"Leviathan? That's your name?" Aden said. He laughed a little bit, but stopped once he looked up watching the dragon blow smoke into the wizards face.

"Uh, sorry!"

"Here, come with me!" The dragon said leaning his head over. The two looked at each other and hazily jumped onto his neck. The dragon then took them back into the moss entangled room and set them down on a giant stone platform next to him. Leora looked over at Aden, and swore he had tears in his eyes.

"Are you crying?" She whispered to him.

"What? No! Don't be ridiculous!" Aden said turning his back on her. He secretly wiped tears from his face.

Sitting down, Leora rubbed her head, "I'm still trying to soak this all in. You're my guardian? Why? How could that be-"

"If you would shut your mouth and listen to me, maybe I'd tell you!" The dragon snapped.

"Sorry." She mumbled rolling her eyes.

"No your not! You just rolled your eyes at me!" The dragon stated.

"No I did not!" Leora said putting her hands on her hips.

"Yes you most certainly did!"

"No way!"

"Yes way!"

" 'yes way!' "

"Don't mimic me!"

"STOP!!!" Aden yelled putting his arms out between them. "You've only known each other for five minutes and already your acting like two bickering old queens! Would you sot it?"

"Fine!" Leora said offensively, "He's right. We're already acting like family. Anyways, you're my guardian?"

"Yes. It all started twenty years ago. I was wandering the outskirts of the 8th Kingdom when I was met by two huntsmen. They greeted me with politeness and offered some of their food generously. However, what I didn't know was that they were plotting to kill me and sell my body to an art dealer, believing it would bring them great wealth. Well, after an hour of eating or so, I started to feel exhausted. That's when I fell asleep. The ghastly men had put sleeping potion in my food, and tied me with chains and irons.

"When I came to, I struggled to get free, but nothing helped. I tried to burn them with my fire, but I realized they had clasped my snout together! I growled and growled, but it seemed no one was around for miles. The huntsmen pulled out their knives, and I closed my eyes. But then, nothing happened; I didn't feel anything cut into me! When I opened my eyes, there was a young girl there; she told the men to stop at once or she would arrest them. They laughed, and she whistled. Men came out from the woods, and arrested them on the spot. Taking the keys from the huntsmen, the girl came over to me and soothingly talked to me.

"She was the nicest person that I had ever met. And since she saved my life, I promised her that whenever she needed me, she could come to my mountain caves and sing my song. It is the Song of Sorrow. I have been singing it for years, and vowed I would until one day, I would find the meaning of my life. Well, soon enough, that day occurred, when you were born Leora.

"I was enjoying the peace and quiet here when I heard a most beautiful yet sad sound. It was Harmony. But, she wasn't alone; she was with Fairy Constance, and you. Also, she was very, very upset. Well, the poor girl told me her story; about her lost love and finding out she was pregnant. She was scared because her parents had long since past, and she had no one to watch over you if anything would happen to her.

"Thus, on that day, Fairy Constance and I decided that she would take care of you; and if something happened to her, I would watch over you. And as soon as they left, I myself made a present for you. Hence, I flew straight to your mother's castle and gallantly strode up to her holding you in your royal courtyard and presented you with this, your very own locket. I told your mother to name you Leora, for it means the single light in the darkness; and that is what you were and still are to me. You were brought into this world Leora, and you gave me a reason to live. When I first laid eyes on you my dear, I no longer sang the Song of Sorrow."

Leora looked down at her necklace. She gazed at the initial 'L' on top of it. She smiled, then said to the dragon, "Thank you."

"For what?" He replied.

"For being so kind to me, and, to my…" She trailed off.

The dragon immediately leaned towards her, "My dear, your mother was the most elegant and sweetest lady I have ever met. She was brave and honest, and she was the best queen anyone had ever seen. Furthermore, she had the prettiest smile throughout the nine kingdoms; just like yours."

Leora couldn't help but grin. "You to had better get some rest. We'll continue this discussion tomorrow. Goodnight."

"Goodnight…wait! Levi-levr-uh, Leviathan?" Leora asked.

"Yes?"

"Umm, two things actually! First, could you hand us our things? We left them just up there-" In seconds the dragon slid his tail onto their platform with their bags.

"And the second?" He asked.

"Can I call you something umm, easier to remember? Like, Levi?"

"I guess that's alright." The dragon said.

"Awesome! Just like the jeans!" Leora chuckled. Both the beast and Aden looked at her bewildered.

"What do you mean?" Aden asked.

"Oh! Uh, nothing! I'll tell you guys in the morning! It might take a while to explain!" And the dragon curiously stomped off to the other side of the cave.

About an hour later, Aden had one of his magically powered fires going. Leora rubbed her shoulders from the cold and clammy cave. Seeing this, Aden moved closer to her and began rummaging around in his sac.

"Here, I have something that will help!" And out he pulled a long black velvet cloak.

He put it around her and Leora marveled at it, "Wow, this is nice Aden!"

"Aye, it's a holocaust cloak!"

"A holocaust clock? Where have I heard of one of those before-" But she trailed off, giggling to herself.

"What's so funny?" Aden asked.

"It's nothing. You wouldn't understand."

"Try me!" He said narrowing his eyes seriously.

"Okay. Back in New York, you know, the 10th Kingdom; there was this thing called a movie and there was a certain movie that had one of these in there. But you wouldn't kn-"

"The Princess Bride." He said looking into the fire.

"What?!?" Leora looked square in his eye with amazement.

"The-Princess-Bride. I know it. It's a good movie."

"Wha wha wha? How do you know? That's impossible! You live here! You've lived here forever!"

"Well, yes, and no. Once the famous four saved the kingdoms, I decided to use my magic and check this new kingdom out. And besides all the great food, my favorite thing about your kingdom is the movies! At least, the good ones like that one!"

"Woah! But hey, earlier, when I said that thing about the jeans, why didn't you-"

"I didn't want the dragon the catch onto me! Plus, I shouldn't even be telling you this. It's forbidden to use teleporting. If I got caught, I'd be hanged!"

"Oh, that's a bummer!" Leora said shrugging.

"You won't tell anyone, will you?" Aden said, looking deeply into Leora's eyes.

"Of course not." She promised. She looked down at the fire, "If I said, 'You mock my pain!' what would you say?"

"'Life is pain highness! Anyone who says differently is selling something!'" The two laughed.

Letting the smile fade, Leora suddenly thought of something, "Aden?"

"Yes?"

"You know you're not as brave you say you are."

"What? Of course I am! I-"

"Screamed and ran away from poor old Levi over there!" She pointed.

He sighed, and threw some gravel into the fire, "Aye. You're right. I am a coward!"

Leora put a hand on his shoulder, "No, it's okay. I just need to know something."

"Anything." He replied.

"In the future, as we travel this land, will you still be here? No, that's not it. What I mean is, will you still stay by me? Even if we encounter terrible danger; and even if I am the bravest of the two of us, will you not abandon me?"

Leora and Aden were very, very close now. She eagerly stared into his mysterious green eyes. And he stared right back.

And, without a hesitation, Aden told her those three words, "As you wish."

Her eyes went wide, and she gasped. Then, at the next moment, Aden leaned in and kissed Leora. She closed her eyes in confusion, not knowing what to do. Yes, it was romantic, and he was extremely handsome, but still, she didn't know what to think.

She slowly parted from his lips, and saw his curl into a smile. She struggled a smile herself, and whispered, "Goodnight." And stood up, went over to her bag, and laid down, using it as a pillow.

Aden watched her silently from the fire. He was still grinning. The fire suddenly burned red and grew a few feet taller. Until, he waved his hand and it died away. He himself leaned back and went to sleep, dreaming of his princess. However, Leora did not dream of her wizard.

"MMMmmm…" Leora slowly opened her eyes, lazily looking around. She was back home, in New York, in her bedroom. She smelled something good from the hallway, and decided to get out of her warm bed to go see what it was. Aunt Connie was at the stove, cooking Leora a ham and cheese omelet. However, she didn't look as she normally did, she had white glowing wings.

"Wait, I was here before. This already happened before!" Leora panicked.

Connie looked up from the breakfast, with a somber face, "See." She simply said. Instead of standing there, Leora went up to her aunt and shook her by the shoulders.

"See what? I don't understand this!"

Then in a flash, three hooded goblins came in and tore the apartment apart. Then, Leora watched as they killed her fairy godmother, Constance.

"NOO!" Leora screamed and then she started to run, and in no time she ran straight into a castle, and down a hallway. It was white everywhere, and then she came two a double wooden door. She stopped, and looked at the golden handles. She saw her reflection in them, and turned the handle…

This time, her dream didn't end. As the door opened, Leora disappeared and reappeared somewhere else. She looked around and all she could see was smoke. Coughing and fanning it out of her face, she looked around in astonishment. She was back in the 8th Kingdom, back with Wolf, Virginia, and Damien. She heard a roar and looked up at Molefescent, now in the form of the Black Dragon

They were hiding behind a boulder and tried to form a plan, but Wolf stopped everyone.

"There's nothing we can do! No matter what that thing is going to kill us! Now, I can draw it away from you three; you guys can escape, I'll deal with it!"

"No! You'll be killed!!!" Virginia exclaimed. They held each other, and Leora felt herself trying to think of something, but couldn't think of anything, and turned to where Damien had been for an answer. But, he was gone.

"Damien? Where's Damien? DAMIEN!" She heard herself scream. All three of them saw Damien going towards the dragon, burning the forest. Leora ran to him and stopped him.

"Damien? What are you doing? You'll be killed! You have nothing-"

"No! I have this! This sword and this shield got rid of this monster years ago! And if I stab that beast in the heart, Molefescent will be gone forever. The reason it didn't die those years ago was because Molefescent's human form wasn't defeated. But you did defeat her, and now, all there is left to do is kill this dragon! And I have to, the fate of the nine...ten kingdoms depends on it!"

"But you'll die! I don't want to lose you! I love you!" She kissed him and tried to make him stay. Leora felt the pain inside of her. She thought she'd never kiss him again. Tears soon came to her eyes.

Damien looked at the dragon's destruction, and then turned back to Leora. "As you wish." was all he said. He turned and ran off into the black smoke.

"NOO!!!" Leora felt herself scream. She tried to reach for him, but she felt herself slipping away, everything turned into bright light.

Waking up from her dream, Leora found herself moving in her sleep. She woke up just in time to find herself fall off the tall platform in the cave. She fell down fast; and in a flash, her world went black.