Lily POV
Calvin gently woke me up said, "Ashton said wear something warm." I quickly got dressed and grabbed my backpack and left the room. I went towards the front door and saw Ashton waiting.
I hugged Calvin and kissed him goodbye. Then followed Ashton towards a clearing and saw Blayne in dragon form. I stopped short and bowed my head then I linked him saying, "Hello, Dace. May I ask who am I riding, you?" I showed my respect to the dragon he bowed his head and moved his wing down and he said, "your welcome hop on little one."
"Lily, you're a natural. We didn't have to tell you to show respect and wait for command." Ashton said. I smiled as I got settled. "Hold on little one. We are going to take off so Ashton can let Kia out." Dace said through the link.
I got a good hold on Dace and he started to flap his wings and then we were off the ground. A few moments later a black and green dragon joined us. "Hello little one. It's nice to finally meet you." Kai linked. "Well it's nice to meet you too Kai." I said back.
Then I yawned. "Here in a little bit you can rest. Sorry, we had to leave early Lily. But this was the only time for our dragon to fly without being seen." Blayne said. "Your fine. I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention to Dace's color. What color are you, Dace?" I asked. "Well little one I'm black, red, and have a little blue. Now hold on tight strong winds coming." Dace said. I held on tight to Dace. Then everything went black.
Blayne POV
Once she approached Dace she bowed and linked asking for permission. I was happy because she knew our ways. Once she was on she started to talk and Dace kept saying 'little one' which she didn't mind. We were close to our portal when Dace told Lily to hang on. She did and once we passed through I felt her link closeup. "little one passed out." Kai said.
"That was expected because she's not a full dragon" I replied. We were in the dragon realm now.
Clear blue skies and no worry about people finding us. "Where are we going first? I don't want many dragons to see little one before she wakes up." Dace asked. "Take her to elder Blue. He lives away from evryone. Also he can test her." I relied. We flew close to the river and eventually landed outside of the elders house. Kai landed first and transformed into Ashton then Dace landed. Ashton quickly took Lily off and Dace let me transform back. Ash handed me Lily and we walked up to elder Blues house.
"Hello king. Have you found the wielder of the mark?" he asked while letting us inside. "Yes, but we went through the portal and she passed out. We didn't want anyone to see her until she wakes up. Also we were wondering if you could test her blood to see truly what she is." I explained. I placed Lily on a spare bed. "Ya that's fine get her arm ready." Blue said. He drew blood and tested it. He looked shocked and said, "In my thousand of years never have I ever seen this."
Lily POV
I woke up and I was laying on a bed. I could feel Blayne and Asthon being worried. "Did someone die?" I asked That's when I noticed another presence in the room. They all looked at me with surprised looks on their faces. 'It's because of the other being inside you.' Kira said. 'What are you talking about?'
'Well back when you were ten. Your parents did a number on your back. The reason is because a dragon starts to show at ten. Your scales and a little bit of your wings were coming out. That's why it hurt when a dragon touched your back. You have a dragon that is slowly dying. Her name is Amber. You can live with both of us but Amber will use a lot of your strength. That's if you fully transform but they can teach you other ways.' Kira explained.
"Lily are you alright?" Blayne asked. "Sorry, I was talking with Kira. Now what about my dying dragon?" They looked confused that I knew what was going on. "Kira told me when I was ten the reason my parents did a number on my back was because my scales and a little bit of my wings were showing. They tried to kill my dragon. Well they weakened her. Then when I turned fourteen the new alpha did the same thing and that's when I couldn't take it and left. Kira says that I can live with both Amber and herself, the only issue is that I can't turn into a full dragon or I will pass out. But Amber is dying. What can we do to save her?" I asked.
"Well the only way to save a dying dragon is to inject this serum into them. If we go through with this since your dragon hasn't fully developed its going to hurt." The old guy said. "I want her inside the castle walls before we give her that. At least she's protected and we can watch over her." Blayne said. "That's fine I will follow and I can get her set up and come by to check on her through her stay." The old man said. "Alright let's go save a dragon." Ashton blurted out. I got up and Blayne shifted to Dace. "Hop on Little one. Hopefully we can save your dragon." He said. "Thank you Dace and I have high hopes that we will save Amber." I said.
He took off followed by Kai and the old man. "You really can't wait to talk with your dragon little one." Kai said. I laughed. "Why do you guys call me little one?" "It's our nickname for you. Since you will only be able to use some features of your dragon it fits." Dace said. "Dace watch out crazy lady on your left. Quickly hop off so Blayne can deal with this one little one." Kai said. I didn't argue I quickly got off Dace and all three men quickly shifted back into their human forms. Then before I could ask what they are talking about two girls approached the men, I was forced behind the men. I was able to look around the men and then I saw a glimpse of a girl behind the two other girls. She looked sad and she was looking down. I noticed that she was hardly wearing anything and she had a collar around her neck.
"What did I tell you about buying slaves, Ashley. I forbid it and it's cruel!" Blayne yelled. "She's my helper. What about that thing?" The main girl questioned me about the discus. "My name is Lily and I'm not a thing." I spoke up. the girl growled at me. "Ashley, she's royalty, show some respect. Also, leave my sight. I don't want to see you anymore." Blayne said. Ashley grabbed the slave girl and pushed her off the ledge of the cliff. Before anyone could do anything Kira took over and shifted. Then she jumped off the cliff and grabbed the girl and pulled her onto our back. Then I noticed that she was watching the cliff and saw the ridges. We were able to land on one of the ledges. We used that to our advantage to get back to the top of the cliff. Once we got up to the top the girl had already passed out and Kira let me take control over again. That's when I laid the girl down on the ground and sat down in my human form trying to process everything.
Blayne came over to me and I said, "Please check the girl." I managed to say. He walked over to the girl and I got up and walked over to this Ashley girl. "Now you listen here. Listen to your king and don't push people off the cliff. Now leave before I rip your head off." She and her friend immediately left. Blayne had the slave girl in his arms. "Follow me." He said. We walked to a castle and I heard whistles and I tuned them out. Once inside Blayne looked at Ashton and the old man. "Can you two get Lily ready. I will be right there. I have to take this girl to a room." Ashton and the old man began walking in a different direction than Blayne. "She's fine Lily. Actually, thanks to you I found Dace's Mate." Blayne said in the link. I followed Ashton to a huge room. "Change into pjs and come back and get comfortable on the bed. I have to get my equipment." The old man said.
Ashton handed me my bag. "Suggestion, wear a sports bra and shorts. The bathroom is right through that door." I walked into the bathroom and got into shorts and a sports bra. I walked out of the bathroom and laid down on the bed. It was soft and comfortable. The old man walked back in the room with Blayne. "Drink this." Blayne said, handing me a glass of orange liquid. I drank it and felt dizzy and numb. "Sorry. It helps with the pain. Don't worry I will call Calvin and tell him we made it safe. Relax and I will see you when you wake up." Then I fell asleep.