Five years later…

Jake sat on his throne inside the great council room. The last five years had changed him again. His own people feared him. no longer he was called Jacob or councilor Long. he was referred to as the dark dragon. The last five years he hardly had contact with anyone. The only people who were allowed to enter either the council rooms or his dorm were Ace and Nerk.

In these five years. His grandfather died. When he died, Haley left. She said that now Lao Shi died there was no one left to take care off. Fu left with her.

He sighed and looked at one of his shades. He had mastered an array of dark spells. The shades were one of them. It looked like someone he lost five years ago. He could change the shape of his shades but in this form they comforted him. he yawned and rested his head on his head gazing into the distance his eyes slowly fluttered.

/flashback/

Jake walked through the morgue on Draco isle. He entered the room where the bodies of his parents were located. As he entered a dragon was preparing the bodies. Cleaning them and preparing them so they would look decent for the ceremony.

Every member of the family of a councilor living on the isle would either be buried or cremated in the presence of all dragons. Jake had preferred a silent ceremony but he needed to obey the rules.

"How long?" Jake whispered.

The dragon first startled by Jake. Took his glasses of his nose and rubbed them clean. "I have your father ready for the ceremony your mother is nearly ready, sir."

Jake nodded and left.

Hours later two coffins stood on a risen plateau as dragons were alongside of it. Jake dressed in black held his sister who was crying. Lao Shi was comforted by Fu. Chang stood somewhere in the back also wiping away some tears. Every word the priest told about Jake's parents didn't reach his ears.

"Taken from our midst. But you will live on in our hearts." The priest ended. He walked up to Jake a little unsure. "Councilor Long, it is tradition to have a family member to…" The priest tried but didn't know how to tell Jake.

"Light the fire?" Jake said emotionless.

The priest swallowed as he nodded. Jake placed his hand on his sisters head and nodded she let go of him as he walked onto the plateau. He took a deep breath and forced himself not to cry. He closed his eyes as fire engulfed him turning him into his dragon form. He again took a deep breath and torched the coffins watching in silence as the slowly burned away. Every second they burned a piece of his heart burned with them.

/End of flashback/

Jake snapped out of his sleep little sweat drops formed on his forehead. He used the back of his hand to wipe them away. He groaned the last weeks his dreams were filled with the events of the last five years. Most of them were plain nightmares. Just as the one he had seconds ago. But some of them were wonderful. He smiled at the thought the day he met his son three years ago.

/flashback/

"Councilor Long, we are getting a transmission from the alliance. Which is strange they never tried to contact us before." Mortis said. "Want me to block it?"

Jake turned to Mortis and shook his head. "Answer them. I want to know what they want."

Mortis nodded and on the big screen a woman could be seen. Her golden locks still the same as Jake remembered. The air caught in his throat and his mouth went dry.

"Rose," He whispered.

The blond haired woman looked at him, sadness in her eyes. "Jake. I want you to meet someone.. personal."

Jake looked at her his eyes filled with longing and nodded. "Tell me where."

"The ruins of New York city. Meet me at central park." With that the connection closed.

"Jake what are you going to do?" Ace asked.

Without a word Jake ran outside and took the closest fighter. Within minutes the aircraft was in the air and he headed for Central park, or what was left of it."

Jake waited every second seemed like a day. Suddenly a portal opened and out of it came Rose. Carrying something or rather carrying someone.

She walked to him and stopped before him. Sadness and happiness in her eyes at the same time.

"Rose." He whispered as he caressed her cheek.

For a moment Rose could see the Jake in his eyes who she fell in love with and still is.

She looked at the little boy in her arms and she carefully handed him to Jake. "Meet your son, Jake."

Jake took him and treated him like he was crystal. "He's beautiful."

Jake smiled as he saw almost a complete smaller copy of himself. Only the eyes and the trim of his hair was different. His eyes were as bleu as his mother's and his trim a deep red. Rose smiled as he saw how Jake handled the little boy. "He looks like you."

Jake nodded slowly. "He has your eyes." He looked at Rose. "exactly the same."

Rose nodded. "There still is good left in him." She thought.

Unfortunately time went by extremely quick, Rose had to leave again and so had Jake. This was the last time he saw Rose or spoke to her.

/end of flashback/

Jake awoke by someone calling his name.

"Jake wake up."

Jake rubbed his eyes and looked at the one who woke him. "What is it Ace?"

Ace shook his head. "You look like shit."

"So do you."

"Touché," Ace nodded. "We've got the Kryloc you asked for. It was a tough son of a bitch but we've got him."

Ace also had changed in the five years. Not mentally but physically, his first extremely broad build had shrunken a little bit and now he had a beard which was starting to grey. For the rest he was still the most loyal dragon to the council.

Jake nodded and placed his fingers together. "Is my cousin still alive?"

"Hardly but he is." Ace answered.

"Bring him to the hall were the other ingredients are stored."

Why?" Ace asked as he turned to leave.

"It's time to bring back an old friend." Jake said as he took the book of darkness and started to move out of the room.

As both Ace and Jake were gone. A figure stepped out of the shadows.

"Shit, this is going too fast." With that the figure disappeared.

End of chapter.

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