The Blood of The Dragon

Intro

A long time ago, in a land far different from the one you know lived a strange, mysterious, and mystical world, where creatures of all kinds roamed the earth but among all those creatures that walked the earth one stood apart from all the rest and they were the dragon warriors.

Dragon warriors were beings that looked human but possessed the powers of the mystical and powerful dragon. 

In all the land, among all the creatures that roamed both land, air, and sea there was nothing quite like a dragon warrior. 

Five kinds of dragon warriors existed in the world back then, the fire dragon warriors who could command and control flames hot enough to melt solid steel, the earth dragon warriors who possessed the strength and raw power of the unmovable earth itself, the water dragon warriors who could command and control water including the seas, rivers and oceans, the air dragon warriors who could command the full fury of the wind, and finally the most powerful of all dragon warriors, the golden dragon warrior. 

Unlike the other dragon warriors only one golden dragon warrior existed within a generation and the power of a golden dragon warrior could not be rivaled by any other dragon warrior as the golden dragon had the power to command and control all the four elements, fire, water, earth and air but the golden dragon also possessed the golden energy, a form of power greater than every other power that existed in the land. 

The golden dragon warrior was said to be a warrior of peace and for many years maintain peace and prosperity in all lands but all that changed when the Dark Dragon Lord arrived.

No one knew who he was or where he came from; all they knew about him was the terrifying power he possessed. 

 A dragon warrior unlike any other before him, the Dark Dragon Lord was the title given to him not just because of the immense power he possessed but the fear he inspired within the heart of everyone he came across. 

Not only could he control all four elements like the golden dragon warrior but he also possessed dark energy, a form of power that could only corrupt and destroy. 

The golden dragon warrior was the only one who could match the power of Dark Dragon Lord as the Dark Dragon Lord’s immense power was enough to overwhelm and destroy any other dragon warrior that dared to face him.

The Dark Dragon Lord led an army of dragon warriors who called themselves the dark dragon warriors, and with his army, he roamed the land conquering nation after nation even the golden dragon warrior was enough to stop him and his of army dark dragon warriors.

It took the combined effort of four dragon warriors, one of fire, one of earth, one of air, and one of water alongside the golden dragon warrior to stop the Dark Dragon Lord and his army of dark dragon warriors from conquering all the nations of the world but their victory did not come without a great loss.  

The golden dragon warrior, Ibierana, had lost her life during the final battle against the Dark Dragon Lord and since it was believed that she didn’t have a child to pass on the power of the golden dragon it seemed as though the era of the golden dragon would end with her and there would not any of golden dragon warrior after her.She gave her life for peace and to free the world from the Dark Dragon Lord’s control.

The four dragon warriors who fought by her side made sure her sacrifice was not in vain and fought to keep and maintain the peace the golden dragon warrior gave her life for.

But the battle was not over, even with the Dark Dragon Lord defeated, lurking in the shadows, hiding, and waiting for the perfect time to strike was a great evil that was preparing to finish the work the Dark Dragon Lord started. 

Chapter 1

An air dragon warrior rode his white-scaled air dragon through the night sky, making his way to a small village.

He landed his dragon near a house in the village.

The air dragon then got off his dragon and the very moment he did so the dragon disappeared.

The air dragon warrior, who was severely wounded with blood dripping out of his body carrying something on his arms went to the house and then knocked at the door.

A few moments later the door opened up and a woman step out of the door.

“Victor,” said the woman, shocked to see the air dragon warrior so badly wounded.

The air dragon warrior could barely walk because of how serious his wounds were.

He attempted to take a step closer to the woman but stumbled and almost fell to the ground but the woman managed to catch him before he could.

“What happened to you?” asked the woman.

“Don’t worry about me, I came here because of him” said the air dragon warrior before he opened up his arms, revealing the young unconscious boy he had been carrying.

The woman upon seeing the boy he was carrying helped the air dragon warrior into her home.

The man spent the night, along with the unconscious boy in the woman's house.

The next day the air dragon warrior left the house and prepared to leave, fully healed of all his many wounds.

He stood in front of house and about to summon his air dragon to leave but was stopped when he heard the door of the house open.

“Leaving so soon, you didn’t even have the decency to say goodbye,” said the woman that welcomed him into her home the night before.

The air dragon warrior just sighed before turning to woman and saying, “I have to go”.

“And what about the boy that is currently sleeping like a rock in my house,” asked the woman.

The air dragon warrior sighed once more before saying, “he’s safer with you than with me”.

“He’s safer with me but I am I safe with him,” said the woman worrying about her safety while having to stay with the boy.

“Yes, after all, you made sure of that last night,” said the air dragon warrior.

The woman then sighed, remembering what she did to the boy the night before while he was still unconscious.

“I still don’t think what we did was the right thing, he’s just a child,” said the woman feeling terrible for what she did to the boy night before.

The air dragon warrior just sighed, upon seeing the look of sadness on the woman’s face as she pondered on whether or not what they did to the boy the previous night was the right thing, went to her and said, “What we did was the right thing Abari, not just for us but for the boy as well. We freed him from a burden no child like him should carry”.

“I understand but he will have many questions when he wakes, questions I will have no answers to,” said the woman.

“He is a child, just give him an answer he would have to believe, it doesn’t necessarily have to be true,” said the air dragon warrior.

“Do you expect me to lie to a child?” asked the woman, shocked that the air dragon warrior would suggest that she lied to the boy when he woke up.

“Given the delicate situation we're in, yes I do expect you to lie,” said the air dragon with a serious look on his face.

“I don’t know if I can,” said the woman with her face bowed down as she wondered how unearth she could lie to a child.

“You have to, if not for my sake then, do it for Ibierana, my sister who made that ultimate sacrifice to stop the Dark Dragon Lord and his army of dark dragon warriors all those years ago,” said the air dragon warrior.

The woman sighed upon hearing the air dragon warrior mention the golden dragon warrior and her sacrifice.

“What you’re telling me to do isn’t easy,” said the woman.

“Nothing ever is,” said the air dragon warrior before he summoned his air dragon.

“I have to go, keep the boy safe and no one should know about who he is or the power that lies within him, not even him. Understood” said the air dragon warrior with a strict, firm, and serious look on his face.

The woman sighed, not enjoying the idea of having to lie to child before saying softly, “Understood”.

The air dragon warrior then nodded his head at the woman before getting on the back of the air dragon and riding away.

Once the air dragon warrior was gone the woman heard the screams of a child from within her house.

She then rushed inside the house and went to the room where she had placed the boy the air dragon brought with him the night before to rest.

Once there she saw that the boy was awake, lying on the bed, shaking out of fear and horror.

The boy then looked at me, still shaking with fear and horror in his eyes, and then asked, “Who are you?”

The woman took a deep breath, summoning all the strength she could muster and then went to the boy.

“My name is Abari, what’s yours” asked Abari.

“Da…vid, David” said the boy, stammering almost as though he was struggling to remember his own name.

“Where I’m I” said David as he looked around the unfamiliar room.

“You’re in my home, in the village of Dugrunal” said Abari.

“How did I get here?” asked David.

Abari, upon hearing the question David had asked, Abari became nervous as it was at that very moment which she had to do something she didn’t wish to do, she had to lie to David.

“I found you in a forest outside the village, you were badly hurt and had lost consciousness when I found you and so I brought you here” said Abari.

“Thank you” said David with a weak smiling, feeling a sense of gratitude towards Abari for finding him and bringing him to her home.

“Why were you screaming?” asked Abari.

“I had a nightmare” said David.

“What was it about?” asked Abari.

David remained silent, not wanting to tell Abari the horrible dream he had.

Abari sighed upon seeing that David didn’t want to tell him his dream before seeing on the bed next to him.

“I get it, nightmares are scary. Remember when I was little I use to dream about this a scary monster who would chase me in my dreams. It was completely terrifying” said Abari jokingly.

“My dream is a bit similar to yours except for one small difference” said David.

“And what is that” asked Abari.

“In my dream, I’m the monster and I’m the one who chase people in my dreams, and do you know what I do when I find them?" asked David.

Abari who was a bit frighten by what David said about his dream but couldn’t stop herself from asking, “What do you do to them?”

“I killed them, all of them” said David with serious but yet sad look on his face.

Abari upon hearing David say he killed the people in his dream became even more frighten, fearing what David might be capable of but tried her best not to show it.

“How did you kill them in your dreams?” asked Abari.

“Sometimes I burn them with fire, sometimes I drown them alive, sometimes I crush them with rocks and stones, sometimes I suck the air out of their lungs and suffocate them and most times I release the strange and destructive power out my body that complete destroys them, without a trace of them remaining” said David as he remembered all the horrible ways he killed people in his dream and upon hearing what David said Abari realized that there was only one dragon warrior who could everything David just mentioned and that was the Dark Dragon Lord himself.She then looked at him, this time unable to hide her fear, looking at him although he was the Dark Dragon Lord, with a look of pure fear and horror, even thought death itself did not fill Abari with as much fear as she felt after hearing everything David just said. 

David then looked at Abari and saw the fear in her eyes, fear for him and upon seeing that fear small droplets of tear began to fall down from his.

Abari, upon seeing David crying, went to console him, forgetting about her fear and remembering that David was still a child before going to him, embracing him in a warm hug and then wiping away his tears.

“Why are you crying?” asked Abari.

“You looked at me like I was some kind of monster” said David.

Abari looked at David, and saw pain, sadness and fear, fear for himself and that he was indeed a monster, and that fear brought him nothing but pain and sadness.

“You’re not a monster child” said Abari, consoling him more.

“You just had a bad dream” said Abari.

“But it felt more than a dream, like it actually happened” said David.

“Alright tell me, do you possess the power to all four elements” asked Abari.

“Yes, at least I think so” said David, a bit unsure of himself and the power he possessed.

“Then show me,” said Abari.

David then got up and attempted to show Abari his power and ability to control all four elements but as he tried to summon out his power he felt something strange, it felt as though something within him blocking his power.

He tried to his best to summon the power of all four elements; fire, water, earth and air but out of all four the only power he was about summoned was that of air.It felt strange to him as he could feel all the power he possessed within him but yet could not bring out, it felt although something was keep all that within him and preventing him from using it.

“I don’t understand what’s wrong, it seems as though the only power I can summon is the power of the wind” said David shocked and confuse as to why his power refused to come out.

“I understand, it’s because you’re just a wind dragon warrior like me” said Abari as she turned to air and then reformed next to David.

“And can only control one element, the air” said Abari.

“No, that can’t be right. I remember, I was able to do much more than just control air, I could command fire, earth and water, not just the air” said David.

The woman then sighed, unsure as to how she would be able to convince David that he was just an ordinary air dragon warrior.

“Alright even if you did have all that power was it a good thing, you just told how you killed many with the very power you claimed to have in your dream” said Abari.

David upon hearing what Abari said bowed down his head in shame and sadness as he thought about what Abari said, as he did so he remembered the dream he had and how he killed so many people within his dream, the thought of being able to hurt someone to the point of death greatly terrified David and he would himself wanting to believe more than ever that it was indeed just a dream.

“There are only two dragon warriors in existence who could possessed the power of all four elements, one is a kind protector known as the golden dragon warrior, the other was a destructive monster known as the Dark Dragon Lord and you’re neither of them” said Abari.

“Then who I’m I?” asked David.

“That’s simple, you’re David an air dragon” said Abari.

“I think I need some time to think about everything that has happened” said David as his mind was foggy and unclear with him trying desperately to unravel the mess that was his mind.

“I understand; you look like you need some time to yourself” said Abari.

As Abari approached the door, about to leave she stopped and turned before saying, “David, if you don’t have anywhere else to go you’re well come to stay as long as you want”.

“Are you sure, I don’t want to be a burden on you” said David.

“You won’t be and it would be nice having some company around here, plus I can’t have you wondering around aimless, you could get seriously hurt or worse and I can’t have that weighing on my conscience” said Abari.

“Thank you” said David with a smile on his face, grateful to Abari for allowing him to stay in her home.

“Don’t mention it” said Abari with a smile on her face before leaving the room.David was now alone with thoughts, thinking about his powers and trying to make sense of all his scattered and unclear memories.

He then began to wonder if the dream he had was just a dream and the powers he believed he had only existed within that dream and if in reality he was truly just an ordinary air dragon warrior.

David hoped with all his heart that it was indeed just a dream because if it was it meant that he wasn’t a murder and those people he killed within his dream had not really died.

While David continued to try and make sense of scattered mind Abari spied on him through a small hole on the door.She was relieved to see doubt on David’s face about himself and the power he possessed as it meant that he was slowly being convinced that he was indeed an ordinary air dragon warrior but in reality he was something far greater than an air dragon warrior as he possessed powers similar to that of the Dark Dragon Lord and the golden dragon warrior but she did not why or what it meant.

The Dark Dragon Lord was a being feared by all and near plunged the world in to chaos while the Golden Dragon Warrior was a warrior of peace, one who used her power to protect and defend the entire world before ultimately losing her life to put an end to the Dark Dragon Lord’s reign over their world.

The Dark Dragon Lord and Golden Dragon Warrior were opposite, while the power of the Golden Dragon Warrior was pure and used solely to protect the world, the Dark Dragon Lord’s was corrupted and was only used to destroy, so it greatly baffled Abari as to how a child like David could exist, one who not only had the dark and corrupted powers of the Dark Dragon Lord but also the pure and protective power of the Golden Dragon Warrior as those two powers were too opposite should have never been able to exist together but yet they did and within a child that looks to innocent to ever suspect that lying within were the powers of two of the most powerful dragon warriors to ever exist.

Abari decided not to think too much about the matter as it didn’t really matter at that moment as David would never be able to access the powers as she had, per the air dragon warrior’s instructions, made sure to put a strong seal on David, preventing him from ever being able to use those powers, of course one of the consequences of  placing such a strong seal on a young child like David that it would make him losing his memory due to the strain and the seal puts on both the mind and body but it away it was for the best as it would make it easier for him to be convinced of whatever lie and explanation she gave him about himself and who he was.

She could only hope and pray that with time David would be fully convinced that he was an air dragon warrior and never discover the tremendous power sealed within him.

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