Author's Note: The title of this chapter really has nothing to do with the chapter, or does it? Anyway enjoy.

Chapter Three

Nightmare

Victor's Point, Twilight Highlands

Sedisa twisted in a fit of nightmares, her dreams were not her own. Her mind was filled with the images of destruction and chaos she would bring. The work she would do was not of her own, but of the will of the Old Gods and the Twilight Cult. Her teeth grit before her eyes shot open to the blurred sight of tent fabric above her. She sat up, glaring around as the sound of the rain hitting the fabric above her.

She was alone, the sight of this caused her to frown slightly. She had grown used to the sight of Edmond being by her side that she was almost disappointed that he wasn't there now. She released a small sigh as she lifted her hand, running it across a pain in her neck. Her hand stopped at the feel of the purple scales, her eyes going wide before she pat at her neck. It was starting to spread faster.

If this was the case, she didn't have time to waste messing around with resting and worgen. Slowly she crawled out of the tent, the cool rain was a welcome relief against her skin which was burning from the nightmares she had to endure. It was hard for her to stand, he legs felt weak, but the injury from yesterday was the cause of most of it. She began to head off, turning to leave before she smacked into Edmond's chest. The large worgen looked down at her, arms crossed and giving her a look much like a father catching his daughter sneaking out would.

"Where are ya' goin'?" Edmond asked, giving a small snort.

"Out … wait why does it matter to you?" Sedisa growled to him.

"I told ya' we're gettn' ya' looked at." He narrowed his eyes at her. The two stared at each other for a long time, blue eyes locked with yellow. Before much time had passed however Sedisa suddenly lurched to the side, taking off as fast as she could.

"Oi, no' this again..." Edmond sighed, lowering to the ground to take off after her. He froze once the sound of large flapping wings filled the air, his eyes widening at the sight of a dragon taking off into the sky. His eyes narrowed through the rain, glaring at the beast as it took off. It was an odd sight, the wings were a deep purple and half of it's neck the same color. The same color and placement as Sedisa's bruise.

He sighed, watching as around him the troops gawked at the sight of the multicolored dragon. He grunted a little as he pushed past them, reaching into his coin pouch and pulling out a whistle. Clenched in his teeth, he blew into it, the sound carrying off into the distance before it was replied with the sound of another set of large wings flapping. Just outside the camp there was a small rumble as a drake landed on the ground. A saddle on it's back and armored in some places, it was a dark skinned stone drake, red glowing scales and rocks lined the corners of it's wings.

Edmond moved to it's side, the beast shaking the water off of it's scales. His form shifted and changed to a more human figure, he was still large in this form, his hair was black, long to the point of going past his shoulders. His hair was bound into two tails that rested over his shoulders on his chest. The rain was matting it down to his head and chest. He had a rugged look to him, his beard was trimmed short along with the sideburns on the sides of his head.

The Stone drake lowered himself in order for Edmond to get on, once he had the dragon rose up, flapping it's wings against the rain. He was determined to follow that dragon, he knew now that Sedisa was no mere high elf.

Highbank, Twilight Highlands

It near mid day now and the rain still hadn't let up. The fighting had died down since the rain was becoming so heavy, leaving the keep in a semi state of peace. Rosette glared out the window, she hadn't moved too much since before. However with her gaze out the window she caught sight of something out in the distance. Lifting herself from her spot she rushed down to the doorway leading outside. Rosette looked up at the sky as the rain soaked her and the shadowed creature got closer.

"Audric!" She cried out, looking back into the building. She didn't get a reply, causing a frown to go over her face. Before she knew it though the flying creature was over top the keep, it was Sedisa in her dragon form. With a loud slam the dragon landed in the middle of the courtyard, letting out a loud roar that shook the buildings. Rosette blinked as one of her clawed feet reached out, snatching her from her spot in the sand.

"We'll just use you to hurry this along." Sedigosa growled at her, lifting up into the air while she clutched Rosette in her claws.

"AUDRIC!" Rosette screamed out as she was carried away, the guards of the keep doing what they could to try and rescue her but the dragon was already off in the sky. Audric rushed out a moment too late, growling up at the sky before he shoved the guards out of the way. He said nothing, rushing to the stables where the flight master stood with his array of gryphons. Audric pushed the man out of the way, jumping on the back of one of the gryphons and taking off into the sky after Sedigosa.

The dragon flew against the rain, but it didn't seem to bother her now that she was on a mission. Rosette screamed out as she clutched her in her claws, Sedigosa glaring down at her before she released her claws from around her. Rosette's eyes widened as she began to fall, only to hit the ground a second later. She wasn't that far from the ground after all. She looked around at the large pit she was in while the dragon landed near the other side.

Sedigosa had brought them to the Crucible of Carnage, the large pit would do well for the combat that was ahead. Slowly the dragon's form shrunk to Sedisa's form, the high elf falling to her knees as she panted hard. Sweat formed on her forehead again as she stared at the ground, the scales had spread more to half of her neck. Rosette looked at her, slowly taking steps forward as she held her hand out at her.

"Sedisa, what's wrong with your skin, you look gross!" She blurted out, she could have said that a little better but she was already stunned with the fact that she had gotten kidnapped and flew across the area. Sedisa's head snapped up, growling as her good eye which was normally blue was a darker shade and the pupil was still slitted from her dragon form. Rosette quickly backed away, gritting her teeth in fear. Slowly the elf's head lowered again, this time falling to her hands as she held herself up.

"Where … is he?" She glared up at Rosette, who held her arms in front of her defensively.

"I … he'll be here in a second! I hope..." She sputtered out, looking around for any sign of her husband. "Besides I don't think you should be fighting, have you seen yourself lately? You look like you're dying!"

"Shut up!" Sedisa pushed herself up, storming towards Rosette and grabbing her by the front of her shirt. "I will not die while he still walks this planet. You two are the bane of my existence, the only thing I wish is that you both die before I do, and I'm here to see to it."

Rosette tried to lean back away from her as she held her up closer to her, but that fear heightened when an arrow shot from the sky, piercing the arm that held onto her. Sedisa cringed and quickly released, glaring up at the sky as the gryphon landed on the ground, Audric's bow still ready in his hand. He lowered it and moved off the beast, placing himself between the two.

"Did she hurt you?" He asked behind his back, Rosette shaking her head no. The pain from the arrow was nothing compared to the destabilizing her body was going through. Sedisa stood back, taking the arrow from her arm and ripping it out.

"How nice of you to show up, Audric." She hissed, watching as his eyes traveled to the scaled skin of her neck and shoulder.

"What's wrong with you?" He looked over her, but made no motion to come closer.

"Nothing is wrong with me! Would everyone just shut up about it?" Sedisa threw her arms up above her head, grumbling something about idiots.

"You're turning purple … just thought you should know..." Rosette pointed out over Audric's shoulder, using him as a shield in case Sedisa lashed out at her.

Sedisa glared at them both, lifting her hand as Audric's weapon flew from his grasp. "No more fooling around." She panted out. "This time I will kill you."

"Even you should know this is not a fair fight isn't that what you wanted?" The half elf was startled by his weapon leaving his hand but his main concern was till the female before him.

She didn't give an answer instead she rushed forward, stumbling from the ground a bit before drawing her hand into a fist. She threw a punch at his face, hitting him square in the nose and causing him to reel back while his hands shot up to hold his nose. Sedisa wasn't relying on magic to destroy him, but rather her bare hands. Audric took some time to recover from the surprise punch, lowering his hands as blood leaked from his nose. She didn't want to fight with weapons or skills? Fine, he could happily oblige.

He took his arm, smearing the blood from his nose down the side of it before rushing after her. His fingers curled into fists, he swinging them at Sedisa's face, who seemed to tilt her head left and right to avoid them. He took a different approach, starting to swing lower and trying to grab her arm to hold her in place. She easily avoided this too, jumping up and slamming her foot on his head. She walked down his back as he fell, landing on the ground with a steady footing while Rosette just watch, unsure if she should get involved.

She didn't have a choice in if she wanted to or not, for once Sedisa landed on the ground she took a running start for Rosette, pulling her fist back. Rosette gave a small shriek, her hands quickly going up and blocking the fist before it hit her in the face. Sedisa frowned in frustration, trying to find a different way around her defenses. She used speed as she shot her palms in Rosette's weak points, but the warrior was just as quick as the elf, moving to block those places to keep herself from getting hurt. Sedisa narrowed her eyes before quickly lifting her foot, giving Rosette a swift kick to her stomach.

She fell to the ground as she coughed, the wind knocked out of her. Sedisa gave a glance behind her, ducking just in time to avoid Audric's hands. She lowered to the ground, sweeping her leg around and knocking his legs out from under him. As he fell he was quickly caught by the neck, Sedisa grasping him tightly as she glared into his eyes. Her hand tightened, cutting off the air circulation to his lungs as she slowly began to choke him. He grasped as her hands to try and pull them away but he wasn't strong enough.

"I could snap your neck and be done with this." She smirked at him, watching as he struggled for air. "But I want you to suffer, like I did all those years."

Rosette pushed herself up, her eyes falling upon the scene. She gasped out, looking around for something she could use to stop Sedisa. She looked to Audric's bow and arrow, quickly crawling to it and picking up the quiver in her hands. She wasn't exactly skilled in bows but she could do something at close range, right? Quickly pulling one of the arrows from the quiver she mounted it on the bow, taking aim. She pulled the string back, aiming at Sedisa's head.

"HNNGH!" Sedisa cringed in pain, her eyes closing tightly as she dropped Audric to the ground. Rosette stared in disbelief as she lowered the bow, she hadn't even shot the arrow. Sedisa fell to the ground, writhing in pain as the curse began to spread more. Her body was growing weaker and the curse was taking advantage of that. She really couldn't take much more of this.

Audric backed away, gasping for air while he grasped for his daggers. It was too close of a call, he couldn't mess around any more because it was obvious she really meant to kill him this time. He had to end it before she did. He stood, still coughing to catch his breath and rose the dagger into the air over Sedisa's writhing body. It was a low blow but it had to be done. He had to do it.

He brought the dagger down, his body shaking as metal met metal. A large shield hovered over Sedisa's body, a large, ferocious beast on the other end. The beast in plate growled, lifting the shield and sending Audric half way across the arena as thunder cracked across the sky. Piercing yellow eyes glared in both Audric and Rosette, giving them a look of warning as the worgen leaned down, picking Sedisa up gently and draping her over his shoulder. Neither of them moved, watching in fear as Edmond slowly lumbered to the red colored stonedrake.

Edmond gave a snort as the drake lowered, allowing him to easily place Sedisa over it's back and granting him a footing to mount onto it's back. He glared at Audric, a look that sent a chill down the half-elf's spine.

"Next time she won' be alone. Ya' will deal with me personally." Edmond growled at them. Once he was finished the dragon took off into the air, taking he and Sedisa with it. Audric and Rosette looked between each other, Rosette giving a small shrug as she looked back to the sky.

Kirthaven, Twilight Highlands

Edmond had feared the worst, Sedisa had been attacked and she was mere moments away from being killed. He almost didn't make it. Not to mention he had the high suspicion that she was more then just an elf. There was so much he didn't know anymore. He needed to find out what exactly was going on if he was going to keep her safe.

The drake flew across the skies towards the dwarven town known as Kirthaven, the farthest place he could think of to keep her safe. Gently the drake landed on the ground, careful to lower it's self enough so that it's rider could slip off without any obstruction. Edmond moved off the drake, reaching up and taking Sedisa in his arms while the dwarves of the area began to gather around.

"'Ey, wot is it ye' got thar?" One of them spoke as they held a cloak about them to shield them from the rain.

"A friend of mine, she's no' doin' so well." He sighed as he looked down at Sedisa. The dwarf looked at her, cringing a bit as he noted half of her face was now covered in the purple scales, along with other portions of her body.

"Och, that doesn't look good laddie." The dwarf motioned with his hand from him to follow. "Bring 'er inside lad, can't get a good look at 'er out in tha rain."

"Thanks." Edmond replied, following after him as they moved to the nearest building. Once they were safe from the rain he set Sedisa on one of the beds offered. He moved to a far corner of the room, removing most of his armor and shaking his fur free of the rain water. The dwarf that had greeted them removed his cloak, placing the wet fabric next to the fireplace before looking to Sedisa as she laid on the bed, still cringing from pain. He looked rather confused as to what the patches were on her body.

"Do ye' even know wot it is she's got?" The old dwarf asked as Edmond moved to the bed. His fur was puffed from his shaking, though he had tried to smooth it out. He left most of his clothes and armor off except for a pair of pants so he wasn't fully nude.

"I'm no' sure, I do think there's sumthin' different about her though."

"Well yoh, she's got purple scales all over 'er body lad!"

"No no' that!" Edmond barked out. "I think she might be a dragon."

"A dragon?" The dwarf peered at Sedisa as she laid on the bed. "Tha' would explain tha scales..."

"I don' know wot's wrong with her, is there anyway we can help her?"

"I'm afraid I dun know much about dragons lad..." The dwarf frowned, looking up at Edmond as he towered of him. The worgen growled low under his breath as he reached up, taking his claws and gently brushing hair away from her face. His attention was soon turned away from her when the dwarf tugged against his arm.

"I may not know enuff about dragons, but I know sumone who does."

"Who?"

"Well, I guess not jus' sumone, rather ah few..." The dwarf stroked his beard a moment, then moved across the room to a desk that had an array of papers and maps on it. He dug through various paperwork before he came across a map of the highlands. He returned to Edmond's side, pointing to a place far on the other side of the map from where they were. The worgen followed his finger as he dragged it across the map and to a place marked Vermillion Redoubt.

"Ovah here, right wur I'm pointin' thar's a place called Vermillion Redoubt. I believe this is a sanctuary for those of the Red Dragonflight, but they are very wary of strangers comin' in." The old dwarf patted his finger on the large tree printed on it. "If yer lucky enough, they might be able ta help ye'."

"It's worth a go." Edmond muttered lightly, letting his tail rest to the side as he sat next to Sedisa.

"Why are ye' so determined ta save this dragon laddie?" With a glance upwards at him, the dwarf asked in a curious tone.

"She's different. I dunno how to explain it." He sighed, giving a light smile. The dwarf seemed to smile under his long beard, giving his head a shake.

"Well, ye' can stay 'ere as long as ye' need lad, yer always welcome 'ere at Kirthaven."

"Thank you." Edmond nodded his head. He would take Sedisa as soon as he could, but he couldn't risk taking her out in the rain again. In her weakened state, he didn't know if she would be susceptible to a cold or not. He'd rather not take the chance. The dwarf left the room, leaving him alone with Sedisa. She shook lightly, from both pain and a chill in the air.

Most of her clothing had been ripped from various fights with the Twilight and Audric. This left her with little coverage. Edmond watched as she shook, his head craning back to look at the fire. He lifted himself off the bed before crawling up from the end of it. Edmond laid his body against Sedisa's, large furry arms going around her and holding her close to keep her warm and give her reassurance.