4: Darken War

27: Alexandria

i stood from my seat, all went quiet around us. "welcome all, to our new home. i am proud to stand before all of you, not only as the high queen, but as a Darken. i will be honest with you, there was once a time where being a Darken brought me great suffering, we all know what my father was like." 

"however," i continued ."over time i learned that one bad name to a great family who was ruled since the original great dragon with fairness and kindness should not tarnish who we are. as such, i wish to right all of my father's wrongs."

"you may see that their is a table free, one that would normally be reserved for the extended royal family." i motioned to the table. "there are some members of the family i wish to introduce to you. but i should start by telling you that these members are to be treated as full members of the royal family in every sense of the word."

i walked to stand in front of the table and motioned for them to open the doors once more. "it is with the deepest honor to interduce my brothers and sisters."

"Valenor Darken." he walked in, bowed and took his place at the table. "Sebastian Darken." he walked in and did the same as his brother before. 

"Seraphina and Calista Darken." the twins walked up and bowed as well. 

Calista smiling brightly. "your speech was the truth." 

i gave a short smile and a nod as they took their seat. "Cassiopia Darken." she walked in and bowed, then took her seat. "and Thalira Darken." she did the same as her siblings. 

"not with us today, but following their own paths are also Silas Darken, Alaric Darken, and Annora Darken." i stated. "they are to be welcomed back to the palace whenever they choose. i am also unsure if there are other siblings, but if they come to me, i will welcome them with open arms."

"there is one other sibling that i do know of however." i nodded for them to open the door once more. Theo walked up and knelt at my feet. "this is Theo Darken, my older brother. he has committed many crimes against myself and the Dwarven kingdom. he has received his punishment there and was returned to me for my punishment."

i smiled, looking down at Theo, still knelt. "Theo, you are to live your days here, by my side as my true brother. you are to dedicate your life helping those who need help most. you are to go on these missions and return home to me after each one. rise brother."

he stood to his feet, still not looking at me. "why sister? why not just kill me?"

"because everyone deserves forgiveness." i answered softly. "and if i could forgive Alexander, then it would be wrong of me to not forgive you as well. he did control everything from behind the scenes right?" 

"thank you." he looked up at me. 

"go take your seat with our brothers and sisters." i smiled at him. then spoke once more to the crowd. "there is one last person i would like to welcome into this palace. but again i must share a story with you all."

"Thousands of years ago, there was one called the great dragon, who fell in love with the human king of Drakaria. this is history that is now well known, i have lived that. however there was more to that story that is unknown, before i came to Drakaria i had lived a life in El'gorin as one of their many princesses." i continued. "back then i would fight in countless wars with my sisters, at my fathers order. thats where the great dragon title came from."

"i would turn into a massive dragon." i paused to take a breath. "bigger than any dragon any of us have ever seen. but this is the part that was lost to history, i was so massive because me and my twin brother." mummers begun. "would merge into the dragon remembered. we, together were known as the Great Dragon, because of our size and stills."