Several hours had past after the attack on Draco. Despite the fact there were serious matters which needed more attention. The council had insisted that Commander Ace and his crew joined them in a unofficial meeting. The council wondered where the commander and Jake were the first hour of the attack.

"Tell me commander. What was your location the first hour of the attack." Councilor Kulde asked calmly.

Ace looked through the room. Loa Shi, advisor Carter and his crew were also in the room. his shifted uneasy on his feet.

"Permission, to speak freely?"

"Permission granted." Andam spoke before Kulde could say anything.

"I was training Jacob inside 'The chamber'."

Carter shot a glance that said. What's he talking about. She returned his glance with a look that told him, she couldn't tell.

"You did what!" the normally calm councilor Omnia exploded.

"Easy Serena." Andam said as he pushed her back into her seat. He then turned to the group.

"Will everybody pleas leave." He told them. "Not you dragon Long. This also affects you."

Aurora shot Ace a worried look. He tried to calm her with a small smile. Aurora was the last to leave and closed the immense wooden door. After they left Kulde turned to Ace.

"You know if we did not have a war at this time you would be executed." He hissed.

"I am fully aware of that, councilor." Ace said.

"We had an agreement commander. You violated it." Omnia said her voice full of disdain.

"I did not violate the agreement look in Jacob's file he has become a member of my team four days ago."

Kulde scoffed and waved his hand a small book appeared with a dragon on it and written beneath that dragon was Jacob Luke Long. Kulde opened the book and read a few lines. He turned his eyes to Ace.

"When did you make this decision to let him join your team and why weren't we told."

"I considered it not a problem. All of you had more important things to do, so I figured this was a decision I had to make on my own. You gave me that privilege."

Andam cleared his throat.

"Yes commander we gave you that privilege. Jacob you can leave now." Andam smiled.

Jake shot a confused look at the councilors and bowed as he left the room.

The smile on Andam's face disappeared as soon as Jake had closed the door.

"Do you know what consequences that decision will have on that boys life!" Andam bellowed.

Ace sighed. "I am fully aware of that councilor."

"Does that count the same for Jacob?"

Ace shook his head.

Andam sighed and collapsed on his chair rubbing his eyes.

"You know the only way out of your team is by death, commander. Why did you do this was he even aware of the fact he joined your team?"

"No." Ace solemnly said.

"Ace, you're team consists of dragons who were either expelled by their own family, orphans or dragons who couldn't go anywhere else. How hard it may sound. If they died they wouldn't be missed. Now you took a boy into your team, that has friends, family and even a girlfriend. He will never be able to go back to that life. That's a rule that applies to everyone of your team. Do you know what you've just done."

Ace shoulders slumped in defeat.

"I just destroyed his life." He solemnly said. "Can't you make an exception for him?"

"You know that is not possible." Omnia said. "Once you're in you can't get out. Now we won't interfere between him and his family. But with your hasty decision you have left us no choice, but to erase Dragon Long out of the memories of everyone who knew him and loved him. this will be the first thing we will have to do after this war is over."

"I understand Councilors." Ace replied.

"Yes, you do understand. But will dragon Long understand." Andam said.

"Do you want me to tell him?"

"No, at the moment it is better if he doesn't know what is going to happen. The chance that he will not understand is to big at the moment, he will be told after the war." Andam said.

Ace nodded.

"You will have to take him to the quarters your team resides. If he wants it or not. This will be the start of separating him from his family. You are dismissed." Andam said.

Ace saluted and left the room. Wondering if he had made the right choice.

XXXX

Fu dog wandered of the with body's litter soil of Draco isle. He silently walked to Marty the grim reaper an old friend of him.

Marty despite being the grim reaper he normally was a comedian. Now he silently noted the names of the magical creatures that had fallen.

Fu tugged at Marty's robe asking sadly.

"How many have we lost so far."

Marty rubbed his eye sockets and wrote down another name as one of his minions placed the body in front of him.

"three-hundred- forty-three and counting." He somberly said waved his hand and the body floated into a wooden casket.

"You know Fu. I don't mind being the grim reaper. The pay is good, the hours aren't bad. But my heart breaks as I see so many people dead at the same time. This wasn't in the job description. I noted the names of several children with the age between thirteen and eighteen. These weren't supposed to die in at least another sixty years. This are moments I consider quitting my job."

"Hey, I don't like it either if humans only wanted to listen to us." Fu answered sadly.

Marty shook his head.

"They will never listen to us, Fu. They don't trust what they can't understand. They want to destroy things that seem strange. We are magical, every bit of science they have states that ghost, dragons and goblins don't exist. Yet we do. We made a fool out of their science. They fear us. Why? Because most of us have the intelligence of humans or even more and most of the times we are stronger. They fear if they don't fight us we will become the dominant species on this planet. Forcing them into hiding. In a way I can't blame them for reacting this way. I would have done the same if I were a human and found out dragons and such exist."

"Let's just hope that there are a few brave ones among them that will try to make them understand us so that this war will not end in more bloodshed.""Fu said.

Marty nodded and placed another body in a casket.

End of chapter.

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