Chapter 10:
In a forest, of the world where the Grand Dragons took the six young Human-Dragon Hybrids to raise, was a young Angelo who was sleeping in the burrow of a large tree that Terferma, the Grand Dragon of Earth had dug out for him. But right now, he was beginning to wake up as his brown eyes slowly began to open. He lets out a big yawn while stretches out his arms, legs, and tail. Angelo then peeked out of his hole in the tree to see that most of the other earth dragons were no where to be seen.
"I guess they all must of left for the day.", Angelo said as he crawled out of his tree home. "Oh well. Time for some breakfast!"
Angelo then jumped to the ground and shook and dirt off of his brown tank-top and brown shorts. He never understood why his mother had him wear these strange garments while the other dragons didn't have to, but shrugged it off as he began to walk through the forest to the small lake where he took his baths. Once there, he took off his brown tank-top and shorts and jumped in the water and took his bath. Once he was done, he got out of he water and shook the water off of him and put his tank-top and shorts back on and went to look for some fruit to go with his breakfast. He then looked around, while moving some of his long black hair from out of his face, to see that there really wasn't no one around. Mainly, his mother Terferma.
"And seeing as mother isn't around...", Angelo said with a small smirk as he droppes to all fours. "I can move a lot quicker like this!"
Angelo then began to run through the forest on all fours trying to get to his favorite tree that had the apples he liked. As he was running through the forest, Angelo heard something moving through the bushes that were along side the path he was running.
'What was that?', Angelo thought to himself as he stopped running.
Angelo looked around and saw nothing as he heard the rustling of a bush. He then closed his eyes and began to sniff the air. A smile came to his face as he recognized the scent.
"Come on out, Willa!", Angelo said. "I know you're there."
"Aaaaaw!", came a female voice. "No fair!"
Out from some bushes came a small, green female dragon with brown eyes and long dirty blond hair. She was almost as big as Angelo. She was from the breed of earth dragons that was born small, but would grow to a nice healthy size dragon. When they were younger, Angelo and Willa became close. They saw each other as brother and sister. And every once and a while Willa would follow Angelo where ever he went.
"What are you doing here, Willa?", Angelo asked his adoptive little sister.
"I got bored playing with the other young dragons and decided to look for you.", Willa said. "It's funner to hang with you."
"Uh-huh.", Angelo said as he began to walk down the path to his favorite apple tree.
"That and you know where those yummy, green apples are.", Willa said with a smile.
"I thought so.", Angelo said as they arrived at the tree in question. "Speaking of which, here we are."
Angelo and Willa looked up the tree to see the green apples that they liked. Angelo then spreads his wings and flew up to the apples and began to knock them down to where Willa was. Once he had enough, he flew back down to the ground.
"That should be enough.", Angelo said.
"And now for some fish!", Willa said as Angelo stood up on his hind legs and picked of the six apples he knocked down and began to walk to the river with Willa.
Within a few minutes, they were at the river. Angelo set the apples aside and walked up to the river with Willa.
"So, how are we going to get some fish?", Willa asked as they watched some fish swim by.
"Easy!", Angelo said. "I'm going to use the trick mother taught me."
"What trick?" Willa questioned getting excited. "Show me! Show me! Show me!"
"Okay!", Angelo said as he looked around the area for something. "Ah-ha! That'll do!"
Angelo turned to face a pile of broken branches. He then held his hands out and began to focus his powers and made the branches float in the air.
"Oooooooo!", Willa said as she watched Angelo move the branches over the flowing river.
"Sssssssh!", Angelo said as he tried focus.
Willa then placed her front paws over her mouth.
"Sorry.", Willa said with her voice muffled.
Angelo then aimed the branches at the river and made them fall at a fast pace into the river. Angelo and Willa looked down to see eight fish, each speared by a branch.
"Hey! It worked!", Angelo said happily as he reached down and pulled out the branches the fish were stuck on. "We each get four fish!"
"But how are we going to cook them?", Willa asked as Angelo finished pulling out the last fish.
"We cook them.", Angelo said. "Just like mother does."
"We can do that?", Willa questioned.
"Yep!", Angelo said. "I've been practicing."
Watching them from a distance, hidden behind some trees was Terferma, the Grand Dragon of Earth in her twenty foot form. She had been watching Angelo and Willa for a while now.
"You've been practicing, have you?", Terferma questioned to herself as she watched the two of them proudly. "Let's see what you've got."
"So, what do we do?", Willa asked.
"First, we need a nice size slab of stone.", Angelo said as he looked around the area. "That'll do!"
Angelo quickly spotted a nice slab of stone that was wide enough to put the fish on and thin enough to heat up quickly.
"Let's place the fish on there.", Angelo said as he walked to the slab of stone.
Angelo and Will placed the fish on the slab of stone.
"Now, I get on one side while you get on the other.", Angelo said.
They both got into place and placed their hands on the stone.
"Now think about the stone being hot.", Angelo said.
"Are you sure?", Willa asked looking at Angelo.
"Have I ever been wrong?", Angelo said with confidants.
"Well, there was that time when you tried to fly over te edge of the cliff.", Willa said.
"That doesn't count!", Angelo said. "Now focus."
Angelo and Willa then closed their eyes and began to focus on the stone slab.
'Come on! Come on!', Angelo thought to himself as he tried to heat up the rock. 'Heat up!'
Terferma watched them as they were trying to heat up the slab of stone like she did for the younger dragons.
"You've learned a lot, Angelo.", Terferma said to herself as she watched Angelo and Willa. "But there are some things that you just can't do yet."
At first nothing was happening. But soon, she heard a sizzling sound come from the where the slab of stone was.
"Well I'll be!", Terferma said with a smile. "I don't believe it."
"We did it!", Angelo said as he smelled the fish cooking.
"Wow!", Willa said. "I can't wait to tell mother!"
Soon the fish was finished being cooked and ready to be eaten. And that's what Angelo and Willa did. They ate the fish and apples and drank water from the river. Once they were done, they buried the bones and apple cores that were left and cleaned their hands and faces in the river.
"I wonder what mother is going to think about us being able to cook our own fish?", Willa questioned as they finished cleaning their faces.
"I have no idea.", Angelo said as they began to walk through the forest. "I just hope she doesn't get mad at us."
"Now why would I be mad?"
Angelo and Willa looked up to see Terferma walking out from behind a tree.
"Mother!", Willa said happily as she ran up to her. "Guess what Angelo taught me! He taught me to cook just like you do!"
"I know.", Terferma said.
"You do?", Angelo and Willa questioned.
"Yes.", Terferma said. "I was watching you the whole time."
"You were?", the two young dragons questioned.
"Yes.", Terferma said. "And I couldn't be prouder of the both of you."
"You are?", they questioned.
"Yes.", Terferma said. "And you Angelo have learned to use your powers well."
"So, your not mad?", Angelo questioned.
"I could never be mad at you or Willa for being able to do such a powerful skill!", Terferma said as she scooped them both up in her massive claw and began to tickle them with the other making them laugh. "My two wonderful little dragons!"
After Terferma's tickle fun, they three of them continued their walk through the forest. Terferma decided to test what Angelo knew so far.
"Okay, Angelo.", Terferma said getting his attention. "Tell me about the earth."
"Okay.", Angelo said. "Earth is the foundation of any and all worlds. From the dirt to the high mountains. Earth is all around us."
"And what does the earth do for us?", Terferma ask.
"It gives us the cave that most of the older dragons sleep in.", Angelo explained. "As well as the plants and grass around us. It helps provide the fruits and vegetables that we eat as well. There's also the forest and jungles that give us the air we breath. And some creatures use large trees to make into a home. Like me."
"Very good, Angelo!", Terferma said proudly as they stopped at a dying tree. "And now let's see how you do with your power over plants. Let's see you restore this tree."
"Okay.", Angelo said as he walked up to the tree and placed his hands on it.
Angelo then began to focus his powers and sent some energy into the tree. Terferma and Willa watched as the tree slowly began to get it's healthy look back. Soon, it was back to it's full lush color.
"Wow!", Willa said as she looked at the restored tree.
"Very good, Angelo!", Terferma said. "You have gotten stronger!"
"Thanks!", Angelo said.
"And seeing how you were able to catch those fish earlier shows me that you've learned to move things well.", Terferma said. "And seeing you being able to cook those fish with Angelo, makes me proud of you too, Willa."
A smile came ti Willa's face after heaing that.
"And as a reward, the both of you can go have fun for the rest of the day.", Terferma said. "Just be careful."
"We will!", Angelo and Willa said before they ran off.
Terferma couldn't help but grin as the two young dragons ran off to play.
"To be young again.", Terferma said as she headed back to her cave for a little rest.
Meanwhile, on Metamoor, Elyon was sitting in her throne room thinking about what has happened so far. When the Council of the Known Worlds voted to have her friend, Alchemy, and the other four to be captured, she voted against it. She figured that they would make great allies to the Guardians. But when the Guardians voted for them to have their powers to be taken away, she was shocked. And a bit hurt that Cornelia would vote for that to happen. And now looked at what happened. There are six Human-Dragon Hybrids that didn't have to become that way being raised to control their powers. And who might come back and attack the Guardians.
"Is something wrong, Elyon?", Caleb asked as he sat in a seat next to Elyon's throne while Raythor sat in a seat on the other side.
"I'm just thinking about Alchemy and what has happen to her and the other five.", Elyon said.
"Even Nerissa?", Caleb questioned.
"Yeah. Even Nerissa.", Elyon said. "All of this could of been avoided, if the girls voted for them to keep their powers. Who's to say that Nerissa had some kind of mind control over them. I don't think she did!"
"Well, it's to late now.", Caleb said. "All we have to do is be ready to fight them if they come to fight."
"No... we don't.", Elyon said surprising Caleb.
"Your, majesty?", Raythor questioned.
"I'm sorry, but I will not fight one of my best friends!", Elyon said.
"But what if Cornelia and the others need our help, if Alchemy and the other five attack?", Caleb questioned.
"Then I and I alone with step in and see if I can talk them into not fighting the girls.", Elyon said. "I will not send my soldiers into a battle that has nothing to do with them."
"The queen makes a good point, Caleb.", Raythor said. "We have not wronged the Hybrids, as you call them. So, to fight them would be wrong, seeing as they are innocent in all this."
"And further more, Caleb, you shall not join in the battle either.", Elyon said.
"What?", Caleb questioned in shock. "But I told them..."
"I know what you told them.", Elyon said. "You told me, remember? And on that subject, who gave you the right to say that they had you, me, and any of her forces at the ready for them? That was not your call to make."
"I'm sorry, your majesty.", Caleb said as he held his head down. "But I just thought that..."
"You thought I'd side with the Guardians and fight Alchemy and the other hybrids.", Elyon said cutting him off. "Well one of those hybrids is one of my best friends. Just like Cornelia is. So, the next time you think about promising something like that again, I suggest you think about what you're about to say before you say it. You may be one of my close friends, and one of my trusted warriors, but that doesn't give you the right to make promises you can't keep."
"Yes, your majesty.", Caleb said knowing the girls weren't going to like this.
"Now, I suggest you tell the girls this the next time you see them.", Elyon said. "And if they don't like it, then they can take it up with me."
"Yes, your majesty.", Caleb said.
"You may not like this, Caleb.", Elyon said getting his attention. "But, I'm not about to risk the lives of good men for a fight that can be avoided if we can talk to Alchemy and the others. That's how I feel."
"But what if they don't want to talk?", Raythor questioned. "If you don't mind me asking, your highness."
"Then we'll have to go from there.", Elyon said. "But, I have faith that Alchemy or four of the other Hybrids won't attack me."
"And Nerissa?", Raythor questioned.
"I'm not sure, but I have this feeling that she won't be a problem either.", Elyon said. "It's something about the Grand Dragons that makes me feel that way."
"I hope you'reright.", Caleb said. "I really hope you're right."
"Faith, Caleb.", Elyon said with a smile as she got up from her throne. "It's all about having faith. Now, I want you to go to Earth and tell the girls and Matt what I told you."
"Okay.", Caleb said not knowing what the girls were going to think about all of this as he headed out of the throne room.
"Do you really think that your friend won't fight you, your majesty?", Raythor asked Elyon.
"I honestly hope not, Raythor.", Elyon said. "But I have faith in our friendship.
And with that Elyon walked off to attend to her other royal duties, with Raythor right behind her. Back on the world where the Hybrids were being raised, Terferma looked down at Angelo and Willa as they were sleeping under a tree.
"Soon, it will be time for you to leave the other earth dragons, Angelo.", she said to herself as she smiled down at the two young sleeping dragons. "Willa will be the most hurt of us all, but it's for the best. But for now, rest. Rest and enjoy your time with Willa and the other earth dragons."
Terferma then laid down next to Angelo and Willa as the moon began to rise. Soon Terferma fell asleep knowing that change was going to soon be in the air.
A/N: Well, that was a day in the life of Angelo. And his little sister of course. And before any of you say anything, no she is not a representation of Will. Just like Terenaa isn't a representation of Taranee. Just putting that out there. Now as for Elyon, that girl means business! She said what she said and meant it! Maybe Alchemy and the other Hybrids won't attack Elyon. Only time will tell.
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