Attention big chapter! The next one will belong mainly to the first person.
The sun was already high in the sky when the Dragon Tamer woke up, he had fallen asleep at about 6 am in the morning, exhausted by the fatigue of the previous battles and the stress which had caused Sarah's childbirth.
That he thought of being shouts of wild pokemon and who had woken him in part, came by way of the inside of the tent. Rubbing his eyes and crossing a hand in his court raven hair to wipe out of the fatigue;
Arthur recovered and perceived his new Dragonite, Alastor, sat in a corner seeming to rock in his leads Sarah's dragonair.
What took aback the Dragon Tamer it is that his Dragonite seemed to cry
It had the very sad look and its big blue eyes poured a torrent of tears on the inanimate body of the blue snake which it caressed by moaning.
"Oh no, it's not true… " Arthur's eyes widen, horrified by what the act left to understand. His reaction was immediate.
He got closer to his wife and shook her slowly on the shoulder to wake her.
"Sarah, Sarah wake-up, I believe Draga is… Sarah? SARAH! "
The redhead young woman hadn't moved since he had fallen asleep. The head was tilted on the side, blindly, a smile on her lips she held firmly his newborn little boy who began to cry: woken by the shouts of his father.
Pressing his ear against the chest of his wife, he noticed that his heart didn't beat anymore. Her skin was frozen and no muscle of her body moved.
Bitting his lower lip, he taken his son from the arms of his wife and rocked the child to calm his cry.
Too much upset to be able to think, Arthur stayed a long moment to cry silently with the dead body of his wife. He knew that there was a risk so that she dies from exhaustion further to her pregnancy, the doctors had informed them about it but it was the thing that he had refused to believe.
Sarah was a strong, belligerent, alive and kicking young woman and what such a thing can arrive was inconceivable. She had always had a good health and one great shape; rather sportswoman she turned rushed very often head first in sometimes even dangerous and awkward situations, it is in this way that they had met for the first time.
She explored caves and natural refuges of the road in the South of Blackthorn city and had no Pokemon with her to insure her protection. Observing the wild pokemon in their natural environment and their interaction with the environment; she penetrated without noticing in the territory of a troop of unfriendly Graveler.
Arthur trained in a clearing very close by and sees a young woman with firey red hair battling against a group of pebbles on leads very threatening which surrounded her by grumbling and by making creak their rocky bodies.
Not hesitating one second, he sent to the rescue his gyarados and its Dragonair; after some hydropump well placed, the wild graveler left in mountains by bringing down behind them a whole lot of rocks and ground burying almost the poor Sarah who was dipped from now on and full of mud but had a smile on her lips and eyes riveted on her rescuer.
And for this day there he had never left her.
...
The cries of the newborn child made him go out of his distraction. Arthur had to react quickly before the health of the baby degrades. Wrapping in almost all the dry blankets which he could find, it gathered his Pokemon and taken out in the clearing.
All the creatures included that they ' had passed something grave and felt the sadness of their master. Arthur decided to let the camp as it stands the time to find some help in town; he and his Dragonite wrapped the bodies of their partner and closed solidly all the entrances of the tent which were sealed by a icebeam from gyarados.
The dragon Tamer flew away then in the direction of Viridian City on the back of Alastor, holding steadly in his arms his newborn son.
Hardly had he lands in front of the Pokemon Center that he rushed inside followed closely by his Dragonite.
The Pokemon center is also a small hospitals where we look as well after Pokemon as the human beings but the trainers are the main patients because the big hospitals dedicated only to the human beings are situated in big cities as Celadon city or Goldenrod City, and Viridian was not considered as an important city in spite of its population in constant increase.
After a few hours and a multitude of test, the nurse Joy returned the child to Arthur.
«You were lucky, for a premature baby of 3 weeks he is healthy! But sir, can I ask you where his mom is? According to our evaluations this child has only some hour of life just like this small Dratini whom you confided us and who didn't want left the baby, really incredible!" The nurse with pink hair chatted cheerfully.
In Sarah's mention the look of the Dragon Tamer darkens and it lowered the head.
" I have to tell you something "
….
Everything took place very fast. In one week hardly the funeral of Sarah were celebrate in the Dragon's Den and according to the tradition of the Clan she was cremated on a stake floating in the deepest cave of the Cave which was of use as crypt to the Clan, Draga her Dragonair was cremated with her, and their mixed ashes rested in a crystal urn decorated to dragonair engraved which was placed in an alcove beside the other members of the family Pendragon.
" My son, where is the baby? " Asked Enora, the wife of the leader of the Clan, while resting her cup of tea on the table of precious black wood of the big lounge in the mansion of Pendragon's in which were gathered almost all of the members of the family.
" Yeah It's true, when you show him to us your offspring? I don't think Sarah would like that you hide him to us. It's because he's so hideous that she's no more of this world hm? "
" Uther! That is enough! Leave your brother alone. "
" Forgiveness Mother." Apologized the man called Uther by embracing the shoulder of his brother before sitting down again in the armchair that he had appropriated himself "
After a long silence Arthur spoke raucously.
" My son is still in the center of Viridian city, the nurses wanted to keep him in observation because he was born with three weeks beforehand. I leave looking for him he and the baby Dratini within one hour. "
" That Dratini was born there even as long as your son is that it? "
" Exact, Draga died from exhaustion, she had grave wounds because of the fight and shortly after Sarah... "
" Do not feel grateful to speak about it if it makes you too much pain my son. "
" Yep, we are here for you brother. "Uther said with a wink of eye.
" The child and the small Dragon are bound for the life. The one will never go without the other one. "
Everybody looked at Enora in the confusion. Arthur and Uther's mother was considered in all the Clan as her predictions and her remedies with medicinal herbs.
"Well Arthur, what are you waiting for to present me my grandson? " Asked Wataru the Leader of the Clan was sat in his high master armchair of black leather he typed the fingers the ones against the others behind his wide bushy eyebrows the piercing eyes of a dark orange tint stared at his son.
"I got ready to leave, Father. " Answered Arthur by getting up from his seat, he went to the entrance his movements slamming his heavy black cape behind him.
" Well, Uther, Sandra, help me to prepare the room for the child, next to mine " the woman of a certain age began laughing slowly
" Maybe that it will give you ideas "
" Mother! " Her son got indignant under the eyes of his wife. " It is not the moment, my little brother needs to feel supporting, we leave in a week that leaves the time to us to know my nephew at least just a little. "
" The poor sweety will never know his mommy, it'ss really sad. " said Sandra with a saddened voice while tidying up
The matriarch took the hands of the young woman in hers.
"The life of Pendragon is not an easy one, it is often synonymic of suffering, anxiety and events which it's necessary to cross but it's what make us stronger. My child keeps hope, your turn will come and you and Uther will enlarge our Clan in decline."
" Mother!" Uther exclaimed, annoyed again.
Both women are mirrored to laugh cheerfully.
It is necessary to know that when a member of the Clan, even a member indirect as was Sarah, being the wife of Arthur.
Big one party is celebrated in honor of the deceased during 3 days; any member of the family stops its activities and comes to collect itself in the Dragon's Den which is then illuminated with blue flames, marking out a path leading up to the crypt in the profound subterranean caves. We cry the disappearance of the close relation there the spirit of which in from now on joins the Great Dragon, the protector of the Clan since its formation very long times ago by the very first Dragon Tamer Pendragon.
Afternoon come to an end and the sun declines slowly westward, behind the Mount Silver. A big creature has just landed throwing furiously the leaves which sprinkle the street paved in front of the Pokemon center.
Arthur jumps in low back of his Dragonite and walking quickly inward; a nurse recognizes him and guides him through corridors.
"Your son is healthy, we don't anymore need to keep him here as says my colleague for can back to home this evening. "
The Dragon Tamer agreed silently while following the nurse who went up a floor then stopped in front of a door carrying the plate "nursery"
In the room were several babies layed in small cradles. The nurse went to the one two and embraced the infant by lifting him delicately; in the empty cradle something moved and a small blue head clearly emerged in bottom of covers and started shouting.
The nurse sighed.
"Every time we wanted to take your son this little Dratini began crying and shouting with quite his strengths, calming down only if we let him with the child. I have never seen a thing similar and consider I saw such incredible things" She explained while catching the Pokemon which quickly nested in covers with the baby.
Arthur embraced his son as stretched out his arms to the nurse, Dratini looked at him with big curious eyes, its body rolled up in a protective way around the child.
"well I have the feeling that I had not a son but two as well, It isn't little dragon?" He scratched with a finger the summit of the head of the baby Pokemon which began making small joyful noises.
Having filled some administrative papers, Arthur flew away in back of Dragonite towards Blackthorn City. He had commanded Alastor to fly slowly not to hasten both babies who slept in a basket.
The night was fall and Arthur hurried to return to the mansion because the wind was cold. Her mother, his brother and his wife waited for him firmly in the hall.
"Ah finally, I believed that you had got lost along the way!" Exclaimed with a strong voice his brother.
"Uther, speaks less hardly you are going to wake up the child!" Answered his wife putting a finger on her lips.
"Sorry" He whispered in reply. Then He approached the basket and moved back of surprise when a small blue head made its appearance.
"Whoa! What is that!? My brother, are sure you have been in the right nursery?" He exclaimed surprised.
Heavy sobs gossip to come from the basket.
"And here we are, you won everything once again. " Sandra sighed in dismay.
Enora walked on then, Arthur raised the basket at his height. She held out hands and took out delicately the child.
"Hush, go on, go on, it's finished " she Whispered quite there the rocking; she held out one of her hands towards the basket which always held by Arthur.
"Come here too little dragon" she said in a reassuring tone.
The small creature jumped into her arms and flew off the handle in blankets.
Rocked by the balance of the arms of Enora they fell asleep.
"My son, learn to speak more slowly from now, the ears of the children are sensitive to the slightest noise. "
Uther looked at the ground, shameful to have been scolded by her mother as a kid whereas his brother laughed silently.
" Let's go to the lounge, it's more warm there and your father awaits. "
The matriarch walked of a slow step towards her husband, followed closely by Arthur.
"Look Wataru, our grandson, is he not adorable? Dragons have already marked him."
She put the baby in the lap of her husband. This one looked extensively at his grandson. A tuft of a blazing red-haired bristled on the summit of the skull, blindly, the half opened mouth, one of the quite small hands caught one of the small milky fins of the Dratini which slept curled up in a ball in coast of him; the creature didn't seem to care about the pressure on its "ear" and slept as happy.
"A strong aura emanated of the child. He has everything to become a big Dragon Tamer and I hope for it future Master who will make the pride of our Clan. When he will be in age I shall take care personally of his education and his training. "
Arthur's face darkens.
" Have you don't you enough to have try with your own sons maintaining you also want to include my son in your insane dreams! Father, no member of the Clan really became Dragon Master since my great grandfather! We all failed in this goal!"
" Didn't you understand what your mother said? This child is blessed by gods, he detains a potential which nobody else possesses, even not my own sons. I shall do what I decided for him and I shall make on what I decided for him and you will not have a word to say. As Leader of the Clan you owe me obedience and even more as father, my decision is taken Arthur. "
" For Sarah sake, promises me that you will not make him your pawn in the service of the glory of the Clan as you tried with me and Uther! "
"Arthur" Warned Enora with a sweet voice
" This child, as all other members, will serve our Clan according to my will. And you my son, if you dare to raise yourself against me then I shall apply our laws, which imports that you are of my blood. " Answered Wataru with a cold voice by considering straight in eyes at his younger son.
Arthur hurried to pick his son from his father's lap and rushed in the floor to the room which had been prepared for the child.
Uther looked of a saddened sight at his parents and left following his brother, Sandra on his heels.
Enora put a hand on of her husband.
" Don't blame Arthur, he worries about his son, Sarah has hardly just left us and her loss saddens him more than what he indeed wants to show us. I shall take care of the child as much as I can but promises me not to be too rough with them. "
Wataru stayed quiet, impassible.
"He is a Pendragon, he will learn to deserve his name in the same way as his father and in the same way as the father of his father before him. "
His wife sighed for a long time before adding in a quiet voice :
" Be not too harsh with your grandson, it could have bad surprises there after all, be careful in the Dragon which slumbers in him. "
He grumbled in reply then went to his office and closed the door; leaving her alone in her reflections, Enora walked towards the big glazed bay chased by her faithful Dragonair Nyméria which had stayed in retreat throughout the conversation.
The long blue dragon lifted one of the hands with its snout by grumbling slowly.
" I know my dear, the future promises to be chaotic. I hope that I shall have enough force and courage to avoid another disaster. " She sighed.
She stayed a moment to look at the sky covered with heavy black clouds before making her way towards the floor accompanied with her dragonair.
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I hope there is few mistakes (I try to do my best fox fix it)
Lance's family is so complicated ... his grandfather is a rough and uncompassionate man trying to restore the glory of his clan and his very father cannot do anything about it but fortunately his grandmother is there.
Next chapter I hand over to the dragons !