Chapter 2: the cold of November

Arthur, perceiving the stranger and his pokemon, called out his gyarados to protect its camp and his wife.

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" Draga! " The woman exclaimed between two painful contractions.

Arthur reacts in an instant and propelled in the air the pokeball containing an impressive looking gyarados to intimidate the unknown who didn't inspire him confidence.

At the beginning the mammoth moved back, too much intimidated by the size of the snake of the seas and his threatening look, then it charged by following the orders of its master.

«You will not stop me dragon trainer! " Exclaimed the man hooded with a threatening voice.

«Who are you and why want steal the egg? " Arthur exclaimed tightening his fists.

" An egg? But I don't care of an egg! All I want it's to annihilate all the pokemon dragons which crawl on this earth and at the same time to exterminate up the last one every miserable members of your clan and more particularly those of your blood! Pendragon prepares you to die! " Spat the man.

" AH! " A heart-rending shout was listened in the storm;

feeling the distress of her trainer the female dragonair called Draga seized delicately its egg with its tail and rushed under the tent.

" What it was? Your wife is beneath? Great that is going to facilitate me the task and I'll kill two birds with one stone! " The trainer of the Mamoswine chuckled coldly.

" Don't dare to approach her ! Gyarados, Hyper Beam! "

" Very vain Attempt, Mamoswine, Horn Drill! "

The mammoth collected the powerful beam thrown out the gyarados mouth and rushed at the seas snake throwing it violently against trees near the tent.

Arthur's charizard blocked the entrance of the tent with its huge scaled wings, it considered powerless at the relentless fight which delivered its master. It growled out of frustration and moved slowly its tail towards the place where was lengthened Sarah.

Draga, worries, put deposited its egg in a heap of blanket near her trainer. The dragon gave a light blow of snout onto the cheek of the woman the face of which was sweaty because of the contractions.

" Thank you lovely" she blew " don't worry I am well, it's just my baby who are coming. "

" Nair? " Questioned the blue dragon by looking in the direction of the ball of blankes in which was nested its egg.

" Yes, exactly as yours. Now is kind and is going to help Arthur, obeys do your utmost to him and to protect the tent, I …I shall stay up your egg, promised " Asserted her trainer of a trembling voice.

The dragonair shook the head, had a last blow of eye at its egg which moved more and more then crawled towards the charizard which allowed passing it by moving away slightly.

The gyarados was rolled up around Mamoswine, embracing it of all its strengths. Draga rushed in the battle and generated a Twister move.

" Draga? " The Dragon Master panted " I suppose that Sarah sent to you to me to help to push away our enemy. Gyarados! Dragon rage ! Draga, Dragon rush! "

The hooded man took out another pokéball from his pocket, sending a sneasel to the battle. The ferret did not waste time and started a very violent blizzard which was stressed by the storm which already burst out in the forest around them.

The icy attack hurt severely both dragons, leaving the field open for the big mammoth " Well, Mamoswine trample this tent! "

The snake of seas reacts at the same moment, quickly recovered and collided quite hard the ice-type and ground pokemon to try to stop its running.

" NO! " Roared Arthur by holding out a hand desperately. The aggressor had a grin and made a sign towards his sneasel which shook the head in the silent command of its master before rushing on the dragon tamer, in knee beside its unconscious pokemon, the ice and darkness type arrived at top speed on the man, tearing up to him his right cheek until the limit of the eye.

The wind roared in the branches of trees and the rain and the blood filled the eyes of both trainers.

Draga collected some strength that stayed in her to control the climate around the tent, the gyarados rolled up in a protective way around her.

The situation was a criticism and always none draws of Alastor. Arthur didn't understand why this stranger persecuted him and his family and especially why he wanted his death and Sarah's?

A particularly violent gust rejected behind the hood of the aggressor, destabilizing him during a minute.

Wiping rainy drops and blood which streamed down on his cheek, the Dragon Tamer sheltered eyes to distinguish better the face of hisaggressor this one seemed familiar …

" You? Why, why so much hatred to us?!" Arthur grasped the black ferret by the neck and threw it of quite his strengths towards his trainer.

The man looked straight at Dragon Tamer's eyes, the hatred had transformed his face

" You dare to ask me why?! You stole me Sarah! You tore away her to me and to the family! You and all your clan be cursed, you are brought to disappear from this world and I shall be the main cause! "

Arthur was bewildered, he couldn't believe his ears, and this man had become crazy!

Sarah in spite of the howling wind, heard the shouts of both fighters she recognized immediately the voice of her childhood friend

«Jasper?» She murmured. The pain of the contractions blurred her vision and her senses but she distinguished the voice of her husband who roared:

" Jasper! You lost your mind! Stop the fight or otherwise…"

" Or otherwise what? » Retorted the other one. "You're going to send me your dragons on the heels? Look at them, they are miserable! Their place is only in the legends and the fairy tales! "

Whereas Draga fought for maintaining its bubble of protection around the tent, the gyarados was spread on the ground paralyzed by its wounds.

In both camps the battle had left the opponents out of breath, hurt and almost lifelessly.