Her Fate

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Rating: PG-13

AN: What does October 24 mean? It's my birthday! Yayness! And since it's my birthday I'm going to give you all the present of this new chapter. Enjoy!

To Kill the Protector

The twenty-eight year old woman sat across the table from her grandmother. Su was the spitting image of Chang in her young years with her straight long black hair and coal black eyes. "What do you mean Grandmother?"

"She will destroy everything. Everything we have worked for and everything your ancestor did will be in vain."

"I understand. But… what is it you want me to do?"

"I am old. You are still young and therefore much more logical that you will fight her."

"You want me to fight the Huntsgirl?"

"You were trained by Master Yoshiro, Su. He was one of the greatest dragons of his time."

"But the Huntsclan killed him…" Su insisted.

Chang nodded, "You won't fight her alone; you will gather your brothers to fight with you."

"I wish we could call upon the Dark Dragon for help…" Su closed her eyes.

Chang looked sternly at her granddaughter. "Well, we can't. Jake Long made certain of that two years ago. Now stop this whining; you're no longer a child, Su. You will get your brothers, you will go America to where the American Dragon lives and you will kill the Protector named Rose Connor!" she ordered.

"You are a dragon. It is time you start behaving like one instead of a coward. You are strong. Not weak; you are acting like an embarrassment of dragon kind. I am only happy that the Dark Dragon is dead for he cannot see your behavior."

Su stood up and bowed, "Yes, Grandmother… I apologize, I will go."

"Good. Now leave, you know what to do."

Su nodded and headed for the door. She stopped at her grandmother's voice. "And Su… do not return until the protector is in her grave. Am I clear?"

"As water, Grandmother."

FLASH

"Explain this again?" Rita asked her sister. "This time, speak slower. I hate it when you say everything in one breath. You sound like a retard on speed."

Marissa rolled her eyes. She answered slowly, "Ok. You fought them. They thought you were Rose. Now the little dragon girl will run and tell the Dragon Council. Get it?"

"Now you're acting like I'm the retard. What if the council doesn't do anything, hm?"

Marissa smirked, "Oh, they will. They'll send someone to kill Rose just like in the past. Dragons never change. Whatever dragon they send will come and kill her, or she'll have to revert to her Huntsgirl frame of mind and kill the very thing she's sworn to protect in order to preserve her own life. If we're lucky they'll kill each other."

"And if they both survive?"

"Won't happen, at least one of them will be killed and the surviving one will be killed by the Huntsclan."

Rita rolled her eyes. "And if they figure out your little plan and turn the tables?"

Marissa laughed, "Right. A dragon's brain is pretty much walnut sized."

Rita sighed, shaking her head. "You're too cocky, Marissa. One day it's gonna bite you in the ass."

FLASH

"You will have to do better than that, Kueng!" said a large dark purple dragon with red spikes going down his back as he blocked another of his opponent's attacks.

The other dragon, identical to the other with exception of his midnight blue color and green spikes laughed back, "Brace yourself, Shing."

The dragon, Kueng, charged at the other dragon and rammed him in the stomach with his head, knocking Shing onto his back. "That was a bit unorthodox, don't you think?"

Kueng helped Shing up, "Just trying to liven things up. Keep you on your toes, that whole thing."

Shing shook his head, "When I said to use your head in battle, I meant your mind."

"How am I supposed to hit anything with my brain?"

Shing stared blankly at him, "Why do I even talk to you?"

"Because you're blood and you really haven't a choice." A woman's voice answered.

Shing transformed from his dragon form into a man with shoulder-length black hair in a low ponytail and reading glasses over his coal colored eyes. "Su, you're back."

"Big sis!" Kueng exclaimed as he changed into a young man with messy black hair that fell in front of his coal eyes.

Kueng was the youngest of his family at twenty-six while Shing was the oldest with the age of thirty-two. "How was Grandma?"

"Grandmother's fine, she's just having a bit of a problem."

"What is wrong?" Shing inquired, adjusting his glasses.

"It seems that there's a Protector left."

"A Protector?" Shing repeated. As the grandchildren of a woman descended from the man who had been the one to end Cedric Callaway's life, they were never left in the dark as so many of the magical community about the secret so long kept.

Kueng's eyes widened, "I thought our great-great-great-great-grandpa got rid of them all."

"Well, someone's trying to re-create them. So Grandmother wishes for us to go to America, New York City to be specific, and we are to put an end to this Protector woman."

FLASH

"What's wrong, Miss Ruby?" Rose asked the kind old woman with a frightened voice.

It was the end of the class and as always Rose would clean up as Miss Ruby would tell her fascinating stories of when she was young and finding her place in society or the times she fell in love.

But this time it was different. In the middle of Miss Ruby's tale of how she met her second husband she fell to the ground, dropping her cane and clutching her chest. Though, as soon as the feeling came, it disappeared.

"Miss Ruby?" Rose asked frantically as she helped the woman to her feet.

Miss Ruby looked at her young apprentice and moved a strand of blonde hair that escaped from her hair tie. "I'm fine, my dear." She answered kindly before her voice dropped an octave and her eyes filled with something akin to dread, "But I would feel better if you would call someone to drive you home. Perhaps your cousin or this Jake fellow…"

Rose smiled uneasily, "I'll be f-"

"Do not tell me you will be fine. Call someone. Trust me." Miss Ruby told her gravely.

There we go. Chapter 24 is finished. Yay! Jake killed the Dark Dragon two years prior, I didn't write the fight or make a flashback or anything because it's really not imperative to this story and I don't know that much about his character so bear with me. Anyways, I hope you liked it, the good stuff is comming up soon. Hey it's chapter 24 and it's October 24, wicked! Anyways, do you know what would be a good birthday present? Everyone who's reading this giving me a review would be. XD