(Dragon Wars) Lost Hope

Chapter 13: Everything Will Be Fine

There we were back at camp, as it seemed like no one could sleep at all right now, at least, the dragons that had been at the gathering with us at the very least, as they were the ones that had witnessed what it was that had all unraveled, all at the exact same time as well, as some of the dragons did in fact agree on what it was that Zogan had in fact said very much to my surprise, as they had seemed to be against what it was that my father was trying to push out to all of the dragons.
It was a bit of a surprise to me, as I felt like they should be loyal to their own leader, and that they should support the decision of my father, who was of course the leader of our tribe never the less, all at the exact same time as well, as he had in fact been one of the ones that had voted against the fact that Zogan wanted it to be where it was that the black dragons, and the red dragons could not head in to one another's land, as I knew that the both of the dragons did in fact have a good point.
The point that Zogan was trying to prove, was of course the fact that the both of the species were not getting along what so ever, and that they were getting in to a lot of skirmishes in a lot of fights all the exact same time as well, none the less. I also knew that my father was in fact right as well, as to the fact that he had said that if you separated the two species all the exact same time as well and I would in the end, end up as a war. I felt like my father had the more fair point if I was not going to lie to my self, and I was not going to be biased.
I knew that I was in fact being a little bit biased if I was not going to lie to my self either, as to the fact that I knew that I was in love with a black dragon, and it just did not make sense as to just why it was that Zogan could say all of those rude things about the red dragons, when his own mate was a red dragon, all at the exact same time as well, as I kind of felt like I could wish that she had been there to hear what it was that he had even said.
I breathed in quite a bit to my self, as I knew that if Aitoka had said things the way that she had, and she had not wanted to go to the gathering due to the fact that she had in fact lied about all that had happened in that cave, than I felt like it might be for the best, that we were to not talk to each other ever again, and to not be friends any more, all at the exact same time as well, as I knew that was why it was that some of the dragons of some of the tribes were not happy with what it was that Zogan had said.
That was of course that they were friends with some dragons of the different types of species, and some of them I knew were in fact in love with them, and it would mean that they would not get to be able to see one another ever again. I still felt like I should stand strong on the point that my father was trying to say, and the point that he was trying to prove to all of the dragons that were all in that clearing earlier, all at the exact same time as well, never the less.
I breathed in quite a bit heavily to my self, all at once, as I did my best to try to calm my self down in the mean time, as I got my mind, and I got my focus off of all of the rest of the thoughts that I had in fact been thinking on long before now, all at the exact same time as well, as it sadly did not matter any more, as the leaders had in fact voted on it, and it had in fact come down to the last vote of a black dragon at that, never the less, as he had said no, and that we should in fact split apart.
It kind of erupted in to chaos at the gather not too much longer after all of that had happened, as that was why it was that the gathering had to be called off early, and the other leaders had not go to say how it was that their tribes had been doing over the last year, all at the exact same time too, never the less, once again. I felt a bit bad for them, but at the exact same time too, I also kind of felt like it was the last thing that was in their mind right now, and it was the last thing that they were even thinking about right at this very moment in time any ways.
I breathed in quite a bit heavily to my self, all at the exact same time too, as I got my mind, and I got my focus off of all of the rest of the other thoughts that I had been thinking on long before now, all at the exact same time too, as I then all of the sudden began to start to go right on ahead and begin to start to just stare at the clearing of where it was that all of the dragons that were in my tribe were even at right at this very moment in time as well, as I could hear a lot of arguments, as it was clear that the dragons did not agree with one another on the decision.
I did my best to try to calm my self down, and I tried to get my mind, and to get my focus off of all of the rest of the other thoughts that I had even been thinking on long before now, all at the exact same time too, as I then all of the sudden began to start to turn my head over to where it was that my mother was at, at the other side of the cave that we were even in right at this very moment in time any ways, as I saw that she did in fact have quite a bit of a worried look on her face.
I could not blame her for it either, as I knew that she was always worried for the tribe, as she seemed to get that from my father, as to him being the leader of the tribe and all, and she was in fact his mate, even though they really did not seem to like to talk all too much, all at the exact same time as well. I breathed in quite a bit to my self, all at once, as I did my best to try to calm my self down, as I then all of the sudden nodded to my mother, to get her attention on to me, and rather on all of the dragons that seemed to be verbally fighting in the clearing right now.
My mother at first had seemed to just not notice me at all, at first, as I did my best to try to calm my self down, as at first I felt like she might be ignoring me, and that she might not want to hear what it was that I was going to say to her at first, but in the end, she did in fact go right on ahead and begin to start to turn her head over to me, as I then all of the sudden saw, all at the exact same time as well, that she did in fact go right on ahead and begin to start to nod back to me, to let me know that she was in fact paying attention as to just what ever it was that I was about to say to her in the very first place any ways, all at the exact same time as well, none the less.
I breathed in quite a bit to my self, all at once, as I did my best to try to calm my self down, all at the exact same time too, as I then all of the sudden went on ahead and began to start to begin to speak to her, now that it was that I did in fact know that she was in fact beginning to start to listen as to just what it was that I was even about to say to her in the very first place any ways, never the less.
"Don't worry mother... Every thing is going to be fine... I am sure by this time next year, the tension will go away, and every thing will be back to normal... Other wise... We wouldn't be having any gatherings..." I said to her, as I looked at my mother right in to her eyes, all at the exact same time as well, to make sure that she had in fact actually heard as to just what it was that I had even said to her in the very first place any ways, all at the exact same time as well, never the less, as I just squinted my eyes at her as I did in fact do as such a thing, all at the exact same time too.
My mother just seemed to have her eyes kept on the clearing for just a little bit longer, as if she had not in fact heard, and she actually had not at all been paying attention as to just what it was that I had even said to her in the very first place any ways, which was quite a bit rare for her, as it just seemed like she was far too worried about the tribe to be paying me any sort of attention at all what so ever, right at this very moment in time any ways, none the less.
I did my best to try to calm my self down, and try to not get all too upset by it, all at the exact same time too, as I then all of the sudden began to start to look away from my mother, as I did in fact kind of give up on he a bit all of the sudden, as I did my best to try to think on some thing else for the time being, all at the exact same time too, as I did my best to try to get my mind, and to try to get my focus off of the rest of the other thoughts that had been in my head before, that of course had to do with the fact that I knew that there was a lot going on right now.
I was almost tempted to walk out and get rid of all of the tension, as I knew that it was in fact late in to the night right at this very moment in time any ways, and I knew that there was in fact a lot of dragons that were in fact trying to sleep right at this very moment in time too, which was not the reason at all as to just why it was that I really wanted to do as such a thing right at this very moment in time any ways, as it was more just the fact that I did not want to tribe to be arguing amongst them selves at all right now, right at this very moment in time any ways.
I breathed in quite a bit heavily to my self, all at once, as I did my best to try to get my mind, and to try to get my focus off of the rest of those other thoughts that I had been thinking on long before now, in the very first place any ways, as I knew that it was not up to me to do as such a thing, and to step on top of the tall rock, to speak to the tribe, and to tell them all to go asleep, as much as it was that I kind of wish that it was up to me right at this very moment in time any ways.
I did my best to try to calm my self down, as I knew that I for sure did not want what it was that my father had, on the fact that he was in fact the leader of the tribe, as I already felt like I was stressed out enough being the deputy and all, but the fact as to me being the leader, and me having to make decision for the tribe, that a few of the dragons might not like, and might be able to challenge me to a fight to the death just so when ever it was that they wanted to, all at the exact same time as well, as I knew that some dragons even did it, just because they wanted to power of being a leader.
I did my best to try to calm my self down once again, as I got my mind, and I got my focus off of all of the other thoughts that I had in fact been thinking on long before now, all at the exact same time as well, as I then all of the sudden began to start to get my mind, and get my focus off of all of the other thoughts that I had been thinking on long before now, all at the exact same time too, never the less, all at the exact same time too.
I got my focus on the fact that I heard the voice of my mother beginning to start to speak back to my finally, from the other side of the cave that I was even in with her right at this very moment in time any ways, as I then all of the sudden began to start to turn my head around over to her, all at once, as I looked at her right in to her eyes, as I blinked my eyes a few times over towards her, all at the exact same time as well, none the less.
My mother was clearly knowing that I was in fact listening to her, and I did in fact have my attention on to her right now, all at the exact same time as well, none the less, all at the exact same time too, as I then all of the sudden saw that she did in fact nod to me, shortly before it was that she began to go on ahead and begin to start to speak to me, as I did in fact go on ahead and begin to start to listen as to just what it was that she even had to say back to me in a bit of a long response, all at the exact same time too.
"I don't think so Himla... This sort of stuff has been brewing for centuries..." She said to me, as I saw her all of the sudden begin to start to squint her eyes at me, all at the exact same time as well, to let me know that she was in fact being dead serious with what it was, all at the exact same time as well, none the less, once again, as I then all of the sudden got my mind and my focus off of those other thoughts once again, as I then began to start to dip my head a bit low to the ground, as to just what it was that she had even said to me.
I breathed in quite a bit to my self, all at once, as I did my best to try to calm my self down, all at the exact same time as well, none the less, as I knew that my mother was in fact completely correct with what it was that she had said, as it seemed like it had always been like this, though it seemed like it had just seemed to get even worse over the last few decades, all at the exact same time as well, none the less, once again.
Perhaps this was for the best, and perhaps Zogan was right. I just wish that things did not have to go the way that they did, as I was sure as much that I did not like Zogan, that he was in a lot of pain over the death of his son, and it made sense that he would in fact be upset, and he would be angry with me, as I was in fact his best friend, and I had in fact been there with him when it was that the cave had in fact collapsed on us, all at the exact same time as well, even if it had not been my fault what so ever.
I did my best to try to keep my self as calm as I possibly could, as I then all of the sudden began to start to look away from my mother all of the sudden, as I then got my eyes, my focus, and my attention on the fact that there still was quite a bit of arguing, and quite a bit of some bickering still going on in the camp right now, as to just who it was that was right, and who it was that was wrong on all of this, all at the exact same time as well, as I wish that I could ignore them, and just fall asleep right now.
I was tired, as a lot of that had to do with the fact that I was in fact physically tired, due to the fact that we had to fly back, and to the gathering that we had met at in the very first place any ways, but also the fact that I felt like I was mentally tired right now, due to all of the stuff that was even going on all around me right at this very moment in time any ways, as it had my mind in all sorts of different places that I really did not want my mind to be in right at this very moment in time any ways, never the less.
I breathed in quite a bit heavily to my self, all at once, as I did my best to try to just not think on it, as I just began to start to breath in quite a bit heavily to my self all of the sudden, as I then got my mind, and my focus back on to my mother who was right behind me with me in this cave that we were even in right at this very moment in time, all at the exact same time as well, as I felt like I should respond to what it was that she had said to me.
I began to start to breath in quite a bit to my self all of the sudden, as I began to start to think a bit more on just what it was that she had even said to me in the very first place any ways. I then began to start to think that my mother might not be the best dragon to speak to on all of this in the very first place any ways, as I felt like I should go and speak to my father, as he was the leader after all, and that meant that he was the one that made all of the decisions, and he was the one that spoke to the leaders of the other tribes to.
I looked at my mother with a bit of a guilty look on my face for just a bit of some time, for some odd reason or another, which I could in fact tell did in fact confuse her quite a bit, as I saw her all of the sudden tilt her head a little bit over towards me, as it was clear that she did not have a single clue as to just what it was that was going on with me right at this very moment in time any ways, none the less. That was where her and my father were a lot different, as I felt like her being my kin she should be able to tell my emotions, as I usually did for her.
That was not the case, and my father seemed to almost be able to read the emotions of any dragon, but it was for sure more apparent in me, as it felt like he knew me very well, of course, as that was due to the fact that we were in fact kin after all, I suppose, as I then all of the sudden began to start to breath in quite a bit heavily to my self, all at once, as I did my best to try to calm my self down, as I got my mind, and I got my focus off of all of the rest of those other thoughts that I had in my head long before now.
I simply just seemed to look at my mother right in to her eyes for quite a bit of some time, as I once again breathed in quite a bit heavily to my self just as I had done before, as I did my best to try to calm my self down, as I then all of the sudden went on ahead and began to start to nod to my mother all at once, to let her know that I was in fact about to go right on ahead and start to speak to her, all at the exact same time as well, as I wanted to make sure that she was in fact paying attention to me, so that she was not confused as to just what it was that I was doing.
My mother looked at me with a bit of a blank look on her face for quite a bit of some time, as it seemed like she was lost in her own thoughts right now, but in the end how ever, she did in fact thankfully begin to start to go on ahead and nod back to me, to let me know that she was in fact paying attention as to just what it was that I even had to say to her in the very first place any ways, all at the exact same time as well, never the less.
I let out a bit of a soft sigh of relief to my self all of the sudden, as now that it was that I had seen her do as such a thing like that, I then did in fact go right on ahead and begin to start to speak to her, as I now knew that she was in fact beginning to start to listen as to just what it was that I even had to say to her all at the exact same time as well, none the less, once again.
"Well... I think I need to go talk to Peota about some thing... You try to get some sleep mother..." I said to her, as I looked at her right in to her eyes, as it was a kind of thing between us, as I was in fact letting her know that I needed to ask my father some thing that I felt like was quite a bit important. I knew that I needed the sleep more than her as well, but she did not seem to argue with what it was that I had in fact said to her at all, all at the exact same time as well, never the less.
I let out another bit of soft sigh of relief to my self once again, as I then all of the sudden saw my mother go on ahead and start to nod back as a bit of a response to me, as I then all of the sudden saw her turn her head around, as it was clear that she was in fact a bit tired, and she did want to drown out all of the voices that were talking in the camp right now, and she did in fact want to get some sleep right at this very moment in time as well, never the less, once again.
I was once again tempted to step up and tell all of the dragons to shut up, because there was in fact some dragons that were actually trying to get some sleep right now, but I knew that was not my place at all, what so ever, so I simply just got my mind, and I got my focus off of all of that, all at once, as I just shook my head, and I then all of the sudden began to start to go on ahead and begin to head out of the cave that I had been in with my mother for quite a bit of some time as well.
Once I was out of the cave, I kind of squinted my eyes at the dragons that were arguing in the middle of the clearing right now, as I kind of felt like they were in fact being ass holes right at this very moment in time, as it was clear that they were paying me no such sort of attention, as it was clear that they had no regards to any of the dragons that were in the camp with them right at this very moment in time any ways, which did in fact kind of upset me quite a bit, as it did in fact annoy me quite a bit, all at the exact same time as well.
I grunted quite a bit to my self all at once how ever, as I did my best to just try to ignore them how ever, as I just went on ahead and kept going to go and do what it was that I had even come here to do in the very first place any ways, which was of course to go to the leaders cave, and go ahead and start to speak to my father right now, if there wasn't already some dragon in there talking to him right now for all I knew, which felt like it wouldn't be too big of a surprise to me either, if that was in fact the case, none the less.
I began to start to breath in quite a bit heavily to my self, all at once, as I did my best to try to get my mind, and to try to get my focus off of the rest of those other thoughts that had been on my mind long before now, all at the exact same time as well, as I then all of the sudden began to start to go right on ahead and get my mind, and get my focus on the fact that I was now at the front of my father's cave, and I did not hear the voice of any dragon in side of there right now, that was talking to my father right at this very moment in time at all, thankfully enough for me, as I was glad that I did not have to wait.
I breathed in quite a bit of a soft sigh to my self, all at once, as I then all of the sudden began to start to hear the usual voice of my father, as it was clear that he was in fact speaking to me right at this very moment in time as well, to try to get my attention on to him right at this very moment in time as well, even though it was I who was the one that had come to speak to him in his cave, rather than it be the other way around which you might think with how the way things were going right at this very moment in time too.
It always amazed me how my father had those sorts of powers, as I did not know any other leader who had those powers, as I had thought that might be why it was the case. My father was a very strong, and a very wise dragon, and it was apparent to me. I did my best to try to calm my self down, and to try the get my mind, and my focus off of all of the rest of those other thoughts that I had been thinking on long before now, all at the exact same time as well, as I then all of the sudden nodded a bit to my self, as well.
I blinked my eyes a few times, as I did my best to try to calm my self down, as best as I felt like I possibly could, as I then all of the sudden went on ahead and began to start to begin to listen as to just what it was that my father even had to say to me in the very first place any ways, as I began to start to hear him continue to go on ahead and speak to me, once again.
"Himla... Come on in... I have been waiting on you..." He said to me, as if he had known that I had wanted to come in to the cave long before now. Of course, that was the case, but I just was not all too sure as to just what it was that I was even going to say to him until my mother had kind of gave me a bit of an idea of what to say, as it seemed like I just wanted to be in the presence of my father, as I felt like it would calm me down quite a bit if that was in fact the case.
I blinked my eyes a few times, and I then all of the sudden nodded a bit to my self, all at once, as I did my best to try to calm my self down as best as I felt like I possibly could, all at the exact same time as well, as I then all of the sudden began to start to get my mind, and to get my focus off of all of the rest of the thoughts that I had in fact been thinking on long before now in the very first place any ways, all at the exact same time too.
I then began to start to go on ahead and begin to head in to the dark cave that my father was in right at this very moment in time as well, as I did my best to try to calm my self down, as I really did not like the grim setting that I was in right now if I was not going to lie to my self either, as it always felt like every time I came in to the cave, it almost felt like there was a bit of some mysterious power that was in this cave none the less.
I was not all too sure as to just what it even was if I was not going to lie to my self either, but I just felt like I could feel the presence of some thing that was a bit odd in the air right now, if I was not going to lie to my self either, all at the exact same time too. I breathed in quite a bit heavily to my self, all at once, as I did my best to try to calm my self down all at once, all at the exact same time too, as I then all of the sudden began to start to calm my self down.
The powers that were in this cave seemed to have made the noise out side dead silent, as I no longer heard any of the dragons talking, or any of them arguing out side, as I was not all too sure as to just how it was that my father had known that I was coming in, if that was in fact the case if I was not going to lie to my self either. How ever, I knew that was way besides the point, as I then all of the sudden began to start to breath in quite a bit to my self, all at once, as I did my best to try to calm my self down, as well.
I blinked my eyes a few times all of the sudden, as I got my mind, and I got my focus off of all of those other thoughts once again, as I simply got my mind and my focus off of all of the other thoughts that I had been thinking on long before now, as I then all of the sudden got my eyes right on to my father, who seemed to just be staring at me from the dark side of the cave right now, none the less.
I wobbled a little bit, as I was quite a bit uncomfortable if I was not going to lie to my self either, but I did my best to try to calm my self down, as best as I felt like I could, as I then all of the sudden went on ahead and nodded a bit to my father all of the sudden, as I did my best to try to calm my self down, as I then all of the sudden did in fact begin to start to nod to my father all at once, to let him know that I was in fact about to go on ahead and speak to him, all at the exact same time as well, never the less, once again.
My father blinked his eyes a few times, or at least I was pretty sure he had, though it was in fact quite a bit dark in this cave, and it was quite a bit hard for me to see any thing. But in the end, my father did in fact go on ahead and nod to me, which I could clearly see even through to darkness, as he was in fact letting me know that he was paying attention as to just what it was that I was even about to go on ahead and begin to start to say to him in the very first place any ways, never the less.
I did my best to try to calm my self down in the mean time, as I then all of the sudden did in fact go right on ahead and begin to start to speak to my father, now that it was that I knew that he was in fact paying attention as to just what it was that I was even about to go on ahead and say to him in the very first place any ways, once again, at that.
"It's just... All of this that is going on right now... I can't help but to be worried about it... I feel like there is some thing brewing up... I think there is going to be a war..."