Dragon Wars: Flames Of Pain (Book 3)

Chapter 15 (Jangras PoV) I will

I looked at Lunk for a few moments, as I was a bit surprised, but at the same time I felt like I should not be. Himla, my father, had told me that at some point I was going to have a lot of people that doubted me, he had told me that the same thing had happened to him when he was younger.
He told me I would have all of them wrong, but I was not sure how to. I had nearly failed in a fight against a simple dragon such as Penta, and I had gotten torn apart by my father in the fight that we had with each other not too long ago as well.
I felt like, at times, that I really was not the dragon of destiny, such as it all had been foretold. Even after my brother had come back from the dead, to tell me and my father that I was in fact the dragon of destiny, it still did not feel all that real to me.
I felt like a normal dragon, and maybe Lunk was right, maybe I did not have the powers that had been told that the dragon of destiny had. If I had at least, surely at this point I would have found one of those powers at this point in all of my training.
I looked down at the ground at the same time as well, as I was not sure what to do, or how to respond to what he had said to me. I felt like he might be right at the same time too, no matter how many people told me that I was in fact the dragon of destiny, I still could not feel anything special about me.
I thought back on the time that I had gone to my father, asking for his help, and asking if I really was the dragon of destiny. I had told him all about how it was that I had felt, how I felt like I was just a normal dragon, and that there was nothing that was special about me at all. I blinked as I recalled the memory.

I sat outside my fathers cave, as I was not sure if this was a good idea to go in and tell him about what I was feeling and thinking at the moment. My father had not been the same since we had lost my brother, and we had to leave our home.
I was not sure how he was going to respond to what it was I had to say to him. He had given up on just about everything at this point, and he had just seemed to give leadership, and the tribe over to Socra. Socra did not have a deputy though, and I was war too young to be one as well.
I wish that my father was not the way that he was right now, but there was nothing that could be done about it. I felt like I should go to Socra, to tell her about how it was that I felt at the moment, and how I did not feel worthy of being the dragon of destiny.
I shook my head though, I knew that it was the leader that dragons had to go to, if they had a secret, or if they had something that was stuck on their mind as well. Though I had a lot of doubt, that there were very many dragons going to my father for that kind of help at the exact moment.
I shook my head though, as I blinked a couple of times, as I then stared through the small little cave that was in front of me. I did not see anything in there, but I knew that my father was in there right now, as I had made sure, all day, that he did not leave camp, as I had been waiting to speak to him.
I was quite sure that he was in the cave right now, as that was where he spent most of his time anyways, grieving for the loss of my brother still, and putting all the blame on himself. I felt bad for him, as it hurt me at the same time too, as it had been my brother that had been killed in that fight.
I knew that there were a lot of other dragons in the tribe that had lost some thing that day, and I knew that he should not be acting the way that he was right now. Even if he felt like it was all his fault, and he took the blame for each and every dead dragon.
I shook my head though, as I walked in to the cave. I felt like it might be a bad idea, but I began to walk through any ways. As I walked through, it was a bit hard for me to see, even with the good night vision that the red dragons had.
I could not see anything in the small cave though, as I let out a bit of a sigh at the same time too. I turned my head around, as I looked back out to the exit of the cave. I then began to walk over to it at the same time as well, as I figured that my father had snuck out of the cave when I had not noticed.
I usually had a good sense of that kind of stuff, but this time it kind of felt like the sense had failed me. It made me feel a bit worse about the fact of me being the dragon of destiny as well. I shook my head though, as I kept on walking to the end of the cave.
Just when I got to the exit however, all of the sudden, a dragon then seemed to drop from the ceiling above me. It kind of scared me at the same time too, but I did a good job of hiding up the fact that it had done so. I blinked a couple of times, as I then realized that the dragon that had jumped down on me was in fact my father.
Not that it could be any other dragon that would be in my fathers cave any ways. I blinked at my father for a few moments, as I saw that he had his eyes squinted at me at the same time as well. I looked at him, as I was a bit confused as to what it could be.
It felt like he had purposely tried to scare me, as if it were some kind of joke, but at the same time, I knew that he had lost any sort of sense of humor that he had, after the death of my brother. I blinked a few times, as I was a bit confused.
He stared me down for a bit more time, as he kept his eyes on me, even when I dipped my head to the ground. I felt like he was still strong, but to the rest of the tribe, he was not acting like it to the rest of them. Every time he was with me though, he always seemed to put me up to some sort of test.
I had to assume that this was one of those moments, and I also had to assume that I had failed the test as well too. I shook my head though, as my father did the same thing too. He then began to speak to me, after a bit more time had passed, and I listened to what it was that he had to say to me.
"What if I was a black dragon Jangra? I would have taken you down, and ended you without hesitation... You should always be ready son..."  He said to me. I looked at him a bit confused at the same time as well. I knew that a part of which he had just said to me was true.
It was only true if we were out in the wild right now, or if we were under an attack. Neither of which was happening right now, as we were at a place that the black dragons had no clue about at the exact moment. I shook my head at my father, as this time, it was my turn to squint my eyes at him.
He did not budge, which made sense, as I knew he was used to this kind of stuff, and he had been through it in his long life that he had lived. I blinked a couple of times, and then I began to think of a response to what he had just said to me. After I thought of the response, I then began to speak it to him.
"I am in your cave... I am not in Plyma's cave, we are not under attack right now... I just came here to talk to you." I said to him. He stood there for just a couple of seconds, as he blinked a couple of times as well. He kept a blank look on his face through all of it however.
It seemed as if he had not really understood what it was that I had said to him, I shook my head, as I let out a bit of a sigh at the same time as well. I felt like I should not even bother, and I should just perhaps leave the cave, and pretend that I had never come here in the first place.
I was about to walk past him at the same time as well, as he kept the same blank look on his face for quite a bit longer, but just as I began to walk around him, he seemed to gather his senses. I stopped, as I heard his voice begin to speak to me, and I listened to what it was that he had to say to me.
"I suppose you are right... I am just trying to teach you good habits, and teach you, that you should not trust any dragon... Not even friends, because they might stab you in the back if they see it fit." He said to me. I looked at him for just a couple more moments, as I thought about what it was that he had just said to me.
I then nodded back to him at the same time as well, as I suppose that he was right too. It kind of scared me at the same time as well, as I began to think about it more and more. I knew that he was talking about his friend Plyma, as they had been best friends as I had been told by Socra, back when there was a war between the dragons long ago.
It was clear that they were no longer friends anymore however, as my father was the primary leader of all of the red dragons, and Plyma was the main leader of the black dragons. Meaning that unless his friend had died, or been killed, than his friend had betrayed him, and led to the death of his own son.
We had not seen his friend, but as I had been told by Yikla, Plyma was alive and well, and his was planning to do a lot of evil things to the red dragons. I felt bad for my father, as I knew that he did not trust a single dragon any more... Not even his deputy, Socra.
Nor did he even trust my mother, as I had been told by her. I felt bad for my mother as well, but she was so caught up on trying to take care of my sister, that it did not seem to be that she seemed to care at all about what my father thought of her.
I shook my head though at the same time, as I realized that it was all getting me side tracked on the reason that I had come in to my fathers cave in the first place. I blinked a few times, as I looked down at the ground, just trying to remember what it was.
I thought for a little while, as the cave that I was in had seemed to go dead silent, as I looked up, thinking that my father might have left me. I saw that he was still there though, but he had his eyes closed, as it seemed like he was doing his own type of thinking.
I shook my head though, as I did not want to rush him, but at the same time, I was short on time, as I knew that Socra had wanted to speak to me in a little while, and I could not just sit here all day in this cave with my father, just trapped in our heads.
I stared at my father for a bit of some time, as for just a little bit longer, he kept his eyes closed, but once he felt the blood connection that I felt all of the time, he opened his eyes, and then he nodded to me at the same time as well, as he knew that I had wanted to speak to him. I did so as well.
"That's not what I came in here for though... I have something that I need to talk to you about..." I said to him. He looked at me for a few moments, as I could tell that he was a bit surprised at the same time as well. I was quite a bit sure that he had not had very many dragons come in to his cave to speak to him about something, unless it was Socra.
He stood there for just a couple of moments, as he still had quite the shocked look on his face. He then blinked a couple of times, as he began to take in what it was that I had just said to him at the same time as well. He then shook his head.
He seemed understood what it was that I had said to him, but he did not seem to have any sort of excitement for it at all, it was as if he did not want to hear about other peoples problems, which I suppose made sense, as he had plenty of his own at the moment.
He looked up at me after a bit more time had passed, as he nodded to me at the exact same time as well. I nodded back to him, as he finally decided to speak to me, and I kept my ears open as well, to make sure that I heard every word that he had to say to me.
"I would have thought that you would have gone to Socra for that... If she is too busy though, than it is fine, go ahead and tell me what it is that you have got on your mind." He said to me. I looked at him for a little while, as I nodded once again, as to what it was that he had just said to me.
He nodded back to me, as he waited for me to go ahead and speak to him, as to what it was that I had come to his cave to tell him in the first place. I closed my eyes, as I had already gotten my mind so side tracked, that I had nearly forgotten what it was.
I thought about it for a little while, as I heard a voice from a young dragon out side of the cave that we were in right now. It was not the fact that it was close to the cave, and it was trying to hear what was going on in the cave, nor was in that it was talking too loud.
For some reason my thoughts, and my ears seemed to focus on the young dragon. I heard it say my name, but that was about all that I could hear from it. I knew what it was though, as I knew that there was a lot of young dragons that looked up to me in this tribe.
I knew why as well... I was not that much older than they were, and they thought of me a lot as a role model to them. I was so young, but at the same time as well, I was such an important dragon to the whole tribe as well.
I did not want to let them down either, as it all came back to me, all at once, as to what it was that I had come here for, as I felt like I was not worthy for this role, and I felt like a lot of those young dragons were looking up to the wrong dragon as well.
I shook my head, as I opened my eyes, and I looked back up to my father at the same time too. He had his eyes on me, but it seemed like he had a bit more of a happy look on his face, which it had been quite a while, since I remembered the last time that he was happy.
I blinked, as I was a bit lost as to what was going on, but the happy look that I had seen on his face, went away, just as I had noticed it. I shook my head, as I felt like I had not actually seen it at all. I then nodded to my father, as I began to speak to him.
"I felt like I had to go to you... You are my father, even if you do not feel like one right now... I feel like I am not worthy as well..." I said to him. He looked at me for a little bit of time, as it seemed as if he did not quite seem to get as to what it was that I had just said to him.
I did not understand that, as it was it was normal for blood to understand each other, even if we did not have to speak through words. It did not seem to be that he could get what it was that I had just said to him, and I felt as if I maybe had phrased it wrong to him at the same time too.
I saw him lift his paw up to his chin at the same time, as he began to stroke it, as he thought about what it was that I had just said to him. After a bit of time had passed, he then looked at me, with a bit of a sad look on his face, as he began to speak to me.
"If you are saying that you are not worthy of being the deputy of the tribe, than I must tell you that you are wrong my son... You are the dragon of destiny, one day you will be the leader, and you will be the most important dragon to ever walk across this world." He said to me. I looked at him for a couple of seconds, as I then gulped, as I heard what he had just said.
There really were a lot of dragons looking up to me like that, and it kind of began to scare me just a bit more, as I thought about it. My father tilted his head at me, as it was clear that he was a bit confused as to what was going on with me right now.
I began to shiver a bit, even though it was not cold at all in the cave. I was afraid of letting all of the dragons down right now, if they really thought of me as the greatest dragon to live. I certainly did not feel like I was even close to that, neither physically or mentally.
I then looked back up at my father, after a bit more time had passed, and I had spent that time thinking about what it was that he had just now said to me as well. I then blinked, as I tried not to think too deep on what it was that he had said to me.
I knew that I could not just agree with him, and then walk away, as it would only make me feel even worse if I were to do that. I let out a bit of a sigh, as I breathed in heavily at the same time too, and then I nodded to him, as I began to speak to him.
"No... I came here, because I am worried that I am not the dragon of destiny... I feel like I am just a normal dragon... Maybe the prophecy was meant for another tribe, or maybe it was meant for even you..." I said to him, as it felt like a lot of weight had gotten off my chest at the same time as well, as soon as I had said it.
He sat there for a while, as it was clear that he was trying to think through his hear, as to what it was that I had just said to him. After a couple of moments though, he then blinked, as I saw there was a bit of a surprised look on his face at the same time too.
I looked at him for a couple of moments, as I thought that maybe he had not even thought about what it was that I had just said, and he felt like he might be a bit dumb for never thinking of that in the first place. I blinked a couple of times though, as that just did not seem to make much sense to me at all however.
I knew that all of the dragons that had been there, when the prophecy had been foretold, were all fairly smart dragons, so they would have thought that through at this point. I had to assume that he had a bit more of a shocked look for a different reason.
Maybe it was that he thought that maybe my sister Mik was supposed to be the dragon of destiny. That did not make much sense to me either though, as my sister was practically blind at this point, and there was no way that she could win in a fight with another dragon.
My father stood there for a bit of time, as I thought that perhaps I had come here for no reason at all, and it had just been a waste of my time. I closed my eyes, as I felt like I should just give up at the same time too. I had already tried going to Socra for help, several times as well.
Her response was always the same, as it was short and stiff, "We know you are the dragon of destiny... That's all you have to know..." She would always say to me. I felt like I wanted to cry, as it was all coming so fast, and I felt like I was a failure, though I had not even failed yet.
My father then began to speak back to me, after a bit more time had passed along. I opened my eyes as soon as I had heard his voice as well, and then I looked up at him, so that I could hear what it was that he had to say to me as well.
"Jangra... My son... He came to us... It was our tribe that it was meant for, and it couldn't be your brother or your sister, as they were already born... It was meant for 'the dragon of the womb' and your mother was pregnant at the time... You are the dragon of destiny Jangra... There is no other dragon that it could possibly be... I would never mess around with another dragon my son." He said to me. I looked at him for a few moments, as I then nodded to him.
I then looked down at the ground once again, and I closed my eyes, as I began to think about what it was that he had just said to me too. It was a lot to take in, as there was a lot of thoughts that were swarming through my head, all at the same time too.
I was a bit confused as to why he had added on that last part, as I knew that he would never cheat on my mother, with any dragon. I knew if you were to cheat on your mate, without at least breaking up with them first, than you would get in a lot of trouble.
Besides, even though I knew that he had once been in love with a black dragon, he was in love with my mother, even if he had not acted like it wad so as of late. I shook my head, as it did not take me long to clear those thoughts of it being a possibility, from out of my head.
I also did not know that either, as I had never been told that... They hold always thought that my brother my perhaps be the dragon of destiny, so I was beginning to think that he might have just made that part up, to make me feel a little bit better.
At the same time though, that verse that he had just said, did not seem like some thing that he would just make up off of the fly either. I shook my head, as I tried to clear my thoughts, as I was so lost at the moment, as to what was true, and what was false.
I looked back up at my father though, as I then began to realize, that there was still another question that he had still yet answered, and I nodded to him, to let him know that I was finally ready to speak. He nodded back to me as well, to let me know that he was listening to what it was that I had to say.
"It still does not answer my other question... I am supposed to have powers that no other dragon has... Yet I feel like I am a normal dragon..." I said back to him. He looked at me for quite a bit of time, as he had a bit of a blank look on his face once again.
I squinted my eyes once again, as I now was starting to get even more suspicious that I had been just a few moments ago. I wondered it this prophecy might have been made up... I realized that it was stupid of me as well, the moment that I had thought of it like that.
I knew that it was not made up, as it did not make sense as to the fact that they would have known that at some point in the future, there was going to be a war between the dragons. From what Yikla had told me as well, the red dragons seemed to have no clue what was going on.
I shook my head, as I just stared at my father for a little bit of some more time. I then saw that for some reason, he had a bit of a smile on his face once again, which I was still confused about, as there was nothing to be happy about at all right now.
He looked around at the cave for just a little while, as I saw the smile disappear as well, and it became a bit of a sad look, as it was clear that he was looking around at the cave that we were in right now, and he was thinking about our old home that we used to live in.
After a bit more time had passed, and I began to get a bit more antsy at the fact that I needed to get back to Socra very soon, my father then looked back over to me, and then he began to speak to me as well, as I listened loud and clear, as to what it was that he had to say to me too.
"You do not feel special, as you are not used to feeling weak... The fight you nearly lost to Penta, was because you felt like you were above her, and you did not see her coming. The prophecy did not tell us your powers, so you will have to learn those on your own." He said to me. It was once again a lot for me to take in all at once.
I stood there for a bit of time, as I was a bit surprised, as to what he had just said, as though he was a lot different than what he had used to be, I also knew that every word that he had just said to me, was in fact correct.
I was not sure how to respond to it, as I stood there for a bit of some time, as I felt a little bit brain dead right now, due to me not knowing how to respond to what it was that he had said to me. After standing there for a bit longer as well, my father then began to walk away from me.
I saw him going out of the cave, which I had to assume, was him just going out to get a bit of some son, or some food, or maybe even to talk to Socra as well. I hoped that he was not going to go to her, and tell her that I had gone to him for questions.
I shook my head though, as I was sure that Socra would be more happy that my father had responded to me, than the fact that she might get jealous, as I knew that she was not normally a dragon to get jealous of many other dragons.
She was a very humble dragon, and she was a great deputy. There was no denying that at all, as my father had chosen a great dragon to have by his side, which by what my father had told me, I could not say the same for his old friend Plyma.
As I saw my father starting to draw a fair distance away from me, I felt like I should say one last thing to him, before he went off to wherever it was that he had to go, as I felt like I could not just leave him on that sort of note.
I looked up at my father, as he seemed to slow down, once again, I had to assume in was due to the blood connection that we shared with one another, which always seemed to draw closer and closer, especially after the loss of my brother.
My father turned his head to me, as I saw that once again, which was still a fair bit of a surprise to me, he had a smile on his face. I blinked a couple of times, as I realized that he had stopped because he knew that I had one last thing I wanted to say to him.
I was not even sure what it was, as I had not thought it through just yet, but I felt like I could not let him walk off, without at least saying a thank you to him, because of the conversation that we had just had with one another, was in fact heart spoken, and it had hit me deep as well.
My father stood there for a bit of some time, as he nodded to me, as unlike I had been, he did not seem to be in any sort of rush at the moment thankfully. However I realized that I was in a rush though, and I nodded back to him, as I finally decided to speak one last thing to him.
"Thank you father... I hope you come back soon, and you help me with this." I said to him. As soon as I had said it to him though, his smile that he had on his face went away, as I then began to realize that I might have said the wrong thing to him.
It was too late now, as I saw his head drop down to the ground, as he shook his head at me. My father than began to walk away from me, with a sad look on his face, which I doubt would be any surprise to the tribe when he walked in to the clearing with all of them.
I dropped my head to the ground, as I felt like I had made a mistake with my words, but it was too late to go back on it at this point, as I just shook my head, and then closed my eyes, as I tried to clear all of those thoughts out of my head.

I opened my eyes, as I shook my at the same time too, as I had been so lost in that memory, that I had forgotten where I was at, and what was going on right now. I lifted my head up, as I looked around, to see the surroundings that were all around me right now.
I then saw that Lunk was with me, as I then remembered that we had just been speaking to one another at the same time as well. I had forgotten as to what it was that the subject had been on though, as I had just been so lost in that memory.
I then realized why I had been in that memory in the first place, as it had been some thing that Lunk had said to me. I blinked a couple of times, as I saw that Lunk was staring at me with his eyes squinted, and a bit of a suspicious look as well, as he was wondering why I still was yet to respond to him.
I remembered what it was that he had said to me all at the same time, as I then thought back on the fact, that I might not be the dragon of destiny, and I might not have any powers at all either. I dipped my head down to the ground, as I felt a bit sick for some odd reason or another as well.
I knew that I could not have my head to the ground, especially if I was going to be a deputy, and a leader at some point in the future. I lifted my head back up to Lunk, as I looked at him for a bit of time. He looked a bit surprised, but he then nodded for me to speak, which I did so do.
"I don't know what my powers are yet Lunk... But if you don't believe that I am the dragon of destiny, I will prove it... I promise that I will..."