Eos, the Dawn Dragon
"Celtic, wake up." Ellie nudged her. "It's nearly dawn."
"..." Celtic opened her eyes. She sat up and stretched.
"Is the pendant glowing?" A sleepy Rain asked.
"It's faint." Celtic looked at the pendant. There was a faint glow to the sun half.
"Must not be quite time yet." Ellie replied. "Are you alright, Celt?"
"I'm just tired." Celtic said.
"We could all use a long vacation after all of this is over." Rain commented.
"Agreed." Ellie stretched.
"Bane and Celtic could definitely use a vacation..." Rain teased.
"Let's get him awake before we start making any plans." Celtic sighed. "I think it's time." The sun pendant start to glow brighter.
"Let's go. I hope we don't have to prove ourselves again." Ellie said as they started to walk.
"Sonnet, what are you doing?" Celtic noticed the baby Dream dragon tagging along.
"Looks like she wants to come too." Rain said. "She's cute..."
"In her own special way..." Ellie teased. "Kind of like Wolfie's Lunar Eclipse dragon."
"Alright, Sonnet, you can come but you have to behave." Celtic said as the dragon hitched a ride on her back.
"How did you get Sonnet?" Rain asked.
"She found me. It has something to do with my visions, I think." Celtic answered. She hadn't fully understood why Sonnet had found her. Her visions were the only logical answer.
"I've been expecting you." A magnificent dragon appeared before them. "I am Eos, Queen of the Dawn dragons."
"..." The three women stood in awe of the dragon.
"My mate spoke highly of you." Eos continued. "Astraeus doesn't usually trust outsiders. I see he wasn't wrong." She nodded at the baby Dream dragon. "If an elusive Dream dragon has chosen you, you must truly have a good heart."
"Astraeus is your mate?" Rain asked.
"That's what you got from that?" Ellie whispered.
"Yes, of course I am not surprised this is the first you're hearing about it." It looked as though Eos rolled her eyes. "Astraeus is not one to show affection. He is not always the best with words either."
"But he does care about you." Celtic said. "I could tell... his voice was softer whenever he said your name."
"I will not make you prove yourselves." Eos changed the subject. "Astraeus' word and the presence of that Dream dragon are enough for me.
"Thank you." Ellie and Rain let out a relieved sigh.
"Please, take what you need." Eos opened her wings so Celtic could take a light blue scale from the tip. "Astraeus also asked me to give you this." A Blue Moon dragon egg appeared.
"That's a Blue Moon dragon..." Ellie said. "You guys just keep those lying around?"
"No, Mistress." Eos laughed. "Astraeus and I were taking a stroll when we came across this egg. We'd been holding on to it, waiting to see if it would hatch. As you can see , it hasn't yet."
"It's been waiting." Celtic said as she held the egg. "Like our own dragons, it has waited all this time for him..." It was like she was in a trance.
"Interesting..." Eos looked thoughtfully at Celtic. "She's more unique than we thought."
"What do you mean?" Rain asked. Ellie proceeded to explain about the visions and the poisoning.
"Now she can understand things about dragons that dragons don't even understand." Eos added.
"What do you mean?" Ellie repeated Rain's question. "You mean how she knew that the dragon had been waiting for Bane?"
"Exactly. We didn't even know that. We figured it had to be something like that but we couldn't be sure." Eos stated.
"I only understand it when I touch the egg." Celtic said as she placed the scale into her pouch. "The egg feels different than the others I've touched..."
"It feels warm..." Ellis touched the egg.
"Most eggs are cold and have to be kept warm, but not this one." Eos said.
"Is there any other meaning to it than this being a special egg?" Rain asked.
"It could mean a lot of things." Celtic looked at the egg. "I think it depends on the dragon type."
"Ah, makes sense." Ellie said. "We should get back and prepare the anecdote.
"She's right about that. You will find a spring just on the other side of the woods next to your campsite." Eos bowed slightly. "Good luck, and if you need my help, use the pendant."
"Thank you, Eos." Celtic, Ellie, and Rain bowed before heading back to their campsite.
"We have to make the anecdote now. The longer it sits before we need it the stronger it will be." Celtic said. "Ellie, I need you and Rain to get the water after we get back."
"Okay." Ellie replied.
"Justin and I will make the other preparations." Celtic took a deep breath.
"Welcome back." Justin started to approach them when he noticed the egg in Celtic's arms. "Where?"
"Eos gave it to us." Rain said. "Well, Astraeus gave it to her to give to us."
"I figured that would be the hardest ingredient to get." Justin said as Celtic placed the egg, gently, in the grass.
"As did I, but this particular Blue Moon dragon has been waiting for Bane." Celtic sat down.
"Rain and I will go and get the water." Ellie said after a moment of quietness.
"Thank you." Celtic nodded and watched them head off into the woods.
"What's wrong?" Justin noticed a look in Celtic's eyes. "What's troubling you?"
"What if it doesn't work?" Celtic brushed hair out of Bane's face. "What if I'm not..."
"We've been over this." Justin sighed. "Bane wouldn't risk his life for you..."
"I'm the Enchantress... he's my Guardian... that's kind of in his job description." Celtic countered.
"Okay, that's true, but..." Justin thought for a minute. "Would he have proposed? Do you really think he would make that kind of commitment to you knowing it would hurt you if it wasn't true or real?"
"..." Celtic sighed. "I'm just afraid that one day he'll regret it... if I can wake him that is..."
"And he's probably worried about the same thing with you." Justin sat down next to her. "You need to have more faith in yourself, Celt. You need to see yourself the way others see you."
"I guess so." Celtic looked at Bane one more time before standing up. "We need to prepare."
-in the woods-
"I wonder where this spring is?" Ellie said.
"We've only been walking for a few minutes." Rain replied. "We could split up, maybe find it faster?"
"Okay, but not too far apart. I don't really trust Blue not to something..." Ellie agreed but with conditions.
"Good point." Rain made her way a little to the Southeast, while Ellie went Southwest.
"Great..." Ellie said when she noticed Rain was out of sight.
"You look lost..." An unfamiliar voice came from behind her. She tensed. "Relax, I'm not going to hurt you, Mistress."
"How do you know who I am?" Ellie turned around to see an unfamiliar man standing there. "And how did you get here?"
"I'm Awesome." The man replied.
"Okay... what?" Ellie was confused.
"I am Awesome... that's my name." Awesome replied. "I've been here for a while, don't really know how I got here. I'm, also, not sure how I knew who you were."
"Oh..." Ellie thought for a moment. She took out the Light dragon pendant. "Maybe this is why." Awesome took the pendant from her and it reacted to his touch.
"What just happened?" Awesome wasn't sure what was going on.
"You are the General of Light." Ellie said.
"Hey, Ellie, I found the spring and collected the water. I'm thinking we should probably start heading..." Rain stopped mid-sentence and mid-stride when she noticed Ellie wasn't alone.
"Hello, Rain." Awesome said.
"Awesome." Rain wasn't sure what to say. "What are you doing here?"
"Um... apparently I am the General of Light..." Awesome looked between Ellie and Rain.
"Oh..." Rain thought a moment. "That's... um... awesome?"
"So, you two know each other already?" Ellie asked.
"Um... yeah." Rain said, a pink hue tinting her cheeks.
"Rainy and I go way back..." Awesome winked. Rain just rolled her eyes.
"Okay, um... we need to head back. Celtic and Justin are waiting." Ellie said and the trio headed back to the campsite.
in the Shadows-
"The General of Light has awakened!" Eddie slammed his fist on the table.
"And Blue failed at luring Celtic away." Ember added.
"Shut up!" Blue glared. "Right now, as we speak, Zazara is laying the ground work for the ultimate Silence. Silence so strong nothing and no one will be able to break it."