Cade's Chronicles

Cade's Chronicles!

Chapter Four: "Series of Events Pt. 1!"

By, Vladimir

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Cade's 1st Pov

Yeesh, talk about awkward moments. Here I am sitting in this giant steel cage they call a carriage and what I call doom. Yep, I was literally dragged into this thing like I was a fucking toddler and now I sit as close to Lilith as I can possible in hopes that I can hide and blend in with her body. Evidently, that failed and I eventually just caved and sat in plain view for two of the largest dragons I had ever seen in my life!

The first dragon was and is the king. Yep, I get to meet my "bonded"s parents before being killed. How do I know I'm going to die? Simple really, if my daughter was to come back with some sort of alien, I'd most likely kill the alien if they had done anything to her. So I should probably skip over the part when I basically cupped a feel, huh? Yeah, let's go with that!

The king guy looks similar to an anthro looking dragon with brown scales, orange eyes while wearing strange Chinese style of clothing and armor pieces of some other culture, oh and the giant sword at his side, yeah can't forget about that one. Yeah, Dragon's wear clothes. Go figure right?

The queen lady, however, looks absolutely amazing! She looks like a snow white Dragoness that's gone anthro and wears strange looking snow gear in the form of pants and a bikini top for clothing. To be honest, I can easily see where Lilith gets her amazing figure and body from now, because I mean DAMN this queen be hot as all hell! Don't look at me like that, it's freaking true!

I sit next to Lilith who has her head bowed and I wonder if maybe they have an advanced culture that is similar to eastern culture from earth from the way she acts along with the clothing, or maybe they just like the way the clothing looks, because I certainly do, for the females that is!

"What are you?" The king asks me with a rumbling voice that reminds me of Smaug from that new Hobbit movie, really wish I had seen the third part, but hey, whatever am I right? But now that I think about it he does sorta look like an anthro version of Smaug. Better stay in his good graces, huh?

"I'm uh, not exactly sure myself." I say to him and he narrows his eyes as he moves in close to me and stares down at me. Now I know how Bilbo felt, dear god please don't let me die yet! I still have so much left to see and do! I haven't even had my first girlfriend yet!

"Who are you?" He asks. I think I just wet myself out of a nerdgasm.

"My name is Cade, sir. And I don't mean to sound rude or queer, but my god you are badass and you sound so fucking cool!" I exclaim boldly. Yep, I am a dead man! The king snorts and sits back while releasing a deep rumbling chuckle. So I get to hear the most epic chuckle in existence before I die. Yep, I can go happily now!

"Interesting. You are but an ape, yet my youngest daughter has claimed you and the bond is forming. Very interesting indeed. Perhaps I won't eat you." He says with his rumbling voice of awesomeness. Yay! I get to live! I get to live!! "But I am curious, how is it that she is safe and healed?" He asks. Well, shit. I get to die! No I get to die!

"Er...I uh, healed her, sir." I say softly. He nods his head lightly as he eyes me strangely.

"And just what is this power you have inside and around you? I have never seen such a force, if I may ask." Okay, this is getting to be way too creepy, but so damn cool all at the same time! I let out a soft shallow breath.

"I am not exactly normal. I've never been normal I guess you could say. But what you "see" is my magic." I say as I motion to the diamond on my forehead with a thumb. "This is my horn when I change into my Dragon Form." I say. This gains his and his queen's interest as Geose simply stays quiet with a knowing look and Lilith's tail tightens around my waist making me bite a gasp and yelp of slight pain. Dammit!

"Really? You can turn into a dragon?" The queen asks with interest and a strange look in her eye. Okay she is freaking me out now.

"Yes I can. Though I'm not exactly sure how I acquired this ability, maybe it's my birthmark?" I ask myself more than the others.

"Birth Mark?" The king asks in confusion. I groan softly and allow my coat to slide off of my shoulders and pull my torn up shirt off exposing my chest and scars. He looks at my birthmark with a curious gaze, as the queen stares at it and me with wide eyes that hold a sense of fascination.

"Intriguing." She says as I pull my shirt and coat back onto my form. Hey steel isn't just cold, it's freezing below fucking zero dammit!

"Sure, maybe if you like being chased by your own people while they try to bash your head open with steel pipes or bricks. Or how they try to run you over with a fucking truck! Oh yes, so intriguing!" I growl out. Seriously, all the shit I went through and I get gawked at like I'm an exotic-fucking-bird! Ugh, I really hate my life sometimes, along with my smart mouth....

"What?!" Lilith exclaims as Geoese stares at me with surprise and the two royalties look down at me strangely.

"Why were you being hunted?" The king asks me and I sigh sadly as I close my eyes and allow my emptiness to flow through me, and apparently the carriage as everything grew darker as I opened my eyes.

"I don't know, but I'm just a monster." I tell them and it was true. I was a monster, I was branded as one and I had to live with it for the rest of my godforsaken life. I raise a hand up to my line of sight as I change it into my Dragon Claw and flex my razor sharp claws before changing it back to my human hand once more. A white claw lifts my chin gently and I look up into the queen's bright aqua sapphire blue eyes that hold an intrigued sadness.

"Surely that is not true." She says to me softly. No, it pretty much was true. I was hated by everything and everyone, hell even my "best-friend" was slightly afraid of me! How the fuck can anyone tell me it ain't true!?

"It is." I hiss out as I feel tears stinging my eyes. I always got emotional whenever I talk about myself and fuck I hate that shit! "I was hated by everyone! My life was nothing but hell!" I growl out through grit teeth as tears forcefully move their way down my cheeks. Ugh, I hate being an emotional mess! Her eyes seem t grow soft and she moves her claw away from me as I close my eyes and let out a pained, shuddering breath. Fuck now I have to calm myself, but I can't because I'm in a fucking box dammit!

"There is no love, there is no light and there is no good! That is what I loved by, you know why?!" I yell out surprising them as I tremble in sorrow and anger and slight fear. Who wouldn't be afraid of three giant dragons that could kill you just be poking you? "Because that is what I had to hold onto when the world was out for my head. That's all I could do and believe in when I was going through hell and forced to deal with shit that no one should go through!" I hiss out as my anger slowly takes hold.

"I see. So you are known as an undesirable by your old kind?" The king asks as if he were mocking me. I glare at him with hatred in my eyes burning like flames.

"I was, and let me guess, I will be again, huh? The second we reach this castle of yours, I'm going to be killed for being different, huh?" I growl out and Lilith looks at me with wide eyes. Guess she didn't expect me to be disrespectful to her old...Dragon, huh? He looks down at me with narrowed eyes. Yep, I did it this time, might as well just slit my own throat!

"No. If there is one thing I follow, it is honor. You, hatch-ling, hold much honor to yourself and I shall not have you executed. If anything, I would like to know more about this world you came from and about you as well, you did save my daughter and are her bonded, after all. I may be seen as "evil" by many races, but I am by no means "heartless". But speak to me like that again, and I shall have to test you of your worth." He says with a rumbling growl at the end. I roll my eyes.

"I'd lose instantly, no offense to you, sir, but your like, five times the size as Dovaak was, and he was kicking my ass pretty hard before I managed to kill him. You'd easily mop the floor with me." I tell him. Well I guess that cat is out of the bag, because the second I finished that statement I was stared at by the king, queen and Geose. Fuck me big time!

"You killed Dovaak the Hunter?" Geose asks. I raise a brow and shrug.

"Well, yeah. He was trying to hurt Lilith and capture her again, so I did what was right and fought to protect her. No male should ever lay a hand, er, claw onto a female, unless it's out of self defense, but eve then, it's just not right." I explain as i give a bit of my own personal beliefs at the end. Geose and the king smirk down at me as the queen and Lilith look at me with soft smiles.

"A code to live by, I assume?" The king asks. I nod firmly and wipe my tears away, yay I managed to stop crying and am in a better mood! Yay for bullshit!

"It is a piece of my own "code" as you call it. I don't like to see females or young ones being harmed, granted they had harmed me, but I would never raise a hand towards a woman unless I was forced and had no other resort, and I would most certainly never dare harm a child! Only sick fucks do that kind of messed up shit!" I tell him and he nods his head lightly with his smirk growing.

"Oh yes, you most certainly are of interest to me. Perhaps you shall show the young ones the correct way to act." He says as if the generation he was dealing with now wasn't the best to have. Okay, weird. But whatever right?

"Er, sir?" I ask. He raises a claw as if stopping me from speaking. Okay, me no talky now!

"Please, call me by my name." He says. Oh my god I have to ask!

"Wait, before you tell me, is your name Smaug by chance?" I ask. He looks at me strangely.

"No, why would it be that?" He asks me.

"Because you sound and look like him." I say dumbly.

"Who is this "Smaug"?" He asks me with interest in his eyes.

"Well, he's a dragon, though he is a species called "Fire Drake" and he is one of the most, if not the most, famous dragon in my old world! He's living fire and death along with being the very dragon that Bilbo Baggans, a hobbit and if you wonder that that is just think of me by half my size and slightly rounder, has to deal with! I mean to be honest, Smaug is one of my favorite Dragon's of all time!" I explain like a little child. Man I must look so damn stupid right now!

"I see, that is interesting. And you say he lives in your old world?" He asks. I shake my head.

"No, he's made up. Fantasy. You see on earth Dragon's and such aren't exactly real, but I know you guys were there at some point in time, and are seen as fantasy creatures of great power. There are even Dragon's that are worshiped because they were gods or godlike. And to be honest, I always loved Dragons, er, weird huh? I love dragons yet i can turn into one and am surrounded by them. I know, I'm strange like that." I say with a shrug at the end.

"Interesting, so you say you know about us and our species?" He asks me. Well, yeah! Who doesn't?

"I guess?" I say. Okay I'm confused, what the hell's happening again? Oh right, We were talking about names. Maybe I should learn the king's real name though, might even help call him something other than sir. "Um, what is your name, by the way?" I ask with a sheepish chuckle. He nods and sits back up next to his gorgeous wife.

"It is Huolong." He says. Cool, sounds kinda like a Chinese name, but whatever. I wonder if he's a Fire Dragon of some sort? Eh, who knows am I right?

"Cool name." I say and he nods in thanks and I look to the queen who looks back at me with a ridge raised. "And may I know your name as well?" I ask. Maybe she's named after something awesome?

"Of course, my name is Saphrah." She says with a small smile. Man she is one elegant female that's for damned sure!

"Pretty name." I compliment.

"I thought so as well." Huolong says and Saphrah rolls her eyes.

"Oh shush." She says and slaps him on the upper arm making him chuckle lightly before looking down at me with a curious look.

"Now then, I would like to know how you managed to kill the great hunter Dovaak." He asks with a curious look. Oh this is going to be so much fucking fun!

"You like music?" I ask while Lilith and I glance at each other knowingly and she gains a wide toothy grin as excitement forms in her eyes.

"Indeed I do, but what does music have to do with this?" He asks. Bombshell time!

"Because that's how we fought against him and those Drake's in the town!" Lilith exclaims. Wow, thanks for staling my thunder! Nah, she's fine, though I did want to drop the bombshell onto them first!

"Really now?" Saphrah asks in amusement and slight interest. I look up at Lilith who smirks down at me.

"What song should I play? "When The Beat Drops" or "Ready, Aim, Fire"?" I ask as I pull out my IPod-XL making the three others look at me with great interest.

"Um, what's the first one like?" She asks. Oh boy, I hope they don't mind knowing about techno!

"Er, think of a bunch of machine like sounds in the form of music, now that's not right. Um, er, I don't really know how to describe it too well, it just sounds like a bunch of strange sounds. The style is called "Techno" though." I explain to her and the others. Hey don't look at me like that, I don't know what makes that strange music alright!? She makes a face.

"Um, let's try the second one." She says and I shrug.

"Alright, might as well, besides, I personally like it better anyways." I say to her as I move away from her and the others, man this carriage thing is fucking huge! I enter my Dragon Form taking them by surprise from the flames and lightning along with the crystals that cover my body and the song plays for them to hear.

As the song booms around us I allow them to become energized by the natural magic and the three of them shiver slightly as the magic mixes and merges with their own cores of magic and physicality. I feel a lay itself onto mine and I look over to see Lilith holding my claw in hers as the song plays it's soft lyrics. She moves over to my side and wraps a wing around me along with an arm around my hips as we sway softly to the music.

I feel the heat in my chest bubbling and slowly filling up my chest as I feel myself lean into her more and more and our tail coil around each other. Never though I'd be in a cheesy love thing, but hey, I ain't going to complain. Maybe I'll even know what it's like to be loved by another.

As the song ends, Saphrah looks at me with a really strange look. "That was a beautiful song, but where did it come from, and the energy, how did you make it?" She asks me.

"I didn't make it. It's the natural magic all around us. I just use my magic to pump out the music and for some reason the natural magic that lays within and around me energizes me. But other than that, I really don't know how I do it besides that." I explain. What? It's true! I don't really understand magic all that well and I've only known it for a few months!

"Could we perhaps hear another song?" Saphra asks me.

"I don't see why not." I say with a shrug as I look over to Lilith. "What do you think?" I ask her. She shrugs and holds me closer to herself. God if this is what being in a relationship is like, then I want one! It's so awesome to be treated like this! I love it!

"You pick this one. Besides, I don't know anything about these songs." She says and I nod my head lightly and close my eyes. I feel a certain song bubbling up and I decide to let them hear it. As the song plays out they gain curious looks at the lyrics and I feel Lilith's hold on me tighten for some strange reason. Maybe they didn't like the song or something? But can anyone not like it? It's Breaking Benjamin for god's sake!

As the song comes to an end The four of them look at me strangely. "What?" I ask with a defensive tone and look as I look back at them in confusion. "What's up? You guys not like it?" I ask them.

"It's not that, it's just that I have not heard something so, strange. Why was the male singing about something called a "devil"?" Lilith asks me. I shrug.

"I don't really know, but I honestly it's one of my favorite songs." I say with a light shrug and look up at Huolong and Saphrah and Geose who look at me curiously.

"What is a "devil"?" Geose asks. Oh boy this is going to be weird as hell!

"Uh, a Devil is a being of pure evil, I guess you could say, and they rule over hell, or in your case Tartarus." I say at an attempt of explaining something I have not met before or yet. "Though I'm honestly not sure what a Devil truly is, I mean I've never met one, I've been called one, yes, but I have never seen or met one, to my knowledge at least." I explain. And who can really explain what a Devil is anyways?!

"I see." Huolong says before there is a jolt and a knock resounds against the door. Okay, maybe we're stopping somewhere? Or maybe we're at the castle? "Enter." He orders and the door opens revealing a pasty yellow looking Dragon male wearing pitch black armor. "Speak." He orders. Man this guy must love ordering others arou- oh wait, he's a king. Right. Moving on.

"We have reached our destination, shall we lead you all into the castle?" The soldier asks. Oddly enough the armor looks like a Chinese dynasty armor like deal as they carry those Egyptian swords that you generally see online or in movies and such. Huolong nods his head lightly and steps out of the carriage and helps Saphrah out next. Geose steps out of the carriage while Lilith and I have to hop out, though I had returned to my human form to conserve my energy and she ended up holding up by her tail. I thought we distinguished that I wasn't a doll dammit!

She sets me down onto the ground and I pat at my coat to get the light dust off of it before looking up at the giants. Man the only one I can actually call a non-giant is Lilith. Talk about being short eh? I move forward only to have a spear pointed in my face and I jump back in surprise as I hold my sword pointed out at the male Dragon guard who growls and thrusts his spear at me. I narrow my eyes and spin in a circle as I change into my Dragon Form and I send the spear flying from the guards claws using the flat of my sword.

I come to a stop and have the tip of my blade at his throat as he looks on at me with wide eyes. Oh yeah, I'm a badass!

"Stand down!" Huolong growls out and the other guards and the one at the end of my blade seem to shuffle away. He strides up to me and places a hand onto my shoulder. "You are not to attack him, he is a guest." He orders out in the form of a statement and I give him a thankful look before placing my sword onto my back and shift back into my human form. Man that was so cool! One single guard doesn't shuffle away nor lowers their weapon from me and Huolong growls at the guard. "Lower your sword captain!" He growls out as the ground around his feet heats up and bubbles like magma.

Okay, so maybe he's more than JUST a "Fire Dragon", but man is that cool! I wonder if crystals will sprout from the ground if I get that mad or annoyed? I look up to Lilith who glares hatefully at this "captain" and I begin to wonder if perhaps this is a female, as she seem's to not like other females coming near me. Wait, am I an item now? I file away the question for later use, maybe I can mess with her to get a few chuckles in!

"Sir, I wish to test myself against this "guest" in a duel." The captain states. A test? A duel? Cool, might as well see just how well I am with my sword, Dovaak didn't really sword fight too much and even when he did it was sloppily. I spin my sword off of my back and hold it out so it points at the catptain dragon who oddly enough has a female build. Oh come on! I stop and stab my sword into the ground. Yep, I was right!

"No." I state firmly. The Dragoness glares at me.

"No? And why not?" She growls out. Isn't it obvious?!

"I don't fight females, I hold no desire to harm any female nor do I wish to." I state and she growls as she dashes forward while swinging at me from the side. I place a palm onto the butt of my sword and do a hand stand onto it as I then roll to the side and pull the sword from the ground and use it like a shield and knock her aside. She stumbles forward before growling lowly and lunging at me in a piercing like strike move and I spin to the side so she misses and my coat whacks at her armored body.

"Captain you are to stand down, now!" Huolong roars out and she glares at me before sheathing her sword. "To the barracks!" He orders and she leads the guards away with a final glare as they move around a sharp corner of the castle. "I am sorry for my captain's brashness, Cade." He says to me and I shrug lightly. Besides it was pretty fun.

"Nah it's okay, I had a bit of fun toying with her, but considering I don't fight females, she's lucky I hadn't accepted." I say boldly and proudly as I strike a pose. Hey look at me! I'm just like Dead Pool now! Wait, no I'm not. Dammit!

"How about you not do that kinda crap again?" Lilith growls down to me making me rub the back of my head nervously and give her a sheepish chuckle and smile. Man she can be scary as hell!

"S-Sure!" I agree with her with a nervous stutter and Geose lets out rumbling laughter which makes me glare at him. Asshole! "What's so funny, huh!?" I growl up at him as I debate whether or not it'd be a smart idea to attack a giant.

"Your simply whipped!" Geose chuckles out as he turns and walks towards the castle. "All males become whipped eventually." He calls out from over his shoulder as he enters the castle. Saphrah rolls her eyes and she and Huolong look to me and Lilith.

"You two should head to Lilith's room for some rest." Saphrah says with a wink making my face heat up immensely. Is she trying to get me and Lilith to fuck!? The hell!?

"M-Mother!" Lilith stutters out and blushes cutely.

"What is it?" She asks in mock innocence. Lilith groans and face claws.

"Please stop it, none of us are going to be doing THAT yet, if at all!" She groans out in annoyance and slight disappointment. Why did she sound disappointed? Did she want to...seriously? The hell is up with everyone I know and being so damned weird?! Ugh, as if I would do THAT right now anyways. I have standards you know!

"I don't really plan on giving myself up you know." I state firmly while crossing my arms across my chest and looking up at the three of them. "I'm not some sort of play thing, or slut! I have standards!" I exclaim loudly and boldly.

"I'm sure you do." Saphrah says with a strange tone and eye roll. Oh she's starting to get on my fucking nerves now!

"I do! Besides, I'm not really sure how that would work." I mutter out with a light blush and look at the oh so interesting ground while shuffling my feet around.

"How so?" Saphrah asks. Why is this so fucking awkward?!

"Because I'm human and, well, I don't really think any female would want something like that from me, even if I was to turn into my Dragon Form, I'm still a human." I mutter out softly and she nods her head lightly.

"I see, so you worry about not being accepted?" She asks. I close my eyes and let out a sigh. Jeez she like's to hit things right on the head with a mallet doesn't she?

"Yes, I am worried that when I am someone loved one, that I won't be accepted or even liked. I'm not even sure Lilith likes me that much anyways, bond forming or not." I say sadly. Why was I so sad about that? We were friends and that should be enough for me, right? Right? Man this stuff is confusing!

"Are you sure about that? Have you asked her?" Saphrah asks as she glances to Lilith who shakes her head lightly. "Then how would you know if she likes you? You seem to like her." She tells me and I blush heavily as Lilith looks at me with wide eyes. I sigh softly.

"Okay, yes. I like her, I think she- your beautiful Lilith. Jeez it's not fair. Why must I feel these stupid emotions now after so long of nothingness?" I ask myself loudly at the end.

"Maybe it's because you hadn't been found at the time." Lilith says to me as she wraps her arms around me tightly and I lean back against her gently as I look up into her purple eyes. "What if I were to ask you to try and see what this is like?" She asks me. Well then I'd have to agree, I mean it sounds like fun.

"It sounds like fun, but we literally only just met! How would that even work?! I mean you just became my friend and now your asking me to be yours? I...why do you want me? And why now? I'm so confused." I say and to be honest, I do want to be hers, but we are only friends and we met like, a few days ago! Why does this have to be so damn confusing?!

"Just say yes. It's only a test-run anyways, and we're going to be friends anyways, so why not just do both?" She says in a convincing tone and I struggle to think of words. Okay, this is getting really weird, but, I guess I can give this a try. Maybe I might even learn more about her and everyone else.

"I...alright. You...You can h-have me." I stutter out and she holds me close to herself tightly and gently kisses my cheek making them burn brightly like a tomato. Man this is so weird, I wonder if any of you have been in this sorta thing before? Probably not, but hey, I ain't poking fun at anyone! Yet.

"Thank you for agreeing." She says softly into m ear and I shiver lightly as strange sensations move up and down my spine. Whoa that was weird! I wonder what made that happen? I look at her and she gently presses the tip of her horn against the diamond like crystal on my forehead and looks into my eyes. Okay, this is a little creepy.

"Your, uh, welcome?" I say with an unsure tone. "Um, when are we aloud to go to sleep? It's been a few tiresome days." I ask and she nods her head lightly as Saphrah and Huolong had walked away as we were having our little "discussion" and she picks me up as if I was her bride, really weird image I know, and spreads her large wings. With a single flap we are in the air and traveling upward quickly up this strange looking castle that reminds me of a more Gothic version of Canterlot's Castle. Cool.

She stops just above a balcony and lands onto it. She then places me onto my feet and I move around in a dazed state. Whoa flying is such a rush! No wonder Rainbow Dash does it all the time! I wish I had wings...

"Come on." She says and I follow her through strange looking curtains that look similar to how the Elves in Lord of the Rings had made their own. It was pretty cool. She stretches and lays down on her back onto the large looking bed and pats the spot next to her. Remembering what had happened last time, I shake my head. "Why not?" She asks in curiosity and I blush heavily. Are you kidding me right now!?

"Because the last time we slept in the same bed, I ended up touching you inappropriately! No way am I going through that shit again!" I exclaim and she rolls her eyes.

"Oh will you shut up about that? I don't care anymore alright? And besides. in a way if you do touch me, it won't be all that bad considering that we're testing out this whole "bonding" thing." She says with a shrug. I look around with an apprehensive look on my face before sighing softly and bowing my head.

"Fine, but please don't get mad at me again if I do end up touching you. I don't mean to do it!" I exclaim and she rolls her purple orbs again. Still, I don't mind touching her- er, I mean, uh. Nothing. Anyways, I lay on the bed next to her and she pulls me close to herself so my body is pressed up against hers. He lovely chilled scales brush against my skin and I feel sleep taking hold of me. You know I could get used to this!

"Night." She yawns out softly before closing her eyes and falling asleep. I smile softly and snuggle in closer to her and close my eyes.

"Night." I whisper out softly as the heat in my chest grows stronger and stronger, before sleep takes hold of me. Oh yeah, this is awesome!

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Next Morning, Cade's 1st Pov

Heat, that's all I feel as I am wrapped up and pressed up against something cold yet warm all at the same time but feels extremely good, like how on a nice Saturday morning and it's raining outside and the blanket you have curled around you is just amazing? Yes, it was sorta like that but better.

Opening my eyes I see scales. Oh that's right I had fallen asleep with Lilith! Huh, and for once I'm not touching her inappropriately! Hooray! Anyways, I go to move away slightly only for her arms to pull me in closer to herself and I look up to see her looking down at me with her gorgeous purple orbs. Why does my chest feel so good right now? I mean it's amazing how warm I feel, is this what love feels like? Or what it feels like to start being loved and to love someone else?

"Morning." She says down to me softly and I shiver lightly again for some strange reason. I'll have to talk to...someone about that.

"M-Morning." I mumble out softly as my cheeks burn and I do my best impersonation of a tomato. She moves her face down to mine and I can feel her hot breath move over my face. Oddly enough her breath smells like cool mint instead of what many of you may think. Perhaps they have toothpaste here as well? Hm, I'll have to figure that out later. I look up at her again and she moves in closer to me and I beg for something to happen so we can get out of the bed as I was growing uncomfortable and low and behold something did happen!

Just not what you might think.

"Sister father told us of your retur-" A dragoness with light sand colored scales, the figure of Lilith, and Saphrah as well I guess?, with dark blue bordering black underbelly scales bursts into the room while wearing an Egyptian style skirt and a necklace that helps bring out her black and golden eyes. "What are you doing?" She asks and Lilith growls lowly in annoyance as she moves away from me. Thank god because it was getting really awkward!

"Nothing now." She growls out at the Dragoness who gives her a sheepish look. Great, not only have I been sucked onto another world that just so happens to be seen a cartoon in my old world, but it's apparently in the style that anime is like! Perfect, fan-fucking-tastic! "What the Tartarus do you want, Lizzie?" She growls. Okay, don't make her mad, she's scary when mad!

"I came to ask what it was that saved you, but it seems you already have it in your bed. Sinful as ever I see." Lizzie teases making Lilith roll her eyes.

"Oh yes, because I spend my days bringing males up to my chambers just to have them bend me over and rut me like some common Drake. That's so what I am up to." Lilith says with heavy sarcasm making Lizzie glare at her.

"Don't start that kind of stuff with me, I was merely curious!" She hisses out.

"Whatever." Lilith huffs out as she turns to look at me. "This is my older sister Lizzie. Lizzie, this is mine. His name is Cade." She says while pulling me to my feet by her tail. When did I become an item!?

"Wait, when did I become an item!?" Didn't I just think that? Huh, weird.

"Huh?" Lilith asks. Oh she's going there huh? Hmph.

"Oh, so I'm an item to you, huh?" I growl out making her sweat slightly. Oh this is too much fun! No wonder those women in the movies do this constantly, it's so fucking hilarious to see what the other's going to do or say to make it up to you! Haha!

"No, of course you aren't an item, Cade. Sheesh, you really need to not think of it as being seen as a simple tool." She says with an eye roll. Oh? Oh no she fucking didn't!

"So your saying I should be just an item?" I ask. Out of the corner of my eye I see Lizzie trying her hardest not to burst out laughing. Attah girl! Gettin' the jokes and all!

"No!" Lilith exclaims and I raise a brow at her as I cross my arms over my chest. "You'r not an item, okay?" She says. I smirk lightly and snicker.

"Jeez take a chill pill, Lilith! I'm just messing with you, I know what you meant!" I laugh out making her glare hatefully at me. Oh, so she doesn't like to get messed with? Well then, sucks to be her because I love messing with people! Haha! Let the fires of hell rain down upon the world as I pull a prank of pranks! May Pinkie Pie be proud of me!

"That wasn't funny!" She screams out and I feel a surge of electricity surge through me in the most painful way ever. I drop to my knee's with a grunt of pain and place a hand to my chest as the jolt passes and she stares down at me with wide eyes. "Oh shit, I'm so sorry!" She says as she helps me to my feet. Leaning against her I pant lightly as my lungs scream for air and I quickly deliver.

"F-Fuck, what the h-hell just happened!?" I pant out in slight pain as is passes completely. What the fuck is happening to me?! Is the universe mad at me for telling it to fuck off so much?!

"It's the bond." Lizzie says with a serious look and tone. "The two of you are connected slightly, but it would seem that her anger causes you pain." She says to me. Oh ain't that just rich. I get bonded with the one Dragoness who has a fucking anger problem! Isn't that just great! "Though from what I can see, the bond isn't complete yet, so it will cause you pain for now, but when it's finished forming, her anger will mix with yours whenever you need it, like if you are fighting against someone or something." She explains and I nod my head lightly.

"So, I basically need to not get her angry?" I ask. Please say no, please say no, please say no!

"Yes." She says with a firm nod.

"DAMMIT!" I cry out as another jolt of pain shoots through my chest and I stagger back against the bed and grab at my chest with my claw like nails in pain. I look to her with hurting eyes. "Please stop being mad at me!" I plead before another jolt and I crumble down to the floor and grunt in pain. Wow this hurts, I mean it's like being shot with thirty taser's at once! Don't ask, and I won't tell!

I curl up into a ball and stab my nail into my chest in an attempt to stop the pain, but I only manage to make it worse and I cry out in pain as spark fly off of my body. I close my eyes tightly and wonder why she was so mad at me, I mean sure I teased her, but dear god she can't be THIS mad at me! I stab my nails into the stone floor making it crack slightly and I hear them gasp and I see them jump slightly. Why am I always getting hurt?!

"Stop, please...!" I ask as I drag my hand and rip chunks of the floor up as I cry out in pain as electricity sparks and shoots off of me in strange colors. The pain begins to dull as the sparks start to fade before the jolts cease and I pant heavily while coughing as my entire body is in searing pain and my lungs refuse to allow air in for more than a few seconds. Closing my eyes tightly I bring my hand to my chest and try to breath, but it doesn't seem to work.

"Cade." I look up at Lilith who looks down at me in sadness. "I'm sorry, I...I don't now what happened." She says with a sorrow filled tone. Awe hell, I can't be mad at her, it's just not possible! I bow my head so my diamond presses against the floor gently.

"I-It's fi-fine. Just please, n-no more pain..." I beg of her and I feel her claws grab my shoulders gently and I look into her eyes.

"Don't ever beg, you hear me, Cade? Begging shows your weak, just tell me, alright?" She asks me softly and I nod my head tiredly and weakly before reading my head against her shoulder and pant heavily as I lean against her for support. The pain vanishes slowly and it filled with a warmth of sorts and my breathing becomes easier and my lungs are filled with fresh cool air and her scent move through my sense's.

She moves in closer to me and I move back slightly, unsure of what is going on. She places a claw onto my right hip and I feel heat rushing to my cheeks as she grips my hip tightly with her claw and my lips part as I gasp softly and her lips press up to mine as I feel her tongue invade my mouth. I feel those sensations return and spread across my whole body as they give me really good tingling feelings that causes me to gasp softly again.

I close my eyes and the sensations grow stronger and stronger and move about my body causing me to whimper softly out of some sort of feeling. It feels amazingly good, but confusing at the same time and I enjoy it immensely as it just spreads across my body like a wildfire and causes me to shiver in a strange longing for it to continue. The heat in my chest grows through my body and I feel absolutely wonderful as it just keeps growing until it fills most of my "pit".

She pulls away and I open my eyes gently and stare up into those purple orbs that just capture me, as if I had lost all sense of where and who I was, as I gaze into her eyes. "Did you feel it grow too?" She breaths out and I nod my head softly before closing my eyes again to savor this new feeling that surges through me.

"That, and more." I whisper out softly before letting out a breath and looking up at her. "Why do I feel so strange? What is this tingling feeling that feels so good?" I ask, and she gains a smirk.

"That's pleasure. Something you'll being feeling more of, if this bond keeps growing like it just was." She says down to me with a strange tone that reminded me of a purr. But Dragon's can't purr, can they? Weird. So what this feeling is called is "pleasure"? I like it, but, something tells me there's more to it than what she's not telling me. I look her in the eyes and place a hand gently to her scaled cheek.

"So, should I go tell father and mother that your going to be busy rutting?" Lizzie says with a smirk and a ridge raised. I blush heavily.

"N-No! We'll meet them." Lilith growls out with a faint blush as she gets to her feet and pulls me to my feet by her tail but then keeps me close to herself as her tail snakes it's way around my hips tightly and keeps me there. I huff indignantly and look away.

"You don't have to worry about me running off, not like I could get very far anyways." I mutter out and she rolls her eyes and playfully flicks my nose with a claw.

"Oh shut up." She says teasingly before looking to Lizzie. "Tell them we're on our way." She says ans Lizzie vanishes with a nod and the sound of rock being sucked against rock, really weird right? But whatever, I look up to Lilith who releases me from her tail and smiles down gently at me. "Come on, you might even meet the rest of the family." She says to me and I chuckle nervously. Oh good, I get to be judged by a bunch of Dragons and possibly murdered. Well, might as well get it done and over with.

"Alright, let's do this!" I exclaim while fist pumping the air and we travel down the overly long staircase that spirals down before we reach a hallway. Fucking hell! If this is how Celesita and Luna have to travel around their homes I can see why they use magic constantly! The two of us move through the hallway and into a large room with...so many fucking thrones, why! Why me!? I look around the room to see multiple Dragons and Dragonesses sitting in thrones all various sizes and such and to be honest I'm starting to wonder if my Dragon Form would even look menacing to them.

Oh well, might as well get this over with and meet her family, I might even learn about what I am while I'm here! I take in deep breath in through my nose and let it out through my mouth before taking a step forward and entering the room that could easily become my tomb, but the heat in my chest burns like a wildfire and I allow a smile to form on my lips, and walk to the center of the room with Lilith.

As we cross into the room I notice that dragoness captain from before and inwardly groan. Great, looks like my first enemy here is a fucking captain! Well, might as well see who else I can piss off before I manage to see a blood bath, or maybe I should be a good boy and not piss off Lilith. Man being on a "leash" fucking blows, and not in the good kind! A large brown old looking Dragon who wears strange Chinese robes leans forward to look down at me. Man this guy is old as hell! Maybe he's Huolong's old man? Let's find out shall we?!

"What is this?" The old dragon asks with a voice that reminds me of that brown looking Gargoyle in the t.v. show. Well gee thanks for making a bad first impression on yourself Hudson! Fucking prick! A charcoal grey looking Dragoness who looks just as old leans down and pokes a claw at me and I move to the side so she doesn't skewer me. Hey watch it lady! I'm a living being!

"It appears to be an ape of some kind." The old Dragoness says as she sits back up. Is it just me, or does she sound like that old granny from "Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends"? No? Just me? Alrighty then.

Moving along.

A short male dragon around my size, when in my Dragon Form if not a few feet taller, gets to his feet and strides up to me and snorts in my face. Gee, nice guy this one! "Looks like a simple monkey who thinks it has the right to be in our presence." The dragon says with a voice oddly familiar to Renji Abarai's voice from Bleach and I begin to wonder if perhaps I am in some strange twisted part of the universe once again.

"Oh really?" I ask making the male widen and then narrows his eyes and pokes at my chest with an index claw. I stagger backwards in an attempt to not have my chest torn open and growl up at him. I grab the hilt of my blade and spin it around before pointing it up at him. "Hey watch it dude! I don't need a hole in my chest, thank you very much!" I growl out and he growls down at me.

"You think you can fight me?!" He snarls out and I narrow my eyes. Well of course I can!

"Of course I can, who else killed Dovaak when he was about ready to choke and capture Lilith again?" I say with a smirk. The male widens his eyes, before they seem to turn into narrowed slits and he growls.

"Fight me then, show me how you managed to defeat the great hunter!" The dragon growls out and looks to Huolong. "Father, allow this so I may test his worth! If he truly did defeat the great hunter, and saved Lilith, then allow me to see if he is even worthy of her!" He yells out making my eyes widen. Father? Oh come on man!

I look to Lilith who gives me the "thumbs-up" pose with her thumb claws up and I feel my left eye twitch before sighing softly. Looking back to Huolong I notice how he has a look I don't very much like, and I begin to wonder if I should be even happy to be here. He looks to me with narrowed eyes and rubs his chin before nodding his head.

"Very well, I shall allow the fight to occur, but only because I wish to know how you had defeated Dovaak the Hunter." He says to me and the dragon next to me who pulls out a steel rod and I feel the urge to move to the side. He looks down to me once again and smirks lightly. "And shall I ask of you to show us all that music power? It would perhaps help your case." He says with a knowing look in his eyes as I feel something click in my mind. Holy shit! He's actually trying to help me?! Wish I had a father like that...well, I wish I had parents, but, that's a story for another time.

Nodding my head lightly I grip my blade by it's hilt and pull it off my back and over my shoulder so it stabs into the ground and I smirk to him with a fire in my eyes. "As you wish, my lord." I say making him look at me in amusement and a few giggles from Saphrah and a ridge to be raised from Lilith as Geose barks with a low rumbling laughter as the busty dragoness next to him elbows him in the side lightly, but clearly has a grin on her muzzle.

Spinning to the side I hold my blade out in front of me and place my left hand onto my right upper arm and smirk at Huolong's son who flicks his wrist and the rod extends and becomes a combat staff of swords with strange holes at the ends and I wonder just what sort of dragon he is. A wind dragon perhaps? Oh well, might as well raise some hell!

"So, no kill blows, right?" I ask and he growls lowly with narrowed eyes. I stop and look back at him with a glare. "Right?" I growl out and he slams the bottom of his staff down against the floor as his strange skirt like cape flutters around as he wears strange looking combat clothes. "Guess I'll just have to not kill you then." I sigh out in annoyance. Really, why can't he just say something?!

"Come!" He snarls out at me and I roll my eyes. Of course he's wanting a piece of me, hell, I'm sure Lilith wants a piece of me too, though I wonder as to which piece she wants. Hm, maybe I should ask her later when all this shit is done and over with! I enter my Dragon Form and allow the music to play, "ULTRAnumb, by Blue Stahli", and move about the air for all to hear.

"Alright then, I will!" I yell out as I charge at him and he at me. Swinging my sword out to the side I manage to lightly cut him across the left side, but he manages to club me up into the air from behind and make me face plant onto the floor. Ow! Do you know what face planting on hard rock is like?! It hurts like hell! Pushing myself up, I flick my tail and knock him onto his back, or try to at least, as he spins through the air and uses his staff to push himself back to his feet. Man, what have I gotten myself into?! "Okay, cool moves, but can you use magic?" I ask. He snorts indignantly. Okay, so he's a ponce!

"All Dragons can use magic, you idiot!" He growls out before he holds his staff out and the air spirals around the ends of the staff seem to gain wind drills or something like that. "As you can see, I hold wind magic, making me an Aero." He states coldly. I nod my head lightly before pointing an index claw to him.

"So what your saying is, your either a Sky Dragon, or Air Dragon of some sort, right?" I ask summing it up. He gives me a flat and annoyed look as his left eye ridge twitches lightly and I notice Lilith and Geose have their heads bowed and sweat drops. What the fuck just happened? Did I do something wrong?

"You are annoying." The dragon growls out and I huff and roll my eyes. I still don't know this fuckers name!

"Hey wait, what is your name?" I ask and he stops and nods his head lightly.

"I see, it does appear that I have not introduced myself, but then again, neither have you." He says to me as he places his staff across his shoulders and bows slightly. "My name, is Flaire." He says. Oh okay, so he's got a strange ass name, still cooler than mine though. Dammit!

"The name's Cade." I states while shouldering my sword like a boss as I turn and look to him from the side. "So, what exactly is your deal with me? You hate me or something?" I ask. Seriously, why must he always glare at me?! He snorts lightly before twirling his staff about and holds it while taking a fighting stance.

"I just prefer to get to know someone before trying to "make nice"." He hisses out before he dashes forward and stabs at me with those wind drill thingies. I weave from side to side as my eyes track his every movement and I notice how he generally lunges and puts his right foot forward every time. I smirk lightly and swing upward and to the side and I manage to knock the staff out of his claws and do a low sweep kick and knock him onto his back.

"And I prefer to not get a drill to the body, again." I growl out as I stab my blade next to his head. "Besides, no way in hell would I take one of Lilith's family members away from her, let alone use my magic on them. I can't use it on you, your not an enemy." I hiss down to him and out to the whole room as well before shouldering my blade and spinning around and move to walk towards Lilith, but I'm stopped by a claw gripping my shoulder and I look back to see Flaire back to his feet and gripping his staff tightly with the other claw.

"Sucks to be you then." He growls out as he pushes me forward onto my face and while I lay there on the ground I feel a breeze moving around next to my head. Looking from the corner of my eye I see one of those wind drills next to my head. "I suppose you shall allow Lilith to be injured, no?" He hisses out in my ear as he points his staff towards her making her eyes grow wide and for mine to narrow, he slams his foot onto my shoulder and stomps onto my claw making me let go of my blade. "Watch her fall." He whispers out in the form of a hiss and the drill shoots off of the staff and rockets towards her like a cannonball making the air scream.

I growl lowly an deeply as I stab my claws into the stone floor and send my magic through the floor and make a wall of black crystals shoot out in front of her blocking the drill like winds by it being sucked into the crystals and for them to retract back into the floor and for them to burst from the ground up at Flaire who jumps up into the air and I rip my claws from the floor making the crystals send out a blue energy that is then sucked into my spines as I pick up my blade and wind circles around the blade similar to the drill, but it forms an extra blade to it. The black crystals turn holy white as they simply stand there like statues and nothing else.

"You desired to fight me? Fine, let's DO THIS!" I roar out as the song "War, by Sick Puppies" starts up around everyone as I slash downwards up at him. sending a large wind blade rocketing towards him which he bats aside with his staff, but I throw my sword up at him making a sort of wind lance that drills past him and manages to cut his side lightly and stab into the ceiling above him. He grunts in pain and I heat up my claws so they glow bright red and push off into the air making the floor crack beneath my feet as I swipe at him from side to side.

He spins his staff around blocking my strikes and spins around tail whipping me upwards, and I land on the ceiling, but thanks to how my feet are I stick to his and run along it and grab my blade by the hilt and rip it free where I send out a wave of red flames and orange and yellow lightning down at him making his eyes widen at the mixture of magic types. He then narrows his eyes before spinning his staff to the side of himself making a sort of wing like shield and holds it in front of himself blocking the wave of flames and lightning making me growl lowly before pushing off of the ceiling and slash across the "shield" and knock his staff out of his hands before kicking him in the chest and sending him bouncing across the stone floor.

The music changes to "You're Going Down, by Sick Puppies" as I land with a roll and as he flips to his feet I cleave downwards and he rolls to the side making my blade cleave into the floor shattering the part around me and making him flop onto his side from the large gust of wind that followed my swing downward. He kicks me in the side knocking me away from my blade and I slide across the floor on my feet while digging my talons into it kicking up parts of it.

Looking around the room I notice how we had been tearing it apart, yet somehow it had only been in very small sections of the huge room we fight in. Wow, and here I thought we were destroying the whole fucking place! Oh well, at least I know it's large enough to let a little more out. I think to myself with a smirk gracing my muzzle. And come on, who wants to have their throne room being destroyed? No one, that's who! Still, it'll have to be a last resort I want to keep him alive along with myself. I mutter to myself inwardly as I hold my right claw out and charge my magic through the claw tips making them gain flames of sorts.

Lunging forward, I stab my claw forward in a stabbing motion as he pulls my sword from the floor and charges at me with it. Oh man, not my sword! Glancing to Lilith I notice how she has a strange look on her face still. Okay, I can always fix the sword! He swings down and I grab my blade with stabbing each claw through it making it break apart down the middle along with it's hilt. Dammit that was a good sword!

I move to grab him by the throat but he flips backwards on his claws and I narrow my eyes as he spins around on them while kicking his feet and tail out in a circle as a miniature tornado forms around himself with spinning blades that scream and hiss about the air. Holding my claw up I look back towards the tornado and hold my whole arm out making it ignite before lunging forward and moving to stab at the tornado, but spinning blades shoot out and knock the flames and lightning away while cutting my arm making me grunt in pain. A thin beam of spinning air shoots through my left shoulder making me grunt in more pain as may arm grows numb making me growl lowly.

"You've lost the ability to use that arm, give up!" Flaire roars out with his strange echoing voice as the wind screams. Looking at the corner of my eye I notice Lilith gaining a worried look in her eyes, before gaining a strange one and I growl lowly as the heat in my chest burns and the natural magic around me spirals around me turning into physical waves looking similar to a cyclone of sorts as it spirals around me before it turns into strange blue energy like before and flows into my wounded arm like streams and I feel the numbness leaving me as I flex my arm as the natural magic goes silent and vanishes from the air.

Smirking up at him as everyone has gone silent I punch the ground sending out a river of crystals jetting up towards him and he flicks his wrist making his staff appear and slams it into the ground sending out large claws that tear through the ground and at me. Crouching down low my smirk only grows larger as "Last Resort, by Papa Roach" plays making everyone grow curious.

I slam my fist to the ground once more making a wall of flames form and the air claws are sucked into them making the flames rise before sucking in deeply taking the particles into my mouth as my spines, horn and underbelly begin to glow brightly as lightning spirals around my shoulder crystals like flame tornadoes. Letting my breath out it is red like lava with red lightning spiraling around it as the beam of flames crash against the tornado like shield completely destroying them and knocking Flaire backwards and sending his staff across the ground.

Dashing forward my right claw ignites into flames and lightning once against and I notice how he pulls the two pieces of my sword and slam them together somehow fixing it and charging at me as blue wind blades are slashed at me. The holy white crystals absorb the blades as if they had been drawn to it like lightning to a steel rod and the energy is transmitted to me in the blue energy pumping me up more and more as the song changes to "Kryptonite, by 3 Doors Down".

He does a lunging stab and I stab my right claw forward as two thunderous cracks leave us as he do so and my claws and the tip of my old blade connect and I notice how a dome of pure air and gusts of wind roar about around us and across the room making capes flutter and eyes to narrow. I growl a deep, low, feral growl that makes his eyes widen as my eyes seem to glow, from what I can see of my reflection in the steel of the blade, as I press forward.

"Graagh!" I roar out as I split the blade apart and down the middle to the very butt of the hilt and the steel and rock melt to the very stone floor making Flaire's eyes widen in shock and surprise as I grab him by the throat with my left claw and slam him down into the floor and press my burning claws to to his throat and chin.

"I win." I state with a growl and he grunts his agreement as I press down upon his throat before moving away from him and changing back into my human form. "Did that appease you, sir?" I ask Huolong who nods his head lightly.

"Indeed it does." He says. Oh it fucking better, I had to destroy my own sword dammit! But I guess it was for the best. Spinning around I move to Lilith and place my hand gently onto her right claw.

"Are, uh, you okay?" I ask nervously. What? I've never had to deal with this kind of shit before! She looks down at me and grabs my hand within her claws making me wince slightly as she scraped my skin slightly and I notice how my blood lightly drips onto the floor. Okay, well I don't feel any kind of pain in my chest, so maybe she isn't mad at me for kicking her brothers ass? Weird. She lifts me up into the air by my arm and I grunt in pain as I feel like my arm's about to be pulled from it's socket. "L-Lilith! What are you...?!" My eyes grow wide from her narrowed ones, but their isn't any anger in them, no, it's something worse!

Worry. Oh god why must it be worry?!

"W-What's the matter?" I ask as I try to keep my arm. Fuck this hurts like all hell! I look into her eyes and she sighs softly as she brings me in close to herself and wraps her arms around me tightly and I feel my cheeks burning. "U-Uh, Lilith? What's wrong?" I ask her as she never really hugs me. Weird right? Maybe she's feeling under the weather or something?

"Don't you ever freak me out alright? If you do, I will rip your arms from your body." She says softly yet clear as day into my ear and I look up to her in a confused way. When did I freak her out?

"Was this when I made the crystals shoot up?" I ask and she shakes her head lightly. No? alright, let's see, what else could have done it? "Then when did I freak you out?" I ask and she tightens her arms around me making me gasp in pain as she nearly breaks my back. Holy fuck she's a tight hugger!

"When you tore your sword with a bare claw, I thought you were going to kill yourself." She says and I nod my head lightly. Oooh, okay, I guess that makes sense, but did she not see my break it?

"Didn't you see me have my claw up ready to rip through it?" I ask and she shakes her head. She didn't? That's a bit hard to believe, I mean my whole claw was on freaking fire!

"But how? My whole claw was on fire!" I exclaim loudly and She shakes her head lightly.

"Your whole arm was on fire." Flaire states as he moves back into his chair like throne made of...wind? Huh, go figure.

"Seriously?! All I saw was my claw go ablaze, not my whole arm." I breath out in surprise as I look down at my left hand before flexing my fingers and looking back up at her. "I'm sorry for worrying you, I'll try not to next time, alright? Besides, wouldn't be much of a "test of the bond" if I were to kick the bucket now would it?" I say with a light smirk before feeling the heat in my chest seem to grow. Okay, weird. Maybe this bond thing is like our feelings for each other in a physical state? Better ask.

"Hey uh, what is this "bond" thing anyways?" I ask and Saphrah smiles down at me with an almost knowing look. Oh boy, this is going to be strange.

"The bond is your tether that connects mates of the soul together and is fueled by their feelings for one another which is what the heat is." Saphrah says before looking down right at me and Lilith. "However, there are times where the bond that has yet to be complete allows the two bond-mates to share emotions, abilities, and even thoughts as it forms, and after it forms keeping them closer to each other. I believe Lizzie had told you something similar, yes?" She asks me. I nod my head lightly. Oh, that makes some sense, but how does it explain everything else? "There is something else you should know, however." She says to me holding up her index claw making me raise a brow as Lilith holds me up close to her form. Uh, okay, this weird. "One of you must be the claimer and the other the claimee." She states. Oh. Oh! Oh...! Oooh. That's not good.

"I see, so, how do you tell who is what?" I ask and she gives me a small smile that holds a bit of knowing. Of course I'm to be claimed by her, not like it couldn't be me for a change, huh? Still, she is amazing, just so long as she doesn't have a bitch fit! "Alright, is there a way for us to claim each other?" Hey, I'm curious alright? Not my fault I grew up horribly! Saphrah nods her head lightly.

"There is." Oh thank god! "But it would mean that you two are truly mates of the soul, which is a good thing." She says with a smile. "But it is the same if one of you is claimed, it truly does not matter, both have a say in what happens, but, truly the claimee is the one who gains the final decision and the claimer must deal with it." She states with a voice that makes me shiver slightly. So, let me get this straight, I get claimed and I can decide on what goes? Cool, but how does that help me?!

"How does that help?" I ask. Might as well see if she is the claimee or not. She gives me a look that just screams, "I-Know-What-You-Are-Thinking". Man she is creepy!

"It helps, because the claimee is the one who is in charge." She states with a firm nod and I blink. So, I get to be in charge while being the one who is claimed. Okay, I sorta see how this could be interesting to know.

"Alright, but may I ask you a question, er, later? You know, when it's just us four?" I ask nervously and she gives me a confused look. Oh come on lady!

"I do not see why not, this is your home after all, is it not?" She asks. I blink up at her again. It is? When the fuck did this happen?!

"Uh, your highness, when did this happen?" I ask in confusion as I gently run my fingernails up Lilith's arm scales making her shiver slightly and I smirk up at her as she glares down at me. "Oh don't give me that! Your the one who's holding me like some strange doll!" I whisper up to her as she growls softly making me huff and fold my arms and look back to to Saphrah to see her confused look. "Yes?" I ask out of curiosity.

"Do you not consider this castle as your home?" Huolong asks and I raise a brow to him. What in the hell is he talking about? Did some sort of dimensional memory bullshit hit them while Lilith and I were whispering?

"Uh, I don't have a home. I had a cave, but now I'm here. Erm, wouldn't I need to have a room here in order to call this place home?" I wonder aloud in the form of a question making the two look down at me in an even stranger way. Okay, this is getting ridiculous, what the fuck is going on?

"Did you not stay with Lilith in her room and has she not explained that you both shall share it?" Huolong asks and I blink. Uh, no. Looking up to Lilith I see her flashing me a sheepish smile and shrug and I huff lightly.

"No, evidently not." I state and the two nod.

"We see, well that is what is to happen." Saphrah states as if she were telling me it WAS going to happen. Might as well let it go down, I mean I did enjoy sleeping on an actual bed again, even if I was sharing it with a hot dragoness.

"Alright, I guess." Scratching my head I look back up to Lilith. "So, um, what do we do now? Because I don't think we are needed her, er, are we?" I ask Huolong and Saphrah at the end making them shake their heads.

"No, but you will be needed again this evening, along with tomorrow afternoon as the Elders will desire to meet you, and perhaps help you learn learn as to what your power and type is." Huolong states with the nod of his head, before raising a claw to the door. "You may both leave and do as you two wish." He states and Lilith puts me down to my feel while giving her father, mother and the rest of her family a bow before leaving the room with me following after her.

The heat in my chest seems to have grown, as I notice that my whole body feels the heat as if it were a cool breeze on an autumns day. Looking about the hall i notice the odd looking runes carved into them along with the columns that line the walls as well. Weird, I imagined this place to be similar to tunnel like hallways, not hallways that open up to the land to gaze down upon. It feels as if I am in a castle from J.R.R. Tolken's mind an stories. I mean the clouds look amazing, the waterfalls moving down from the floating chunks of land tethered to the castle by large black chains and that giant gate that sits at the very bottom of it all, just magnificent!

A tap on my left shoulder makes me look left and then up to see Lilith looking down at me with soft eyes. "Are you okay? You seem to be looking outside pretty hard there." She asks and I shrug my shoulders lightly no longer feeling the heaviness of my sword making me look down slightly.

"I guess I am, I mean it feels strange not having my sword anymore, but, I can deal with it, I guess." I answer with a small smile while looking up to her, before looking back down at the outside world. "So, we're bonded huh?" I mumble out as I place a hand to my chest and begin to feel as if I am being trapped. It feels strange, you know, being stuck someplace and just being told what is to happen, rather than making it yourself.

"Yeah." She answers me while having a slightly sad tone. What, was she not happy about this? But why does the heat in my chest seem to grow? Looking up to her I tilt my head gently to the right with a small smile.

"I did agree to try this..."bonding" thing, so don't think I'm going soft on yah!" I say while lightly punching her upper arm and she smiles down at me gratefully. Atta girl, no need to be sad over a few words. "Besides, I might even like this whole thing, who knows what's going to happen!" I exclaim before looking out beyond the large golden glowing gate and wonder what it's like to travel around, to see the new world. "Still, I do wonder what it would be like to travel, see this new world I've been placed upon. You know?" I say to her as I look up into her eyes.

"I wouldn't know, the world has been unknown to me ever since I was born. When I was with you in that clearing, was the first time I had ever been out of this accursed place." She says with a hissing sigh. Okay, so let's see if we can go to the outside world then!

"What about if we were to go to the outside world? I mean, we could just leave, after everything is done of course. And I mean, who doesn't want to see the world?" I ask and she shrugs.

"I would not mind going out to the outside world, even if it was to gain allies for our kingdom, but my father would never allow me to do such a thing." She says with a low growl. Maybe not him, but Saphrah might.

"And your mother might allow you to go out for just that, along with seeing the world." I say to her softly as she looks down to me.

"Perhaps, but what if father says no?" She asks me, and I shrug.

"Dude's gotta respect the word of his queen, otherwise everything falls apart." I tell her with a smirk. Oh yeah, kings need their queens otherwise everything get's fucked! "You should ask her tonight when you all have your dinner." i tell her with a small smile and she gives me an odd look while tilting her head to the right. "What?" I ask.

"Are you not going to eat with us?" She asks me. Oh yeah, I forgot about that.

"Er, right, sorry I forgot about that. I'm used to not eating for a good while." A chuckle out with a sheepish smile and rub the back of my head gently. Opening my eyes I see her looking at me with soft eyes as if looking at me with fondness. My cheeks begin to burn as I feel the heat in my chest fill up with something new, something that fills my body with a strange feeling that lifts me up higher than any energizing song or magic could ever accomplish and close my eyes to savor it.

Then, I feel lips press up against mine, and that feeling just grows stronger and I move in close to what is Lilith's body and kiss her back. I feel her tongue lightly graze my lips and I part them with a soft gasp and I feel her tongue slide into my mouth and I am filled with pleasure and that strange feeling as they both grow and feel amazing. Her tongue leaves my mouth and her lips leave mine making me open my eyes and I find myself being dipper like those dances. Huh, guess I really am being claimed, but a least it's with someone who isn't a total jerk.

"How was it?" She whispers with a voice heavily laced with what I assume is lust as her claws grip my hips my left hip and back lightly. I blush heavily and hold a finger up to my lips and wink up at her. So gonna love teasing her!

"One does not kiss, and tell." I tease making her move in closer and she gently kisses the tip of my nose gently making my blush spread and thicken. Freaking jerk/tease!

"I suppose that's true." She says with a teasing chuckle and look as I roll my eyes and look back to see Geose and that black dragoness standing their with smirks making me squeak softly and in my moment of embarrassment hide my face in the nape of her neck. I feel her shudder and her arms to wrap around me tightly as I hear the two newcomers snickering at us. Oh god, why did it have to be me?!

"Are we interrupting something?" The dragoness asks with a voice that sounds to heavenly to be an angel. I look back at them and huff indignantly before looking to Lilith and fold my arms while pointing to the floor and she sighs and drops me to my feet.

"Actually, yes, yes you both are." She sighs out as she glares at the dragoness. "What does it matter to you anyways, Dusk?" She hisses out in a growl. Dusk? Seriously? Weird name, but I guess it's kinda pretty?

"Simply because I am curious as to how you and your...thing are doing, sister." Dusk asks with a raised ridge making me wonder if perhaps she hates me for whatever reason. Lilith growls dangerously low and pulls be behind her as her tail flicks a few times.

"We're fine, and he's a human!" She hisses out in anger making Dusk roll her red eyes.

"Of course, how could I forget?" She says before eyeing me strangely. "You know, the bonding is still forming and fresh, perhaps I may take him for a bit?" She asks while eyeing me. I shudder under her intense gaze as I grip Lilith's hips tightly making her tail coil around me possessively.

"Not a fucking chance!" She growls out making Dusk shrug.

"Oh well, his loss." She says with a wink before turning and struts down the hall with her tail and hips swishing from side to side as she and Geose move out of my line of sight. Moving from behind her and out of her tail I place a hand to my chest in trying to keep my heartbeat down. Why did I feel so uneasy when she was here?

"Are you okay?" She asks me gently and I nod my head gently as I lean into her frame while placing my head just below her chest and against her belly as I control my breathing slowly.

"Y-Yeah, just a little uneasy. I'll be fine in a few minutes." I breath out as I stay close to her as she wraps an arm around my shoulders. Dammit, I thought the guy was suppose to do this sort of thing for the chick?! Not the other way around!

"It's okay, she won't do anything to you as long as your with me." She says to me with a soft and gentle voice as she rubs my back gently with a claw. I look up to her and notice how close her face is to mine, and I place a hand to her cheek gently and brush my thumb against her scales lightly.

"I know. But, can I ask something of you?" I ask her with a low voice that is just barely a whisper.

"Anything." She whispers back. Anything?

"A-Anything?" I ask with wide eyes and she nods her head and gently kisses my lips before whispering out an "Anything" into my ear making me shiver lightly.

"I was wondering if I could perhaps go lay down with you, and rest up a bit." I ask with a light blush and she nods her head while spreading her wings and pulls me close to her body and shoots out of the castle and up into the sky near the towers. She lands onto her balcony and sets me down gently and I move into her- er, our room and lay on the bed gently. She lays onto the bed with me and I place a forearm over my eyes to keep out the light, before the sound of curtains closing and doors along with windows shutting as well.

I look about the dark room and close my eyes as her arm wrap around me and I lay my head against her and close my eyes, enjoying the coolness of her scales and the darkness of the room washes over me easing my nerves and allows me pass into the land of slumber and I faintly hear Lilith's soft breathing drawing me in farther to my dreams.

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Lilith's 1st Pov

Laying with Cade in my bed while having his skin pressed up against my scales is an undescribable experience as the heat of his skin and the coldness of my scales just mix wonderfully and merge together causing my part of the bond, the heat in my chest, to harden and grow. But I wish it had been in a way that didn't involve her.

Dusk, my older sister and the second born of mother and father, or as I call her, the bitch. She just HAD to ruin the little moment we were having, let alone send him into some sort of panic attack. I wonder if perhaps something like that has happened to him in the past, but then again, I don't know much about him or his past. Maybe I should ask him about it sometime after he gets settled in, I mean if I were to be plucked from my world and dropped someplace else I would still be a bit unsure about it all.

Looking down at him I smile softly and run my claws through his mane as I lightly graze his scalp with the tips of them as to sooth him and help him sleep. I wonder how many times he's actually gotten any sleep, from what I've seen of him he generally thrashes about. Maybe the bond is keeping him occupied when I am near him? Weird huh? His soft snores echo about the room like a bell that helps to quell my anger towards my sister who honestly should be talked to by Geose, but, love is blind I guess you could say.

The feeling of being watched causes me to shiver and I notice how the darkness of the room seems to thicken as the cold rushes into like roaring winds of the north where that Crystal Kingdom is. I wonder if it's still there, hm, might as well take a look if father allows us to move about outside the kingdom. The darkness holds shapes I had never seen before as they spiral around like clouds before slithering their way through the air and into Cade's diamond crest on his forehead which glows a dull red and strange looking mist faintly leaves the corners of his eyes.

Okay, that's pretty weird but also interesting. I place my right index claw to his crest and tap it gently making him gasp softly in his sleep as if he had felt pleasure. Hm, I wonder. Moving my muzzle close to his crest I slide my tongue out and flick it upwards across the crest making him shudder and release a soft moan as his hands claw at my belly and scales as his legs shift around strangely. Heh, this is kinda fun, maybe I can make him talk?

I bring my lips to his crest and gently kiss it making him shudder and move in closer to me and I notice that his body is heating up and his pulse is moving rapidly. Guess he enjoyed it huh? Oh don't look at me like that, it's nice okay?! I feel his right hand grip my hip lightly as his left hand places itself against the center of my chest and his lips press up against mine taking me by surprise. Oh shit! Did I wake him up?! I think to myself as he presses his body against mine and his tongue invades my mouth and feels around.

I close my eyes and enjoy the strange kiss that I had done to him a few times, and press my body against his and I feel his hands roam around my body until reaching my rump and grips it lightly making me gasp int surprise before growling lowly and I roll over to I am atop of him and open my eyes to see his are still closed. Seriously? He's still asleep and yet he's passing moves on me?! I inwardly roar out as I feel the heat of the bond thickening and growing stronger for whatever reason. What is he dreaming about anyways? I wonder as I roll onto my back and pull him close to my form.

He moves his face to my neck an I feel his warm breath brush across my scales and I shudder at the pleasurable feeling before I feel his breath hitch and his strange claws to run along my belly gently. What is his deal and my belly? Maybe he's trying to not actually do "anything" to me? Heh, not that I'd really care, we are trying out this bonding thing so I guess that's allowed too, right? Eh, maybe I should ask him before doing anything else like that, just to be safe and not freak him out or something.

Looking down at him I see his eyes shifting beneath his thin eyelids slightly as they lift up and his uneven eyes meet mine and I lightly brush a claw against his cheek. To my surprise he places a hand to my claw and leans into my touch allowing me to cup his cheek gently within my claws.

"Hey." I whisper out and he smiles up to me softly as the room seems to gain more light then it had a while a go.

"Hey." He whispers back before his eyes widen and his cheeks become flushed. "Wh-Why am I on top of you?" He asks me with a worried tone. I rub the back of my head sheepishly. Oh boy.

"Because I pulled you on top of me?" I say while a small smile and he looks at me incredulously. What's the matter with him? It's not THAT weird is it? "What? It's not THAT weird is it?" I ask. Hey didn't I just think that? Weird. He blinks down at me strangely.

"Kinda. The last time I slept atop of you, I ended up copping a feel." He says to me making me raise a ridge. The Tartarus is "copping a feel" supposed to mean? He must have known what I was thinking as he blushes lightly and clears his throat. "It means groping, or something similar to that." He says and I nod my head lightly. Makes sense.

"So?" I ask. Not like I would have minded or cared if I were to have that experience right now, but maybe it'd be a good idea to hold off on that sort of thing, huh?

"So?! That's it?!" He exclaims in surprise as I look up at him strangely.

"Yeah? It's not like I would have cared this time around." I tell him with an eyeroll making him blush heavily. Hehe, cute.

"W-What?!" He stutters out in a squeak. Why do males have those times where their voices crack or squeak? It's really, really weird.

"Yeah, but meh." I tell him with a shrug before sitting up making him sit up at my side and he stares at me strangely. He smirks at me in a way that gets my blood flowing and my heart pumping as he pushes me back down to my back and sits on my belly. Wow he's light as, well, air. He doesn't even cause the bed to shift, maybe I should get him to eat me and gain a little more weight so he doesn't look like bones wrapped in skin. "Yes?" I ask and he shrugs.

"Just felt like sitting on you." He says to me making me wonder if perhaps he's teasing me in some way. Wow that's not fare!

"Ugh, let's just get up out of bed before I feel the need to take you." I growl out making him blush heavily and teleport over to the door with a strange nervous smile on his lips. Okay, that kinda ruins my mood but whatever. Getting to my feet I move over to his side where he opens the door and allows me to go first. Okay, that's strange. "Why do you want me to go first?" I ask.

"It's common courtesy." He says to me in surprise. Really? Weird.

"Huh, alright then." I tell him while leaving the room with him behind me. Let's go and have some food!

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Cade's 1st Pov

Well this is strange. First I fall asleep and wake up atop of Lilith and then she threatens to "take" me as if I was some sort of item. Better not piss her off, I really don't want to be treated like some sort of item! I hold the door open for her and she looks at me as if I were being weird. "Why do you want me to go first?" She asks me with a suspicious tone and I blink to her in surprise.

"It's common courtesy!" I say to her in complete surprise. Seriously, who doesn't allow the girl to go first? She nods her head as if thinking of something strange.

"Huh, alright then." She tells me as if she were having an off day and heads out of the room with me behind her as we stride down the hall and to what I assume is the dining room, but it hasn't been a whole day, has it? Better ask. Looking up to her I lightly tap her claw and she looks down to me with a ridge raised. "Yeah?" She asks.

"What time is it?" I ask curiously and she places a claw to her chin.

"Around 7:30 I think." She says to me before looking back to me. "Why? Did you think it was earlier?" She asks. Uh, yeah!

"I did think that." I say and rub the back of my head lightly while giving her a small smile and she nods her head lightly before striding forward ahead of me and I sigh softly before shoving my hands into my pockets and stride beside her as my coat flaps through the air as if it were a cape or twin tails swishing about. As we move through the halls she turns to me.

"Have any songs that might help pass the time?" She asks making me tap my chin lightly before nodding. Why did she want music now? "How about we put one on?" She asks. I shrug lightly.

"Alright, whatever you say Lilith." I say to her and pull out my IPod-XL and flick through the songs, before stopping and looking to her. "You wanna pick the song?" I ask. Might as well let her enjoy herself, right? Her eyes get wide and sparkle. Oh yeah, she's wanting it. I hand her the device which fits in her claw like a normal IPod would fit in my hand as she flicks about before pressing her index claw against the screen lightly as she had been watching me do, for some reason, and the song plays.

I stop and look up at her with a raised brow and place my hands onto my hips making her sheepishly smile at me and shrug lightly. "I thought it sounded interesting?" She asks in the form of a question making me shrug my shoulders lightly.

"Meh, still a pretty good song. "All Star, by Smash Mouth" is a favorite of mine anyways." I tell her with a smirk as my eyes are closed before crossing my arms over my chest and opening an eye slightly as my smirk grows. "Besides, there are certain songs that one should not ever hear on there." I tell her while spinning on my heels and stride down the hall with her at my side as we listen to the song.

As we pass by the pillars leading to the outside world the song changes to something I had never heard before. I stop and stare up at her as she stare down at me with wide eyes as the song plays and I notice how she blinks and looks down at the IPod-XL with a curious look as the morbid music plays before going silent right as chilled night air wipes out the torches light as the music has ended making the entire hall become pitch black. I huff softly.

"Okay, talk about cliche." I mutter out under my breath while looking up to Lilith who has her eyes squinted as the light freaking shines in her eyes. "Uh, Lilith, use it like a torch." I mutter out as a sweat drop forms on the side of my head and I slump my shoulders lightly in that chibi anime style that everyone see's in the background. She blushes lightly. Cute.

"Right." She says while pointing the IPod-XL forward and she yelps in surprise as I feel a claw grab me around my neck and throat making me grab the person's wrist and flips them onto their back on the floor while entering my Dragon Form and the flames ignite the torches once again and I stare down at Flaire who rubs his head with a groan.

"Ugh, what the fuck is the matter with you?" He groans up at me and I move to grab my sword, only to remember that it was destroyed. I close my eyes and change back into my human form and cross my arms over my chest.

"What the Tartarus Flaire!" Lilith hisses out as he gets to his feet and cracks his neck lightly. Starting to wish I struck him with my claws now.

"I wanted to see if I could scare any of you, guess I was wrong." He grumbles out while glaring at me and I notice how Lilith drops her head in a bow and sweat drops. Okay, talk about real life anime, huh? "What?" He asks in a way that just screams stupidity.

"You really must love being thrown about if you try to do that to me." I growl out while stomping my foot to the floor making it crack from some sort of pressure that makes the two of them stare at me. I smirk lightly while looking up and closing my eyes while crossing my arms over my chest. "Please, it's not as if I've been trying to harm anyone." I spout out before glaring up at Flaire. "But seriously, had I had my sword with me still, I might have made a move to swipe at you, what in the hell were you thinking?!" I exclaim.

"That's actually another reason as to why I'm here." He says with a serious look on his face. Uh oh, what happened now?

"What is it?" Lilith asks making him look back at her for a split second before looking back down at me.

"We may be able to help you gain a new sword, but, it won't be simple." He tells me. Seriously?! I can get a new sword?! Fuck yeah!

"H-How do we do that? Do I have to go on some sort of quest? Or maybe I have to fight some large monster?" I ask making him look at me strangely. I so don't like that look.

"No, you just need to look into yourself to find your blade. And we can use pieces of your old scales, a few crystals and whatever metal responds to you to make it." He explains and I nod my head lightly. So I go on an internal journey to find myself, eh? Alright, I can deal with that.

"So when can we do this?" I ask and he sighs softly. Oh man, I have to wait for something huh?

"You would need to wait for our smith to come back from the lands of Equestria, he is supposed to be working on some sort of metal that the Princesses had commissioned him to make. They are also supposed to be coming back here with him and the metals that he has been finding and making." He explains to me with a sheepish look. Okay, so I get to see the princesses? Cool!

"Okay, so what's the problem?" I ask and he rubs the back of his head lightly.

"The problem is you, to be honest I am not sure how the princesses will react to your presence, let alone how they will react to you becoming something that has never been seen or heard of in the world for, well, ever." He explains making me face palm myself repeatedly.

"Of course, so let me guess, I'm to be locked away in some tower with guards keeping me where I am, huh?" I growl out making him nod his head lightly and I hiss lowly as I glare up at him. "So, what exactly am I now? Prisoner? Friend? Enemy? Or item?" I growl up at him. He narrows his eyes at me and grabs me around my throat.

"You are an unknown." He says while dropping me to my feet and I rub my throat lightly as I glare up at him.

"Gee thanks you dick!" I growl out as Lilith stands at my side and grabs my hand while tugging me along.

"Let's get going Cade, we should be heading to dinner anyways, maybe if we're lucky we can blame Flaire." She says while sending him a glare that makes him pale before vanishing in a burst of wind and she sighs softly in relief while placing a claw to her chest, before looking down at me with a small smile. "Don't think too much about what he said, I'm sure you'll be fine." She says to me and I nod my head lightly.

"I know, you have no need to worry about me, alright?" I say to her with a small smile before looking down at my hand. "Still, I wouldn't mind having a new sword." I mumble out and she smiles down at me softly.

"You'll get one, okay?" She says to me gently and I shrug.

"I know, if not that way, then I'll just figure out where to buy one or make one myself. I remember watching some sort of sword making video before everything changed for me, so I know how to make one, the hard part is finding the right one that fits for me. I mean I can take any kind of sword and melt it down to make a new one, but there's no forge, is there?" I ask and she points a thumb claw down at what I assume is the barracks for their military as I see that captain dragoness moving around. "Okay, so maybe I could just use it tomorrow if I gain Huolong's permission.

"Sure, but we should really get going, I don't like to be late for anything really. So come on!" She says while essentially picking me up and flying down the hallway as we head towards what I assume is the dining room, as we enter a room with Huolong, Saphrah, Flaire, Dusk, Geose, Lizzie and many other's that line the chairs around the table as they all stare at me and her. She places me onto my feet and I make a two fingured salute.

"Yo, what's up?" I ask casually as Huolong, Saphrah and Lizzie look to me in amusement. Hehe, still got it!

"How fine of you to join us." Dusk says to me softly while sending me a strange look. I raise a brow to her with a confused look on my face. Okay, talk about weird.

"Er, hello?" I ask back awkwardly while rubbing the back of my head gently before pulling out the only two chairs left and Lilith sits into one of them while I take the other. The plates before me are filled with various kinds of meats, meats I can't even eat at the moment. I watch as everyone digs into their meals while I simply poke my fork at the large piece of steak that sits before me. Man, it looks and smells so freaking good! I slowly feel the energies and crystals inside me seem to burn away as if allowing me to grow hungry.

I grunt softly as I press a hand to my belly in slight pain as hunger sets in for the first time in what feels like a hundred years or so. I grab my knife and cut a piece off as I then devour it with as much table manners as I could muster in my hungery state as I then simply growl and place my knife down and rip the steak apart before me like a hungry animal as I basically shovel it into my mouth. After devouring my food I look up to see everyone looking at me in amusement and I chuckle sheepishly and rub the back of my neck nervously.

"Er, thank you for the food, Lord Huolong!" I exclaim to him with a slight bow as I have my hands together in a prayer like position making him look at me with great amusement. Glad I can amuse the king!

"You have good manners. So tell me, how did you enjoy the food?" He asks me with a light smirk and I look to him with a wide grin.

"Sir, that was the greatest food I have had in months, if not years!" I exclaim with a light chuckle before looking to him seriously. "Can I ask of a favor, sir?" I ask and he raises a ridge to me as if asking "Yes?". "Could I perhaps use the forge to make a new sword until this smith guy comes back with the new metals so I can craft my true weapon, please." I ask of him. He nods his head lightly as if debating it.

"I see, I should like to know why you desire to use the forge for such an ordeal, when we could simply give you one." Huolong says with a straight face, yet a twinkle is in his eyes. Is this a test?

"Sir, I would prefer to make something myself, rather than be handed something I had not worked for." I say to him and he nods his head lightly with an amused look. Okay then?

"Very good, perhaps I could watch you craft your weapon, no?" He asks and I nod my head lightly.

"I wouldn't mind it at all, sir. If anything, you might even be able to help me when I screw up." I say to him with a chuckle as I get to my feet. "But, um, could we do that tomorrow? Perhaps in the early morning so we may have the skies above us being cloudy? I prefer to do things outside when it's not sunny." I say to him with a sheepish smile and he raises a ridge to me.

"Why is that? Does the sun bother you?" He asks and I sheepishly bump my index fingers together.

"To be honest, no it doesn't, I just prefer rainy days than sunny days." I say with a shrug. At his confused look I sigh softly. "Rainy days were good days for me, because it meant I could go around the village, er town, without any problems. Everyone was always inside so I could simply roam about and get what I wanted or needed. But other than that, the smell of the rain in the air and how the world smells during, before and after it just seems right." I explain to him as I lean back in my chair.

"I see. Very well, I shall accompany you to the forges for the morning tomorrow, I have some metal that you may also enjoy using." He says to me while getting to his feet and striding away from the table and towards the door with Saphrah at his side. "Come, I have a few private questions for you and my daughter." He states while motioning for me and Lilith to follow.

"Y-Yes sir!" The two of us exclaim as he hop to our feet and follow after them. Weird change of events huh? Oh well, the world is filled with many. As we travel through the halls of the castle I notice just how eastern looking this place is. I notice how there is a mixture of cultures that seem to blend well together. What you may be asking? Well I am not sure, I don't know what Dragon culture is like so this is new for me.

We enter a large room with a table and four pillow like seats. We each take a pillow and I notice how they sit similar to the Japanese or Chinese people of earth do. Saphrah looks to me with a small smile. "You said you had a question for me, may I ask what is is or was now that we are someplace private?" She says to me and I nod my head lightly. Yay she remembered!

"I was wondering if you were a Claimee or the Claimer." I ask and she smiles with her eyes closed. She lifts her right claw up and an icy blue bracelet flashes in the light with a snow white gem sitting on the top of it while the bracelet spirals up her whole left arm in the pattern of a strange snowflake of sorts as well as a Dragon. Huolong holds up his left arm showing a bronze bracelet in the pattern of flames and a Dragoness. I notice that there is a fiery red gem on his. Strange.

"I am the claimee." She says to me with a small smile. "This bracelet is how he had fully claimed me as his, and what had shown that I was his mate." She says to me with a small smile. So their like wedding rings eh? Pretty cool.

"So they are similar to wedding rings then?" I ask. Hey, I know they have them thanks to that wedding episode! Saphrah looks to me with mild surprise.

"How do you know about wedding rings?" She asks and I shrug.

"On earth humans wear wedding rings on their ring finger, though it means little to them now then it had before." I sigh softly. She nods her head lightly.

"I see, and yes, these bands are similar to wedding rings. Each band is made custom for the dragon or dragoness as the stone is as well." She states and I nod my head softly. Cool.

"Thank you for answering my questions, though I'm afraid I have another. Lord Huolong, what is this metal you were talking about?" I ask him with a raised brow. He nods his head lightly as he raises a claw and a mass of metal appears in his it. The metal looked to be a mixture of black and white, while it pulsates with raw natural power.

"My blacksmith and guards had found this metal by accident, but when our blacksmith tried to craft it into a weapon, it would destroy his tools and send out a pulse of powerful magic that would knock anyone back from it. Evidently it responds to you." He says to me while placing the metal onto the table, yet it floats just an inch above the wood. Okay, talk about weird and creepy!

"Sir? What do you mean?" I ask as the metal float over to my and glows brighter while pulsating quicker. Okay, really creepy! But so damn cool!

"This metal was found in a crystal like cavern underneath the castle. I believe that it holds this "Natural Magic" that you speak of, and the crystals pulsate strange power that causes our own magic to fluctuate and darken. We cannot enter the cavern unless we plan on being consumed by some sort of darkness. This energy that it pulsates when near you makes me wonder if perhaps you are meant to have this metal. There is more of it down in the cavern, let alone that my blacksmith has sent word that similar metals are in Equestria, The Griffin Dominion, and the Diamond Dog Isle's.

"From what I can see, only you house the potential of holding such metals or crystals." He says to me with a serious look and tone as the metal floats and spins around through the air slowly before me. I place a hand onto the metal and feel a familiar rush of magical power surge it's way through my veins and I give it a soft look. "What is the matter?" He asks me while looking to me in interest.

"I feel connected to this metal for some reason, like there is something else inside it than simple magic and metal." I mutter out softly before placing the metal down and it floats back into the air. "Could I perhaps see this cavern at some point?" I ask him. What? A cavern of crystals and metal that holds great power? Fuck yeah I wanna see it! I just wish Trevor could be here, he'd probably have a field day with this kind of stuff.

"I do not see why not." He says to me with a light nod before rising to his feet. "I must apologize, but it is late. Shall we perhaps continue this discussion in the morning?" He says to me and I nod my head lightly while getting to me feet. The strange metal floats up along with me and moves into my outstretched hand as I move to give it back to him. He raises a claw. "It is yours now, as much as I would enjoy having it, I cannot use it, for now at least. Perhaps later on you may find a way to help us control this steel." He says to me as he then turns away and he and Saphrah leave the room. Man this guy is so damn cool!

"We should head to bed." Lilith says to me softly and I shake my head lightly. "Why not?" She asks. Um, I smell?

"Do you perhaps have a shower of bath I could use? I don't exactly smell fresh like a daisy anymore." I say with a lighthearted grin. She smiles down to me softly, before nodding her head.

"I do, it is back at my room, perhaps I could join you?" She asks me and I feel my cheeks flush.

"I, well, I don't see the problem with it, I mean we are to sleep in the same bed together I suppose, and we are bonded, so I guess it'll be fine." I stutter out before narrowing my eyes at her in a light glare. "But no peaking, staring or touching, got it?" I say with a warning tone and she rolls her eyes.

"Kill joy." She huffs out. The fuck?!

"Lilith." I warn and she raises her claws up in defense.

"Fine, fine! I won't peak, touch or stare alright? Sheesh." She huffs out in annoyance before picking me up once again. What am I? A doll? She spreads her large wings and bursts out of the open window and we shoot upward into the night. The torches of the whole castle give it a dark vibe. Time seems to move slowly as I look upon the castle that is now my new home, and notice how Gothic and ancient it looks and is. I mentally compare it to Dracula's Castle, an evil version of Canterlot Castle or even that sunken city that this strange octopus monster lives in. What was it called? Clulhu? C'tulhu? Something like that. Anyways, I can't really describe how amazing this is though, it's far to amazing for words and even comparisons lack to express this epitome of a building.

We land onto what is now our balcony and she sets me down to my feet. Moving into the large room torches flicker to life revealing a Gothic, yet bright and elegant room fit for Lilith. Weapons line the right wall, a family portrait of sorts lines the left wall as the floor is not simple stone like the floors of the halls or the throne room, but instead it looks to be garnet of some sort. The ceiling is similar, but holds a diagram or picture of the Dragon Dominion being watched over by a being made out of white light combating against some sort of darkness.

Whoa, this place looks out of one of those fantasy novels or large fantasy scifi films. Looking over to Lilith she raises a ridge while pushing a door open and I walk into the dark room. Torches flicker to life in here too, and whoa, it's amazing! It's a large room that looks like an Ancient Greek styled Bathhouse of sorts with all manners of items littering about it.

"This is amazing." I breath out in the magnificence of the room as words truly begin to fail and leave me behind for something else or somewhere else. She places a claw onto my shoulder lightly while smiling softly down to me.

"Thanks, I had carved most of this out myself before father had it finished in the image I had in mind. Now let's get this stink off of us." She says with a lighthearted chuckle while moving into the water and diving underneath it. The water looks so clean and fresh, yet I can feel magic in it. Perhaps they have magical springs that they gain their water from? Moving over to a heated rock I strip myself of my clothing and fold each piece up before placing them onto the rock. I like my clothes to be warm, alright?

Turning to the bath I step into the water to test it. Nice and hot, just the way I prefer! I move into the massive pool like bath and lean back against a wall and sigh softly to myself as the hot, soothing water soothes my aching body and seems to refresh me in some way. Opening my eyes again, I yelp in surprise at having Lilith's face just mere inches from mine. "L-Lilith?! Don't do that!" I cry out in surprise while placing a hand onto my chest and try to control my breathing and heart-rate. Fuck man, not a fan of being scared!

"Sorry." She giggles out with a not so sorry look or tone of voice. "So how do you like the water? Feeling refreshed?" She asks me. Actually, yeah. Yeah I do.

"Yeah, but how did you...?" I ask not finishing my sentence of whatever reason. She smiles to me softly and sits next to me while leaning back against the wall with me.

"The water comes from a spring up north from here, it's filled with rich magic that helps sooth the body and refreshes the one inside the water. It's also capable of healing wounds, pains, and even grant longer life if bathed in it regularly for a certain amount of times." She says to me while stretching lightly and then wraps and arm around my shoulders. My cheeks burn as I flush, but instead of acting weird or moving away, I lean into her and rest my head onto her shoulder while staying close to her as the heat in my chest grows and seems to harden as if solidifying and strengthening the bond.

"This is nice." I say to her softly after what feels like hours of sitting there with her when it has only been mere minutes. I think I might end up coming here more often with her.

"What is?" She asks me. Seriously? Oh well.

"This. Just sitting and enjoying the "bath". It's nice. Well, to me it is." I say to her while opening my eyes and looking up to her. Her purple orbs seem to capture my mismatched ones as her hold on me tightens and I am pressed up against her even more. "What do you think?" I ask her while resting my chin onto her collar bone lightly. She runs a claw through my slightly wet hair lightly.

"I like this too. Though I am liking more since how your nor hiding yourself in those clothes you constantly wear." She says to me softly and I flush. And she's back to being perverted. Great, way to ruin the mood!

"Right." I huff out softly while moving away slightly. She gives me a confused look and I stand up, luckily the water is high enough to cover most of my body. I move about and raise a brow. "Where is the soap?" I ask her and she pats the water lightly.

"It's the water. It cleans itself and is capable of cleaning the body in many ways, let alone that when you get out it somehow smells like your favorite sent." She says to me with a shrug. That's informative. I wonder if the rest of the world has this kind of water. Most likely, but hey, you never know right?

"Informative." I say to her before dunking my head and then stand up while doing that backwards hair flick so it slaps against my shoulders lightly and look to her and notice her cheeks are lightly tinted with pink or red of some sort as she stares at me with wide eyes. "Wh-What?" I softly stutter out and she moves to her feet and strides to me. Okay, so her scales are still covering her breasts, good. I don't think it's even right for me to see them yet. "What are you doing?" I ask nervously as she stands before me.

She tilts my head up lightly by my chin and captures my lips in a soft, gentle kiss that holds what I believe is passion. I feel my cheeks heat up as I flush once more. I seem to be blushing a lot lately, I hope this doesn't become a thing! She pulls her head back and gazes down into my eyes while we breath softly from the long kiss that we had shared. "You look good." She softly breaths down to me making my cheeks flush and burn even harder.

"Th-Thank you." I stutter out softly while she pulls me up against her form. Why do I feel like our genders and rolls have been reversed? Is this a normal thing in this world? Why must life be so fucking confusing?!

"Your welcome." She says to me softly before moving away and we walk side by side out of the bath and I move to grab my clothes, but she stops me. "Don't dress up please." She says softly making me snap my head around to look at her with a deep blush.

"B-But I'm naked! I-I need clothing to keep my warm and to hide m-my, er, stuff." I stutter out nervously as she rolls her eyes softly and moves up to me. I place my hands over my junk now that we are out of the water and have no clothes on to boot. The fuck is going on! She places a claw to my chest gently and traces my birthmark lightly with her index claw making me shiver in slight pleasure.

"That doesn't matter, besides, I can keep you warm and you'll have covers to cover up your bits." She says with a light giggle that makes me glare up at her slightly. Pervert!

"And it'd be easy for someone to walk in and get the wrong impression! I don't think it's a good idea, I mean what if something happens, or Dusk, or Lizzie or someone else enters the room while I'm naked?! What if they think I'm using you for your body, or that you and I, y-you know." I stutter out at the end. She rolls her eyes.

"Relax, no one will come in, and if they do you'll have a blanket covering up your naughty bits, and if they think we fucked, then so what?" She asks and I whimper softly in worry. She sighs softly and holds me close to herself and rub my back gently with her right claw. "Just stay calm, and you won't have to worry about me touching you, I have enough self control for that you know." She says with a smile. I sigh softly in defeat. I just can't seem to win.

"Fine. But can I at least have my clothes nearby on the off-chance I might need them?" I ask and she nods her head with a smirk. "Thank you!" I say to her repeatedly before picking up my clothes and place them over my crouch as we leave the bathroom and enter our room. She sits onto our bed and pats the left side lightly with a ridge raised and I sigh softly while contemplating if I should simply just reveal myself to her. I mean I am to be sleeping in the same bed with her and I roll about when I sleep, so she might end up feeling my stuff, might as well let her see.

I place my clothing down and rub my left arm as I stand before her with nothing covering me at all and she stares at my no-touchy zone with wide eyes. My cheeks burn as I flush heavily and bow my head lightly while looking away from her. "S-Stop staring." I stutter out softly and she shakes her head to clear it.

"Sorry, it's just, why are they out? Do they not move into your body?" She asks me. Oh great, now I have to explain the biology of the human body to her?! Fuck no, I'll explain it to her some other time.

"It's a human thing, now can we please not talk about it? I promise I'll tell you about human biology some other time alright? I'm tired, nervous and honestly scared out of my freaking mind right now, alright? Can I just lay down and cover up?" I beg to her softly and she nods her head with a soft look in her eyes.

"Why are you scared?" She asks as I sit on the bed next to her. Pulling my knees to my chest and resting my chin on their tops I sigh softly.

"I've never done this sort of thing before, ever. I've always worn clothes to bed because of how I always needed to run away." I explain to her and she nods her head lightly before wrapping her arms around my form.

"You have nothing to fear or worry about, Cade. Your safe here, and honestly, if you were to be attacked I'd be fighting off whoever or whatever it was, and then you'd be killing it for even fighting me." She says to me softly and I nod my head gently with a sigh.

"I know, I, I'm just not used to being safe, to be liked, to being in a place where I can walk about freely without being hunted down or fighting someone off because of something I didn't do." I tell her while leaning into her and resting my head on her large chest. She rubs my back gently as her claw tips run along my skin softly and sending tingling sensations that help to calm my nerves down. Closing my eyes softly I stay close to her form before feeling her lips lightly press up to mine after my head had been tilted upward slightly.

"I know, and your safe here. Father and mother seem to really like you, Geose looks at you like he does to his younger brother, Lizzie see's you as a friend and you've only talked to her once, Flaire is, well Flaire is Flaire. Tartarus, even Dusk likes you! Granted, she may want to test out your sword, but I can tell she doesn't want to harm you, or see harm come to you." She says to me softly while keeping me close. "You have nothing to worry about, besides, your mine and no one messes with what is mine." She says with a light, gentle growl at the end as her grip around me turns possessive, yet somehow caring. It's an amazing feeling to be cared about, I just wished I had felt it sooner in life, but everything happens for a reason, does it not?

"I, I guess so." I mumble out before opening my eyes and look up to her. She looks over and picks up my IPod-XL and taps on the screen as the torches seem to dim slightly. I stop and look up at her as the tune that plays is one that I would generally listen to to help me sleep. "How did you...?" She smiles down at me.

"I pressed "Sleep Music" and this popped up. What a "Davy Jones" is I don't know, but the tune sounds nice, and the rain effect it nice too." She says to me while resting her head next to mine. I feel my sleepiness take hold of me and I move in closer to her form and she wraps her arms around me while the IPod-XL is back on my clothes with the music still playing.

Resting my head next to hers with our faces a foot apart, I slowly begin to drift off from the world and into the realm of dreams as I feel myself being drifted away by the music, the rain so and thunder sounds, but most important of all, he soft breathing that completely calms me down and sends me into my dream world. The world I hope I can make in this new one and make it a reality.