*J'onn's POV*
I knew there was something different about Kara. She was drastically stronger than her cousin, more resistant to kryptonite than her cousin. It's taken more kryptonite to sedate her than it did to sedate her cousin. Kara also has the uncanny ability to make her voice richer and thicker as well as cast to the entire room without shouting. She must have taught Alex how to do it because she's our best at calling out orders.
I first noticed the difference whenever Kara knew her sister was in danger. Depending on how dangerous the situation was, her left eye would flicker between a regular pupil and a slitted pupil. I noticed it for the first time after Alex was taken by the Helgramite. The second was after Alex yelled at Kara for not being a part of her family. Kara's eye had slitted completely until the whole situation was over and Alex was home safely. I forgot about it till Agent Rose had threatened the dragon egg. It got pushed to the back of my mind during the Daxamite invasion. Kara had gone out to try and stop it but had engaged in combat with Superman. Kara was actually winning and Superman was under something as he was going at Kara like she was an enemy.
*Maggie's POV*
I ran after Alex as she ran after her sister. The alien gun she had gotten on a mission in her hand as Kara fought her cousin.
"Supergirl!" Alex yelled.
Both Kara and I looked at Alex. I knew Alex could be very loud but not that loud. Kara started pushing back harder but was thrown into a building from Superman. Alex drew Superman's attention and as I realized what she was doing, I ran over to Kara to help dig herself out of the rubble.
"Little Danvers. You alright?" I asked.
"Been better." she said.
I heard Alex yell in pain and looked up to see Alex fly into a wall. I called J'onn as I ran to Alex to check on her. I had to help her. I looked up to see Superman powering up an attack but before he could, a familiar color scheme rammed into him full force. It was Kara but not how she looked before. It didn't even look like the battle phased her. Her blue eyes were glowing in her rage and not from her heat vision. Both eyes were slitted like a dragon's. The fight wasn't even fair after that as Kara beat Superman with pure strength and speed. Kara seemed to have powered up with whatever it is and Superman was down for the count within minutes.
"Give it up…" Rhea began.
Then the weirdest thing happened. Rhea's eyes widened as she looked at Kara. I looked at Kara too because Kara was growling at Rhea. Even I felt the vibrations rumbling in the ground. Rhea looked almost regretful, almost as if the devil came early for her. She paled and I was shocked when Kara went for Rhea and completely decimated the queen. I heard the growl and the queen hastily ordered the rest of her people to flee. Mon-El going with them. Once the Daxamites left, Kara was crouched on the ground gripping her head. I cradled Alex's head while watching Kara calm down. A dragon, a small one, waddled up to her in a manner that seemed childish and plopped itself in her lap. Kara fully calmed down with the dragon in her lap. She ran over to us, her blue eyes filled with determination.
Just as Kara was about to help Alex, a bright light appeared and just as quickly it disappeared. In its place was a dragon egg. It hovered over Alex's heart and glowed with a soft golden light. Kara had been holding Alex's hand but backed away. She pulled me with her.
"Kara…" I said with annoyance.
"Look." she said.
I watched as the golden light surrounding the egg flowed to Alex. I watched as Alex's wounds and injuries healed. When the light faded, Alex sat up, and a cracking could be heard. Kara was smiling softly in pride as she looked at the dragon in her lap.
"I told you she was worthy Lyka." Kara said.
The little dragon looked like it was pouting. Alex sat up fully and there was a tiny blue dragon in her lap. The dragon gave a cute yawn.
"Awe, you're absolutely adorable. Imma name you Twilight." Alex cooed.
The dragon looked at Alex and purred. Then it looked to the dragon in Kara's lap and seemed shocked, then looked at Kara and looked even more shocked. The baby dragon in Alex's lap seemed to bow to the two. The dragon, Lyka, the one who was in Kara's lap, huffed in what appeared to be amusement. The baby relaxed and turned to Kara and did the same. Kara reached out and pet the little thing on its head and it calmed right down. Alex looked up at Kara, startled.
"What was that noise?" Alex asked.
"What noise?" I asked.
"It sounded like a soft chirping noise." Alex said.
Kara just sighed, "I'll tell you once we get back to my apartment Alex."
Now I knew Kara was the only person Alex fully trusted, but the speed in which Alex agreed to Kara's decision was different. Something was different.
"Kara, you're….how?" J'onn said.
"I'll tell you later along with Maggie and Alex. Put Vasquez in charge for tonight so that you can hear the story." Kara said.
J'onn nodded.
Later that night, once everything calmed down somewhat and Superman was put into medbay to rest and heal, I found myself sitting in Kara's loft. Kara had Lyka in her lap and Alex had Twilight in hers. I apparently had competition because whenever I went to hug Alex, the baby dragon hissed at me. Alex scratched its head and it calmed down. After that I was able to hug Alex without the hissing.
"Alright Kara, what's going on and why is Alex different?" I asked.
The baby dragon hissed at the tone of voice but a motion from Kara had it calmed down instantly.
"There it is again, that soft chirp." Alex said.
"That would be me. You're now able to hear it because of your bond with Twilight." Kara said, "Kryptonians have the ability to produce a low frequency hum, almost purr, that has animals calm around us. It basically calms them down so they recognize us as not a threat. Dragons can hear it, and is why you can now hear it Alex."
"What?" Alex said.
"Let me start from the beginning." Kara said, "On Krypton, if we found a dragon, we had to take it to the authorities. Dragons were not allowed on Krypton outside of Garata because they were deemed unfriendly and hostile. Any dragons outside the ones used for Garata, which is like soccer but with dragons, and anyone who was found interacting with one, was sentenced to community service and classes on why dragons were dangerous. I was already an outcast because on top of being in one of the five founding houses, I fit in with most of the guilds. No one knew what I was going to pick because I knew so much. One night I was walking down an alleyway when I heard something calling out. I went to check it out because it seemed like a call for help. I found a small dragon, Lyka, sitting under a piece of scrap that was being held up by the wall. It was injured so I wanted to take it home to heal it. I made the clicking sounds and it relaxed a little before sniffing me. I smuggled her with me under my cloak. I made my way to my room and patched her up before hiding her. Mom and dad came home soon and I couldn't be seen with the dragon. I spent the rest of the night healing the dragon to the best of my ability before smuggling her out. I talked with the captain to distract them and the dragon made her way onto the ship before it was off. A couple days later, I had heard a voice in my head saying that I was to be known as Dragon Friend and that I was to be treated as if I were a princess since I saved the Queen of the Dragons. Somehow she had gotten injured in a fight and was left behind. I made it so she could return home safe and sound. I learned that Krypton had a hidden colony of Dragons and so I visited them every chance I could get. Dragon eggs were treated with the utmost care and are protected with everything a dragon has to offer. Dragon eggs only hatch in three different ways. Two of them are more common and most seen, but the third is special. The more common ways to hatch the egg is if it is in an area where it would sustain an adult dragon or is abundant in dragons that will protect it. The third will happen if the other two are not met. The dragon inside the egg will go into a state similar to that of hybernation. Once this happens, only one thing will hatch it. A person with a golden heart will be able to hatch the dragon. Tonight was the first in a century. If hatched in this manner, the dragon will bond with the being with a golden heart and that person will become stronger and gain the ability to communicate with the dragons. Tonight, Alex was on the brink of death and if Twilight didn't like Alex, she would be in a critical condition."
"So, your saying Alex is now a Dragon Rider." J'onn said.
"Yes. Technically, the Dragon Riders haven't been needed and have actually began to fizzle out. Alex just now has a very loyal dragon on her side." Kara said.
"How does this play into me hearing that chirping noise?" Alex said.
Kara smiled, "Because Alex, you bonded with Twilight. You gained her abilities. She can hear the chirping, so can you."
Alex went rigid before covering her ears, "So loud."
Kara's smile disappeared as she wrapped around Alex. I watched as Alex placed her ear on Kara's chest and Kara put her hand over Alex's other ear. This time I could hear the soft purring sound and I watched as Alex relaxed into Kara and seemed to melt as did Twilight. Lyka curled around Kara too. Now once the dragons were off, Kara explaining to Alex that she will be training and that if she is going to maximize her relationship with the dragon, she'd have to listen to Kara. Then Kara came to me in private while Alex thought about what it meant to be a part of the few to bond with a dragon.
"Maggie, do you remember the shovel talk I gave you?" she said.
"Yes. Why?" How couldn't I forget?
Kara got up real close and I saw her eyes change to dragon eyes, "A dragon's kin is the most important relationship one will ever have. Alex is my sister, and if you hurt her, you'd better run and hide for nowhere is safe. Throwing you into the sun is the least of your worries because now that Alex has bonded with a dragon, is kin with me, has made her one of the most dangerous being to be against for the entirety of the dragon population will hunt you down."
One of her eyes glowed a golden yellow which would have been freaking cool if I hadn't gone pale at the threat. Kara's eyes flipped back to normal and we went to see Alex. Alex sat up and looked at Kara.
"Kara, will you help me?" Alex said.
"Of course." Kara said.
*Third Person POV*
And so the next couple months were exclusively for Alex and Kara. Alex did hang out with Maggie a bit but Maggie understood that Alex needed to adjust to practically being half dragon now. There were only three people who knew about Kara's status and that was Alex, Maggie, and J'onn. Kara's status as being the Queen's bonded. Which partially explained Kara's natural ability to calm down any animal and have them submit to her. Once Alex and Maggie bonded, Maggie gained the ability to hear the chirp-like sound Kara made. It also explained why Kara was more resistant to Kryptonite than her cousin. Not only did Kara have dragon's blood in her veins, she also was exposed more to Kryptonite and her nanobots actually started producing antibodies that fought the radiation of the rock so now she was almost completely immune. It took much more kryptonite to affect her anymore to where it hurt her. The DEO had to change the kryptonite emitters to red sun generators because of that realization. It came in handy when Superman decided to get his head out of his ass and try to become a part of Kara's life but was sorely mistaken. The blowback was absolutely humiliating for Superman because before he even had the chance to begin his challenge for his 'rightful' place as the 'head of house', Kara flattened him in seconds. Not only did he whine about Kara cheating for using the red sun room since he's never experienced his powers being GONE, he whined about when Kara beat his ass to the fortress and back before he could even land a hit while being at full power. He WHINED because he claimed he was tired and that it was a FLUKE! And so he took a dive into the sun and STILL got his ass kicked by Kara who didn't even need to fly to beat him. She stayed grounded and flung him into the floor.
Alex was off to the side laughing her ass off while all the agents around her were not so subtly running away from her because she's NEVER seen laughing or even SMILING in joy. Sure they've seen her vindictively smile and laugh at someone who's pissed her off and doesn't even pose a challenge to her, but never in PURE joy.
It was even funnier when James tried to wheedle his way to try and get Kara to change her mind about her cousin and that he had superiority and all that. Cat came back for good to take back her company, Lena willingly giving it back to Cat, and she kicked James to the curb and put Kara in place. She kept Lena on as a co-CEO. Kara and Cat fell into a rhythm that made CatCo's profits and stocks absolutely skyrocket. Cat left the hiring and assigning jobs to Kara since she felt that Kara did better at placing people where they were most effective.
The one and only time James tried to take back his spot, Cat demoted his ass down to the Front Desk before notifying him that he was fired and sent him scurrying back to Metropolis.
When the World Killers came out to play, Alex and Kara gave them a smack down that will go down in history. With Lena Luthor as Kara's bonded and thus siding with Kara, the Danvers plus Lena triple took down all the World Killers and Lex. Lena used the transmatter portal she rebuilt to transport Lex and Lillian to a planet that time passed much slower than Earth. They were sentenced to ten years on that planet and the inhabitants were instructed to not interact with the aliens of Sol-3 at all. They respected the El name and recognized the Chatelain almost immediately and obeyed her word.
Winn was Kara's right hand man, her best friend who decided to return to their time after experiencing the future. He had found out that his leaving snowballed into Kara's disappearance in that time. He didn't want to live in a future where Kara wasn't found. He eventually got over his crush on her and he saw Kara as the sister he never had.
Kelly was the group therapist who actually got along well with Lois, who joined their group not long after Lucy and Susan came back. J'onn and Eliza finally got together. Jeremiah was cleared of any Cadmus stuff and sent to a rehab center where he can relearn to become a part of society again. Cyborg Superman was shut down as he was more machine than human and his parts were sold and bought from intergalactic traders.
AN: So sorry this is so short, but here's part two to the dragons. I know, a few chapters out in a short amount of time. There's a reason for that and it's best explained on it's own. Anyway, hope you enjoyed. ~Immortalshark
