Cade's Chronicles

Cade's Chronicles!

Chapter Six!: "The Spy!"

By, Vladimir

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Cade's 1st Pov

Darkness surrounded me as I floated in endless space. I couldn't speak and I couldn't move. Only my thoughts and memories were keeping me company as I floated. Time had no beginning or end and so I could not distinguished how long I had been here, but something told me it was coming to an end. I had been dreaming peacefully about Lilith and I before those red or bloody orange eyes appeared to be looking down upon me and then a storm hit.

My dream had been ripped asunder and the endless blackness remained. I look around now to see any source of light before out of nowhere lights flicker on and I stare in awe down at a planet similar to earth, but for some reason I know it is the world I now call home. The stars around me twinkle, the moon and sun shine as I am whisked away from the world and I watch as stars dash past me, planets do the same as I am torn through layers upon layers until white blinds me, but not before those red eyes appear again in a flash as if reminding me of their constant presence.

My eyes snap open and I gasp for breath while sitting up. I find that the bed if empty and that Lilith was nowhere to be found. The bond between us has solidified and I feel a yearning sensation for her as I get to my feet and get over to my clothes, only to find them missing and new clothes sitting where they once were.

The pants were black with pockets along either side and they were baggy like my old pair. My new shirt was white with a black flame with a white version of the dragon birthmark I have on my chest. The coat is my old one, but it had been altered slightly. A hood had been added along with slight white trimming and a symbol on the shoulders and back that looked similar to the one on my shirt's chest.

Pulling the new clothes onto my form I find that they fit great and are like my old ones. My coat however is still torn up at the ends but the white trimmings are actually a secondary coat that reminds me of Ichigo Kurosaki's Bankai jacket. Nodding my head in acceptance I turn towards the door to find Lilith standing in the doorway and the door wide open. Unfortunately I jumped and squeaked like a freaking girl as well as flopping onto my back and banging my head onto the floor, thank god for my abilities, or I might have been dazed.

"Are you okay?" Lilith ask's me as she helps me up to my feet and I nod my head lightly. I notice that for whatever reason, she looks even more beautiful than yesterday and ever before. Maybe...maybe I do love her.

"Yeah, just a fall." I say while rubbing the back of my throbbing head. She nods and gently kisses me and I feel pleasure surge through me and I lean into her and kiss her back. If this is what it means to love and be loved, than I want more of it. She pulls me close to herself by my hips and I wrap my arms around her neck as our kiss grows passionate and filled with love for each other, how I know she loves me I am not completely sure but I can just tell. She parts her lips from mine and I look up into her loving purple eyes with my own.

"That was...wow." She breathes and I nod my head lightly and lay my head onto her shoulder.

"Yeah." I breath while keeping my form up against hers and she rubs my back lightly.

"Your in a good mood this morning, something change?" She asks in a teasing way and I smile up softly to her.

"Only the fact that my dragoness is here." I tell her with a soft tone as I am still getting over the effects of just waking up. She stops and looks to me with wide eyes and I raise a brow to her in her stunned or slightly shocked look. "What?" I ask. Did I say something wrong?

"You called me yours..." She says in shock and I begin to feel doubt and fear. Not this again, why do I jump the gun so fucking quickly?

"I...I'm sorry, I'll- Mnf?!" She takes me by surprise as her lips crash into mine capturing them and I feel unbelievable pleasure course through me as her tongue dominates mine and her touch sends pleasurable jolts across my skin making the hair on the back of my neck stand up in a good way and goosebumps to form. I close my eyes and lean into the passionate, love filled kiss as her arms tighten around me and I tighten mine around her neck.

Our make out session continues for another few minutes or so before we are forced to part for breath, well I am anyways. Opening my eyes I see her purple orbs are filled with love for me and I blush heavily as she holds me close to herself and makes me feel a bit embarrassed but I am unsure as to why. Maybe I should ask Saphrah about it later, you know, claimee to claimee? Anyways, I raise a brow to her as I pant and my blush only seems to have grown larger as my head or mind or whatever goes into a haze like state.

"Don't be sorry. I'd love to have you and for you to have me." She says with a soft purr making me shudder and lean into her form as she holds me tenderly. This is so awesome, not only do I have a home, but a girl- er, dragoness-friend, mate? Yeah, mate is the right word I think! She kisses me again with much love but it is short lived as a knock from the door meets our ears and we separate and look to see Huolong standing there with a smirk gracing his face. Oh boy, this is awkward.

"Oh don't mind me, do continue, I was merely here to tell you that we are preparing to depart for the cavern's." He says before looking me up and down. "Though I am glad the magical effects worked on the clothing I had Saphrah make. Those old ones were damaged beyond repair." He says before moving away down the hall. Magical effects? Saphrah made these for me? What? Looking to Lilith with a curious look she smiles slightly.

"He means that all our clothing can fit each other do to the cloth being imbued with magic, though your coat is element resistant which is rather hard to do. I had taken your old clothes to mother and when she was finished making you your pants and shirt I asked her to add some things to your coat and then asked her to put your, what was it called again? Birthmark?" She asks and I nod my head. "Right, well I asked her to put it onto your coat and shirt." She says to me and I nod my head gently.

"Thanks, Lilith." I tell her and she kisses me gently on the lips before setting me down onto my feet and turns away slightly. God I think I really am in love with her, I mean we are bonded and lately I've been feeling happier with her and honestly I can't see myself without her.

"Don't worry about it." She tells me with a smile before winking to me saucily. "Though I wouldn't mind you sleeping without them every night from now on, alright?" She teases with a slight purr. Blushing I smile up to her and nod. Truth be told I enjoyed the closeness I get when I am in my birthday suite, seeing as she doesn't wear clothes ever but, meh.

"Alright, but no touchy." I tease and she rolls her eyes.

"Kill joy." She huffs and I cross my arms over my chest and give her the "look". Oddly enough she chuckles sheepishly and nervously stutters out, "J-Just kidding! Eheh!" And I smirk up at her.

"I'm just teasing you, I prefer being nude with you." I say and she gives me a lidded smile and I feel my blush return as she moves in and kisses me with a passion.

"Then maybe eventually we could...explore each other?" She purrs and I sigh softly. Okay, why am I being such a sissy? Most guys would kill to be in my position, and yet, here I am being a sissy lala! Ugh!

"When I'm ready, maybe." I say with a teasing wink before slipping around her form and slip out of the door with her following. We move down the halls until we reach the throne room, as there had been guards moving towards it as well, and Huolong stands in the center and looks to us with a smirk.

"Ah, how good of you two to join us. We move out now." He says and with the nod of our heads we follow him out of the castle and down a windy path leading beneath the castle that looks to have been carved out or burned through by tools and flames. A large cave stands before us and the guards breath out red flames light up torches that had been left inside the cavern and unknowingly make the crystals glow from their magical fires. Huolong looks down to me and nods as if telling me to head in.

I push forward and stride into the cavern and stare at the crystals as they light up from my presence. Pulling one from the wall of the cave it pulsates raw natural magical power that sends shivers down my spine. Putting it back into the wall of the cave I move down farther into the cavern but not before looking back to Lilith who gives me two thumb-claws up and telling me good luck. I smile back to her and continue on into the cavern.

The crystals light the way throughout the cravenness cave before I reach the spot where the metal had been found and I stare with wide eyes as the ore lines the walls, ceilings and floors of the cave. Touching one of the ore the metal oozes out and I blink in surprise. So it isn't like normal metals where it needs to be mined? Well not for me at least. Still, I should be careful, don't want to cause a cave-in. Picking up the solid metal I slide my fingers across the ore's and more of the metals ooze out and solidify across the floor and I pull them back to the entrance where Huolong, Lilith and the guards wait.

"Here's some of the metal." I state as I push it towards them and Huolong nods his head before motioning to the crystals.

"Can you absorb the magic in them so that we may enter to help you?" He asks and I nod my head and enter my Dragon Form. The natural magic in the crystals flows out of them as I touch them one at a time and into me. I feel the magic storing up inside me and I nod my head gently before holding a crystal up and the natural magic in the others flows into it like lightning to a metal rod before the crystals cease glowing as they become empty of the natural magic. Looking to Huolong I nod my head.

"It's done, sir. You should be able to come get the ore in this part of the cavern, but in the back where I got those pieces, it's too dangerous." I explain and he nods his head before stepping into the cavern.

"That is fine. Guards, collect the ore." He orders and they nod and move about with pickaxes and many other tools. They manage to collect the ore normally however I focus on salvaging the crystals that had retained their natural magic and place them into my belt loops as I had returned to my human form with Lilith remaining by my side. She looks at a crystal that looks icy blue with a snow white core and I smile slightly.

"You want that one?" I ask and she blushes slightly and nods her head gently. I grab the crystal between my hands and pull with all of my strength but for some reason it just wouldn't budge. I furrow my brows in confusion before wondering if perhaps Lilith must remove it. "You give it a try." I ask and she grabs the crystal and with utter ease pulls it from the wall. Frost rises from the crystal as if it were in tuned to her elements and I smile softly at her wide childish grin as if she had received an amazing gift.

"This is so cool." She giggles out and I shake my head at her giddiness before looking over and seeing a pulsating light at the very end of the cavern and I move towards it. Lilith looks up and follows after me as I move through the cavern and enter a chamber I had yet to see. All along the walls and ceiling are metal ores that hold crystal shards in them as well. In the very center of the room, however, is a large purple crystal with a rainbow core and that metal ore circling it making a ring about four inches from the crystal and five inches wide. "Now that is cool." She says from behind me and I look up to see her standing there with absolutely no problems what so ever.

"How are you able to enter here, Lilith?" I ask in curiosity and she shrugs her shoulders lightly. What?

"I'm not really sure. I just followed you and the natural magic was soaked up into this crystals, though it has a bit of that metal like that purple one over there." She says motioning to the large crystal before us. I nod my head lightly. Right, well I am in a world of magic, anthro-creatures and can turn into something that doesn't exist. What else can possibly happen in this magical world?

"Right." I mumble before shaking my head to clear it and move forward with her at my side as we stand closer to the large crystal. I press a hand against the large crystal and rub it's smooth side before feeling the rough edges. It looks to have been something of importance from a long, long time ago, but also new as if it were just created not more than a few months ago. Maybe this is somehow tied to me coming here? Or maybe it's something I'm fated to meet? I am unsure.

"I think your supposed to take it." She says as she holds up her crystal. "Like how only I could take this one, maybe this is yours, though the rainbow coloring confuses me, what's with that?" She asks with a look of confusion. I shrug my shoulders lightly before entering my Dragon Form to move it, or try to that is. Then, something amazing happened.

The second I had changed the crystal began to spin around with the ring of the metal spinning the opposite direction. I blink in surprise as the crystal and metal move into each other, fusing together into one singular item. A blinding light shines as their fusion takes place and the two of us cover out eyes, though I note that a little piece of the metal moves to Lilith's crystal and they react the same exact way.

The light fades and before us are two crystals. Lilith's old one now looks to be brighter, it's core looks to be moving as the metal has become symbiotic just as my crystal and metal are though it is larger than her's. She grabs her crystal and has come to find that she can control natural magic similar to me as it flows around her only instead of being crystals, it's snow or ice shards. I grab my crystal and notice how the rainbow colors shift around as if they were alive or like a lava lamp.

I remember what Flaire had said to me about remaking my own personal weapon and I smirk down at the crystal in my claws. Looking up I see Lilith looking at me with a curious gaze. "What's the smirk for?" She asks and I shrug.

"I might be able to make a new blade with these, though I'm not sure how it would work with a crystal." I explain and she nods her head before looking to her own crystal and then back to me.

"Maybe you could help me make mine, please?" She asks and I nod my head.

"Hell yeah I'll help you! Though I get the feeling you might not get a pole weapon." I state and she shrugs.

"Meh, I don't care much for poles anyways. I was just teasing you then." She says with a wink and I nod my head with a small blush. Oh she's good.

"Right." I say before we leave the chamber and move through the cavern. We come across Huolong and the guards standing at the entrance with the metals and a few crystal's with core's, though none of the guards look to be able to touch them, sitting in a barrel I had somehow missed. Weird, didn't know they had one.

"Ah, there you two are." Huolong says while moving towards us before stopping and staring at us as we hold our crystals. "Interesting, you have crystals with cores and metals as well, yes? Interesting indeed." He says while eyeing us for whatever reason before turning away. "We must return to the castle, I have a feeling I know who some of these crystals belong to, however they are difficult to move, perhaps you two could go back to the castle to get them?" He asks us while showing us a sand looking crystal, a darkness looking crystal and windy looking crystal.

"Sure." I say with a now before changing back into my human form and the crystal actually shrinks down to my size. Cool! Lilith wraps and arm around my waist and spreads her wings and we move into the air towards the castle at quicker speeds than I thought she could travel. We move into the hall outside the throne room through the wide pillars and move inside where we find Dusk, Lizzie and Flaire standing there with Saphrah there as well smiling to us kindly.

"Ah, welcome you two." She says and I nod my head to her and she nods her head back in response before raising a ridge. "What are you both here for, may I ask?" She asks and I go to speak, but Lilith beats me to it.

"Father needed the three of them for some crystals." She says and Saphrah nods her head gently.

"I see, well then, off you go." She tells the three of them and when Lilith moves to take me with her to show them the way, I slip from her grip and move to Saphrah.

"I'll see you there Lilith, I just have something I want to ask Saphrah." I tell her and she nods her head before flying off with the three others following after her. Looking to Saphrah as she sits into her throne I smile nervously to her. "So, uh, I'm her claimee, er, mate, er, whatever the word is here." I tell her and she smiles kindly to me again.

"I heard from Huolong, so you are in love with my daughter, hm?" She asks and I rub my arm lightly while sighing softly.

"I'm still a bit unsure, I mean, I feel like I do, but...I...I've never felt like this before. I've never been loved, never felt like I could love." I explain with unease and she nods her head gently as if motioning me to continue. "I...I believe I love her, I can feel she loves me, and I...I'm just not sure." I tell her with a sigh as I feel my emotions getting the better of me and my tears to move down my cheeks.

"I see." Saphrah says as she gets up from her throne and moves to my side and rubs my back gently with two claw tips. "Let me ask you this, do you see yourself without her? Do you always feel as if she is not important? Would you do anything to see her happy? Do you want her to leave your side?" She asks me and I nod my head gently.

"I...I can't see myself without her. She's in my dreams and mind and my heart. She's the most important person in my life, and I never want to see her sad or to see her go. I...Am I in love with her?" I ask and she nods her head gently.

"Yes, you are. You love her and from what I can tell, it's a great deal." She tells me and I nod my head gently as I try to reign in and control my emotion's, but for some strange reason they just keep controlling me. I've been doing well in keeping them quiet, but they just seem to be breaking down the walls I made for them.

"Why am I like this?" I ask and she rubs my back soothingly and shushes me to be silent with a soft, gentle tone of voice.

"I believe you simply need someone's shoulder to cry on." She says just as Lilith bursts into the room in a slight panic with worry in her eyes and Saphrah motions to her. "I believe that perhaps you should talk with her, cry on her shoulder." She says and I look to Lilith with my tears moving down my cheeks still and she moves over to my side. "Take care of him." She says to Lilith before leaving the throne room.

"Cade, what's wrong?" She asks me with a gentle voice and I wrap my arms around her neck and bury my face into her chest as I try my hardest to not cry. Her claws gently rub my back and she says to me with a soothing voice, "Let it out, Cade. Let the tears out." The dam breaks and I cry into her chest as she rubs my back gently and in soothing patterns. Moments pass by before I manage to stop my crying and I look away from her ashamed that I had broke down like that, but she turns my head so I face her. Her eyes are soft and full of love as she speaks to me gently. "What is the matter, Cade? Did something happen?" She asks and I sigh out through sniffs.

"I...I don't understand why I am acting this way. Or why I have all these emotions, or why you treat me so well. I...Do you l-love me?" I ask her and she looks at me as if I had asked her why the sky was blue, or why fire was hot, or possibly what the color purple was.

"Of course I do." She tells me and I sniff softly before blinking away some tears.

"E-Even if we only met a week and a half ago?" I sniff out and she nods her head while looking to me with nothing but love, and I feel it as well.

"Yes, yes I do. Bond or not, I do love you. Do you love me?" She asks and I gulp in some air as I control my breathing. Do I love her? I recall what I had told Saphrah and look deeply into myself to find that it was all true. I can't see myself without her, I can't bare to see her leave, I can't stand to see her sad and how much I do love her, even if I've never experienced it till now. Looking up into her eyes, I nod my head gently.

"Y-Yes. I do." I tell her and she smiles to me softly and kisses me gently on the lips. God I love it when she kisses me!

"Then why the tears? Were you worried that I might not love you anymore? Or that I might end up cheating on you?" She asks and I shake my head gently as I rest my head against her shoulder.

"I...I was confused about love, I was scared that...that maybe I couldn't love. But the truth is, I do love you. I love you so much that it pains me to not tell you." I explain to her as my tears begin to reform as she looks to me with wide eyes. "Do...Do you still love me even after knowing my doubt?" I ask and she nods her head with a gentle smile.

"I do, everyone has doubts. I had many about you, believe me, I did. But after getting to know you, after spending time with you and experiencing this bond with you. I learned that I do love you, that I'd never want to be away from you." She tells me while brushing some of my hairs out of my face and kisses me again which sends shivers up and down my spine. When she parts from me, we look into each other's eyes.

"How cute." A voice hisses out and our heads whip around to Shade standing there with a dark look in his eyes as he glares at me hatefully. "The princess loves the alien ape. How "cute"." He growls as he holds a short sword in his left claw. "Lord Flaire may not think of you as a threat, but I do." He says with a manic look in his eye. What the fuck is this guy talking about?!

"What the Tartarus are you talking about?" Lilith growls out and Shade glares to her slightly.

"You have no right to speak to me, filthy traitor! You probably allowed this thing to bed you!" He hisses and I growl at him. No one calls my dragoness a slut!

"Shut up, you cock sucking asshole!" I spit out in anger and he glares at me with hatred before lunging at me with his blade being readied to stab. I push Lilith to the side before spinning to the left and having the blade of his sword miss me by an inch. He spins around and breathes out green flames that I block with my coat which grows in size like a shield. When the flames dissipate the coat shrinks back down to normal surprising him, before he growls savagely.

"You may have blocked that, but try this!" He roars as he dashes at me and moves to stab me again. I do backward flips as he repeatedly stabs at me while running before simply throwing his sword which I catch as it passes by me though it is more like a great sword or bastard sword. Placing the crystal into my pocket at is had shrunk down to fit in it, yeah don't ask me how I'm not even sure, and wield the blade with both hands as Shade lunges at me with a spear in his claws.

I grunt while using the sword as a shield before entering my Dragon Form not thinking about the crystal I had in my pocket and unaware of what my transformation would actually do to it. Picking the short sword up I spin it around and parry his attempts to skewer me onto it. Looking closer to the spear I notice how it looks similar to the Tower Knight Spear from Demon's Souls. Oh shit, better not get his by this then, don't need to be missing any scales!

Rolling to the side I slash upwards and manage to cut him up the arm but he heals quicker than I thought. Shit, this might actually be more difficult, but maybe I could get in close behind his range! Rolling on my shoulder I manage to bypass his striking attack and I slice to the side cutting his right side slightly. He grunts in pain as he staggers back. Spinning to the side with my tail being a club I knock him over onto his back. Mentally playing my music, The Old Dragonslayer theme plays from Dark Souls 2 and I smirk at him. Oh yeah, this fits perfectly!

As the music plays I notice that my crystal, which had been around my neck with a piece of the metal making a sort of chain, begin to glow and pulsate energy. Rolling backwards away from him as he gets to his feet and heals I pull the crystal from around my neck and it shifts into Ornstein's Spear with lightning and darkness and fire surging around it. Oh yeah, this is awesome! Though I was wanting a sword, but then again, it might be able to change forms! As a quick test I think of a katana and it shifts into one and then back into the spear. Yep, it can change forms!

Spinning the spear around I stab at the air sending a bolt of lighting at him which he bats away with his spear, but the effects cause him to be paralyzed for a few seconds until he breaks free. Okay, so if I time this right I might be able to beat him without killing him, I'd rather not have Huolong or the others breathing down my neck thank you very much! Shade roars and swings his spear at me like a sword and I use the pole to block him and knock him back slightly. I see Lilith from the corner of my eye manages to turn her crystal into a katana that looks like it is made of ice though I know better.

She swipes upward with two claws on the hilt and cuts shade up the back making him grunt in pain. I swing my spear to the side knocking him over before slamming the butt of the pole across his spear knocking it away from him. He growls and breathes out green flames towards Lilith, but her katana absorbs the flames like my crystals do with. She shivers as I see the magic flow about her body as if becomes a part of her. He stares with wide eyes and she glares down at him and as she moves to stab him, Huolong's voice echoes through the room.

"ENOUGH!" He growls out which sounds more like a roar, but I get the feeling that his roars would knock me into the floor and then into the floors below us. "What is going on here?!" He hisses in anger as he stomps towards us. Shade grabs his spear and moves to stab me, but I spin my spear around blocking his attempt to off me, and as he staggers backwards I change my spear into an Uchigatana and slash upwards with both claws on the hilt of my blade cutting him across the chest and making his blood spatter across the floor. The music comes to an end as Shade collapses onto the floor with his spear in my other claw.

"This fucker tried to off us!" I explain with a pant and a growl mixed together as I change my Uchigatana into a necklace in the same style as my birthmark. Huolong looks from me to the downed Shade who is slowly healing from my slash. He narrows his eyes and moves towards us and I move backwards quickly hoping that I am not the one he is targeting. Thankfully I wasn't. Unfortunately I hadn't thought that Shade would do something so risky as to what he did next.

Shade had spun up to his feet while ripping his spear from the ground. It began to glow at the tip and he stabs forward at the ground sending a bluish-green spike made of raw magic crash into the floor before Huolong stopping him. Shade then spins around to face me and fires another spike that flies towards me with incredible speeds. I change into my Dragon Form and make my crystal turn into the Tower Knight Shield which I slam down sending out a wave of natural magic that crashes against the spike and makes a large explosion. I snake my tail around Lilith's hips and pull her close to myself as I use my shield to bassically shield us from the blast.

When the dust clears I shift my shield into the Moonlight Greatsword and look about to see that Shade was bee-lining for the gap between the columns to the outside world. I dash after him and I look up towards the outside world to see that the moon had risen and was completely full. I look to my sword to see blue light spiral around it and I look back to Shade's escaping form and swing forward and to the side sending out a wave of magic that crashes into Shade but then explodes knocking him into a column but not off the edge just yet.

I slide over to him and hold my blade's tip up against his throat while my tail knocks away his spear. He glares up at me in hate as Mizu moves over with some guards to apprehend him, but he then smirks and his spear returns to his hand and points it at Lilith and fires a spike that zooms towards her. Her eyes grow wide as the glowing spike surges towards her quickly and I dash towards her but while doing so another spike it fired and hits me in the shoulder. I grunt in pain but I keep moving forward and use the natural magic around me to move faster as the moon's light seems to cause my crystal spines to glow.

I move in front of her and as Shade moves to flee once again I sigh internally at what was to happen next. I slash towards him with both claws and send out another wave that crashes against his side and explodes sending him off the edge and into the night air. The spike stabs into my side and I stabs my sword down before Lilith like a shield just as the spike explodes sending me crashing across the floor and into a column as I feel nothing but pain.

I look up to see the full moon shining down upon me and I feel myself slowly being healed as I look up at the moon while changing back into my human form. I close my eyes softly as I feel my shoulder popping back into place once again before opening my eyes to see that the stars were coming into view. Looks like Luna is putting up one hell of a night, huh? A certain constellation forms that I know from earth as the "Draco" constellation and I smile softly...

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Lilith's 1st Pov

I couldn't believe what I was seeing. First we were attacked by Shade and then father comes in with guards, Flaire, Dusk and Lizzie and stops me from killing that fucking asshole! And when I thought the stalker, as Shade for whatever reason would follow me around all the fucking time, was to be taken away he attacks father and us!

But thankfully Cade had made that shield to protect us and block out the glowing spear head of little raw magic. Cade had moved after Shade before I could understand what was going on as my ears were ringing and my vision was blurry as I had tried to spot was happening. A flash of bluish-green light makes me moves a claw over my eyes but then as my vision focuses I see a glowing spear head blazing towards me quickly and I stare with wide eyes as it moves faster than I could react.

I had noticed Cade standing over Shade looking to me with wide eyes and then in a flash of gold flame he had appeared before me like he teleported while sending out a crescent moon shaped wave of green magic that knocks Shade off the edge and into the night sky. He had then stabbed his sword into the floor in front of me like it were a shield and then an explosion later I see him bouncing across the floor and into a pillar near the edge reverting back into his human form looking up at the full moon as the stars come in.

I grab his sword only to have it vanish and Cade's healed form to glow with his necklace returned around his neck. I rush over to him as my curved-sword changes into a ring that rest's on my ring claw, the idea came to me after hearing about how humans have rings on their ring fingers from Cade, and slide down next to him and look down into his uneven colored eyes. He smiles up to me softly and grabs my right claw and kisses it gently making my cheeks heat up slightly.

"What was that for?" I ask and he shrugs his shoulders lightly with a small goofy grin forming onto his lips. I feel my heart flutter softly as I absolutely love those grins and smiles he gives me.

"Dunno, just felt like kissing your claw since I can't reach your lips." He tells me softly and I smirk down to him with lidded eyes and bend down slightly. As I press my lips up to his he wraps his arms around my neck and pulls himself up closer to me as I pull him up closer to myself and deepen the kiss. I feel his hands lock with each other and I grabs his hips tightly as I feel him moan softly against my lips. Divine's he sounds so cute when he moans.

Separating from each other he rests his head onto my shoulder and I smile down at him as he smiles up at me with eyes filled with love. I feel the floor move slightly and I look up to see father standing over us while looking towards the night sky in the direction of where Shade had gone. Something doesn't seem right about this.

"This is not good at all." He states with his rumbling, powerful voice that shakes me to my core from how loud he is.

"What do you mean, sir?" Cade asks and father looks down to us with a serious look that makes me worry slightly.

"That spear Shade was using is from the Drake's, but how they managed to place raw magic into it worries me. They are not supposed to be able to use magic, and yet they have found a way to do so. Not only that, but Shade holds a form of hate and grudge against you, Cade." He rumbles out and I feel Cade nod from against my shoulder and chest.

"I see." He says and father nods before looking back to the night sky and begins speaking again.

"But I fear that perhaps he will try to attack you again, but will have allies with him if he has truly joined their side. My spies have told me that the Drake's have been in search of something, I believe that something may be a weapon of some sort or possibly someone." He explains and Cade nods while getting to his feet as I get to mine but I keep him by my side with my tail being snaked around his slender hips.

"I see." He says before looking up to father with a grim look. "Do you think they might have found some of the metals and crystals similar to ours or the ones in Equestria?" He asks and I look up to father to see him nodding his head gently.

"Perhaps they have, but they might not be able to use their full extent as you can from what I have seen with you changing weapons so quickly and with ease." He says and Cade nods his head lightly while placing a hand up to his chin lightly.

"That's true. Hm." He mumbles out but is quieted as father turns away and strides towards Mizu and whispers orders to her. She nods her head and moves over to us with two guards at her sides.

"I am to escort you both to your room. Lord Huolong believe's that Shade might attack you both in the middle of the night." She explains and I nod my head gently. Great, so I'm to have guards watching us! Just great!

"Alright, well we should get going then." Cade states and we move towards my tower where the room is inside the castle as the two guards look to be unable to fly. We move up the many stairs and I open the chamber doors where I slip Cade in first and I follow with Mizu behind me as the two guards stand outside. Oh good, we're having company! Fuck...

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Cade's 1st Pov

I stand in our room with Mizu in it with us. Oh good, so not only am I going to disrobe, but I'm to disrobe in front of my new friend! I just hope she isn't a pervert. I rub my neck gently before stopping and looking about the room as I feel eyes on me. Glancing to Lilith and then Mizu to see them speaking to each other near the doors of the chamber and I glance to find nothing and then to the doors that leads to the ledge where Lilith and I will generally land whenever she carries me up to this room.

Seeing that nothing else is in the room with us I simply chalk it up to my nerves being on high what with Mizu being in the room when it has only been me and Lilith in the room for the past week. I breath out softly before jumping slightly as I feel a claw grab my shoulder lightly and I spin my head around to see Lilith standing there. "Let's head to bed." She says and I look over to see Mizu sitting in the love seat in the corner of the room with her sword laying against her shoulder.

"How do you want me to sleep?" I ask and Lilith gives me a look of "You-Know-How" and I sigh softly while glancing to Mizu and she rolls her eyes softly before spreading her wings and moving behind me blocking me from Mizu's view, though I notice her raising a ridge before Lilith put herself in the way. As I dress down I fail to fight back the heat burning it's way to my cheeks nor can I help not feeling as if I am putting on a "show" for Lilith and Mizu. Why do I constantly feel so weird?!

After undressing I lightly tug on Lilith's tail letting her know I was finished and I slip into the bed and Lilith makes a head motion as if rolling her eyes and I send her a silent glare making her smile sheepishly and Mizu to look completely confused before furrowing her ridges. "Why are your clothes off you and on the floor?" She asks and I motion to Lilith who gives her a sheepish grin.

"I like to have him sleeping in nothing." She says with a wink making Mizu look to me in surprise and I grumble softly under my breath. "Only thing is, I can look but I can't touch." She huffs out with a slight disappointed tone making Mizu smirk to her in a mocking way.

"It would seem that you are being "whipped" as the Griffin's say, yes?" She teases and Lilith grumbles with a low growl. Haha! I knew they had that saying here!

"Shut up." She growls out with a grumble before joining me in bed and holds me close to herself. I rest my head onto her shoulder while having my naked form pressed up against her body. Her claws lightly graze over my back making me shiver in pleasure as her claw tips send chills across my skin. I look up to Lilith to find that her eyes are trained on me and I feel my blush return in full force and I sigh softly before nestling myself closer to her form and allow sleep to take me.

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Cade's 1st Pov

Waking up was strange as I had woken up to finding Mizu right next to me staring down at me. I yelp in surprise ultimately waking Lilith up who mumbled something about sausage's or something like that. Hey! Don't look at me like that, I was a little too busy trying to stay on the bed with a military dragoness staring down at me while sitting on her knee's over me! You try to remain calm!

"Mizu?" Lilith mutters out as she rubs the sleepiness out of her eyes with her claw tips lightly. "Why are you startling my mate?" She asks and Mizu shrugs as she stays over me with my covered up junk between her legs, which makes Lilith's eyes widen in surprise. "What the Tartarus are you doing to him?" She asks and Mizu shrugs once again.

"He was tossing and turning in his sleep talking about blood and I had came over to wake you up, but as I moved to you, he hugged onto me for dear life and so I just sat like this through the night." She says tiredly and I give her a sad smile while letting go of her hips and instead of getting off, she flops backwards. "How you can sleep with this thing is beyond me! He has a steel grip!" She exclaims and I blush heavily as Lilith giggles softly.

"I generally hold him in my sleep, though I think I let go of him when he did me. Why were you holding her anyways?" She asks me and I shrug my shoulders while giving a gentle, nervous smile. Hell if I knew!

"I'm not sure, maybe I was having a nightmare?" I state and she nods her head gently before looking back to Mizu.

"Was he crying in his sleep and saying things about monster and he didn't do it?" She asks and Mizu nods her head gently before looking up with a thoughtful look.

"Yes, he did. But he also kept talking, like there was something else here with him." She says and I freeze. Something here with me? That can't be right, I mean there was no one here!

"Did anyone stop by? Like peak into the room throughout the night?" I ask and Mizu shakes her head.

"Negative, it was quiet." She says before moving away from the bed and towards the door and opens it while telling the guards something. I look to Lilith to see her getting up to her feet and moves to her bathroom.

"Come on, let's go get ourselves clean." She tells me and I nod my head gently while following after her quickly as Mizu had turned around and was watching me with a curious look and my cheeks could not be brighter red than at that moment. I as enter the bathroom I slide into the warm waters and close my eyes gently as my blush leaves me. Lilith slides in next to me and holds me close to herself and I lay my head back against her shoulder.

Her claws lightly graze across my bare chest and my skin tingles as she moves her claw tips across my skin. I shiver and blush once again as she rubs my legs gently and I feel strange jolts of pleasure course through me at her gentle touch. Her lips lightly press against my neck and I muffle a small moan that tries to escape past my lips. She gives me a lidded look and I gasp softly as her claw tips lightly poke very sensitive bits, ehem.

I move myself to my front presses up against her form and she gives me a pouting look and I pant softly from just regaining control over my speeding heart and rapid breathing. She looks to me with a ridge raised a teasing smile gracing her lips and I huff softly and look away. "Pervert." I huff out and she rolls her eyes before kissing me gently on the lips making me smile softly. "A good pervert." I tease and she grins before sliding a claw up my leg and- hello! I send her glare while blushing before hissing out, "Let go of my butt you super perv!" and she huffs and does as asked before I fold my arms over my chest and swim away slightly as the bath is still incredibly deep for me for some reason.

"You are a tease." She huffs out and I look away in annoyance.

"Yeah, yeah." I sigh out before moving about through the water before simply diving into the deeper part and open my eyes to find that they didn't burn like chlorine or soapy water would, but that the water made my eyes see sharper through the water and even Lilith's form as she strides to me. Weird, maybe the water is healing my eyes or something? She stands before where I am and I move around swiftly in he water like a fish or some other aquatic creature and smile softly to myself as I poke her belly gently.

She jumps slightly and I inwardly laugh at making her do so, before maneuvering around her claws which try to grab me, but obviously fail to do so. I move around her quickly and swiftly before noticing that I am not feeling any sort of pain or that my lungs don't burn from being under the water for so long. Must be something to do with me becoming a Dragon or something? Or maybe it's because of something else? Oh well, it's pretty cool.

She moves under the water and looks at me and I wave with a smile before spinning around through the spacious spring and looking up to see that I am not floating up to the surface and wonder if perhaps I can control my mass in the water. Then again it could just be because the water is magical and doesn't follow the same rules and laws as normal water does. I look down to see Lilith moving towards me like a crocodile or snake as she swims in a serpentine pattern as she gets closer to me.

I give her a smirk before moving down against the floor of the spring like bath and swim underneath her while turning onto my back. She presses my lips to mine taking me by surprise before I close my eyes and press my form up against hers as we share a passionate underwater kiss with each other before moving back up to the surface for air. I look to Lilith and smile up at her as I kick my legs to keep my head up as she stands and looks down at me with a smile.

"Well that was certainly an interesting moment." She says while snaking her tail around my hips and pulls me up into the air and I flush heavily while placing my hands over my crotch and keeping my legs together.

"L-Lilith?!" I cry out and she raises a ridge to me as if I were being a fool.

"I've already seen what your bits look like, so why hide them from me?" She asks and I go to retort but I stop and blink in surprise. Huh. Moving my hands and letting my legs relax she smiles and nods her head. "And I still like what I am seeing." She purrs softly and I blush more before huffing.

"Let's just go get dried off. I think Mizu is getting tired of us being in here for so long." I tell her and she nods her head while moving through the water with me still being held up in the air. "Please put me down." I ask and she gives me a smirk as a gleam forms in her eye making mine widen.

"If you say so~." She says in a teasing way and I shake my head quickly.

"Wait a min- !!" And she drops me. Great, just great! I get up from the water, as we were in the shallow end of the spring like tub, and I give her a glare as she winks to me before flapping her wings slightly and we are instantly dry. Only downside is that now I am cold as all fucking hell!! "N-N-N-N-Not! F-Funny!!" I growl out and she shrugs her shoulders lightly before striding out of the room swaying her hips from side to side in a hypnotic, seductive way and I stare in a trance like state before she stops and looks at me from over her shoulder with an innocent look.

"Aren't you coming to bed with me?" She asks innocently but I hear the underlying lust in her tone making me shake my head to clear it and follow after her. As we leave the room I notice that Mizu is...right in front of me?! I squeak and move behind Lilith who rolls her eyes as Mizu's are wide and unblinking as if she just saw me naked. Oh wait. She just did!

"Well now I can see why Lilith likes to have you out of those clothes." She says with her wide eyes as she then shakes her head to clear it.

"Mizu! What the hell?!" I exclaim and she shrugs with a sheepish smile. Oh so now your all buddy buddy with me now that I basically flashed you?!

"Hey don't blame me! I was just walking over here to close the doors." She says in defense and I stop and blink before rolling forward and changing my necklace, which had been on me the entire time and yet I somehow did not notice it, and change it into a serrated falchion and crouch low to the ground as I look underneath the bed before around the entire room.

After finding that the room did not have someone unwanted in it, I stand up straight while changing my sword back into a necklace and look back to Mizu and Lilith to find them looking at me strangely. "What?" I ask and Mizu rolls her eyes.

"The wind pushed open the doors, not someone you idiot. I've been here the whole time!" She huffs out and I grin to her sheepishly before she looks down and nods her head lightly. "Yep, seeing why indeed." She says and Lilith nods and I pull the sheet off the bed and wrap it around myself while glaring at them.

"Stop looking!" I yell out. Perverts.

"But you said I could look!" Lilith whines and I face palm. My dragoness-friend is being a pervert again!

"Not you! You!" I groan out while pointing to Mizu who huffs.

"Well forgive me for noticing something that looks remotely interesting!" She huffs and I roll my eyes before moving onto the bed.

"Whatever." I sigh out before rubbing my eyes gently. "Can we please just get some sleep? I'm tired from all of the shit that went down today." I sigh out softly and Lilith nods as she moves to my side on the bed and rubs my back gently. Her claw tips feel like heaven as I lean into her touch and she keeps rubbing my back gently while running her claw tips against my skin gently, lovingly. I close my eyes and press myself up against her and drift off to sleep.

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Unknown 1st Pov

Damn that ape! Damn him to the depths of Tartarus! I fly across the night air as I hold the spear-lance that Elfiere had given me to get rid of the monkey, but evidently it seemed to be that he is stranger than I had originally thought. And that crystal! It took on multiple weapon forms and shapes that I have never seen before, let alone the fact that they could do their own magic like this spear can but of different elements.

I pass over the southern mountains as head to the rendezvous he had told me to go to on the off chance that I had failed or if I had completed the mission. I had told him that I would not be able to kill him, but I may have been able to poison him as the magic is raw poison magic. How they were able to get it or infuse it with weapons is beyond me, but perhaps this will be useful news for him. What "Lord" Huolong doesn't know is that there is already someone else among his ranks who is helping the Drake's with their plans to not kill us off, no, they simply want to take over and have rights like us.

I glide down before a few Drake's who I know to be Enrassha and Overrdik, my friends and helpers in gaining the Drake's onto my side, moving towards me with curved swords in claw. "Shade, what has happened? Why are you bleeding?!" Enrassha asks quickly and I wave a claw through the air.

"Don't worry about it." I tell her before looking to Ovverdik with a grim look. "I need to speak to Elfiere, it's about the mission." I tell him and he nods while leading me to him with Enrassha at my side as she gives me worried glances and I smile softly to her. "Don't worry, I will be fine." I tell her and she nods her head gently before we enter a large hut covered in rocks to look like the side of a mountain.

As I stride into the hut I see Elfiere who stands at about half the height of Geose, that brainless idiot, but has pale white scales and pitch black underbelly scales along with golden snake eyes that shake me to my core, the weird fuck..

"Hello, Shade. I take it that the mission wasn't a complete failure?" He asks and I nod my head gently while holding out the spear.

"I shot him twice with the magic, though it didn't seem to do much. But I have more imprtant news." I tell him and he looks to me with an interested gaze as he stops talking to one of his soldiers.

"Oh? Do tell." He says and I nod my head firmly.

"I had witnessed the ape using a crystal that could change it's shape and form, along with the princess Lilith his, ugh, bonded, using this same kind of crystal. It may prove beneficial to us if we keep an eye out for such things." I explain and Elfiere nods his head lightly and gains a thoughtful look as if digesting the information.

"I see, thank you for the information, but I take it that they know that you are now on our side, correct?" He asks with a slight grin and I nod my head lightly making him chuckle for some reason. "That's just fine, as we have someone else in their castle keeping a close eye on them." He states and I nod my head lightly as he turns away from me. "You have done well, Shade, please do keep me informed on our helper when they are capable of relaying information to you, yes?" He asks and I nod my head firmly.

"Yes sir, but what about the ape and if he is still alive?" I ask and he gives me a disturbing smile.

"Oh don't you worry about him, my friend, as I already have some very talented Drake's moving towards him as we speak. They are easily capable of sneaking up onto this...thing and most likely will carry out their mission." He says with a hiss and I raise a ridge towards him while asking the silent question and he hisses out an eerie chuckle. "The mission is to capture." He states with a wide grin and I nod while inwardly shivering with a tremble in fear.

"I see, sir. And if they are to catch him?" I ask. He wags a finger out in front of me in a mocking way that makes my blood boil in rage.

"Ah ah ah! That's for me to know, and you to find out later." He hisses out with his raspy, high pitched voice before cackling sending shivers down my spine. "Now you will be heading to the frozen north to pick up some precious cargo for me." He hisses out and I look to him in curiosity.

"May I know why?" I ask and he gives me a blood freezing smile.

"You are looking for a smooth, red, curved horn from a fallen king that had recently been defeated by the Equestrian's. I have already sent out Ultarrk to gather our allies from the hidden serpents." He states with a chuckling hiss before waving a claw through the air. "Be gone with you!" He orders and I bow my head to him before leaving with Enrassha and Ovverdik along with a few other Drake's I had no care for to go towards the empire of crystals. From behind me I can hear the cackling laughter of Elfiere and the screams of those who had come too close to our base.

I shiver before taking flight with the thought of not failing and feeling his ire upon me like so many others have before me, but the only difference is, I'm still alive, and they are currently missing from the world as a whole.