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Chapter Three: The Legend

"Well, we have to tell someone," Fred reasoned.

"What are we going to tell them? While we were walking through the forest, these stones tried to kill us, but they weren't actually stones, they just happened to be dragon eggs? So now we own dragons?! No!" Roxanne explained.

"Well, what are we going to do?" Fred asked.

"Shut up!" Cordi yelled. Everyone turned to look at her, even the dragons, who seemed to be flying around playing tag. "We can just keep them hidden. When they grow too big, we simply hide them in a local forest, and considering this place is surrounded by forests, it doesn't look like it will be that hard. We just need to make sure it's a forest that no one goes into."

Everyone nodded in agreement, except for the dragons, who continued their game, Ronni's, though, was starting to tire and landed. "So, while we're hiding them in our rooms, keep eyes and ears open for forests no one goes into," Lynne explained. Then Lynne looked at Ronni's dragon and stated, "You might want to put that one in water. It looks like a beached whale." It did, too. It looked like it was about to pass out or something.

Ronni nodded and quickly left with her dragon.

"Well, we should leave too. I need to hide my dragon before Gaara and the rest of the Subakus return," Cordi replied. She whistled for the dragons to look at her and started walking away. Her dragon quickly hurried beside her.

The rest of the group also decided to return to their homes.

Ronni quickly went to the bathtub and lifted her hands to turn the taps on. But before her hand reached the knobs, the faucet started to run. Confused by this, she immediately cocked her head. She may be a little moronic at times, but she was pretty sure this was not normal. She quickly ran to grab her dragon and placed it in the water. Suddenly, it looked alive again. Its big blue eyes gleamed up at her. It looked so cute! It swam happily in the small tub.

Ronni smiled at it. "Now, what should we call you? Well first I need to know if you are a girl or a boy," she contemplated. Suddenly the color pink flashed through her mind. That confused her, because she wasn't even thinking of colors.

Suddenly she heard it growling, which worried her, until she saw its face. Its eyes were screwed up in a concentrated look. "Gggggrrrrrrrr – rrrrrllll. Grl, gur – rill," it seemed to growl.

"Girl?" Ronni asked. It nodded in return. Ronni smiled, "Well, in that case, how about Nessie? You kind of look like the Lochness Monster. What do you think?" It seemed to give a polite smile, which was kind of scary, and nodded its approval. "Alright then Nessie."

Suddenly, Ronni noticed how wet the front of her legs felt. She looked down and saw she was in a huge puddle of water. "SHIT!" she yelled as she tried to turn the faucet off. But they wouldn't turn. Then she remembered that she hadn't turned them on. The faucet had turned on by itself. She was freaking out about how to turn off the water while more of it spilled onto the floor, flooding the apartment. Nessie jumped out of the tub and used the apartment floor as a slip n' slide.

She unplugged the drain of the bathtub, letting some water flow away, but it was still over flowing. Scared at what might happen if the apartment kept flooding, she started to cry. "I want this to stop! Please stop! Just STOP!!!" she screamed.

She felt Nessie nudging her leg, and she turned her teary brown eyes toward her little dragon. Then she heard the bathtub empty and noticed the faucet was no longer running. She looked at Nessie and asked, "Did you do that?" It shook its head innocently and pointed a webbed claw towards her. "I did this?" she asked. Nessie nodded. Ronni laughed and said, "That's not possible." Suddenly a picture of a faucet running flashed through her mind, and she took a hint.

Ronni looked at the bathtub faucet and thought of water running from it, and it happened. "Stop," she commanded and the water stopped. Surprised by this turn of events she laughed and said, "You have got to be kidding me."

As soon as Cordi got to her room, she went to find a place for her dragon to hide. Quickly she placed it on her bed and held up both hands toward it and said, "Stay here!" It nodded in reply and curled up on the bed. Cordi turned back to go to the kitchen to start making dinner. She went to turn on the gas burner for the stove, but the entire stove top burst into flames.

This made Cordi scream. She quickly found a small towel and started to fan it, trying to blow it out. But that only made it spread over to the counters. "Oh, crap, crap, CRAP!!!" she squealed. Suddenly she heard the smoke alarms go off, and she now felt like a total loser. All she was trying to do was turn the stove on. Today was just not her day.

Suddenly she saw Gaara bust through the door and she quickly ordered, "Use your sand to smother it!"

"What?" he asked. He couldn't understand half of what she said due to the roar of the fire.

"YOUR SAND!!! SMOTHER IT WITH YOUR SAND!!!!" she yelled. He understood this time, and threw up a hand spraying sand all over the stove and counter top. This did make the fire die out.

"What the hell happened?" he asked her confused.

She held up both her hands and said, "I don't know." Then she noticed in each hand, she held a fireball. Her eyes got really wide, and she started screaming again. She was about to try and shake them off her hands when Gaara grabbed her wrists and dragged her over to the sink, turned it on and ran her hands under it. Suddenly the kitchen was smoky again.

"I'm so sorry," she sobbed.

Gaara laughed a little and said, "Whatever you do, don't lift your hands again." They looked around at the charred and smoky kitchen.

"Oh, now I have to clean up this huge mess," she groaned.

Gaara looked at her and said, "You know, I wasn't serious about the house keeping thing."

"You're just saying that to make me feel better," she sobbed.

"Actually, no I'm not. I'm sure this hotel has a cleaning crew. They'll clean it up later. Come on, let's find Temari and Kankuro, and grab some ramen. What do you think of that?" Gaara asked.

She nodded and sobbed an "Ok."

On the way out, Gaara stopped by the reception desk. "We had a fire in our kitchen." He stated bluntly. The woman sitting at the desk gasped with wide eyes and leapt up.

"I'm sorry, we'll get on that right away Lord Kazekage." She bowed slightly then ran through a door behind the desk, supposedly to round up some of the hotel cleaning staff.

"There, all taken care of." Gaara said and walked out of the hotel, Cordi trailing behind.

Roxanne got back to her apartment and shut the door right behind her. Today had been a very trying day. She let out a sigh, but as soon as she let it out, a huge wind erupted from somewhere and wrecked her apartment. Chairs were tossed and papers flew. She looked confused as she held her breath and everything fell in chaotic places. She sucked in her breath in a gasp and everything flew back at her. She squealed and dodged as best as she could.

Meanwhile her dragon was making a weird sound. When she looked at it, she saw it clutching its stomach with its fore legs and pointing a wing at her, rolling around in the air. Rox got the distinct impression that he was laughing at her. Not just chuckling, but guffawing, wheezing and all. Her eyes narrowed at the little dragon and she growled, "Shut up."

She walked back to her bedroom to relax a bit. Once the dragon calmed down a bit, it joined her, giving her one of the most innocent looks she had ever seen. "I have to give you a name," she stated. The dragon nodded. "Well what are you a boy or a girl?"

"Boy," it said in a high-pitched rough voice. Roxanne's eyes went wide.

"You can talk?" she asked in a surprised voice. He nodded.

"Name?" he reminded.

"Oh, yeah, right. Well, lemme look at you," she said. He flew around, showing off a little in his modeling. "Ah-HA! I got it. I will call you Gryffin." The dragon smiled a toothy smile at the name, which was sort of scary.

After leaving her dragon at her apartment, Lynne went out for some ramen at Ichiraku's. Her dragon had fallen asleep right as its head hit the bed. Once she arrived at the restaurant she found the Subakus and Cordi sitting at the bar.

"Hey, what's up guys?" Lynne asked the group.

Cordi turned around faster than anyone else in the group and said, "Lynne! What are you doing here?"

"Well, I was going to get some ramen, but I don't want to impose," she replied, about to turn around and leave.

"No, stay," Cordi offered. "It's ok if she joins us, right guys?" She turned towards the Subakus who looked like they didn't care. Kankuro wasn't even looking at them, Temari looked skeptical, and Gaara just shrugged indifferently. "There's a seat on the other side of Kankuro," Cordi offered. So now the seating order from left to right looked Temari, Gaara, Cordi, Kankuro, and Lynne.

They each ordered their ramen and started to eat. It was quiet until Lynne heard Kankuro say, "I don't understand why Gaara is putting up with these girls. They're just a big group of moochers."

"Excuse me?!" she asked him, clearly disturbed by what he said. Here they were, without anything but their belongings and a basic knowledge of the lands. She couldn't believe Kankuro had the audacity to say that they were moochers! Well, they were kind of, but not by choice. They had no home and no money. What were they supposed to do, sit out on the streets and beg?

Now everyone was giving her a confused stare. Kankuro was the most confused. "Lynne, no one said anything," Cordi said, a little concerned.

"Yes, Kankuro said that we were a bunch of moochers," Lynne explained. Everyone was even more confused.

"How the HELL does she know that?" Kankuro asked.

"What do you mean how did I know that?! You said it and I'm not frickin' deaf!" Lynne replied. Kankuro looked way more confused and kind of scared.

Temari was starting to look pissed. "She shouldn't be blaming my brother. Or I will throttle her," Temari said, her teeth grinding. Lynne ignored it as everyone else did.

"I'm sorry," Cordi apologized to the Subakus for Lynne. "Please, excuse us for a little bit." She got up and smiled a passive aggressive smile to Lynne who shuddered. She didn't move from her spot. "Come, Lynne," Cordi ordered, holding her smile. This made Kankuro shudder. Her smile was almost as creepy as Gaara's old smile. Lynne, looking worriedly towards Cordi, nodded and followed her.

Once they were a safe distance, Kankuro quickly leaned in to Gaara and said, "We should leave them." Gaara shot a non-existent eyebrow up at him. "Look, Cordi burned down the kitchen and her friend is blaming me for something I didn't do. Look let's just ditch them."

Gaara glared at him slightly and growled, "The kitchen fire was an accident. Trust me, I was there." He paused and a contemplative look settled amongst his features. "Her friend is a different story, but I think I know what might be going on."

Kankuro was just about to ask 'what?' when they heard screeching coming from a nearby alley. "OH MY GOD LYNNE!!!! WHAT THE HELL IS THE MATTER WITH YOU!?!?! DID YOU FORGET TO TAKE YOUR MEDS OR SOMETHING, OR HAVE YOU JUST COMPLETELY LOST YOUR MIND!?!?!" Cordi obviously screeched.

"No wonder Lynne looked afraid to leave with Cordi," Kankuro snickered. "She sounds like a fucking Banshee when she's pissed. Temper, temper." He laughed.

"Shut up, Kankuro," Gaara hissed, obviously trying to listen in. Kankuro quickly stifled his laughter and listened to the conversation his brother was trying to eavesdrop on.

"Lynne, I'm going to resist the extreme urge I have to beat you with blunt objects before I hear your side of the story. Other than the obvious story of course," Cordi informed in a menacing growl.

"Fine. I was eating my ramen when I heard Kankuro say that we, as in you, me, Rox, Fred, and Ronni, were just a bunch of moochers and had no idea why Gaara was wasting his time with us. No, it's not ridiculous, quit trying to interrupt me!" Lynne scolded.

"I wasn't …" Cordi denied.

"Anyway, when I called him on it you guys were giving me funny looks. Then I distinctly heard him ask how the hell I knew it. And I replied that I wasn't deaf. And that's when you dragged me out here," Lynne explained. Cordi looked at her, and she replied, "Could you talk slower? I'm not getting half of what you're saying."

Then everything was quiet for a little, and then they heard Lynne ask in a slightly sarcastic voice, "You want me to tell you that you think I'm Psychic?" Pause. "And that you want to test it by telling you the exact number you're thinking of?" Pause. Gaara was really confused until he understood that they were only getting half of the conversation now. "5,683,492.7516239485," Lynne replied. Then it was really silent as both of the girls realized something. "HOLY SHIT! Are you serious?! Wait, am I the only one of us who got a special power?" Then there was silence for a little while. During this time, Gaara proceeded to slap Kankuro on the head, and Temari just scowled at him. Then Lynne was laughing hysterically and howled, "You did what?! Oh my God, you have to tell that to the others! Wait, if we got powers, then the others…?" She didn't finish her question. Cordi probably finished it for her. "Well, we'll find out tomorrow. This is exciting," she squealed and clapped her hands. "Hey, we should probably return, shouldn't we? I think Kanky was thinking about running off and leaving us."

"Yeah, we should," Cordi replied. And they returned to the ramen bar, with smiles on their faces. They both gave Kankuro an evil smile that told him he would pay.

Kankuro smiled nonchalantly back and stated, "You know, Cordi, when you yell at someone, you sound an awful lot like a banshee."

Suddenly, Cordi donned a confused face and turned towards Gaara and Temari and asked, "Is it alright if I slap your brother?"

"Sure," Gaara replied.

"By all means," Temari replied dead-pan. Lynn was already cringing, ready for the damage.

Cordi was so fast, they could barely see the movement. She just turned around fast, and as she turned, she stuck her arm out and held it limp. Then it contacted with Kankuro's face with a loud resounding smack, and he was air-born into the wall on the other side of the street.

"Yeah, that's at least a five hour," Lynne murmured. Gaara looked intrigued, and Temari looked flabbergasted.

"What the heck? Did you use chakra?!" Temari gasped.

"No, I have no idea how to use that. We don't really have chakra in our world. No, that's just what I call, the CORRECT way to slap someone," Cordi replied eyeing her work proudly. Both Gaara and Temari looked confused still. "Ok, instead of just using my forearm, restricting my follow through, I put my entire body into it and let the momentum of a limp hand do all the work. I found it's less tiring and longer lasting."

"But don't you have to have arm strength?" Gaara asked, quirking an eyebrow. "Without it, it can't be too harsh, can it?"

"No, I don't have any strength in either of my arms. The longest lasting slap I gave to my brother and the sting lasted five to six hours. Look at my arm muscles." Cordi held up her arms which were thin. "Twigs. The thing is, since I put my entire body into the movement, the momentum speeds up my arms, creating a heavier force. It's almost as if my arm is acting like a whip, or as my sister says, 'a wet noodle.'"

"Oh, you have a brother and a sister? Who's the oldest and such?" Temari asked, turning the group back to their meals, except for Kankuro who was still trying to gather his wits and detach himself from the wall, with very little success.

"Uhm, my brother is the oldest, three years older than me, and my sister is one year older than me. So yeah, youngest," Cordi said slightly embarrassed pointing to herself. "Actually, I do believe you have met my sister, Roxanne. She's the one with long dark brown, almost black hair."

"Oh, yeah, I remember her. So was she chaperoning you guys or what?" Temari asked, because she had heard that they were on a trip when they got lost.

"No, Ronni and I just graduated high school," Cordi explained. "So we all decided to celebrate by going to the beach for a month. Lynne, Rox, and Fred all graduated last year and wanted to train us in the way of college life, which doesn't look like it's going to be much help now," Cordi muttered.

Everyone gave an awkward nod in reply. They all finished their meals quickly with no interruption. Then the Subakus and Cordi said their goodbyes to Lynne and left for their hotel.

The next day the group met again in the same field as the day before, dragons in tow. Somehow, the dragons had learned to speak over-night and would not shut up. "So, has everyone already figured out names for their dragons?" Fred asked over the dragons' incessant chatter. Everyone else nodded.

"This is Nessie, you know, like the Lochness Monster, cuz she kinda looks like it," Ronni stated. The miniature look-a-like of the said monster looked up at the five the girls and smiled slightly before continuing her conversation with Lynne's dragon.

"Mine is Saryu," Lynne stated. Fred quirked an eyebrow at her. "I think it's a cool name."

"That's Aleera. It means Eagle in Latin," Cordi replied pointing to her ruby dragon who ignored all the girls, too engrossed in a quiet argument with Rox's dragon.

"See, mine's not the only one with a weird name!" Lynne justified. Fred shrugged.

"He," Rox indicated the purple dragon with feathery wings before continuing, " is called Gryffin, because let's face it, he looks like a purple griffin."

"Well, I figured a good name for mine was Cherokee, considering our family is of Cherokee descent," Fred stated, gesturing towards her and Ronni.

"Now, I have a question," Cordi stated. Everyone looked towards her as she stated, "Lynne and I experienced something strange last night. She was able to read minds, and I was able to create fire. Did something like this happen to anyone else?"

"Yeah, I found out I was able to control water last night when I accidentally flooded the apartment," Ronni stated. Lynne tried to contain small giggle at the statement, to no avail.

"Me, too. When I got back last night, I sighed, and everything in my apartment went flying as if they were in a wind tunnel," Roxanne added.

"What about you?" Lynne asked Fred.

"Well, where-ever I go, flowers seem to sprout. For example, look at what I'm sitting on," Fred stated. Everyone looked and saw she was sitting on a flowerbed that wasn't there when they sat down. "It makes me feel like one of those stupid happy-go-lucky wood nymphs."

"So, Fire," Cordi said pointing to herself, "Water," to Ronni, "Wind," to Roxanne, "Earth," to Fred, "and Spirit I'm guessing," to Lynne.

"What, are we like Elementals?" Roxanne asked.

"That's the most likely possibility," Fred replied. "But how did we get these powers?" The group of girls shook their heads, not knowing the answer either.

"You were born with them," Nessie replied in a sweet voice.

"I think we would have noticed that by now," Cordi laughed.

"No, we had to awaken them," Aleera replied in a smart voice. The other dragons nodded in agreement.

"You've always had them," Saryu added. "Your energy when you entered this realm was what attracted us to you. Kind of like metal to magnets. And when we did, we hatched and awakened your powers."

"You mean we had a specific energy that you have been searching for?" Lynne asked. "How long have you been searching?"

"Oh, I don't think one of us knows how long it's been. Dragons died out around the time dinosaurs did apparently," Gryffin explained. "We were the last eggs lain and the only survivors of our race. We've been searching ever since then."

"Why?" Ronni asked.

"Well, we needed to find maternal beings, females, who had either as much strength as or more strength than a dragon. And they had to be very strong. This is because we needed someone to respect as a mother, and only one with a considerable amount of strength could do that," Cherokee answered.

"Another fine example of 'with power comes responsibility,'" Cordi scoffed.

"So, how do we have this strength?" Fred asked. All the dragons seemed to shrug their replies. "Huh, so you guys have no idea."

"We were kind of hoping you could tell us," Aleera answered. "I mean, you aren't even of our species, yet you have our strength. And humans, from what I've heard through my shell, are a pretty fragile race."

"HEY!!!" Roxanne snapped indignantly.

"They have a point," Lynne stated. "Average humans are significantly weaker than dragons. I guess this is a mystery we'll all have to figure out ourselves." Everyone nodded a reply and the group split again to head back to their new homes.

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