Cold Hearts
Chapter 2 A New Beginning
I woke up this morning still on my throne, I must have fallen asleep on it wail thinking about Lilly and why she had kissed me before she went to bed, she was probably giving me her sympathy which was what I didn't want, but from her I would gladly take it. I remember every little detail about that moment, how I felt, how she felt, how the room felt and all the thoughts that were running through my head.
My eyes were a little sore from staying up so late, but I hated mornings anyway. The fire had gone out and light from the high windows gleamed through, making shiny pictures on the floor. I haven't seen the bright glory of the sun in weeks so I decided to step out for a moment.
The fresh air filled my lungs as I breathed in deeply, soaking up the new moisture in the damp air. I love the feeling outside when it had rained the night before; it was clean and cool on my hot body.
I looked out in distance to see that Lilly was playing with some young dragons at the edge of the woods. I didn't go to her, I just watched and listened to her laugh as they tagged each other, getting themselves wet as they fell on to the grass. Lilly looked up, she saw me standing out in front of the door, watching her. Lilly only smiled and waved to me and so I did as well.
I started to go back in side to leave her with her friends, but when I opened the door a voice stopped me. "Hay wait!" it was Lilly. She was right behind me when I turned around. "Come with me I want to show you something," she continued. What could she possibly want to show me in the woods, I've been through those woods a hundred times nothing could possibly be new to me.
She grabbed my wrist and pulled me along, she seemed very eager to get where we were going because we were almost running. We stopped at a cave, it was pretty large, but I still had to duck to crawl inside. Lilly went in first, but then turned around and motioned for me to fallow. There was a light inside, but I couldn't see were it was coming from because it was so bright. The little dragons she had been playing with were right behind us.
Lilly knelled down in front of what looked like a nest, her eyes wide with wonder. "Hurry its almost time," she whispered.
I knelt down next to her and looked in to the nest. To my amazement there were five little dragon eggs, my eyes widened as well because I knew I was about to experience the wonder of life.
A small peeping noise came from one of eggs and then a crack at the surface. They were hatching, I couldn't believe it. A rush came over me as I watched a little gold dragon head poke out. "Are these golden dragons?" I asked her with wonder.
"Yes," she replied. Golden dragons were the rarest of all dragons, so I knew I was experiencing more than one miracle here.
After about 20 minuets and a little help from Lilly, all the baby dragons were hatched and peeping like crazy.
"Were is there mother?" I asked.
"She was killed about a week ago; I've been taking care of them since," I didn't think much of her response; my eyes were focused on the small reptiles before me.
"We should get them some food," I said and began to crawl out of the cave, followed by Lilly.
We walked back to the castle, nether of us saying a word. When we got in to the castle I headed striate for the kitchen to get some meat for the baby dragons. When I came back, Lilly was waiting for me by the door.
"I'm sorry," she said.
"Sorry? Sorry for what?" I asked.
"Sorry if I did anything that meant any disrespect."
"No, you didn't. I could use a friend, but only a friend."
"I understand."
We went back out in to the woods, back to the cave to feed the dragons. We stayed for a wile, just talking, telling each other our deepest, darkest secrets. I held one of the baby dragons in my arms as it slept. I could feel every little breath escape its body and for once in a long wile in actually began to appreciate life.
It was getting dark, I guess we lost track off time wile taking care of the baby dragons. We brought the dragons in to the castle to keep them warm and they all feel asleep by the fire.
Lilly and I began to talk more as the night set in faster and faster.
"Tell me about her," she said. "Unless it's something you don't want to talk about."
"NO it's quite all right. Hmm, let me think. Crystal was a beautiful woman, she always use to nag at me about the little things, like the way I always talk about darkness and how pointless the world is," I began.
"Do you really think the world is pointless?"
"Well, yes. I mean think about it, you're created just so you can die, so there is really no reason to do anything in life."
"What about love?"
"Love is only a useless feeling made up by our creator to distract us from the pain that lies before us." Lilly's eyes filled with a fear like expression. Why was I saying these things to her? I didn't really feel this way. Why am I driving her away like this?
"I think there's something you're not telling me," she said. There was, I couldn't tell her that I had feelings for her and that I didn't think that love was a useless feeling.
"No. I'm telling you the truth," Lie. I was a lie, my expressions were a lie, and every thing I had hopped for in life was a lie. She looked at me with disbelief and walked away. I let out a deep sigh as I watched her go to bed.
I sat on my throne for a wile, just thinking about Lilly, not one thought of Crystal popped up, maybe I was forgetting about her, maybe I was finally moving on and finding new love.
I got up and walked in to Lilly's room, she was sleeping peacefully in her bed. I listened to her breath as I stood in front of the door. I wouldn't dare to get any closer, afraid I might wake her up, but not long after I went to bed myself.
