"Ezra I need you Now! Others stay were you are and camp out here. I need to talk to Ezra alone. No one and I repeat No one is to go after him got it! I don't want to ruin this and start a battle."
I took Ezra inside. "What is it? What did he say? Hawk said you looked weak." "Woah slow down it wasn't Leon's fault the goddess was contacting me. Anyway I have something to talk to you about and I need an answer by tomorrow night. Let me tell you about Leon first." Ezra was quiet and he nodded. I told him what the goddess told me and that he really didn't mean to kill anyone. He was a troubled boy. "Hmm. I see but the point is he did kill people. Will he be a problem if we did decide to keep him? The people he killed the families won't be happy." "I understand. If this does work out I will most likely have you stay with him until I explain. Even then it might take awhile but eventually they will forgive him. It took me awhile until aunt and uncle told me they were aiming for them. But still when the goddess explained that helped me more understand. I felt really bad for him. That's why I'm hoping you will accept. We would just have to have him accept if you do." "Let me talk to my father about this first. We will have a decision by tomorrow night." "Ok thanks a bunch Ezra. If not there will be a war depending on our decision. I just hope it doesn't come to it." "Yeah me too." I kissed his cheek and went to find aunt and uncle.
"Auntie uncle come with me please." They found me and I explained what the goddess told me. "Hmm. I see. I knew that boy had to go through some trauma to be acting like that. Your mom and dad were actually rooting for you and Leon to marry. You were so cute with him. You would follow him wherever he went. You would cry when he had to go." "Wait I did? What about brother?" "You would always bring him along with you and Jet would always want to be helped up by Leon." "Oh god. Its embarrassing. I didn't know I was that attached. No wonder he wanted to marry me. But isn't he a little old for me?" "Well how old does he look to you?" "He looks to be in his early 20's or late teens. Why what does it mean?" "Its because he can't turn anymore. Yes he is half vampire so he can live a long time. Which also means he can be killed like a human or if he is in the sun to long he can get tired out from his vampire side. Besides his look and the sun thing, there really isn't anything vampire about him. He also could choose his diet blood or people food. He chose human food. So he is good. Blood shouldn't bug him. But he does like his steak rare with it still bleeding. Drinking blood won't hurt him or make him sick if he does though, so you don't have to worry about that." "Well I talked to the goddess. She is permitting me to marry Leon and Ezra. Ezra is going to talk to his father and I wanted to talk to you all first. I will feel bad if he can't age and we can." "Well there is one solution to that. He does have fangs but they aren't as long as a normal vampires. But he can still turn you into a partial one. I don't know what would happen to Taki though. You might want to talk to the goddess about that." "I understand uncle. Uncle if mom was like Leon would you still have married her? Would you have married both the person you were engaged to and Auntie?" "Well if I loved the person I was engaged to and she was in the position Leon was in I would definitely find a way to make it work." "Auntie would you do the same?" "I agree with your uncle I would definitely make it work as well." "Thank you both. If I do end up a vampire I'd still love you both." "We would love you no matter what you are Zelda. You are a precious person to us. Your brothers are too." "Why do I have to be in this difficult position?" "You'll be ok baby. You will make it work." I took a deep breath. "OK I should go find the king and talk to him about it. I'm sure Ezra will do the same thing."
I found the king just as Ezra was walking out. He smiled big. I was confused. "Your majesty." "Oh Zelda. Ezra said you might come by. Is this about the Leon situation?" "Yes it is. Why did Ezra have a smile on his face?" "Well before that you want to know my opinion of the situation?" "Sorry your majesty yes." "We are alone so call me father." "Ok Father. What is your take on this? I take it he told you what the goddess told me?" "Yes he did. He asked me what I would do in this situation." "What would you do?" "Well first thing I would do is what you are doing now and talking to the one I loved to see what he would do. Then I would talk to them together. After we decided if it would work or not send him back to where he came from for a bit until the people are going to be used to the fact that you will be married to the man. You do have one year. You will be 17 in another week right?" "Yes father. I am." "I see. So that is what I would do and when I was ready I would send word to bring him back." "That is what I was thinking as well. If it worked out I would send him back for awhile then wait until everyone calms down then I will bring him back when its safe. So now what was the smile on his face for?" "Oh that. Well he was thinking of maybe agreeing to have it where Leon would work as well." "Oh well that's good. Thank you for talking to me father. It helps a lot. Sorry your wife isn't here to enjoy the future moment with us." "Yeah she would have loved you." Then I got up and left the office. I went to find Ezra.
"Ezra." "Oh Zelda. So you talked to father and I talked to your aunt and uncle. Its seems like they both agree on making it work." "Yes I really want it too. According to my auntie and uncle I used to be attached to Leon at the hip. I followed him everywhere and dragged my brother with him. Jet used to want to always be held by him." "Aww how cute. I got something on you now." "Oh I don't care. Yes its embarrassing but I don't care. I was a little girl then." "NO fair." "Ok about Leon. Before we make the decision, we need to make some rules before we tell him." "I agree." "OK I don't really think there is any restrictions for him other than if he makes a wrong move and purposely hurts or kills someone he is gone. If he drinks from anyone that has not gave him permission is bad. Other than that I'll need to make separate dates for both of you. Also I want him to bite me so I can stay young forever. But I would have to talk to the goddess about what would happen to Taki if he did. I'll ask him about dragons too. I want you to get bit too." "Yeah that would be nice." "OK lets go back and camp out we made our decision." "OK lets go back to our positions." He kissed me on the forehead. I liked it when he did that.
The next day we were all out and having a good time. I knew Leon wasn't outside and he was camping at this time of day. "Are you sure you really want to do this Zelda? You know you don't have too." "I want to get to know him a little bit. I won't be getting married for another year anyway. Like the king said, I will be 17 in well 6 days now. A week after Jet will be 16. Yeah 1 year and a week older. Anyway I have time to get to know him. Lets do that before we decide at least that's fair enough for him don't you think?" "Yeah fair enough."
We finally got through the day and it was time to give Leon an answer. "Ok is everyone in position?" "Yes we are." "Ok good. Ezra follow me." Then he turned to his dragon form and we walked over to Leon. When we got there he was waiting for us. "I take it your Blizzard? The Future kings dragon?" He nodded in agreement. "Nice to meet you." He bowed. He bowed back in respect. "Go ahead and turn back Blizzard. Its ok Ezra will be fine. Sorry about that, Blizzard is little over protective of Ezra." "Its completely understandable. So what have you two decided?" "Well its more up to me what I decide. But I did talk it over with Ezra. Ezra go ahead and tell him what we agreed." "OK sure. Well she wants this to work out between the both of us. So we talked to her aunt and uncle, then we talked to my father. They all wanted it to work. I know Zelda's parents were rooting for you to become her husband. You didn't want to kill them. Or anybody so, we have decided to do a trial run." "Trial run?" Then it was my turn to speak. "Yes Trial run. As you know I will be 17 in 6 days and Jet 16 the following week. I have a year before I am old enough to marry. I want to ask you something. Do you remember when I was little that I used to follow you around and bring my brother with me? He even used to want you to hold him?" "Haha yeah those were the days. When I would leave Jet wanted to go with me but he couldn't. You had to calm him down." "Yeah so embarrassing. Anyway a trial run. I want to get to know you again. Don't worry Jet's big now we won't cry if you have to go away again. But if you will agree to do this 1 year trial run we can make it work. I will have to have you go back home for awhile until I tell my people what is happening. I will have to tell them what the goddess told me about your past." "Fair enough. I agree. I still want this to work." "Good."
Once we thought everything was done with I got shot with an arrow and stabbed in the stomach by something or someone. Leon looked it was one of his men. "No! Zelda! It wasn't me I swear!" "I know it wasn't you Leon. I'll be ok take care of him. Its in these cases you can choose to kill. First ask his reason. Cough! Cough! Its not working. My outfit isn't working. Its not saving me. I'm…sorry…Ezra. I…Don't think I'll…." Then she passed out. "No. NO! Zelda!" "Stay here with your men Leon. Before you go home we will let you know her condition!" "Ok I will stay here."
Ezra rushed Zelda to the others. "Its ok now. There shouldn't be fighting today. Zelda is hurt pretty bad though. Where is Rena?! I need her now!" Hawk ran to get her and Elektra and her brother Nova came over. "Oh no. Dammit. She didn't teach us this. We really do need Rena and fast. This looks bad."
In a few minutes Rena got there. "Where is she?! What happened?!" "We just made peace with Leon then one of his men betrayed him. Shot her with an arrow and stabbed her. The sword is still in her?" "Shit. The clothes won't be able to help her. This arrow though. Unless it is laced with poison she should be ok." She took out the arrow carefully and Zelda didn't make a sound. "We might need Leon over here. If it comes down to it the only way to save her is turn her." "She did want to turn in the first place said Ezra." "Yes but there is something else you should know. Once they turn, they are that vampire's bride forever." "Are you serious?" "Yes. Weather they want to or not." "I don't care what has to happen just please do what you can. I'll get Leon." Ezra turned back to Blizzard and saw Leon. Then he turned back. "How is her condition?" "We aren't sure yet. Rena the palace witch will do what she can but if she can't do anything you might have to turn her. I know what it means. She will have to be your bride forever. I don't care. If that happens I want you to turn me too got it?" "Yes of course if you want me too." "Ok good follow me."
I had him hop on my back and I ran over then turned back. "I have Leon here. How is she?" "The sword is still in here. Leon do you know anything about this sword?" "Yes I do. I might be able to help without turning her. You did what you could already right? Without the sword out she won't get better. So please let me do what I can. Rena I might need your help so please stay here." "Yes of course. Ok all of you give us some room." They all went away so they can work.
"Ok the easiest thing is to take the sword out. I can't touch the sword. So you will have to take it out normally. Either way it will be dangerous." "Ok please do what you can to help her." "I will." Rena took the sword out and she was bleeding heavily. "Ok Zelda. I'll try to heal you ok? If you can hear me too Taki I won't hurt you I will try to heal." Then he put his hand on the wound and a light appeared. Then when he was about to give up he noticed her cape. "Wait a second. The goddess gave her this cape? This might help her better than I can." He took the cape off of her and put it on the wound. They both backed away and let the cape do its job. There was a bright blue light then they saw Zelda floating. In the blue light. Zelda and Leon went to look and see if the wound was healing and it was.
Rena heard a voice in her head. "Hello Rena. I am the goddess. Zelda will be ok now. She will need a blood transfusion from either Jet or Arrow. She had lost a lot of blood. She will be pale still. Once her color is back you can stop it. Tell Zelda. The vampire bite will not do anything to Taki she will still be there. Same with Ezra. Nothing will happen to his dragon. They will be able to live in peace. Now live a peaceful life if you can." Then no sound. Rena told Leon what the goddess said. He was relieved. Then Rena went to tell Ezra and the others as well that Zelda would be fine but would need a blood transfusion. She told Jet and Arrow to come with her.
Jet and Arrow rushed over with Rena. "How is she? Woah what is going on here?" "She is healing." Said Rena. "Once she is done Healing one of you will need to give her a transfusion when she is done. I got a message from the goddess. She told me that." "Thank you Leon. For helping her." Said Jet. "You remember me?" "Nah but you do feel familiar. I don't know why you killed all those people but I knew you weren't the type to mean anything by it." "Thanks it means the world to me. Actually it wasn't me that did this. As you can see its her cape that the goddess gave her. I was trying then her cape lit up like it wanted me to put it on. So I stopped healing her and put it on. Then a bright blue light happened then this. Looks like she is almost done healing."
After she was coming down, Leon was there to catch her when she fell. "Just in the nick of time." Said Leon. He laid her down gently. Is there a place she can be comfortable?" "Yeah she loves It on dragons. I'll get Ezra." Said Arrow. In 5 minutes Ezra was there. "Yeah she likes laying on Blizzard. I'll turn then you can lay her down." He turned to Blizzard and they laid her down on him. "Ok who is doing the transfusion?" "I am." Said Arrow. "Are you sure Arrow?" said Jet. "Yeah I'm the big brother of both of you right? Its my duty." "OK if you are going to do it we need to do it fast." Rena got some tubes out and stuck them both in Zelda and Arrow's arm. "Now we wait until she gets even a little color back in her face." Said Rena.
Arrow was starting to get a little dizzy. "Ok we can stop now. Look she is getting her color back." "Good I was getting a little dizzy." "Here eat this. It should help." Rena gave him a little something to help his dizziness.
"Hmm. Ow that hurt." I opened my eyes slowly. I was trying to figure out where I was and what happened. Then I remembered. "Oh hi Blizzard. Good to see you." "You too my princess. Leon. Are you ok?" He looked like he was crying. "Yeah I'm ok now. We were all worried about you." "Sorry. I didn't mean to worry anyone. How did you cure me when the outfit wasn't working?" "WE didn't. I started to but then your cloak shined like it wanted to be used so I put it on you and it healed you. Arrow gave you a blood transfusion since you lost a lot of blood." "Oh Arrow. Are you feeling ok now?" "Yeah I'm fine. Rena gave me something." "That's good. So why didn't my outfit cure my wound?" "Well its ash now but it was something I couldn't touch or I would be ash instead of it. But its an old sword. It has special powers. I guess one of those is powerful enough to work through the goddess powers." "I see. I'm glad everything worked out. I saw the goddess before I came back. She told me the same thing she told Rena and a little more." "So do you agree Leon?" "Yes I agree. I will also go through my men and see who else is a traitor. I'll be waiting to hear from you." "Wait Let me see off at least." "Are you strong enough?" "Blizzard can you take us?" "Yes of course." "Ok cool. Blizzard is taking us." Then we both sat on Blizzard and took him to his campsite. Everyone was already packed up and ready to go.
"OK well be careful out there. Have a safe trip home." "Ah its not my home. This will be soon enough." "True but be careful anyway." Blizzard changed back to Ezra. Ezra shook Leon's hand to thank him for everything. Once the boys were done I gave Leon a hug. "I'll miss you so much." He was shocked for a minute because of the hug. "I'll miss you too Zel. It that ok or is it too soon?" "No its fine now. I'll try to convince everyone as soon as possible so I don't have to wait to long." "No matter how long it takes I will be waiting." Then he left with the others. I watched until they were out of sight. "Thank goodness we didn't have to fight. I was afraid of loosing anybody."
Once we got back to the others, Hawk, Jet, Oliver Arrow and the others swarmed around me. "I'm ok guys really. Everything is good now but I do have an important announcement.