"After a few minutes, I hear a small dragon roar. Turning around I see the others chasing after me on their own elemental dragons.
'You were really thinking that we would let you go alone, now weren't you?' Kai rushed over to my side, smiling. I smiled back, as we descended into the night."
Paris' POV:
Waking up to brightness flashing upon me, I find myself in an unfamiliar place. I began to sit up with pain filling my forehead, I went to move my right arm, but the pain intensity increased. Staring at my surroundings, the room was covered in a white paint, with trim running across the middle.
The trim wasn't any ordinary trim, it had carvings of different types of dragons. Some fighting each other, others befriending. Tracing the trim carvings, the entry to the room opens.
Turning towards the massive door, a yellow beast emerges. "Who are you?"
"I an Zuthy," His voice was deep, but soft in a way. Recognizing this dragon from before, I quickly try to grab for my sword.
"I'm not here to hurt you, Paris. Your weapons have also been confiscated for safety reasons." He stepped closer to me, "Why am I here? Where's Lauren?"
"Your friend, she's in good condition. Come with me, I'll explain everything." Zuthy turned around and headed towards the door, I stood in the same place I was.
Halfway out the door, Zuthy looks back at me. "Don't you want to hear about your mother?" Turning back, he continued out the door.
'Mom..' I bolted out the door, only to reveal a world of dragons. The marble streets were covered in hundreds of unseen dragons before, and the sky. I stood in astonishment.
"Are you coming or not?" Zuthy nudged my bad shoulder, which caused me to wince. "Come on, let's get that shoulder fixed of yours." Zuthy was one of the largest dragons roaming the street. I stared at all of the different breeds and traits of each and every one of them.
Zuthy led me down the road to a building marked with a red cross. "Go in there, the doc will fix you up. I'll wait out here for you." Zuthy opened the dragon-sized door, and I walked in slowly.
Behind the wooden counter, a dark-green dragon stood, looking for an item on the shelves. He was much smaller than other dragons, a few inches shorter than what I was surprisingly.
"Excuse me." I said, as I walked up to the counter. "Oh, hello! Welcome to my of-" His voice was cut off when he looked at me.
"Your the..new one.." He kept stuttering after every word, and his stubby arms began shaking. "The new what?" I wondered.
"I haven't explained it to her yet." Zuthy walked in, standing behind me. "This is Doc, one of the only healing dragons left. Paris needs some healing." Doc jumped up a little bit and rushed around, grabbing jars and other things. "Y-yes, general!"
Everything lay out in front of Doc, he began to eat a piece of all of it one by one. Confused, I looked at Zuthy. " His breed eats certain items at once, which creates certain auras that they can tame." Doc had finished eating everything, and one of his arms began glowing a bright blue.
Doc walked over to me, and placed his hand on my arm then to my hand, each having a little more than a few seconds. "Okay, you can take the bandages off now." I began to peel the pieces of bandage off my arm and forehead off, which revealed fresh skin.
"Thanks, Doc!" I smiled at him, as he took the bandage extras from me. Zuthy and I walked out of the building, and began following a large road.
"How well do you know your parents?" Zuthy asked, continuing to look straight. "I don't know much about my mother, but my father..." My words slipped off my tongue, as my hand clenched with anger.
"Did you know your mother was the Dragon Keeper?" I looked at him, "Dragon Keeper?" Up the road, he led me to a large temple, with hundreds of pure-white pillars holding it up. He led me inside, the entrance was covered in markings and sculptures.
"A dragon keeper is one of the most powerful leaders in the world of dimensions. Fighting alongside dragons, and protecting their honorable name." He turned to a carving in a wall with a lone warrior, accompanied by dragons.
"They fight for peace throughout, and never lost a war." Another carving, showing a woman standing on a body of bodies, dragons looking up towards her.
"Your mother was a Dragon Keeper, fighting in the human realm during the Elemental battle. She never believed in giving up, on others or herself. She was the bravest of them all." This carving showed the battle between the Elemental masters, my mother fighting alongside Master Wu.
"Are each Dragon Keepers descendants?" Zuthy nodded, "And you, Paris, are one of them." I stood there, staring at the Yellow beast.
"How can it be me? I've done unspeakable things in my life.. How an I the next one?" I let out all of my thoughts, unable to think through anything. "That doesn't mean you don't have a light in your future." Zuthy responded.
"Come, I have something to show you." Zuthy led me down the hall, where a single chair sat high above the main floor. Behind it, was a human-sized door. "You can discover whats in there for yourself, come back when your ready." Zuthy told me. I opened the door, which revealed a staircase downstairs. I followed them until they led to a large armory.
Hundreds of weapons were placed on the walls, marked with the Dragon symbol. In the middle of all the weapons, hung a black and yellow suit with scales going down the right arm. Above it, hung a black metal bow that had dragon shapes carved into it.
Slowly putting the suit on, I placed the bow on my back and walked out. I was greeted by Zuthy and Lauren. "Lauren! Where were you?" I ran up to her.
"I was put in another room, they thought I was too much of a threat." She chucked, and I smiled. Zuthy walked up next to Lauren and I. "Paris, will you accept the duty of being the next Dragon Keeper?"
"I do."
