[Human world.]
Marika looked through the bags and found something to eat.
While she was munching on some bread she noticed William had a fever.
'Your such a handful.' She sighed and smiled.
Marika went outside and looked around there was no water sources and they were on a big rock that was surrounded by water.
'Who in the world build this place…'
Marika found a bucked and flew down to get water.
When she got back up she tasted the water but the taste was salty.
'It should be good enough to cool him.'
Marika went inside again and started to care for William.
She found a few bottles of water and with the amount of food they could last a day if the ration it 3 days.
William woke up in a fright.
'Go rest some more, you have a fever.'
"But…"
'No but's eat this and drink this and sleep.'
'William your health is more important and it doesn't matter if we leave a day later.'
'Now go back to sleep.'
"Yes doctor Marika"
Marika smiled at him.
As the evening approached William condition didn't seem to improve.
'Damn it.'
Marika contacted Genus, 'White coat is it possible for you to see what's going on with William internally through this spell?'
"I'm sorry little girl."
Marika was thinking.
"Little girl just tell me how he got in that state."
Marika told Genus what happened and showed a the picture of William.
'It's good that you contacted me, indeed his fever isn't normal, he awakened 2 stages by the looks of it, under stressful circumstance."
'You mean like I did in Ignis?'
Genus nodded.
'But the human world doesn't contain the amount of energy he needs to recover.'
'Damn it.'
William woke up and wanted to make a portal
'Stop that! You're in no condition to do that.'
Marika then was hit by an idea.
'Genus how bad would it be for him to travel right now? Because currently were stuck here but we need to get home for him to recover but he can't use his magic right now.'
"That depends on what just stuck your mind." Genus said.
'Vincent can use portal magic the only down side to it, it will take him an hour before he can use it again once he arrives here.'
'I can fly back to The Green Dragon Clan…but I'm afraid it will worsen his fever.'
"That's not an option."
'F*ck!'
"What about Henry?" Genus asked.
'He is still recovering, you know as well as I do what will happens if he attempted to use magic right now.'
Marika was thinking and then said 'I'll call you back later.'
Marika then called Vincent.
Vincent was sleeping when Marika called him.
Half asleep he took her call.
"Who is it?"
'Vincent get your ass out of bed right now! This is an emergency.'
Vincent woke up instantly and saw Marika.
"What's wrong?"
'Can you pinpoint my location?'
"I can, but why?"
'William is in bad shape and I need to get him back to The Night World.'
"Give me a sec."
Vincent rushed out of his room and went to the world map room. There he could see where any dragon is around the world.
"Your current location is on a small piece of land just south of Greenland."
'Is there a high natural energy source nearby?'
"There is…"
'What would be my estimated flight time from my current location?'
"45 minutes and head north."
'Well I'm disorientate now I have no clue what's north right now.'
"Can you go outside for a minute?"
Marika went outside.
"Now I'm going to cast a spell that will temporarily give me access to your body so I can see better where you need to go"
'Don't you do anything strange…'
"Don't worry you will be able to move on your own free will I only have access to your sight."
'Really!? That's handy, you're going to teach me that.' Marika said excitedly.
"Are you ready?"
Marika nodded.
Vincent casted the spell and he could now see what Marika saw
"Now look up to sky", Marika looked up and slowly turned.
"I found it, you see that bright dote?"
'Yeh I see it,
"Great, that's north and you need to fly in that direction."
Vincent dispelled the spell.
Marika made a mark on the ground.
'Alright I need you to go to that place as well, meet us there, by the way has my brother returned yet?'
"No not yet."
'Alright…Oh and bring something warm to drink and a lot of it.'
'I need to make one more call and I'll be heading over there.'
"Yes Yumaria. See you in a bit."
Marika went back inside and saw William trying to use his magic again.
'William! I told you you're not in the condition to use magic right now.'
Marika crouched down 'William listen to me, after my call with Genus were going to fly again.'
'We are only 45 minutes away from Greenland so…and were going to a cave with a high natural energy source, it could as well be the place your looking for, but we have to cut our trip short and go home.'
"Can't we?"
'I'm sorry William…But if the place were heading now to is indeed what you're looking for we can come back and visit again, when your better.'
"Yes Marika."
Marika smiled and patted his head.
Marika called Genus.
'Hey white coat, listen there is a place with high energy for human word standards. It's only 45 minutes of flight time.'
"Go, but make sure he stay's warm on the flight."
'I will, thanks Genus.'
Marika packed everything up, and gave William some medicine that would help keep his body warm. She then wrapped the two blankets around William and took him out side.
'Agito, Spike, Noir!'
The three of them appeared and Marika transformed.
'I need you three to shield William from the cold air.'
Marika picked up William and put him on her back. Agito, spike and Noir jumped on her back and Marika took off to the sky.
[ Green Dragon Clan]
Vincent packed up a few things and went down to the kitchen.
Because of the noise he made Camila came and checked what was going on.
'Brother'
"Did I wake you?"
'You did, but what are you doing?'
"One of Yumaria's friend is sick and she need a lot of warm things."
Camilla yawned for a bit, 'Alright I'll fix the drinks for you, you go get that thick blanked from Aron's room and there should be a few hot water bottle in his room to.
Vincent went to Aron's room and folded the blanked and took 3 hot water bottles.
When he came back Camila was already done with all kind of hot drinks.
She then fill the hot water bottles and Vincent said to her, "Go get dressed and get dressed in something warm."
Camila looked at Vincent.
"Yumaria can use an extra pair of hands don't you think."
'Give me 5 minutes.'
Vincent nodded he then wrote a not for his father and left it on the kitchen counter.
Camila came back and had a bag of extra clothe for Marika.
Vincent and Camila went outside, where Vincent opened a portal to where Marika and William were waiting.
[Ruins of the eight dragon clans]
Richard arrived at the ruins together with Carl.
Richard walked straight to the big Dragon room.
As he was standing in front of the door he took a deep breath.
"Are you sure? It's been ten years…" Carl asked him.
"I closed myself off for too long."
"But thanks to Marika… Let's say she slowly opened my eyes again and let me see that even what I feared and didn't want to accept, wasn't there."
"And William is a friend of mine, he need us and I can't let him suffer just because I choose to stop seeing."
Richard opened the doors to the room and walked inside.
He started to hear the whispers of the ancestors and see them one by one.
'What is he doing here?'
"He was here last time to"
'What does he want?'
"Maybe it because of the poor little girl"
'Poor little thing…do you think she died?'
'Well she was a broken one.'
Richard understood why Marika was agitated last time, who wouldn't.
"Shut the hell up already! Or do you wish to vanish to nothingness?" Richard spoke.
All the spirits were silent.
"I'm here for answers, and I need them from a blue dragon."
"What do you need to know Azure King?"
A spirit came towards Richard.
"Do you know what has happened to your clan?"
"No…but if you here for and answers then that means my descendants are in trouble.
"Well…They are, after the great war they vanished." Richard told the spirit.
"I discovered that a friend of mine is a blue dragon, and he awakened 2 stages under stressful circumstances. I need to know how many stage the blue dragon has and what the final stage is.'
"We of The Blue Dragon Clan go through 3 stage, our third and final stage is the dragon form. But if he indeed has awakened 2 stage one after another his body can shut down and he will die."
"Is there a place in the human world for him where he can recover?"
The spirit shook his head, "The best place for him would be Lunar Lake. When the moon is above the lake it should be enough for him."
"Can I asked the Azure King, who is with him right now?"
Richard smirked "The girl you all pity and say is a broken dragon is actually the new Guardian of the 3 Worlds. And she is currently giving her all to keep him alive right now."
"So next time she is here I hope you can show more respect to my wife and The Guardian." Richard looked at all the spirits.
Richard bowed to the spirit of The Blue Dragon Clan.
"Thank you for the help, I will do anything in my power to help him survive his ordeal." Richard said to the spirit.
"Thank you for helping my descendant great Azure King."
Richard turned around and left the great dragon room.
He called Marika.
"Sweetheart how is William doing?"
'Well I arrived at a cave that has natural energy and his fever is lower than before, but we can't stay here for too long.'
'I called for Vincent, he will be arriving soon and if he absorbs enough energy here he can make a portal to The Night World in just half an hour instead of an hour.'
"Sweetie, I talked to an ancestor of The Blue Dragon Clan. He said because William awakened two stage one after another there is the possibility that he could die because of the stress on his body."
"I need you to have Vincent make a portal to Lunar Lake because that his best chance of survival."
'How much time do I have?'
"You have 4 hours till the moon hits the lake."
Marika was calculating, and nodded.
'Bring Genus to the lake and call for Caelum to.'
"Alright sweetie, hang in there a little longer."
'I will.'
Marika ended her call with Richard and sighed a little.
She looked at William who was sleeping. Agito, spike and Noir were laying a round William to keep him warm.
Marika on the other hand was feeling cold. She was shivering but there wasn't anything she could use to keep herself warm.
After a few minutes Marika sensed Vincent and Camila's presence.
Camila saw Marika was shivering and gave her a hug.
'Yumaria! You're so cold…'
Marika nodded 'Well that because I need to keep William as warm as possible.'
"Here drink this it should warm you up a bit." Vincent gave her one of the drink Camila had made.
Marika drank it and started to feel a bit warm again.
Camila told her brother to turn around for a moment.
Camila helped Marika get changed in to new and warm cloths.
'Thank you Camila.'
Marika slowly started to warm up again.
"How is he doing?"
'Well his fever went down a little since we came but it's not good enough.'
Camila covered William up with an extra thick blanked and placed the 3 hot water bottles under it.
'Vincent I know you came her by Portal magic but I need you to absorb all the energy her for you to open a portal again in half an hour.'
"What!!"
"How do you want me to do that? I don't know even how to do something like that."
'Then I'll have to teach you.'
Marika then looked at Camila, 'Can you watch over William for a bit? While I give your brother a crash course on how to absorb natural energy?'
'Leave it to me.' Camila said to Marika.
Marika told Vincent to sit down and empty his mind completely.
'Now get the sense of your surroundings, feel the air flow, listen to the sounds you can hear.'
'If you start to feel a pressure than that is good, and when you do I want you to pull it towards you.'
As Vincent was slowly starting to get the hang of absorbing natural energy, Marika checked on William.
William woke up again and saw Marika and Camila.
"Where are we?"
'Welcome to a cave somewhere in Greenland.' Marika said jokingly.
William looked around and wanted to get up.
'Oh no you don't!' And Marika pushed him down.
"But…"
Marika sighed a bit.
'Really now William…I was freezing to death a few minutes ago to keep you warm and made sure your condition wouldn't worsen.'
'Flying over here was risky enough already.'
"Then when I'm better can we come back here again?"
'Sure.' As Marika nodded.
William for the 3rd time wanted to make a portal.
'Stop that already, I told you two times before you're in no condition to do that.'
She then pointed to Vincent, 'Let him do that, that's why I called for him.'
William saw Vincent "Why is he sitting like that?"
'Because he needs to absorb the energy here, he can't make portals one after another like you. And I have him sit like that to lessen the time between it. It will take him normally an hour to create a new one after he casted one.'
'And besides why do it yourself if you have somebody to exploit on his abilities.'
William smiled and Camila started to laugh.
Marika gave William a warm drink.
'Drink up, because you need to stay warm.'
William drank it and when he was done he saw Marika tens up.
"What's wrong?"
'Uhm it's nothing, they're not close yet.'
Marika looked at Vincent who was just finished.
'Are you ready?'
Vincent nodded, "Where do you want to go?"
'We need to go to The Night World and to be specific Lunar Lake.'
"But…I have never been there…how do you expect me…"
Marika gave Vincent a slap on the shoulder 'What are you worrying about? I have been there before so I just show you what it looks like and you focus on that image.'
'Now concentrate.' Marika showed Vincent the image of Lunar Lake in his mind.
Vincent saw the image Marika gave him and opened a portal.
Camila and Vincent helped William to get up and Marika grabbed the bags.
'You guys go first.'
The three of them went through the portal and Marika threw the bag through the portal.
Camila and Vincent arrived and met with Richard, Genus and Caelum.
"Where is Marika?" Richard asked.
"She should be right behind us…" Vincent said to him.
Then they saw a few bags coming through.
"Master before we left she had her guard up, but she said they weren't close yet."
Richard then looked Vincent "Keep this portal open no matter what."
"Yes Your Majesty."
Richard went through it and saw Marika was dealing with a few vampires.
"Marika!"
Richard pulled his sword and supported her.
"Let's go."
'But…'
"No but's, we deal with the trash later."
'Alright…'
Marika and Richard ran through the portal "Close it now!"
Vincent closed it.
Marika sat down while catching her breath.
"Are you alright?"
Marika pounced at Richard and hugged him 'I am now.'
Caelum came over and checked on Marika
"Mom take a dip in the lake, it should help you recover."
'I can't.'
"Why?" Richard asked.
'Because I'm tied right now and want to get some sleep.'
Richard and Caelum started to laugh.
"Well get some sleep and after your nap you take a dip in the water." Richard told her.
Marika fell asleep and changed to her 5 year old form.
Richard handed Marika over to Caelum.
"What's her state right now."
"There is no instability or signs she used her magic, she is just exhausted that's all."
Caelum took Marika and laid her down on the grass under a tree and changed in his phoenix form and held her close to his body so she wouldn't get cold.
Richard then looked at Vincent and Camila "Welcome to The Night World."
"And thank you for supporting Marika. Now that you're here you can visit your brother if you like. I can ask Canus to bring you over to him and I'll let your father know what had happened and that there is currently no means for you guys to get back at the moment."
"Thank you Your Majesty we will gladly take your offer." Vincent said to Richard.
Richard called Canus and after half an hour he arrived.
Canus spotted Marika sleeping and asked Richard "Is she alright?"
Richard nodded, "She is, but she is just exhausted from taking care of a trouble maker, as he pointed at William."
Canus then saw Vincent and Camila, "So you guys hitch hike to come here." Canus said jokingly.
'We did.' Camilla said proudly.
Canus started to laugh, "Well I hope you don't have a fear of heights because we're going to fly.
'Well I hope for you that you're a reliable pilot, because I don't like to crash you know.'
Everybody started to laugh.
Canus transformed and let Camila and Vincent climbed up on his back.
"Let's see what kind of face your brother is going to make when he sees you two."
"He'll probably be stupefied." Vincent said.
Camila and Vincent said their goodbyes and took off to the sky.
Richard went over to William and Genus.
"How is he doing?"
"Well the little girl sure did everything possible for him to keep his life, but it doesn't look good, if they were an hour later he would be dead."
William was sleeping again.
"The reason she survived those type of ordeals is because of her healing magic, but in Williams case we have to pray that he will pull through."
"His body is internally badly damaged, and his inner energy is a mess."
"What can we do?" Richard asked Genus.
"Well… I need the little girl's help. She needs to heal him while I stabilize his inner energy, when that's done he needs to take a dip in the lake to restore his magic that is currently in disarray."
William was dreaming and saw Marika lazing around.
'Hey William fancy seeing you here.'
"Where am I?"
'You are in my dream.'
"But how?"
'Let's just say I was the one who got you here.'
'Come and lay down.'
William did and started to relax.
"What about my body?"
'Don't worry about it, your body is fine… well its actually not fine, that's why I brought you here.'
William was in shock and sat up again, "Then I need to go back."
Marika stopped him and shook her head.
'Before you go back you have to listen to me first.'
William looked at Marika not understanding.
'It's alright, me and Genus are going to make you as good as new.' Marika smiled at him.
'Now look at this.' Marika showed him what she had saw in the house.
"Who is that?" He asked.
'That's you.'
"Me? But what am I?"
'You're a dragon.' Marika smiled.
"But how are you so sure of it?"
'Well even though I'm asleep right now I can still hear what is said outside.'
'I will be brutally honest here, your body is internally badly damage, your inner energy is a mess and your magic is in a state of disarray. You have all the ingredients to die right now.'
"But I don't want to die! I still haven't figured out why I lost my memories, and I don't want to be separated from everybody, not from Richard and not from you."
Marika gave him a hug, 'Well keep that mind set and fight, fight to survive by any and all means.'
"But why wasn't I affected by your call for all dragons?"
'It will only affect dragons who have reached their final form, the form of a dragon. Any dragon under it will not be affected by it, just like Harold.'
"Can I ask you one more thing Marika?"
'Sure.'
"Instead of going back to Greenland can you cast your bonding spell on me and access my memories?"
Marika had a warm smile on her face and nodded, 'Sure, I'll do anything to help my friend.'
'Oh one more thing William, what white coat is going to do, is going to make you sick and is going to be painful, but don't fight against it or it will hurt more and longer.'
William nodded "See you on the other side."
Marika woke up and asked Caelum 'How bad are Williams internal injuries?'
"Well they're only 15% of what Noir was."
'Then am I allowed to use my healing ability's to heal him.
Caelum nuzzled Marika "Yes mom and I'll support you."
'I think I should feed him a healing pill to lessen our burden.'
Marika and Caelum came over and woke up William 'You're the worst patient I ever had, take this so we can begin.'
William took the pill.
'Well bite down and don't you dare quit on us half way.'
William nodded.
Marika nodded at Genus.
Richard removed all the blankets from William and folded on to function as a pillow and laid one under him.
"Good luck, when you get through this, then remember this is only a fraction of what she had to go through."
'Richard you fill the empty bottles with water from the lake and find some cloth to keep his head cool.'
Richard filled up the bottles and tore a piece off one of the blankets.
Marika and Genus started on William lifesaving plan.
[Queentia]
Canus arrived at Queentia and was met with Aron.
"Your back? I thought you were heading back to Ignis."
"Well I planned to but I had to bring 2 guest."
Aron saw his brother and sister coming down from Canus back.
He gave them both a hug.
"How come you are here?"
"Well…"
'We hitched a ride with Yumaria.' Camila said bluntly.
Aron started to laugh "So you helped her and she took you with her."
"Something like that." Vincent said.
"I'll tell you about it later, how are you doing here?"
"I'm still alive as you can see."
Now let's go inside and talk, I have missed you guys."
[Green Dragon Clan]
Richard was calling Harold and explain what had happened and that Vincent and Camila had helped them get home.
"I send them to Aron, and Canus is also there so they should be fine."
"Alright, How is Aron doing over there?"
"He is doing great and makes sure that everything goes smoothly and doesn't take to big leaps, he takes his time and make sure everything is in order until he starts as new step. The people of Faber Village like him and respect him."
"That's good to hear." Harold sighed a sigh in relieve.
"Let Vincent and Camila know they don't need to rush there visit."
"Sure, no problem."
Richard ended the call with Harold
[Lunar Lake]
Richard wanted to return to Marika and Genus when Luca called him.
"Brother in law do you know where my sister is? I tried to call her but…"
"Your sister and Genus are having their hands full with William at the moment."
"What happened?"
"Well I can't talk right now, I'll tell you later."
"So you and Dantis have to stay put a little while longer, because William is fighting for his life, and Vincent is at Aron's place right now."
"Alright, tell my sister to call me when she has the time."
"I will."
Luca ended the call with Richard and Richard went over to Marika and Genus.
"This is not good little girl."
'No sh*t Sherlock, you need to block his 3rd stage now.'
"I'm working on it, but he is fighting it."
'Damn it William! I told you not to fight it.'
Richard saw that Marika and Genus were struggling.
Richard looked at William and started to concentrate "It's not William who is putting up the fight. It's his dragon who is doing it."
Richard told Genus to move a side for a bit.
Richard took Marika's hand and placed it on William.
"Sweetie I need you to focus and exert a pressure fitting of the Guardian, you have to make it submit to you."