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Chapter 14-
"I them took back to Scale Island and my mother took them in as her own and I am proud to call myself their brother, but it shouldn't be my mother taking care and raising them, it should be their own mother, who was taken from them by who ever was on that ship!" Shadow was getting angry thinking about it, then he heard sniffling to his side and saw Astrid wiping tears from her eyes, "Hey there's no need for tears" Shadow said softly, "You saved their lives, did your best try and save their mom and you took them in as your siblings, you should never be treated the way you are, you are a great man and a worthy chief" Astrid said trying to hold back more tears "You may think that I'm a worthy chief but truth be told I'm not ready and I don't want to be ready, I love freedom too much" Shadow responded, "I think your more ready than you think" She said slightly rubbing his arm, "The only problem is that I cannot prove that it was that ship that caused the fire"Shadow growled, "Why was there something else there?" She asked confused, "It was that cloud, I recognise it from books I have read, it was Helheim's Rage" Shadow explained , "What's that?" She asked , "Its a violent storm, known to destroy villages, it appears once a year, apparently there's a dragon that gains strength and power from it but that was missing from the books" He explained.
"Excuse me Shadup, I but Dyer is trying to fly Marrow" Liza said, Shadow got up and walked to the dragon with the small boy on his back, "Shadup?" Astrid asked Liza, "It's my nickname for him, can I ask you something please" Liza asked, "Sure go for it" Astrid said. "Are you his girlfriend?" Liza asked bluntly, this made Astrid blush "Ummm...no" Astrid stuttered, "Hmmm ok but I know he likes you allot, more than I should say" Liza smiled and turned to her brothers , "Ok you two I guess you can go home, Marrow buddy get them home safe ok" Shadow said to the dragon as he scratched his head. Shadow put Liza on Marrow's back behind her brother who was still on the back, and Marrow took off towards the village, Shadow turned and sat next to Astrid and continued his spotting job.
2 hours later...
"Ok shifts over" Shadow explained, "Ok but I was having fun" Astrid said disappointed, "We don't have I head back yet, this doesn't have to end" Shadow said softly, this made Astrid shiver, "Come with me" Shadow gestured for follow him into the forest which she did.
10 minutes of walking..
They reached a clearing in which a large bushed tree was on its own in the middle, Shadow led Astrid to the tree and began to climb in which she followed him. They broke through beaches to a large opening in the middle that shined beautifully from the moonlight, Terrible Terrors and smaller dragons were crawling around now curious about the visitors, "Wow this is amazing" Astrid commented with a smile on her face, "Yeah each leaf contains a chemical that lights up when hit by the moonlight, and this is called the Lunar Shine Tree, it's a place I come to when I feel lost or alone" Shadow explained.
"You see the connection I have with dragons is not just that of respect, it's an understanding that being misunderstood for something your not can cause deep pain to the point where one single emotion takes over, not everyone understands what dragons are and many don't want to understand, but I saw long ago what dragons really were, intelligent, beautiful and misunderstood, the real devils are those who just want to kill them for the sake of killing them, that is what I fight against, I fight against injustice and I don't care if it's a fight or a war in which I am alone against an army I will fight till my last breath" Shadow explained proudly, Astrid was in awe of the speech she just heard, "Just remember one thing no matter what you do you will never be alone" Astrid told him. A Terrible Terror sat on Astrid's lap while she smoothed it, other small dragons were cuddling up to Shadow who was playing with all of them. "You know your not the only one who has showed me the real side of dragons, there was a boy around my age who was mistreated just like you and the dragons, he was called the village screw up, but something about him kept him fighting , one day he took down a Night Fury and instead of killing it he trained it, befriended it and eventually rode it, I caught them but after a flight my opinion changed on both dragons and him" She explained becoming sad at the thought of that boy, "You loved him didn't you?" Shadow asked, "Yes how can you tel?" She replied , "The way you speak of him it's in the way that you would protect him and miss him it make it clear of your feelings" Shadow explained, "I do miss him , I just want to see his face again" She was holding back tears. Shadow stated messing with the clips of his mask that kept it on "Astrid there's something I need to show you" He said and he started unclipping his mask , Astrid looked at him ...
A massive noise of a horn echoed, "The bellow of the riders, we have to go my mothers needs the Scale Riders at once" Shadow clipped his mask back, before his face was shown, much to Astrid's disappointment. He and Astrid jumped from the tree and Shadow whistled. Within a few moment Marrow landed, they both got onto the dragons back and flew towards that village.
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