I follow my mentor into the small little cave that I had been in just last night. It all seemed like a dream at this point now. I had just remembered seeing my own father in just complete pain, as he gave his leadership over to his deputy, and his best friend Socra.
Socra also happened to be my mentor as well. I knew that she did not want to be leader either, but she knew that if she had to, for the sake of the tribe than she would have. Many dragons strive to try to take their shot as a leader some day when they are young, but they do mot realize all of the stress that came with it.
I can remember all of my friends fighting each other, while I was younger, to see who was the strongest dragon, and who would some day be the leader. I usually won, and on the rare occasion that I did not, than my friend Kota would win as well.
A few years ago, Socra had made talks about retiring, and my father had offered my friend to be the next deputy of the tribe, but he had turned it down, as it seemed as though he had changed his mine from when we fought each other a long time ago.
I did not blame him either, as it did not take me very long to find out how hard it was in fact to do this job. I could only imagine it getting worse as well, when I did in fact take over as a deputy, and hopefully further down the line as a leader as well.
It kind of scared me at the same time as well, to think that I might be the leader of the tribe, younger than my father had been when he had taken over that role. The prophecy just said that I would be the one that would kill Plyma, it never said my father would die, so I just had to hope.
I closed my eyes, as I followed Socras footsteps in to the cave that was right ahead of us now. As we got in as well, I could feel that it had got a lot colder too. I shivered just a bit, as I then opened my eyes to see what it was that had been in front of us.
I spotted my father in the corner, as we had not gone quite as deep into the cave, as we had just the other night, to where I could not see. I turned my head over to Socra, to see what it was that she was going to do next, and see how we were going to play it out.
Though it seemed as if my father was back as a leader, I still did not trust it all too much, and I knew that I was not the only dragon in our tribe that thought the same thing as I did as well. I shook my head though, as I noticed that Socra was paying me no attention.
I know that she had seen me looking for her, for any sort of advice, as she always seemed to know when I had my eyes on her. Or any dragon for that matter, it was weird to say it, but it was almost as if she had some sort of strange power.
Maybe she did as well, as I knew that I was not the only dragon to exist that had a power. I had been told about the power that Plyma had as well, as he was the strongest dragon to ever live as I had heard. I shivered as I even dared to think about fighting him.
I then heard Socra decide to speak after the bit of awkward silence that had gone through the cave, as all of us were just staring at each other. More Socra and Himla rather than me though. I turned my head back over to her once again, to hear what it was that she had to say to my father.
"Himla... You have come to call this private meeting, to discuss the future of the tribe, how we plan to start to train our tribe mates, and how we are going to find where Plyma is?" She said to my father. My father had a bit of a blank look on his face, as it seemed as though he was not paying her any sort of attention at the moment.
Eventually he did blink just a couple of times, as he realized that he had just been spoken to. I could tell that it seemed a bit strange to him, that he once again had to take up the role of a leader, as he had not had to do that in such a long time.
He then turned his head, and his eyes over to Socra, as he looked at her for just a few moments. Socra had her eyes squinted at him, as I could tell that she too was not quite ready to believe in him. My father then nodded to her however, as it seemed that he had in fact heard every word that she had just said to him.
Socra still did not look too sure as far as I could see. Though I was beginning to trust my father once again for some odd reason. Maybe I saw something in him, as I knew that dragons that shared the same blood, had a bit of a special bond with one another.
Himla seemed to notice it as well, as it seemed as though the cold air that had been in the cave for quite a while, had just suddenly turned to warm air. My father smiled at me a bit, as I was not sure what to do, so I kept a blank look as he then began to speak back to Socra.
"Well... I plan on splitting the dragons into groups, to be trained by the warrior dragons... You will help me assign those groups over to upcoming next few days. As for how we are going to find Plyma, I believe you already know the answer to that..." He said to Socra. Me and Socra looked at him quite a bit confused for just a few moments. He smiled at us, as it seemed as though he knew something that we did not, he then shook his head, as he continued to speak to us. "Please... I know that you have been speaking to Yikla... Ipse told me about it."
Me and Socra looked at him a bit surprised for just a few moments. As I had not seen that coming, but not only that, I had also nearly forgotten that she had even been planning on meeting up with us over the next couple of days as well.
I saw my father squinting his eyes at us, and though I could see that Socra was standing her ground, I had lowered my head down low. It was a bit different for me and her, as I knew that she was the deputy, and she was used to stuff like this.
It was a bit different for me though, it was not just the fact that I was not used to this kind of stuff, but it was also because I knew just as well as the rest of them, that I had once thought that I had been in love with her. I closed my eyes, trying to take out those thoughts from my head.
It was just as much my fault that Plok had died, as it was my own father. I was the one that had taken her to my father that day. I was the one that had fallen in love with her, and had trusted her so much. That probably had a lot to do with my father trusting her as well.
If he had seen that his own son was in love with her, and that he trusted her, than I am sure it would not be hard for him to do the same too. I kept my eyes closed though. It seemed that I fell in love with the worst type of dragons, first Penta, and then her.
Maybe I just did not have a very good taste in dragons, and maybe I was just blind to some things that other dragons saw in them, that I did not. I knew that Ipse had known that Penta was the way she was, long before I had. It was my fault that he had ended up the way that he had as well.
I shook my head though, as I knew that it was one thing that many dragons had told me not to do, which was not to blame myself for many things that I could not control. It seemed as though a few of those things I could control however.
Luckily, I did not have to think about it too much longer as I then heard the voice of Socra begin to speak up, back to what it was that my father had said. I could tell that she was surprised in fact as well, though she was doing a good job of not showing it. I listened to what it was that she had to say however.
"I am sorry Himla... I just had to find out some things, and I thought that you would have got angry, and that you would have attacked her." She said back to Himla. She had her head down low to the ground, as I could tell that she felt a bit guilty, at the fact that she had betrayed her leaders trust.
Himla did not seem to have any sort of reaction on his face, to any of what it was that she had just said to him however. He just kept a blank look, as it was clear that he was the alpha dragon in the room at the moment, to each of the rest of us.
Not that me, at such a young age, should ever be called an alpha dragon anyways. I shook my head, as I stared at my father, waiting for any sort of response to what Socra had just said to him. After a bit longer as well, he finally decided to, as I kept my eyes low like Socra, still feeling quite a bit guilty about all of this, as I listened to what it was that he had to say back to her.
"You are probably right... If I would have seen her in that moment, I more than likely would have attacked her, and then killed her. Luckily I had some time to think to myself though... I have come to the conclusion that we can still use her." He said back to Socra. Me and her both lifted our heads up to my father, a bit surprised, and a bit confused as to what it was that he had been getting at.
My father still had a bit of a blank look on his face, as far as I could tell. It was as if he was back to the same dragon that he had always been, but at the same time, he also was not. He was still strong enough to lead clearly, but it seemed as if he had all his emotions sucked away from his soul.
I tried not to think about that though, as I stood still for just a few moments, and then I turned my head over to Socra, waiting for her to speak back to my father, as I knew that I did not have a single thing to add to any of this discussion that they were having with each other.
Socra just kept the surprised look on her face for some time, as it was clear that she was trying to hide it, but this time she was not doing all that good of a job, as I could tell that she was trying to think of what to say back to my father as well.
After a few moments longer as well, of Socra just standing there, trying to think of what it was that she should say back to my father. She eventually then nodded, seeing as both of us were just staring at her, and then she finally found out what it was that she was going to say, as she began to speak back to him.
"Well... I do not know that for sure... She knows where we are at, so she might have already told Plyma... I do not know if we can trust her, but I have my ears open, go ahead and say what it is that you have planned." She responded to my father. My father looked at her for a few moments, and then he gratefully nodded to her.
I knew that these 2 dragons had a lot of trust in each other as well, even after all that had gone on in the last year or so. If they had an idea, they would tell it to each other, and if the other dragon did not think that it was too good of an idea, they would be straight forward with their response.
Both me and Socra turned our eyes over to Himla, as we waited for him to go ahead and say what it was that he had as a plan. He had his eyes to the top of the cave however, as it seemed as though he might not have thought all of this through fully.
But that was the reason that we were here I suppose, if it did not seem like a good idea, or if it seemed as if there was a missing piece to the puzzle, than we would help him on it. He knew it as well, as he finally turned his head back over to the both of us, and then he nodded as he began to speak.
"Look... We do not tell her about us starting to train the dragons, but we do get information, about the where about to where it is the Plyma is hiding... She will tell us no matter what, but we do not tell her that we are planning an attack... We talk to the other tribes, and then we go all in on Plyma when he least expects it." He said to us. I looked at him for a few moments, as it had in fact been a lot to take in all at once.
I then began to think of what it was that he had just said to us at the same time as well. All in all, it seemed like a good idea, and it seemed fairly easy, but I knew that it was not going to be the case. I knew that nothing was ever just as easy as it had seemed.
I looked over to Socra, as I thought that I might be able to get something from her, but as far as I could tell from her at the moment, she was just about as lost as I was, on what it was that my father had just said to us. I turned my head back over to my father.
I could tell that he had thought that it was a good idea, and all of this seemed normal to him. Though I had been trained to be the next deputy, I in fact was not used to stuff like this, because just as I had gotten this role, my fathers life went down on the downward spiral to the ground.
It still did not seem all that easy to me though, as I knew that there were some missing things that would not just be as easy to get to, as you just speaking the words into existence. I looked at my father for a bit longer, and then I decided to I was going to be the one to step up this time.
I saw Socra turn her head over to me, and I saw the surprised look on both of their faces, as it was clear that they did expect me to step up and speak, and it seemed like they just wanted me here to prepare me for what it was like to be the deputy.
I shook my head, as I knew that it was the last thing that needed to be on my mind at the exact moment. I then remembered as to what it was that I was going to say to them, as I then nodded to them, and then I started to speak to the both of them.
"Well... Yikla might see that coming, and she might not trust us either... She knows how you have been the last year Himla, she might find it a bit strange as to why you are all of the sudden okay." I began to say to them, they both nodded, as it seemed as though I had made quite a good point. I then kept on talking. "Also... How do we know that the other tribes will so easily come to our aid? I don't think they are training their dragons like we plan on doing."
They both nodded to me, as it was clear to me, that they both believed that I had a fairly good point, as to what it was that I had just said to them. They looked at each other for a bit of time, almost as if they were speaking to each other through their thoughts.
I looked at them a bit confused for just a couple of moments in time, and then I turned my head back over to Socra, as she decided that she was going to step up, and be the one to speak this time, I listened to what it was that she had to say as well.
"This is a bit too much for me to handle, it is starting to get late out... I am going to sleep, and maybe I can give my mind some time to think about it." She said to Himla. Himla looked at her for just a few moments of time, and then he nodded to his deputy, respecting her decision.
Socra nodded back to him, and then she began to walk out of the small cave that we were in, over to the much larger cave, where I could see through the trees that many dragons had already gone to sleep in. I stared at it for a bit longer, and then I turned my head to my father, as he began to speak to me now that we were alone.
"I know that you do not trust me son. I need you right now though... It might hurt you to do this, but I need you to meet with Yikla privately, and try to get some more information... Alright?" He said to me. I looked at him a bit surprised for a few moments.
I also was a bit scared at the same time as well however. I did not want to talk to her alone, as I did not trust her at all, and I was afraid that I might fall in to the same trap that I had before. I closed my eyes for just a few moments, as I thought about what my father had just said to me.
This time, as it was a bit rare for this to happen to me when I thought about something in my head, I began to relax myself, and I felt a bit more calm all at the same time. I then opened my eyes, and then I turned my head to my father. He looked at me, and then he nodded to me.
I looked back at my father for just a few moments as well, as I knew that I had to think of my next words that I was about to say to him a bit wisely. I did not want to tell him know, but at the same time, I was a bit scared to trust her ever again, after the fact that she had lead to the death of my brother.
I gulped, but then I lifted my head up a bit high to my father, to let him know that I was not weak. Not that I needed to do that, as I had proven that I was not last night, but it was more as if I was trying to prove a point to myself, as I then decided to speak to him.
"Father... If this is what you think will work, that I will do it... We do not have much time left... We can't think about it like we used to any more... So yes... I will do it." I said to him. My father looked at me, quite a bit surprised that I had agreed to do it.
I did not blame him either, as I was even a bit surprised at myself that I had done so as well. My father looked in to my eyes for a few moments, as it seemed as if I was just a small baby dragon again, as he had a smile on his face.
I was not a baby anymore though, but it still felt good to see that look in my fathers eyes, that I had nearly forgotten about, as I had not seen it in quite a long time. My father then got rid of that look however, as he then became serious as he began to speak back to me.
"Alright Jangra... It is settled my son... You go with Socra, we are going to have a meeting tomorrow, so you go and get some good rest..."