just as the wolf was about to speack the voice wisperd again go to the east... there you will finde a falcon white as snow.... then go to the west and finde the forest wolf with the pelt of brown... as the voice died away you thought of forest wolves.... "dragon" the wolf began "you know of forest wolves right?" the dragon gave the wolf a blank star." ok they are like elves in the wolf world.. thay are ushaly off white green with green markingd... thay are very beutiful.." the wolf stoped to think... then continued as she looked around "i think we are far enough south to finde Fell... so dragon can you do me a favour and use your power to finde him?" said the blaqck shewolf

"hhhhmmm" said the dragon. "i need a seeing pool to find a flesh and blood. do not worry i know of one that be close by." said the dragon, with a look at the wolf whos face had jest fallen. "if you will follow me." and the dragon took to the skys. flying high above the trees tops, the dragon with the wolf close behind flyed eastward. finaly the dragon felt the pool nearby and looked down. 'there you are.' thought the dragon with a smile. Alfabrena started an easy spiral downword toward a green clearing. as soon as she landed the wolfs eyes widened at the sight of the pool that stood at the center of the clearing. "take a good look wolf," growled the dragon, "what you see before you is something that has never been seen by another living creature but the dreamspeaker dragons. The All Seeing Pool." the pool was a glorious sight. the pool was feed by an unusual shaped spout that looked like the head of a dragon. the bowl was made of the finest amathyst and was the clearest of blue. the dragon snaked her head down to the center of the pool and breathed, she then threw back her head and out came the purest of notes. "i call apon fell, son of inomay-queen." the pools surface, once as smooth as glass, rippled out word from where the dragon had breathed and out from the chrystal deepths of the pool rose a picture.

as the dragon spoke the wolf felt a serg of power the almost frightened her. but then something happened.... she know her dark secret would soon try to show its ugly head.. she she sat there and fought it silently... when the picture arose in the pool it was indeed of her son... he looked almost like a forest wolf with the long tail and fethery fur on his lesg clouse to his elbows. he was a chaecole black and his eyes as yellow as sunfowers. wih the burning light of the sun within them. in the image he lifted his head and let out a howl.. by the look in his eyes he was, as you are, a keirl.. the thought of your son being a keirl made you sad... then ur evil secret tried to take controwl of you again but u sopreded it.. the dragon senced something was wrong but she was not going to say anything just yet.

the dragon glanced at the wolf, then bent her head over the pool once again and spoke in the ancient language of her people. the wind picked up and a shimmer of golden light appered arond her. Alfabrena usaly didnt speak in the ancient language for it took a long time for one to say anything. "show me" she whispered to the pool. the scene changed. the image was now flying over the tops of the trees, toward the north, all the way to the edge of the forest. the scene dropped and landed once again upon the black wolf. the dragon straightned up and looked down at the she-wolf. "your son gets around inomay-queen" said the dragon grimly. he be at the northern edge of the forest. it will take as at least two days to get to him, even by air. and thats if we travel quickly and without any delays."

as the dragon finished the wolf looked worried and spoke as she looked up and know the moon would be out soon "dragon i need to ask a favour of you.. can we start our jerny in tomarrow? for i need to ba alone this night and pleas dont fallow me...." with that the she wolf wonderd into the forest... the dragon whated a bit befor she trans formed into araven and fallowed the wolf for she know something was not right with the she wolf.. when she cameacrose the she wolf she was shocked by the sight. the she wolf was rithing as if she was in pain, her eyes glowing red and her fangs turning silver and growing longer. she turned bure black with read markings. there was a marking on her forhead.. the dragon focused on and her suspitions where confermed.. there was a symbol. it looked like a dimened with 3 teardrops swarling around it all in crimson red... then the wolf let out a demonic howl.. it should the dragon to the very bone for she know who and what this was.. inomay was sharing a bony with a demon... the evil wolf demon named jaxomendoth meaning killer and eath bringer...

the dragon in her raven form ruffled her feathers and let out a hiss that would never have normaly come out of a raven. the dragon let out a caw and took flight. she liked flying in bird form with the wind racing threw the feathers covering her body. she was less noticable in this form but soon she would have to stop taking the form of a raven for it could get her into trouble. she had to get to her cave, she had to get to the mirror of Arget. she had to speak with her mother.

You cant resist me for ever. your too week. can you feel it the blood lust shut up cryed inomay as the demon talked to her in her head oh come on its been a whily sence i made you kill... smell that?! i smell a village clowe by! and with than inomay could do nothing. the demon toulk over her body and ran twards the village. as the wolf ran it somened sand and fire as its wepons of choice. when it got the the vilage it killed than all. crushing some in a cocoon of sand ans burning some to death and useing the sad as a shield.. ripping the vilagers apart with her teeth and claws till no ome moved.... the beast gorjed itself on the blood. hen it loet out a demonic howl as the full moon shown through the clowds.... then it dissapeared to kill more....

"i call apon dreamer. seer of old, knower of all. come and speak to the daughter you left behind." Alfabrena stood infront of a beautiful mirror made of silver. as always the mirror was quiet. for all she knew her mother was dead. the dragon closed her eyes in pain then emediatly re-opened her eyes. the demon was using the she wolf to kill. she could sense it, feel it, see it. "dear wolf" whispered the dragon, "how did you possibaly think you could keep this bit of information from me?" a fash of green scales. "ceca?" whispered Alfabrena, leaning hungrily toward the mirror. no answer, as usual. no sign from her family, her friends, her people. no knowledge of whether any of them were alive. 'i am alone' thought Alfabrena, tears slidding down her beautiful saphire scales. 'they have deserted me.'

the she wolf was beating herself agenst a tree trying to fight the demonic thing that was talkeing over. she was cut up and pleading.. the demon was useing up its power and energy trying to mend the wonds so the she wolf would not bleed to death.. as this continued the demon was to week to take over the she wolf anylonger for he had used up his engergy trying to stop the wolf from dieing.. as the she wolf regained controwl of her body she saw a fante light on the hoizon then clowsed her eyes...

golden rays reached into the cave. they caresed the sleeping dragon, enticing her to awaken and great the new day. Alfabrena opened her eyes, and blinked. she had learned from her deda (dragon word for father) long ago to sleep facing the back of the cave so as not to hurt the eyes when they were first reopened. the dragon lifted her head lazily and streatch her long neck. she unfurled her wings and stood, streatching her legs. she faced the entrance to her lair and gasped at what she saw. a red sun was rising, spreading its red river of light over the trees. "blood has been spilled this night" the dragon whispered. Alfabrena sighed and lowered her head. "oohhhh, wolf. how meny lives did your otherself take, and what has it cost you?" the dragon went to the back of her cave and opened a door that was invisable to all but herself. past it was a great basin with engrazings in the dragons toung around it. rubies, dimonds, jades, saphires and meny other presious stones were aranged around the basin as well, entwined with the words. this was a great gift from the first king of the dragons to a seer long gone. Alfabrena snaked her neck around the edge of the basin then positioned her head right over the center of the saphire water. the waters color changed with each new seer, matching the color of the dragons scales perfectly. Alfabrena breathed apon the water, threw back her head and sang a single, rining note. "show me inomay. queen of her kind." from the swirling depths of the baisin came the image of the sleeping she wolf. "you have had a rough night, inomay-queen. i shall give you a dreamless sleep so you may recover and we may begin our long journy." the dragon closed her eyes, opened her mind, and engulfed the wolf in a protective, calming lavender light, "sleep." whispered the dragon. she reopened her eyes, left the room, the door closing, and went to the entrance of her cave to great the newly risen sun.

inomay did not dream that night and for that she was grateful. when she awoke she herd a voice in her head. how dare you stope me! it cryed inomay just ignored the demon and got up.. most of the wonds where healed... all but the small one that hurt like hell... he is punishing me by not healing the small painful ones she tought.. then she walked over to a patch of marigold and chewed it up. she then rubed it on her cuts to stop an infection. then she wonderd back to the dragon's cave

from inside the cave the dragon called to the aprotching wolf, "the sun has fully risen. its about time we started." the dragon heard the wolf land behind her and turned to see a surprised look covering the wolfs face and chuckled. "one i could hear and feel your wings, and two i could smell the marigold you had applied to your wounds. you can thank me for the dreamless sleep if you wish, but it is high time we got going to find your son. i suppose he could be anywhere by now, but im pretty sure he stayed toward the high north."

the wolf noded and they toulck to the skies.... soon inomay cought a familyar sent.... the she wolf swerved downward. unlike the dragon she didnot need to circle befor she landed.. the two started to track fell by foot. pasing streams and medows.. altheway into the moutains... anfter a full days sertch the wolf and dragon bedded dowm for the night... the dragon layed under the stars for the dragon found a clearing to bed down.. the wolf jumped ut to the middle braches in a neer by tree and slep there for the night. the next day the sertched.. then as they came to a stop to rest inomay looked around... it was a spot in the mountains where there was a rock cut out.. full of trees.. tthen as inomay was about to sugest moveing on then inomay heard a sound. she spun around to see a huge black wolf staring at her with almost an emotienless look on his face but the look of anger and recanition in his eyes.. as the dragon came pu behinde inomay the black dragga snareled.. "FELL! how long have you been a keirl? i thought i thought you better than to growl at your mother?" inomay snaped with a look of humor in her eyes.. then fell instantly stop snareling and gloped his mother likking her face. then he rememberd the dragon and stoped and looked at the dragon then to his mother.

"i bib you greatings fell, son of inomay," said the dragon, "i be Alfabrena seer and dreamspeaker of the dragons. we have been searching for you for nighon two days."

the dragga look confused but spoke in a suprisonly masculen voice " well if your frends of my mother then your a freind of mine" then he turned to his mother and saw the marks from the night the demoned toulk her over and he know how they got there but he did not say anything.

"well there is quite a bit of sun left," began the dragon, noticing where fells eyes had wondered to, "we mine as well keep moving. do you happen to know where this white falcon might be inomay-queen?" the dragon gave the she wolf a curious look.

inomay thought for a second then said " no... mebbe... i'm not shour...." then fell shimed in "i seen this falcon" he said with little emotion " she lives in the tallest tree in the forest.."then se saw the look on the dragons face and seai "the tree is dancer than any tree and taller than you, dragon. and if she is not thare then we should look for keiry... the falcon smells of her at times. also the falcon is a wise bird but may be acompanied by other wolves depends on herm mood and/or where she is" fell finished and looked at the dragon.

"ive heard of this tree" said the dragon. "it be in the center of the forest beside the great rock of Garjzla." the dragon looked up at the sky. "the sun will be down soon. we mine as well bed down tonight and get an early start in the morning." Alfabrena curled under the stars, said to be the eyes of long dead dragons looking down, protecting their bloodlines.

inomay sighed as she looked up a the moon.. it was a new moon.... and in a cuple of weeks it will be full again.... she hoped the dragon did not know about her demon.... she turned to see her hansom son curled up sleeping 'i remember when he was just a little pup' she thought. she walked over to a tree and hoped up onto a branch and layed down to sleep.

the suns rays reached weakly through the tree canopy, lightly caresing the dragons scales. Alfabrena blinked open her sapphire eyes. of the three she was apparently the only awake. the mark on her forehead warmed under the suns touch. a curling skarlet flame mark stood out strikanly on her blue-violet scales. it was the symbol of the first dragon. it marked Alfabrena as being a desendent from the great gold and skarlet king.the name of the first dragon had been lost in time even from the dragons. Alfabrena stood and streatched, then flew to a foot hill not far away from the sleeping wolves to great the newly risen sun.

as inomay dreamed she started to yip and yelp. she was dreaming of the day when her demon got "away" from her week controwl over it. she woke with a scream of fright wakeing fell and alerting the dragon. alfabrena know there was something bothering the she wolf. she tryed scanning her toughts and failed. fell got up and streched and yawned loudly. then he lazaly walked over to a poddle to dring. then wonderd off to hunt.

the dragon looked once more at the black she-wolf then took flight. the sky was clear and still. perfect flying weather. but she didnt yet know if the male could fly. she could find out herself but she liked to give others their privacy so she decided mother and son would tell her soon enough, once they started to trust her. 'they will have to re-learn trust' Alfabrena thought grimly 'and they will have to learn it quickly.' the dragon returned to the wolves who were gulping down the rabits fell had caught. suddenly the mark upon her forehead burned. Alfabrena winced, her eyes closing. *a beautiful white she-wolf sniffing the ground and air. behind her hundreds of black shadows. the she-wolf growled, looked back tward the shadows, and howled. a hunting howl.* the dragon gasped and her eyes flew open. "hurry" the dragon whispered anxiously to the wolves. "she has caught the scent of the rabbit. she is coming with an army of deafkins.we must leave and quickly. we will never suvive an attack from that many deafkins. hurry." the dragon took flight and circled above the clearing, waiting for the woves. 'what just happened' Alfabrena thought 'i have never before seen a vison without the aid of a pool.'

with that inomay transformed into her werewolf winged form grabed her son and toulk flight. as inomay, holding fell, cought up to the tarifyed dragon. soon as they where a safe distance away inomay set fell down. and just as alfabrena landed inomays head burned. she started to rith on the ground. the dragon ran over to her. she desided it was time to confrunt this demon head on. she tuched mindes with the she wolf and the demon. then everything whent black... the dragon was in a very dark place and yet there was light. as she gathered her thoughts she saw huge red eyes. then a huge black wolf with crimson markings, resembaling fire. the dragga was about the size of the dragon. as the dragon looked into his eyes she saw blood lust. then he spoke in a demonic voice "how the hell did you get in here? all well i gess i can kill you now!" he said as he redied himself to spring at the dragon.

"garjzla!" the dragon barked. a blinding silver-white light shot from the dragon filling the dark space. the demon wolf shriked as its fur began to sizzel and smoke." i be alfabrena akakiba. seer, dreamspeaker,and last dragon in this country. you shall not kill me and you shall NEVER torment this wolf again!!!" the light burned brighter, stronger with the dragons emotions. the demon shriked louder then ever.

just then the deomn's last atemped was to attack the dragon. and as the two clashed a bright dark purple light flashed. the next thing alfabrena knew she was lieing on the ground where she had fallen. fell looked shaken as he stood looking at the dragon. then the dragon senced that the demon was subduwed but not gone. then inomay became slight le aware. the wolf looked at the dragon. then inomay's eyes shot wade open as she stared at the dragon. the dragon know something was up. she got up and saw that she was no bigger than inomay and that she had paws. she ran to the nearest puddle and saw her reflection and to her suprize she was a wolf. the animal form that had eluded her for the longest time...

the dragon-wolf looked down uppon her reflection. looking back at her was not the great, scaled head she knew, but a small furred head with golden eyes instead of the usual sapphire. she closed her eyes and tried to return to her natural form but her body stayed stubbernly wolf. alfabrena sighed. "this be a bittersweet moment," the dragon-wolf said turning back to the two stunned wolves. inomay cocked her head "and how be that alfabrena?" "i have never been able to turn into a wolf before but now it seems that i cannot get out of this furred skin," said the dragon-wolf looking curiously at her small shadow. she concentrated. graceful, glossy blue-purple wings spread out to either side of her. "but at least i am still able to fly. " 'and that i still have the mark and my coloring' the dragon-wolf added to herself.

inomay was abule to feel akakiba's energy low but he was still there. "what the @#$% is going on!" howled fell in irotation and confution. the dragga was stressed for he was a loner and was not used to dragon. non the less a dragon passing out and his mother freaking out then the dragon turned into a wolf, out of nowhere. "i...i th..think that alfabrena... has a small bit... of my demon melded with her soul now..." inomay stamerd still stressed and tierd from fighting her demon. inomay looked at the dragon who was now a wolf and said "u better finde a way to trans form... i dont like other she-wolves." inomay said coldly.

the dragon-wolf shook her head sadly, "your going to have to get use to it inomay, for im afraid that something is holding me.not alowing me to change into anyother form." the dragon-wolf growled,her golden eyes flashing, "i dont know why and i dont know how, but im going to find out."

For a few moments...Everything grew silent.....and within the silence began a haunting and enchanting melody from the far distance. The sound meditative to the ear, peaceful to the soul, and growing more mystical and powerful by the minute.

"kreeeee-eeeeee-ar"

The ground began to slightly shake. The trees began to move as if there was a light breeze.

"kreeeee-eeeee-ar"

The sound echoed in the distance. It was drawing nearer. Coming closer. And the she-wolf and dragon new it. What it was they were about to find out. But as the sound grew clearer and the closer it came, the less they felt of the demon's presence. The more peace and tranquil they began to feel. Although the presence of the demon was still felt, it was clear that whatever was coming was powerful, safe, and could keep the entrappment feeling of demons at bay.

"KREEEE-EEEE-AR!!!"

Screamed the clear cry of a familar species. And as they turned to look towards the east, a bright overpowering white light shown through the trees...light rays shining brightly through the branches, through the leaves...lighting everything clearer than day. At at that moment, without warning the snowy white falcon flew through the branches of the tree and above the she-wolf and dragon's heads and soared around the encircled area above them. As the ground settled and stopped rumbling, and the light eminating so brightly from the falcon's chest dimmed enough to just see it, itself glowing, it landed in the nearest tree to them. It picked at a few feathers in it's right wing, then slowly looked down upon them both. It's chest still eminating a slight glow.

"Why has thou called upon thee Amaraori...one of 7 guardians of the animal kingdom, Phoenix of light,? Who is thou that summoned me forth? Speak now dear ones."

The voice quite gentle, yet soothing with power, elegance and grace. It's echo filling those who hear it with a sense of such safety, and peace. There wasn't much time. She was a guide, a guardian, but could only keep enemy's at bay for so long at a time. It drained her if she shown to much light at a time when in her physical form as a hawk and not her true spirit form as a Phoenix.

for a moment inomay was stunned. how could they come acrost such luck. then the she wolf spoke up with an domenant presence "i'm inomay, queen on all varg (wolf) and councler to the leira (animals) when i feel like it. i'm shour you know of the phrophocy? for i was told to finde the white falcon...."inomay hesitated and then continued "and my cubs..." then she turned to fell and said in wolf languege "fell we need to finde ur sister.. ur aunt is on the move and she will ether kill her or turn her into a white wol'fbane..... fell?" as inomay finished fell begen to snarel and his hakles whent up. inomay looked around and the falcon and the dragon-wolf looked confused. then alfabrena with her new ability to smell, useing layer senting, started growling to. then fell's growl turned into a playful one once a white she-wolf steped trough the trees. at first alfabrena thought is tas angel. she saw the yong she-wolf's yellow eyes and know it must be keiry.

the dragon-wolf looked up at the white falcon known as Amaraori, "we called upon you spirit healer," she said bowing her head slightly. even though she no longer looked like a dragon she still had the pride of one. "i be Alfabrena, seer, dreamspeaker, and last of the dragons of old." she then turned her attention to the new comer. "you must be keiry. i great you as well daughter of inomay-queen. we were just about to set out and look for you." alfabrena then raised her now furred snout to the air and snorted. 'these wolves smell so diffrent now' she thought 'i can hardly tell what they are' she raised her snout to the air again, closed her eyes, and breathed deeply. her eyes snapped open, her newly formed hackles rose, and growled, even with this new form of smell, she knew that scent. "RUN!" she shouted to the bewilderd others. "they have found us! DEAFKIN!" she turnd on her heal and ran flat out. "follow me!" the dragon-wolf shouted over her shoulder. the odd group of three wolves, a dragon-wolf, and a spirit bird ran (or flew) up a hill. alfabrena stopped and breathed upon the grass in front of her. where the dragon-wolf breathed a great cavern formed. "in side. get inside. all of you. quick!" as soon as they were all in, alfabrena jumped threw the mouth of the cavern. she turned and breathed upon the ground. the cavern was enclosed in darkness as the entrance resealed. "welcome," she called the the others as flame suddenly sprang around the edges of the cavern, "to Archet. the great safe haven of the dragons."

the cavern was enormus. 20 dragons twice the size of alfabrenas true form could have fit quite comfortably in it. around the entire edge golden, red, yellow, and orange flame danced iluminating the stalagmites and stalagtights and columns. on the walls were pictures painted with percise prercision. wolves in various forms, colors, species. birds of pray and song. horses, unicorns, griffins, sphinxs, great cats of all kinds. but the most promanint were the dragons. dragons of various sizes, shapes, strangths, colors, and hues all shoting flames quite as diffrent from the others as the dragons breathing them. all locked in battle with other wolves, horses, unicorns, griffins, and great cats, and all dark. you could tell they were dark by the way they were painted, the way they stood out from the stone walls. "these paintings," said fell at last in a quivering voice, he tore his eyes from the walls and looked at the dragon-wolf who stood beside him, staring sadly at the paintings, "what are they. what story do they tell?" "they tell the story of the first battle," said alfabrena "look up there and tell me what you see." fell looked to where the dragon-wolfs snout pointed. at first he saw nothing but the battle, then everything seemed to be silenced. there, sitting strait and proud up on a cliff top,his tail draped over his front paws, looking out over the goury scene in miled amusment. "yes wolf. that be who you think it be." the dragon-wolf growled. "steelpaw the kin-slayer, the muderer. the one who started it all."

inomay looked at the painting of the silver-gray bulker wolf. his eyes where just as cold in the painting as in real life. the same eyes as inomay, four steelpaw was inomays father who she had thought she had killed. as she stared at the painting she noticed swmething else.... there was a pied srow (a 2 foot tall crow with white markings) flying next to her father. inomay felt gilty as she found herself as a pup in the painting. then she turned to the dragon-wolf and said "what do we have to do. four i dont know the prophocy that well." as she finished she saw the white falcon eyeing her cuhously four the falcon had seen the black she-wolf in tha painting as well.

the dragon-wolf sighed shaking her head, "we do what the pool told us too." alfabrena looked at the black she-wolf, "we must find the wolf and the elve befor we do anything. we'll have to travel during the day, when the deafkins cannot travel. it dosent matter if we're caught by the wolves, we'll be able to fight them, its the deafkins we must worry about. we shall stay here tonight. yes inomay-queen the sun has been down for a while now." she looked over the ragtag group and felt a tug within her. she shook it off."sleep," she told them, "sleep a dreamless sleep through out the night. lose yourself while you can in the unconshasness of the dreamworld for soon you will not even be able to hide from them in your own mind.sleep." and they slept. all of them. except for the dragon who had been turned so unsaramonleslly into the fured form of a wolf.

inomay did dream that night. she dreamed of the forest wolf with the pelt of brown and shockingly blue eyes. in the dream he spoke to her. he did not say his name but as he talked to her she felt like she was falling for him. then she saw the elve. he had blonde hair and green eyes. he had a bow and a sowrd. then inomay woke the the sound of keiry screaming

the she-wolf jumped to her paws to see the dragon-wolf and her son standing over her. 'what is it? whats wrong? why is she screaming?' "she is dreaming" the dragon-wolf said bluntly. "why dont you do something! wake her up!" "i cannot. waking her would be a bad idea." "why?!" the dragon-wolf looked up, slowly looking into inomays eyes. "what she is being shown she must see. i have no controle over it." "then who is sending her these dreams?" asked the she-wolf looking down upon her frightned pup. "ones of old," replied alfabrena, "those long gone. her ancesters. the are sending her a mesage. we must hope to all of the gods and goddesess that they are showing her something of the future. a clue on what to do next.something we will be able to understand."

acuple days pased and keiry said nothing of the dream. every time they asked her sh wold get quiet. kori had flown ahead a cuple days to see if he could finde the where abouts of this forest wolf. as night fell inomay looked at the moon as she felt the deamon stering inside her. as she turned to leave the dragon wolf stoped her. "why do you go, wolf? we all know about it." inomay stoped and stood there befor she replied. "the demon could kill you guys... so.." "so your going to let it kill inocent people insted of the ones who could handal it" the dragon wolf snaped. at that moment red marking started showing up on he she wolf's body and with that she fled. for she had killed someone elce when someone had sed that to her... and she will never see him again.

the dragon-wolf sighed as she watched the she wolf flee. she felt something inside her shift and gasped. a shiver ran the length of her spine. she fell to the ground. *white, pearl, purple, blue, indigo, green, silver,red, and gold flame curled threw the air, screaming, reaching hungerly toward the sky. 'do not fret my child' said the crystal, sweet voice of her mother. the voice was close yet she could not see the one she so despretly needed to see, to feel the wormth of her scales against her. "ceca!ceca!where are you?' "we are safe child. far away, but safe." 'why ceca? why did you all go? why did you all desert me? why?" 'im sorry my aiea (dragon word for daughter)we had to. you must figure this prophacy out on your own. tis your final test to becoming a true seer. all of the seers of old had to do something simaler. now i must go. take care of your self and your companions, exspecialy inomay-queen. good by my dear aiea, and good luck.' "NO!NO!wait! please ceca!" there was no answer. the connection between her and her people had been severed.* alfabrena awoke to unbelieveable pain. she gasped and opened her eyes. her sight. it had changed. she looked down and gasped again. scales! she stood. she was much higher from the ground. she looked into a pool of water beside her. she was a true dragon again. thanks to her people. 'thank you ceca and deda. thank you my friends. thank you so much.'

the black she-wolf had stoped running when she reached a clearing. it was a stormy night.... the sounds of the wild where all around her. then a sertan sound reached her ears... it sounded as if silent screems where being carried on the wind with a "normal" wolf's howl here and there, along with the sounds of owles, bobcats (they sreek like a women screeming in pain), elk and other animals. but it was the silent screem on the wind that sent chills down her spine. it wal like something out of a good horror movie. then she felt akakiba takeing over her. this night she did not fight him.... her own bloodlust was at its peek for she had not tasted human flash for a lonf time...

fell was sitting with is sister. " why is mother takeing us so fare awa from people?" asked kiery. "you know our mother hates humans.." stated fell. " but dident mother used to hunt and run with a pack of humans?" befor keiry could finishe fell snaped "WE WILL not speak of this! you know why she will not... what happened that fatefull night.... when father was killed by mother's demon... and her human pack turn thier baks on her.... and us..." fell finished with a sullen look then continued as he looked at the mist colored she wolf. "we never saw bella again.... i dont know is she IS dead... we never found her body.. but we never found her ether..." as he gazed at his sister realized how much she had grown sence the last time he saw her. " i miss father... after he died mother was never the same... she is colder and not as willing to trust of love... i still remember fathers flame colord eyes, and his blood colored pelt... why was father red all over anyway?" keiry asked with a wistfull look in her eyes. "father was half demon from the Enko clan." as fell finished he herd the dragon call out and saw the "flames" and he along with the she wolf ran to the dragons ade.

as she looked into the pool she felt warmth spread through out her. she was back. she looked up at the two young wolves as they came bounding down the sight slope. they stopped, standing very still, and stared at the dragon in amazment. the dragon grinned, "you might want to cover your ears," she said to the wolves then she threw back her head and roard to the moon and stars. the ground shook with the force of the sound. flame shot from the dragons open mouth and reached for the sky. alfabrena was shoked to see that instead of her usuall purple-blue flame it was gold. the color of the high king. ever since the death of the first king, no dragon born shared the kings color of scales or flame. untill now.

the dragon did not know of the secret pact with the dragon king and the wolf queens. and the two wolves, being the offspring of the curent queen, knew of the power of the grate king dragon. as the wolves gazed apon the gold and scarlet flames they know that a new high king had been born... no... a new high
queen... the wihte falcon nesting in a tree a days fly away saw the flames and know that something big and epic was going to happen.. and she was going to be in the middle of it.

the dragon seers eyes were wide with fear. she choked back the flame whos color she should not accept. it was said among the dragons that any who dared to steal the kings color was doomed to a horibal fate. the dragon looked to the stars to see if this tale was true for she did not feel any of the told signs of being cursed by the first king. what the stars told her shock the dragon. the sars told nothing of doom but of war and new begining. 'how can this be?" thought the last of the dragons, 'were the people of old wrong, or had they been lying to their people when they were alive?'

the next day inomay came back. she looked like she had been beaten up and layed down and fell aslees next to the dragon. fell desided to tell the tail of how thier father died. " father died when mother.. (chokes up).. akakiba killed him... mother, after that happened, she became colde blood thersty and she left the pack... my sister and left cuz the pack dispersed and i whanted to be by my self." he finished hopeing his mother had not herd him. then he looked at the dragon expecting for her to answer.

the dragon sighed. "i know" she said stifly. the two wolves were taken aback by that. "how?" asked fell. "i saw it," answered the dragon. she looked down upon the two who stared back confused. "i was sitting in a tree right above the two in the form of a ravon when inomay turned and attacked. my people had just left this land and i was out looking for them. i kept my mouth shut for i knew sooner or later she herself or one of you would tell me the story."

the two sat there silent then said "then do you know what became of hour sister,bella?" fell asked.

in her sleep inomay was in the dark and standing in the only light. then a familyar face apeard. she recanized the blood red eyes and the scarlet fur. " Big Red!" inomay yiped. "it that realy you? am i dreaming?" "yes my love you are dreaming. but i'm here to talk to you. inomay you need to finde our doughter enkou (flame). she is the key to this war. if she is monipulated by your sister she will be the most powerful force in the univerce. expeshaly if she findes the Dragon stone (allows user to controwl a dragons powers/the dragn/take over its mind) the she will be unstopibal." "where is she?..." asked inomay "i left her in the hands of a group of moutain wolves who are allies with my clan. inomay... do me a favour... please finde a new mate, i cant stand what you have become. your a queen your supost to have a litter of pups every 2 years to 3 years. please for me..." as Big Red finished he looked at her and said "inomay i love you and i always will but you need to have a mate to hunt with to share the rest of your life with. i will always be here for you..." and with that he started to fade "BIG RED NO DONT LEAVE ME! i cant finde another like you! please dont go!" inomay howled then she wisperd " and then were will that put you and I? i would have found another." but he did not answer... then inomay opened her eyes to see her children and the dragon, in her dragon form, and she realized by the look in the dragons eyes that the dragon had not seen her dream. then the she wolf realized something... she still had to tell her pups that they and another sister... that looked like thier father.

"we must keep moving," said the dragon standing, "we have stayed her for to lo......" the dragon stopped sniffing the air. "that scent........" the dragon started pading into the forest her eyes closed. "what is it?" asked kiery sniffing the air two. "i....i dont know," then the dragon stopped infront of an extremly large and old tree. "ann-thennath," breathed the dragon awstruck. "what?" asked fell. "ann-thennath. the tree of the royals. it is in bloom. the ann-thennath tree has not been in bloom since the first great king of the dragons. look," the wolves folowed the gaze of the dragon to an incredibal site. a glorious flower. it was larger than the largest wolf. from the throat of the flower was gold and came out in spikes onto the five petals, gliding into a brillent red. the whole thing seemed to glow. as they watched another flower sprouted anslowly twisted into bloom. it was just like the first bloom except for its coloring. its throut was black and the oter was silver. just like the first the flower seemed to glow.

the wolves stared in aw. not knowing what to make of the sight befor them.

"i-i dont understand," stammered the dragon. "what does this mean?"

inomay had falled very quiet... than she spoke "it might mean that it was no acsedent that u breathed scarlet fire..... it might meen there is a new king of the dragons.... or should i saw Queen." said the black she wolf as she looked at the ground and then at the tree.

"b-b-b-b-b-but i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i c-c-c-c-c-cant be q-queen," said the dragon looking frantically at the black she-wolf "im a seer. no seer has ever been king, queen, whatever. i-i-i mean theres no dragons to be queen of. you cant be king of a species that no longer exists in this country." said the dragon looking around at her companions, her eyes as big as the flowers on the tree. "can you?"she asked breathlessly.