The next morning I woke to find Ugin looking at me, but he had not moved.

"Um I I am sorry I just needed to hear your heart, I know it sounds stupid, but I just had…" Ugin gently placed a large forefinger on my cheek keeping his claw away from me.

"It's alright Serenity I understand."

"How?"

I can just tell," Ugin said. "We dragons are pretty good at reading human emotions,'' he said with a bit of pride in his tenor soothing voice.

"I see," I said softly, very relieved that Ugin was not angry with me. Gently Ugin then lifted me off of his chest, and set me on the ground. I limped over to the fire, and sat down again warming my hands while Ugin called the mist dragon to once again gather breakfast for me, again speaking in that language that I did not understand. When the creature left us I asked. "Are you speaking Draconic?"

"Yes I am," he said. "Would you like to learn to speak it? It would be useful for you to learn it since you live on Tarkir now, and with so many dragons it would be good if you could at least understand, and speak basic draconic."

"Yes I would," I said. Ugin nodded, and thus we spent the time waiting for breakfast to arrive learning a simple greeting in draconic. I loved learning so I barely noticed that an hour had gone by while I was waiting for food.

When food arrived, I peeled the eggs while Ugin used a spell to light the fire again. I ate thoughtfully watching him.

"Do you eat Ugin?"

"No,'' he replied. "Since I am a spirit dragon I dont require food."

"I see."

"Though I'll eat if it is available," with that Ugin playfully stole one of the eggs that I had not peeled yet and popped it in his mouth. I giggled not the least bit imtidiated. Then I asked the question that had been in the back of my mind since he had told me that he was a spirit dragon.

"You are a spirit dragon right?"

"Yes though I am both physical as well as ethereal as you learned earlier," he said. I studied him,

"You were not brought back from the dead by someone summoning you?"

"No," Ugin said, "Why?"

I did not answer for a moment as I gathered my thoughts, then said. "Where I come from the master used to summon spirits from the dead. They were usually angry, and vengeful, but you are very different, they also had a corporeal form when they were summoned into the world, but the difference is your spirit aura is pure, not like master's spirits at all."

"Why did your master summon spirits?" Ugin asked. I took a deep breath. Time to tell him everything. I looked at him, trying to get my thoughts together.

"Ugin I know that this is going to sound strange, but can I lay on your heart again?" Ugin nodded, and lay on his back, and helped me onto his chest once again. Once I was settled on his chest I started to speak, but Ugin stopped me.

"Would it be easier for you to show me?" He asked.

"What do you mean?"

"I can cast a spell that will allow me to see your thoughts." I thought about it. It seemed like a better idea, either way my past would be shown to him, and still be real for me. Ugin sensed this.

"Either way is not going to be easy, but this way might be quicker." I nodded, and squeezed him as tightly as I could.

"As long as I am close to you I will be okay'' I said snuggling him Ugin nodded.

"Then I am going to cast the spell now."

"Okay Ugin," I said. After a moment I suddenly felt sleepy, and closed my eyes, the sound of Ugins heartbeat guiding me to sleep. Then I began to dream to re live my painful past for Ugin to see.

"I come from a world called Arkos, where there are no trees, forests or natural land, there is only dirt, rock, and buildings as far as the eye could see. The biggest, and tallest is the king's castle where I lived for a time. I was born into a poor poor family, and from what my adoptive mother Merai told me they died not long after I was born. After that Merai, a family friend took me in, and tried to hide the fact that I was broken knowing the rules about people who had something wrong with them. She was able to hide me for five years of my life, and in that time she taught me to read, and also found out that I liked to sing, and when I sang things happened. Magic seemed to flow from me, and sometimes healed things or made things grow. The one thing that my songs would not do was fix my right leg nor my eyes, no matter how much I tried. When she saw me singing to heal an injured baby bird Merai told me that I could not sing, because it was dangerous magic that she or no one else could understand, and if the king or anyone close to him found out they would take me, and then if they found out that I was broken they would kill me. So I tried to hide my secret as best as I could.

One fateful day Guards came and began one of their random inspections that they claimed was good for the people of the kingdom. Merai did not have time to get me hidden, and my bad leg was out for all to see. The guards took me away to the castle to deal with me, and the plan was to kill me.

They threw me into a jail cell with no food or water. Telling me at the age of five I was going to be killed for the greater good of the kingdom then they left me alone. I sat crying then in my fear began to sing making things grow from the bricks. , and rotting vines that grew from the bars that led outside.

A man dressed in a dark cloak came and visited me. He asked me how I made the plants grow, and I told him that my songs made them grow. Then he got a weird look on his face, and left. A bit later the man returned, and told me that as long as I helped him out my life would be spared. At the time he seemed kind, if only I had known then what kind of being that he was. I agreed to go, and he let me out. He told me that his name was Demmyenez, and that he would teach me how to use my voice for the benefit of the kingdom. I wanted to help people so I agreed to this, and my lessons began.

The songs that he taught me were very dark, and they sounded scary, and they gave life to the angry spirits that he summoned. He told me that the spirits were needed to protect the kingdom.

When I was not doing masters bidding I was basically locked into a room, with no windows so I could not see outside. Master told me that this was for my safety because of me being broken, but I hated it, and when I could I would try to get out though that was no easy task.

For five years I lived this life with master getting meaner it seemed each day. I began to loathe the angry spirits, and began to doubt my master's words. I was not allowed to sing the songs that I sang when I was small. They told me that those songs were bad, and the master would beat me physically as well as mentally when he caught me doing it telling me that they were no good. Sadly I believed him.

One morning not long ago I managed to sneak out, and see what master was doing with the group of spirits that I had helped give life to. I saw them outside hurting people that they were supposed to protect. I now knew for certain that the master had been lying to me, and helping him in this was not right. I decided to try to escape, but as I was back in my room making a plan master came for me. We need more spirits summoned, he said. No, I said firmly, hoping that I sounded brave. I know what you are doing, and I will not help you any longer. Mater laughed at me. What would you rather die? Yes if that is what it takes I will not help you anymore I said you are a liar. He grabbed for me, and I ducked past him, and began to run, or at least try to. Master was not a fast man, and I was able to find a place to hide. I hid myself in the corner of a closet to await getting caught. when I heard the door opening I began to feel weird, and well you know the rest Ugin." I said as the memories, and spells came to an end.

I opened up my eyes, and found that they were wet with tears. I tried to stop crying, but I could not, and then buried my head into Ugins chest, and just resolved to cry it out.

At first my tears were sadness, and pain, and then it turned into something else, relief that the pain, and sadness was over, and that I had a new life now. As I cried Ugin said nothing, just let me cry against him,and hugged him with my head resting on his heart. After my tears were spent I just lay there holding him. Finally Ugin spoke. "Are you alright?"

"Yes I am… Now," I said, snuggling against him. Ugin began to stroke my cheek with his finger.

"Just rest now." I nodded, and hugged him even tighter. Ugin rested his hand over me making a blanket as I hugged him.

"Ugin Thank you," I murmured before I fell asleep against his heart.

Listening to her tale I felt so many emotions, for her sadness, pain, and even anger. Knowing what this man had done to her made me angry, but knowing that she was safe with me helped a little. After she had fallen asleep I decided to give her a nice dream, and sent her images of us together telling her stories of her laying on my chest looking up at the stars. I wanted her to see what the future with me would be like.

It seemed that my dreams comforted her because I saw that as she slept a small sweet smile came to her face. I was glad that she had come to Tarkir, and to me.

A few hours later of rather pleasant dreams Ugin gently woke me.

"Please come with me. I want you to see something." I nodded and he picked me up, and held me in his hand as he went outside, and took flight. It was my first time outside of the lair when it was not storming. I was now able to see the wild sprawling world in the dim morning light. As we flew in the sky I saw the sun starting to rise, and it was beautiful.

"Welcome to Tarkir,'' Ugin said. I watched with him as the sun rose, to be with Ugin in this world at this moment. Now I knew I was home.