Upon turning around, I saw unfamiliar faces. Some of them being new species I have never seen before. I watched them warily as they all looked much stronger than any equipollence I had met.
Even the female wind wyverness standing beside Inferno was on par with my brother. One of the strange new dragons or a dragoness, the wind wyverness, and the lightning wyverness.
Inferno said," Allow me to introduce my friends and my mate. The wind wyverness beside me is my mate, Breeze. The lightning wyverness at that tree is Kirara. The strange-looking dragon beside her is Moon; Moon's mate is Feather. The light-colored dragon is Sun, a goofball; his mate is Kirara. Feather is the last of us, or let me reiterate that second to last. The last one is the leader of our Haven. Any questions?"
Deadpanned, I asked," What species are they? Also, can you let my friends go?"
Inferno smacked himself with his tail as he muttered," And I am a complete moron. I knew I had forgotten something. The answer to your first question is that the Sun is a light dragon. Feather is a Storm dragoness. She has a similar scenario to you, her species that went extinct, say, four hundred and twenty years ago."
Feather protested," Not true at all. I have had several storm hatchlings; We have fifteen of us!"
Inferno smirked," Ah, shut up, I am messing with you. But yes, I can release your friends. Moon, unleash your power already."
To my surprise, all the dragons holding claws or talons to my friend's throats vanished in the shadows.
I narrowed my eyes at Moon as Feather snickered," Well, the little one seems suspicious of you know. Inferno, we should get going before the Dragon Hunters get here."
Breeze looked at me," Follow us."
They took off immediately as Graveonth shivered," Their power is insane. We landed here, and immediately the shadows got to us."
Shirlan shivered," I met him once, and it was not as intense, but he has grown even stronger."
Shivering in minor shock and fear, I jumped into the air and followed the massive forms of the powerful and experienced wyverns and dragons. We slowly caught up to them as we headed through the Valley of Wind. Looking wistfully around at my old home, I noticed my former home or the mountain where I lived before this happened. My former home was utterly obliterated. Chunks of my old house had collapsed on top of itself.
Shirlan sighed sadly," It's been nearly a year since the attack happened. I have scouted over here several times, and it still hurts seeing our old home in this state."
Xisu spoke up for the first time since before the fight with Unla," It's utterly destroyed. Also, do we trust them?"
Graveonth, to my surprise, concurred," I say we trust them."
Inferno called from ahead before I could reply," How nice of you to trust us so much, Graveonth."
Reading Xisu's thoughts, I could feel his panic,' What if they kill us? What if they kill my sister, or Graveonth, or Xyv...' He trailed off, seeing the smirk on my face," You were reading my mind, weren't you."
Snickering at his statement, he howled in annoyance and lunged at me. Shooting toward Inferno and the others, I laughed at him, calling back," You know you can't catch me, right!"
With four feathered wings versus two regular wings, I used my far superior agility, looping overhead as Xisu cursed at me while all the older wyverns watched as Xisu struggled to keep up.
Spinning midair as Sun's voice came from behind me," Not bad, you are certainly agile; I dare say you can last longer against Inferno than us in a race."
Losing control of the wind draft I was on, I yelped as I recovered. I heard Xisu, Graveonth, and Shirlan laugh as Inferno protested," You think this little brat could beat me in a race or keep up with me! Come on, Sun, not true."
Moon snorted and riposted," Yeah, sure, alright, but he has four wings. You have two, dumbass."
Inferno growled," Yet I am over five hundred years old. I have experience over him."
I asked," Do I have a say in the matter?"
All three of them yelled," No!"
Sun smirked," How about a bet then?"
Inferno replied," Oh, you should know my luck is incredible. Also, I am not cocky at all!"
Kirara yelled," Bullshit!"
Still confused about those words, Shirlan barked," We have hatchlings here!"
They all looked a bit guilty except Feather and Breeze. Inferno shrugged without a care as I realized something. Lady Aldentoa looked like a mix between Inferno and Breeze. Flying up towards Breeze, I hovered beside her as she smiled at me and asked," Do you need something, Xyverinos?"
I answered her," I have a hunch or, in other words, a question for you?"
She nodded," Of course, I will try my best to answer?"
Coming out bluntly, I asked," Do you know a fire dragoness named Lady Argenta?"
She looked minorly surprised," I do; yes, she is our eldest daughter."
Having my answer, I replied," Thank you, I suspected as much. Can I say two other things, though?"
She shrugged and nodded," Go ahead; I feel that one is an insult, though."
Nodding in response to her question, I admitted," One of them is an insult. The non-insult question is this: How is Lady Argenta a dragoness and not a wyvern?"
Breeze sighed and spoke," It's from Infernos species of fire wyvern or dragon. To be more exact, he is a member of the Phoenix lineage. In terms of power, according to him, it is just below an Archangel-ranked Angelic Wyvern. Or a fully grown one, to be exact. But with him being compatible with Void Flames, he is even stronger than an Archangel ranked. We will probably help and train you, and who knows, maybe you can use void or holy elements. Now, to answer your question, it is genetics."
Nodding at the immediate answer, I sighed," Is Inferno always so... childish?"
Breeze nodded and laughed," Yeah, he can be, but you should see him battle or when he is angry. That one human illness, I think, is called bipolar, where there are personality changes. He is, in short, terrifying. Five hundred years ago, well, it was a time of great conflict for him especially. Oh, look, we are here. Also, I have a question for you, but it can wait until later."
Nodding in understanding as we moved closer to the mountain I had never seen before in the Valley of Wind; I watched anxiously at the entrance as I felt massive amounts of power radiating from inside the mountain. I couldn't help but feel small and insignificant despite the amount of power I possessed. Despite all the power inside the mountain, Inferno was still the most powerful. It could have been considered omnipotent.
Inferno addressed," Territa, let us through, please. We are back from our mission and need to speak to Vesta now."
A deep, gruff voice answered," Alright, but she is in a meeting right now."
Inferno replied sternly," I think she can make time for her second in command and general. Or do I have to remind you what happens if you don't obey me?"
The deep voice stammered," N-no, sir."
A dull rumbling sound gradually increased, getting louder as an opening in the mountain appeared. Inferno flicked his tail, telling us to come inside. Walking behind him but still standing next to Breeze.
I heard Graveonth whisper," The power I feel here is insane. Xyv, how many wyverns or dragons of equipollence are there?"
Opening my mouth to reply as Inferno glanced back," There are fifteen of us. Sun, Moon, Kirara, my mate Breeze, Argenta, my eldest; Slyrak, my youngest; Feather, both of Feather's oldest; Cyclone and Typhoon, Sol, one of our phoenixes here; Vesta, our leader; my oldest friend Bolt, another of the phoenixes here, Icarus, the earth dragon back there Territa, and of course myself."
Xisu whispered in shock," With that much power, you could obliterate entire armies."
Inferno grinned," Done that before, four times. Twice when I was eight and once when I was just over a century old. The last time was during the last war, speaking of which, Shirlan, how is that friend of yours, Innurth, right, and my daughter?"
I looked down to hold back tears as their death still impacted me. Inferno whispered," I see; I am sorry, Xyverinos, your brother has my respect and grief. Shirlan, what about my daughter?"
I heard Shirlan gulp nervously as my voice cracked when I spoke," Lady Argenta was captured by W.D.D.C and attacked our Haven. She and a fire wyvern named Yrvae fought my brother, and Innurth was killed. The only member of my family left is Allit."
Inferno sighed," I assume that was the case; I did sense her equipollence during that time, same with your brothers. Well, anyway, let's go meet Vesta."
As I heard whispers say," Queen Shondrass's son, " he began walking. He is alive."
Walking through the tunnels, we stopped in front of a large one to see a young male firedrake, roughly two or three years older than me. Breeze sighed," Slyrak, what are you doing here?"
In a calm tone, Slyrak smiled," Sorry, mother, but Elder Vesta asked me to be here and bring you guys in."
I realized he had feathered wings, but that is not what shocked me. From his aura, he had two different kinds of power.
Inferno sighed, glanced back at me, and grinned," You figured it out already, eh, Xyverinos."
Xisu questioned," Figured what out?"
Breathing outwards, I answered," He is an equipollence of two elements, not one. Wind and Fire."
Slyrak laughed," Not wrong at all, but yes, to be more exact, Holy flames and Void Wind."
Graveonth was hopelessly confused as usual," So wouldn't they cancel out?"
Slyrak shrugged," Normally, but I think we should stop keeping Elder Vesta waiting."
He opened the large doors in a calming but powerful voice, directed from a massive fire wyverness," Please come in, Xyverinos and friends."
Our little group stepped forward as Inferno walked towards a spot to my right but Vesta's left.
She smiled, "Now, let us begin."
She watched us carefully as she spoke," Inferno, what do you think we should do?"
Inferno looked at us carefully and eventually gave his point," I honestly think we should ally with them, but while they are here, I think we should train them. No offense to Xyverinos here, but without our help, he will lose to the Dragon Hunter."
Interrupting him," His name is Unla."
All of the much older members of this council looked at me and glared harshly. I couldn't help but shrink down in fear; it reminded me of meeting the Council of Flame, Wind, and Lightning just over six months ago, and with us having a time frame of six months by that time, it will be a year of hiding and running from the humans.
Vesta's voice drew me out of my musings," Alright, Inferno, Breeze, Kirara, and Slyrak, I want you to help Xyverinos. Inferno teaches him how to control his flames and light, maybe some aura training. Breeze teaches him wind and magic. Kirara, you will help him with lightning stuff; Sun, you will help him with his light powers; and Slyrak, you will be his training partner. I will find trainers for Xisu, Graveonth, for whom I have someone special, and Shirlan, who will meet with the council and me. Xyverinos will also be a part of that. He is not training with one of you four when he has off, is that understood."
Inferno grinned," Hell yeah, this will be fun!"