Her Fate

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Rating: PG-13

Her Wings

She waited for at least two hours before she heard, "Flowerbud!" She looked behind her to see her auntie. She hadn't changed much.

Auntie Sabrina's once knee length hair was now cut very short. A cut one normally saw on a boy, yet, on her, it worked. She had a few wrinkles around her twinkling, sea green eyes too. Other than that, she was the same auntie that Rose grew to love.

"Auntie!" Rose ran to her and she was engulfed in a bear hug. She heard chuckling and Rose opened her eyes to see a very tall man, with brunette hair and dark brown eyes. "You must be Rosie, obviously." He said with a thick country accent.

"Yes," she turned to Sabrina, "Auntie, who's he?"

"Flowerbud, this is my husband, your Uncle Damon."

She looked back at the man with kind, laughing eyes and she decided she liked him. She was happy her auntie had been happy all these years.

"Let's get going. We'll introduce you to your cousins."

"Ok." Rose said smiling as they walked to the car. "How did you guys meet anyway?"

"Oh, your auntie and I met a long time ago." Damon said looking away from the road to glance at her auntie. Rose could see how in love they were by just seeing how they looked at each other. "But we'll get into that when we're home."

Rose yawned and nodded her approval. She looked tiredly out the window. She didn't get any sleep on the plane; she was too interested in the ground far beneath her. She loved being high up in the air, she always wanted to fly... In a way she was envious of the American Dragon. He could soar in the sky without a second thought. 'Must be nice…' was the last thought that entered her mind before sleep overcame her.

DREAM

Rose opened her eyes. She wasn't in the car anymore, but where was she. She was surrounded by blue… She passed through a cloud.

'I'm flying?' She looked below. The American Dragon! She was on the back of the American Dragon flying high in the air above the ocean.

"Dragon, what are you doing?" she asked, suddenly fearing for her life.

He turned his head so he could see her and winked, "Chill, baby, you know I won't let you fall."

"We are enemies, Dragon."

"We were enemies, Rose."

"How do you know my name?"

"You should alreadyknow that answer." Her confusion was forgotten when he did a spin and Rose lost her grip on his neck. She screamed as she plummeted to her watery death. She closed her eyes tightly waiting for the impending impact of the ocean water when she felt herself being lifted in the air again.

She glared up at the dragon. "That wasn't funny." She blinked. Instead of the arrogant smirk she expected to see, she saw a sad smile. The next thing she knew she was on a sandy beach.

She stood there staring at the dragon she fought for so long. His clawed hand came to touch her face. He left his hand on her cheek as he spoke, gazing into her eyes. "I'll never let you fall, Rose. I never have; I never will."

She felt a tear roll down her cheek. She knew. The dragon wouldn't ever let her fall. He could have on the ski trip and he didn't. She knew in her heart that he never would, either.

She smiled at the dragon; he smiled back as he pulled her into his strong embrace.

"I'm your wings, Rose." He whispered into her ear.

END DREAM

Rose was woken from her dream as her auntie shook her shoulder. "Flowerbud, we're home wake up."

Rose nodded as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes. 'What a weird dream… Why would I dream about the American Dragon anyway? What did any of it mean?' she wondered as she entered her new home.

There it is. I hope you like it; I'm working on the next chappie now so expect that to be up soon. Sorry for not updating for a few days, please review.