Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Water and Earth. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own DM, Coolkyoushinja and a few others do.
(Arthur's home, Monday 8:00 PM.)
Arthur slowly pulled up to the driveway and then he got up and out before walking to the front door. He pulled out his key before he slowly opened the door.
"Elma, I'm home." Arthur said while he walked inside, he blinked before he realized that Elma was sitting by the tv.
She turned to look him dead in the eye, entirely serious.
"Are you an Earth Dragon?" Elma asked, Arthur blinked before she sighed.
"I apologize for this." Elma said before blasting a mouthful of ice at Arthur.
She watched him freeze to the wall and wondered if she should help him, she knew that he could survive the ice, hopefully… She hoped.
She went to free him when the ice shattered and she was forced to take a step backwards and shielded her body with her arms.
She looked at Arthur and gasped in shock at seeing Arthur. She blinked and then looked over him again.
He had brownish, black scales on his now bare-chested body and back, he had a spiked and rocky looking spine and tail. He also had brownish sliver wings and glowing orange eyes.
He opened his now silted eyes and looked at the Harmony dragon while his clawed hands traced over the floor. His feet had talon like feet as did his sandpaper like legs which were smoothed and spiked.
"Damn it… Why?" He growled out while he stood up, he towered over Elma who he walked forward.
"I know it! All the signs I've seen over the past few days… Your fearlessness in front of Tohru, your calmness around me… Your financial skills…. Those are traits of an Earth Dragon." Elma said while Arthur slowly turned back while his skin turned from scales to his clothing.
"I'm sorry that you…." Elma said while noting that Arthur crossed his arms.
"You. Cannot… Tell. A. Soul." Arthur said before he slowly sat down, he shivered before his body sparked.
"What?" Elma said while she noticed the fact that he his magic was weaker for the moment.
"If you know I'm an Earth Dragon, then you know that Earth dragons are intelligent and very physically powerful… But their magically… Weak… I used to have stronger magic, but I became weaker the longer I spent on Earth." Arthur said before he looked over his hand which was clawed again.
"Why would you stay on Earth if you…" Elma stated before Arthur turned to her.
"I'm not into the war between Chaos and Harmony… I fought for Harmony but those rules don't bother me… I got stranded here after a battle… My magic didn't allow me to come home, it's much weaker here than in the other world…" He said before he turned to look at the ceiling.
"Your trapped here… Like me… How long have you been here?" Elma asked while Arthur turned to look at her.
"500 or so years… Back when Japan was nothing but samurai and battles… Which would make me maybe a little older than you… You learn a lot of things when you get to stay on Earth for that long…." Arthur said before he sighed.
"So, the reason we couldn't sense you was because your magic was weaker…" Arthur heard from Elma before he hummed and looked around.
"I think your stronger or weaker than me just a little… I'm not unstoppable, if you saw the dragon form of me… You'd see that I've gotten into scraps… But yes, I am an Earth Dragon… and I've been watching over humanity… Or trying to watch over it… One dragon is nothing compared to our entire species… I've actually made peace with being here at least…" Arthur said, Elma sat next to him.
"Why? Don't you want to go home like most dragons here do?" Elma asked while Arthur turned to look at her.
"Why? All there is on the other side is war and slaughter and death…. The Harmony Dragons are supposed to protect Humanity and bring peace to them…" Arthur said while Elma huffed in annoyance and then sighed.
"I… This war has been going on for a while, it's not been pretty… I can understand wanting to be here… But the laws…" Elma said before Arthur looked at her.
"Considering a high ranking and powerful Harmony Dragon is here and then there's Tohru? I think that law was broken…. And besides, I swore to protect humanity when I ended up trapped here… So as much as I want to go home? This is going to be my home… We're talk later, you still haven't told me where you want to get ice cream from." Arthur said, Elma blinked and then looked around before she smiled and looked at Arthur.
"Does the ice thing…?" Elma asked before Arthur turned to look at her.
"Does dragon me look like I car? Go to the car." Arthur jokingly said.
Author Note
Phew, another chapter done! I'm sorry if it felt rushed, I wanted to show off Arthur's dragon form and show while he's still on Earth… No, he isn't overpowered, Tohru and Elma are still stronger than him… Possibly. Next chapter will be on Monday or so and will show another night of Arthur and Elma napping and talking. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!
