Chapter 15:
As they were flying Angelo noticed a silver Chinese dragon with large white bird-like wings sitting on the beach of the place they were getting close to.
"Who is that, mother?", Angelo asked Terferma as they got closer to the spot.
"That, Angelo, is Draganos.", Terferma said. "He will be the one that you will be staying with."
"Oh.", Angelo said. "I still don't understand why I have to come here."
"Because, this is an important step in your growing up.", Terferma said as they began to desend towards Draganos. "Do not worry, Angelo. Draganos will treat you well."
Soon, they had landed and were face to with Draganos, who was twenty feet tall. He then shrunk down to ten feet and looked looked at Terferma with a smile.
"Terferma!", Draganos said. "It's good to see you again!"
"It's good to see you too, old friend!", Terferma said as they pressed their foreheads together.
Draganof then looked down at Angelo, who was looking up at him. Draganos then smiled at him.
"And who might you be, young one?", Draganos asked.
"A-A-Angelo, sir.", Angelo said.
"Well it's good to meet you, Angelo.", Draganos said.
Suddenly, Draganos sensed that his other fellow Grand Dragons were coming. Terferma also sensed it as well.
"About time.", Draganos said as he turned to see the other five Grand Dragons were flying towards them.
But instead of them coming to Draganos, they each landed in different areas.
"Now that's odd.", Terferma said.
"Indeed.", Draganos said. "What are they up to?"
'Can you two hear me?', Pyros asked Terferma and Draganos telepathiclly.
'Yes.', Terferma and Draganos said.
'Good. Now have Angelo walk around in the forest.', Pyros said.
'Why?', Terferma questioned.
'So, they children can meet on their own.', Avis said.
'Quintes came up with the idea.', Hydras replied.
'And it is a good one.', Draganos said.
'I agree.', Terferma said. 'Give me a moment.'
"Angelo. I want you to go walk around the forest for a while.", Terferma told Angelo.
"Really?", Angelo questioned as he look towards the forest before him. "Is it safe?"
"It is safe, young one.", Draganos said as he looked down at Angelo. "You will be fine."
"And if you're lucky, you just may find some dragons like yourself.", Terferma said smiling.
"Really?", Angelo asked getting a bit excited.
Terferma nodded her head with a smile. Angelo then smiled as he ran into the forest. A minute or two later, Quintes, Hydras, Pyros, and Avis took to the sky and flew to where Terferma and Draganos were and landed there.
"Hello, Draganos!", Hydras said with a smile. "It's been a while."
"In deed it has, Hydras.", Draganos said with a smile. "It is good to see you all again."
"It's good to be seen.", Quintes said with a kind smile. "How has your adventures been?"
"Pretty interesting.", Draganos replied. "Now, tell me about these young Hybrids. That way I'll know how to teach them right."
"We can show you.", Pyros said.
"Very well.", Draganos said as he opened his mind. "Show me."
Quintes, Hydras, Pyros, Terferma, and Avis then opened a telepathic link with Draganos and show him what he needed to know about the Hybrids. As that was going on, the Hybrids were wandering around the forest hoping to see a dragon like themselves.
Water & Fire
"I wonder if dragons like me really are here.", Alchemy pondered as she walked around in the forest.
As she was doing this, Cassidy was closing in on Alchemy.
"This place isn't like my island home.", Cassidy said as she looked around the forest she was walking around. "The other dragons here probably won't even like me. I just know it!"
Suddenly, without warning, Cassidy and Alchemy bumped into each other as they were walking on all fours pretty fast.
"Ow!", they both said as they fell back on their rears and grabbed their heads.
As they were rubbing their heads, Alchemy and Cassidy suddenly saw each other. Needless to say they were surprised to see each other as their eyes went wide in shock.
"Aaaah!", they both yelled as they jumped back from each other. "Who are you? Who am I?
"I-I-I'm Alchemy.", Alchemy said nervously as her olive green eyes looked at Cassidy
"I-I-I'm Cassidy.", Cassidy said just as nervously as her blue eyes looked at Alchemy.
The two moved towards each other slowly on all fours being very careful. Soon they were walking around each other. Each noticing the tank-top and shorts they each was wearing. Cassidy in white and Alchemy in orange.
"You... You look just like me!", Alchemy said as she looked at Cassidy.
"And you look just like me!", Cassidy said as she looked at Alchemy. "But you're red. So I'm guessing that you're a fire dragon."
"Uh-huh!", Alchemy said with a nod. "As you must be a water dragon, seeing as you're blue."
"Yeah.", Cassidy said with a small smile. "You don't think I'm weird, do you?"
"I don't think you're weird.", Alchemy said. "We're just different dragons."
"Oh.", Cassidy said. "So, are there others like us around here?"
"I don't know.", Alchemy said. "I was looking for some when I bumped into you."
"Same here.", Cassidy said with a smile. "You want to search together?"
"Sure!", Alchemy said with a smile. "My father always says that there's always strenght in numbers."
"Is he a Grand Dragon?", Cassidy asked as they began to walk together through the forest.
"Yeah!", Alchemy said. "How did you figure that out?"
"Just a hunch.", Cassidy said. "You see, my mother is a Grand Dragon."
"Oh!", Alchemy said. "Do you think there are others like us?"
"I hope so.", Cassidy said as they continued their walk.
Wind & Energy
In another part of the forest, Micheal was flying through the forest trying to get a better view of the area.
"Wow!", Micheal said as he flew over the area. "This place is great! I wonder if I'll find others like me?"
Just then Micheal saw a dragon that looked like him, flying up onto the air, except he was gray and dressed in a black tank-top with matching shorts.
"Who's that?", Micheal questioned as he got closer. "One way to find out!"
A few minutes earlier...
"I need to fly up if I'm to see the area.", Joel said as he flapped his wings. "I can't believe Nerisa went in another direction."
As Joel was flying in the air, Micheal was flying at him at great speed.
"Look out!", Micheal yelled just in time as he did a sharp move to the right.
Joel then turned around to see a dragon that looked like him wearing a red tank-top and matching shorts flying towards a nearby tree branch.
"Sorry.", Micheal said as he landed on the tree branch. "Kind of new here."
"Me too.", Joel said as he landed next to him. "I'm Joel."
"I'm Micheal.", Micheal said. "Are you a quintessence dragon?"
"Yeah.", Joel said. "And you're are an air dragon."
"Yep!", Micheal said. "My father sent me in here to get to know the area better."
"So did my mother!", Joel said. "You want to look around together."
"Sure", Micheal said as they flew off the branch and flew around hoping to see anymore. dragons like them.
Lightning & Earth
"Where are they?", Nerissa questioned as she was walking around on all fours around the forest. "Maybe Joel found some."
As she was walking around the forest, Nerissa was hoping she'd find a dragon that was like her and her brother, Joel.
"There has to be some around here somewhere!", Nerissa said. "Mother wouldn't lie to us!"
"I can't be the only dragon like me here!", came a voice. "Mother said there were others like me!"
"What the...", Nerissa questioned as she followed where the voice was coming from. "Who's that?"
Nerissa looked through some bushes to see what looked like a dragon like her dressed in a brown tank-top and matching shorts.
"He's a dragon like me!", she said softly. "I wonder if he's quick on his feet?"
Nerissa then drops on all fours and gets ready to jump at the dragon. She rears back, wags her tail and...
A few moments earlier...
"This place is a lot like home.", Angelo said as he walked around on all fours. "It is different though. But it's nice."
As Angelo kept searching, he began to wonder if he'd find any dragons like him.
"Where are they?", Angelo questioned thinking about the other possible dragons like him. "I can't be the only dragon like me here! Mother said there were others like me!"
As Angelo looked around the area he was at, he heard a sound in the bushes. Instincts kicking in, Angelo prepard himself, waiting for whoever it was to try and pounch him. And then out of the corner of his eye, we saw a white figure jump out at him. Being a bit quicker, Angelo jumped out of it's way and watched her fall to the ground!
"Ow!", Nerissa yelled as she hit the groud .
Angelo turned to look at her. He saw that she was white with black and green eyes, and was wearing a black tank-top and matching shorts.
"You're a dragon like me!", Angelo said as she turned to look at him.
"Wow!", Nerissa as as she looked at Angelo. "You must be an earth dragon!"
"And you're a quintessence dragon.", Angelo said as they circled around each other.
"Wait until Joel sees this!", Nerissa said.
"Who's Joel?", he asked.
"He's my brother.", Nerissa said. "He went off to find others like us."
"Oh.", Angelo said. "Do you want to go look for anymore like up?"
"Yeah!", Nerissa said with a smile. "It shouldn't take us long to find others like us."
Angelo and Nerissa dropped to their all fours and walked through the forest in search of other dragons like them.
"By the way, I'm Angelo!", Angelo said with a smile as they walked through the forest.
"I'm Nerissa!", Nerissa said smiling. "Please to meet you!"
"Same here!", Angelo said.
The two young Hybrids continued their way through the forest in search of fellow dragons like them. Elsewhere, the Grand Dragons had just finish showing Draganos all he needed to know about the Hybrids, through their telepathic link.
"These children are quite interseting.", Draganos said with a grin.
"Yes they are.", Quintes said with a slight giggle. "But they are good children."
"Yes they are.", Terferma said. "I will miss Angelo."
"And I will miss Alchemy.", Pyros said. "But I will see her again. Just like you will see Angelo again, Terfema."
"He's right you know.", Avis said to Terferma. "It may be a while, but you'll see him again."
"I know.", Terferma said with a sad smile. "But saying goodbye will be hard. Now I know what Angelo and Willa felt when they had to say goodbye."
"I think we all know how they felt when they had to say goodbye to the friends they lived with.", Hydras said with a sad smile.
"Indeed.", Pyros said. "But we know they will be in good hands."
"Indeed they shall, Pyros.", Draganos said. "I will treat them the same way you do with a little way of my own."
"Now is that a good thing or a bad thing?", Quintes joked getting a laugh out of all of them.
"Now I wonder if they have found each other." Hydras said after they all calmed down from their laughter.
"Only one way to find out.", Terferma said as she closed her eyes.
Terferma then pressed her right claw further into the ground and focised her power. After a few seconds, she was able to find the young Hybrids and know where they were at that moment. Once she knew where they were, Terferma opened her eyes and pulled her claw out of the ground.
"Believe it or not, they are headed for an open clearing in the forest from three different directions.", Terferma said with a smile. "Angelo is walking with Nerissa, while Cassidy and Alchemy are walking together. And from the branches and leaves that are being hit by them, Joel and Micheal are flying through the forest to the clearing."
"So, it seems that they've found each other.", Pyros said with a smile. "So to speak."
"Then, let us see how this all turns out.", Draganos said as he took to the sky.
"This should be interesting.", Hydras said as she and the other Grand Dragons took to the sky.
"Not to mention fun.", Avis said as all six dragons fly higher and higher into the air.
"Let us hope it goes well for them.", Terferma said.
"Do not worry, my friend.", Quintes said. "They will be fine."
"I suppose you are right.", Terferma said with a small smile as the six dragons were high enough to see down in the clearing the Hybrids were heading to.
The first ones into the clearing were Joel and Micheal, seeing as they were flying through the forest.
"We've been flying all this time and we haven't seen any dragons like us!", Micheal said as he and Joel landed in the clearing.
"I wonder where my sister is right now.", Joel pondered as he looked around the area. "Maybe she found a dragon like us."
"Joel!"
Joel and Micheal turned to see Nerissa and Angelo running towards them.
"Hey, Sis!", Joel said as he saw Angelo running next to her. "Who's that?"
"That is Angelo!", Nerissa said as the four of them stood up on their hind legs and folded their winged around themselves, like a cape. "We found each other in the forest."
"Hi!", Angelo said smiling while waving his hand. "I'm Angelo! I'm an earth dragon!"
"I'm Micheal!", Micheal said with a smile. "I'm an air dragon!"
"I'm Nerissa!", Nerissa said smiling. "I'm a lightning quintessence dragon!"
"And I'm Joel!", Joel said smiling. "And I'm a energy quintessence!"
"I'm Alchemy! And I'm a fire dragon!"
The four Hybrids turned to see two more dragons that looked like them walking up to them on their hind legs. One blue and the other red.
"I-I'm Cassidy!", the blue dragon said with a nervous smile. "I-I'm a water dragon."
Getting excited, Nerissa ran up towards Cassidy and tackled her into a roll that ended with Narissa sitting on top of Cassidy, who was quite surprised and a bit scared at Nerissa's actoins.
"Hi, Cassidy!", Nerissa said with a smile that showed her teeth. "I'm Nerissa! You know, you don't have to be so nervous."
"O-Okay.", Cassidy said with a small smile. "Um... can I get up now?"
"Oh! Sorry!", Nerissa said as she got off of Cassidy. "Sometimes I can get a little excited."
"We can see that.", Micheal said as he and the other Hybrids came walking up to them.
The six of them looked at each other amazed and also happy that they've finally found others like them. Even though they're of different types. Suddenlly, they saw six large shadows move across the ground. They looked up to see the five Grand Dragons and a long silver dragon with bird wings coming towards them. Once they all landed, the six Hybrids stared up at the silver dragon.
"Who's that?", Alchemy asked.
"I am Draganos.", Draganos said as he looked down at the Hybrids. "I am the Grand Dragon of Protection. And you six shall be living with me here! While here, you will learn to fight more as well as learn other things that will help you in the future. Not to mention you will be helping me teach each other about the element."
"What do you mean by that?", Cassidy asked.
"I mean that when I teach your fellow dragons about water, you will be helping me, Cassidy.", Draganos said surprising her and the other Hybrids. "The same will go for Micheal when I teach you all about air."
"Really?", Micheal asked in surprise.
"That is why I taught you about air, Micheal.", Avis said. "That way when you meet your fellow dragons, you would be able to help them understand air."
"And me with fire?", Alchemy asked Pyros.
"Yes, Alchemy.", Pyros said making her smile.
"And you with earth, Angelo.", Terferma said to Angelo with a smile.
"And the same goes for you two.", Quintes said to Nerissa and Joel.
"You see, young ones, you will be helping each other become stronger.", Draganos said to the Hybrids. "You will learn to work together and become powerful warriors."
"What's a warrior?", Joel asked.
"You will find out.", Draganos said with a smile. "But right now it is time to say goodbye to those that took care of you for so long."
"And we think this is the best way to do it.", Quintes said as she and the other five Grand Dragons began to glow their respective colors.
Once the glow faded, the five of them were dragons like them only taller. The young Hybrids were surprized by this.
"Cassidy, Nerissa, and Alchemy.", Hydras said to the three female Hybrids. "When you are older, this is what you shall look like."
The three girls looked at the three of the as they looked and were quite amazed.
"Whoa!", the three of them said softly, making the three Grand Dragons smile.
As for the boys, they looked at Pyros and Avis in the form they had.
"Angelo, Joel, and Micheal.", Pyros said. "When you are older, you three shall look like this."
"Wow!", the three of them said softly making the three Grand Dragons smile.
The Hybrids then ran to the one that raised them and huged them. They then knew that they had to say goodbye to the ones they called mother/father. No matter how much it hurt them.
A/N: Well, the Hybrids have met and are about to say goodbye to their adoptive parents. After that the real training begins. But the question remains, will the girls find them and be able to change them back or will it blow up in their faces?
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