Continuation of Ross's POV:
I woke up when I felt the sun was halfway through it's cycle in the day, noon. I tensed up and started to sit up. NO! Sera is going to be upset with me! I let out a devasted whine and started to run but heard a thud, making me stop as it felt like something fell out from under my wing. What the heck? I looked towards it and tensed when I saw the little black dragon. Oh, that's right.... I purred and went over to him quickly, scooping him up in my jaws and started to carry him to the door, hoping that Sera wasn't too mad at me. I should make her something... or get her some warm blood for when she wakes up in the next five hours! Toma whined, having been woken.
"Owe," he whined. "What'd you do?" He asked me. I growled a little at him, unable to really talk with carrying him. I carried him up to the kitchen and placed him down before I shifted and walked up to the refrigerator to get something to feed him, getting another lamb piece out and started to cook it, putting it in the oven. He got on the counter and started for the sugar jar, getting in it quickly and started to eat the sugar inside. I looked towards him and laughed, walking over to him and playfully tugged on him, messing with him.
"Toma~ You can't eat all the sugar!" I told him and laughed a bit. I picked him up out of the jar and then kissed the top of his head. "Bad boy." I looked at him and kissed the top of his head, getting an idea to get him to stop eating the sugar. I got out some milk and heated it up for him in a bowl then mixed the honey into it and sat it down on the counter, letting him drink it greedily as I waited on the lamb. I purred and got some fish out, preparing it to make sushi as well for both of us. I got the lamb out and gave it to him then went back to the sushi. He finished off the milk and went to the lamb, watching me make the food.
"I don't recall you eating yesterday," he told me softly.
"Meh," I hummed out and then finished the sushi, eating a piece. I moaned in delight then brought the plate over to him, setting it down between us as I started to eat pieces of it. "I forget sometimes," I purred towards him. "It doesn't bother me as much if I forget to eat for a day as long as I eat the next." I shoved another bite in my mouth and moaned. He watched me before getting a piece and moaning as he ate it. He let out a soothing purr. I looked towards him and leaned over, kissing the top of his head sweetly then ate another piece. "Fish~ I love fish~ Fish are so great!" I giggled and started to eat the rest of them, leaving about five for Toma. Toma ate his five and got down from the counter, his belly poking out from how full he was. I looked at him. "Big boy," I purred teasingly at him. "You're fattening up! Look at how big you are," I told him and laughed, sitting down on the floor. "You feel alright? You aren't sick, right? I think I gave you too much."
He let out a small groan and collapsed on the floor. I frowned and then grabbed one of his claws, starting to pull him to me and looked his belly over before I poked it. I think I should make him throw some of that back up. I started to rub his belly, pressing against it to encourage him to puke. He groaned before puking next to us, puking up the lamb he had ate. I purred comfortingly to him and lightened up on my rubbing, gently running my hand up and down his belly. "There, there, you're going to be okay," I told him and kissed the top of his head. He curled up in my lap and puffed out some smoke. I purred and picked him up carrying him outside and to a tree then sat him down on a branch.
"Play in the tree," I suggested to him and started to walk around, checking to make sure it was safe out here for him. I hummed softly, braiding little strands of my hair together. I caught the faint scent of the rogues still lingering out here, but other then that there wasn't any danger that I could smell. Toma bounced to another branch, playing in the tree. I glanced over my shoulder at him and walked back to him, sitting at the base of the tree as I looked around protectively, not wanting to let anything slip. I leaned my head back against the tree and pulled my long hair over my shoulder, making one long big braid over it and admired the blue in my hair. I smiled softly and then ran my fingers over the braid and purred.
After sitting under the tree for awhile, I could smell something on the breeze, something entrancing. I perked my head up then widened my eyes as I saw the form of a dragon in the sky, coming closer like it could smell us. "T-Toma," I called out quickly, getting to my feet and reaching for him. "Toma, sweetie, come here." Toma looked at me from one of the top branches he was swinging on upside down and then dropped to the next branch under him before tilting his head at me. He started down the tree instead of jumping for me. I tensed up as I could smell it getting closer to him and stretched, trying to get him but was tackled instantly, making me yelp as I felt talons digging into my back. I shrieked and quickly transformed, moving my head back to bite the invading dragon. It dodged me and growled, pinning down my wings as I tried to through him off my back with them. Crap! This is as big as I get too! I heard Toma let out a cry of worry for me.
I tensed up as I heard him and then looked over my shoulder with a growl, snapping my jaws quickly at the red dragon pinning me down. It puffed smoke at me in amusement and looked towards Toma with interest. I widened my eyes and then breathed fire at him, but he only growled at me, taking it. Crap! He's a fire dragon.... His scales are fireproof. I started to get afraid then as he held me down and he grabbed my head with one of his front talons, clinging to me to hold me down with his weight as he pushed my head into the dirt submissively.
"Let me go!" I growled at him. He chuckled in amusement and got off me, heading for Toma. I widened my eyes and tackled him, digging my talons into his back and tearing his wings as I let out a loud angry roar, rearing back as I expanded my wings to keep my balance and went to bite him. He snapped his jaws at me quickly and fell over, rolling on me to keep me from biting him then tore at my scales with a snarl. I heard Toma growl in anger then and suddenly the fire dragon was thrown down by me as Toma crashed into him with his speed. The dragon growled and looked at Toma, quickly going to bite him as I tried to get to my feet. I widened my eyes and tackled him, ripping his jaws away from Toma's small body and then snarled at him.
The dragon glared me down and grabbed my throat with his talons, making me yelp as he yanked me down and bit into my shoulder. I whimpered and clawed at his side, trying to get away quickly as he sunk his jaws into me deeper with a dominate growl. Oh my lord... I struggled to get free, crying out. I growled and then chose to bite him back to try to win. I bit into his neck, earning a purr from the dragon as he let me this time and I squeezed my eyes shut as I felt him licking my shoulder clean. Fuck. I made sure not to mark him and tried to end him, but he threw me off when he didn't get what he thought I was doing. He looked towards Toma and trapped him in his claws, snarling at Toma. Toma growled back at him fearlessly and bit down into his skin, latching onto him. I widened my eyes as I saw the dragon getting pissed and he went after Toma quickly.
I snarled and tackled him, making him drop Toma and started to fight him, snarling. I shoved him back and threw him onto his back, going for his throat viciously. He smacked me across the face though, raking his claws through my scales and making me yelp as I felt myself bleeding. He threw me down on the ground quickly and was over me in seconds, growling at me in anger. I growled and used my back talons to throw him off and went after him, biting down into his throat without hesitation and ripped out a chunk. He cried out as I got him and scrambled to get to his feet. I could feel his bite on my shoulder starting to feel warm, making me worry as I found myself hesitating about going after him, fighting my body to go for him as it tried to stay put. I glanced at the bite and saw it healing, making me widen my eyes and then I looked towards the dragon. I can't let Sera around this!
I managed to win over my body and tackled him again, tumbling into the woods with him. Toma ran after us, wanting to keep his eyes on the fight and make sure I came out of it. I growled at the dragon and managed to pin him, quickly getting around his talons and ripped at his chest to finish him before he could get me again, not wanting to be enslaved. He growled at me suddenly and grabbed me by the throat, laying me down beside him as he got a pressure point and forced my body to curl up. I widened my eyes and whimpered, looking at him fearfully.
"Calm down," he hissed towards me and then got up as his throat started to heal. I whimpered as I felt his tongue lick my neck and shivered, the bite wanting to respond to it. I kicked my feet out at him, trying to fight back but he growled in my ear threateningly. I looked at him and then felt my body start to relax as I watched him while he held me down and then felt my body going limp in response. I squeezed my eyes shut as I felt his claws leaving my throat and felt his gaze looking me over. I slowly opened my eyes and looked towards him, trying to look submissive so he wouldn't grab me again. He seemed to be relaxing and looked pleased when he thought I was done fighting and he licked my chest.
I shivered a bit and then looked at him before I tackled him quickly, jumping onto his back and then bit into his neck viciously again and managed to get the vital parts in his neck, killing him. I fell against his body and shivered as the bite started to fade, the effects beginning to wear off with his death. Toma ran up to me and rubbed his body against me before hissing at the dead dragon. I purred towards him and moved him away from the dead dragon quickly, picking him up in my jaws and then carrying him away. I sat him down near the castle doors and shifted to his size, curling up on the stairs as I licked where I had been bitten. He started to lick my wound as well and purred at my side. I heard the doors open and Aurelio stood there, looking down on us.
"Are you two causing trouble out here?" He asked. I looked towards him and tensed up.
"No," I told him and went back to licking my wound. He looked me over before looking out at the forest.
"You two better come in, I'll get the servants to get rid of it...." He muttered as he scooped us both up and sat us down inside then shut the door. "You two run along to the night room. There is a warm fire there." I looked towards him then shifted back into my human form, sitting in the floor before I pulled Toma to me.
"Okay," I whispered, looking at the wizard curiously. "You sure you don't want to be my diamond?" I purred sweetly. He looked me over.
"I'm not a dragon's treasure to hoard away." He locked the door and started for the night room. "Come on you two." Toma watched him before looking up into my eyes. I purred softly to him and started to carry him towards the night room, keeping quiet as I rubbed his head. I hope Toma hasn't lost faith in my fighting ability because I got bit.... It's hard to fight that off. He gave me an admiring look as Aurelio lead us in and he sat down on the couch, pulling out his phone and messaging someone on it. I looked at Aurelio and curled Toma up to me, purring softly in his ear as I picked up the TV remote and put on some cartoons for him, sitting on the couch. I heard rushed footsteps coming towards the door before it burst open and Killian ran in, giggling. He ran up to Aurelio and tackled him, starting to crawl up him onto the back of the couch as a maid ran in and giggled, looking like she was playing chase with him. Aurelio snatched him up and put him in his lap. "Hey kiddo," Aurelio purred to him. "Are you hungry or something? Is the maid treating you well?" Toma looked on edge, watching Killian and curled up to me tightly. I purred to him softly and rubbed his head comfortingly. Killian nodded towards Aurelio.
"Uh huh!" He said sweetly.
"Okay," Aurelio purred and pulled out a container from his pocket and opened it then pulled out a fork for Killian. Inside the container was human meat. Toma sniffed the air before tensing. Killian looked at the fork and then at the human meat before he took the container and started to eat it with his hands, looking pleased that he was being fed.
"He's a ghoul," I told Toma softly. "They eat flesh... but he's fed often so he doesn't ever attack anyone."
"Use a fork," Aurelio told him and smirked. Toma hid his face against my body then. I let him hide and pulled him close. Killian whined and looked at Aurelio.
"Why?" He asked him innocently.
"In this house you won't eat like a monster, got me?" Aurelio asked him. "You're a royal's son. So eat with the fork and learn manners." Killian pouted and took the fork from him hesitantly before he started picking at the food and trying to use the fork and eat with it, having trouble.
"But daddy! It's weird," he whined, looking towards Aurelio.
"You're going to get used to it," Aurelio promised and pulled out a knife and gave it to Killian. Killian looked towards it with a frown then looked at the meat, trying to use it but struggled. I laughed a little and rubbed Toma's head comfortingly, shifting into my dragon so he could curl up to my warmth better. Killian managed to eat it all and then looked towards Aurelio, licking his lips then kissed his cheek.
"Good boy, are you full?" Aurelio asked Killian. Toma peaked around me at Killian. Killian nodded and smiled sweetly.
"I'm full," he told him happily and then gave a playful growl at the maid who was watching him in adoration. He snuggled up to Aurelio and curled up against his chest, hugging him.
"How about you go back up to your room and take a nap," Aurelio suggested. Killian looked up at him then nodded sweetly before he got up and ran over to the maid, grabbing her hand and giving her a sweet smile. She laughed and picked him up, taking him out of the room as she started to tell him a story. I smiled softly and then looked at Toma.
"He's gone Toma," I told him and lightly put my wing over him. Toma let out a purr and licked my side then, nipping at it.
"Let's go find Dmitri," Toma begged. I looked at him then nodded, picking him up in my jaws and started to carry him off, taking him out of the room and started smelling out Dmitri. I found his room rather easily and managed to get the door open without having to put Toma down. I snuck inside with him and went over to the bed where Dmitri was sleeping then placed him on the bed with him. Toma got on Dmitri and started to lick his cheek, purring to him. Dmitri purred softly as he started to wake up and then looked at Toma.
"Hey sweetie," he whispered and then rubbed his head. "Want a treat?" He asked softly and then started reaching for his night stand, getting out a familiar bottle. I looked it over and perked up when I saw it was catnip. Toma got excited and looked towards the bottle and bounced onto it quickly. Dmitri laughed and opened the bottle, dumping some on the bed before he quickly capped it and put it away. I looked towards the bed quickly and then leapt up into it, getting excited as I smelled it. I raced over to it and tackled a piece, rolling around on the bed as I turned to about the same size as Toma so Dmitri wouldn't be smothered.
Toma let out a moan and smelled the catnip before rubbing his head against some of it and then tackled me, letting out a playful growl. I yelped and looked towards him in shock then growled back playfully, nipping him. He started to lick my head then, purring. I purred back and rubbed my head against his tummy, knocking him onto his back then crawled over him as I moved us into the catnip. He rolled over and started to rub against the catnip then and looked highly pleased. I purred at him and looked at him before I leaned in and nipped a little at his neck, purring to him as I could smell the catnip all over us and around us. I leaned my face past him and rubbed my head against the catnip, moaning a bit and then fell off him and onto my back, rubbing my body into it in pleasure. Catnip~ Catnip! He got up then and pounced onto the nightstand, knocking a lamp off of it and swatted at Dmitri's phone and threw it into the floor. Dmitri frowned and grabbed him, stopping him.
"Don't do that," he scolded then sat Toma back down on the bed. I looked towards Toma and then gave a playful growl, flipping over onto my stomach and bunching up as I lowered myself on the bed, hunkering down as I watched him. My Toma~! I growled at him again and roared at him. He looked at me before roaring back and pounced on me, biting at my head playfully and got a horn in his mouth, gnawing on it. I growled at him a little as he gnawed on my horn then tackled him, using my weight to pin him and started to lick his face as I growled loudly. He licked my face as well, letting out a small purr before squirming out of the bed and tackled the lamp shade, ripping it up. Dmitri gasped.
"Toma! I told you no!" He got up quickly and picked up Toma, lightly tapping him on the nose before he took him to the door. "Maybe you should go outside," he muttered. Toma let out a playful growl and got onto Dmitri's shoulders before flying off him and back to me, tackling me quickly. I yelped and then growled at him possessively, pulling him close and then knocking him over onto the bed into the catnip. I growled playfully and nipped at his nose then went for his neck with a small roar. He roared back at me before grabbing a bite full of the catnip and headed for the closet with it, purring. I looked at him and hunkered down on the bed, growling after him in disappointment. He ditched me! I looked at the catnip then purred, starting to rub my head against it. Dmitri sighed as he watched us and looked worried. I rolled around in it by myself and then leapt off the bed, landing in the floor with a thud before I ran for the door, diving under Dmitri's feet.
"SERA! SERAAAAA~ SERA!" I giggled and raced for her room, pouncing at the door in excitement but hit it face first. I yelped when it didn't budge then growled at it angrily. "BAD DOOR!" I tackled it again, snarling and scratching at it. "YOU WON'T KEEP ME FROM SERA!" I spat fire at it then and roared. Sera opened it and looked down at me.
"Ross! The door! You're acting like you're Toma's age or maybe even a hatchling! Put out this fire right now." She pointed a finger at me. I looked at her in excitement. SERA~! MY LADY! I jumped up into her arms quickly, latching onto her as I purred and nipped at her ear. I put the door out subconsciously and nuzzled my face against her neck in joy.
"Where'd your playmate go?" She asked me and smelled me. "You've had catnip, that explains it." I suddenly heard Toma calling for me, he must have noticed I left the room. I perked up and looked at her.
"Toma! Toma! Toma, Toma, Toma, Toma~" I called out and got on her shoulder, trying to make her go to Toma with me. I bounced from each shoulder, racing across them in excitement. She laughed and walked towards where he was crying from. I found him at the closet doorway holding a shoelace in his mouth and looking for me dramatically. I looked down at him from Sera's shoulder in amusement and held onto her tightly. "RAWR!" I roared at him loudly, expanding my wings threateningly in a playful way. He looked towards me and then roared back at me, daring me to come for him. I puffed out my chest proudly and then leapt down from her shoulder, gliding on my wings and landed into him, crashing us to the floor. I playfully started to nip at him, holding him down as I purred in delight.
"Sorry Ms. Sera. I didn't think he'd get so excited over catnip," I heard Dmitri telling Sera behind me, laughing nervously. "I was giving Toma some and Ross got into it too."
"Catnip acts differently for older dragons," I heard Sera telling him. "Then the little ones get high being around older dragons that are high." Toma started to lick my face and purred sweetly to me before hiding under one of my wings. I growled playfully and smooshed him under my wing then nipped his tail that was sticking out from under it before I started to gnaw on it. He yelped and drew his tail in quickly before I felt him licking my side. I moaned and laid down, flicking my tail as I stretched out and pulled him closer with my wing as I felt dazed by it. I nuzzled my head against the ground and purred loudly in pleasure. He purred with me and stopped licking me, nuzzling against my body. I stretched out more, letting him as I adjusted my wing to let him move around more and purred happily, leaning my head back in delight. I lifted up my wing then on instinct and went after him, biting his shoulder. He yelped and I could hear his heart pounding quickly as he went under my body to hide. I purred to him and laid my head back, tapping my tail against the ground as I stretched and put my wing back against my body. He curled up under me and I felt his purring rumble against my body as he went over to get under my other wing. I let him, adjusting myself to allow him to and purred sweetly.
"Did he just... bite Toma?" I heard Dmitri asking worriedly.
"Yeah, catnip for older dragons increases their desires to find a mate.... Didn't you know and read the dragon books?" Sera asked. Toma started to lick my wing then.
"But... but... TOMA'S FOUR!" Dmitri said in worry, sounding freaked out. "My dragon can't be mated yet! He's only four! He's a little baby!" I purred towards Toma, unable to really focus too much on what Dmitri was crying about and slipped my wing tighter around his body.
"Well they won't actually be mating just yet of course but Toma has been marked by him so no one can take him in the future when he becomes of age to mate." Sera said calmly. "Don't be so worried." Toma roared playfully to me as he nipped at my scales. I purred to him and lifted my wing again, looking at him then leaned in and licked his face, pleased with him.
"T-then... he's going to go looking for Ross when he's older?" Dmitri asked Sera softly.
"If Ross even lets him out of his sight. If Ross is serious about Toma then he's going to make sure nothing happens to him during his younger years." Toma started to lick my face as well.
"So... he'll be staying here then," Dmitri whispered, watching us. I glanced at them and growled defensively, hiding Toma from them then licked his neck as I pushed my wing down on him to hide him. Toma let out a pleased purr towards me.
"You're welcome to stay as well," Sera told him.
"O-okay," Dmitri whispered and sighed. "I can't believe he's claimed already," he mumbled. I growled towards Dmitri then nudged Toma as I picked my wing up a bit and then started to pull him out, carrying him further into the closet. I started to tackle Dmitri's clothes and dragged them into a nest form and put Toma in it, then pounced on him, purring. Toma curled up and purred at the clothes then went to get back under my wing. I let him and then curled up in the nest, pulling my wing down on top of him to hide him from sight. "At least I know where Toma will be," Dmitri said, laughing nervously as he tried to find the bright side to it. "He's not with a mean dragon."
"Ross isn't a mean dragon that's for sure. He tried having a mate and kids before afterall.... Maybe this is just him on catnip. We'll just have to see dear," Sera said and peaked into the closet at me. I looked towards her and perked my head up, purring at her.
"SERA!" I said excitedly and started to get up, racing over to her and pouncing at her feet. I heard Toma whimper in the nest and ran after me. Sera reached down and rubbed my head, giving a smile. I leaned into her hand then started to move, making her rub my back too before I leaped up into her arms and nipped at her ear playfully. Dmitri scooped up Toma then and held him close, purring comfortingly to him. Toma purred and leaned against Dmitri, licking his cheek. Sera rubbed my head and brought me over to the bed and sat me down on it, smiling at me. I purred to her and curled up on it then spotted the catnip and started to stalk towards it. She took it quickly and went to the bathroom with it. I heard the toilet running after a few seconds. She flushed it. I widened my eyes and growled, rushing after her. "MINE!"
"Too late!" She told me. "It's all gone. You need to settle down." I whined as I watched her then walked back out of the bathroom in disappointment, going under the bed as I squeezed my body under it. I heard her leave the room then completely. Toma called out for me then with concern. I perked up as I heard him calling for me then called back, fluttering my wings before I settled them back and crawled to the edge of the bed and peaked out at him, seeing Dmitri was holding him. Toma got on top of Dmitri's head and flew off it and onto the bed, looking under it and at me. I purred playfully at him and watched him, turning my head so I could watch him then gave a playful growl before I darted back under the bed. He went after me quickly and roared at me, stretching his wings to make himself look bigger. I roared back at him playfully, taking the defense in amusement as I backed up and lowered myself to the ground. He went for me and started to gnaw on my horns, getting on top of me and purred. I purred back to him and laid down, playfully nipping at him before I let him gnaw on my horns in surrender. He started to lick my head then as he started to settle a little and yawned. I purred to him and rolled onto my side, slipping him under my wing protectively to let him nap safely. I closed my eyes and was about to take a nap with him as I felt the catnip starting to wear off, but I was grabbed and pulled out from under the bed then placed on it.
"You two are staying in my sight," Dmitri told me firmly. I looked at him and growled protectively, pulling my wing flat against Toma to hide him from Dmitri before I closed my eyes again. Toma licked my wing sweetly and purred. I purred back to him and curled up to myself, looking towards Dmitri. He sighed softly and watched me and then bit his bottom lip as he started to look hungry. He walked out then to go find something to drink. I purred in triumph then closed my eyes, starting to take a nap.