5/7 Ello readers. I hoped u liked my last chappy. Here is part two of chapter ten.
Chapter 10: part 2: The Lonely Dragon and His Missing Owner.
WhiteGold suddenly cried as she awoke from her dreams and realized she was hungry. Since she was on the end of the bed with the dogs, I heard her loud and clear and fell off the bed screaming since I love to sleep on the edge. I heard Raditz rush into the room and soothe the little dragon as I regained my senses and woke up.
"My lady are you all right?" Raditz asked looking over the bed at me.
"I am fine, just start feeding her for me." I ordered slowly crawling back onto the bed. I straightened out my tank top and shorts and rubbed my head in anger. I was not a morning person, but I had to start somewhere because I wanted kids after my marriage and everyone knows children don't go by an adults schedule. I spotted Raditz still at the end of the bed, still soothing the dragon. "What time is it?" I asked looking out the window onto the lit ground.
"About 3 in the afternoon." Raditz informed as my head shot towards him.
"What! I was suppose to be introduced to my maids today!" I panicked starting to sort through clothes. I noticed Raditz looking over at the closet and turned to see my outfit for the day hanging off a knob. "I wonder who chose this?" I asked picking up the black bikini top. I giggled at the bottom as it was the bottom half of a kimono with only its obi to keep it in place around the hips. "Cute." I giggled waving the two out. The dogs stayed for the show and I changed quickly. I looked into the mirror and growled at my hair. I wanted it up, but in anything other than a ponytail. 'I wonder if the girls know how to do hair?.. They don't have any here?' I asked the dogs as I sat and brushed my knots out of my bed head.
Nibble whined and brought over a piece of paper. He waited to show me what was written on it. It was from King Cold announcing I was to meet Cooler and his gang of people. I cried in anger and rushed out the room. The dogs followed obediently and was soon joined by Raditz and a stumbling WhiteGold.
Making my way out of my guest house, I crossed the busy court filled with different aliens and up the steps towards King Colds palace. NightShade roared a welcome from his sunny perch from where he claimed a section of the courtyard and it was joined with the three others. River was above the entrance. I had to stop for a second, noticing a change in her blue coloring. She was usually light blue, today she was a darker hue and only two shades from a regular blue. She blinked her eyes echoing my confusion.
"Such a pretty color you are today. I wonder if it means something?" I called up to River. She answered with a gargle and seemed to want me to go in. She then jumped and flew to NightShade, who greeted her by nudging her close to him.
After having Raditz urge me into the palace, I picked up my pace and weaved through the many halls hiding King Colds throne room. "Must you rush? I am tired." Meta whined aloud. I felt him stretch inside me and send a painful spasm through my nerves. "Sorry, I twitched somewhere." he apologized automatically. He left my consciousness for several steps before reporting back.
"And? Who did you just bug and what did you talk about?" I asked the raseru rounding the last corner.
"Frieza. He still waits for you. He has his maids and men with him also. Your friends are talking with Shane. Cooler awaits with his earthling wife." Meta listed fading every now and then. Before grabbing the handle, I yawned and stretched, cracking every bone I could painfully back into place. I then smoothed out the outfit before opening the door in a calm fashion.
The room seemed to get quiet as I walked in. Everyone was at the far end I walked towards them. I heard an impatient click of a tongue snapping against teeth and stopped noticing the tanned, sun bleached hair woman hanging off Coolers limp arm. Her blue eyes were glaring daggers at me as she looked me up and down. I did the same to her and she snorted in disgust.
"She's from the lower class. Your brother has poor taste." The woman said just high enough for me to hear. I narrowed my eyes at her and continued to walk to Frieza. I giggled noticing Zarbons locked glare with Sauza.
"Morning, or should I say afternoon, dear sister." Shane greeted smiling cheerfully. My other friends joined in with him and then turned back to the raised clipboard Shane was holding.
"Morning everyone." I said before a yawn took me over. "Excuse me, I just awoke six minutes a go."
"Can tell.. If you haven't realized you are in front of a Monarch, not your pimp. You don't show up in a bikini top and the bottom of your pajamas." Coolers arm guard scolded me.
"It was left out for me.." I whined looking to Frieza who nodded. The four girls trying to hide behind Vegeta, nodded also.
"Well someone wanted you to look like a whore."
'Has she looked and smelled herself lately?' Meta demanded in sarcastic tone. 'Pure whore right there. I can even prove it.. Let me out!'
'We'll get rid of her later, but for now focus on the job at hand. I need my hair up!And its cold in here!' I told him mentally.
"I wouldn't worry about her girls. Lower classes usually are a lost cause in beauty." The woman told the girls that were slowly coming up to me. They seemed to flinch at her words.
"Don't listen to the old one. All I need is my hair up.. Braids please." I assured them with a smile. They looked towards each other and then rushed over scaring me. The head one twirled me around in my surprise and grabbed my long hair. In their native tongue, which I could not learn for the life of me, they discussed a style. She then floated and pulled back the rest of my hair.
"You can call me Dolphin. My name is unpronounceable in your language. I am your head maid, just ask and I'll get the other three to help me with it. Now onto what u asked us to do.. Tightest, tight, or loose?" Dolphin said rather quickly.
"Tight please or it'll just fall out if loose. And too tight will make me scream in pain." I answered trying not to purr at the light tugging of my hair. She ushered the girls over and introduced them in aquatic marine life names I was suppose to call them. Dolphin, the head girl, Manatee was the second in command, Shark was a stern one and seemed nicer than her name let out, and Orca was the smallest and most shy of them all. The woman(like the maids) of Friezas kind had no hard protection on them like the shin guards and arm guards and no hard head. Their skin also felt soft.
"Yay, finally we get to play with real hair! It feels so soft!" Orca exclaimed using a comb to brush out any knots I had gathered rushing here.
"She's worried about her hair falling out of place!" The woman laughed as I glared at her.
"Kasey, you know of Cooler and this is his supermodel... wife, Keyra." Frieza said as Cooler sighed in an uncaring tone.
"Supermodel aye?" I asked forming an evil smile. "So whats it like being of a rich family, I mean of course you've had to have the greatest life ever!" I laughed as Meta snickered.
"Better than yours I'm sure.." Keyra snorted.
"Careful, you might look older than you are if you keep scowling like that!" I exclaimed in mock terror. Meta was a roar of laughter in my head as he thought of jokes to tell me. I saw a smirk come across many of the mens faces and then disappear. My friends had turned around and were now eyeing me for more.
"Atleast I don't look ancient!" She retorted harshly. I made a fake face of terror and hurt before giggling.
"Well I will always look younger than you, saggy skin.. Growing old already?" I giggled getting caught up in the moment.
"Shut it, you lower class whore!" Keyra yelled as loud as she could.
"Keyra calm yourself!" Cooler scolded as she wrenched herself from him.
"Don't tell me what to do!" She screamed at him.
"Yo porn star! Your acting out of line.. Get back in it!" Shane yelled over her protests. This seemed to set her off more. "Look Keyra, you can leave and walk back to your castle, but thats over water so if you think your so perfect trying walking on it. If you fall through the sharks will eat you." Shane reasoned angrily. "I will not tolerate that kind of behavior in the room I take care of."
Her screams lowered and she reattached herself to an angered Cooler. "She started it.." Keyra whined lowly with a pouted face. Cooler rolled his eyes with his squadron.
I felt a slight tug on my hair signaling a tie was needed. I undid one from my wrist where I had an extra three on me just in case and handed it to a waiting Dolphin. "Where is your father Frieza, I thought he would be here when I came?" I asked ignoring Metas sudden plea to irritate Keyra further
"Oh he's been in a war meeting all day. We didn't know this until Shane showed up carrying the message to let you sleep in. He should be back any time now." Frieza answered in a deadpan tone.
'Where is Terra, Ozma, and WhiteFang?' I asked Meta. He left me once more and returned happily.
'They explore. Do you want them Kasey?' Meta responded seeming eager.
'No they can explore. I won't intrude on their fun.'
'That Shadow Mini is eyeing the one they call Sage.' Meta informed slightly confused. I looked to my short friend and then around the room. 'He lives in that giant black hole over to our right.' I soon spotted the dark spot in the wall and a side ways glance at a glowing red eye. It was starring at Sage in a needy sort of way.
'Wonder why he's hiding?'
'He is scared of everyone.. He is only three years and was captured from the wild. He wishes for an owner to lay with.' Meta told me in a sad tone.
"Shane can I ask you about the dragons I have and the one hiding over in that cave it has?" I asked my brother walking to him. My friends backed away and excused themselves from the room. Sage slowed down just a bit half way to the door. I watched as she quickly glanced at the red eyes of the Shadow Mini Nexus and then rush out. 'You saw that right, Meta?' I asked surprised at what I had just figured out.
"Oh yes I had gathered the notes you needed about all your pets. Read the dragon one first though. It gives helpful hints like how you can determine when a Nexus is going to Fly, which means to mate and produce eggs in a clutch. River is about a day away from it. Excitement will cause it to come sooner." Shane explained handing over two large books, one about dragons and one about other various creatures.
"Is there anything else I need to know before reading this?" I questioned opening to the first page.
"Oh yes you do.. The kinds of dragons you bought are impressionable. That means they'll join you as one person and be able to talk to you in your head as the raserus do already. You will also feel what they feel, including the mating flights. Thats all you really need to know from me. The book will explain everything else. I dogeared the pages that are needed for the types you have now." Shane continued as I flipped to through the folded pages.
"Thank you for digging this out for me!"
'He didn't say anything about the youngster in the cave!' Meta reminded me in an urgent tone.
"Shane, that young dragon over there.. Why does Meta tell me that it's sad?" I asked pointing towards the now visible dragon. It was emitting a low, sad cry with a weak stance. This Shadow was a low gray, not the healthy black it should be. Its red eyes were dull in the light and his wings mangled by the chain tied around his body.
"We're having trouble with Shadow there. He refuses everyone we offered him. He has gone on a hunger strike and now looks like that." Shanes face turned to worry.
"You haven't offered him Sage or the others?" I asked turning to him.
"No. King cold didn't think them as good candidates."
"He wants Sage.. He keeps looking at her in need. I will say this once.. I know he needs her and I don't need a book to tell me that!" I scolded as the dragon crooned louder. WhiteGold answered him back and that set off a chain of dragon roars.
A servant hurried in and handed Shane a note before rushing back out. Shane read it and smiled. "Good news.. We have one nation out of four on our side. He comes now to join us." Shane reported folding up the note and shoving it into a pocket.
'Now can I?' Meta questioned in a dying plea. I turned to the supermodel beside me and found her glaring at me once more. Cooler looked at me in a request and then looked to her as the request to do something to her. I sent Meta out to him and watched him startle in surprise and soothe when he found out what was going on. 'He says get rid of her for him. He'll go against the contract if he kills her.' Meta told me as I smiled.
'Then go right ahead.. Here give me a second to give you a form I know she'll like.' I allowed as I closed my eyes and brought up a vision of a rock star I thought was hot when I was younger. I felt Meta separate from me, but come up from behind Keyra.
"Excuse me, but I need to get to Lady Doggy." The fake rock star commanded as Keyra whirled around and let her mouth drop in utter surprise. She unlatched herself from Cooler once more and smiled at him in a flirtatious way. She swayed to the side instead of stepping so Meta could brush up against her as much as she could let him. He walked towards me with a smile that made me melt. He stepped beside me and called a stuffed bunny to his hand. He shook it before turning and offering it to Keyra. She seemed to melt also and took the bunny with such haste I thought Meta wasn't gonna be able to let go without ripping it.
"How did you know rabbits were my favorite animal?" Keyra asked holding the stuffed black rabbit close to her.
"I have my ways of knowing things. And who could resist a cute little bunny?" Meta told her in a happy, flirting tone.
"Oh so why must you meet skinny here?" She asked her eyes glinting evil suddenly.
"Because we used to date way back when we were just teenagers." Meta explained grabbing my hands and cupping them in his and setting his face two inches from mine and staring his red eyes into my brownish-green ones. He planted small kisses on my lips and heard Frieza gasp in horror. "Isn't that right, Doggy dear?" He asked winking. I looked over at Keyra and found she was a second from exploding into another rage.
"Oh ofcourse, but that was so long ago. We must move on, Joesph." I responded in a laugh. Meta, or Joesph, laughed with me and let go of my hands. He smiled at Keyra and walked towards her. She seemed to stop breathing and gasped excitedly as he took her hands and looked into her eyes.
"Are you attached, my dear Keyra?" "Joesph" asked trying to ignore the ring on her finger.
"No not at all. He means nothing to me. Joesph, was it?" She whispered like she was in a dream. I tried not to laugh at everyones surprised face. I heard Shane snicker and then turn to hide it.
"Oh but he should.. He holds your life in his hands especially from others." Meta reasoned pulling her towards him. I felt him steal one of my daggers and hide it against his arm.
"I'm sure you can do the same as he." Keyra whispered moving in to kiss Meta on his fake lips. She stuttered for a second and her face to turned to surprise and pain. She then grunted and groaned as Meta dug the dagger deeper into her kidney/stomach. He twisted it and pulled it out leaving her to scream in pain and fall to her knees.
"See what happens when you try to move too fast with some people. You get crushed before anything happens. See why he was perfect for you. He protected you while you went crazy for his money." Meta scolded as she looked at him in confusion. "See what greed and insults get you?"
Keyra turned to Cooler in desperation, now giving him her full attention. He just looked away uninterested in her attention, the damage already done by her cold shoulders. She then turned to sobbing and crying for help from everyone in the room. Shane had turned away and was now starring at the gray dragon. Meta had found his way behind me and was caressing my neck lovingly and with respect for allowing him to kill.
King Cold came bustling as Keyra finally fell over and fell into her death slumber. He stopped noticing the dead girl bleeding on his floor and snorted. He then noticed the transformed Meta molesting my neck and turned to Frieza for an answer.
"Meta killed Keyra for us and I really don't know what he's doing to my fiancee." Frieza answered dully like he'd seen it before.
"I'm kissing her neck." Meta murmured in the middle of a kiss under my chin.
"Well then all is good?" King Cold asked as Shane looked towards the unhealthy dragon. King Cold followed his gazed and jumped, startled by the animals looks. "Shane, have you been feeding him? He looks horrible!"
"He is refusing to eat now. My sister thinks one of her friends is the mysterious candidate for Shadow. Sage I believe is the one it is craving for." Shane answered as Shadow let out another weak call. WhiteGold let out a mighty cry and jolted forward only to land on her belly. Shadow slowly turned towards Meta and I.
"Sage is not strong enough for such a dragon.. We'll find someone better!" King Cold snapped as Shadow gave a distressed cry. It jolted forward, breaking its mangled chain, and charged for Meta. It knocked the raseru aside and grabbed my neck in its weak jaws. I simply went limp, signaling I wouldn't fight, but called to the others who were gathering energy to shoot at the poor beast to calm down and just get Sage. Meta roared in fury and transformed back into the dog form. Shadow weakly flicked his tail at him and marched toward the doors at the end of the room.
WhiteGolds screams of protest echoed in my head as words, "You will hurt mommy! Mommy is friend, you don't hurt friend!" She sounded so like a three year old watching a friend fight with another friend. She was scrambling for me as Shadow crashed through the doors and half ran/marched down the halls towards the light of the doors.
NightShades roars of protest started coming into my mind also as words. "You let her go!.. She is not to be held as ransom to get your way!" The older dragon roared as Shadow stepped outside, his loose chain clanging against the steps as he walked down and looked around. River was hissing beside the larger dragon and scaring anyone that was rushing out of the courtyard.
"Sister!" I heard Shane yell as the gang came running out to see what the runaway dragon would do next. "Has he hurt you yet?" Shane's tone sound frightened and determined. "I have called Sage and the others! They come with haste!"
"He has not hurt me, but I am getting a headache from all the voices suddenly in my head that are screaming for him to let me go. Several different levels of voices were screaming at the dragon holding me, but it seemed to go through me first.
"SHADOW RELEASE HER NOW!" Sage screamed from a top my guest house. The dragon whined and slowly let me down. My dragons seemed to calm, River turned a deeper shade of blue reclaiming NightShade's attention. Shadow backed away and I got to my feet. I rubbed the dragons nose telling him it was all right. He had gotten what he wanted and he didn't do anything that bad. Meta was still practically steaming, but I paid that dog no heed.
"I'm sorry Kasey, I don't know what gotten into him." Sage apologized trying to untangle the dragons wings and body from the chain.
"He just wanted you and no one was willing to tell you that for him." I waved it off starting to help her.
"He says thank you for helping..And sorry for the scare." Sage told me for her dragon. I heard mine rumble and try to calm themselves.
"Its ok Shadow. I'll forgive you." I told the dragon scratching his muzzle. He hummed in pleasure.
"Sage take your dragon to the hose and wash him while he feeds. Kasey you might as well start yours also. Its a good bonding ritual." Shane advised looking at the dull colors of my dragons except River who was the brightest blue I had ever seen. "Actually Kasey, you might want to go to your bedroom alone and read that book. You'll need to be alone when River goes to Fly."
I looked towards my brother in confusion, but ran when I felt the reason why I should be alone. River let out a high-pitched squeal and sprang into the air, flapping her wings she flew away at a great speed. No one expected NightShade to go after the smaller, lustier dragon with a great roar of a challenge to the three other males on the grounds. They didn't move and you can't really blame them, can you?
6/10 Hey this one didn't take me as long as it should of.. I hoped you liked it.. I wrote it in like three and half days.. I thank the idea for impression and the tele-link thing and teleporting(later in this story, you'll see) on Ann McCaffrey's Dragonriders' of Pern books.. They're like the greatest books ever! Oh and I started posting my book on Myspace.. if you want to read it just ask and I'll email my url to you so u can, but you also have to be a member of myspace.. and its on also(you don't need a membership for that.. Thxs for reading and I'll have the next chapter up soon.