ᴅʀᴀɢᴏɴ ʟ♥ᴠᴇ - Book 1 · Moon

Chapter 2: Escape

Claudia walked through the castle. She looked out the window to see the sun shine brightly. She then returned her gaze to the hallway and continued her walk.

Claudia walked for a little while and spotted Callum and Ezran entering into her father's office. She followed them into the room, carful not to scare them. She had a good idea to surprise them.

Ezran and Callum headed over to a painting and Ezran pulled on the side of the painting and it opened. Claudia's eyes widened, knowing that that door was not supposed to be opened or even known about.

They walked in and closed the door, Claudia carefully walked over to the painting and waited for a little bit and then opened the door and quietly closed it.

She walked for a while until she heard a loud, echoing click. She followed the sound and headed strait towards it.

A little while later she ran into a hole in the ground and she looked down to see a stair case. She quietly walked down and when she got to the bottom she spotted Callum, Ezran, and a dragon? What was a dragon doing here? Dad must have saved it from something or he took her for parts.

"How did you come to be here? We're you stolen?" The dragon nodded in response. Claudia knew she had to do something before Callum and Ezran side with the dragon and let her out.

"My father saved her. We would all be dead if he didn't find her." She called over to them, she pulled out her primal stone just in case anything bad happened and Ezran and Callum were in danger.

"The dark mage's daughter." The dragon's voice quietly quivered. Claudia smiled at how week and scared the dragon was. Callum and Ezran looked back at her shivering body and glanced back at Claudia, not being able to choose which side they want to be on.

"Callum, Ezran, come here. The dragon might hurt you." Claudia called over to them. Callum took a step forwards then stopped when Ezran's hand grabbed him. Ezran whispered something into Callum's ear. Callum looked back at the dragon and nodded. Callum got a key that was on a nearby shelf and unlocked the door to her cage. Claudia's eyes widened and she drew a rune in the air.

"Callum! What are you doing?" She called to him. He looked over at Claudia then at the dragon then back at Claudia.

"The right thing I hope." With that Callum opened the door and quickly unlocked all the chains that were around her neck, feet, wings and tail. The dragon stretched and get face lit up happily.

Claudia watched as the dragon got out of her cage. Callum shouted to Ezran to get, the dragon named "Rayla", out of here. Ezran nodded and helped lead Rayla away.

Claudia looked at Ezran and then at the dragon. "I won't hit Ez." Claudia said. "Fulmani-" Claudia was then cut off by Callum who ran over to her and knocked the Primal Stone out of her left hand, the stone fell to the ground and Callum grabbed her hand and put her hand in a hand cuff, then ran and picked up the Primal Stone, then ran off to join up with Ezran and the dragon.

Stupid dragon! Stupid stupid dragon! Claudia screamed to herself as she looked around for supplied to make the chains into snakes.

Then she had an idea. She had to do something to stop that dragon from getting away, so she got some Xadian wolf ashes and sprinkled it on a "Shadowlife Candle" and spoke backwards, "srekees ykoms niaga esir ,nellaf fo hsA" and watched as two smoky wolves spiraled out and ran away from her.

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Callum joined up with Ezran and Rayla soon after he had chained up Claudia and took her Primal Stone. He didn't run far before he bumped into them. Rayla was speed-running instead of running because she was limping. Ezran tried to help her, but she refused and said she could manage.