Fireball

A Tired Fireball Heads Home

"He's gone." said Amos. "They are both gone. Though in this world I am not sure anyone is gone forever. What concerns me now, is Marcello's wand. I'm not sure where it went, but we need to find it and destroy it. Few wizards ever cut their wand from the special Elm tree on the island, but every wand vanishes when its owner dies. The prince always told me that. If Marcello's wand is still out there, we may be still looking at powerful dark forces against us."

Fireball was unsure what Amos was talking about. Only a short time ago he knew nothing about wizards and now he found himself in the middle of a war with them.

Amos and the last surviving wizard, Thomas, began cleaning up the debris and brought the fallen wizards from both sides, together. He knew they needed to inform the World Wizarding Council of the dead wizards, but first they needed to bury their friends. The dark wizards that died this day would be buried, but Amos and Thomas would not do it. They would send those wizards to the council, who would meet no later than tomorrow.

Fireball had to go home. He wanted to see his family and friends, but he promised to return and help Amos find the wand. He was unsure what the wand could do, but he had seen the destruction Marcello had done with it and he never wanted to see that again.

The flight back to the island was very different for Fireball. The fighting had changed him. He did not know how he had changed. He just knew he was a different dragon. He also found it strange that he missed his mother and his friends, but for the first time his primary thoughts were of Kaida. He wondered what she was doing right now. He missed her, even more than his mother. Flying by himself a big grin appeared on his face. His mother already knew and his friends had seen it too. The little dragon was sure even Kaida knew. How he had been so blind or in such denial. Fireball was in love with Kaida. He finally knew it and he promised himself as soon as he reached the island, he would tell her. Speeding up, Fireball couldn't wait to get home.

As Fireball landed on the beach he was surprised how many dragons were roaming around there, as if they all were expecting him. Malvina and Dardon approached him, looking concerned.

"What happened?" Malvina asked her son. Just before you arrived home, a wand came soaring through the air, penetrating our security wall and landing right in the middle of our community, adjacent to the lake. Several of the dragons tried to remove it, but nobody could budge it. You have been around many wizards lately so most of the community came down here awaiting your return. They figured you must know something about how to remove it."

Fireball smiled." A very powerful and evil wizard was destroyed earlier today. His wand flew off and I'm thinking that is probably Marcello's wand in our community."