I Regret Nothing

Just as we'd guessed, we knew everything the teacher's would try to teach us. My classes after PT were Science, Health, English, and Reading, in that order. I couldn't have been happier when I'd gotten out. However, Cy told me that he'd seen these things called dorms and rooms for dragons to stay. He'd said we should check it out.

When we got there, we'd seen that why the school was so big was because of the dorms. We were in just section one of 5, and still there were at least 150 dorm rooms. Dragons had keys to enter their dorms, with rooms about half the size of my cave. I really wanted a dorm now, and I wondered if Tina had a dorm as well.

"Wow, this is nice, Cy," I said, "are you planning to-"

"Yes, I am. Have you seen the dragonesses at this school? There's this one named Tina and-"

"Tina?"

"Yeah, she'd said see her at the Central, and she'd said I looked handsome! Are you happy for me" Cy said, looking at me with a big smile.

I was a little hurt. Tina said she'd thought I was cute. She told Cy he was handsome, blowing me out of the water. Oh well, I'd rather lose a girl I kind of liked than lose a friend I'd had my whole life.

"I am, and if you two end up in a relationship, I'll support it."

"Thanks, well I'm heading out.. I'll see you later man…"

"Don't try to get lucky….." I said.

"Shuddup, Ali…" Cy said with a laugh.

He turned a corner to our right and disappeared.

I turned around and started walking toward the exit.

I guess I should find someone else. Cy's got Tina for now I thought.

I came to a dead end. I looked for an exit but couldn't find one.

"Maybe I turned wrong and went somewhere else…?" I thought.

Then I heard claws on the floor and someone talking. I growled to myself when I heard the voice.

"….that runt humiliated me. If I see him one more time, he's dead," Crewe growled.

"We should humiliate him the way he did you. Beat him up in front of everyone, and make him suffer. No mercy for the brat!" Goon 1 said.

"We won't stop there. I could use my elemental shackles, sneak them on him, and hang him upside down outside the Central. Leave him for hours in the sun," Goon 2 said, proving it by making a noise that sounded like chains.

How did he even get those? I thought.

The clique laughed at their evil plot as if it were going to work. Their steps drew closer to me. I didn't know where they were coming from, so I flew to a ledge as quick as I could.

The clique stopped talking and laughing. I slowed my breathing, trying to stay quiet. I wasn't scared Crewe, but I didn't know how many dragons were with him. I couldn't take them all on if they could shackle me in chains that completely stopped my elements.

They started walking again, talking more quietly. I thought I was off the hook, and I moved just an inch.

A rock that was never there before fell off, and it wasn't small.

It landed with a loud thud, and echoed through the entire building.

Crewe's clique stopped again. They turned and immediately found me where I was.

"THERE! ON THAT LEDGE!" Goon 1 snitched.

They started to fly to my hiding spot. I had to think fast.

Please let there be an unlocked dorm. Let Tina and Cy be around here and let me in… I thought.

No luck anyway. Crewe and Goons had me surrounded. There were about 10 of them in all. I saw the shackles they'd bragged about. They were thick red bars with red chains on them.

"We have plans for you, Ali. You're going to regret everything!" Crewe declared.

I needed to get out of here fast. But there was nothing I could do.

I have no choice I thought.

I imagined an explosion around me as the clique closed in on me. The area around us heated up quickly, and the dragons around me got back a little.

"What's he doing?" Crewe asked.

NOW I thought.

I released the energy in a loud, red blast. I saw Crewe fly back and hit the wall as I flew through to the opposite direction. I didn't know where I was going. I hit a wall hard. I was surprised to have not broken it. I landed on the floor, hard. I groaned in pain, wishing I'd done something else. The door of the dorm nearby opened, and a dragon came out. My vision was blurry, and getting blurrier, so I couldn't see if it was male or female.

"Are you alright?!" the dragon said.

I realized it was a dragoness.

What luck I thought.

I groaned, getting drowsy.

"I can help you," she says, "please don't be too hurt."

I blacked out as she dragged me into the dorm.

Cyrus's POV

I'd arrived at the square at about four. I saw Tina sitting near the fountain. She smiled when she saw me.

"Hi, Tina" I answered.

"Hey" she said.

"So why'd you want to see me here?"

"Well, I wanted to just hang out with a purple dragon. It gets so boring at my dorm" she said, coming close to me.

"Cool, well what do you guys do? Are there events at the school?"

"I hang out with my friends after school. We visit the plaza to shop, or hang out at the dorms. What about you? What do you like to do?"

"I hang out with Ali most of the time. We visit the arena to watch battles, go to the library, or train at the temple."

Tina nodded. "Ali is cute, I really told him that. I like him as a friend though, but you…

"You like me as a friend too?"

She avoided the question. "Come on, Cyrus, let's take flight."

She spread her wings, and launched into the air. Still wishing she'd answered my question, I'd followed her.

….

Ali's POV

I woke up with a start. I immediately cried out in pain, and looked at myself. I was bandaged on my chest, head, and legs. I really regretted using that attack now.

Then the dragoness that bandaged me came into the dorm.

I regret nothing I thought.

Her scales were light steel blue, a blue lighter than that of Tina's scales. She had 4 horns curved back, sharp and well cared for. Her wing membranes were slightly gray, and her eyes… an amazing light green. She looked even better than Tina. She pushed my back gently.

"Rest, you're still hurt" she said.

"Ow" I said.

"Drink this, you'll feel better," she said.

She handed me a glass with a red liquid in it. I didn't want to drink it at first, but she did all this for me so far right? She won't try to kill me now right?

I drunk the glass, and it was warm and sweet. It tasted like raspberries. When I finished I handed her the glass and she put it away. She came back to my side.

"Thank you," I said.

She nodded, and then stared at me again. "You're Welcome, Ali. I'm glad you're okay.

"How do you know my name?" I asked her.

She raised her head. "You remember PT?"

"Oh yeah" I said.

"You obviously are a very strong dragon, stronger than most fire elementals."

"I'm… different" I say, shifting myself.

"How so?"

"I can't say. Look, did anyone come by here looking for me?"

"No, you're safe" she reassured me.

"Okay, well, I think I'll be leaving now" I said, attempting to get up.

"You shouldn't you know, you hit the wall pretty hard. You should… stay."

Proving her point, I fell again. She helped me up.

"I need to let my parents know I'm staying here then, but only for tonight. Can you tell the dorm's officials or whatever to tell the guardians what I said, and why I'm here?"

"I already did. You're parents even stopped by and checked on you. I expected them to take you away from me but they saw how I'd cared for you, so they left you here. Your new dorm is right next to mine.

"How long did it take for all this to happen?"

"'Bout an hour" she replied.

"Well, this is… awkward" I said.

"Well, do you want to stay here? It's not even sunset yet.

"That's not a bad idea, "I said.

She smiled a beautiful smile. I resisted the urge to stare blankly

"Can you tell me about yourself?"

She did meet my parents, and did all this stuff. Why not?

So I told her my whole story. How I can use most of the elements, how me and my dad are special like the purple dragons. She listened all the way through. I finally finished my life's story.

"That's why you're so special. Why you can beat any dragon at this school, except Cyrus of course."

"Yeah, I don't know about him," I say, "well I think I want to sleep. Tomorrow we've got school."

"No we don't" she said.

"What?" I asked.

"You're injured, so they had me "watch" you. That means you're here until you are a little better."

I smiled.

"They made you my temporary mother didn't they?" I teased.

"Shut up…." She says playfully.

"Whatever… by the way I never got your name" I say.

"Shia"

"Shia eh? I… like that name…" I say before slowly drifting off to sleep.