Candle in the window

Hello! I'm Eiri-san. I've read a few volumes of Dragon Knights and I really love the series. I don't know everything about everybody but I'll do my utmost to stay with the theme of Dragon Knights. Please tell me if I get someone far out of character (I hate it when I do that!). I'm not sure if this will be just a shonen ai between Kai Stern and Lord Lykouleon or if I'm going to have enemies yet so stay tuned.

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Chapter 1

"Lykouleon?" The dragon lord heard his queen's sweet voice from behind. He turned and took in her beauty with all his senses, wrapping his arms around her and kissing her dark red hair. She smiled like a flower greeting the dawn. "Dear Lykouleon..."

"What is it my queen?" He added fun to his voice as he knelt like his knights. "you have but to ask," the blond stood in a grand gesture with both arms, "and even the stars themselves will be yours." He took her hands and guided her to the bed.

"We will journey on distant mountains," he tossed the pillows into a heap on the enormous bed and took her hand again, "I will battle demons and theives and all manner of beast to win what ever you desire!" He announced as she giggled, traversing the trecherous Mount Linen. "What ho?" Lykouleon eyed a suspicious looking pillow that was darker than the others.

"Lykouleon," she managed through her laughing.

"My lady please be still." he cautioned bringing her to rest, low to the fluffy ground. "There is a terrible dragon in yonder cave, the slightest whisper could stir the beast."

"I like dragons." Raseleane pulled her shoulders forward and smiled, playfully.

"Then by God you shall have it!" the blond announced, "Just tell me one thing before I go." he took her hands in his. "I may not make it back and so could you tell my love," his green eyes looked into the deep golden pools of his queen's. "Could you tell her...I fought bravely for her sake."

"Lykouleon." she felt his hands squeeze hers once before he stood proudly, knocking over a satin cushion.

"On ward to glory!" The dragon lord dove at the pillow and wiggled under the mountainous heap of soft things.

"Sweet heart?" Raseleane called after the mountain stopped moving. She couldn't see his bare feet anymore. "Darling?" she leaned back and slipped off the cushions and landed on the bed next to the dark pillow. She pealed back the satin gate carefully.

"Raaaa!" Lykouleon gave his queen a start. She squeaked in surprise.

"Oh my goodness, you scared me."

"Can't help that," the lord shrugged, "I am a fearsome dragon." he nodded matter-of-factly.

"What happened to the knight?"

"Twiggy fellow? Green eyes, blond hair?" he asked, pinching a lock of his own.

"I don't think he's twiggy." she told him.

"Well there wasn't very much meat on his bones." Lykouleon grinned as toothy a grin as he imagined a dragon in story books would be depicted.

"That's terrible!" she pouted. "How will I tell his love?"

"How could he love anyone but you?"

"Huh?"

"I may just be a fearsome dragon," he crawled out of fluffy cavern, "But I swear I'll love you forever." they embraced, smiling with happiness. "Oh, yeah. Were you going to ask me something?" the blond lord asked his queen.

"Oh?" golden eyes looking into green. "Oh! I wanted to ask if you're going to do that every time."

"Well if I do that every night won't you get tried of it? I thought maybe I'd change it up a little," she giggled and beat him with her tiny delicate fists, "maybe add a demon or something." Lykouleon couldn't help but giggle himself.

"No, you silly." she brushed a lock of red hair behind her ear. "I meant about the candle." golden and green eyes watched the flickering candle at their window. "Kai-stern will probably be gone for another two weeks, will you set out a candle every night?"

"Humor me," he hugged her tight, "okay?"

"Why do you put it out like that?" Raseleane would do anything for him, of course, she was just curious.

"It's something Kai-Stern told me about."

"Really?"

"Yes, in a distant land, the one he grew up in," he added. "They would put a candle in the window so that the person who was traveling, a family member or freind, could see it just in case they had to come home in the night...they would always have a guiding light in the darkness."

"That's very romantic." Raseleane cooed.

"Don't tease me." he nugged her.

"You tease me." she nugged back.

"Oh, I see how it is." a mischevous grin spread across his lips and they dissappeared under Mount Linen.