Riders Tale of Titans

VII

"The dragons are out of hiding, huh?" Dagur asked and he took another bite of his chicken. I had a chicken leg of my own in front of me, but I wasn't hungry, I offered it to Dawn but she rejected it. "You not gonna eat?"

I shook my head, "Its just a lot of stuff to take in right now," I told him.

Heather grabbed my hand, and our eyes met. "Trust me Alia, we all know whats going on. We've been through things like this before, maybe not this bad, but still."

"Yes, I was once the queen of an island of my own," Malla told me, "and I left that island to be with my true love."

"You still are a queen, Malla," Dagur said.

"The point is your not alone in this," Heather said, "and neither are you." She looked at Dawn and held out her hand, the dragon accepted it then laid back down and faced the opposite way.

"I wonder if Sleuther remembers me," Dagur whispered.

"Windshear and I will finally get to fly together again," Heather followed.

There was a moment of silence between us, and Dagur grabbed his axe. "So what will we do with the kids when we go to get them back?" Dagur asked, he pointed at their sleeping figures on a blanket. "We cant just leave them back here."

"How do we know if they're still alive?" I whispered.

They have to be, Dawn told me, at least my father is. He's using him as bait to get me, and its working. We have to go back-

Suddenly Dawn made a hissing sound, and her body began to glow blue again. She stood up and she faced me, fear in her eyes. They narrowed from slits, to square pupils over and over again. A strange humming sound entered my ears, and she began rubbing her head on the ground. She roared, and the little ones woke up and started crying out of terror.

"Dawn whats going on?" I asked, but she didn't answer. All I could hear was her pain.

"What is she doing?" Dagur asked

"I dont know," I said, "she's-she's never done this before, we've only been together for about a day and I've never seen anything like this.

"We have to calm her down!" Heather yelled, and jumped forward, aiming for Dawn's head. The dragon sensed her coming and Heather was wacked to the side by her tail.

"Sister!" Dagur shouted, and him and Malla both went after Dawn but she jumped out of the way. I stepped towards my new friend and held out my hand, and we met eyes.

I watched as they did what they had before, "Dawn whats going on?" I asked her.

I-dont-know, she told me, I'm scared.

"Get Zephyr and Nuffink out of here!" I yelled at Dagur and Malla, "Heather?"
She laid on the floor holding her side, "My hip."

"Get her out of here too," I told them, and they nodded. Once they were gone, I reached my hand out, and Dawn calmed down enough to let me touch her. Her eyes were back to normal, and she licked my face. "There you are." I whispered, and she sat on the ground.

Is everyone okay? She asked me, I hit the girl pretty hard.

"She'll be fine," I assured her, "but, what was that?"

She walked towards a cliff and stared out over the ocean. She stared in the direction the ship went,

Something happened to my father, she told me, either he just passed his ruling to me...or he-