A storm could be seen raising at the horizon, with dark clouds rolling in, and a torrential downpour accompanied by thunder and lightning. As dragons, Trinity and her friends could hear the sound of giant wings flapping, hence the thunderstorm to mask the sound of many dragons flying above.
Since humans were oblivious to the existence of dragons, the Dragon Lord always made sure that they remained hidden, because though he is the strongest of his kind and humans will not be able to kill him, most of the weapons nowadays would render him weak, and these people could easily capture him and starve him to near death.
The Dragon Lord also knew of the prophecy of a legendary warrior who would have the power to control the five elements and defeat him, but he knew it was nothing more then a story told by mothers to their young ones. If he were born a human, he'd never know of their existence, and even if they knew a human was too weak, like little insects that could easily be smashed under his feet without their weapons and armour. All dragons pledge their alliance to him, so no one would be strong enough to go against his orders, and now, he would make sure to show all these beasts what would happen if they cross him. He will make an example of this Trinity Grove and all others who double crossed him. As for a witch, they're long extinct. That wretched witch Alexandra, the one who cursed him, doesn't have any lineage. Her only daughter, through who her bloodline would have thrived, was killed by him.
It is said that the prophecy was the part of Alexandra's curse... well at that time, he was too overwhelmed to hear what all she said... but he had survived this far, not by only staying hidden, but eliminating every threat he saw.
He started by the very dragons who were powerful enough to see the future; the oracles. The last one was hard. But one thing was good, he eliminated two birds with one stone. It was his fortune that Triyast was also there, as he was another threat. He was slowly beginning to understand that there was no 'knights dragon'. He had been looking for the real knights in the hopes to join forces with them. It was a good thing that unlike his daughter, he thought that one of the dragons from the castle was impersonating as the knights dragon and came with this suspension to him. He had to die before he found out that every dragons savior was actually their hunter. He had stupidity sent his child to the castle in the hopes of protecting her, and due to some cursed luck, she knew his secret.
The Dragon Lord had also killed off all the oracles offsprings, save for one, who never showed any signs of future predictions. He had killed Tyrone's father, thinking that Sabrina would never have children, but he was too late, she had already gotten pregnant with Niel Oceans son.
He didn't really need an army to defeat them, but he had heard that Tyrone and Trinity were seeking out the knights; the real knights, and if it's true, than he will need his dragons in case they have found, and shook hands with each other.
He could now see Trinity's house clearly. Those cowards, they were no where to be seen.
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Ring...ring... "Mr King? Where are you?..." Tyrone asked. There was an ergency in his voice. "They're here..."
This was the third time Tyrone had tried Taylor King's phone, and the first he picked up.
There was an aura of fear in the room.
"We're on our way. Try to keep alive for a while," came the reply.
"Well everyone; this is it, the time we were all waiting for. We win this thing, or die trying!" Trinity said looking out the window at the coming storm. They had one advantage, the Dragon Lord didn't know Trinity was a pure blood witch, which can be used against him.
"This is it,"Tyrone replied, as they all hugged each other. "Trinity, no matter what happens, always know that I love you very much. You are my world, my everything."
"Aawwww that's so sweet," Jack teased. "You know Trinity, there was a time when this same guy would be grosed out when he saw anything romantic, and here he is... he is still our cousin right? Or did he change into someone else?"
"Yeah, who are you and where on earth is our Tyrone?" Emeralda chimed in, making the amber eyed guy blush, as everyone laughed. The air became much cooler and everyone relaxed a little. The only problem was they didn't know where Taylor was. He did say he was coming, but didn't give the exact location.
"I don't think we can wait for him any longer," Stacey, sensing the tension on everyone's face, blurted out.
"You are right! Sooner or later, we have to get out of this house and face him. We cannot just stay here and hide like cowards," Trinity agreed with her friend.
"Don't worry, we will cast some protection spells on all of you, it will help you...," Dorin said, "and this house is under a protection spell itself, but we're not strong enough to hold it. We will need to keep chanting." She turned to her mother, and together they walked to the center of the room, as the others made their way outside.
Marcus was standing there. He had come faster than the others, with a preposition. "Ah, at last!"
"What do you want, Marcus?" The twins stepped forward, almost leaping at him.
"Uh uh uh! I wouldn't do that if I were you."
"Just tell us what you want! Shouldn't you be up there with your master?" Tyrone asked, gesturing towards the storm.
"You can still prevent this war. I can still convince the Dragon Lord to return and forgive you, you just have to surrender Trinity Grove and walk away," Marcus said, looking at everyone.
"Why does he want me so badly?" Trinity asked, half annoyed. What could she do that he wanted her. If it was to kill her, he would have asked for everyone to return, and killed them all in the castle. But he was only interested in her. Why?
"Simple, when a leader falls, the entire team falls. They all came after you, so you're their leader!"
"Well, you can go tell him if he wants me so badly, come get me, if he can defeat me!" Trinity challenged.
"Very well, miss Grove. So be it," Marcus said, as he disappeared into a thin smoke.