Ok here's a new chapter I kinda left you all hanging last chapter. Alright this chapter is kinda dramatic it may contain scenes of violence and mature subject matter reader discretion is advised to those under the ages of lets say 8 or 9. There is a bit of the acolytes in this chapter just at the end sorry it's taking so long to get them in. There will be a lot of acolyte ness in the next chapter the information in these two chapters just seemed important to the story and will dictate many of the characters actions. Thank you so much to those of you who updated.

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Pyrosprite- thanks a lot for reviewing I hope this chapter is just as good as the last one. And I came up the name Kadia because I baby sat a little girl named Kadia once and just fell in love with the name. Thanks for updating please review again.

Spirit of the Dragon

Kadia and Leah both let out screams of terror as they fell toward the water below. Panic flooded both girls as solid ground disappeared only to become thin air.

I'm going to die Kadia thought to herself as she fell.

Everything around her seemed to move in slow motion.

She could hear Leah's screams beside her; above she could hear yells and more screams as the people still on solid ground comprehended what had happened.

But Kadia couldn't focus on any of these things as scenes flashed before her eyes. They say when you die your life flashes before your eyes; well in this case they seemed to be right.

She watched all of the important moments in her life some involving her family her friends and some others just of all the questions she had ever had in her life.

But one moment that kept playing was something her father had said to her once.

"Being a mutant can be a gift or a curse it's how you use your power that makes it a gift or a curse." He had said

Those words kept ringing in Kadia's ears "a gift or a curse...how you use your power...makes it a gift or a curse..."

And then she felt it a warm sensation spreading through her body. Kadia had never felt something like this before it felt great as though as though it was part of her.

She could feel her body changing she felt something shoot out of her back as her body lengthened and grew. It became strong as though it was the most powerful thing alive. The power and feeling grew in her mind until it filled it as though it had always been there.

Kadia looked at her back and saw it wasn't human anymore; her back was scaly with black scales, shooting out of her back was a pair of wings she saw the skin connecting the wings was purple that shimmered and changed in the light, her hands had changed to clawed paws the claws were gold with silver steaks, and as though a growth of her spine she saw she had a tail that ended in a spade.

Kadia unfolded her wings as though they were another pair of hands she always had. And flew. Stopping her fall.

She was a creature all had thought was a story but here she was a living breathing Dragon.

Kadia flapped her wings keeping her aloft. But then everything came back to her as Leah's screams suddenly tore through her thoughts.

With out thinking Kadia dived and grabbed Leah about the waist stopping her fall.

Leah looked up to see what had caught her and let out another scream. But Kadia ignored her as she concentrated on flying back up to the cliff just thinking of getting back to safety.

When her clawed feet hit the ground Kadia let got of Leah and without it being her choice transformed back.

Kadia fell onto her hands and knees and began to cough but instead of air coming out of her mouth it was fire. Kadia pushed herself away from the now smothering grass back toward the broken cliff edge.

But stopped when she felt a pair of strong hands grip her. Kadia turned around to see Ian and she threw herself at him holding him like a life preserver. As she cried Ian held her soon Kadia felt another pair of hands she turned to see Sue there.

"What an I? What's happening to me?" Kadia cried looking at her shaking hands as though they would change into claws at any moment.

She knew what had happened but she had never thought it would be like that. Her mutant powers had evolved when she needed them the most. And they had taken over; the dragon part of her had saved her life as well as Leah's. But now the human part was in control again and it was scared.

Kadia began to lose conciseness but before she fell in to darkness Kadia heard something that made her blood run cold.

"Kill the demon"... "Creature from Hell"... "Mutie freak"...."Kill it"

These were the cries coming from the villagers surrounding Kadia, Ian and Sue.

Sue cried out as a man moved forward and began to drag her away from Kadia and Ian. Kadia noted it was Sue's father. But she was too weak to protest.

Kadia just sat there in fear as Ian tried to defend both of them with his powers but there were to many people he couldn't fight them all. Kadia fell forward on to the burnt grass. Darkness swallowing her. As she gave in Kadia heard something that made her stiffen with fear.

"Get the mutie family we'll get rid of that demons spawn right now burn 'em all"

Kadia tried to yell out a warning but she was swallowed by darkness as she fell unconscious.

Kadia groaned. It had been a dream it was all a dream. She tried to rub the sleep from her eyes. But found she couldn't she couldn't move her hands.

Kadia's eyes shot open she turned over so she was lying on her back. A terrible sight met her eyes. She was bound and gagged on the ground; Ian lay beside her out cold.

On her other side was Megan tied up like she was. Megan's eyes were bloodshot her face tear stained and a look of horror and fear on her young face. The twins were also there they were both crying and looked as though they were trapped in a nightmare.

Kadia looked around for her parents. The scene that met her eyes would haunt her forever.

There in front of her was a stake and tied to the stake were two burning bodies. The flames rose higher engulfing the bodies and thankfully hiding them from Kadia's view.

Tears rose in her eyes as she began to cry. Fear welled up in her as well as hatred but the fear overtook her and there was nothing she could do about it. It engulfed her, bided her and she was helpless.

The Fear was added to as some men came and grabbed Megan. Kadia tried to stop them do anything but another man placed his booted foot on her back forcing her to the ground.

The men dragged Megan to another man who Kadia recognized as the village priest. They used to go to church but then mutants had been discovered and the talks about how mutants were creatures from hell had gotten worse and worse.

After that they hadn't attended church.

Kadia's fear grew to an unbearable level as the Priest began to read something from an open book he had in is hand.

And with a start Kadia realized something. This wasn't a random mutant killing this was a witch trial.

She watched in horror as two men strapped Meagan to a rock.

"If the rock sinks you are guilty of witch craft and are a mutant demon from Hell if the rock floats you God has saved you so that you may sacrifice your self to him and be cleansed of the mutant spawn." The priest told Megan. He leered at her because he knew either way she would die.

Kadia watched as three men lifted the rock and tossed it in to the lake beside them. She watched as Megan cast one more fearful look around before she disappeared under the water.

Kadia screamed out through her gag. The man whose foot was on her back pushed down harder forcing the air from her lungs. Tears ran down her cheeks as she stared at the water willing her sister to rise from the watery grave she had been laid in.

Movement to her right drew her attention as two more men came and grabbed the twins. Kadia screamed louder trying desperately to stand to do anything to stop this massacre.

But her pleas were ignored. The priest went through the same process he had with Megan. After the twins had been latched down to the rocks they were thrown in to the lake sinking below the surface just as Megan had.

She watched the water praying for a miracle and someone answered. Kadia watched in amazement, as her brothers appeared on the other side of the lake both we're coughing and spitting up water but both were alive.

She noted that Adams hands were glowing as both brothers clutched the other like a life perseveres. Then it happened a man leaped out of the trees behind her brothers a knife in his hand. Kadia tried to scream out a warning but it was to late. The knife came plunging down right in to Adams back.

The boy let out a scream filled with terror and pain. Luke tried to jump away but another man had come up behind him and grabbed him. Another knife came down on Luke biting in to his flesh causing Luke to let out a scream very similar to the one Adam had let out only moments before.

Kadia tried to turn away from the slaughter in front of her but she couldn't. Kadia could not tear her eyes away from her brothers and the men who continued to repeatedly slash and stab them. Their screams echoed in her ears and would haunt her dreams for the rest of her life.

When they were sure the two young boys were dead the men picked up the bodies and tossed them in to the lake. The second the bodies had sunk below the water the lake changed from a clear blue to a startling red. It was blood. Her brother's blood.

Kadia stared at the red water. Now three of her siblings had been laid to rest there all of them killed because of human's hatred toward mutants. She felt another emotion rising in her it was anger... hate.

She was still scared and horrified at her family's deaths but now anger and hate joined in her swirling emotions.

Her fear grew to an unbearable pitch when two men came and grabbed her and Ian and tied them to a stake.

Surrounding the stake was wood all of it doused in oil. The priest walked up to face her and began to read from the book he had in his hand. His words were lost on Kadia as she stared straight ahead.

Her eyes were wide and her breath came out in shaky gasps as she thought about the fate her family had met and now she and Ian would meet the same fate as their parents to burn alive.

When the priest was done talking he motioned for the people holding the torches to move forward and light the wood.

Kadia watched in horror as the wood and oil caught fire. The fire quickly moved toward her and Ian she tried to move away from the fire but it surrounded her and there was nowhere to go.

She screamed out in pain as the fire caught on to her pant leg and began to burn her. I'm going to die she thought again and there's nothing I can do about it.

She continued to scream in pain, anger and grief. Then she felt, it the same sensation she had felt when she had fallen off the cliff, it was the dragon half of her taking over her ...saving her.

Kadia felt powerful again as the ropes holding her broke her stood on her hind legs screaming her fury and letting out a huge blast of fire in to the afternoon sky. The pain in her leg burned deeply but she ignored it as she fell on to all fours.

Kadia turned toward the humans some who watched her in fear others who ran in panic. Kadia turned away from them as a new sound reached ears it was coughing.

Kadia searched for the sound and found it came from her brother. Ian had fallen forward when the ropes had broken, now he lay on some of the oil- covered logs and the fire was moving toward him.

Kadia gently picked him up with one of her large paws she tried to run but now one of her legs was injured and another hand was taking up from holding her brother.

The human side of her would have been in a panic by now but she was a dragon now and she knew what she had to do. Kadia bent her legs and with a powerful push was in the air. Her wings unfurled then and she beat them keeping herself in the air.

She flew long and hard until she was miles from the village. The pain in Kadia's leg became worse and worse as she flew. Her wing beats became more labored as she flew farther and farther.

Soon she could go no farther and began to fall out of the sky toward the forest below, she held Ian tight to her chest to keep him from getting hurt as she crashed in to the forest below shoulder first.

When she had stopped sliding Kadia once again changed back to her human form. There she lay beside her brother as the two of them fell unconscious once again.

Kadia heard footsteps coming toward her through the forest. She curled up tighter hoping who ever it was would pass by and totally miss the huge gouge she had torn in the ground. No such luck.

The footsteps stopped. Kadia heard someone mutter in another language then call out in English.

"Guys over here I think I found something'." A male voice shouted out. Kadia heard other footsteps coming toward them but she ignored them as she felt two strong hands turn her on to her back.

Kadia felt something soft and leathery under her as she lay on her back but ignored it. Soon she heard other voices talking around her but they were to quiet for her to make out.

"Come we must get them back to the base." A cold commanding voice said.

There was movement and soon two strong hands picked her up and carried her off. As they walked Kadia felt herself slipping in to darkness again and this time she surrendered peacefully hoping she wasn't making a mistake.

Ok here's another chapter hope every one likes it don't worry there will be a lot of acolyte ness in the next chapter but if you want to read that you have to review I'm not updating until I get a new review thanks to those of you who did review I will take questions flames comments anything so please review.