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Somewhere in the south west area of Yule.
Heiko's head perked up when he felt his friend's magic go off after centuries of being dormant. He was curious but scared to go all the way north by himself. Flying higher than the eye can see, he flew a bit north to the volcano where his best friend lived.
"Zven! Did you feel that?!" Asked Heiko as he barreled into the other dragon.
"Didn't I tell you to call me Richard?" Grouched the red dragon as he shook off the dust.
"Fine Reesh. I'm talking about Irrsinn! He used his magic today!" Said Heiko.
"So what? He must've been in a bad mood and destroyed something." Said Richard.
"It didn't feel like it." Pouted Heiko.
"So what you want to go visit him?" Said Richard who was not happy with his brother due to the injury he caused to another brother.
"You said it, not me! Let's go!" Cheered Heiko.
Unable to deny the ball of sunshine the dragon of life could be, Richard took off after him to invite the rest of their brothers.

It's been two days since Ceru was sacrificed to the supposed evil dragon, but here she was climbing on top of said dragon for fun. Irrsinn wasn't evil at all, other than the occasional kidnapping of farm animals for food, he didn't destroy or kill like the stories said he did. Ceru found him to be a better friend than any human she met and they couldn't even communicate properly. So life with a massive dragon wasn't the easiest but her life had never been easy. She hunted before and after lunch and whatever was left over was for breakfast. When she wasn't hunting she was playing with Irrsinn. Her favorite was hide and seek, a game in which she won every time. A week in and Ceru has her routines set and life was going easy.

Richard and Heiko flew to the south east to the Kingdom of Rhine. In the mountain ranges they found their third brother Zrak, the dragon of air. Heiko worked his magic and got him to agree to visit Irrsinn. For their fourth brother they need Zrak's powers to find him since he could be anywhere in the water. Luckily for them it was on their way north to their fifth brother. Spotting Vandens in the water the three of them went to greet him. Heiko got him to agree but Vandens couldn't go with them since he had to fulfill a prayer to keep a fishing boat safe. Agreeing upon meeting where their fifth brother lived, they headed their separate ways.

Heading up north, they entered the once kingdom of Genheim. In a desert far north lived Arivu, the dragon of knowledge. He lived the closest to Irrsinn than the other four, in an abandoned and forgotten library built by ancients. The massive library was buried under sand and only one entrance remained. The three of them squeezed themselves through since Arivu was the smallest which meant the tunnel was quite tight for the others. Finally getting in, they now needed to find the dragon himself amongst the labyrinth of books and rooms.
"Anyone know where to start?" Asked Heiko.
"I think the last time we met he was interested in music so maybe the music section?" Suggested Zrak.
"Hi guys! Find Arivu yet?" Asked Vandens appearing from the tunnel.
"No we were about to check the music section." Said Heiko.
The four walked through the building careful that their wings didn't touch anything. Last time Richard was in the library, his wings accidentally knocked out a support structure, collapsing the entryway to the science section. It took days to fix it without the raw power from Irrsinn helping them lift boulders and other debris. Arivu didn't speak to Richard for years after the incident. Padding along they heard the faint sound of music and followed it to a massive room. Inside Arivu was up in the air looking at books from high up.
"Arivu!" Called Heiko.
The skinnier dragon looked down to find them standing together. Landing he greeted them flatly.
"Arivu did you feel Irrsinn two weeks ago? He used his magic again!" Informed Heiko excitedly.
"Yes I did. Is that why you're here?" Asked Arivu.
"Yeah! Let's go visit him! It's been centuries since we last saw him." Pleaded Heiko.
"I'm fine you guys can go." Said Arivu turning around to head to somewhere else in the labyrinth.
"Come on Arivu! He's had centuries to cool off after he lost it a little back then." Said Vandens.
"Flake come on! You don't have to stay long. Just say hello and then you can leave." Bargained Richard.
"Fine but don't call me Arivu." Sighed Flake.
Heiko jumped giddily until Flake told him to cut it out before he collapsed his home.

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