Chapter 45-Tronay's Truth

Tamli finally drags himself off the floor and walks outside, Geer rests on his shoulder and motivates the human to move and not stop, for if he stops then he might be overwhelmed by Finca's death again. Geer squeaks as Tamli stops.

I know, Tamli says as he tried to reassure the blue dragon that clings to his right shoulder.

Geer isn't satisifed with his master's response and so he nips at Tamli.

Alright, alright, Tamli growls as they continue to walk toward where Tronay is.

Once Tronay and Finca had made it back to the castle, Finca had collapsed and that's when her health began to fail. Tronay, on the other hand, began to become friends with Neptune and Hertota, who had chosen to come to the Dominion of the Beasts after the ultimate battle was over. Tronay and Neptune had become fast friends, and soon they begun to spend more and more time together. Rumors soon started that Tronay had become pregnant but it was still just a rumor. Tamli was pulled out of his thoughts by Geer's squeak.

What is it? Tamli asks.

Geer squeaks again and pulls Tamli's cloak to the right.

We aren't going that way, Tamli says as he tries to continue to walk toward where Tronay is staying now.

Geer growls and leaps down from Tamli's shouler. Once on the ground, the little blue dragon runs toward the forest that he has been trying to get Tamli to go to. Tamli decides to follow his dragon, maybe it's picked up on some trail of an injured animal?

When he arrives, Tamli finds that it isn't an injured animal, it's his brother and the Guardian of Light.

Since when was Mirage alive? Tamli wonders as he wakes up the two.

Santerous awakens first and informs his brother of what happened and how Mirage was alive for all those months and yet no one knew, except for Neptune and Hertota. Tamli slowly understands what happened and soon, once Mirage is awake, sends both his brother and his brother's Guardian to the castle for Sarina to see them. Tamli doesn't mention Finca, which surprises the two but they don't say anything.

After that, Tamli continues on his way to see his youngest sister and find out if the rumors are true or not.

{Geer-narrator}

Master sure has been emotionally challenged these past few days. His original Guardian's death would have killed him if I didn't get him up and doing something. Santerous and Mirage were curious as to why Finca wasn't with Tamli and yet I was, but I'm glad that they didn't say anything. I will admit, I'm blind. That's right you heard me correctly, blind.

No dragon that I've heard of has been blind and yet here I am. Although I cannot speak telepathically to Tamli yet, our bond is strong. He counts on me to provide him with a reason to keep going. Without me he would still by in Finca's chamber mourning her death.

Tamli suddenly halts and I am about thrown off his shoulder. He is in front of a woman with silver hair much like my master's. Her eyes are that of an icy blue, refreshing but yet freezing cold in the same manner.

"Welcome Tamli," she says as she lays one hand on her enlarged abdomen.

It seems my master was right about thinking that she was pregnant.

"Pleasure to meet with you again my dear sister," my master says as he twists his hand strangely in a downward curve as he bows to the girl.

Hold up, master and her are related! Since when did that happen? The girl chuckles at her brother's behavior and then turns and looks at me. I get a strange feeling, as if she can tell my true nature and the fact that I am blind. How can she?

I mean she could be advanced in psychic ablities but still it's strange.

Your name? She asks.

I growl softly at her question. I'm only a day old! How am I supposed to communicate with others? I can't use telepathy until I'm at least a month old!

"Relax Geer," my master says as he rubs my back with his left hand after he had stood back up. "It's only my sister."

That may be true but I am beginning to sense a darker presence near us and I think that it is focused on my master. I squeak and jump off his white cloak.

"What is it Geer?" My master asks.

He doesn't understand, get on the ground! That darkness is coming closer. I have to get my master to understand! I squeak again and lower my head toward the ground.

Get down, get down now! I think as my master remains standing.

{Tamli-narrator}

Geer's attitude finally has me bend down to see what is wrong. A few seconds later a blast of fire whips past my head. Geer must have sensed it before the attack came was trying to warn me and tell me to get down. I look at my new dragon with a great respect. He just saved my life, and yet I had once thought to slam him into a wall.

But that was when Finca was still alive. A tear comes to my eye and I brush it away. I will be strong and I will fight the darkness, just as my former Guardian had done.

Tronay notices my tear and questions me about it. I struggle against my emotions as I tell my sister about Finca's death. She is saddened by what I tell her but she reveals to me that that rumors are true about her being pregnant. It turns out that she is about five months along. That much time has passed since the Orichalcos was destroyed and yet there is still conflict in our world.

Geer rubs up against my body and I stroke his small head.

"He is blind Tamli," my sister informs me.

"I found that out once I got him," I reply.

"When did you get him?" My sister asks.

I don't give a response.

"Well you don't have to tell me if you don't want to," Tronay says.

I thank her for not making me drag up memories of the past, memories of Finca.

"So how is Neptune?" I ask as she leads me inside her new home.

Since it stands on the edge of Full Moon Lake's forest, it is shielded from heavy sunlight. We enter and Tronay and I sit down on two green cushions. The walls are a plain brown with the earthy smell of wood chips floating around. A single lamp lights our room.

"Neptune is fine," my sister says as she shifts position, clearly in discomfort.

"You okay?" I ask as Geer growls in sympathy.

"I'm not sure," she replies as I clearly see the pain on her face.

I feel sorry for my sister, after all she is the only one out of Sarina and herself to get pregnant. She shifts again and Geer's growl turns more to a whine as he senses her apparent pain and discomfort. Her face becomes shadowed as she suddenly falls backward. I catch her and begin to panic. What do I do?

I finally ask Geer to go and get help.