Chapter Fifteen

David's Secret

Sadly, Lance walked slowly back towards the others. The animals had started moving back their homes. When he got back there, they all asked, "What happed, who was the Dragoon Warrior?"

Lance only answered, "Zeig…"

"What," Vallen asked.

"Yeah, and he awakened Mohair, the Dark Dragon," Lance continued. "He also used power from the dark spirit. He became the Dark Dragoon. Then this other Dragoon joined in and attacked Zeig and Mohair – with his own dragon! Zeig…He killed Feyrbrand, and for that, I'll kill him! I swear on my oath, that I'll kill him!"

"Lance, settle down," Alexis cried, running towards him, and started crying in his arms. "I know you're upset, but can't we do anything else than fight? Will violence solve anything?' She continued to cry as the others walked back to set up the sleeping tents.

"Alexis, look at me," he said as she looked at him now eye to eye, "I know violence won't solve all the problems we have now, but someday I know that we will make it through."

"Alright," Alexis said as she backed away a little ways. She stopped crying, and wiped her eyes.

"Where's David," Lance wondered, looking around.

"He woke up so suddenly, and then said that he needed to go on a walk by himself and that he'd be back," Candice explained.

I wonder, Lance thought, could David…No it can't be…

"Well, I'm going to bed," Cameron said as she walked towards the tent that she would be sleeping in.

"Me too, ditto, I'm tired too, good night," the rest of them said. They all slept through a very well night. Then the next day, Lance's Fire Dragoon spirit resonated, and he awoke to find that the Wind Dragoon spirit was clutched in Vallen's sleeping hand, glowing. When Vallen felt warmth, he awoke.

"Ungh, wha-what," Vallen mumbled as he noticed the glowing orb in his hand. "Lance, I…" Lance just stared at the stone.

"Come on, we should keep moving," Lance said, as more tears formed in his eyes. He was crying because he and Feyrbrand had become close friends, and now Vallen had to fulfill what Feyrbrand wanted, when he told Lance to do it.

"Lance, what's wrong," Alexis asked, but Lance, with his head down, walked right past her without answering. Vallen walked quickly to Scamp, his horse, and rode on behind the others.

"What about David," Vallen asked.

"Don't worry," said a familiar voice. "I'm right here." David had just limped towards them as he said, "What happened in the battle?"

"Forget about it," Candice answered. "Whoa, what happened to you? You're not as good as before." She had noticed a marking as large as the Water Dragoon Warrior's cut.

"I–ugh–well I," he stammered.

"Hey, that's where the Water Dragoon was hit," Lance yelled, while wiping the tears away from his eyes. "Where exactly did you go last night? Wait," he said as he thought. David's voice was the same voice that the Water Dragoon Warrior had. He was hit in the same spot, and was not here with the others when he, Lance, was battling it out with Zeig. "David, is there something that you need to tell us?"

"What are you talking about," he asked.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about," Lance said advancing slowly. "So?"

"I–what–you–fine," he said as all of them glared at him. "So what, are you gonna kill me now? Well, go ahead, and just know, that you'll be in for a rough fight!" As he said this, he pulled out a stone as big as Lance's, and it was a sky-blue color.

"I don't want to fight you," Lance said, putting his hands in front of him while stepping back. "Besides that, you're in no condition to be fighting like this. You could've killed yourself for fighting the way that you did."

"Well," David started, as he put the stone back into his pocket, and fell to his knees, "if you did fight me, you would've won." After that last word, he fell onto his stomach, and Alexis immediately raced towards him. She knelt down, and everyone was again watching her work. She said the incantation softly, "Moonlight," and this time, all of David's bleeding cuts closed and most of the injuries healed, even the markings that Cory had given him had healed entirely. The marking that Zeig gave him, didn't heal at all. David was lucky…this time…The team doesn't know this, but he's after David and Cory…for revenge.