Pov Dragons of Light (Son of Rhaegal):
I opened my eyes with tears marking my face once more, in the end, I spent the last 2 days near that calm river, for the first ti in thousands of years I could have gone wherever I wanted, but I spent that ti standing in the sa place.
"What is wrong with ? Why do I keep having these dreams? Why do I keep standing in this sa spot?" (I)
Suddenly not having anyone else to think about because they were all dead just made think more and more about myself, the things I did in the past, the things I didn't do, the things I should have done, and the things I couldn't to do.
On more than one occasion I wondered if I should have followed the rest of my family instead of trying to stop them uselessly as I did, but I could never bring myself to make a decision like that.
Sotis I think if I had tried to stop my father by going to the Dragon Emperor back then, if I had done that instead of trying to solve everything myself, I wouldn't have been sealed in that crystal and the tragedy might not have happened.
Maybe if I had tried to convince my dad not to do it differently, he wouldn't have gone down that path.
There are so many things I would like to change, but there is no such thing, the past is written in stone, I know it's a waste of ti to think about these things, but my mind keeps being drawn back to that ti.
"It must be the dreams, it can only be the fault of that..." (I)
For the past 2 days, I've been having dreams, maybe I should call them past mories, bits I don't think about often.
So of these mories were precious things to , so I didn't care about, and so I was surprised I could rember, but for the last few days they keep popping up in my sleep.
I feel sad every ti I wake up from these dreams, but at the sa ti, my emotions feel calr.
"I haven't thought about these things in so long..." (I)
For the last thousands of years I haven't thought about any of those mories, my mind was always focused on the sa thing, that event that ruined my life.
One of the things I rembered was when I was still young, decades before I was able to take a humanoid form, I rember asking my father which path of strength I should follow.
"I still rember his serious face when he answered like it was the most obvious thing in the world." (I)
"(What are you talking about, you've already chosen, just think the reason you put so much effort into your training and you'll know your answer.)" (Father)
"He didn't want to let it show, but his eyes were full of pride, all my brothers were inspired by him and so they followed similar paths to our father, only I chose sothing different." (I)
At the ti I wasn't able to understand my father's words, I just brushed that conversation aside as if it wasn't important, but a few decades later when one of my brothers was attacked and injured that's when the answer ca to .
My uma was stronger than , he killed an enemy and was seriously injured to the point of losing consciousness, we were in an area full of Monsters and far from family people, I didn't even think about that mont, my body moved around on my own as I fought day and night to protect my brother, the flesh and blood of a true Dragon too attractive for those Monsters to resist temptation.
In the end, I was much more seriously injured than my brother and even though I kept fighting, I wasn't even sure if I was really conscious at the ti or acting on pure instinct.
When my brother woke up he had recovered enough to use a spell to call for help, I don't even rember until today how we got ho, just my father's smile when I woke up, he said a few words to before leaving, I I didn't understand right away and when I did I couldn't help but stare at my claws with new awareness.
"(Now you have your answer.)" (Father)
It took a while to rember the conversation that I thought was unimportant years ago, but when I rembered it was as if the pieces had fallen into place, since the beginning of my training when I was young, the only objective has always been to protect my family.
This realization made realize the path of strength I sought was not to be a shield to protect those behind , but rather a sword to cut through anything that endangered those close to .
"But now there's no one left to protect..." (I)
"You idiot, you still have to protect yourself." (Natasha)
Suddenly I received a blow from above that made my Dragon's head hit the ground leaving a crater on the riverbank, after the impact I tried to raise my head, but I couldn't, it was immobile in place as if sothing very heavy was on top, but it was actually the pressure of an Aura that he didn't expect to feel again.
"I didn't want to have to co all this way, you're not a kid anymore that I can beat into the right path, for good or ill." (Natasha)
"Miss Natasha..." (I)
"Ma'am it's you if you call that again!" (Natasha)
She walks on top of my head until she has one foot on top of my muzzle looking down at full of murderous intent.
"My Little Brother was kind enough to point out his mistakes bluntly and he even had to be called out by one of your father's victims!" (Natasha)
"Even after all that how long are you going to mope pathetically!?" (Natasha)
"I... I know I should move on, but no..." (I)
"Stop crying, you're at a trendous advantage here you idiot, many who have had life experiences similar to yours have died without ever having the opportunity to get up again, so don't mourn." (Natasha)
"If you die there will be no one to rember them fondly, honor the happy mories that remain and build sothing for yourself." (Natasha)
"..." (I)
Mistress Natasha was soone who stopped by our mountain ho to fight my father just for fun, as compensation she trained so of the younger Dragons, her training was more of a torture section where we were driven to the brink of death.
I should have known she would be around, I already knew the boy was the son of the Blood Goddess, which makes him Mistress Natasha's brother, I should have thought she would be around.
Her final words were the only ones that really got to , for the first ti since I ca out of that crystal a deep dread rose in my heart.
"(In everyone's mind my father and those of the tribe beside him are unwanted scum, their nas rembered only with contempt by all.)" ()
"(Really I must be the only one who still feels sothing for them other than hatred, anger, disgust, and contempt.)" (I)
"(If it's not , then even those mories will also... fade...)" ()
Those simple words made realize that there are more things worth protecting like mories and ideals.
"Just make sure you won't regret it, I don't care if you accept or deny my brother's help, just do sothing with a little will, you idiot." (Natasha)
Just as she ca out of nowhere, she left out of nowhere, it seems that even after thousands of years Mrs. Natasha remains the sa as ever.
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Pov Zenos:
I woke up naked in the garden, not sure how that happened but luckily so Fairies nearby brought so items of clothing for and the two behind .
After getting up I had to carry Diana and Ibuki to their rooms, after that I went to the city where I find a food stall where my sister was eating.
"I want 2 more of these...." (Natasha)
"10 more than she's been eating." (I)
I talked to Natasha about a few things, I was surprised that she spends several minutes complaining about the Dragon of Light, she finds it unacceptable for soone to wish for death, in her mind life is full of innurable possibilities as long as one has the will strong enough not to there is nothing you cannot achieve.
After dropping my sister off at the nearest bar, I headed to the Common Temple to find Karina.
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That night I was sitting at one of the windows of the Communal Temple while I finished talking with Karina, I was taking the opportunity to enjoy the people on the street walking excitedly back and forth.
"Want to do it today?" (Karina)
"No, I'll do it tomorrow, but first I have to take care of the Dragon of Light." (I)
"Are you really going to abandon him depending on the answer he gives?" (Karina)
"Yes, this Dungeon is not a charity, I won't accept soone unwillingly so easily." (I)
"But it would be a sha, I already chose a new na for him." (I)
"Talking about him, a Dragon of Light has been appearing in my dream for the past few days along with a Dragon that seems to be made of stars, you know sothing about that." (Karina)
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