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A/N: In this chapter Mordecai shows up and everyone gets to see how much he loves his family. And that's not saracasm ok guys? In case any of you were wondering, Sapphire is in her room looking at stuff, while all this goes down.

Chapter 3

Aiden looked up when he saw Alessandro fly towards him. He narrowed his eyes in frustration. He was trying to find a little pebble that his father had put somewhere in the grass and he had no idea where it was now!

"What is it Alessandro?"

"Where's your father?" Aiden pointed behind him.

"Somewhere over there." Alessandro sighed in frustration before throwing back his head and roaring "MORDECAI!!!"

"Wat is dat Alessandro?" (What is it Alessandro?) Turning around, Aiden and Alessandro saw Mordecai walking towards them. His black hair framing his face perfectly making him look extremely dangerous, which was a good thing. Turning back into his human form so the entire dragon demon race wouldn't hear, Alessandro approached Mordecai.

"Hoe denik ik breng dit in de meeste eenvoudigst van manieren..." (How do I put this in the most simplest of ways...)

"Alleen zeggen dat zij." (Just say it.) Alessandro nodded with a sigh.

"Ok...Alliane wordt momenteel verjoegen door alle dragon geest mannetjes in Alagaesia juist now. Zij kunnen wenden." (Ok...Alliane is being chased by all of the dragon demon males in Alagaesia right now. She can turn.) Mordecai narrowed his dark blue eyes dangerously and growled.

"Niets is alles!!" (Damn it all!!) Turning around swiftly, Mordecai turned into his demon form, his tail swinging back and forth dangerously.

"Father where are you going?" Having lived here for only five years, Aiden still had not picked up on the language yet. Mordecai looked down at his son, before kneeling down.

"We're going to rescue someone. Now get on." Nodding, Aiden climbed onto his father's back. As his father jumped into the air, he could tell just how angry he was. In the conversation all he could catch was his sister's name, Alagaesia, and dragon demon. Not to mention that at the end his father said damn it all.

~Alagaesia~

Jayden was trying his hardest to keep Alliane in his sights, but that was slowly failing, seeing as how the sun was about to go down. 'Is Mordecai really that hard to find in that world? Last time I remembered seeing him, he was the biggest dragon demon.'

'Jayden where did she go?' Looking around Jayden saw that Alliane had in fact disappeared...but so had the dragon demons.

'Oh dear...This won't be good.' At that moment Jayden sensed something pass overhead. Looking up slowly, he saw thunder clouds. 'Could it get any worse?' A loud shriek from beneath them made Jayden jump a bit and Alliane came flying up out of the darkness, with the males right behind her.

"Don't just sit there Jayden, HELP ME!"

"Your father is on his way!" Jayden added in his mind, 'I hope...' One of the males then screeched loudly and Jayden tried to figure out why. Alliane flew past him again, but this time Jayden saw someone else in the mix attacking the males. Mordecai. He watched as Mordecai flew to where he was right behind his daughter and he faced the males, growling.

"Anyone who wants to touch her has to go through me first." Jayden couldn't help but think, 'Oh they aren't that stupid as to take on their king.' But he was proved wrong when all of them flew at Mordecai at once.

"Alliane go to Jayden and stay put!" Roaring in anger, Mordecai launched himself at the oncoming dragon demons and started the fight. As they watched, Mordecai blew fire at all of them and wacked them with his tail. Looking at her father's back she saw Aiden kneeling on Mordecai's back. At that moment she heard her mother calling for her. 'Oh no!' Sapphire came out from the trees and looked around. Her eyes widened in horror when she saw Mordecai and Aiden in a dragon demon brawl. Wouldn't you be worried too? After all her son was on his fathers back going against dragon demons that were 10 times his size!

"Mordecai?!" Alliane turned around swiftly and flew beneath the cliff, to hide from her mothers gaze. Flying over to her, Mordecai landed on the ground softly and Aiden jumped off in one single leap.

"Hi mom!" Aiden pulled his mother into a bear hug and smiled. Mordecai gently nudged the top of her head, before jumping back into the fight. Aiden watched his father as he fought the other males.

"Aiden what is going on?"

"I don't really know. Moments ago, while I was trying to find a damned pebble in grass, Alessandro showed up wanting to talk to father. When they started talking, they switched languages and I have no idea what they were talking about really. Except for a few words."

"What words?"

"Well...Alliane, Alagaesia, dragon demon, and father said damn it all." Sapphire sighed. That didn't really give anything away.

"Weren't you supposed to be able to speak the language by now?"

"Read not speak. There's a big difference from being able to read it to being able to speak it correctly. Plus, I want to speak it just like father. Fluently."

"Good luck with that. I have no idea how he did it in a short amount of time." With one last blast of fire, the dragon demon males flew off submitting to Mordecai once again, and Mordecai landed on the ground next to Sapphire. He changed back and smiled at her, his dark blue eyes glinting like blue fire.

"Hello Sapphire." She crossed her arms, making Mordecai's smile disappear, only to be replaced by confusion.

"So what was going on? I'm pretty sure they didn't come here without permission. That group have been here for the past 8 months." Mordecai sighed and smiled sadly at her.

"It has something to do with Alliane. Sapphire, according to Alessandro and what I saw when we arrived, Alliane is the only dragon demon female alive now."

"But she can't even transform." Sighing again, Mordecai walked over to the edge of the cliff.

"I'll prove it to you." Turning back into his demon form, he jumped down and was gone for five minutes, before he came flying back up with Alliane on his back. Landing next to them once again, he waited until his daughter was off his back before returning to his human form.

"Alliane tell your mother what happened?" Alliane looked at Mordecai before shaking her head slowly.

"You can't make me do anything. After all, you barely know anything about me!" Turning around, Alliane took off running into the forest. Mordecai sighed again.

"Save the girl and this is the thanks I get...Geez...I say she takes after you." He looked at Sapphire, who gave him a small glare.

"Guess again."

"Me? How on earth does she take after me?!"

"Easy. I remember a time when you believed no one could make you do anything you didn't want to do." Mordecai approached her and pulled her into his arms, smirking down at her.

"Oh really? Give an example of a time when I was like that?"

"When we first met." Mordecai chuckled and kissed her. Mordecai rolled his eyes and made a gagging noise. Mordecai looked at Aiden and smiled.

"Hey, no one said you had to watch."

"True, but has anyone ever told you two that you really need to get a room?" Mordecai smiled at his son and faced him entirely.

"Oh? Is that a challenge young man?" Aiden faced him also.

"You bet...old man!"

"Ok that's it!" Mordecai ran towards him, but Aiden ran out of the way quickly. Sapphire smiled at the sight of Mordecai and Aiden playing together, but she couldn't help but worry about Alliane. If what Mordecai said was true, then now their daughter would have all this new stuff forced onto her that she never wanted. Like helping repopulate the dragon demon race.

All right review! I know this chapter was in fact longer than the last one, but come on people! REVIEW please! You're reviews keep me happy! So please review! Or else.....I'll send an angry Mordecai after you guys! Review!