With eyes wide I stared at this man "Sa-Salamander?" I stuttered
"Yes Salamander," He said "The Dragon King"
"Dragon King?" I ask confused "What the hell is the Dragon King?"
He looked at me like you would look at a dumb blonde (I may be blonde but not dumb) He took another step towards me squatting down to my level. He blew air in my face stroking my cheek with his nails, flinching away I glared at him.
"The Dragon King my dear is exactly how it sounds, he is the King of the Dragons"
"There are no more dragons"
The man scoffs at me "There are no more dragons" he mocks in a high pitched voice "Listen up dear, today's dragons are not wing flapping roaring dragons. The dragons of today look more like me" he says smiling placing a hand on his chest "We are more like dragon slayers who reached their full potential"
"So how does one become the King of Dragons?"
The man then fully sits on the floor across from me, smiling "Traditionally it is passed from one King to whoever they chose as a successor if challenged the successor will fight for the title" he leans in a little closer "Now though the rules are a little different, the title Dragon King was lost in time only brought back about three years ago with the last coming of the dragons" he sighed "The previous Dragon King was Igneel the Fire Dragon King, he was a kind and fair King. But with the title lost for so long, some arguments came about who the next King would be"
"Natsu is Igneel's son, doesn't that mean he is given the title?"
"Oh what a smart little girl, yes with the way things are now that would be the way. But two problems arise with that" he holds up one finger "One, he could be challenged and two because we are only human it is now a rule that the King has a Queen to rule with"
I look at him confused "The Dragon King needs a wife?"
"Yes! And that my dear is where you come into play. The Salamander said he had a Queen already and only needed to retrieve her, now he cannot be challenged because he was granted a grace period of three days to retrieve her and bring her back" the man leans even closer, I feel his breath on my ear "Once the grace period is over it is free game to fight for the throne"
"I still don't understand why you had to kidnap me"
The man stands chuckling to himself "You are a beautiful woman, but by the way, he described you I thought you be smarter than this"
He turned falling back into the shadows the sounds of the door opening and closing
"HEY! You never answered my question!" I screamed, "Why am I here!?"
Waiting for my answer that never came, I stood up off the floor walking over to the table. Folded neatly on the table was Natsu's scarf gently picking it up I sniffed it up. Almost gagging I put it back down it no longer smelt of his gentle woods scent along with the soft smell of burning wood, it smelt overwhelming of blood and ash. It was disgusting. 'Why would he smell like this' I shook my head 'No Natsu would never smell like that, it was the other man'
I went and leaned back up against the wall and sat back down on the ground wondering how long I'd be here. 'I still don't understand why I'm here in the first place' As tiredness began to creep over, I slide my eyes shut accepting the darkness. It, after all, had been a long day and a lady needs her beauty sleep.
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Dragon's Heart
أدب الهواة"Do you understand now?" he whispered in my ear I shivered at his touch, even after all these years he still has an effect on me. Even so I pulled away, nodding finally answering his question. He had saved me once again but that meant nothing at all...
