Chapter 23 United We Stand

Everyone was gathered in the throne room, Harris had made sure to stay away form Blair, who sat with Necro which made Lady stay away form Necro just the same, the four where gathered waiting on Bella and Kyle.
"I m going." sighed Harries.
"Wait." said Necro as he stepped forward at the sight of someone coming.
Bell and Kyle walked in to greet them.
"Why have you called us her?" asked Blair.
"Some of us have places to be." added Harris.
"It s about Nova." said Kyle.
"What is it?" asked Necro stepping forward ounce more.
"She s ran away." sighed Bella.
"When." Panicked Lady.
"We can t say." said Bella holding back tears.
"We have to go, now!" Necro demanded.
"The kingdom will surely go to ruins with out her." added Lady.
"The only reason she ran was because of her leader ship role." said Kyle "Mainly the divided between you two."
Necro and Lady looked at each other before turning back to matters at hand.
"Then me and lady should go after her." Necro insisted.
Lady was unsure but didn t voice her opinion.
"No." said Harris "Your closer to her, you should split up."
"I can t travel far alone." said Lady.
"And my powers are still limited." put in Necro.
"Okay then," added Harris "We ll go with you."
"Is that a good idea?" asked Bella.
"We have no choice." said Harris. "The best option, against my better judgement is me with Lady and Necro with Blair."
"Done." said Necro.
"Where should we go?" asked Blair.
"She said she was going to be a dragon." added Kyle.
"Then homes out of the question." said Necro.
"Lest go." said Blair as she opened a portal.
Necro looked to Lady, as Harris gestured for her to climb on, their gazes met and both turned away. Necro walked though the portal and Lady hopped on to Hairs s back.
Bella and Kyle watched as the four left.
"Is this such a good idea?" asked Kyle.
"No, but what choice do we have." said Bella as she walked away.
Blair and Necro where in sandy coloured rocky mountain valley.
"Why here?" asked Necro looking around.
"It s a good place to hide, and if Nova flew here, we might he bale to catch her up."
"Good, get on." said Necro. As he turned in to his dragon form.
"I m stating to think you should have gone with Harris."
"Well, I don t think we would have gotten along, besides we have to find her." he insisted, and you can t fit a senator on the back of a dragon.
Blair climbed on "Why do you care for her so much."
"I was only with her for a few days, maybe a week, but seeing her and looking after her made me wonder if me and Lady, could of had a family."
"Oh."
"But, with everything that s happened." he stopped mid sentence.
"About that."
"What happened, happened we can t change what happened, only build off it and move on."
"What does that mean for for us."
"That depends."
"On what."
"How you and I feel."
Both of them remained quite as they rode on looking for Nova.
Harris and Blair on the other hand where ridding out other the hot lave fields of the black stone, the further out they ventured the more rocky and dangerous it became.
"So where are we going?" asked Harris.
"I m the one ridding you." pointed out Lady.
Harris sniggered.
"What s so funny?" she asked.
"Me and Blair used to make crude jokes about that."
"Can we just keep are minds on finding Nova."
"Okay, but I still need a heading."
"Head north and take sharp right on my mark." she said.
"Okay the where are we going."
"To find Nova."
The two rode on.
Nova was locked in a mettle cage, they seemed to used for a diffrent creature all together with large room and tall roofs with spacious gaps in between bars. She sat in her human form. As her dragon self felt squashed up in the space. She had been isolated in her capture and was in large room filled with weapons on racks and shelves. The dime light form torches was all she had to see. The cold grey blank sleet of stone gave her little hope with a iron enforced door, the cage it self was sturdy and sealed by magic not like the one Necro was ounce forced in to when he was held captive. She thought on all her gifts but as much as she tried she found none of her that that she was able to conjure up, was able to break the seal. As a dragon born her powers where greater and so the weak magic used on the cage meant she could do quick pieces magic. Her last hope faded away as she thought of her family and as her mind faded off in to memory s images of her mother, human father, brothers, Necro and Lady went by but as her mind drifted on to her father, she thought for a second, they sill held their psychic bond.
"Father help me." she called in her mind.
"What is it?" he asked in his kind words.
"I m trapped in a cell and can t escape, my magic is cut off and I don t now what to do." she sobbed.
"Don t cry," he said "Do you still have your glasses."
"Yes." she said wiping away her tears.
"Can you conjure anything?" he asked "Because if not."
"I can." she smiled.
"I need you to dye your glasses blue."
"Why."
"Remember blue sees fortune."
"Oh yes."
"Depending in the shade, depends how far they see in to the future." he said "When you have done that you will have a chance of escape."
"Thank you."
"And one last thing, get out of here, and don t look back."
Nova just nodded as she pulled the out of her pocket, as she sat back down she set her mind on conjuring up some light blue dye. As the item appeared in her hand the liquid soon began to fall away, as soon as she could she moved her glasses over the seeping liquid. As the touched her glasses the clear glass soon began to change as the blue shifted form barley visible to half the shade she had conjured up. Wiping some more on, they soon shifted to the full tone and shimmer came over them, as she looked though everything seemed to the same but the door opened and someone stepped in. In fear she backed up but the door was closed, seconds later the door opened and someone cam in. They had on similar clothes to the witch who took Necro s powers, he was getting some weapons and Nova saw he had keys on his belt she tried to reach out but she was unable to grasp them, further more she was caught trying to do so
"Hay what are you doing." they grouched.
Nova panicked and backed up away form them, the person decided to open the cage and broke the seal, Nova saw her exit and took it. She let out breath of fire to singe the man, she didn t stop until he had stopped screaming and fell down crisp and chard. Walking out Nova was able to escape form the room and in to the many halls of her captures lair.
As Necro flew out past the rocky mountain s he spotted a group of people walking though.
"Maybe they saw her?" he said to Blair.
"Could be." Blair agreed.
Brining them around they come down out of sight and walk out from behind the edge of the valley as they run in to the group, who are sporting the same black leather garments as Nova s capturers.
"Did you see that Dragon." they asked.
Necro and Blair seemed off put by their question and demeanour and chose to avoid it.
"Where in fact looking for one are self." said Blair.
The others became silent, then drew out their weapons, axes pikes and maces of all things, before lunging in to attack. Necro used his fire like a whip as he gripped it in his hand and flung it around to scourge and burn them, Blair used her portal magic to open small ones to doge attacks and land her own. As the two took on the group of about six, they seemed to be winning, Necro extended his one whip in to hundred or more as he started to throttle them with fire and grip tier limbs to singe their flesh. Blair watched seeing a new side of Necro the side that was the reason for him to run and hide form his grandfather, the darkness and hatred he kept locked up form the world. If this was let loose no one would have been left alive, his face said it all no smile no grimace a blank look of someone who can take a life know the consequences and feel in diffrent.
"Necro stop." she begged.
He just make the fire tighten seeing if the heat or lack of oxygen would get to them first.
"I said STOP!" she demanded as she tried to stop him using her own elemental magic of wind, to blow him over.
He just hit her with a rock wall and send her down, as she looked up she could see they where dying as the grips tightened around their limbs. The fire stopping blood form escaping the screams getting worse, soon he stopped and just cuts the limbs off and carried on to strangle them with the fire, pulling out water to hover above them just to torture them, before letting it drop putting out the fire. Before pulling the very air form their lungs, and letting them drop dead.
"What are you?" asked Blair with disgust,
"I always wanted to now what it was like to kill someone and not bring them back." he said.
"CAN YOU HEAR ME! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" she screamed getting up and sacking him violently.
"What." he said as if he had done nothing wrong.
Blair just shook her head as she backed away.
"Have you ever grown being told how to torture and kill people?" he asked. As he stated to cry in anger "Have you ever been forced to take a life because your grandfather wanted you to learn to kill." his emotions flared up as his past came up. "Because if not don t tell me what I have done is not wrong."
"I, I."
"Save it." he said "We have to find Nova." he was about to transform when he dropped to the floor,
"Necro." she called dropping to see what had happened.
As she looked over him she saw a dart in his neck, looking around her she saw the group was not alone and that she was covered on all sides.
The ground had become more stable and more sandy the rocks have parted ways and more greenery is able to bloom.
"Where are we?" asked Harris
"Dragon Valley." said Lady "My father told me stories about it, how dragons all came form here, my bet is Nova might have come out her."
"What do you think should we had towards the valley."
"Sounds like a safe bet." she agreed.
The two raced on towards the valley in the mountains.
"So how did you become a slave?" he asked.
"I had no other option to keep my self feed and under a roof, I was picked up looked after in exchange for food and shelter." she explained "I thought it was a good idea, then I was sold after a wile I thought at least this way they have to take care of me."
"That s worse then my life."
"Really how."
"I was an orphan no home to speak off I was looked after by Blair s mothers who was the coven leader, being around all her daughters form a young age I didn t fell anything towards them." he recalled "But when I met Blair I cloud not help my self."
"Why."
"She was only a half daughter to the coven leader, we met when we where teenagers."
"How did you meet."
"Since the coven was one family, the sisters all had one father but it seems he had it with another women."
"So are they all twins?"
"No it s to do with contraception magic, she was bale to have about twelve diffrent girls and Blair just had a diffrent mother."
"Wow." said Lady.
They carried on but soon saw a group heading to the valley.
As they got closer Lady hoped of. "High." she called.
The seven all turned around brandishing the same black leather.
"High." they said greeting them.
"We where wondering if you could help?" asked Harris. "You see were tracking a dragon and we lost the trial."
"No problem." they said. "We now where they all are."
"Wait really." Blurted Lady.
The others become suspicious.
"It s just I heard about the Dragon valley as child and if the legends are true, well."
"Well come with us and you ll see." they said calming down.
The two thinking they might just find Nova, they joined them as they carried on to the valley.
Deep in the grey halls Nova is finding her self getting lost passing empty blank, empty halls with locked doors looking for a way out, she came across a door that was open and lead to a more sandy colour rock, peeking in see was bale to see a mounted Dragon heads, wings, tails and pelts, her mind licks it all up, her captures clothes are not leather but scales chard dragon remains, and she finds a sign reading 'Dragon Hunters Guild . Shaken and mortified as what see saw she called on her father ounce more.
"What is a dragon hunter." she comes out with.
"Nova, they are a group of old people who capture dragons." he started, hesitation in his voice "They duel them to the death to take their magic, for sport."
"No." refused Nova.
"I m sorry." he sighed.
Nova backed out and, backed in to two of the dragon hunters, they shot Nova with a dart, and she soon found her self drifting off.
Harris and Blair had arrived in the valley with the group.
"Here we are." they said.
"I don t see anything." said Harris.
"Come with me." smiled one of the group.
Following him they walked on to a area covered by an over hang that lead in to a tunnel, as they descended down they saw a light at the far end, and a faint sound.
"What is this place?" asked Lady.
"You ll see soon enough." came one of the others form behind.
As they came in to the light they walked in to large Colosseum, made out of the sandy stone thousands on on lookers watched as a dragon was forced to fight a human with dragon scale weapons.
"This is where we fight the dragons to gain their power." said the one in front.
Blair and Harris looked on with shock and horror, as a dragon was slain then watched as a eye stone orb in the hands of the fighter was used to take the dragons power as it slowly perished.
"UH, what happens if a dragon wins?" asked Lady.
"Oh, they stay on." they replied smugly.
The two watched as the crowds cheered them on.
Deep in the reuses of the underground chambers Blair and Necro where locked in cage, the same as Nova s even in the same room.
"I m sorry about before." Apologised Blair.
"Don t."
"Why?" she asked.
"I lied."
"What, why."
"I have no reason for my actions, I harbour a great deal on anger and hatred, and when ever I open up I lie as the truth makes me look like a monster."
"And what s that."
"I was raised with love and care by a mother and grandfather, teacher slash grand mother."
"So."
"I ve always had the burning passion to kill after I learnt the truth about my family and their lively hood." he sighed "I wanted to act out and I did I killed, and I knew it was wrong, but it helped me deal with my anger."
"So what happened."
"I saw what is was doing, it made me a monster, so I fixed it but that was not enough." he said "The resurrected corpses of city was not going to make up for anything as they where not just as immortal as I was, and with out ability to age most killed them selves after a year."
"What did you do."
"I went in to healing, left humanity to live alone my anger came out as showmen ship, but it went away as I had no one."
"What about Lady?"
"I never told her the truth, she has no idea of what I ve done, I am cable of so much more then what you saw."
Soon someone came in to the room.
"Your up." he said.
They where let out and put in chains to block their magic.
They where taken to room with a portcullis to block them in they peered though to see the arena where a Dragon was dulling for their life.
"Are we going to fight a dragon?" asked Blair.
"No scoffed." a guard. "Your fighting are champion."
The two looked on as the Dragon fell and their magic stolen as they died, the body was taken away and the winner exited with his orb.
Outside watching form above Blair and Harris had to get the deathly news.
"Up next, we have a spicule event, two genuine magic wielders, against are raining champion." echoed a voice.
The two looked on as Blair and Necro walked out, a ripple occurred as they walked in to the arena.
"What was that?" asked Blair.
"It most likely keep the dragons contained. Said Necro.
"Great, so about what you said."
Then form the other side someone else entered the ring it was the witch who took his powers. Then the chains stopping them using their powers fell off and hit the ground.
"This should be easy." said Necro.
"What are you going to do?" asked Blair.
"Nothing." he said.
"Wait what!"
"I ve moved on, I m not going to fight."
"But after what you just told me, wait did you lie?"
"Yes, but I m not going to strike first."
"What do you mean."
"I m going to let her fuel my rage." he said as he slowly walked forward.
Blair only watched as she brandish a blade and ran at him she tried to open portals but he kept her back putting her of with high winds. As the witch grew close she leapt in to the air and reached out to attack running the blade over his left eye cutting in to in to the pupil leaving a bleeding gash on his face. He kept walking as she dropped dead to the floor, Blair was released as she saw what he had done in the time it took for the blade to come away form his head, he had already killed her. Her throat was slit by sharp stone still being held in the air where it had cut her open but no blood had been spilled as her lungs where dry and she had been dead before she even finished the cut. Then the bubble was pushed to braking point as Necro gave it his all pushing everything he had at it, fire water air and earth, but nothing was able to burst the magic bubble.
"Wow, what a show, laddies and gentlemen." said the announcer. "Now it s time to see how they face off against a worthy foe, send in a dragon."
Nova woke in cage to see she was not alone many other cages where filled with dragons cramped and forced in. She woke to see her kind forced in to these small cages and made to fight and die. The dark room made it had to even count how many where there but Nova didn t want to know.
"Why, why does this happen?" She asked as the tears streamed down her face.
"With out laws in place to govern the land itself there is no where for Dragons to be safe and since no law is in place there is no one to say no." he explained. "And this has been going on for years now, that s why very few dragons live with humans."
The Dragons seeing Nova s cries each let out a little huff of fire to light up the room, she peered across to see her father was in cage that had been moved to a portcullis, as it raised open he stepped out and in to the area.
"NO!" nova screamed.
The dragons roared in unison with her cries.
As he stepped out he was greeted by Necro and Blair.