Chapter 29: Meeting
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Silvus' POV:
Slowly I backed away from the "Pool of Visions" and moved to Kafto's side out of nervousness.
"Good to see you both alive and well." Ignitus said as he approached me.
"You as well Ignitus." Kafto said.
"I presume that your mission was a success." Ignitus asked as he came to a stop in front of us. I noticed that we were the only three in the room and it seems that the door is left wide open. As if it is waiting for another being to enter the room.
"Not entirely." Kafto said looking to the ground. Then he looked up to meet Ignitus' warm gaze as he puts a paw on his shoulder.
"We'll discuss this when Terrador arrives." Ignitus said and Kafto nodded.
A few minutes passed before Terrador arrived along with Rak and another dragon. Us three were scattered about. Ignitus was looking into the pool of visions while Kafto just paced back and forth. I just stood in front of the door with the ice symbol above it, fascinated by the detail.
It seemed that Ignitus and Kafto knew that Terrador was here even before he arrived. I turned around at the sound of dragons talking and saw three earth dragons walk through the fire door. I recognized Rak but not the other two. The biggest one I'm guessing is Terrador but I have no idea who the other one is though he did look a bit like Terrador except for some minor differences. Eye color, horn length, he had a deeper brown underbelly then Terrador. He seems to be the same age as Kafto.
Ignitus was the first to greet them. "Terrador. Glad you could finally join us." He said approaching the small group. Once he arrived he gave a small bow.
Terrador returned the bow and returned in his own deep voice. "Apologies. Trak and I were deep in conversation when Rak found us." Trak, the younger dragon standing beside him, nodded in agreement and gave his own bow. Then he broke away from the group and walked towards Kafto and I.
"Kafto!" He said as he approached. His own voice sounded like Terrador's but just a bit higher.
"Trak. It's good to see you." Kafto said in response. The two touch wingtips in some sort of special greeting.
"Likewise." He said with a smile then looked down at me. I gave a light smile in return. "Who is this?" He asked kindly.
"Trak this is Silvus! The messenger of earth." Kafto introduced.
"Nice to meet you mister Trak!" I said in my high pitched voice.
Trak gave a light chuckle. "Just call me Trak. Messengers are no nobles." He said. Then he had a new glint in his eyes. "Except for Kafto here."
Kafto turned to glare at Trak. I tried to suppress my laughter but I could not help but let out a small giggle, and Kafto immediately turned to glare at me. I gave him the best innocent look I could muster up. He seemed to give up and walked towards the pair of Guardians.
"It gets on his nerves when I do that." Trak said with a knowing smile. "I like to mess around with him allot."
"You two good friends?" I asked curiously. Trak looked at me with a smirk.
"The best. We are the youngest in the messenger group. Ignitus and Terrador had us train together since we are the same age." Trak explained while looking at Kafto while he talked with the two Guardians.
"Do all of you get along?" I asked.
"All of who." He said turning his head to look at me with a smirk.
"Messengers." I responded oblivious to Trak's sarcasm.
"Most of us are." He said with a sigh. "Some are more serious than others. While some just decide to isolate themselves. Granted they are still great dragons and do their job well no doubt. But…" He didn't say anymore. I wish he did, I couldn't understand what the problem was. I didn't ask him...more like I couldn't.
"Trak, Silvus." Ignitus said. "Were about to begin."
We nodded simultaneously and then moved to sit in the circle that was just created around the pool of visions.
"Kafto." Ignitus said. Kafto looked up expectantly. "The meeting is yours." He nodded in understanding and sat on his hunches.
"A few weeks ago I was sent to Dante's Freezer, along with Silvus here." He said gesturing to me. "My mission was to protect him in the freezing plains while he deliver a message to Cyril. That message was to be ready for attack by a mysterious dragon named Cynder. Once we delivered the message the ice village was attacked shortly after by none other than Cynder. Thankfully the ice dragons were ready and retaliated. Cynder was successfully eliminated." He stopped to get a response from everyone.
"That is good news." Terrador said.
"Good news indeed." Ignitus said. "Continue."
"Soon after Cynder was taken out we were betrayed by the ghouls. Me, the captain of the guard, and Silvus went to encounter the Ice King. The captain was….frozen." He hesitated on that last word. I understood why. I would've moved over there to pat him on the back but I didn't want to draw attention to myself.
"Silvus and I were taken captive. Though we did find out valuable information. Apes are hunting dragons. Not just for the war but for their bones. They plan on turning dragon bones into weapons and selling dragon scales on the market. Their top target are hatchlings. They have the best claws of any." Kafto looked at me and then my satchel. Instantly I knew what he wanted me to bring out. Slowly I reached into my bag and brought out my leather covered dagger.
Hesitantly I walked toward Kafto with everyone watching. I felt all eyes on me when I dropped the blade at Kafto's paws and then rushed back to my spot.
"Thank you Silvus." He said nodding to me. He uncovered the blade and showed it to everyone. "This blade was made from dragon bone as well as one of Silvus' talons. It's sharper than any cheetah or dragon blade I've seen."
Out of the corner of my eye I noticed Trak glance at my right paw with the missing claw that was already growing back.
"This concludes my report, but I do have a message from Volteer." Kafto said. All tore their gaze away from the blade and looked expectantly at Kafto. "Concurrent skies has been taken over."
No one looked to surprise from this new information. Everyday it seems like we lose something else to the apes. In also seems like someone else has similar thoughts to me.
"Everyday it seems like we lose something else to the apes." Trak said. "I say it's time to take it back now that Cynder is out of the picture."
"You are correct Trak." Terrador said.
"How are we going to go about doing this?" Rak asked. "I mean we are running low on leaders. Generals are all scattered about and so are our armies."
"What if the Guardians become generals?" I asked and all eyes turned toward me immediately. I already regret my decision.
"That is not such a bad idea." Ignitus said surprising me.
"Ignitus. Guardians aren't supposed to be Generals. The people don't need to believe we are trying to take power away from them. We are suppose to be peacekeepers," Terrador said.
"Unless the situations allows it." Ignitus said. "At the moment our armies are weak and leaderless. We need to step up to that position and encourage others to fight back. Guardians are a symbol of unity and if we are to defeat our enemies and survive we must unite against them." I could not help but smile at Ignitus' encouraging words. "Guardians aren't peacekeepers, we are warriors, we live to protect those who cannot protect themselves."
After the inspiring speech that seemed like it was only meant for Terrador and other Guardians. The earth Guardian seemed to be deep in thought. Finally he spoke up.
"There is a reason why you are the leader of the Guardians." Terrador said. Ignitus gave a smile in return to the complement. "We will discuss how we will integrate ourselves into the armies at another time. I am aware that the ambassador from Avalar is arriving shortly, care to join in greeting him?" Terrador asked everyone in the room. Everyone nodded except for Ignitus.
"I will await your return here. I have...other matters to attend to." He said.
Soon everyone began to leave the room. I followed behind Kafto but I was stopped almost immediately.
"Not you Silvus." Ignitus said. I turned towards him giving a confused look. "I need to talk to you. Privately." He spoke that last word looking at Kafto who gave a nod of understanding and left the room.
Once the door closed Ignitus faced me.
"Silvus." Ignitus said.
"What?" I said curiously.
"While you were away. I payed Gabriel a visit." Ignitus said. "Ever since I laid eyes on you I realized something was off." I felt a little offened by that comment. "Your color and element don't match up. This is a very uncommon aspect in a dragon. There has been only one other like this. Can you take a guess?"
I thought long and hard on the answer but none would come up. Instead I shook my head.
"Gabriel." My eyes widened in realization but also in confusion. "His original color was light blue but he was a fire dragon. Many were confused except for his father. Much later in his life when his father died he began to change. His scales faded away until they were white and he could no longer breath fire. Instead he had a new element."
"Light." I said and Ignitus nodded. "What does this have to do with me?" I asked.
"Good question." Ignitus said with a smile. "Gabriel believes you are going to be the next light dragon."
Silver: Here is a real cliffhanger. So sprey for the short chapter today. I'll be working extra hard on chapter 30. It'll be a longer chapter as well! Enough of my chatter! See y'all next week!