Chapter 12:

Kai had landed in front of a dark forest that had little light; it was so dark that you could barely see the ground. Kai walked in and was stopped by large green vines, he grabbed the vine and quickly let go as thorns cut his skin. He then took out his sword and attempted to cut the vines. The sword struck the vines and flew back as the vines were unharmed.

"Damn, vines! Now what am I going to do?" yelled Kai as he looked up and saw some branches that could hold his weight. Kai jumped to the branches and jumped over to another and was over the vines. 'I have to find a place that has a spring and has heavy growth. I should jump tree to tree if I want to get pass the vines.' Kai thought as he looked to the east.

Kai jumped branch to branch, avoiding the ground since it was high up. The forest became darker as the sun fell below the horizon. He jumped to the ground and set up a small camp, where he would sleep for the night.

The next day he got up and was bathed in the light of the sun. He looked around and saw that he now was at the green dragon spring. The sky was blue; the water shimmered in the sunlight. When he got to his feet he heard a voice, "Come to the water, and the dragon will appear."

Kai did what the voice said and a lady appeared with the dragon. She had emerald green hair and light colored skin, her eyes were green and she wore a dress that looked like his mothers.

"Welcome, Kai the Dragonmaster; to my home." She said as he looked at her. "You are here for the dragon are you not?"

"I am, madam..."

"Ashley, now are you prepared to fight?" she asked as she looked at Kai as he stood before her.

"I am I need his power to help me on my quest." Replied Kai as he grabbed his sword, and got into his battle position.

"Okay, let us fight." She said as she and the dragon charged at Kai, who jumped back to avoid the attack.

Ashley cast the magic attack, dance of leaves. The attack held him in place as leaves cut him all over. The dragon then called the animals of the forest and was pecked at by several owls. When the spell was lifted Kai fell to the ground, bleeding from small flesh wounds. He got back up and casted the Black dragon spell, deadly poison. The air around them turned purple as both Ashley and the dragon gasped for air. They became weak as they could no longer draw power from the springs. Kai casted another spell this time a red dragon spell. His sword began to burn brightly with the power of fire; Kai charged at the two and struck the ground. The ground under Ashley and the dragon melted away and was replaced by burning red water that caused them the ultimate pain. He left the sword in the ground until Ashley waved her hands and told Kai to end the fight. He pulled the sword out and the ground returned to normal.

"You have beaten us, you have great power." Said Ashley as she sat on the ground breathing in clean air along with the dragon.

"I think I may have gone too far with that last attack." He said as he saw Ashley's leg, it had burn marks from the attack.

"Don't worry my wounds will heal, but the world's will not if your father is not stopped." She took as deep breath and stood up. "Please take the dragon's power and stop your father."

Kai walked up and the dragon turned to light, and became a ball. He then entered Kai and his gloves became silver gauntlets. As Kai looked at them he felt a sharp pain and collapsed to the ground. As he lied there his mind left the body and went to another world. A world with no life, light or hope, the ground on which he stood was burnt black, people wore gray garb and had blank stares. Homes and villages destroyed no hope for anyone.

"This is what will happen if you fail; the world will become cold, and dark, a place with no hope." Said his mother as she appeared before him in his mind. "Now go north and find the white dragon, but the six dragons will not be enough you must find another. One that rules over the other dragons."

As she left Kai woke up back at the springs, Ashley had left and the sky was now bright as the sun was overhead. Kai put his sword on his back and left the spring via Rheaird. He flew into the sky and went north, he wasn't too eager to fly north so he took a side trip, and went east to Altamira. He stayed there and had some fun; he went swimming, played at the amusement park and wasted some money at the Casino. After a few days of rest he went north to Flanoir.

Night had fallen across the land, and Kai had flown into a group of clouds he was blasted with icy cold winds and hit with icy rain, he ducked down to get out of the clouds but before he could get away lighting hit the Rheaird and sent him into a death spin as he neared the snowy north of Flanoir.