Author's Note

I know this chapter was horrible so I need everyone to tell me wat you hate about It stat, but umm if you don't then enjoy i guess. Also sorry for the short chapter as well

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I open my eyes as I quickly sit up to take In my surroundings only to find that I'm back In my mother's palm.

"We made It," I said in disbelief

My eyes then widen as I turn to my brother who hasn't gotten up yet, "Hey HEY! Wake up, we made It back," I said trying to shake my brother awake.

Finally, I see his eyes shoot open as he then looks around in panic before his eyes land on me slightly calming down.

"Brother? D-Did We-"

"Yeah, we did," I said cutting him off

We suddenly start ascending as we're brought to the face of our mother who looked like they were one second from tearing up.

"My Little Hatchlings, I am so proud of you for returning to me safe and sound, and now, I no longer have to take precautions from feeling heartbreak anymore." She said

We looked confused as she slightly turned her head towards my brother, "I have been waiting to do this from the day you hatched and now I finally can, from this day on you will be able to carry your names with pride as proof of your achievements for returning from that Maker's awful place, my little Garble." She then turns to me, "And my little Falkor, wear these names as you create your futures for yourselves," She said tearing up a bit as she lets us down on the ground.

"Now you two wait here, I need to have some words with our Dragon Lord," She said as she lightly starts flapping knocking us over In the process before flying toward The Dragon Lord.

Though It seems like she's not the only one as all the other bigger Dragons seem to have the same idea as I see them also begin to fly towards him.

Garble suddenly starts to cry. "H-hey what's wrong? We made It out didn't we?" I asked worried

Garble walks over and wraps me up In a hug as he begins to sob, "I-I w-was s-so scared, I t-thought I was gonna be taken In that place l-like t-the others." He said in between his sobs," B-But you saved me, I-if it wasn't for you I could've been like them," Garble finishes as he goes back to sobbing on my shoulder.

I wrap my arms around him as I tightly hug him back, "W-well don't worry about It, I...I just did what any brother would do." I say as I try to keep myself from shaking." I said

'He's right though, If we stopped for even a second we would've been goners, shit even when we didn't stop he still would've almost died If I wasn't there,' I thought myself realizing how close he was to dying back there.

I look on into the distance towards Dragon Lord Torch as he currently seems to be discussing something with all the other Dragons.

'Now I remember where I heard that name from, That Torch, Lord of the Dragons from that show,' I thought to myself.

'I thought that, from what I remember that show was supposed to be mostly harmless they never had shit like this where newborn Dragons would have to go through some fucked up trial that could kill them without giving them much of a chance! What the fuck Is happening here!' I thought to myself as I began to snarl.

"Um Falkor, are y-you ok?" Garble asked in a worried tone.

I snap out of my inner thoughts as I look down at my brother in my arms while he looks at me with worry.

'To think that If we had been a bit slower he could've died just like that, and that would just be considered NORMAL!' I think to myself as I begin to feel more and more upset at the implications of that.

"Y-yeah I'm fine just, still trying to calm down from what happened," I said not wanting to worry him anymore.

"Oh ok." He said as he breaks away from the hug.

We then stand there looking onwards In the distance as we wait for our mother to return.

"I hate that place." Garble suddenly said

I turn to him and I see him with a little frown on his face. "Yeah, I do too," I said agreeing with him.

He looks at me for a second before looking back into the distance," I hated how weak I felt when I was In there, I hated how If It wasn't for you I would be gone right now." He said angrily

I turn to him a bit offended. "Does that mean you hate me for helping you?" I question

All his anger seemingly disappears as he turns to me, "No, well yes? I don't hate that you helped me It's just, that I hate how I needed your help, I hate how weak I was that I couldn't do anything but be dependent on you the entire time," He tries to explain to me.

"You were able to hurt one of those things though, If not for that would probably be like the others that were taken In that place," I said trying to reassure him.

"Yeah but, I was too afraid to even think of anything while you were able to come up with something, even though we were about to die," He said as he walks up to me.

"Don't you get It? I wasn't able to do anything In that place, I was useless," Garble said as I grabbed his shoulders.

"Garble you're a hatchling, I'm a hatchling, you shouldn't beat yourself up because you were scared In a situation where a hatchling would have the right to be scared," I try to explain to him before he knocks my hands away and his frown comes back.

"And what about when we grow up into full-fledged dragons huh? I'm just gonna be afraid of everything because I won't be strong enough to do anything about It," He said as he begins to tear up again.

"Garble. Look at me," I said with a commanding tone.

He looks at me still frowning as he does his best to not start crying again. "What?" He says in a sullen tone

"I'm gonna say this once and only once, It's okay to be afraid." I said

He looked at me like I was an idiot in response. "Are you stupid? Dragons can't be afraid, we're strong and tough." Garble said

I shake my head "Even Dragons can be afraid Garble, Did you think I was afraid when we were In that place?" I asked him

"No?" He said

"Yes, I was," I said as I begin to walk towards him. "I was terrified when those things started snatching up the other hatchlings, I got scared when I felt and saw you about to be taken from me," I explain

"B-but you still got us out, you still saved me. If you hadn't told me to use my claws I would be gone," Garble said trying to find something wrong with what I said.

I shrugged In response, "Didn't make me less terrified, just because I did all those things didn't mean I wasn't afraid, It's because I wasn't just going to stand there doing nothing while I was afraid." I said

"What do you mean?" Garble said confused

"What I'm trying to say Garble Is It ok to be afraid, terrified, whatever, that doesn't matter, what matters Is if you're going to let your fear win." I said

"Let my fear win?" He asked

"Yeah, because to me I feel like what makes a Dragon big and strong Is the fact that even though they may be afraid their still able to push through their fear and do what needs to be done." I explained

I grab his shoulders again as I look him straight in the eyes, "So I feel like what you need to focus on Is, are you going to let your fear win or are you going to claim it as your own and push through It? I feel like the time has come for you to ask yourself that question." I said

We stayed like that for more couple of seconds until I could see the determination In his eyes burn brightly In response letting me know what his answer was.

"You're right, I don't want to be stuck like that again because of my stupid fear, I'm gonna push through It and show everyone how much of a dragon I am," He said as he then wraps me In a hug which catches me by surprise before I reciprocate, "Thank you, for helping me understand Falkor," Garble said as he breaks the hug off.

I smile In response "Your welcome Garble."

"But uhh, If I'm going to be a feared and respected dragon I can't be seen doing hugs with my brother so, so Let's just only do those in private ok," He said with a bit of an embarrassed expression.

I chuckle in response "Alright Garble, If It makes you happy."