New years eve was here the castle was a busy place. The day seemed to fly by Draco was confused, he didn't know if he should be happy or sad in a couple hours he would be a adult dragon but still a hatchling to most everyone. Everyone was trying to get everything together for his party for the New Year. The war with the Ice Dragons would be over or so they hoped. Draco spent his day helping the servants they didn't want him to but he insisted, they would talk to him like he was god the decider the one who chooses who lived or died. That was one thing he hated about Stronghold, everyone who knew who he was treated him like a god.
When he became king and everyone knew who he was he would never get peace everyone would treat him like that. It meant no more trips to the city where he went unnoticed, where he could enjoy his life. He wasn't sure he could do this he wanted freedom to ne in another cage. His kingdom looked up to him their lives where in his hands. He had to be king to end this war. He started to think of his red haired beauty oh he would do anything just to talk to her, to know her name. She was the girl from his dreams and she was real.
Draco sat on his bed he looked at his owl named Hester and said "today's the day I'm going to change and I'm stuck on this room waiting. They could have given me something to read. Just because I could be dangerous they didn't have to lock me in here alone. They could have left when I started to change so I had some company." His mother said "on the hour of your birth you will start to change." Why did his birth hour have to be at three thirty am? Twenty minutes to go he thought only twenty minutes.
His mother knocked on his door when he had five minutes to go she unlocked the door and came in. " Son I love you and no matter how this turns out I will be here ... well on the other side of the door. They don't want me in here just in case since I'm still queen and need protecting (she rolled her eyes)."
"Mother I would never hurt you, can't you stay."
"I'm sorry son if they would let me I would. Since your father wanted blood on his hands during his change they don't want to risk it. You are so much like him you know you will be tall dear and very big ,its going to be hard to fit through doorways. "
"Oh mother I love you two minutes to go. you better lock that door and be on the other side. I would never hurt you." She got up walked to the door and shut and locked it.
Just then he felt it starting he was already so tired and knew this would be hell on him. All of a sudden he slammed on to the floor and started having convolutions. His bones cracked and lengthened he felt his skin being stretched his muscles were burning. He started to howl in pain only to stop because it was a good pain, he seemed like he was going to explode. He had a strange feeling, they were right he wanted blood, just then Hester flew out the window as if he scented the blood hunger. This went on for three hours he had thrashed his room. There was blood from him convoluting on the floor where he broke his nose and blood went everywhere.
Daphne layer on her bed think that in a couple hours she would see her mystery man again or so she hoped. She couldn't get a wink of sleep since about three thirty. She felt like something was wrong she was dead asleep and she woke to a night sweat. It was now six am and she finally started drifting off to sleep. She knew she would have dreams of her mystery man. Later today she would talk to him she would make damn sure of that.
Draco heard a door open he couldn't see who these men were since his vision was foggy still, two sets of man arms striped him and dumped him in his bath then three maids came in washed him up, then let him soak while they cleaned up the room he best they could. They made what was left of the bed and called the men back. He felt the two men lift him by his under arms and the maids dried him off then he was placed in his bed. As the men were leaving he heard them whisper I think he is bigger than king Orin god rest his soul.
He passes out and woke up hours later in a daze. He scrubbed his hands across his face, wait those weren't his hands. He looked down at hands as big as a baseball glove. Dear gods he stood up on shaky legs and made it into the bath and looked in the mirror. Oh my god he was at least six foot seven about two hundred and eighty pounds. That's more than double his previous weight, and he was a foot and a half taller. Oh and he was ripped with muscles oh the muscles he had.
He stumbled into his bedroom or what was left, he couldn't believe he destroyed his room or how big he was. Would his clothing fit him? That's when he spied a neatly pile of clothing he put them on a bit tight but they worked. He walked out the hall to find his mother who was sitting in a chair sound asleep. She looked so peaceful. Just then her eyes snapped open and she started crying as she looked at him "oh I knew you would look just like him, you could almost be his twin. Oh your eyes they look just like his were. "He stared at his mother as she cried her eyes out not knowing what to do. Being there made her cry. "Mother will you be ok. I do not mean to make you cry, I'll leave if you want." Just then his mother threw her small body around him and hugged him. He could barley feel her hugging him he knew she was hugging him hard because she always did. "Oh we must get you ready let's get you in your suit."
We'll they had to fetch every tailor in town because he as bigger than expected, he was bigger than Orin like the men thought so his suits didn't fit. It took eight tailors to make a suit for his party into adulthood, his party for his announcement of who he was. He would be king once he gets use to his body and trains some more as a adult dragon. That meant in two months. His ball as his mother insisted him call it would start in about two hours. Two hours he would be introduced as Draco the next king of Stronghold. They had kept him a secret or tried to so the Ice dragons would not have the chance to kill him. They wanted to kill every male Wrath.
As it got closer to seven o'clock the more nervous he got, he would see her again tonight would she still want him knowing that he is a prince? Would she want him even more that he was a prince? What would his people say what would they do? Would they be angry that he was hidden that they didn't know he existed? All the worry put wrinkles on his face. His mother came walking up to him then." My dear son what is the matter? You look so worried do not worries if you fear they will be angry or upset they will not. They will he happy that there will be a leader again."
"Mother how do you always know what I am thinking?"
"Your father dear had the same look on his face when he was worried about what his people thought of him."
"I don't know if I do this mother. I don't want to be put in another cage. I want to explore, I want to walk through the sits without being swarmed."
"My dear Draco things will not be like that maybe at first but then it will calm, sometimes you will have swarms mostly in hard times. You will have guards they will keep the people at bay if you wish it."
"Thanks mother I will go prepare for the ball." As he walked away he felt like going for a little walk around the city without his guards.