Disclaimer: Hey guys. Well I'm back. I am sorry it too so long for this story but I got a HUGE case of writer's block and didn't like how this story was going. So I have now decided to re-write the whole thing from the beginning. So let's get this important stuff out of the way. I do not own any of the characters from Dragonheart or Dragonheart: A new beginning. I do own Colt and Kalias though. So without further adieu may I present Chapter 1 of Siblings of the Sky.


(Dream Sequence)

"You have to do it Kalias. Please help me," Father pleads with me and struggles against the chains that bind him.

I draw my bow and let the arrow fly. Then I throw the bow down and run to him as the arrow hits his chest.

"Oh, papa I'm sorry. I'm so sorry!"

Then I feel myself being lifted by him.

"It's ok little one," He tells me as he holds me to him, "It was for the best, I'm free now. I will miss you, but you have made me proud my daughter."

Then he kisses me on the forehead, sets me down and starts walking towards a light in the sky.

"No, papa wait! Come back!"

(End of Dream)

I wake up with a start and pant heavily. I sigh as I run my hands over my face as I sit up. I look to my left and see Colt sleeping peacefully. I move to my right and open a drawer in the table next to my bed. I pull out two pictures sitting in there and run my fingers over them. One is a drawing I did of my father, Draco, a few years ago and the other is a small painting I did of Colt and myself I painted for him for our 1 year anniversary. I remember the day I gave it to him and he in return gave me a beautiful dragon pendant with a crystal stone in it's claws. He made himself.

Since Bowen and Kara have been ruling our land, Colt and I have lived here in Father's old fire cave for the last 10 years. They offered me a place at the palace but I refused. I'm not a princess and could never be happy living there. I have been perfecting my healer's remedies and creative skills here. After we moved in, I stumbled across a small box in my father's things with a key attached to it. I opened it and found a note written to me on top a bunch of herbs. The note was from father and it read like this…

Dear my beloved daughter,

By now you are old enough to be trusted with a great secret I have kept for all this years until now. I am gone, but I have left you this letter along with all my knowledge to continue to teach you the Once Ways. Below is a list of ingredients for a self-sustaining potion. When brewed, it gives the drinker long life as long as the drinker continues to make and drink it.

A sprig of a willow tree

A couple of water reeds

The petals of the Yarrow plant

Tiger Lily petals

Rose pollen

And a cup of blueberries, blackberries and sunflower seeds all mashed together.

(Note you will have to either collect or buy the berries fresh)

I trust you will use this knowledge wisely and will never let anyone deceitful get their hands on it. As you can see, all the dried herbs I have already collected for you and placed them in this box for you to make the first potion. All you have to do is follow these instructions to the letter and you will have your potion.

Collect the berries and mush them together in a mortar.

Then boil some water in a small pot and gently pour the berries in the water.

Once they are in there, gently sprinkle the dried herbs a little at a time for this first potion and slowly stir clockwise. You will have to wait for 15 minutes exactly between each pinch.

(Note: After this you will have to chop and add the fresh herbs one at a time as it will take some time for the herbs to get used to each other.)

Once all the herbs are in the pot move it and let it cool for an hour. By then it will turn a dark blue color and I want you to drink it. The potion will last you for a month. After all of it is gone, you can brew some more if you wish. This is your decision, you can choose to take it and live for a long time or you can live without it. I leave the decision to you, my daughter.

I love you

Sincerely, your loving father, Draco."

After I finished reading the letter, I looked at the herbs in the box and discussed it with Colt. We agreed to go ahead and make the potion. I left the cave to gather the blueberries and blackberries. Then I collected some water from the hot spring and put the small pot on a cooking rod I have over a fire pit. It took all day, but just like he said, as soon as it turned dark blue, I drank a cup of it. I expected it to taste bitter, but it surprisingly tasted sweet and as soon as it hit my stomach, I could feel it take effect. It felt like a burst of energy took over my body and I could feel myself shaking. After I took a deep breath, the effects wore off. Then I gave Colt his portion of it. Finally we set to work at cleaning my work-space and locked the letter back in the box. There was no way I was going to let anyone get their hands on this.

(End of Flashback)

"It has been a long time since then and I miss you deeply Father," I say to the picture as I get up and put them back in the drawer. Then I feel Colt moving next to me.

"Kalias are you awake?"

"Yeah I'm up." I smile as I give him a kiss. " How did you sleep?"

" I slept alright. And what about yourself?" He asks me as he puts his arms around my waist.

" Not so good." I rub the sleep from my eyes some more. "I had a nightmare last night about, you know."

Colt sighs as he sits up and looks me in the eye. " Kalias, Draco knew what he was doing. And he didn't blame you. You got nothing to be guilty about."

I know I shouldn't feel guilty because it was for the better good but I can't help it.

"I just wish there was another way we could have resolved it. At least the kingdom is at peace now." I smile at him and get up.
I remove my nightgown and the claw necklace and pendant from my neck as I grab a towel for myself and set it on the side of the hot springs.

"Care to join me? " I teasingly as Colt as I sit down on the edge.

Colt smiles and then undresses to join me in there.

Just like when I was little, I jumped into the hot springs to bath. I relaxed in the water for a bit before Colt jumps in himself. I giggle a bit as he wraps his arms around my waist and kisses me. I relax into and let my hand wander around his body as his do mine. Then I get the bathing supplies resting on the side and we take turns washing ourselves. I sighs in content as I rinse off and wrap the towel around my frame. I watch Colt gets out and does the same. We haven't been married long but I love watching him as he dries and I have a sneaking suspicion he likes doing the same to me. Then the two of us get dressed and I mean us both breakfast.

As we eat, I keep thinking about my dream last night. It's been at least a fortnight since I had a dream like that; I thought I was getting better at handling them. But I guess not.

"Maybe drawing will help me to forget it. Whenever, I had a nightmare in the past, drawing and healing others helped take my mind off my troubles", I think to myself as I go to my art supplies

I worked on a landscape painting for a bit, but for some reason, it doesn't seem to be helping me this is the first to notice the forlorn look on my face as I put everything back up.

"Kalias what's wrong?"

"I don't know," I say to him as I shrug my shoulders, " I just can't stop thinking about that nightmare. And I can't focus."

"Maybe we should go to the castle to talk to Bowen about this," Colt suggests as he puts my supplies away. Then as he pushes them forward, a scroll lands and rolls to my feet.

"Great," I sigh and gently pick it up, "I wonder what's in this one?"

I unroll it and read the words inscribed on it…

"A dragon's heart will doom mankind when a two-tailed comet comes in time. Lest the dragon be pure in heart and strong of mind."

"What? What does that mean?" I ask Colt in confusion

" I don't know. Does it have a date or name of who wrote it?" He shrugs his shoulder and points to it.

"No all that's here is a list of comet sightings. The last one was before I was born."

"Hello, Kalias, Colt are you both here?"

I hear Bowen at the entrance. He has grown older and I could tell he was probably going to join Kara soon. Mother passed away 2 years ago due to a sickness. I tried to heal her but it was something beyond my power to fix.

"Yes Bowen we're here. Give me a moment," I call out to him as I roll up the scroll and put it back.

I greet him at the entrance with a hug and a kiss on the cheek which he returns. His once blonde beard and hair were now white and slightly tickled my face as he kissed my cheek Then he gives Colt a friendly hug.

"Ah, Kalias, you look as beautiful as ever. That potion of yours really works wonders doesn't it?"

Yeah, how are you Bowen? Are you well?"

"Just feeling tired and old."

"Are you sure you don't…"

"No," He cut me off, "We've been through this. Draco meant that for you and Colt so you could continue your gift for our people. I have lived my life and now I only await the day Kara and I will be together again forever."

"All right, I wouldn't force you. I am glad you came though. To tell you the truth, we were considering coming to visit you. I want to talk to you about something."

"Is it the dreams again?"

"Yes," I sigh and nod my head. By now, he had known me well enough to guess what was on my mind. Sometimes, I swear that old man is a psychic in disguise, "I had another one about father last night. I tried drawing, but it doesn't seem to be helping this time."

"I'm sorry you still feel guilty about what happened. I know you had to do it, but that probably doesn't help matters does it?"

I close my eyes and shake my head.

"Would you both like to stay at the castle for a bit? You know you two are always welcome there and Ethan would be delighted to see you again."

"He is a sweet boy," I smile and remember Pa and Mother's 12-year-old son. They took him in when it was discovered that Mother couldn't have children. Bowen has schooled him the ways of a prince so when he passes on, Ethan would become the next king.

"Well, maybe you're right."

I smile at him and went to pack a few books and clothes to take with me and Colt, including the prophesy scroll. As we start to leave, I feel the ground rumble beneath my feet. Colt pulls me to him as we cling to a stone pillar and wait for it to stop. I hear rocks breaking all around me and the steam vent bursting through the ground until it finally stops. Slowly Colt loosens his grip on me and something catches my eye. Through a crack in the right wall, I can see something shining. I go to the wall and start pulling the rocks from it.

"Kalias what are you doing?! I don't think pulling rocks off the walls so soon after an earthquake is wise."

"You gonna cause this whole cave to come down on top of us!" Bowen yells at me.

"Bowen there's something here! Help me dig it out!"

He sighs and sets to work with Colt pulling stones that aren't too heavy for him away from the wall. I pull out a few more and after pushing some roots away, I can't believe my eyes. Nor can they judging by the look on their faces. Before us, shining like the moon, is a dragon egg.

"Did you know about this?" Colt asks me as he stares at the egg in wonder.

"Nuh, uh Father told me many things, but he never mentioned anything about having an egg stored here! I wonder if the hatchling is alive in there."

I place my hand and ear on the egg to check. Answering my question, I feel something thump against it.

"Well that answers that question. Hey Kalias are you ok?" Bowen asks me as he notices the pale look on my face.

I cover my mouth with my hand and back away from it. This is just too much of a coincidence, first I find a scroll foretelling man's doom with the form of a dragon's heart and now I find a dragon egg that looks like it's going to hatch soon.

"Bowen, I need to show you something."

I go over to my bag, pull out the scroll and show it to him.

"We found this right before you got here. Look, read what it says," I say to him as I pointed it out to him.

"You tell me that this may be the dragon this scroll talks about?" He asks as he points to the egg.

"I don't know. I mean, we won't know until it hatches. And I just hope that the hatchling is like our father."

"I don't think the egg should stay here." Colt says as he puts a hand on the egg.

"Why? Father raised me here till I was 4 and we can do the same for the hatchling."

"Remember the earthquake that happened not a few moments ago. What if there is another one? Then you, Colt and the baby will be buried under a pile of rocks. No, I really think you should move from here." Bowen says to me.

"Bowen," I start to say until he cut me off again.

"Kalias, I don't want to pull the father or king rank on you for this, but if that is the only way to get you to move; I will."

"Bowen," I shout at him, "All I was going to say is 'you're right.' As much as it pains me to leave this place again, this place really isn't the safest place to raise a baby. I don't want anything to happen to my little brother or sister, so I agree with you both."

"Thank you Kalias, now we have to find a safe place to hide you three. There's no telling how people will react if they see a dragon after, well, after Draco died and was supposed to be the last one."

"Now I know why he smiled at me like that. Before he died, he gave me a proud understanding smile. At first, I thought it was because I helped 'free him' but now, it's like he knew I would find this egg eventually and would take care of it for him."

"Well we can't take it to the castle. The moment the baby hatches, someone's bound to notice it." Colt says as he stands up. "Do you think Brother Gilbert and Friar Peter would be willing to take us in?"

"Yes I believe so. At this point, that's the only place I can think of that's safe enough for it."

"Well let's finish packing your things so we can move as fast as possible." Bowen suggests as he picks up my bag.

"No we have to get the egg to the monastery now. And I have faster way of packing. Watch"

I say a few ancient words and in an instant, all of father's knowledge and my things shrink. With a wave of my hand, all the items float into my satchel bag. As I picked it up, Bowen stood there with a surprised look on his face. I hope for his sake, his heart doesn't give out on him.

"How did you do that? I knew you were skilled in healing, but I didn't know you were skilled in magic as well."

"It was in one of father's scrolls. Remember how I told you there were some scrolls and books I was not to read yet? This shrinking spell was in there along with the levitation spell. It's very handy when moving, now that we have that taken care of; let's get this egg to the monastery."

Bowen, Colt and I wrapped the egg in blankets and water sacks full of the hot springs water to keep it warm. It takes us two hours to get to there, but we finally made it. I knock on the door and soon one of the monks answers the door.

"Hello is Brother Gilbert or Friar Peter here? We need to speak with them."

"Yes they are both here Lady Kalias. May I ask what the reason is for this visit?"

"Tell him it's an urgent personal matter please."

"Very well, if you will both come with me, I will show you to the chapel. There you will wait until I return with them."

We follow the monk through the small courtyard to the chapel. I noticed several other monks and novices watching us as we passed by with the egg. Bowen had suggested shrinking the egg to avoid suspicion but I refused. I told him before we came here that shrinking inanimate objects, such as father's books and such is not the same thing as shrinking a living thing. I didn't want to take the chance of hurting the hatchling in any way should something go wrong.

It didn't take long for the monk to return with Brother Gilbert and Friar Peter in tow.

"Bowen, Kalias and Colt how wonderful it is to see you both again," Brother Gilbert greeted us with a hug, "You are looking as lovely as ever Kalias. Draco would be proud of how you have grown. I obviously been taking very good care of her Colt"

"Naturally." He smiles as he says to Gilbert.

"It's good to see you all," Friar Peter nod and asked with a serious expression, "But why have you come? Nathan said it was urgent you speak to both of us."

"Kalias, Colt and I made a discovery in Draco's old fire cave," Bowen says to them as we pull back the blankets to show the egg.

"It seems that Draco and the Scarred One bore an egg and hid it in the cave before either one of them died," I explained to them.

"But if you did just discover it, then why did you bring it here?" Frair Peter asks us in curiosity.

"Because of two reasons, one there was an earthquake and the rocks fell away from the wall and that's how we found it. If there was a possibility of it happening again, I didn't want the egg or myself to be buried under a pile of rubble. And two is this."

I showed them the scroll and a spark of understanding flashed on their faces as they read it and look at the egg.

"I see, so you brought it here for protection," Brother Gilbert says as he places a hand on the egg, "I see no reason not to offer it sanctuary, what do you say Peter?"

"If it will keep the hatchling's heart pure to have it live here away from temptation, I will also agree to offer it sanctuary until the comet passes."

"And we would like to live here as well Brother Gilbert, Friar Peter," I politely request, "This way Colt and I can also help raising the hatchling. He or she is the only member of my previous family I have left and I believe that it was Draco's wish that I should raise him or her should something happen to either him or the mother."

"Well I see no reason to separate you ," Friar Peter smiles and places a hand on my shoulder, "Of course you may live here with us."

"Thank you Friar Peter, I promise we won't be a burden on the church. I can continue my healer's duties and reading my father's work and Colt can continue his work as a knight if that is ok with you."

"That sounds like a fair arrangement to me. Now about where the child will live, this monastery has an old dungeon that hasn't been used since this place was a castle. We could make it up as a cave and make sure he or she doesn't leave until the comet passes."

"Is that fair to the hatchling? Imagine being locked underground and forbidden from ever coming outside," Bowen argued with him, "Are you sure that is the best thing for the little one?"

"Bowen, if this dragon turns out not to be evil, then the possibility that he or she could be manipulated to do something evil still exists. With him or her being so young, they are easy to give into temptation and persuasion," Friar Peter argued back and as much as I hate to; I had to agree with him.

"I see your point," Bowen calmly said still having a frown on his face, "I am just a little uncomfortable with keeping a child locked in their room forever claiming 'it's for their own good.'"

"Bowen it wouldn't be forever," Brother Gilbert says as he looks up from the scroll, "Just until the comet passes, which by my calculations should be in about 20 years from now. All we have to do is keep the child hidden and safe until then and after that, they are free to live their life however they please."

"All right well now I guess we should check out this dungeon of yours and see what needs to be done to make it comfortable for the hatchling."

"Afterwards, Brother Gilbert and I will go over my father knowledge to see if there's anything that can tell us about raising a hatchling," I say to Bowen as we recover the egg and follow Friar Peter to the dungeon. Brother Gilbert and Colt stayed behind to watch the egg.

There is a gate that leads to it that can only be opened by a key. Friar Peter gets out said key and leads us inside. He lite a torch and showed us the way. From dead kings in the walls I saw as we passed by, this place also functioned as a catacomb. After we pass them, we come to a staircase which he leads us down. I follow him up a few stairs and down some more to a huge room. Judging by the chains and shackles on the walls, this must be the place where they kept the prisoners. Friar Peter went to the walls to check something and from what I could tell; they appeared to be oil lamps.

"Well, we'll have to refill them, but I think these lamps will work out perfectly and, with the addition of a few candles here and there, should provide enough light."

"We should get rid of all these chains and shackles first and then give this place a good cleaning before we move anything down," I suggest as I look through a grate, "Is this the only place where any sunlight can be seen?"

"No, there are several windows, but they have been bored up for years. That grate used to be bored up, but we recently removed them to air the place out."

"I think it would be best if we keep it that way. I mean the grate is high enough that it should give some daylight and the hatchling shouldn't see anything but the sky."

"What about when winter comes," Pa asks in concern, "You know it snows here, what if snow should drift in through the grate and the child grows curious about where it came from?"

"We could install shutters and have it closed during that time," Friar Peter suggests, "Then when winter is over, we will simply open them up again."

"Sounds like a plan to me. Bowen, I don't wish to be rude, but shouldn't we get you home. I will walk with you back to the castle."

"Well all right, lucky for me it is just on the other side of the monastery. Thank you Kalias and good day to you Friar Peter."

"Good day."

After I walked Bowen to the castle, I return to my new home to get it ready for the hatchling. While we were busy, the egg stayed in Brother Gilbert's quarters. After three days of labor, the dungeon was scrubbed clean from top to bottom. I informed Bowen that it was done and he sent his servants to give all sorts of old bedding and pillows for us to use for the hatchling's bed. I got some material and made some curtains to help brighten the place up. We even moved some shelves and a desk in there so I could spend most of my time there and to store father's work. Pa also gave us some oil for the lamps and some tall candelabras. After all the lamps and candles were lite; the dreary dungeon was transformed into a cozy makeshift cave. Then we carefully moved the egg to its bed and waited for it to hatch. Friar Peter also let me have a room to myself in the church, though I preferred staying down there with the egg.

It has been two days since we moved the egg and it hasn't shown any signs of hatching apart from the usual squeaks I hear from it. I found a book about dragons and am reading about the hatchlings. It says that the female dragons will find small game for the young one to feed on and will move it as close to the hatchling as possible. When the hatchling first hatches, it can't walk, see or hear for the first week of its life. It most interacts through smell and will instantly bond with the first living thing it smells. Right as I finish that sentence, I hear a thump and a crack sound coming from the egg. " Oh my gosh. COLT!" I yell to him as I close the book.

"What?!" He yells and runs to me. "What is it?!"

" It's time! Stay here! I'm gonna go get Friar Peter and Brother Gilbert." I yell and run out the door to Friar Peter's office, praying he is there and as I come through the door, I see him talking to Brother Gilbert.

"Come quick, it's hatching," I quickly say and run back to the dungeon.

I paused only for a second to grab some meat from the kitchen for the little one and headed back. Brother Gilbert and Friar Peter quickly follow me and as we got there, a tiny claw bursts its way through the shell. The little one pokes its head out and after some work, it broke the rest of the egg to pieces. Its eyes are closed just like it said in the book and the poor thing is shaking from the air hitting its soft scales. It isn't very big, just the size of a cat, but I can't help crooning and crying tears of happiness as I hold up my hand to its nose. It smells me for a minute, getting used to my scent and start trying to make its way over to me.

"Oh he is so cute," I say as he falls on his side and whines as he tries to wiggle over to me.

"He? How do you know it's a boy," Brother Gilbert asks me in curiosity.

"There's a mark on his underbelly," I told him as I carefully pick up the little one and cradle him in my arms, showing his belly, "See, that little white claw mark there? Well, father told me years ago that all male dragons have that when they are born and later when they shed their scales and grow, it fades. Female dragons don't have that."

"Oh, I never knew that, interesting. So have you thought of a name for this little fellow?"

"Yes, his name will be Drake after our father," I tell them as I hold a small piece of meat before his mouth. He sniffs it for a minute and snatches it out of my hand. I continue this as Friar Peter goes to speak to me.

"I can't think of a better name for the child. Let's just pray that he also shares the same qualities of Draco," He says as he pets Drake on the head. Drake looks up, sniffs his hand for a minute and nuzzles it.

"Only time will tell Friar Peter," I say as Drake yawns and buries his head in my chest, "Only time will tell."


Aw Kalias and Colt have a new member in their family and it's a boy! Ok so it's a boy dragon so what?! He's adorable! But it's not gonna be easy raising him. But I am sure they will be able to rise to the challenge. Please remember to review below and keep it respectful ok? Thank you guys, until next time.