Of Princesses And Dragons (Book #1 Finished)

A King And His Secret

"Long ago when I was a princess, there was a myth that you could bring the dead back to life."

My head was fuzzy as I tried to follow her words

"Your father told me tibits of it, of how, why, and things like that. But most importantly he told me that you were the key. That you, Syferus, would be the King of Kings. That you would unite the nations. That you would resurrect the dead."

I wanted to understand but how could my father know this? How could Alvaria just go along? What was going on?

"There.." She pointed to the waterfall. "Is where he hid his secret and your true power." She said her head bowed to the floor.

"My what?" I panicked. What was she talking about. How could he hide my true power? Yeah I was a low level dragon, but that wasn't impossible even for a prince...well King now.

"When a dracon is born it is born with great power. You are a dracon, but you are so much more. You are the most powerful of them all. He took your power to save you. If not, the humans may have found out and tried to kill you for it. You were the key to everything. But no one but you can claim it. Go....you have a lot of work to do."

She backed away towards the forest leaving me alone. It was just the forest, the waterfall, and I.

A wave of loneliness, teroror, and sadness washed over me.

The years I had been kept; the power I had never had and the questions I always wanted answered. All of this was here. I looked up at the waterfall and felt a tingle of anger.

Why now? Why did I have to be the one to do this? King this, king that, I had never once been just me...except...

I thought of the time I played in the garden with Aura. Then... then I was just me. There wasn't an ounce of responsibility on me then.

But that was over with. She hated me. She was locked away. She was no longer with me. And I was King. I was a key no matter how much I liked it. I had a role to play right down to the part where I may have to sacrifice my life.

There I was, ready to play a part I had literally been born for. There I was entering a waterfall.