The Dragon Prince: The Serpent of Sun

Chapter 5 ~Closer but far away

We weaved through the crowds of people following my 'mind map'. There were people shouting to get your attention saying, "Xadia fruit! Come get the exotic fruit from Xadia!" and "No! His fruit was found rotten! Come get the real best fruit from Xadia!" and "Horses for sale!" I muttered to myself also following the amazing smell form the store I was trying to get to, Rayla and Callum looking around the place. "Why dose it have to be so loud?" Rayla complained ducking her head as another sales man tried to get her to buy something. "Because," I shouted over the noise, pausing, "..... I actually don't know!" I walked around the corner, and there it was! The shop! I ran up to it, making Rayla and Callum run to. I walked up to the ordering bench and asked for three potato rolls. The man who served us was a large, beefy man with a warm smile, handing down the three potato rolls in boxes in a bag. I thanked the man gave him the money and left. "I've got them!" I said in delight holding up the bag, "lets go some where were its quieter." Rayla nodded furiously and Callum laughed at her.

We left the overrun village and I flew everyone up to the peaceful mountain and we sat to eat. I opened up the bag and past the boxes around, flipping the lid off and staring down at the food presented before me. It. Looked. AMAZING! I gobbled it down, loving every single bite. "Okay that place may of be over crowed but this is really good," Rayla said eating it looking pretty satisfied, "what is this called?" "Its called a potato roll" I said though a mouthful. Zym gently poked it and then bit some off, letting out a surprised squawk, looked at it and then stuck his head in it eating it heartily. "Do you like it Callum?" I asked turning to see him shovelling it into his mouth. "then that will be a yes" I said with a laugh. After we finished the potato rolls I turned back into a sun-serpent, kneeling down so Rayla and Callum could get on my back, switching on my MC which started playing music again and dive off the edge of the mountain going so fast that the world become a bur. I shot upwards listening to the soft poof as I shot though the clouds. The sun was right I front of me like if I kept flying I would fly right into it. It was bright like a giant fire ball in the sky, the sun filled me making me feel powerful and strong and like I could do anything.

We flew for another three hours, listening to the music and staring out at the view. Soon as the moon was visibly I dived down searching the area. We slept in a tree, Rayla, Callum and Zym sleeping on my wing, me tangled up in the branches. The warm glow of the sun woke me up, stretching out trying not to move to much so I didn't wake up the others and looked around in the north the layer to the King of the Dragons. I swallowed. In there is the queen of the dragons, the second most powerful thing in the world. What will she do? Would she hurt us? Will she take Zym? Wait what am I thinking, I thought slapping my head. Of course she will take Zym, the right question is what will she do after she has him? "Summer are you okay?" came the voice from Rayla who sat up and yawned. "Yup, just thinking," I said, lending my wing for Rayla to grab so she could sit next to my head "like what will the queen of the dragons do? Will she except peace? And also what do we do after all of this? You probably know but I don't. I don't even have a home to go to." I dipped my head fighting off the flashing images from that day, trying not to cry. "You can stay with me," said Callum who had just woke up, "you to Rayla, if you have no were to go then stay with me and Ezran. We don't care." "Really?" I said feeling like my heart was going to burst. "Really." Callum said with a warm smile.

I felt Zym walk up to us, so I turned my head to face him. "Today you might meet your mum, Zym!!!" I said happily. Zym squawked flapping his wings with that dopy smile on his face. We had breakfast, which Rayla got since she is an elf and she knows the place. Then we made a plan. The plan was Callum was going to be quiet and keep Rayla's hood on. Rayla was going to do all the talking, she was going to get us in side as normally as possible. And I was to stay as a sun-serpent, so no one saw my ears as a human and to pretend to be a flying horse. I'm not joking. I hated this idea. And worse of all I was going to have to wear a saddle and a head set. "NO. No, no, no, no, no. Not happing. Sorry can't do it" I said shaking my head. "Why not!" cried Rayla "Do you want to stop this war or not?" "Of course I want to stop the war," I yelped "I just don't want to have a stupid metal thing in my mouth!" Rayla gave me a funny look and I tried to not change my mind but being Rayla I had to do it. "Fiiiiinnnnneee" I said and Rayla smiled "It will only be for a bit" she said turning and walked off to get the stuff. After twenty minutes of waiting she appeared again carrying a giant saddle and headset. I groaned. Get the saddle on was easy and it didn't bother me, but I kept shooting dangerous looks at the head set. I was right, boy was I right. The bothering feeling from the cold, hard, pushy metal bit in my mouth was horrible. I let out a growl as Rayla clipped it around my head, pushing my ears in the slots.

"Do wev weally have to do cis?" I asked my words slurred by the bit. Rayla laughed and I sat there wanting the to spit it out and fly away. But I cant. One, because there my friends and two I can't undo this thing! I shook my head furiously, knowing that it won't change anything. After Rayla stopped laughing she got on my back and pulled Callum up, with Zym in the back pack. I jumped pulling my self into the air out over the beautiful Xadian landscape. There was patches of different colours everywhere and huge towering water falls making a kind of rainbow curtain, fanned out across the mountain. I swooped down, gently picking up a strong breeze. Rayla didn't control me with the stupid rains which was nice of her. To the east the magic seemed to expand forever and to the west, the boarded. Even from here, you could see the harsh glowing from the lava river. I shifted along the border twirling slightly picking up the rays from the sun. It was soft in its own way. Then ahead a far jagged mountain appeared lava flowing down its sides. The home of the king of the dragons, of all of Xadia for a matter of fact. A new emotion appeared in my stomach and I felt a bit sick. The king of me to. Being raised by elves, my king is Zym now. We got closer and we were I eye shot of elves guarding the volcano. I felt Rayla pick up the rains and then whispered to me, "I'm not going to yank the rains okay? I'll just hold them." "Thanks." I said relieved. We landed and I continued to walk up the slope. Elven warriors guarded the whole place, posted only a few meters away from each other. I walked along purposely making animal noises to dive off attention. How were we supposed to get to the queen?