The White Dragon Chronicles

by Blackshadow999

An ancient legend that fell into oblivion comes to the light once more. The dragon realm has had a fragile peace for two years after the fall of Malefor. Then A human, Saber mysteriously appears in the dragon realm. When things of history thought lost begin to be seen once more; fear grips many, none can choose how events will turn out in the end.

27. Long Awaited Fruition

A/n

Here is the next chapter, again the story in general overall has not change, but details have, so enjoy the story!

Chapter 27: Long Awaited Fruition

-Neutral pov-

In some things, one asks for the consequences that they receive for their actions and choices made. However, there are others that what comes for the choices made is not decided by the individual that deals with the results. Saber is very familiar with the latter rather than the former since it happens more often for him. Much of what he has been dealt with him in life was not his choice, some worse than others. The situation that was coming with Lara was one that he had just begun to comprehend what trouble it would be.

-Saber's pov-

So, the talk with Arkanis was an interesting one that I skimmed over a bit before and a few facts became clear from it. The first point of interest was learning that this city was named Carona and that it had been built before the war with Malefor. It had originally been constructed to house a massive library to hold draconic knowledge. And the surrounding forest area was referred to the Shoretree woods as it is was bordered by the ocean on close to three sides. The dusty plains I crossed were the Aureus Plains which were a fair separator between dragons here in Carona and the apes in the mountains.

And before the war had gotten into full swing, when Malefor only recently became evil, the city back at that time had been three times the size that it is currently. The city took the area that was being rebuilt at the point when the war had settled down, or as I'd learned at Warfang at the end of the war. At an early time in the war, Carona was considered a safe haven and a stronghold for many. Nevertheless, Malefor showed an example of his destructive capabilities by destroying the library here and a good portion of the city by burning it to the ground with many of the inhabitance still inside, leaving little but ruins.

Malefor could very well have brought about complete destruction had he been left unchecked. If it hadn't been for his ancient teachers using their combined power to seal him on the other side of the 'portal of convexity', the Dragon Realm may not be here as it is now. What this 'Portal of Convexity' is in actuality is beyond my current comprehension, yet I get it is a means to send someone or some object elsewhere. Where it sends them is the question I would like to know though I bet the dragons don't know.

However, peace like anything of value came at a price for out of the eight who had taught and eventually sealed Malefor, their student, now only Arkanis was left. Four of them sacrificed themselves in the arduous task of sealing Malefor. The other three were hunted down by those who were loyal to Malefor and killed not too long after Malefor had been sealed and this left Arkanis as the last to tell the story. I had learned in history that in the subject of that we call war, there are no real winners only those who live and those who die. In the war against Malefor those who die outnumbered the ones who lived. It was good to have stopped him, but the cost was higher than I expect any had thought, yet so it always is in war.

From the discussion, the beginnings of the picture of Malefor were starting to fit together and the picture that made up the purple dragon that was Malefor was a confusing one to me. There was by what I understood, two separate parts to this. The first and best known as the dragon turned villain and most feared being known as the Dark Master, few beings if any dared speak his name as it had become a curse. The other was the dragon that Arkanis had described to me of the student Malefor had been and the two couldn't be more different. And that's what nagged at me the most as I had been listening to the things that Arkanis had told me compared to what I'd been told by others. It was an inconsistency in this story I got from Arkanis though I didn't ask him at the time. The story seemed a painful one for him to tell us he had seen most of it firsthand.

All the same, let's say what Arkanis had said about Malefor when he was as a student was true. Arkanis also had gone into great detail of how Malefor had shown promise and had wanted peace. Malefor had been becoming what could have been a leader that would've accomplished that and more from how Arkanis was talking about him. So, how does one that pursues truth and wishes to assist others to turn to become the Dark Master? It sounded like it had been sudden and without much warning, but that doesn't seem right. One doesn't do such a complete one-eighty for no rhyme or reason, it is against nature and some of the basest levels. So then, if what I've been told thus far about Malefor is true then what is missing?! I have a hard time seeing Malefor throwing away everything that he was for the complete opposite, which was destruction and ruin. Destruction and ruin take so much work and yield so little results to the one responsible, it's the main reason such will never be satisfied with what they do!

And that simple logic just brings me back to the original question, how did it happen and then the following why? I could only come up with two possibilities that could answer those questions that made any sense at all. Either Malefor was an unparalleled master of deception or there was someone or something else that bears responsibility for changing him. By the way, Arkanis described Malefor before he was evil, he was respected and even went out of his way a great deal to help others. I could believe this statement, he sounded like a really good guy, I mean dragon, to the point that he kind of reminded me of Spyro to an extent.

With that in mind, it baffles me to unending irrationality that he was deceiving anyone when he had said he wanted to work for peace. It still was possible, I won't deny it yet, for Malefor had done so though it's extremely unlikely to be the case. That leaves the second and greater possibility of an outside influence being responsible for somehow corrupted him into what he had become. And if something to be able to do that, they would have needed to be a darker evil than anything the Dragon realm had come to know, powerful and patience were I to guess.

And contemplating that, I felt a pain shoot through my head at such a thought and that surprised me. It felt like there was something in the back of my mind trying to tell me something important, but I couldn't retrieve the information. This has happened a couple of times, but… well, maybe I was thinking about it too much. I've more pressing things to attend to in the present without adding worries of things that have already been said and done so to speak. History is already set and can't be changed only have lessons gleaned from, so there is no point in worrying over it.

So, after the discussion, I had made my way out of the temple with no real destination in mind for me to go. Yet, I became involved in my thoughts when I reached the outside of the temple, mostly I was assessing my current situation or predicament would be a more accurate term for it. The standing problem that had me worried right now was Lara and her 'interest and attraction' of me! It's the first time I've had a female that was even wanting to be around me for a while, let alone tolerating me being myself. So, I'm not exactly used to another wanting to have my attention for non-nice reasons as it doesn't happen much. It's an unfortunate fact of my life I've come to know, but don't to admit that's how it is.

Then with what I had learned, Lara was acting differently likely for a rather particular reason which brought the issue collection. The potential problems with Lara coming into the mating cycle were ones I wasn't much interested in dealing with. Plus, if members of the dragon race have hormones anything as humans do, then they will only complicate things further between Lara and me. There were so few that tolerated being around me, so I don't want to cut that number down any more than it does on its own. The whole idea was just sounding like my life was going to be more convoluted for me very soon and I don't like that!

I mean, the simple fact that she's searching for a male to mate with was one thing, that I can understand the logic of. All living being have the instinct to reproduce, it's the means for a race to survive, so that makes sense. The issue here from my view is that out of all the males here in Carona and yes, I've seen that there are quite a few of them here, more so than in Warfang, Lara sets her eyes on me, the one singular male of a different species! Does this make any sense to anyone else, if so, then maybe they can explain it to me so I can understand? Perhaps it could be that Lara has some kind of furry-type fetish or something along those lines? Who knows, I'm not one to talk about weird interests or oddities, I have my own I deal with. And really, I'm not going to judge Lara on such things, it's sick, it is wrong and I won't be so shallow as to make a call like that without solid and indisputable evidence!

Still, the question remains, what do I do about Lara and her interest in me? The thought of the possibilities of whether dragons could have a sex drive like humans popped up in my mind, which sincerely made me hope that dragons don't have a sex drive like humans do, for that would really make things difficult for myself! I do not need to add any more problems to my growing long list of worriment, I have more than I like already!

Now, it wasn't that I didn't like Lara or anything, in fact, I like her as a potential friend kind of way. It's nice to have such a relationship with a female, I have so few of them even before coming to the Dragon Realm. And for whatever reason, the connection felt oddly natural which doesn't happen with me and another. And yet, that is good for me at the moment for I'm strangely comfortable with where Lara and I stand. There is a chance, slim as it might be that at some future point something more could possibly be pursued. Yet at the current moment, I WASN'T ready for a leap to such an intimate relationship with a member of the opposite sex! It was even more irrational to do so with one that's not of the same species as the other!

That wasn't all the pieces that were contributing to this dilemma! Another perplexity that added to the 'Lara problem', which kept nagging at me came from memory in my mind. It had to do with something that I remember Ruben saying to a group of younger dragons back at the temple at Warfang. It may normally not be in my nature to eavesdrop on another's conversation, still, sometimes I do so without meaning to. This was the case back at that time. Anyways, if what Ruben had said was true, some dragonesses can get really aggressive when they're in heat due to emotional instability. I can believe such things can occur with females and coming into the time of their mating cycle could fit. Human females I've observed can experience something similar to that for a period after puberty and sometimes for seemingly no reason at all.

For my sake, I sincerely hope that Lara isn't one of those dragonesses, not with the stress I've been under lately. My attempt to prevent my mind from imagining what she could do to me if she is failed miserably. With my calculating mind, I couldn't stop a few ideas popping into my mind and none were appealing in the slightest. Whether she's that kind of dragoness or not, isn't the biggest issue in this dilemma, that is held by the point that I don't think Lara is going to give me a choice in the dilemma of mating with her! If she should find me, then I'm likely doomed! Oh Gawd, I hope with my entire being and psyche, that Lara isn't going to be like Sarana… or if possible, somehow worse than her!

-Lara's pov-

I had awakened a bit earlier than I would normally, but for some reason, I felt different than I usually did. I felt today would be a day that would be better than I had in a while though I could not say why. When I went out, there was no one else up as it was still early, yet the quiet was nice in its own way. I was able to consider the changes that came yesterday and were there ever some changes.

Meeting Saber though unexpected was becoming a coming of good fortune from what I was realizing. Granted, he was different than other males and it was not that he was not a dragon, there was more to it than that even if I cannot exactly say everything. There were definitely somethings about Saber that kept my attention, his scent and manners being some of the more notable qualities. I felt drawn to him, even if I could not say why and it was a feeling that I had not felt with another before.

It was as I was walking and thinking that I happened to spot Saber who was out at this time as well. I would have gone forward and greeted him, but as I watched what he was doing I was brought to a stop. Saber was doing exercises, yet I found myself unable to take my eyes off of him as he worked. The show of his strength and skill that Saber possessed was alluring in a way I was having difficulty ignoring. And so, as Saber kept going, I lowered to my haunches and just watched, entranced by the show I was seeing. A smile formed on my face as I continued watching and thoughts of how intriguing and amazing Saber was started filling my mind. If I could have a mate like him, I could live with that and I believe to be happy with it going forward.

Once Saber finished what he was doing, he started going toward the temple and without a second thought, I followed him. And just as he reached the plaza in front of the temple, Saber stopped and started looking around. It did not take long for Saber to spot me as I moved forward towards him, "Morning Lara," he greeted.

"Good morning, you are up rather early," I replied.

Saber seemed to pause then took a deep breath and smiled back at me, "Actually, this is kind of late for me for I tend to start early. It is kind of a habit I have gotten throughout the years," he remarked.

A nice fact to know that he is up early, potential time that can be spent with him uninterrupted. I made my way past Saber, but I used my tail to brush his back lightly to show I had an interest. As I kept walking, I could feel Saber staring and it was wonderful to have his attention! I added swaying my hips a bit to increase the hold on his attention while letting out pheromones. Just before I entered the temple, I looked back and gave Saber a sweet smile before continuing forward.

Once Saber had gone to meet with Arkanis, I began considering what else I could do to get the message across to him. I was attracted to him and I was hoping that he would feel the same way towards me and more. This was the first time I had felt like this and the feeling was nice I will admit. Maybe if I were to talk to him directly, then things can be made clear and we could go forward from there? I would still have to wait for Saber to finish with Arkanis, but I can be patient for that long.

I waited for a while or what seemed to be a long while and there was still no sign of Saber coming out from his meeting with Arkanis. I became annoyed at waiting and started pacing soon enough as time slowly moved forward. There came the point where I left the temple interior as I was tired of waiting to talk to Saber. I stalked around trying to occupy my time while I waited and the waiting was quickly getting on my nerves.

It was after a few passes around the temple that I spotted Saber and my mood instantly change from not nice to happy. As I approached Saber, he didn't seem to notice me, he looked to be thinking to himself. Just looking at him warmed my heart and a smile came to my face with my focus on Saber. The urge to embrace him shot through me, and it was hard not to jump at Saber and wrap my paws around him.

-Saber's pov-

I felt my entire body shake involuntarily at that horrible torturous thought for I didn't want anything like that! I really needed to come up with a plan to diffuse this situation if that was still possible. If that wasn't possible, then I had better come up with a method of avoidance for Lara pronto, for my own safety and well-being, among other things! I put a hand to my chin in thought, trying to come up with a solution to the issue. Still, I began thinking out loud as well, "With the way things stand at the moment, the goal is to avoid the dragoness for the time being is a necessity. Yet, that is easier said than done, especially when you take into account, she has proven very determined," I said.

"What reason would you have to be avoiding a particular dragoness," questioned a female voice.

I hadn't expected someone to be around here or to ask me a question, so by reflex, I answered, doing so without looking at who was asking or looking over to the speaker. "Well, the problem is that the dragoness who is, I would bet a very high stake is looking for me right at this moment. she is very um, persistent and driven," I replied.

"Is that so," asked the same voice.

My mind was processing the fact that the voice speaking to me did sound familiar as I kept going. "Yes indeed, I have a feeling I will have a hard time keeping her from cat-ching me~" I trailed off and ending in a squeak as I realized to whom I was speaking to.

I gulped hard as the voice that I was talking to was a female was one I had become familiar with as I'd spoken to the owner earlier this morning. I turned to my left slowly to see Lara the purple dragoness, the very one I was attempting to avoid! My face took upon an expression of uneasiness as I'm trying to keep ahold of the reins of my emotions. I hadn't expected her to find me already, I'd thought I would have a little more time than this. In fact, I'd been counting on having more time as it happens, but no dice apparently. Well, that's what I get for my hopes in that, I guess.

Oh, there is a line that fits this situation perfectly, how does the line go? Ah yes, 'The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry'. A very true statement in cases such as this one, I'm in for trouble, and I do believe it's going to be deep. Focusing back on Lara, I saw she was crouching down staring at me with a smile that showed off her white fangs and she had an air of VERY smug satisfaction. I was trying not to sweat though that was hard due to my nervousness was increasing rapidly. Her tail was almost out straight behind her and was twitching from side to side slightly, almost as if in anticipation! You know, I get the sinking feeling, I up Sh*t Creek without a paddle right now.

As I continued to stare, she unfolded her wings to block my front escape option. Oh boy, I'm unequivocally up 'that' creek and my paddles have disappeared downstream long ago! I dislike being right as much as I, oh Master what do I do?! It isn't like I have no interest in girls or anything, that's not my problem here, after all, I don't swing the other way if you know what I mean. It's just I have never had any girl or female going after me, because of my lack of experience, I didn't know how to deal with this kind of thing at all!

I looked back to her face which at the moment, which was beautiful and yet scary at the same time and yes, that's conceivable! And I'm now finding that out from this dragoness! Lara's normally azure blue eyes were now a darker blue as they were glazed over with her desire of mating and lust of me if her body language is screaming at me right. Those said emotions were completely focused on me and I didn't like it at all right now.

Absolutely positive now that if I resist mating with Lara which I intend to do, then she means to force me into it! You know, I wouldn't doubt that there are guys that would kill to be in my position right now with Lara fully intending to rape me if she gets a hold of me, this just sucks and is so wrong! They don't have a single clue what it's like to be in such a spot. It may look a lot better, watching it is from the sidelines. However, in the middle of the said position, it's anything but nice! It really sucks at times to be in the target's place in this, I can attest to you. My expression of worry was quickly turning into fear as I understood better my present situation and how little control I had. It was clear that the only thing on her mind at the moment was having sex with Yours Truly should she catch me whether I want to or not! She looked like a huntress stalking her prey, "You have no idea how hard it will be," remarked Lara.

Oh hell, I'm so about to be screwed, very possibly and likely in the most literal sense of the idea if she gets a hold of me then it's all over! I don't know how that would end out for me and I'm really not ready for that kind of commitment! I tried to dispel this atmosphere by smiling, be it nervously at Lara. I know it might be feudal by this time, still never hurts to try, "Um, Lara listen, I understand that you have an interest in me and I am flattered that you do, but that would most likely be your hormones talking along with your instincts. I think it is nice that we are friends yet, I do not think we should go beyond that right now. I mean we just met yesterday and all so, can you calm down, then we can discuss this," I suggested.

I saw the smug smile on her face didn't change in the slightest other than it becoming sensual and it was very uncomfortable for me! There was no way she was going to listen to me right now, her lust was in complete control, that much was obvious so she won't take no for an answer. In fact, I'm positive of that, but it does answer my unsaid question, dragon hormones aren't like human hormones, they are vastly worse!

Lara began to circle me and with each circle, she got closer to me and I began to try to figure out what I could do. I needed to keep calm and be careful if I was even going to have a prayer to get out of this for the chances were slim, to begin with for me. I knew I had to wait for just the right moment to sprint away as timing would be the key in this chase. If I went too early than she would easily catch me and it would be the same if I went too late. Lara knew the layout of the city far better than I did, which gave her the home field advantage! After her second full circuit of me, I let her pass me on my left before I shot from my position and raced as fast as I could down the main street. Although, I heard Lara taking up the chase shortly after I started running.

I was running the fastest I have in my life I could remember for this situation to me at least was a matter of life or death! That risk can provide some of the most amazing motivation for a person, and then add a good shot of adrenaline and that's a potent mix for the survival instinct. I couldn't afford to hold anything back in this so-called 'competition' against Lara, MY virtue was on the line! That's a possession I wasn't going to give out without a GOOD reason or a long hard fight! I glance behind me and nearly blanched as I saw Lara gaining on me due to the fact that she is flying.

OH COME FREAKING ON, MAN! This is one of those times that dragon kind being able to fly is so unfair, so I resisted the urge to cry in despair at what I was dealing with. I could hear Lara giggling from not too far behind me and it didn't help my plight. She would drag this out for as long as she possibly could… I just hope my endurance wins out! "You can run from me, but you cannot hide Saber. I will find you and when I get you in my paws and we talk, we will have so much fun," Lara sang.

Does she have to sing her banter?! It's hard to tell if she means business about this, just wants to play, or both! I was forced to dodge Lara lunging at me and nearly getting me in her grasp and she's FAR too close to my person for my LIKING! If I don't figure out a way to get her to leave me alone by force soon, my virtue would be stolen. But be it as it may, as things stand even my 'A' game may not even be enough.

As I was sprinting along, I felt the wonderfully familiar feeling I had five times before this now and it gave me a much-needed morale boost. Hell yeah, it's time to turn the tables in this to my advantage and get out of this mess with element acquisition! It really didn't matter which element was about to become accessible to me, anything would help at this point! Still, as there were only three left, the possibilities in elements were limited to Earth, Poison and Shadow. Each time previous, the emotions I'd been feeling had related to the element in some fashion that had been become available to me, the same should still hold true. At this current moment the strongest feeling I was experiencing was panic and out of the three remaining elements, that pointed to one of them stronger than the others!

"You know Lara you have one thing right, I can run," I announced, looking for a place to work with and I spotted one as I went. "but hiding is a different matter and I have no intention of letting you get your paws on me anytime in the near future. So then, bye," I replied, then put on a small burst of speed and rounded the corner and dove into a hiding spot.

Listening from where I hid, I heard Lara come around the corner and come to a stop, "What the," she uttered. "Where did go? How did he," Lara was questioning. I presumed she was looking around for me, though I didn't have use of my vision at the current moment, I wasn't going to help her at finding me. I then hear her laugh quietly, "Playing hard to get, are you? That makes this all the more fun."

-Lara's pov-

Chatting with Saber was nice and all, but I want more than that with him, and as such, I had crouched down locking my gaze on Saber. I was grinning and I was confident that I would soon have Saber within my embrace. Once we were together… the fun times we would have would be wonderful! Saber looked nervous as I was having thought of what we would be doing soon, so much so my tail was twitching with excitement. Saber took one step back and I stretched my wings out to prevent Saber from getting past me easily. I kept y gaze on Saber, "You have no idea how hard it will be," I remarked.

Saber gained a nervous half smile, "Um, Lara listen, I understand that you have an interest in me and I am flattered that you do," he said, which gave me hope. Saber saying this means that he might be stating that being my mate is of interest to him. Then he continued, "But that would most likely be your hormones talking along with your instincts. I think it is nice that we are friends yet, I do not think we should go beyond that right now. I mean, we just met yesterday and all so, can you calm down, then we can discuss this?"

I kept smiling at Saber and Saber took another step back from me before I started circling him getting closer as I did so. It was not just hormones that drew me to Saber though they likely play a part, he was just such a perfect fit for the mate I wanted. If Saber ran, then I would follow him for his scent was one I could follow anywhere. Was I sure about this? As sure as I could be, this was the first time that this kind of situation had come up before. However, to learn one must be willing to take steps forward into unknown experiences.

It was as I was circling Saber a second time that he bolted forward at great speed towards the city. Of course, I went after him, chasing him without a second thought, a feeling of enjoyment growing within me. This chase felt fun and I was becoming giddy at the challenge that Saber was providing me. I quickly took flight as I could cover more ground that way as Saber was showing himself to be quite quick on his legs. He could even possibly give some cheetahs a challenge to keep up, perhaps that means he has lots of stamina? I hope so, that would be an amazing addition in mating, and I look forward to seeing how much!

Saber looked back and flinched at seeing me flying at him to catch him, to which I giggled, "You can run from me, but you cannot hide," I announced. Then thoughts of what we would do flooded my mind, "I will find you and when I get you in my paws, we will have so much fun," I sang. Oh, the fun we will have together, I can hardly wait to do so many things with Saber! I swooped down and made an attempt to grab Saber, but he evaded me to my minor frustration, but also to my growing enjoyment. That he was dragging this out was making this all the more fun and worth the work I was putting forth.

I kept my sight on Saber as we kept this chase up and after a moment, Saber spoke, "You know Lara you have one thing right, I can run, but hiding is a different matter and I have no intention of letting you get your paws on me anytime in the near future. Not if I can do anything about it,"

Saber then put on a small burst of speed and rounded the corner ahead… as if him whipping around a corner would deter me. His scent was still coming to my snout steady and clear, there is no way that he would escape me. And yet, when I came around the corner, I found Saber was nowhere to be found and that did not make sense. "What the? Where did," I muttered, "How did he?" I glanced around as I hovered then landed on the ground, sniffing as I did so. Saber's scent was still in the air, but I could not trace it to where it went, it was just like it was all around, but Saber was not. That in itself did not make sense, scents nor their owners just vanish, it does not work like that.

Admittedly, that Saber was eluding me was quite impressive, that would not deter me, but I am impressed. The prospect of the challenge that Saber was giving me at catching me got me to laugh a bit, "Playing hard to get, are you? That makes this all the more fun," I said, then I went forward searching for Saber as he had to be somewhere.

-Saber's pov-

Lara is as bad if not worse than a furry stalker I know, who I don't see a reason to name! I strained my ears and listened to Lara flying off by the flapping of her wings. I took a deep breath before I stuck my upper body out of the shadow on the wall of the house that faced the street. The house that had saved me was on the corner of the street or rather the shadow that the roof cast down below at this time of day so my virginity was intact for the moment. I exhaled in slight relief when I stepped out of the shadow completely and slumped in my posture slightly with my hands on my knees and began to take deep breaths.

I'd been lucky it had been the shadow element I had gained access to this time, it had let me hide for a time without being discovered. It had been the best out of the three remaining to be able to help me in this specific time and situation. I would need to remember to ask Seth if he can 'phase' through walls with the shadow element or if it is something that only I could do, mostly out of curiosity. Still, back to my standing problem, "That was WAY too close for comfort," admitted to myself, "If I hadn't gained access to the shadow element right then, I really do not want to imagine what she would have done. Although, I would very likely be having Lara trying to rape-I mean mate with me by force." I exhaled, "It pains me to say it, yet I'm sure without much doubt now that she is one of those dragonesses that are aggressive when they are in heat. That muddles things a great deal, still, I shall prevail! Well, better get moving before she gets back on my trail and I doubt it will take her long."

So, I jogged off in the opposite direction that I figured that Lara had gone in according to the sound of the fading flapping of her wings. In the period of about ten minutes according to my estimations, I found myself a good-looking hidey-hole in the form of what appeared to be some sort of storage shed built into the outer wall of the city. It had no door, but the entrance faced away from the city and this seemed to be a less populated part of the city from what I observed. It also had a window though it was higher up, so hopefully, I would be safe for the time being for I needed a breather.

Leaning up against one of the inside walls of the shed, I exhaled heavily and started to take a quick assessment of my situation. I wasn't going to delude myself, hiding in this shed wouldn't be anywhere near enough to keep Lara from finding me for long. The dragoness was dead-set on catching me and doing the deed whether I wanted to or not. Draconic mating instincts are showing themselves to be a force not to underestimate, that I'll admit. Nonetheless, for my sanity, I was praying that this hiding spot would give me a rest-bit at least. "Well, at least I can have a little break from Lara," I muttered to myself.

It wasn't a moment later that the unwanted response came, "Oh, I would not say that Saber," said the voice of Lara. My blood went cold at hearing Lara's voice when I hadn't expected to hear or reply to my thought I'd spoken aloud. I spun around glancing over my shoulder to see Lara jumping down from the window I had discounted earlier.

Crud, discounting that window had cost me big time and given Lara an opportunity which is something I don't want to give right now! Said dragoness landed a few strides from where I was with a sweet smile that had an underlying expression of seduction. The second she landed, I immediately retreated to the opposing wall and pressed my back to it so she couldn't sneak up from behind. I was sliding along that wall trying to keep as much distance as possible from Lara because I didn't want to give her any help or advantage to catch me. Yet, I couldn't help the question that came to me from getting out, "What the," I exclaimed. "But-but how did you find me so quick?!"

Lara took a few steps closer to me swaying her hips in an almost hypnotic fashion as she did, and I can't explain how or why I saw the movement that way! As she moved closer, I pressed myself harder against the wall like if I did it hard enough, I could melt into the wall and disappear! The effort that I put forth to keep myself from panicking as the way Lara was acting was doing horrendous things to my logical mindset and psyche was great. "Did you not know that you have a rather unique scent? It is because of that, it was not hard to track you down to this shed. And it is an extremely pleasant scent, I must say," Lara replied in a honey-tongued tone.

Shimatta*, I forgot to factor in the draconic sense of smell, that meant she can pretty much hunt me no matter where I hide! For the record, going against a being who has an amazing sense of smell in a serious game of hiding n' seek is really stupid in hindsight! Fiddlesticks! Why do otherworldly powers seem to have to reasons to screw me over?! Getting girls to leave me alone was something I have done and settled already and don't want to do again nor did I think I would, but apparently, I was wrong.

Lara pounced at me, to which I quickly sidestepped to the left and was able to get out of the way at the last second. I saw out of the corner of my eyes Lara whizzing past me and heard her strike the wall where I had been. This wasn't a game to me anymore and I don't want to play it, get me out of this right now! The longer this goes on, the more dangerous it becomes for me as the chances of bodily harm are on the rise. "Okay Lara, this is going beyond just an awkward situation, it is getting dangerous! I like you as a friend, but I am not interested in doing anything like mating nor intended to be involved in such things at the moment," I stated in a rush.

I was starting to get close to hyperventilating as Lara looked at me with the same sweet smile as she had before. It didn't feel any better than it had before, quite the opposite actually for it was starting to scare me. I would question if she really knows that she could hurt me with what she's doing, but the clear answer is no. If anything, then the look on her face said I was only encouraging her in her desire to get it on with me! " Oh, you say that now, but you know, if we mate, then you might just find that you would enjoy mating with me. Besides you may find that being a bit rough can make spending time together even more memorable," Lara returned sweetly.

Uh well, that reply came out of a far-left field, I mean logically speaking, she brings up a valid point. I haven't tried the activity of copulation or sex so, it stands to reason that I might enjoy… what the HELL am I thinking?! This female is messing with me and I don't find it funny or nice at all and it will stop here! Plus, did she just say that danger is some kind of aphrodisiac, like in the idea of a turn on?! I seriously hope that doesn't imply that she is a sadist, that would just ruin my day in ways that words in the English language just don't exist that are said out loud, not even the colorful profanity I know! I must resist her, I must exercise my steel-clad will and resist her with everything I got! It seriously felt as if there was something akin to fog clouding my mind, causing my logical part not to work very well and I would not give into it. I shook my head and gazed at Lara, "What part of I am not interested to do you not understand Lara," I exclaimed.

I tore out of the shed and bolted down the street, turning down a side street so that I could get away from Lara. It was becoming clear that for the moment, being around the purple dragoness was very unwise and could be lethal for me if given more time. What made this worse was I was beginning to have trouble thinking straight, such would diminish my chances of getting away from Lara. So, the less I'm around her the less degradation that would in theory occurred and clarity of thought has been a saving grace for me as of late.

After I had run for a while I stopped and leaned up against a building to catch my breath. This was starting to feel like I was back in the ape city to a degree, there was just a couple of differences. I still had to take crap from others that threaten me and my continuing life! I may not have to defend myself from being actively attacked by apes, but I had to save myself from a dragoness that was trying to ensnare me and that wasn't much better. Then, in the city of the apes I didn't need to worry about what I did to the said ape, yet here I have to be mindful so that I don't hurt Lara as she was my friend or anyone else. It then I heard someone approaching my position, "Come out, come out wherever you are," called Lara.

-Lara's pov-

It was only after a few minutes I had started searching for Saber that his scent had me turn around and head in the direction I had come from. I just couldn't get enough of his scent, it was fantastic and gave me a warm feeling in my chest. It was amusing that Saber wanted to drag this out by running, but I am confident that he would see that the two of us being together will be the best thing to happen. Oh, I have seen that he can be stubborn sometimes, but Saber has a good heart, I have seen it.

Saber's scent led me to a small structure that was connected to Carona's outside wall, and the more I smelled Saber, the happier I became. I spotted a window on one side of the structure and decided that it would do wonderfully as a way to surprise Saber. When I landed on the edge of the window, I looked down and saw Saber breathing hard, leaning against a wall. A smile formed on my face as I watched Saber, "Well, at least I can have a little break from Lara," he muttered to himself.

He is so cute, I just can no longer help myself in just watching, I want to embrace him and keep going from there. "Oh, I would not say that Saber," I stated before leaping down from the window to the inside of the structure.

Saber had glanced over to me looking nervous as I took a few steps towards him making sure that Saber could see my figure. Tempting him could speed this along as I want to get to the fun we would have, and my patience only will hold out for so long. Saber pushed himself against the wall that was the farthest from me, "What the," he exclaimed. "But-but how did you find me so quick?!"

I moved closer to Saber, attempting to help Saber calm down and not be so nervous about what would happen. I am not saying that I am not a tad nervous as I have never mated before, but things should be fine. "Did you not know that you have a rather unique scent," I replied in answer to Saber's question. "It is because of that, it was not hard to track you down to this shed," I continued then smiled a bit more, "And it is extremely pleasant scent, I must say."

I leaped at Saber yet once again, he managed to move out of the way at the last second, too late for me to shift my path to catch him. I whipped around to gaze at my quarry, "Okay Lara, this is going beyond just an awkward situation, it is getting dangerous! I like you as a friend, but I am not interested in doing anything like mating nor intended to be involved in such things at the moment," he stated in a rush.

Saber likes me? Oh, what joy I feel knowing that! It just shows that we should be together and be mates. And it is not like I would hurt him, perhaps a bump or bruise, but nothing that would be serious. I kept giving Saber a smile, "Oh, you say that now, but you know, if we mate, then you might just find that you would enjoy mating with me. Besides you may find that being a bit rough can make spending time together even more memorable," I reasoned.

Saber gawked at me for a bit, and I have no issue with him doing so as I would with other males before. In fact, a feeling of satisfaction welled up in me at having Saber gazing at me though I could not explain the emotion. Saber after a moment, shook his head, "What part of I am not interested to do you not understand Lara," he exclaimed before he bolted.

Well, if he is going to keep this chase up, then I will match him and keep going until I catch him. The longer this pursuit goes, the more fulfilling it will be when I do have him in my embrace! I began walking after Saber, his scent guiding me along the path he took from the shed. Honestly, he could not escape me, his scent is strong and clear and was leading me to him with little issue. And when Saber's scent was strong enough that I knew he was nearby, I gave an announcement, "Come out, come out wherever you are."

-Saber's pov-

Why the bloody hell am I in this situation, what did I do to deserve this ridiculous crap?! I'm running for my virtue's sake in order to defend it from a purple dragoness and yet it doesn't make sense. I will grant an acute sense of smell is a plus for Lara, but does it have to make it like I have some sort of homing device on me that I can't get rid of and that sucks! Glancing around for options, I felt the beginnings of panic taking a grip in me as I heard paw-falls getting close to my position. "Come out, come out wherever you are," called the voice of Lara.

It was then, I found a viable means to work within the form of a shadow in an alleyway. With my newly accessible ability, it would due for the moment, I dashed into the alleyway and phased into the shadow. Thankfully no one here knows about my ability to use the elements here, I'd conveniently left that part out of my story in its retelling. I waited until I heard her voice fade and then poked my head out of the shadow to check if the coast was clear. When I saw it was, I came out of the shadow and went down the street and turned down a different side street and sprinted.

It didn't take long for my breathing to become labored as I ran for Lara's chasing me was no joke, it was a freaking hard work honestly. I think if given the choice, I would rather take the punishment from Master Kai for slacking, which is to run three laps minimum around town and that is on top of normal daily routines than what I was going through right now. Granted, the three laps would come out to be twelve kilometers in total, hence the motivation not to slack off. It was why Master Kai was good at getting students to do as he asks since the alternative is far worse than the task that he asked to be completed. Yet in my situation, I don't get the choice here and it was really starting to irk me, "What," I huffed, "do I have to do," my breathing was labored, "to get Lara off my case for a while," I asked.

I really needed time to myself, the stress was straining my sanity and only peace of mind would help stabilize that. I really needed to think about the information I had acquired in the last few days or however long it has been since I was captured by the apes too. There was just so much to assess over, despite that, having to run away from Lara for hours now had prevented any chance for me to get what I crave. Evading her had turned out to require a great deal more than I had originally thought or imagined as things were going, this activity would continue for an unknown period of time. And I was starting to wonder just how much stamina does that dragoness have, please don't let it be as much as I do, that would really suck. My stamina had been my one constant standing advantage in the dragon realm, only recently has that been put to serious testing. Still, I have never met anyone that has near as much stamina as I do, and I'm scared that I might have just met my match in Lara… O Lord, GIVE ME STRENGTH!

"Found you~" Lara sang happily from somewhere close by.

The second I hear Lara's musical voice calling, I jump to my right only to see the purple blur of her scales flying past me in the spot I had been. Oh for the love of… LORD! THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT WHEN I ASKED FOR STRENGTH AND YOU KNOW IT YOU MELON FARMING WISECRACK!

I looked back to see that Lara had gotten back into the air without missing a beat and now was gliding low to the ground as she got closer. Normally, I would be against doing things that would knowingly hurt or harm a woman, dragoness or any other term you care to use that refers to one of the female gender, I'm a gentleman after all. In spite of that, I was getting desperate by this point, so as the idea goes, 'desperate times call for desperate measures' and my plight definitely fell into that category by now!

Allowing the feelings of jealousy of those outside my current situation flow through me, the ice element heeded my call. Without thinking, just on instinct I gathered white and turquoise mist in both my hands and shot them forward. The orbs of mist flew and hit the ground fifty feet in front of me and where the orbs hit ice formed and quickly spread out in sheets. The ice had spread out from where I shot the orbs and when I reached it I gave a little hop and held my feet flat as I landed on the ice as not to slip and go down as I landed. That switched over to me skating on the ice with relative ease, kind of how a man might on a flying trapeze, ha I made a rhyme. Ah, human adaptation at its finest and what a lifesaving idea it is when one is in a horrible spot! It's times like this that boots, trump paws and talons for boots do better on ice compared to paws.

If I needed any 'proof of concept', then hearing scraping of claws behind me, followed by a crash certainly gave me that. I glanced back to see Lara hadn't landed well due to having slipped on the ice. She had slipped and was flat on her belly attempting to get up, but not having success in doing so. I was going to use this turn of events to get away though that was before an amusing thought came to mind. I thought about the outcomes of an idea that just came to mind and decided to go with the idea.

So, I made a turn and skated over to Lara, making sure I was out of her reach as I came to be nearby her. Lara was still trying to get up on her paws, but she continued to slip on the ice and collapsed back to the ground. I gave a smile as she looked at me with the frustration of being denied, "Sorry Lara, you really were giving me few options to go with. So, do not take this as an exclusive insult aimed at you, I just would like time to myself and that requires that you leave me alone." I pointed a finger at her for emphasis, "I doubt if it was left up to a choice that you would certainly not choose to leave me alone." I skated in a circle around her so that I was in front of her and got in what I thought to be the last word, "That being said, I would normally wish you good luck, yet I would really like you not chasing me for a while, so no wishing good luck from me, instead just saying see ya later Lara."

Okay, I confess that what I did was meant to do, yet with the gauntlet, she had put me through thus far, pleasantries and niceties weren't making it into my vocabulary! I skated down the street away from Lara and then turned down another street with a smile set on my face. Finally, I didn't have a lust-crazed dragoness hunting me down, perhaps things are looking up for me at last! With time to myself ahead to look forward to, I felt like I was on top of the world for the moment. The funny thing about times like that, fate is nothing be good at toppling such down, I have personal experience with that.

So why then, did I dare fate and my infamous bad luck to team up against me? I hadn't meant to, and I know I should really know better by now than to jinx myself, but silly me, I went and did so anyway. When I dare my bad luck to hit me, it just LOVES proving me stupidly wrong in what I assume! The lesson to take away, there are times that you can take humor too far, and that has consequences you don't easily avoid. The response I got for my unwise decision came as follows: Ten seconds after I had started down the street I turned down to leave Lara to not chase me. Then I heard an explosion from behind me and my face faulted, knowing that the sound likely meant that the tables had just been turned on me.

Apparently, I won't be getting any breaks today, not like I get many lately, but this is harsher than usual! I angled my boots to stop myself skating before glancing back the way I had come only to see seconds later what looked like a beam made of flames shooting down the street I had just been on. My eyes widened as that doesn't look good for me since the chase was still on by what I was seeing. I believe that I've entered hell once again and don't doubt the devil is cackling good at this turn of events, great! I know things tend to be unfairly stacked against me and I've gotten used to that, but this is worse than normal.

How Lara is able to shoot something like a beam of fire, I haven't the faintest idea, I'm actually kind of jealous that she can. Nonetheless, with my situation like it is, I would rather not have Lara use such against me as it would very likely BBQ me in less time than it took to say 'welcome to my barbecue'! Then, I clearly heard laughter accompanying the flames and they sent chills of fear and incredulity down my spine! And like any sane being would I think, upon see the source of what was scaring the crap out of you in the form of the silhouette of the dragoness appear in the flames, I felt the blood draining from my face. Note to self, it's unwise to incense and goad on a dragoness, especially one that is in heat!

You know, I think now would be a VERY good time for me to RUN! I shot forward skating with form and speed that would make an Olympic speed skater gawk at. Upon reaching the end of the ice coded road, I dove down a large alley, rolled to recover from the dive to come back to my feet. I began hauling a** as fast as I could the moment, I was on my feet trying to get as much distance from a particular dragoness as I could possibly make. The sound of recognizable giggling coming up from behind me, forced me to hold in the scream/groan at hearing Lara catching up to me! Why do these things have to happen to me?!

This is great, just great, of course with my life has been going, I would get the one female I know that the more that I refuse and resist her temptations, the more she is determined to snatch me! Then, in this particular case, molest and violate me, this is just freaking fracking peachy! Dare I ask what's next?! I turned to see that Lara had landed and was now running towards me, I slid to a stop and stood my ground holding my position. When Lara pounced at me I side-stepped her and flipped her over to her back with a judo move. Ah, thank you martial arts mode, at times like this you prove your worth over the trouble that can come from you!

Yet, Lara merely rolled from her back to her belly and then got back to her paws and faced me again. I shifted into a defensive martial arts stance as running hadn't done much for me, then I will face this head-on. Lara and I danced for a minute, where Lara didn't get to me as I weaved out of the way and stay away from her. But then, Lara spun around in a circle and I noticed too late that she was using her tail to sweep me off my feet. I was falling backward, and I reflexively did a handstand and flipping over to land back on my feet.

Unfortunately for me, MY luck heard my previously asked question of what was next. And as fate would have it, Lara was ready for my action as the second my feet touch the ground, I felt Lara tackle me. I barely had the time to raise my arms before she strengthened her hold on me, her legs wrapped around me and held me in an embrace I couldn't escape. Lara has a very strong grip as I tried to get her off of me, but my struggling didn't do anything… I'm screwed!

-Lara's pov-

I was still searching for Saber after he bolted from the shed, but when I had thought I found him, once again he was nowhere to be found. The disappearing act that Saber was pulling was quite something as his scent should lead me right to him and his scent was leading me around Carona.

It was the second time I was getting close, that I heard his voice and my heart warmed, "What," he huffed, "do I have to do," his breathing sounded labored, "to get Lara off my case for a while," he was asking.

"Found you~" I announced in a sing-song voice as I walked in the direction that Saber's voice had come from. My sight locked onto Saber when I came into one of the side streets and I leaped for him, my forepaws outstretched. Saber weaved out of the way and dodged me again at my attempt to hug him before he began running again. I took to the air with a single flap of my wings and went after Saber without hesitation.

Yet, the next thing I saw the ground became blue, and Saber did a little jump and kept going forward. I went down and landed, but as soon as my paw touched the ground, they slid from under me. I tried to use my talons to stop myself from falling, but I could not recover and so I fell to my underbelly. Even as I tried to get up to my paws, Saber came back around me, yet stayed just out of reach of my paws. I felt frustrated at Saber being just beyond my grasp to which he smiled at me, "Sorry Lara, you really were giving me few options to go with. So, do not take this as an exclusive insult aimed at you, I just would like time to myself and that requires that you leave me alone." He pointed one of his toes at me for emphasis, "I doubt if it was left up to choice, you would certainly not choose to leave me alone." He slid in a circle around to end out in front of me, "That being said, I would normally wish you good luck, yet I would really like you not chasing me for a while, so no wishing good luck from me, instead just saying see ya later Lara."

Saber then moved away and turned down a side street, while tried to rise to my paws but with the ice under me, I fell again. If Saber thinks ice will stop me from catching him, then I will show him how wrong he is. Channeling the fire element in the form of an explosion which got rid of the ice right under me. After making sure there was no one in front of me or behind me, I had fire surround my body and then released it in both directions melting the rest of the ice. I let out laughter at seeing that which had temporarily denied me was handled and I could continue chasing Saber.

His scent was still coming to me clear and that would still lead me to him and then we could become mates. I took to the air once again and zoomed in the direction Saber had gone off in, and in less than a minute, I caught sight of him. I giggled at seeing Saber as I was getting so close to embracing him. When I was closer, I landed on my paws bounding towards Saber until he came to a stop. I pounced at him with my forepaws out to snag him, but he stepped to the side and flipped me over himself.

I simply rolled back to my underbelly and rose to my paws and locked onto Saber once again. Saber prepared himself for me and we tussled a bit, he evading me for a little while, yet I would not be denied. I ended out using my tail to trip Saber and he recovered by using a forepaw of his to flip. However, that was all the opportunity I needed to lunge at him and finally, finally, I was able to hug Saber! I had him in my embrace and I will NOT be letting him go any time soon with what is ahead of us! Saber struggled a bit, but the chase had ended and I had caught him, and things would move forward from there.

"OH ANCESTORS YES," I cried in joy, "I have caught you at last!" I nuzzled my cheek against him, "The chase may have been long but OH, it will be worth every minute, I promise you that!"

At last, I have found a mate that I could be happy with, I had started to think I may not find one. All the other male around Carona had been of no interest as they did not see me as myself, Saber did. Finally, I could have another that could understand what it is to be different than all the rest around you. That had been my standing for years now, 'the purple dragoness' and 'the destined savior', those who saw me differently had been vanishing one by one.

I wrapped my tail around Sabers hind legs, increasing my embrace of him and it felt wonderful. The smile on my face of the utmost joy which I had not felt in a long while and a quiet purr started in my throat. "Now that I have you in my embrace, I will not be letting go anytime soon! We will have so much fun with the time we will spend together, it will be magical," I assured Saber.

-Saber's pov-

That last line she said didn't comfort me in any way for I still wanted out of this and space from Lara! Admittedly, her nuzzling was sort of pleasant but I wouldn't tell her that as it would likely spur her onward. Lara had snaked her tail around my legs strengthening her hold she had me trapped in, her expression was of the purest joy. I would have under most other circumstances thought such an expression would be gorgeous. Yet, as my situation is currently that was much harder to do, I had to ESCAPE!

Lara giggled while I felt my ability to move to keep disappearing, and my body wasn't like the sensation and yet there was a feeling of pleasure as well. My bones creaking painfully as she squeezed me tighter and my muscles weren't doing the best after the workout I'd put them through. I attempted to use my arms to try to push her off, but to no avail which sent my mind into a frenzy! Lara, I wouldn't doubt meant by all intents and purposes to have exactly what she had said become reality… our reality if I didn't get free very soon! I needed to find a way out of this very dangerous bind I was in NOW! I don't think my bones will survive this for long without some braking anyway and SOON!

As my thoughts were becoming more chaotic from the pain of Lara holding me tightly, she added her licking my face. And it was as she began rubbing her body against mine, a clear memory flashed over it all. The memory was of an experience that occurred when my friends and I were looking for Spyro, one that had come extremely close to shattering my psyche!

The second Sarana's body connected to mine from her leaping at me, pain shot through me at breakneck speeds seemingly! Two facts registered about Sarana when she hit me, one, she is very clingy, two she is just as heavy only more so! I struggle against Sarana's hold, yet I was unable to break her hold, "GET OFF OF ME," I shouted.

Sarana just snickered incessantly at my scream meaning she was enjoying this, and would probably do so to the fullest! "Not this time! No one here can stop me from doing this! We are going to have sooooo much fun together," Sarana said in a sing-song voice.

Does she have to say that in a sing-song voice?! It just makes this all the worse experience to be in! I screamed again, though it would unlikely help me, for it didn't appear that any heard me before. A long period of time went by, I haven't the faintest idea how long, with what the dragoness was doing to me. All I knew, was I couldn't take much more of this… abuse! I can't think of any words to describe the things I had to endure! Time had lost all meaning to me in the period that I have had to suffer under Sarana's… attention!

Sarana had proceeded to do unspeakable things to me in the short period of time she had been 'toying' with me. I will never be able to forget the things she did, I thought a girl I knew back at the dojo was a complete sadist, but she was mild compared to Sarana. The unspeakable abuse had tortured me mentally far more than physically, though that's not to say I didn't get physically tortured in these… acts! My psychological state was horrible, much worse than my physical health! YET, SHE HAD NOT BROKEN ME! My will and pride had held out somehow! They wouldn't allow COLLAPSE OF MY PSYCHE! Both of those surged anew with hero-like valor and fortitude. Somehow with the things she had done to me both will and pride had been spurred to heights heretofore never imagined!

I'm NOT and NEVER will be a masochist, such a truth hadn't stopped her from treating me like one! She had tortured me in ways that I didn't know that any sadist could do and she did them well! I struggled harder against Sarana with renewed vigor! My arms were flailing around hitting and poking every part of Sarana I could make contact with. Yet for all my efforts and struggles, Sarana just giggled more and hug me tighter as her response, with the pain I was already feeling rose to new levels.

This went on for a few minutes before I sharply tapped five spots on Sarana's spine randomly as I flailed. The first was slightly above the place where Sarana's neck connects to her body. The second spot was between her shoulder blades. The third and fourth were an equal distance between her shoulder blades and hips, while the fifth point was between her hips.

After I had hit all of these points the most amazing event happened! Instantly all of Sarana's muscles went slack and she collapsed on top of me! And so, at long merciful last I had received SALVATION! I had obtained mercy from whatever force had seen to intervene in this on my behalf! I push her off of me and get out from under her, then I took a quick moment to silently utter a prayer of thanks to whoever had helped me in my time of need!

"Wh-what did you do to me," uttered Sarana.

I gazed upon the results of what I had done to Sarana. Parts of her were still able to move, thankfully and mercifully none of her limbs or much of her torso were in those parts! I have found out a very, VERY handy trick to disable a dragon and I would remember this trick. It would help in emergencies in the future and who knows what I'll encounter. I took some deep calming breath before I looked back at Sarana and smiled, "I believe, if I were to give a guess, I disabled you through hitting the draconic equivalent of pressure points. While you are down, I think I will take my leave."

As I remembered my experience with Sarana, I had to admit a fact of truth to myself that I never ever thought I would. Dealing with Lara was approaching the point of being at the same level as dealing with Sarana! Why you may wonder I would say that? Where being abuse by Sarana is certainly no picnic, since she could get to close to breaking me in a short period of time, I confess. However, I could recover from such experiences given some space and a little time. Lara, on the other hand, could very well be the kind who does long-term sadistic torture! If she is… God help me! I have met one like that once and I still years later am haunted by the ghastly nightmares of those experiences! I have wonder how I got out of that alive…

Nonetheless, remembering the experience had brought up a very good way to get out of my predicament if only for a while! I could use the 'trick' to disable Lara, if only for a short period as I had learned with Sarana. Still, a short period would let me get out of her grip that I am trapped in and get away! That is a start, I can work on getting a longer lasting solution later, baby steps and all are still steps forward.

Lara was 'showing' me affections that I believe she feels towards me, whether they were genuine or not. I couldn't deny that a particular part of my body was beginning to 'react' by instinct due to what Lara was doing. Thankfully though, I had long ago developed the mental discipline to not lose myself to such primal urges that come from my libido, but it was being strained! I used my arms and sharply tapped the five spots, starting from the spot near the base of her neck. I worked my way down, hitting each spot as I did. Lara apparently thought I was finally giving in to her if her renewed administrations and happy giggles were anything to judge by. She was moving towards kissing me, but at that moment I hit the last point Lara stopped her actions and she collapsed on top of me. I push her off of me gently, "What th-the, what is going on," stuttered Lara.

I get to my feet and straightened my clothes then, I looked back to Lara, "Something I discovered a while ago when I was dealing with a certain sadistic dragoness! You kind of remind me of her to an extent… and that is not a good thing," I replied. Lara's facial expression became one of effort as she tried to move but failed. Her expression changed to a mix of worry and longing and she directed it towards me. I let out a sigh, "Now Lara, like I have been saying, it is nothing against you. It is very nice to be friends," I made my way over and patted her head. "However, I am not ready or interested in more than that, so as nice as it would be to chat, I think I will be leaving now," I said before briskly walking off from Lara as she continued to struggle to move.

Lara's actions had gotten more than close with her 'hugging' me in where I stood with her! Hell, I just about bought the freaking farm AND ranch along with it! I was controlling my breathing to calm my fast pumping heart and I needed time to clear my head and everything else for that matter. My mind had wandered into places during my time being ensnared by Lara, which I shouldn't go to! And it seems to only around her and not others, that confused me greatly as this had never happened to me before.

It took me a few minutes to get to the main street and I turned onto it keeping a quick pace, not running, yet not walking as I moved along. Since I now had a little time before Lara recovered, I thought about getting some food as the chase had given me a heavy workout. I hadn't had an opportunity to have breakfast this morning, so as it was I was famished. The problem with correcting that was I'm clueless on where one goes to for food around this city. I was contemplating my dilemma when I picked up a voice calling out to me. "Saber, there you are, we have been looking for you. Where have you been all day," asked none other than Fredrick.

I turned to see Fredrick and Tarra come out from a side street. Ah, at last, some friendly faces that aren't trying to pin me down and get together to have a party with junior in the basement! And I don't allow or let junior have parties in the basement without implicit permission that I don't give him! "Oh hello Fredrick, Tarra, it is nice to see you two again," I greeted.

"What have yo-you been doing this m-morning," I looked at Tarra with a guarded expression with the question she asked.

What should I tell Tarra and Fredrick about the 'activity' I was involved in this morning? Did they know that Lara was going through her mating cycle right now? If not, somehow I get the impression that saying 'I was running away from Lara' will go down really well… NOT! I contemplated my options for I didn't want to lie if I didn't have to. Fredrick and Tarra had in the day we had known each other become friends to a degree. I didn't like to lie to others unless I had a very good viable reason to do so. Then it hit me, I had gotten to see the city, to an extent at least! I could go along that tangent and not have to lie, just stretch the truth, and stretching the truth is perfectly fine in my book!

I smiled, "I was exploring the city this morning until I ran into the two of you. Think about it, this place is not small to someone like me, so it took me most of my morning time after I saw Arkanis," I said.

Fredrick and Tarra nodded seeming to accept my explanation for a fact. Ah, I may not be so good at lying, but I'm good at stretching the truth! "So what are you doing now," inquired Fredrick

I was glad he asked that since it gave me a reason to ask where I can get something to eat. Hello opportunity, come right on in and make yourself at home! "Well, I am currently looking for where I can get a bit of food to eat, well not just a bit if I can get more. But I have not had any success in that task," I answered.

"We can show you where you can get something too e-eat," Tarra piped up.

I looked over to Tarra with surprise and then I smiled, for that had been the longest sentence she had said to me and only stuttered once since I had been around her. That I hoped meant that she was becoming more comfortable around me, "Lead the way you two, I am starving," I said.

The three of us traveled to a rather long building that was by the temple in the center of the city that a number of dragons and dragonesses appeared to be going into. When we entered the place, I was instantly reminded of a school cafeteria and that wasn't a good reference in my mind. It was a compilation of things that reminded me of the place I didn't like or be around if I don't have to. The long lines of individuals queuing up to get food, the smell of food and the rows of tables like objects gave an all too familiar uneasy feeling. I groaned due to developed reflex as 'school' and all it involved was an idea I'd never liked. Yet, that is a whole subject unto itself, so I guess I shouldn't think about it, bad memories.

Tarra glanced at me when she had heard my groan, "A-are you okay," she questioned.

I nodded after a few seconds but said nothing in reply. I didn't know where to even start in an explanation for dragons on the subject that was the horrors, dull-drum, and the pain that I knew as "school". I don't know about other teenagers or kids, but school was a prison that I wanted to escape constantly but so rarely did! "Yeah Tarra, just dandy, I was simply recalling some not so pleasant memories that this place brings to mind, that is all."

I may not like an environment like this since it reminds me of the time I spent at the prison that was school. School… well, since I am recollecting it I might as well give a brief summary of what school was like for me. Like I was saying, school in its own way felt like a type of personal hell and I say that for a couple of reasons. First off, I really didn't want to be at school in the first place, but I don't think any young person does. Second, I swear by whatever means would get across my point that all the adult staff had some kind of vendetta against me! I always was the first to be blamed and the first to get in trouble even if I wasn't involved at all and yes, there were times that happened! The only real interesting thing about school was I got to release tension when the bullies came looking for a fight. Yet even that wasn't enough to break the boredom and hell like environment school was.

Anyways, the fact that I still needed to eat wasn't lost on me, my stomach made sure I knew that food, even the kind I might not like so much was still in the end food which provided substance for my body to work with. My experience during my stay with the apes had taught my stomach and me to not complain so much about what kind of food we get. It is better to have food than go hungry given time, no other way to say the point.

We got into line to get food, which the line was moving in the slow dragging pace that was like the school lunch lines. Oh, this just brings back the feelings of tedium I got in school and I'm not happy to be reminded of those times. The smell of the food wasn't bad or rancid like the garbage the apes brought me though it wasn't the best I have smelled in the dragon realm either. Fredrick, Tarra and I got our food, and then we went to a 'table' or the draconic version of the idea with no chairs and began our meal.

We ate our meal in relative silence yet, I was once again fascinated at draconic table manners… or a lack thereof. I found it rather intriguing and amusing no matter how many times I see it. I wasn't staring as that would be rude, I was observing! Still, I really shouldn't talk much on this subject as I was using my hands to shovel my food into my mouth and that makes me little better than the dragons' manners. I guess I have been developing or digressing in the area of table manners, but I've had manners fit for royalty compared to what I'm around in the Dragon Realm. Anyway, I wasn't complaining about this, I like the company I was keeping for as of late and that is how they do it, that in mind I will follow suit.

After we had finished our meal and took our trays back, yet again just enforced the point of how much this was like school. We came outside the meal hall and I was doing a lot better now that I had a full stomach. Food is good and necessary, and after what I been doing today, I certainly needed the fuel.

-Lara's pov-

I had been cuddling Saber and what an enjoyable activity it was, and it had just been the beginning. I even was showing affection to Saber which I do not do for many and he had not gotten away from me. I am nice usually to those I am around, but Saber was different for me and I could not say why. My licks and rubbing my body were to get Saber into the mood to mate with me and it was doing the same for me. I even believe I had started to feel a response from Saber and that had encouraged me to keep going. I was close to kissing him before we proceeded to mate and I had been excited about it.

Yet, then he had done something and most of my muscles went slack and did not respond in any way. Saber had then gotten out from my grasp as I came to understand that I was unable to move and grab him again. He said something about another dragoness then walked away as I tried to get up and follow him. It had taken time for me to be able to move again, and when I could I began tracking Saber down. I found him around the mess hall with Fredrick and Tarra, at seeing him I let out something between a growl and a purr of satisfaction at finding Saber.

Saber glanced my direction at my growl and I was not exactly happy with what Saber had done to me. I had been close to claiming him as my mate and with the work that I had put forth today, I would not let it end yet. Saber exhaled at my growl while Fredrick looked between us, "Well," I posed.

Saber just stood there and rolled his eyes at me, "Well what Lara," he replied.

That is what he says after whatever he did to me, "With what you did to me, do you have something to say for yourself," I snapped in return.

Saber after a second smirked at me, "Well excuuuse me princess," he said with a bit of swagger.

What kind of retort was that it made no sense at all and it confused and threw me off for a moment. Fredrick then spoke up breaking our attention on each other, "Huh? Lara what happened to you and why are you mad at Saber," he asked.

I was not in the mood to explain things to Fredrick, I was more intent on catching Saber now than before. I gazed at Saber and ignored Fredrick's question, and Saber got the message that I was not going to give up on catching him. "Well, I suppose that will have to do for a trumpet call for me," he remarked before sighing. "As the 'fox' I better start running again, after all, I still do not want to be caught by the 'hound'."

Saber set off at a decently paced run, not too fast and not slow for the continuation of my pursuit which I was after him. I was more determined to get Saber before any other dragoness could, I would have him. I took to the air again as I could fly faster than Saber had been able to run thus far. Saber glanced back at me by the time I was almost within the distance I could grab him with my forepaws. But just at the last second, Saber came to a sudden stop and my momentum carried me over him. Dust was kicked up by both Saber and me as we turned to face one another again.

I caught a glimpse of him going down a side street and I was after him the second I saw that. When I got close enough I made a lunge to grab him, but once again he moved out of my path and so I missed him. He spun around and then the next thing I know, I was sent slamming into the ground knocking the wind out of me. Just after hitting the ground, I then rolled into a wall before coming to a stop. I rose to my paws and looked to Saber her was standing a distance away from me, "How did you do that," I demanded.

"What are you talking about," Saber said flatly.

That wind that sent me into the ground was not a coincidence and with the motions that Saber had been doing, it suggested that he had something to do with it. So, I narrowed my gaze at him, "I am talking about the wind that slammed me to the ground and then sent me into a wall," I replied.

Saber looked a tad confused at my question, "That is unexpected, I would have thought you would have begun to wonder when the ice appeared, but it seems I was wrong," he said. Wait… Ice? What does that have to do with the wind that had slammed me into the ground? "Since you saw and experienced the idea, I will not deny that I can use the elements for whatever reason. And in this instance, I will use everything at my disposal to prevent you from catching me. That will be the only warning that you get, so prepare yourself to not be caught off guard."

He can manipulate the elements, why had he not said anything until now? And that did not answer the original question much at all either. The next move came from both of us at the same time, Saber took a step back, while I launched myself at him. The mist was gathering around his right forepaw, but I was not going to let him pull another trick on me so easily. I let out a short burst of electricity at Saber, not enough to hurt him, just to have him disabled for a moment as that would be enough for me.

Saber was thrown back against a wall and his muscles jerking involuntarily from the electricity. He was unable to stand and so, he was in a sitting position right now staring back of me. Saber pointed his left forepaw at me, two toes pointing it out and then he shot a bolt of electricity from my fingers. I had not expected anything like this, the electricity hit me and I was thrown back against a wall. My head buzzed for a bit and the electricity dissipated, and while I was clearing my head, I heard movement from Saber's direction. I believe he muttered something, but I was unable to understand what it was as I groaned in minor pain.

Shortly after that exchange, the chase resumed, yet Saber managed to keep out of my clutches. Night had fallen when Saber managed to shake me off in the forest, I had searched for him, but with no success. Saber seemed to have an advantage around the forest which I could not explain and it frustrated me. I had to accept that he had escaped me for the time being and that I would have to try again later.

-Saber's pov-

The chase that I had been participating in unwillingly with Lara had finally come to an end as night had fallen. Honestly, I had never thought in my life that I would have a girl chasing me first of all, let alone take close to a full day to shake off the said girl. Lara had proven tenacious beyond my expectation even with using the elements, I couldn't deny that. Hopefully, I wouldn't have to worry about her until tomorrow at the very least. I need some time from her chasing me especially since Lara had chased me most of the day and most of that had been a type of 'cat and mouse' game of sorts. And a very dangerous game it had turned out to be with her and I don't want to repeat that again anytime soon!

A number of things had come from the contest, most of which I wasn't the fondest of becoming known. The first point was that Lara had found out that I can manipulate the elements, though it had taken two times and me telling her for her to understand. How Lara hadn't been suspicious after the ice I made, I haven't the faintest idea, my guess is that her instincts are blinding her. Her drive and determination was kind of scary for me, as she had gone quite a ways beyond what I had expected to try and catch me. My stamina had held out, but it was getting far closer than I like that to be.

Once I was sure Lara had left me alone, I looked around me to take in my current surroundings for I hadn't been paying a great deal of attention as to what was around me until now. There were trees, trees, and more trees all around me, that's pretty much what made up my surroundings. So, I am back in the forest I had met Fredrick, Tarra, and Lara, but in a part that was thinner than what I had come through to get to Carona. I will concede that Lara may know the city better than I do, but as it happens I do far better in the forest setting than her, my mobility and size become an amazing advantage!

I noticed that there was a path that went further into the forest in front of me, which I hadn't seen or noticed it yesterday when I was walking towards Carona. As I looked around and realized that Lara, Tarra, Fredrick and myself had passed this exact spot, yet I swear this path hadn't been here at that time. That was odd, for me to miss a part of scene observation, normally I don't miss things like this. Well anyway after today's events, I had no interest or desire to go deeper in the forest so it didn't really matter.

I have nothing against exploring in fact, I love to get a feel of my environment around me, it's nice past time for me really. However, this forest though was different in a way that I couldn't exactly put into words, but there was something about the forest I couldn't place. It wasn't a bad feeling yet, just one I was unfamiliar with, it's almost… forgive the use of the word, but 'magical'. The sensation and air here, it was almost like something deeper in it was 'calling' me, but such a thing is ridiculous, right? Spirits and the things like them don't exist… at least I would have stood by that firmly before I got to the Dragon Realm. Nevertheless, with all the things I have seen in the Dragon Realm, I'm not as sure about the subject as I was before.

Looking around again, I started to notice subtler things I hadn't before. I saw beams of moonlight coming through the roof of trees and hitting the forest floor, bathing the forest in a yellow-bronze color scheme, which was kind of eerie, almost portrayed a ghostly quality to the forest. This area of the woods definitely had what you might call 'mood' of something out of the ordinary, toeing the border of the supernatural and I avoid such to not give my luck opportunity to work with.

I shook my head to rid myself of those kinds of thoughts, they weren't logical and I was and aspired to be logical, it's helped keep me alive longer more than being illogical thinking has. I turned around to go back the way I came with every intention to make my way back to Carona. There was a bed for me to find that had my name on it and that said bed was calling for me and I wasn't going to ignore the call with how tired I was from running from Lara most of the day! I had taken two steps in the direction of Carona when I hear a voice, "You have come at last."

Hearing that brought me to a halt and caused me to hesitate momentarily for there had been something to the 'voice'. It had been faint, but when I looked around, I found nothing that could be the source of the voice. It was confusing, there was nothing here other than the darkness and sounds of the night, yet I know someone or something had spoken. The voice had sounded female, but I could have been wrong. Still, my curiosity was peaked at this, "Who are you and where are you," I asked, continuing to scan around.

"Come further in," said the voice.

I cocked my head trying to catch the direction in which the voice had come. That voice hadn't been the same as the first one had been, it had like the first sounded like it was coming from in front of me. The second had been more to the front and to the left. I took a step towards the path before I stopped and my mind caught up with me. "Whoa, stop yourself right there Saber! What in the Hell are you thinking boy, and this is something thinking is to be done for," I chided myself.

I exhaled, "Following disembodied voices is more than just stupid, it can be downright suicidal, you should and do know better than to do such things! Don't satisfy your curiosity about voices you might just be imagining for there's a price to pay for every action as you well know! Remember 'curiosity killed the cat' and though it's said 'satisfaction brought him back' that can't necessarily be said for you most of the time! Being alive and not knowing an answer to questions is better than very likely getting yourself killed to find those answers! Be smart, no suicidal tendencies or stunts tonight for you, there was enough of things close to that earlier today! Just leave this as it is and march your butt back to Carona and get to your bed for the night Mister!"

Like normal, I had to agree with my logical side's argument, it is sound and very practical in its argument and honestly, it was by far the best decision to go with. So, I spun back in the direction that would take me back to Carona without hesitation. However, another voice came to my ears after I had turned, but before I even have taken a step forward, "Saber, wait don't go."

I knew that voice instantly, I couldn't mistake it for any other than its owner! In fact, I whipped around to the path that went further into the forest, attempting to see further to hopefully find the source of the voice. "Koren," I called.

The voices were still coming, but they were becoming fainter and fading down the direction of the path. That left me with a serious conundrum, do I follow Koren's voice and take the risks that come with that choice, or do I do the logical thing and head for my bed. After a moment, though I knew I could very well regret the decision I make here if I don't find out what is going on, I made my choice! Yes, it may be stupid and suicidal, yet be that as it may, I couldn't just ignore the fact that there was someone or something calling me along with Koren calling. So, I… for the first time in a long while made the decision that went against the logical argument in my brain. I ran forward down the path that went further into the forest towards where the voices seemed to be coming from.

When I saw the end of the path ahead of me I picked up the pace, and then I came out into a huge clearing. There was a lake in the middle of the clearing which I couldn't help but stare at in awe and fascination. It wasn't the lake itself that held my gaze or interest, but that the water of the lake itself for it appeared to be glowing with light or a rainbow sheen of some kind. I had little time to wonder how the water could look like that odd as it was since things became freaky just after I got into this clearing. There came the same feeling of being called and this time it wasn't just one voice this time, but multitudes of them speaking together as one voice. I had no idea what I was about to get myself into, but whatever it was I was in this for the whole ride no matter what came of it.

"At long last, a destined one that has been awaited has come," they said.

Pain shot through my head like I was being hit in the head hard and constantly with every word the voices spoke. It was like each owner the voices belong to where taking a sledgehammer and banging from inside my skull. I seriously thought my skull might split open from that one short sentence. Nonetheless as things as they were and as harsh as the pain felt, for the first time in my life, there were beings that I couldn't remember meeting that knew me somehow. Not being able to remember or know of my origins had bugged me, so I wasn't about to let this chance slip away from me because of pain I felt!

"Who are you all," I shouted.

In answer, multiple orbs of light appeared above the water and all around the clearing, there had to be hundreds perhaps thousands! Some of the orbs were bigger than others and some small, but all of them glowed with the same light that the lake water had mere moments ago, yet wasn't now. My logical mind just felt like it stopped working for this was beyond its ability to process. This event was unlike anything I have ever experienced, and it didn't make logical sense at all. Still, I was coming to expect the unexpected and illogical from the dragon realm by now as they were abundant.

"We are those who have already come and gone, yet remain," they said.

The voices seemed to come from all of the orbs, each one of the orbs having a voice of their own. They spoke still in a collective speech, the many speaking as one unified voice, yet the pain I felt before when they spoke grew in magnitude, but I ignored it. The reply I couldn't understand what they meant at all, the answer that they gave I just didn't understand. However, this wasn't the time to ponder the meaning, I had more pressing questions to ask! "Do you know why I am here in the Dragon Realm? I do not belong here, I come from another world," I asked.

There was silence for a little bit while I stood there waiting for the answer. I wouldn't move from this spot for any reason until I had an answer to my questions, I had to know if there was a reason for me being here or if it was all a fluke! All the things in the Dragon Realm that had befallen me for all I know could all be a divine joke of some sort! I know the man upstairs and the one down below and the relationships I had with the both of them. I wouldn't put it past them to pull this kind of joke on me, doing so for their pure entertainment! Yeah, I can easily picture the big man rolling on the floor laughing at the things that had been happening to me. The Devil would be doing the same just with snacks and would make it some kind of sports show!

The silence continued and I felt my mood fall into a depressing gloom, taking the silence as my assumption was true. Well, I suppose that means they don't know either, great! I was about to turn away before the reply came to me, "You have not come here from a different world. You returned to the dragon realm from the world you were sent to."

My head snapped up at that as it doesn't make sense with what I know. What are they talking about when they say, 'you haven't come from' and 'return to the dragon realm'?! Are they saying I am supposed to be here and have been here from the start?! But how is that feasible and why would I then have been on Earth?! "What do you mean returned," I challenged.

"You, at an early age were sent away for your protection," they iterated. My mouth fell open on its own accord as these beings kept going, "Now you have returned, you will soon be needed to defend the Dragon Realm from the ancient enemy's plans."

I don't understand what they are talking about, and I tried to voice my inability to comprehend what they were saying, yet my voice wasn't working. By now I was ignoring the pain to the point that I wasn't really noticing it. I was too focused on the implications of what these… whatever they were stating. My voice final started to work again, "I do not understand what you are talking about?!"

There was silence for a short period of time, where I was rooted to the ground waiting for the answer. "It is time for you to see and remember," they stated.

Remember, what do they mean by that?! The pain, which I had been ignoring, instantly came back and demanded my attention by getting much worse. The sheer signals my nerves were transmitting were getting close to overloading my brain! I sunk to my knees, the pain making me unable to stand, and yet at the same time, my skin felt like it was on fire and burning vigorously. I couldn't even scream should I have had wanted to, my voice wasn't responding to my commands any longer. It wasn't just my voice that wasn't doing what I told them to, my whole entire body refused to listen to the orders my brain was giving out or rather the signals from my brain weren't getting where they were supposed to. The pathways my nerves were supposed to carry command signals to the rest of my body were too busy transmitting endless amounts of pain! The burning sensation got worse as it spread all over my body, my skin was boiling and searing in the pain I was going through.

My arms seemed to be shrinking in length, at the same time the muscles were building up to a degree throughout my body. I suddenly felt the sensation of something bending my legs to the reverse position, so that the now hinged backward and my kneecap seemed to have vanished as it had never existed in the first place. Different places over and in my body were being changed and reshaped from their original states and it was accompanied with agonizing pain. I opened my eyes but couldn't see as there was a bright light blinding me. The source of the light was unknown to me, and right now I was really beyond the point of caring. There wasn't a place on or in my body that wasn't in immense pain and I was unable to fully process the pain in its entirety. I was having difficulty realizing what was happening and I was barely able to handle that!

When after what seemed to be a small eternity of torture and suffering, the pain began to recede and die down. I discovered I was lying splayed in a spread-eagle position on the ground unmoving except in small twitches and jerks. I took a deep shuddering breath to attempt to steady myself and gain a bit of my previous control. I was trying to figure out what had happened to me now that the pain wasn't impeding my mind's functionality. My tries to stand ended in failure, so I chose the alternative of crawling and dragged myself to the shore of the lake as that was the closest reflective surface. I wanted to see… no, I needed to see my appearance after whatever event had happened to me!

When I got to the shore, I leaned down to the water and look at the surface to hopefully get a sense of what had just occurred to me. My vision was still somewhat blurry as my eyes were still sluggish in their response and so my vision wasn't what it is normally. As the vision came into focus once more I could only stare at the water that was being a mirror for me. There looking back at me, was the 'face' of a dragon! All I could do was continue to stare at the image of the dragon, while my jaw fell open of its own accord. Not only did the dragon's jaw did the same, but my attention was drawn to the vivid aqua green eyes looking back at me. When I blinked, so did the dragon's eyes, even when I closed my eyes and then opened them again, I found the image didn't disappear. I turned my head to the right and then the left experimentally, and the image mirrored the actions as a reflection would.

At coming to the realization that somehow been changed from being a human and I had to take another deep breath to try and steady myself. I was trying to attempt to figure out and understand what this all meant, these results of what had been done to me had to have happened for some reason… ludicrous or sane! I've no idea the means or methods that myself becoming a dragon were done by, but I couldn't deny that I have been changed into a dragon! And not just any kind of dragon, oh no, but a dragon with scales of a color I haven't ever seen while I've been in the dragon realm! For I've never seen any dragon or dragoness with scales remotely white in color, underbelly and wing membranes yes, but not main scale color.

I rose to my feet which had become paws so, that means I was on my haunches I guess as dragons do have haunches. It felt different to be on four legs instead of balancing on two legs and having arms. I twisted my head and my now elongated neck to get a look at what had been done which somehow felt natural in a weird sort of way. Overall, my scales were of the purest white like newly fallen snow, a very nice color now that I got a closer inspection of them. My favorite color is white after all and always has been, the scales were very beautiful much like diamonds so fitting. My wing membranes and I would assume my underbelly as dragon normally have the same coloration on both those parts, were gleaming or you could also say a shimmering silver.

Looking back at my reflection, my head was oval in shape with my snout curving downward a tiny amount. I saw that my 'ears' were located around where they are for humans, they were elongated and were a little under a foot in length and were pinned back against my head. From a short bit behind my ears, there were horns growing straight back parallel to his head and were segmented. When I opened my mouth or maw I suppose as that's what dragons call their mouths, I saw that I had rows of sharp fang-like teeth.

As I shifted my weight, I found that my front legs had the same joints as arms and my hind legs had gained an extra joint. I also had a line of spines that start from just below the level of his horns by the feel of it and they went down the middle of my back to end just before my tail blade. Said spines could somehow fold down against my back and give a smooth line down my spine. My 'wings' felt literally like an extra pair of arms though they had multiple spines and leathery webbing between the spines.

I glanced at my tail, which felt different from my senses to have than my wings did for it was like having an extra arm of sorts but different than the wings. I saw a rather intricate tail blade unlike any I had seen previously. The tail blade was made up of a hexagon as the base and two single-sided blades on either slanted side of the top of the hexagon and there was a gap down the center between the two blades. Anyways, each blade was approximately seven inches in length from hexagon to tip and very sharp. There was something different about the tail blade, it looked almost as if it was made of multiple parts and kind of looks like part of the tail blade could be mechanical. I had to say that this was interesting to be able to look at yourself like this since humans can't since there is limited movement in the neck kind of makes that impossible without breaking it and that's bad to do.

My draconic appearance overall was very nice if I do say so myself and it also feels somehow kind of natural in a way, I can't say how or why that is though. Yet, that was all I was able to take in for at that time pain burst in my head and the pain in my head felt worse than before! I literally thought it was being split or ripped open with my brain about to burst out, grey-matter and all. The pain was being caused by all the voices from before that had come back. However, I couldn't understand any of them now like I could a little earlier. They had stopped speaking in a collective manner and now were talking as individual voices, but it was on top of, or over each other and with some both. It was too much for me to comprehend all at once, there was just too many of them speaking at the same time and more kept being added to the growing storm of noise in my mind.

None of the voices were the same, some were male, and others were female, there were those who were young and yet there were old as well. All the noise was forcing my mind to descend into a complete sea of chaos from the maelstrom of the voices howling and pounding in my head! It was like I was in the middle of a building tsunami and it was only getting worse every second. I sunk down to the ground using all the mental discipline to try to focus and weather the building chaos, but all I was managing was to barely hold on to my sanity that was being put through this unimaginable torture! The waves of chaos were so strong and gaining momentum and even with my amazing mental discipline, I wasn't able to handle the task of managing this multitude of voices fighting for my attention! I was quickly becoming lost by the voices trying to be heard over the other voices, within the maelstrom of Chaos! I was beginning to sink into the sea of insanity, but I fought for my life and soul against the maelstrom with everything I had!

You would think that there would be no way that what was happening could get worse right? Oh, you poor lost fools, know that things can ALWAYS be worse, it is a lesson I had learned many times! The pain became worse when images began to flash before my eyes in no order that made any sense to me! And to say that I was becoming terrified beyond reason didn't quite say it, I'm the most scared I have ever been in my whole life at this time. I tried again to scream in pain and fear of what was happening though I found I was unable to. All I could do was utter a broken whisper, "W-what is happening to… me?"

The pictures that flashed before my eyes were coming in a fast hastening surge much like the kind you would see if you were below a dam and it broke releasing all the water and said water is roaring towards you! Even that wouldn't be a good comparison of what was happening, it was just the best I could come up with! The amount of raw information that was being shoved onto me was immense to the point it was incomprehensible! What the voices and pictures were trying to tell me, I couldn't come up with a single rational idea. It was like information was being continually being crammed into my mind with complete disregard for my sanity and well-being. I wanted it to cease… I would have begged for it to stop and I have never begged or considered doing so in my life! The mammoth flow of information kept coming, it didn't stop or slow down, if anything it was speeding up!

My brain was being overloaded and still, the voices and images came. My senses were being inundated by their attempts to process and reduce the strain on my brain from what was being forced onto me. So I couldn't understand the majority of the things I was seeing, hearing or anything my other senses were trying to process. There would be pictures of places that look somewhat familiar to me… kind of a déjà vu kind of feel to them, however, they flash by so quick I didn't get a good view.

Then some of the images passed by me and some of the voices would scream in pain and anguish! This would, in turn, cause the pain I was experiencing to the spike in strength for seconds and I was in more pain than I knew what to do with, I don't need more thrown on my back! I felt like I was being dragged down beneath the surface of the sea of chaos and into the depths with all the voices and images, pulled down and suffocated by them keeping me under the surface of the chaos! I tried once more to scream… roar… ANYTHING, but could still only get out a whisper and it had less volume than the last, "No… more… make… it… stop."

My sanity was hanging by mere threads for the longer this event or whatever it was going on, the faster the pictures or images would flash by and the louder the voices would become. The speed that the images I glimpsed were so fast, I was unable to see what they were anymore. The voices press harder to be heard to the point that they were all practically screaming at me. The maelstrom of chaos that they were creating was beginning to overwhelm me and consume me. I was drowning in the chaos unable to escape though I struggled while being held beneath! With the control and everything I had I fought, struggled and flailed as I began to lose myself in the chaotic sea and if nothing changed, I would be drowned in it and be lost forever!

My maw opened wide in a silent scream while my eyes had shrunk to the smallest they could and I was gasping for air, being overwhelmed by sheer agony! My five senses were unable to keep up with the incoming information. Their dutiful attempts to reduce the strain on my mind had failed and now they were to the point they were freezing up and stopped working. The speed and volume of the chaos still continued to gain strength, and I wasn't able to think rationally any longer, my mind was beginning to lose its ability to function, like my five senses! It was barely hanging on and soon would follow my bodily senses in freezing up!

I barely felt the tears flowing from my eyes, and I didn't doubt that were I to see them those tears would be tears of blood. My throat then ceased contracting and opened so that my gasping stopped. What came out of my maw was a piercing howl of pain that rent the silence of the night. I wasn't in control of my voice and so couldn't stop the howl from ripping out of my maw as the vast amount of information and knowledge continued to surge into me. This torment was tearing at my very being and soul! So, I couldn't stop the screams of pain, and they got louder somehow echoing the torment of my soul.

I felt like I was going insane! At the rate of whatever was happening to me, I was sure I would lose my mind, body, and soul before my brain froze and I died from the absolute torture I was being put through! I wanted this to stop, I wanted the information I was being forced to intake to end! Whatever it was all of this was trying to tell me, I didn't want to know it anymore! I don't want to know my origin if this is what I have to go through! I just wished for this suffering and tribulation I was being immersed in to cease! Even if my wish required my death as the price of granting it, I was willing to pay that as long as all of this stopped!

I let out one last sky tearing roar that sounded more draconic than the previous howls of pain that I had produced! It was still a scream of the pain of the anguish of myself and the voices! All of this before everything around me faded. I was freed from the woe I had felt as I fell into the welcoming embrace of unconsciousness!

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And that's where chapter 27 will leave off, hope you're liking the rewrite please some of you take the time to write reviews, thank you for reading this.