Dragon Days MxM (Staten Krown)

6

"That's enough for today," Raisa states.

She's picking up Tuti's body. I watch when she picks it up a strange symbol drops. It's the symbol an X with a circle at the intersection of the lines. I try to reach for it but Raisa gets to it first. The heavily armored female knight picks it up as though it weighs nothing at all and tosses it on the horse that he rode with. Her helmet goes on her head making the dragon knight look like a silver walking weapon void of worry.

I'm confused.

"Where are you going?" I ask Raisa.

We'd just ambushed a member of a secret society that had been blackmailing Maxim to do their dirty work for them. We'd just found out the Great Immortal Dragon was back. I would have expected her to have a bigger reaction. I would have expected her to have any reaction. Instead, it looks like she's just playing clean up.

"Getting rid of the body."

"We need to tell someone about the Great Immortal Dragon."

"That's what we WON'T do," Raisa argues, "Do you want to cause some panic over a children's horror tale? It's impossible that the dragon is still around."

The Black Dread smiles, "Impossible? How does she figure, Nik? Immortal is RIGHT there in the name of the dragon."

He's amused by this. None of them are taking this seriously.

"We need to warn people. At least tell the Emperor."

"The Emperor is about to go to war..."

"What?"

"He's invading the Elf kingdom," Raisa explains, "The last thing he needs is a story from some childish tavern boy."

Surprisingly that's when Natasha butts in, "But what if it's true, Mistress?"

Natasha rarely talks, let alone when it comes to offering some type of rebuttal. She did what she was told when she was told. She was as loyal as they come, but even right now she seems to be having difficulty with this. I look over at Raisa and am just dumbfounded that maybe she isn't taking this as serious as I am. Does she not see the threat? Did she not hear what we heard.

Raisa lets the moment pause for a minute.

"If you believe the stories, the Great Immortal Dragon ruled over a time when humans were nothing more than livestock for dragons. They were at the top of the food chain and we were their favorite meal. We were raised, fed and eaten. We were chicken to them. Cows. Meat supplies! When our ancestors defeated her they did it through trickery and surprise. If the Great Immortal Dragon really is back...there's nothing we can do about it. We're already dead."

With that Raisa just walks away leaving a dark cloud over the already dark forest entrance. I'm standing there feeling somewhat defeated. I turn and that's when I see Maxim. He's in the forest alone. He is looking down at a satchel.

"Can we have some privacy?" I ask the Black Dread.

Dread is annoyed but then again anything about Maxim annoys him. Nonetheless, without a word, a loud WHOOSH carries the trees as the dragon picks up and flies away. A few seconds after that its soul looks over at me and then looks over at Maxim. Then it disappears.

I walk over to Maxim. My heart is turning seeing those innocent eyes of his. He has a way of looking like you wanted to protect him. He had a way of pulling at your heartstrings.

My heart is racing because I don't know how to deal with this. He'd just received horrible news and I can tell it's affecting him. If he was crying, it stops by the time I get over there. He looks up at me with the seriousness of a dedicated knight.