Chapter 7: White

When Yona was born she had no knowledge of anything around her. During her first few nights after she was born she began to feel an ache in her chest, but as the night wore on, that ache would turn painful; causing her to cry. As the weeks turned into months, the pain seemed to lessen until it was no more. As she turned six months, Yona found that walking was a tedious thing. Crawling was easy, but standing and walking was really hard for her. It was around this time that she began to dream of large dragons. They would talk to her, tell her things that she really didn't understand. The blue one seemed to judge her with his eyes, the green one seemed to be annoyed with her and the golden one seemed like a big brother getting after a naughty child. However, the white one seemed to just want to curl up around her and keep her safe. She liked this one.

After her dreams began, walking seemed to get easier. Next came another challenge; talking. Sounding out words and correctly pronouncing them was over hard for her. Her tongue seemed to get caught up by the strange sounding words. Mama, was her first word and it seemed to make the black haired woman squeal with joy every time she used it. Papa, was her next word, quickly followed by Grahpa. The other man who was tall and broad shouldered and always had the blond haired boy with him, frightened her. She wasn't sure why, but he did and every time he came near her, she'd begin crying. Scawry became his name, though she was corrected and told to call him Uncle.

Her parents liked to travel, a lot. Therefore she was either left with her nurse maid or was taken along. She liked coming along for these trips, though she'd get grumpy very quickly. She liked looking out at the beautiful green things as they passed them by. She also liked watching as the blue and white passed above her head. She almost always fell asleep before they reached their destination.

When her first year came around, Yona was given things she really had no use for. Gemstone necklaces and gold dangling earrings were for big girls after all. She did like pretty things, especially if they had white in them. It was around this time she met the dark haired boy. He gave her the feeling that there was something wild about him, like a wild cat or something dark that she couldn't quite name. Hak was his name and at that moment she decided that she liked him and would be his friend.

Soon after her birthday, around mid-summer, Yona was brought to a city of stone that was celebrating. She didn't understand why everybody was happy, but when she saw the boy with the white hair standing on stage, she had a sudden feeling that she knew him. When the food was brought and given to everyone, Yona began to wonder around. People giving her sweets or fruits to eat as she passed them by. She was looking for the white haired boy, but instead found Hak.

Jumping onto the older boys back, Yona giggled happily at finding her new friend. The boy cried out in surprised, which had her giggling even more. She really liked this new game. The cry next to her, however, caught her attention and upon seeing the white haired boys face contort into pain, she ran over to him. His arm began to give off steam, this really scared her.

Tears began to fall down her cheeks when suddenly she felt a warmth spread across her entire body before settling against her chest. The tears stopped streaming down her cheeks, but she was still scared that something bad had just happened. Grasping his overheated right hand she held it tightly with her two smaller hands.

As the white haired boy sat up, Yona watched as he began to inspect his clothing as she was forced to release his hand. As he laid back down, from getting dizzy, she placed his head on her lap. His eyes were closed. The black haired boy, Hak, began to say something that caused her to flush in embarrassment.

His smirk made her want to pout. "You mean your biggest fan?" he asked as he pointed towards her as she held his head on her lap. "She got all upset when she saw your hand get burnt." Picking the other boy's hand up Hak showed her that he was unharmed. "See, he's okay."

Her cheeks flushed lightly as she tried to not look embarrassed. Failing miserably. Getting upset she stood up and stomped up to the white haired boy. Her cheeks puffing up as she got upset. "You scared me!" she yelled as her small round eyes filled up with tears. "Don't do it again!" She sniffled as she tried calming herself but failed. These words would be her first true full sentence that she'd ever spoken. Suddenly she couldn't take the emotional toll that had overcome her and began to cry fully.

Yona felt hands gently touching her, as hands patted her back or head. Words from both boys that told her that everything was fine, but she could not stop the tears as they fell freely. She felt herself being picked up by her mother as she was shushed and her back was rubbed soothingly. As she was laid upon a bed, Yona soon found herself fast asleep.

When she woke up she found herself in her dream world. The four dragons were watching over her with the white one curled around her protectively. Wrapping her tiny hands around his tail, the white dragon used his tail to lift her upon his back, his white wings spreading as she sat there. Her tears were still glistening upon her face.

"Do not cry, little sister." the white one said with great sadness in his voice. "If you cry, you will make us cry as well."

"She is young." the yellow one said. "She doesn't know how to control her emotions as of yet."

"She's come in contact with one of them." the blue one stated. "He will be able to help her."

"He is my chosen one." the one one said with a possessive tone. "He will have to first get rid of the pain of his ancestors before he can help her in any way."

"Too bad my chosen one wants nothing to do with her." the green one began with annoyance in his voice. "He sees having his leg as a curse, but if he saw it as a blessing, perhaps he could help them both."

"He's the eldest of this generation." the blue one said softly as he noticed the tired look that was entering her eyes.

"Unless you count Zeno's age." the yellow one said with a bit of smugness in his voice that reminded Yona of Yu-hon when he got his way in something.

"Do you have to bring that one up?" the green one asked with mild annoyance.

The yellow dragon just smirked. "He will prove himself in this generation." he stated a-matter-o-factly.

It became silent between the four and soon after they took notice on how Yona had fallen asleep. "I still think Hiryuu is crazy to have gone back down." the green dragon stated as he spread his large golden and emerald wings that shimmer in the bright light of the sun before settling down and curling up next to the others who were curled around the white dragon who still had Yona upon his back.

"It was his choice." the yellow dragon said. "We will drop this subject." The others agreed before a soft silence spread across them and their garden valley. The light of the sun falling over the horizon, meaning it would soon rise in the human world where Yona would inevitably wake up in.

M-Angel: I hope everyone had a wonderful Father's Day weekend! Sorry for not posting this on Monday. I ended up posted a different story instead. LoL! I can't help myself!