"Over there" Lena said pointing a little to her left.

Aero flew in the direction the girl on his back pointed out. They had been flying for about twenty minutes searching for the source of the roaring they had heard earlier. It seemed to move around a lot because just a minute before, Aero and Lena were flying the other way. They had a pretty good idea of what the thing was that made them jump up at breakfast this morning but they wanted to find it to confirm.

"It's fast."

"I know…Do you really think it can be…you know?"

"It's the only creature I know that sounds that way."

That's when Aero saw a yellow blob flashing right underneath them. He went in a dive and dove right into the forest. Moving very agile between the trees Aero was able to follow the yellow blob. Lena noticed the direction they were going and knew that they were headed towards a very deep and dangerous cliff. She pushed herself up so she could set her feet on Aero's back. The dragon seemed to understand what Lena was planning. He took up as much speed as he could to get closer to the yellow blob.

"Ready?"

"Ready."

With a strong swing Aero threw his back up so Lena got thrown up in the air, flying over the yellow blob and landing a couple dozen feet in front of it. The yellow blob stopped abruptly. As soon as it stopped the form of itgot more clearer and in front of Lena stood a panting little yellow dragon. It looked over its shoulder hoping to see a way out but Aero was already blocking it.

"Wow. It's gorgeous."

"It's so small."

"Do you think it's still a baby?"

"Maybe…or it could just be a small species."

The little yellow dragon grumbled.

"Hey, it's okay" Lena said, putting her hands up trying to sooth the scared dragon: "We won't hurt you."

It stopped grumbling but still the yellow dragon didn't seemed to trust the situation, or Lena and Aero. Lena took a deep breath and slowly brought one arm horizontal so her hand was stretched out towards the yellow dragon. The dragon was surprised by this action. Lena stepped a couple steps forward in a crouched position. Again the dragon grumbled. Lena decided to have a leap of faith and she turned her head away and closed her eyes, with her arm still outstretched.
Aero stayed calm, which was a good sign. Minutes seemed to pass by. Then suddenly Lena felt warm scales touch the palm of her hand. She sighed. Slowly turning around and opening her eyes. Lena saw that the little yellow dragon had its snout pressed against her hand and his eyes radiated tranquility.

"Hey there" Lena said with a calm voice and a soft smile: "You're a cute one aren't you."

"What's your name?"

The dragon looked around alarmed. It definitively had never experienced telepathy.

"It's okay" Lena tried to sooth her new friend: "It's just Aero." She nodded to the emerald green dragon. "He can talk to you…and you can talk to him."

A moment of silence.

"His name is Ghrian."

"It's nice to meet you Ghrian. I'm Lena and Aero is my friend." Lena was petting her new friend when an unknown voice scared her to death.

"How the hell did you do that?"

Lena stood in front of Ghrian in a protective way and Aero stood behind them with spreaded wings, ready to fire at the stranger with the first wrong move they made.

The stranger repeated themselves: "How did you that?"

"Why should I answer you?" Lena replied.

The stranger noticed the young girl in front of her was on edge. "I'm sorry. I should've introduced myself first. I'm Mulan."

Lena relaxed a bit when hearing that name: "You're Mulan?"

"Yes…"

"Ruby and Dorothy told me about you."

"You know Ruby and Dorothy?"

"Yeah, they're my friends. I'm Lena."

"Wait, you're Lena? The girl who's fused with a dragon?"

"Well, I was that girl. Elliot died a couple years ago."

"Oh…I'm sorry. But who is this than?" Mulan asked nodding towards the green dragon.

"That's Aero…He's Elliot's offspring" Lena explained. Aero and Mulan nodded to each other.

Then Mulan turned back to Lena: "Now…can you tell me how you were able to approach that little yellow dragon? I've been trying the past weeks and he won't let me closer than twenty feet."

"I guess I just have a way with dragons…And Aero is a big help too."

"Yeah, I helped her talk to Ghrian."

Mulan looked around bewildered, wondering where the voice came from: "What the hell was that?"

Lena chuckled: "That was Aero. He can use telepathy to talk to me or others." The yellow dragon nudged his nose against Lena's legs. She looked down at the little one and smiled. "Why were you after Ghrian?"

"Is that his name?"

Lena nodded.

"Well…there aren't many dragons left anymore in the Enchanted Forest and I've been trying to locate as many dragon to try and protect them."

"How's that working out?" Lena asked with a smirk, already having a pretty good idea what the answer was.

Mulan sighed: "Not that well…Dragons don't seemed to like being around people…Well, with the exception of you apparently…Hey, maybe you could help me." Mulan looked hopeful at the young girl before her.

Lena looked over his shoulder to Aero: "What do you think?"

"I wanna help save dragons. Otherwise I will be the only dragon again."

"Then let's do it."

And so a new adventure began as Lena and Aero guided their two new friends to their home. Luckily it was big enough for another person and a dragon. That evening Lena and Mulan discussed some basic rules around the camp fire while Aero and Ghrian played around. The first and most important rule was not to tell anyone about their dragon friends unless they had discussed and agreed on it together. An couple hours later they had all searched a comfortable place to sleep. Like the previous night Lena leaned against Aero.

"Mulan is nice. I like her."

"Me too."

"Do you think she can help you fulfil your destiny?"

Lena thought about it: "I don't know…Maybe…" Sigh. "I hope so."

Next chapter coming soon.