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RoseSama35: I like the new sign better than the old one. So, you think you know what scared Milro so much, eh? Unfortunately, you won't find out quite what happened to Milro until I put his book out. But, don't worry. It'll come out once I get finished with Mike's and Saphira's book. Then it's Milro's and Phirala's, then it's Hajeri, and then finally it's the Dragoon Queen. I'm puttin' the first chapter of Mike's past out tonight [Aug. 3rd] maybe.

YSYF: I hate school, too. Math I really, really hate, but I'm really good at it. As my mom says. Oh, and you should find out what element the Dragon is in this chapter. Milro is 13,018, so, he's a lot older than Selistia, but I don't really think age matters. I mean, look at Zieg and Claire. Zieg was over 11,000 years old when he married Claire, so I don't think age really matters.

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Disclaimer: Don't own ANYTHING IN HERE EXCEPT FOR MY PLOT, MY CHARACTERS, MYSELF, MY BELOVED DRAGOON JUDGES, THE NEW DRAGOONS, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT I CREATED!

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Chapter IX: Attack of the Dragon

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We quickly ran after the Dragon; hoping to catch up with him in time before he attacked Fletz.

'We're never gonna catch up to him like this!' I let my wings out and took flight. Boralo did the same.

We both manage to fly ahead of the Dragon and stop him. Boralo started slashing at him with his sword and I simply threw energy blasts at him. The Dragon just hovered in his spot. I could have sworn that I saw the Dragon yawn. I flew underneath the Dragon and fired an energy blast as his soft belly. Now that made him swish his tail at me and send me flying to the side. I quickly stopped myself from flying too far, and charged at the Dragon again. This time, I drew my sword and stabbed the Dragon in his right hind leg.

The Dragon let out a cry of pain. A very loud one too. I covered my ears; trying to keep myself from hearing that terrible sound. I tried to ignore the sound, but had no luck, and stabbed him, once more, in the exact same leg. I continued stabbing until a tail whacked me out of the way. Now I was ticked. Instead of aiming for the leg, I aimed for the tail, and.........whack! I was thrown to the side once more.

I rubbed my head and watched Boralo continue to stab the Dragon in the neck, obviously hoping to kill it that way. I actually thought he was gonna kill the Dragon, but he was eventually thrown to the side also.

Out of nowhere, a tail hits us both and slams us against the ground. I feel something hot on my back. I struggled to get my sweater-jacket off, and I finally do get it off. I throw it to the ground, and watch as it slowly melts away.

'Acid!?' I just stare at the place where the fabric used to be. Yep, it was acid that had melted my poor sweater-jacket. I was just lucky that I had gotten it off of me before the acid melted through it and then through me. I looked upwards. "YIKES!!" I quickly jumped out of the way as more acid came my way. The ground slowly disappears. Once the ground stops disappearing, I look down at the huge crater. "Whoa......"

The Dragon lands and the ground shakes. Well, I'm standing on the edge so I kinda go sliding down the crater. Just my luck, eh? I finally stop sliding and I was lying on my back now.

"Ow......" I mutter as I slowly sit back up. The ground shakes once more as the Dragon lands right in front of me. "Uh-oh......" I looked around for my sword, but find it missing. An energy blast charges up in my hand and I'm just about to throw it at the Dragon, when the Dragon picks me up in his jaws. 'I need to be faster.' I thought as I felt the Dragon's incredibly sharp teeth dig into my skin.

Just then, I hear the sound of metal cutting through Dragon scales. The Dragon cries out in pain; dropping me in the process. I land hard on my back, but I manage to look over to see what had happened. Hajeri had stabbed the Dragon with his sword. He was in his Dragoon form. Milro was also in his Dragoon form and was making faces at the Dragon. I looked up and saw Rose, Selistia, and Phirala scrambling down the side of the crater to reach me. I sat up and pain ran through my body.

"Here." Rose handed me a Healing Potion when she reached me.

I took it and quickly drank it. The pain disappeared. I stood up and watched the Dragon just disappear.

"Get back here and fight like a Dragon, chicken!!" Milro yelled at the now gone Dragon.

Hajeri landed and de-dragooned. Boralo came limping up to the group.

"Where'd it go?" Boralo asked after he drank a Healing Potion.

Hajeri shrugged his shoulders. "I have no idea. Milro and I scared it off, I guess."

"And I thought Dragons were tough. He ran off like a chicken." Milro complained as he de-dragooned.

I rolled my eyes. "Milro..." I let out a sigh. "We should go check on Fletz. Just-in-case."

"Then we can worry about that Dragon again." Boralo rubbed his head. "You okay?"

"Yeah. The worst that I got was a few bite marks, but that was healed. I did lose my coat though...... THAT DRAGON SPIT ACID AT ME!!"

"Acid?" Hajeri quirked up an eyebrow.

I crossed my arms across my chest. "Yeah. ACID." I shook my head. "Anyway, let's just go check on Fletz."

A/N: I told ya that this chapter was gonna be short. Now, like I said before, I'm not too sure that chapter ten is gonna be long, but hopefully it is. Anyway, don't forget to review.