Dragon Diary

Entry 46: As Time Goes By

Hello Diary,
I know, I know. It has been way too long since I wrote last. My duties as royal adviser have kept me very busy. But I do confess that when Cand took away the princess it left me in a state of depression. I had no motivation to write to you until now, 10 long years later.

So let me try to fill you in...

As soon as I saw Kram that day in the queen's chamber I realized that Cand had made the right decision to hide our heir, even though I hated being the little baby again. To be honest, now that I am older I realize how silly I was then. I could not be the smallest forever, even without Soraya here. There were bound to be more babies born eventually.

At first, I focused all of my time on trying out different shield spells, then trying other spells to see if they could break through. It was exhausting work and I secretly wished I had someone to help me, but I could never let anyone else become part of this evil magic. I would never risk getting someone new involved.

I lost track of how long I pushed myself to my limits and finally created a spell to shield the entire Palace without draining me dry of energy every day. Still, it does take quite a bit of my energy but it is worth every drop to keep everyone safe.

Tinachris took me under her wing as my abilities began to grow stronger. Since Ormond, she was the first red dragon I have been able to learn from, well if you don't count Gaelon himself. She taught me a lot about control, and the force of my mind. I never had the heart to tell her I could kill just as easily as Gaelon had with his own mind. I decided that it would be best to focus on my other developing powers and not resort to my magic. She never asked me, so I never told her how much I had learned from him.

She was a great teacher. Her mate was also a red dragon, so sometimes they would team up against me in training sessions. I soon became stronger than the both of them. It was also the two of them that had a whelp I started to bond with from birth.

Their son, Caliber, was only five years old when an attack on Gaelon's Castle was finally organized. Tinachris insisted on leading the attack, her mate by her side. Even though I placed spells of protection on the entire attack party, I was sad that Cand would not allow me to go along. I knew my magic could be useful but Cand insisted he needed me here to keep the magical shield up around everyone else.

I knew it was true, so I stayed with Caliber while his parents lead the attack to retrieve the two magic books. I had helped make the plans and they were pretty solid, but with Gaelon anything could happen. It was still very dangerous.

I had been distracting Caliber all day. We practiced fighting out in the courtyard after reading him one of my favorite books, about an adventure over the sea where the dragon had a huge sail boat but used his wings as the sails. It was an exciting story, but nothing could distract him, or me, from what happened next...

Shouting and roaring erupted all around us. Caliber and I both perked up at the sound, only to be met with the rush of King Cand running past us toward the gate's main entrance. We followed him, just a few paces behind.

Just outside the Palace walls a green dragon stood gasping. The way he stood and  was breathing I knew he had been running for his life until he could get close enough to use his ability to teleport. I noticed that he had something red beneath him and stretched out beside him. At first I thought it was blood, but then I realized it was the motionless body of a big red dragon.

Cand's eyes went wide in shock and horror. So did mine. The red dragon was Tinachris' mate and he was dead.

"Get the boy out of here!" I heard Cand shout over me as two yellow dragons came to examine the green male who had carried him back.

Suddenly Eira was there beside us. At first I thought she was there for me, but she quickly snatched up young Caliber and turned back inside the safety of my magic. She left me to help Cand and took Caliber away from the gruesome scene.

I stood there for a moment, wondering if I should try some sort of spell on the dragon, maybe bring him back to life. Then I remembered Tinnu and her wanting to bring back Victor. I snarled out loud at my thoughts of her. My rival.

Then suddenly another green dragon appeared right in front of us, holding onto another red dragon. He collapsed to the grass as soon as he saw us, a look of both pain and relief on his face. Then he too was dead.

The red dragon he brought with him staggered forward. Her face was covered in blood and she had stab wounds in her neck and shoulders that were oozing blood. She could barely keep herself standing and she had something clutched in her right claws.

"Tinachris? What happened?" I asked, tears filling up my eyes. Why does everyone I care about have to suffer?

I was about to rush toward her, the healing spell on my lips and ready. Her mind touched mine and I stopped.

"It's too late Ruinar, just take these damn things and make sure he can never get his talons on them ever again... Also please protect my little Caliber."

Then she was tossing whatever she held in her claws toward me. Even through her pain and agony, she gave me a faint smile as I caught them in the air, my wings a mass of crimson behind me as I went.

I wanted to stay and try my healing spell on her, but she was right. I needed to get the black books back where they belonged before Gaelon appeared here too. As I flapped my wings and shot upwards, then banked toward the Palace, I tried to keep my mental connection with Tinachris.

Only, her mind slowly went faint with thoughts of, "Tell Caliber that we made this sacrifice for him to live."

I felt her mind slip away after that and I knew she had died. I could not keep the tears from falling down my face as I landed swiftly in my bedroom window.

I rushed through the room and into the study. I tossed the two books down on my desk with a frustrated snarl. I now had all the magic to myself. My father was going to pay for everything he had done very soon.

But, I knew he would be pissed. It was only a matter of time now before he waged a counter attack. I will do whatever it takes to stop him.

(AN: I had a very hard time starting this time lapse chapter but I think I found my groove. I hope it is good. And Christina... I am sorry that I had to kill your character, but you died a hero and surprise... Caliber is your son. I love Caliber :) Anyway, thanks for reading. I know I have posted this song before but it really is Ruinar to a T. This is the ACTUAL music video. The next chapter will be the last. Until then, fly fast...)