Tyfanie,
When I recognised who he was, it's like he recognised me as well, as he suddenly started walking towards me. He walked through the ocean until he got to land and came out. We both stood facing each other, none of us making a move to say anything or do anything. I eventually made the first move by running to him and hugging him. He hugged me back. I pulled back and looked into the swirling depths of his eyes, wondering just how powerful he really was.
He looked shocked to see me here, like he didn't know what to say. He finally asked:
" What are you doing here?"
"I came to look for you, I figured you would be here, the serenity of the environment just shouts Reipreyl."
"You think so" he said
"Yeah, I do" I replied.
"Yeah, but that is not why I'm here"
"I figured"
"I live here, in the forest"
"Really?" I said with fake enthusiasm.
"Yeah, I have a cave down that path, it's actually very roomy you know, it shelters me from the elements. " he said.
"Oh, you poor thing, what do you sleep on?" I asked, feigning interest. I knew he was kidding, I had an inkling that he lived in dragon's fate, considering he was the keeper of the dragon's breadth, it was pretty logical that he would live there.
" I sleep on the stone floor, it's not much but it keeps me alive."
"Are you done now?" I asked him
"Yeah I'm done. I knew you didn't believe me even for a little bit."
"Where do you live, truly?" I asked
He laughed then said "Come on I'll show you."
We darted back the way I'd come, heading for dragon's fate. When we got there, the gates opened on their own and he whispered in my ear: " This is where I live."
" I had a feeling it was, I passed it on my way to the ocean." I said.
"Aaaah, I see."
He took me past many courtyards, until we arrived at the garden. It was so big.
" Is everything in this place huge?" I had to ask.
" Maybe but not everyone" he replied.
" Are you sure about that?" I asked him.
" Yes, pretty sure."
I leaned in and kissed him on the cheek and said: " Maybe you're right."
Unknown to us, his sister was looking down from her room window and watching us.
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Reipreyl,
I took Tyfanie on a tour of the whole place. We went through the gardens, courtyards, picnic areas and garages. In the main house I showed her the living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, swimming lounge, study room, the library, my parents and sister's rooms; we did not go in, the upper chamber, the dragon's fiery place, the secret passage way and a chamber I told her to never enter. I myself did not know why entry into the room was prohibited, all I knew was what my father had told me: "that chamber should always remain locked, never go in, what lies behind that door is something that the world should never find out about." To this day I still don't know what is in that room.
" You have shown me almost all the rooms in this place, when do I get to see yours?" Tyfanie asked.
"My room, oh, well um.... uh" I stuttered
"He won't show you his room because it's most likely in a terrible state." said my sister, Naena.
"That is not true." I retorted.
" Really, has it been cleaned since your last practice shots went wrong?" she asked.
"Umm, no but" I was cut off by my sister
" There is a simple solution to this problem, if it's organised, show her" she said. The little witch is trying to make me look bad.
" Why you....." I started but stopped when I looked at Tyfanie and saw her confused expression, I immediately knew why.
" Oh, I'm so sorry, Tyfanie this is my sister, Naena and Naena this is Tyfanie Conleisio, or better yet Tyfanie Tartilian."
"Nice to meet you" said Naena.
"Likewise" replied Tyfanie.
" Tartilian, does that mean that you belong to the family of tartilians that live on the other side of the dragon's realm?" Naena asked Tyfanie.
"Yes, exactly that " she said.
"Oh my goodness, this is amazing" Naena exclaimed.
" Don't believe her, my room is not a mess." I told Tyfanie.
" Then could you show me?" She asked.
" Why not another time, in fact Naena can you finish giving Tyfanie a tour of the grounds for me, I just remembered that I have some thing very important to do. So if you'll excuse me" I said.
"Sure" Naena said.
" Please don't take her to my room" I whispered in her ear.
" Yeah, yeah, whatever" she whispered back.
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Tyfanie,
Being led by Naena, Reipreyl's sister, I was going to a place she called : THE DERAGON'S BOULDER. She didn't show me Reipreyl's room, most likely on Reipreyl's request.
" So, do you like my brother?" Naena asked, breaking the silence. "Cause I did see you kiss him." she finished.
" Well, I don't really have those sort of feelings for him, it's more of a platonic love and the kiss was on the cheek, that does not really mean anything" I said.
" Mmhmm, okay" she said.
"Forget that, so this deragon's boulder, what is it? "
"Take a look" she said as we entered.
I looked up and was awestruck at the vista before me. Before me lay a room with ceilings soaring very high, a mini- bar, a living room fully furnished and a lot more that I could not see from this vantage point.
"What is this place? " I asked.
"This is Reipreyl's 'room'."
"Why did you put air quotes around room? " I asked her.
" That is because this is not his actual room, the one we were referring to earlier is his real room, the one he sleeps in, this is his personal relaxation spot. It also doubles as his training room." She explained.
"It's so big." I pointed out.
"He always goes for big and my parents can never refuse him anything, mostly because he is the eldest and the most powerful dera-gon in the whole realm at this very moment. You do know that right?" she asked.
"Yeah, he told me because I saw him use his powers. So you're saying that he is even more powerful than your dad?" I asked, a little confused.
"Of course he is. He has the powers of all the deragons combined, he is way more powerful than Paurei De-ragon" said Naena.
"He was the first dera-gon to hold the dragons breadth." I said.
"Yeah and he is still alive. You see, dragon's breadth" she said as we were walking into Reipreyl's room "was formed, or let's say discovered over fifty years ago but had not been found in any dragon since it was found in Paurei. It was said that whoever had it after Paurei De-ragon will be the strongest and most powerful deragon that will ever be and will unite the dragons. That was why Reipreyl has way more power than any dragon could ever wish to have." Naena explained.
We stopped in front of a huge golden door.
"His secret hideout" she said.
"So how do we get in? " I asked.
"Usually he is always inside when I want to go in, so he opens it for me but don't worry, I know how to get in."
She went to the middle of the door and placed her hand over it. Suddenly a blue light covered her hand and the door opened up. As we got in, there was Reipreyl training his powers, he didn't notice that we had walked in, so he didn't stop.
"I told you he was usually in here. Let's see if he answers me this time when I call out to him" she said.
"Why'd you say that, he usually doesn't? "
" Oh yeah, I always have to walk up to him and tap him on the shoulder, or if I don't feel like being nice, I'd just disrupt whatever he was practicing" she said. "Reipreyl! " she shouted, "Reipreyl! RD! RD! " He didn't answer. "You see what I mean" she said, frustrated.
"Let's see if he'll answer me" I offered.
"Okay"
"Reipreyl! Reipreyl!" I shouted.
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Reipreyl,
Lost in my training, I suddenly heard a voice, it sounded like Tyfanie's voice calling out to me, I acted on reflex and turned and before me, there she stood standing next to my sister. I lost concentration and lost my balance, as I was trying to melt an iron whilst standing on a pedestal, so I fell off and hit the ground hard but I didn't groan. I just lay there on the floor, as though I was lying comfortably on my bed.
"Wow" said Naena, clearly surprised that I responded to Tyfanie's call. Most of the time I intentionally do not answer her.
I got up and looked in their direction, wondering how they got in. Naena walked up to me and started hitting me.
"I can't believe you" she said.
" What's wrong with you woman, I literally just fell on the floor" I said.
"I can't believe you, when I call out to you, you never answer but when she called out to you, you just had to answer" she said, still hitting me.
"Well I'm sorry, I just didn't hear your voice" I said while restraining her hands.
As I said that, she became more angry than she was before, she was literally fuming.
"You just need to shout louder, that's all" I said.
"Okay now, I don't want you two fighting because of me" Tyfanie said.
"We're not fighting, are we Naena? "
"No, of course we're not" she said.
"Yeah, it's not your fault I heard you, she just doesn't shout loud enough" I said to Tyfanie. "Now how did you two get in here? I changed my passcode because of her" I said, looking at Naena."
"I told you brother, I always know your passcode, no matter how many times you change it" she retorted.
" So what exactly is this room? " Tyfanie asked me.
" My training area" I said.
" You mean your hide out" Naena said.
" You call it that because I'm almost always in here, training." I said.
" What about you Naena, don't you train? " asked Tyfanie.
"Oh I do but not as much he does."
" That much is obvious" I said.
" Okay, I guess I'll leave you two now, I have training to do" she said.
" Then you better get going because you have a lot of training to catch up on" I said.
She looked at me then put her fingers to her throat in a slitting motion before she eventually left the room.