"You walk freely in our kingdom," king Dodroirag says, his gaze cold like that of a well-guarded being that does not care for lesser beings.

The wolves are bowing in front of him when Kate speaks, her eyes rising to meet the ones of our king "we seek nothing but shelter, your highness. At least for the night. At first light, we will continue on our path back home," she says. King Dodroirag's face is unreadable as he speaks again.

"Let me tell you one thing, wolf. There is a reason we shelter ourselves in so. A reason why the world outside does not know about us. Why are we dragons hidden from mortal beings? From humans. The reason is: we have once made the mistake of trusting the outside world, and it led us to destruction and despair. Sorrow crept into the very hearts of our beings. We were broken, battered, and vulnerable. I chose to close all contact with the outside world. Only those who wanted peace would come inside our borders. You are a strange creature, wolf, for you do not come from any naboring kingdoms."

The king took a breath to let his words sink into us, and I flicked my tail in the glowing moonlight that shone down from the heavens at my s/c scales, making me look like our from a dairy ríale.

Garth, who was full bowling, stood up, shelling up to stand beside his friend. "If I may, your highness," he said, and the king nodded.

He was the only one here of royal descent, his mate gone in the forms of dreams and sleep; he would not have her here this late at night.

"We... we only want back to our kingdom, your highness. We do not wish to Mendel with this; we do not know nor understand. Let us go, and we will not cross the bridges of this land again," the russet-colored wolf spoke, his voice wavering with desperate measures. His friends were standing too now.

The king was silent a long while before his voice cracked the air, and he called my name. "Dazyn, follow me," I did as he said as he swept off his throne and away from the prying eyes of the moons.

He led me to a decirles chamber deep within the mountain. It was acient; I could feel it. "This is the spot where our outsiders first betrayed us," spike king Dodroirag and I looked at him, sorrow crossing my visions. I hadn't been there when it happened. I wasn't even born, but I could tell from the pain on everyone's faces when anyone spoke of that tragedy that it was a pain.

"I remember the day the last of our fallen had spoken. She told me... 'Stay strong, my child. Rule the kingdom with a sure but kind talon.' H-her last words never made sense to me, but I see it now. The ways of old burning strainers here are passed..." the king's voice faded into a shallow whisper as he turned to me, eyes gleaming with unshed tears "if those wolves want nothing more than peace and a safe passage, we will grant them that, but no more."

I couldn't help the smile that grew on my snout, and I nodded, dipping my head to the king before hurting out of the v chamber and into the vast throne hall to tell my new friends the great news.

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"You're allowed to stay here until the time has come for your leaving," I say as I sink into the moss that cushions my great body.

The wolves smile at each other happy that they no longer need to run. Blue and Ripper come over to me, both settling on my sides. I give them a smile filled with my fondness for them these last few days. I am not sure they feel the same because what would I know when people show me, love? Prince Ydrinoid never speaks to me unless it is crucial.

I sigh and lower my head to my talons, resting it as my eyes find the skies over us slowly turning scarlet and pinky as the sun has begun its way down to leave the way for the moons.

It is a beautiful sight.

I start to slip into the weary world of dreams as I suddenly hear the sound of heavy paws upon the soil. Beside me, Ripper and Blue shoot up, scaring Kate and her friends up too. I lift my head, body tense with anger and anxiety.

Whoever dares tread here?

But soon, out of the forest's darkness aorund us come something big and white. Something with red eyes. When I look closer, I see that it's similar to Ripper. Speaking of the raptors, Blue seems to recognize this creature and growls loudly immediately.

"You!" He snarls as the creature comes close enough to talk to. The dinosaur smirk and chuckles darkly "it is I. How convenient we meet again, Blue." The red eyes of the beast cross over to me and then to the wolves that I have now shielded.

"Ah, you look as good as always, Dazyn," it purrs, and I growl back, but that doesn't scare the beast; it only makes him smirk even more. "So, I do not mean harm to you, my little flier," he crooned and stepped closer but stopped short when Ripper let out an angry growl, clearly not liking how the beast spoke to me.

"You stay away from her!" He hissed and snapped his jaws to show that he meant what he said. The beast snorts and looks down his snout at the black hybrid "you think I'm scared of you, Ripper? I thought I told you and Blue to stay away from my Dazyn. You raptors are supposed to be smart."

That's it! He will not get away with walking in here and insulting my friends!

I let out a deep warning growl and charged at the beast slamming him head-first into the ground — Kate and her friends Yelp at the sudden sound and the tremor that followed.

So do Ripper and Blue, but it takes them little time to follow my example. They jump on the white beast. Blue landing on his hips, digging his killer claws into the rugged hide, and Ripper lands on the user's chest beside me. I have my paw pressed against the beast's throat and sneer. I'm his fave "you will not get away! First, you walk in this kingdom like it's yours, then insult my friends. You're either stupid or want to be killed."

For a moment, it seems now that we all have pressed him down, the beats seem scared. The evil glint soon returns to his eyes, and he growls out, "this will be my kingdom soom. And you will be the queen. Isn't that better than to slave away and listen to your king and queens every comándanos?-" I stopped his maw from spilling any more words with a press at his pulse,

"Silent! You've already disturbed enough. Get out before I kill you," I sneer the words heavy with remorse and anger.

Once the beast looks into my eyes, I can't see anything else than lust and anger. But despite the fire burning in his eyes, he soon gives up and falls limp. "Do... with me ... as you please then," he raso out, and I growled at him before my tail twitched, and Blue and Ripper jumped off the beast, and I let my talon go down on the earth again.

The beast files as he stands, whimpering a bit under my stern gaze, but before long, he has turned his tail and ran away into the darkness of the doest.

I sigh, my shoulders and wings drooping. Suddenly I'm tackled by something soft and fluffy, and I laugh, surprised as the wolves smarts to cuddle and lick me.

Ripper and Blue watch, amused and surprised but do not do anything to stop the happy pups. They look at each other, smiling.

Once more, is this realm free of threats.

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