Short chapter this one sorry. Enjoy again and thanks for the loyal readers. Thanks little mouse ^.^

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The sun shone through the clouds as Briarus and Lizzie flew in and out of them. Briarus was a great natural flyer with power and grace. Lizzie felt the wind brish through her long golden locks as he turned and dived. The other dragons flew close. They were more like the kindergarten class. It was almost like they had not even flown before. They were spinning and messing around almost like zoo animals. Lizzie just smiled at the scene in front of her.

"Hey Briarus." She called out. "Can you do that?" She asked as she bent down to briarus. Briarus turned his head and gave her a 'are you serious look.' "Hey hey. Dont look at me like that. I was just asking a question." Briarus kept his eyes forward. "Over grown iguana." She grumbled.

Whack. Lizzie fell forward after Briarus hit her with his tail.

"Who happens to have wings." She mumbled under her breath.

Whack. Again.

"WILL YOU STOP THAT!IT HURTS." Lizzie said rubbing her head. Briarus just had a huge smug look on his face.

"Wiseguy. Note for the future your hearing is very good so dont mumble about you or I shall get a tail whack from you. OK OK Mr bossy pants. So Big boy lets see what you can do." She held on to his neck as he fell into a free dive. He was fast. She felt the water from her eyes as he went faster. The pulled up just before hitting the ocean. He rolled on to his bell and flew upside down letting lizzie touch the water. Her hands graced the cold surface of the water before he span back around. He tilted his wing splashing Lizzie. "Hey no fair!" She screamed rubbing the water from her face. "Ok maybe I actually did deserve that." Briarus laughed. Lizzie noticed they were heading towards an island.

"Hey I thought we were going to see my father." She called to her dragon. He didnt do anything just flapping his wings before landing on the golden sand. The other dragons followed a few moments later. Lizzie stood on the beach looking around her new surroundings. It was beautiful and so peaceful. The soft noises of the water coming onto the beach. The slight breeze on the palm trees and green foliage . She held her arms and took a long breath in. She smiled. She noticed that briarus had walked to the trees and began to roar softly. The other dragons joined with their big brother. The noise was almost like a sort of chanting. It was like they were calling something. Or someone.

They stopped before stepping back from the trees. The rustling made Lizzie look closer in the shadows where she saw what almost looked eyes. Not just one pair but many pairs. Staring at her in all different colours. She walked back a few times before a sharp roar caused her stand like the dead. Out the shade came not just one dragon but 1000's of them. All different colours. Some big. Some small. The baby dragons flew to the new dragons but she noticed something the baby dragons that hatched in china only went to the same colour dragons. Briarus walked over to Lizzie and nudged her arm breaking her focus before he made a smile grunt to the other dragons .

The other dragons looked up at the human that stood in front of them. It was like some of these beasts had never seen a human before. The eye contact was direct. There was no sound. No movement. It was like the dragons began to bore in to Lizzie' soul. Lizzie held her break before she noticed one dragon which had green scales began to walk closer to her. This dragon was particularly beautiful to look at. She looked at the beast that stood in front of her. It was around 20 ft tall at the shoulder. The height was not the first thing Lizzie noticed but The first thing that caught her attention were the purple and blue feathered tail which shimmered in the sunlight. The crest of feathers behind its neck.. The large curving tusks around the mouth. The large neck. The long legs with large sharp toes and large fingers. The dragon bent down to her level before puffing up a sack on his throat and made a vocalization like a hyena call.

He squatted down with the back legs and tail still raised in the air. Almost like a dog would do if it wanted to play. She bent down to his level and began to rub the crest of feathers behind his head. The feathers had a silk touch to them as Lizzie fingers gracefully moved around them. The dragon began to grunt with pleasure as it began to close it eyes and began to kick its back legs and rolled over. Lizzie smiled and stood back up the still attention seeking dragon still rolling on the sand.

The smaller versions came up and began to want attention. She tried to walk over them without stepping on them. Briarus flew in the air. He flew over low to where Lizzie was. He held out his tail as Lizzie held on tight as he picked her up and placing her on his back. The other dragons watched their leader and began to follow. The noise was almost like a jet engine starting. Lizzie looked around the beach to see more dragons come from the mountains and the forest and some from the water. She sat and stared in complete awe.

"This is going to make Fury lose his other eye." She told Briarus with a hint of humor in her voice. Briarus just huffed in reply and agreement. She smiled as she and the dragons. Old and new took the sky.