.Elementals.

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I woke up to be met with blazing fire of a fire camp.

I sat up with a groan and grabbed my head.

"Oh my gods Mystery you awake!" I was suddenly grabbed.

"Audrey." I whispered, voice hoarse as I had drowned before meeting that dragon on the edge of dying, the gods smiled at me to let me meet that being and use its strength to live.... Thank you.

"I thought you died and when I wake up from being knocked out I find you next to me again, I was so worried."

"Ssh don't cry." I patted her back.

"I'm not." She said but her eyes gleamed with tears.

"Right, you aren't." I said.

"What a touching reunion." I turned around to see the blue dragon eyed miss sitting with her back to a tree trunk, her halberd set next to her and I felt to weak to fight.

"What are you doing here?!"

"Calm down Mystery she helped, she has no reason to fight." I raised my eyebrow at Audrey.

"She is right I love someone else already, unfortunately I cannot fake out a loss so I sure do hope we both lose the next trial." She said, her own person to protect taking a nap near the fire.

"You like someone competing?"

"Hell yeah."

"And they like you?"

"I sure hope she does."

"You see? No reason to be scared."

"Fine." I crisscrossed my legs. "But there is something more behind this I know."

She just smirked at me and I frowned.

"This is awkward... I'll go get food!" Audrey jogged off before I could stop her.

"So you met them?" I looked back at the girl.

"Who? And who even are you?"

"Michell, that's all I'll share as there is no need for more since we are the same."

"Wha-- Who did I meet?" I didn't want to go down the rabbit hole she opened but it wasn't hard to guess that it was the similar eyes.

"Them, since you almost died you should have met them." Oh so she also met the silver dragon? I guess it would be weird if only I saw it on the brink of death.

"I mean yeah." I answered.

"You are lucky it didn't give you more power, you'd have fallen apart."

"Well I didn't ask for so much."

"Be careful next time you meet them."

"I sure will." Not planning to die any time soon. "Anyhow know how long has passed?"

"You were out for a long while." She stood up. "I'd say like half a day is left." She grabbed her person and threw her over her shoulder. "Be careful." And just... Walked off while whistling softly.

"I'm back... Hey where did she go?" Audrey said, looking around as she came back with arms full of fruits.

"I worried since you left." I told her.

"Doesn't answer my question."

"I guess she told me what she wanted to and just up and left."

"And you let her?"

"Yeah."

"Mystery you are far from your normal stength and can fall ill from what happened, you aren't in the right position to fight."

"I am fine, I made it passed worst."

"I know but I can't lose you, you stubborn woman."

"Can't help it." I smiled and caught the apple she threw to me as she sat down.

"You better try help it or so help me I will do something."

"And what would that be?"

"If tying you up is what can stop you from doing stupid things I will tie you up mage and you'll let me."

"Would I really?"

"Yes because you'd listen to me wouldn't you?"

"I would but I'd be free just as easily."

".... Jokes aside... This was another attempt for my life and yours."

"It sure was, the same people that have been doing this since the start, we can rule out the council members that didn't want you on the throne, they are far to scared of me to act out against you, me or the queen."

"True and you left a massacre of them."

"I got a.... Burst of strength lets say that."

"No joke, you made a whole lake vanish, if that was you."

"It was, it was."

"I wish I could have seen that."

"Did you know the afterlife is guarded by a silver dragon?" I suddenly asked.

"What?!"

"I am not joking I almost died there but this silver scaled dragon told me it wasn't my time and that it would lend me its strength to survive as I have a prophecy to complete."

"A prophecy?"

"It said 'the darkness can just be fought back on silver back and purple gaze' and said if I died all would be lost."

"Well we can ask my mother as this trial is soon to be over and she'll surely give out a few days to recuperate from this ordeal, how many do you feel made it through?"

"Enough, by far enough for one more trial."

"Great.... Anyhow describe this dragon to me, I've only seen a few and that's because I am royalty but not a silver scaled one over its whole body that's for sure."

At the end of the day I was said to be paler than normal with a sick look to my face, who knows what damage that almost drowning did to me so I wouldn't be surprised if I'd be sick for a day or two but no big deal.

I forgot to count my sun slices so was surprised when the gem on the choker I forgot about wearing flashed bright red and I fell out of the sky back in the sapling made enclosure, at least Audrey landed soft on me and didn't hurt herself.

That night I wasn't hungry and didn't care to work on translating the book, I just went to bed and fell asleep with my cat.