"No," father roared lunging towards us just as the blade came with in an inch of my shoulder but it never came any closer because our bodies shot out a beam of white light.

"Enough"

The light surrounded Abiaeal, father, and I.

"That is enough," came a gruff male voice from the light.

"What's going on," Abiageal said hugging my arm.

"You have no need to fear children of Draco you are safe," the male voice came again.

"We are the Dragons Heaven and we have seen the acts you have done this night. And we are most pleased with your actions to protect your father and the villagers," said a male voice that was softer and sounded older than the other male voice.

"You both have earned the hearts of the Dragons Heaven,"a female voice said, "By your selflessness in willing to free not only Draco from his mistake but the people that he affect by it and still hold him highly in your hearts has shown so bright that even we have seen it from the stars."

"What does that mean," Abiageal asked still holding onto me.

"This means that we have decided to grant the house of Dragonscale a gift," the male voice said.

"Can you free our father from his bond with Einon," I asked hopeful.

"That we can not do," came a female voice, "Your father has done something that not even the heavens can undo."

"So there is nothing we can do for him," tears rolled down Abiageals cheeks as she said this.

"I will accept whatever I must do to make up for what I have done," fathers voice came from behind us though I couldn't see him cause of how bright everywhere was.

"No," I screamed out, "There has to be a way we can help him. He helped us when we were abandoned by our family. He took us in in our hour of need and I will do the same."

"So will I," Abiageal yelled out, "There has to be a way to help him."

"I don't care if I have to cut out my own heart to free him," I yelled out pulling out my dagger.

"No," the light grow brighter causing me to drop my dagger, "You will not need to do that my child because you have already given him both your hearts."

"What do you mean," Abiageal asked.

"From the love all three of you share you have made a bond that has become stronger than the bond between your father and Einon. Which has become weak and very fragile."

"A strong enough blow will break it ,freeing your father from the bond," said the female voice.

"But I thought you said that the bond could not be broken," I replied.

"We didn't say that," said the male voice, " We said we couldn't undo what your father has done, but you two are not us. You are the daughters of both man and dragon. If you were to kill Einon the bond between him and your father would break."

"A very rare thing. A bond of pure light between a humans and dragons. This has only occurred once when man was young."

"What does that mean," I asked picking up my dagger sheathing it.

"When a dragon gives their heart to a human a bond is made between them that connects them in life and death. When a dragon shares his heart out of love and compassion with a human then the human and the dragons' bound would allow the human to gain the dragons powers and strengths. But when the bond is not strengthen by love then the human and dragon will feel only each others pain and not share a bond of strength between the two."

"But father shared his heart with Einon,"I said.

"Yes he did share half his heart with Einon but if I'm correct the other half has been split into two and has been formed into one whole heart by two other halves. And his heart was not shared out of love for your brother unlike when he shared his heart with you two."

"What do you mean," Abiageal asked.

"There is more than one way to share ones heart with someone young ones."

"Are you saying that all three of our hearts are bounded together," I asked in awe.

"Yes, your hearts have made your fathers heart whole and he has even made your hearts more powerful with his own heart in return. You both now share his powers and strengths."

"Like you said young Abiageal you are his heart now your three hearts beat as one. And as one heart that has been nutured with love and care has grown strong enough to grant you the powers of the dragons. Your fathers strengths are now yours as well. A bond as strong as yours will be able to break the weakened bond between Einon and your father. But the power inside you both must be activeted before you can help free your father."

"We can save him," I asked. A feeling of hope spread through my body.

"Can father still enter Dragons Heaven," Abiageal asked.

"That depends. He still caused a lot of misery with his gift of life to the evil prince and his sin must be punished."

"I will accept whatever punishment to make up for what I have done," fathers said.

"Very well then as punishment for your sin you are to not take to the air for two whole weeks."

"What," all three of us said in shock.

"Only after those flightless weeks will you be allowed into the Dragons Heaven. We look forward to seeing you again brother as well as your children. There will be a spot for all three of you in the stars."

"Thank you brothers and sister," father said.

"Now Ava and Abiageal Dragonscale by the powers of the Dragons Heaven. By the power of the stars. We give you the gifts of the dragons. Good luck to you all!"

As they spoke I warmth run all through my body. My muscles felt tighter and stronger, I could feel a fire in my stomach, my lungs filled with air as I let loose a might dragon like roar with fire blazing from my mouth. Abiageal let loose a powerful roar as well that shook the air around us. A surge of energy ran through my body as well till the light started to fade away. When the light died down and my eyes readjusted to the lack of light, and I could see clearly I saw Einon, Bowen, and Kara had a look of shock on their faces. I looked down at Abiageal who looked up at me. I could see that her eyes had changed colors and her hair was all the way down to her knees and had changed from a drak blonde to a fiery red color. Her whole body was glowing with an aura of power. I looked at my arms and they were glowing with an aura of power as well. My hair had grown as well and had turned from a sun blonde to a fiery red color too.

"The powers of a dragon," I said looking over my new hair.

"Yeah sis you know what this means right," I smiled at her removing my chest plate and arm guards.

"Yeah we don't have to hold back on him now," she said with excitement as she removed her arm guards as well.

"Yup," I smiled at her.

"Great cause I have been dying to punch him all the way to Hell and back," Abiageal said cracking her knuckles.

"You girls be careful," father said walking a corner of the court yard and lying down, "And show me what the Daughters of a Dragon can do when they let loose."

My sister and I both smiled at each other, "You heard Papa Ava. Lets go nuts."

"I agree Abiageal," I replied then we both ran at Einon with inhuman like speed. Abiageal reached him first, and before he could react to what happened she delivered a left hook to the left side of his head. Before he could recover I ran up to him and round house kicked his stomach sending him flying three feet away. He slid a few more feet before he rolled onto his side

"That was for holding a blade to my sister," I said as I kicked him.

"This is for making Ava cry," Abiageal said running at him as he tried to get to his feet only to be knocked down by a kick from her to his stomach.

"This is for what you did to Kara," I said sending a kick to his crouch causing him to curl up into a ball.

"And this is for what you did to everyone," Abiageal yelled as she grabbed the collar of his shirt throw him over her and into the castle wall on the other side of the court yard. He let out moans of pain as he fell to the ground coughing. I walked to Einon and squatted down to his level.

"Now you know the pain you have caused others," I said to him then I leaned closer to his ear and whispered, "And this is what you did to my mother you monster."

I then grabbed his blonde hair and throw him over my shoulder clear across the court yard slamming him against the castle wall just as the other villages entered the court yard ready to fight. They all looked at the beaten, blooded, and bruised Einon then at Abiageal and myself. Shock on all their faces at their Queen who just through a grown man across a court yard with little to no effort.

"Looks like he didn't need to surrender after all," I chuckled.

"What," Abiageal asked smiling at them, "Didn't your queen not promise that she would make him pay for what he did. Didn't think we would do it with our bare hands did you."

They all started cheering and ran towards us. Two men the lifted us onto their shoulders so we were above the crowd. Everyone was cheering our names some were even jumping up and down hugging each other. A few men went to check on Bowen, Kara and father while the five other men went to Einon binding his hands.

"What shall we do with Einon my Queen," asked one of the men over the crowd. I looked at him then at the man who had me on his shoulders who then gentle set me back on the ground. The crowd made a pathway for me. I walked up the were Einon was being held.

"Einon for your crimes you are here by sentenced to death," I said is a stern voice so everyone could hear me, "And any who still fallow under who will be banished from my lands forever, if they should return to my lands they too will share in your fate."

"Death is a release not a punishment," Einon muttered through a painful groan spitting blood.

"In all your evil you did have one thing right," I said placing my hand under his chin and lifted his chin up so he could look me in the eyes, "But with your death these people will be released from you and your punishment waits for you after your death." With that I turned my back to him.

"Take him to the castle dungeon," I said to the men, "He can wait there for his execution at high noon tomorrow."

"No," Einon yelled knocking the men away and taking an ax from one of them, "I won't lose to you!"

He ran at me with the ax ready to swing it down onto my head, but I caught the ax blade with my bare hand. The blade didn't even scratch my skin. I held the blade as I pulled out my dagger. Einon only showed angers as he tried to bring the ax down by adding more pressure to it but I held it still. With a straight face I ran my dagger into his heart. He gasped as my blade ran through his heart, his grip on the ax handle slipping slowly as he stumbled forward. The ax feel to the ground as I let go of the blade wrapping my arm around him and slowly laying him onto the ground. His breathing was labored as he looked up at me. I held his head looking into his dying eyes.

"I did love you at one time brother," I whispered to him, "Apart of me still does. I wish it didn't have to end like this. Maybe in another life we could be a family and we all could be happy together."

He started coughing and wheezing trying to speak. I rested my forehead to his, "Shh little brother just let go and the pain will stop."

He was still struggling to breath so I twisted my blade sharply, he gasped one last time breathing his final breath. As he died he still looked at me with pain and anger in his eyes. His lifeless eyes stared up at me as I gently closed them. I kissed his forehead, then his now closed eyes before I stood up turning to the crowd.

With a blank face I shouted, "The Evil King is dead!"

At first everyone was in shock over what had just happened then a loud roar of cheers irrupted from the crowd. While they cheered I stood looking down at my brothers lifeless body. It hurt a little to see him dead by my hand, I was happy his evil was gone from this world but by my hand. By his hand my mother was killed, by his hand Kara had lost her father and more to him. But by my hand I had ended my brothers life. The king had killed innocents, his son as well, and now I had killed my own brother. Our family was stained with blood.

Father came up behind me scooping me into his arms holding me to his chest, "It is alright Ava."

"This family has caused nothing but bloodshed," I said still looking at my brothers body.

"And now you have ended it," father said blowing a fire ball at Einons body engulfing it in flames, "You are now queen and have ended the bloodshed of the old royal family. You have started a new era of peace for these people."

"You did it big sis," I heard Abiageal cheer. I looked down at the crowd to see Abiageal, Bowen, Kara, and Brother Gilbert at the front of the crowd arms on each others shoulders smiling up at me.

"Long live Queen Ava," Bowen shouted.

"Long live Queen Ave," everyone else shouted smiling and cheering my name.

"Long live the Dragonscale house," Kara yelled over the crowd. Everyone cheered louder at her words. My eyes teared up with tears of joy at their cheers. I smiled at them cheering as well. Father then roared as loud as he could. Abieageal and I happily joined him roaring as loud as we could.

'Everything changes now,' I thought as I roared up to the heavens, 'Everything will be better now.