"How's it going?"
"Aren't you late for your meeting?"
"That can wait."
"Why are you here?"
"I'm just checking in on my girls."
"Why do you care more for them than your own Dragon?"
"I can make more of him whenever I want. Those two, I cannot."
"They are not here!!"
"Where?"
"Let's just say…..we won't be seeing them around here anytime soon."
"Can you be certain?"
"Have I ever steered you wrong before?"
"Do I have to answer honestly or accurately?"
"I'll make sure they're taken care of."
"Gooood!!! I knew I could count on you."
"Count on me? We can't count on anyone anymore.
Are you ok, King?"
"Kid, uh..what are you doing here? Where am I? Aaagh Get that thing away from me!!"
"King, it's me."
"Dragon!! Dragon!!! Guards! Guards!!"
"King, stop!! Don't attack her. Summer is here to apologize to you and not to kill you. Is that right…. Summer?"
"Sorry. Forgot I was still in Dragon form.
King, it is me. It's Summer, the girl you took captive and then told to kill her only child."
"I remember you. Stop coming closer or else I'll have no choice but to stab you with my sword out of self-defense."
"I mean you no harm. It is true what Adalyn said. I am here to apologize. I'm sorry for the way I acted."
"You? Why are you apologizing? I should be the one apologizing to you. You have nothing to apologize for. I made you do all those things. I forced you on the run. I forced you to kill. I forced you to flee. And because of how I have treated you….I caused you to start this war."
"King, nobody can force another to do anything, let alone me. I do everything by choice and not might. I'm here to say that through the help of this young girl here, I have changed my ways. She has shown me what true love is without even having to utter a single word."
"You!!! You were the first person to rush in to Summers' aid and defend her. I remember now."
"Yes, that is correct. She was also the first to suggest we save the whole planet from war instead of just leaving it worse off. Although we were all different in and of our own ways, she still loved us enough to not only get between our corralling's and arguments, but also to help us unite together. You see, king, we are about to attack, but then an even bigger enemy appeared. Again, she was the one to tell us to stay wrong together and not flee. Lastly, she could've killed this new enemy, but instead wanted to heal it.
No matter what we did in the past, she looked through that and saw what we could be. I am here today to say that I can see what you can be and forgive you for what you have done to me."
"Dragons!!! Refrain your claws and stand behind me!!"
"She…..she leads you?"
"Her heart should lead us all."
"Asibhe, asibhe, asibheehe!!"
"Agreed."
"Adalyn, what are they saying?"
"I have no idea, but whatever it is; I hope it was something good."
"Look! The guards are also taking back their swords."
"Summer!!"
"King!"
"Adalyn!!"
"Your majesty!!"
"I have no idea how you did it or where your heart lies, but if you can turn not only one Dragon but all the dragons including my whole planet, to not harm but unity…then wherever your heart is; there I want to be as well!!"
"Summer, what's happening?"
"Basically, he's thanking you for saving his planet and changing all of our hearts. As a thank you, he wants to offer you a reward."
"Then why didn't he just say that?"
"Shh!! He's about to speak again."
"Summer! I may have been wrong about you and your kind. You said yourself that none of you can be forced into anything. So, whether this child here is truly able to steal your hearts or not…. you all had to first allow her to do such a feat. That is the true power. I hereby accept your apology even though I still am not clear what it was, and furthermore say that I am sorry. You are forgiven."
"Are dragons allowed back on?"
"Everybodies actions are their own."
"Can't blame a girl for trying, right?"
"We may not accept them here, but I promise that we will stop sending scouts out to spy on your planet. You are now free to live as you want."
"Thank you, your majesty!!"
"As for you, young child. I cannot express my thanks enough."
"It's not only me you should be thanking. Sixth Star, a Hopegiver, also had a hand."
"Yes, yes, she did have a hand, but not a clean one. Do with her as you wish."
"Wha…what are you doing? What is that? Now, I have no intention to kill."
"I know you don't. This weapon is not to kill but to lead. The sword you see before you has been passed down from brave warrior to warrior ever since this planet first was. It is made of dragon scales and scorched using dragon breath. The hands that crafted it were…..many!!! It was a time when no evil reigned. This sword brought us together whenever we were at odds. The holder always was one who reminded us of who we once were…..and who we can be again. Now, I offer it to you. Lead in the Truth and Love that is within your heart."
"Thank you for the kind…. gesture, King; but I cannot accept. I told you already. I do not kill."
"You may not have a choice, my child."
"Huh?"
"There will come a day where you won't be able to decide between love or punishment. You will have to punish…. or be punished!!!"
"Killing is a sin!!"
"No! No, my child. Even Jesus killed. Nothing we do with our hands, or our minds is considered a sin. What is considered a true sin is when we do something and think we don't need God to look over our shoulder when we do it or know that we did."
"Explain!"
"It's not a sin to make idols. What is a sin is when you are so wrapped up in it, that you ignore God completely and don't talk to Him about it. Jesus' disciples asked Him, what is good and what is considered a sin? How can we be good like You if everyone was born with evil in their heart? Jesus said it is not the sin that makes you a bad person but what you do next. If the Holy Spirit tells you to say you are sorry to Me, and you do; then He'll still punish you, but he won't count it against you. The only time he counts it against you/punishes you severely is when the Holy Spirit tells you what you did and that you should say you're sorry, but you blatantly choose not to say it."
"Give me the sword!!!"
"Adalyn, your life is all about love. You can't justify sin by using love as a medium. This is a new part of your understanding of Truth where you yourself can't pose it?"
"That is why I will need all of you to help me find out what sin is. In order to lead you…I need something to lead you out of that is complex and then bring you into something that is clearer."
"Summer, before I died, I said, 'Let the era of dragons be no more.' Now I take back that statement. Use your Kind to help others further clarify the Truth!! I have faith in both of you."
"Faith!! The confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Oh, how I would give anything to change what I have done. Who am I kidding? All you are is just a dead corpse and I am cutting you open with my spear in order to take your heart. But seriously, I really messed up this time. Hope is just basically a wish upon a star. That is all it is. I have hope that you will turn right at the step sign. It is not proving that you will turn at the stop sign, so if you indeed do turn left and not right, then welp; I had hoped for the wrong thing. Faith on the other hand is trust that you will turn right, because I know that in order for you to get to where you are headed, you have to turn right. So, I have undeniable faith/trust that you will turn there."
"HEY!! ARE YOU DONE TALKING TO YOURSELF, OR DO YOU WANT A RIDE?"
"I wasn't talking to myself. I was…Adalyn, what are you doing here? Didn't you hear everything?"
"Summer and I heard every word. Now I don't condone you for your actions, nor do I condemn you. You want to be a faithchild and not a hopechild so you purposely have gone into places and turned them against each other. Why? You can't hope for something good if you have never 'seen' what could be. Since you have already seen what could be, you destroy a group just so that you can not only give them hope in what could be, but also faith/a secure trust that if they turn their ways, then what could be is what is."
"But I turned this planet on itself just so that I could be one hundred percent certain of what they could be once I put hope in them. I just wanted assurance that the hope I gave was actually real."
"No need to explain yourself, child. John 20: 24-29 offers a great visualization to what you did.
'Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So, the other disciples told him, 'We have seen the Lord."
But he said to them, 'Unless I see the nails marked in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.'
You did the same thing. You wanted to see what is possible/the nails in His hands and also physically touch them/be there so that when you preach to others, you already know that what you say of the future is true.
'A week later His disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them. Then he said, 'Peace be with you!!' Next, He turned to Thomas and said, 'Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.'
Oh, how I wish we could all see what could be so that we can be more confident in how to change what is.
'Thomas said to Him, "My Lord and…..my God!!'
Sadly, no one else has been able to get so close to God like Thomas did, but that's ok. We may not know what's going to happen, but that is where hope comes in. Hope is something that we can want to happen in someone else's life, but faith is believing that the thing you want best for someone is something that can never be changed. Hope can falter, but faith lasts forever.
'Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet still believe.'"
"Adalyn, wait!! I have someone who has been begging me to come with you. I told her that you were leaving, but she wants you to stay. In fact, we all want you to stay."
"Summer, drop me on the ground. I have one last thing to say to these people."
"Here is the heart, Adalyn."
"Give it to Summer."
"Yes ma'am."
"ADDRESING ALL OF YOU. What you saw witnessed here today was just an act of love. Now, I know that before Star and I got her, that this world was running ok; and I know it will still do forever more once we leave. But if you want me to show you what love is; it's really simple. Love others the way you want to be treated and forget not your first Love."
"Thanks, Adalyn."
"Everybody ready."
"Adalyn, what if we falter?"
"You gave me this sword to help lead people to the truth, so I say this one thing. Love others and do not punish, because if you do then there is no galaxy in the midst of galaxies where you will be safe from my wrath. If I hear so much as a whiff that you have defied what I just said then I will personally take this sword that you offered me, come see you in person…..and cut off your head."
"Twice!!!"
"We promise."
"Don't promise, just do. A wise person once told me to never make a promise you can't keep….especially if you said it on purpose. Now I pray to God that this is not the case for you."
"I assure you it is not. To quinch your doubts, please let my daughter go with you. She is my only one, but I trust her with you. Lead her in all Truth and right. And if it be found out that we have indeed broken your wishes.....then keep her."
"Daddy, you can't do that."
"Babygirl, I want you to be an heir to a much better throne than I could ever offer.
Take good care of her now, and if she stumble; hold her hand and please pick her back up."
"We won't let you down and I'll care of her as if she were our own."
"God-speed!!"
(Sorry if this chapter is a bit long. There was a lot of stuff the girls wanted to say and even though I wanted them to finally leave the planet, they did after all just make me the recorder and nothing else. It is their journey. I am just along for the ride. Don't hate the messenger!!")