Arrival
Three days had passed since I found out that my best friend for the past three years had been raised with creatures that I thought was mere fiction. Now I am finally setting foot on the rich soils of the Carpathian Mountains. "Remind me again why I'm here?" I asked, my nerves on end as I followed Skyler off the small plane.
"You wanted to meet more Carpathians," she laughed.
"Yeah, well if I knew flying was part of it I would have said they can come to me." I huffed as I silently thanked the heavens I was back on the ground.
"I don't see why you don't like flying," Skyler smiled as she outstretched her arms and circled around like she was in flight. "It's so magical."
"Yeah yeah yeah." I snarled. "If I was suppose to fly, I would have been born a bird."
"Ooops. I forgot you were afraid of heights." Skyler laughed as she grabbed my arm.
"Dislike. Not afraid dear friend." I frown at her.
"Whatever pleases you the most," she laughed as she drug me to the train station.
"We're not there yet?" I asked as I took in the beautiful snowy scenery.
"Not yet, though we could get there quicker if you let Gabriel and Lucian fly us there." she smiled.
"Fly…nuhuh." I reply shaking my head.
"You can ride by dragon," suggested Lucian's deep voice as he and Gabriel landed behind us.
"Really?" I asked excitedly.
"Of course." replied Gabriel as he nodded toward the surrounding forest.
"Good evening Gabriel and Lucian." came a deep voice before a tall male came out with piercing green eyes.
"Oh My God! Please tell me that he is who I think he is!" I shriek excitedly.
"Dominic Dragonseeker, please to meet you Keeyln." he greeted as he took my hand and gently kissed it.
"Oh My God! He knows my name Sky!" I jumped with excitement.
"You're such a dope," laughed Skyler. "Lucian and Gabriel told him about you and knew you were stressed about flying and asked him to meet us."
"Skyler, you weren't suppose to say anything," Francesca scolded.
"Ahhh I don't care Francesca," I smiled at her. "It's Dominic." The group laughed at my antics.
"So would you like to get to your destination by dragon?" Dominic asked.
"Hell yeah!" I shrieked as he nodded. Next thing I know, a green dragon stood in front of me. "Oh my GOD! Can Sky ride with me?" I asked receiving a nod from Dominic, we both climbed on and held on tight as he took flight.
Twenty minutes later we landed at a two story white house with a wrap around porch and what looked like a wrap around balcony. We got off of Dominic and went up on the porch. "Oh Dominic," I asked before he could take off again. He looked down at me. "I know this may seem like really weird, but could I be a Dragonseeker?" I asked him. Next thing I knew, he stood in front of me in his human form.
"What do you mean, csitri?" he asked.
"Well the Dragonseeker and De La Cruz are my two favorite families and I love dragons. I was wondering if I could get a dragon tattoo that looks like the Dragonseeker mark on my left hip." I explain.
"I don't see why not," he smiled softly at me.
"Great!" I jumped. "Could I get a picture of your mark? I don't wanna see anything else. I promise."
"Of course." he smiled as he revealed his left hip. I snapped the picture on my phone and hugged him.
"Thank you so much!" I smiled happily.
"You're welcome." he replied. "I must go though, Solange may get worried."
"OOO can you tell me if the De La Cruz came?"
"All five of them are here. Though, I believe it may have been a bad idea to have drug Zacarias here. He is close to turning and is a danger to us all, but the women and his brothers believed that he should have some good memories, even if he cannot feel it." he replied sadly.
"Awesome!" I shrieked. "Lucian, do you think we can go and see them tonight? Please oh please!"
"If you wish," he smiled at me as Dominic said goodbye and took off.
"Awesome. I gotta freshen up. Twenty minutes be good for you old man?" I joked.
"Watch it with the old man jokes," snarled Lucian playfully.
"Okie dokie old man," I laughed as I followed Skyler to our room to unpack.
Ten minutes later Lucian and I was heading toward the house the De La Cruz was staying at.