrupted by someone knocking on the door.
"My lord," Tetheus said walking into the room. When Lykouleon looked up he continued. "The fairy forest has been attacked. There has been no trace of any survivors so far."
Lykouleon was silent for a few moments before he replayed. "Get Ruwalk, Rath, and Thatz. We'll go investigate."
Lykouleon stood up to follow Tetheus, who had just left, when Water landed on his shoulder. The dragon lord sighed at the sight of the small winged being. "Am I doing the right thing?"
::I cannot answer that question for you. Only you can do that. Yet, I have a feeling that you will not regret going to the fairy forest.::
The dragon lord, dragon knights, and the officers finally reached the edge of the fairy forest after about three days of traveling. The forest was no more. It had been completely destroyed. Some smoke from the burned trees still rose into the air.
As the shock wore off, the group walked into the dead forest.
"Thatz..." whispered a weak, female voice. Thatz turned around, as did the others.
"Delet!" Thatz yelled running to the dying fortuneteller.
"Thatz, listen to me. Somehow Melsern and her husband were brought back to life, but they were both killed once more in the attack. The baby, he's still alive." Delet stopped as she struggled for breath.
"Delet, please don't die," Thatz pleaded with her, trying to stop his tears from falling as he watched one of his friends slowly slip away.
"Thatz, I have to tell you. Melsern's child, it's-it's..." Delet never finished her sentence as her soul separated from her body.
Lykouleon, Ruwalk, Thatz, and Rath looked down sadly at the elven fortuneteller's body. Tetheus suddenly walked up behind them holding something in his arms.
"Could this be the child she was talking about?" he asked calmly.
Everyone turned to see a pointed ear, blonde haired baby in his arms. Lykouleon slowly walked over to him and took the sleeping child into his arms. Both Lykouleon and Water only had to take one look at the child to know who it was.
"Lykouleon, is something wrong?" Ruwalk asked when he saw the shocked look on the dragon lord's face.
"This child is Rune!"
The dragons had returned home when they found no other survivors. Everyone had been convinced that the child was Rune when he awoke and opened his eyes. Those bright, blue eyes could only belong to the Water Knight.
After about two months of being at the Dragon castle, Rath, Thatz, Fire, Earth, and Water decided to take Rune on a picnic. Surprisingly, Rune was the one causing trouble for the other two knights instead of the other way around. The child kept crawling around and seemed to have an endless supply of energy.
"Rune! Don't go near the water! You can't swim!" Thatz yelled chasing after the stumbling baby who was going toward the small lake that they were near.
"Water, help us!" Rath pleaded with the small dragon.
Rune finally stumbled away from the water but decided to walk into the trees surrounding them. Rath and Thatz both followed him only to find a clearing with two graves in the center.
"Whose are these?" Thatz whispered.
Rath's eyes widen when he suddenly realized whose graves they were. "Their Alfeegi's and Kai-Stern's!"
Rune was now sitting between the two graves when a bright light suddenly surrounded him and the graves. When the light died down enough for Rath and Thatz to see, what they did see surprised them to no end.
Alfeegi and Kai-Stern were sitting up on top of their graves and looking around. Baby Rune was held gently in Alfeegi's arms, now sleeping soundly.
Sorry this is so short but I have a huge writer's block for this story. I'll update as soon as I get an idea of what to do next. There should only be one or two more chapters in this story and then we're done.