Master Of None

"Do not worry child. We will remove any pathetic attempt those humans may have used to enslave you. Dragons are proud and mighty, they do not belong with ants." Midnight responded with growls and struggled. She knew if she could be free she could at least glide down from the air as best as she could. 

"Your mind is clouded by them. I will have you freed. Just try and resist until we get to the village. Once there I will take some of the younger dragons to defeat them and teach them a lesson." These words caused Midnight to struggle even more. 

"Sister, I am with you. I will make sure that Brother finds us and that you are not alone. Do. Not. Worry. I am here. You will not be alone." Onyx had left Walker's body and changed to a tattoo form on Midnight while the ice dragon Illia was speaking and throwing around her gluttonous desires for food. He knew too well that the dragon was not going to just forget the party. 

Meanwhile…

"I don't care what we need to do but we are going to get Midnight back!" Walker was not in his best state of mind. His rage had grown much stronger than it ever had. He couldn't even think back to a time he had gotten angry in general. Between him and Lisa, the two had always been able to tough out any negative feelings they had. Their parents had always been there to help them get through things. 

"Damn right we are getting her back! Not a single person is allowed to harm my family. Midnight is my sister too!" The fury Su had was making her eyes slightly red. She was just as agitated as Walker. 

The sharp slap that rang out silenced Walker and soon rang out again to silence Su. "Shut your mouths and listen well." Remey stood in front of them without any restraint from the wandering blacksmith or Gil. "Midnight is our family too. You are letting your bonds with her rule your minds and push you in to a rage. Su, you are always calm. Yes, you are the draconic guardian that would protect Midnight, so we will go to her and protect her."

"They didn't even listen! We could have explained." Walker just mumbled slightly.

"And we will go and make them listen. If we need to, we will use force. But if you get some berserk skill and head there, what do you think Midnight would think? If you go there and slay a single dragon, what will she think?" All of Walkers' and Sus' responses caught in their throats. Remey was more than right. 

"Sorry, but we are taking you on a wild trip. No more chopping ice and gathering and chopping at stone. It's time to be serious. If you have any hammers that are best for breaking dragon scales then be ready." Gil didn't joke around at all when he told the wandering blacksmith these words. He was serious. If the party needed to fight a dragon to get Midnight back then that was what they would do.

Remey had managed to calm Walker down and he was slowly thinking of a plan. He needed to be ready beyond what he had ever been and having every possible thing at his disposal was necessary. He stored away the food he had taken out and started to pull weapon after weapon out. His thoughts were simple, equip the best weapons possible before rushing in to the battle. 

"Onyx, we are heading right for where that dragon went. It was not an ancient dragon so it would have a village with one. Maybe an ancient will be more reasonable. But you will need to share our thoughts when we get there so we don't give anything away."

There was only silence as a response. 

"I'm angry too Onyx. So much that my blood boils and I don't want to defend. I want to attack. But we need to plan. Let's focus." Hearing Su struggle to hold herself in a semi calm state made Walker want to yell again. But Onyx, he, was still silent. 

"Onyx, what's wrong?" Walker looked at his arms and shadow to find that there were no serpent tattoos showing where Onyx was supposed to be resting. "Where's Onyx?"

The question hung in the air for a few minutes. Everyone checked their body where they would have seen his shadow ink tattoo. Yet, they found nothing. "Walker, you can sense Midnight and Onyx through your connection, right? Where are they?"

Gil knew that there was more to this and felt that Onyx may have made a very good decision. Walker instantly felt the two connections that were part of his soul. He pointed toward the higher mountains. "There. They are up there. We will be climbing." Waker began toward the higher mountains. He did not hesitate at all and nor did anyone else. 

The only person that was not part of the party was the wandering blacksmith. However, his face was crumpled up in pure disgust. He had grown close to Midnight through the crafting and learning endeavors. The thought that she had been taken from the party, her family, made him feel sick and angry to his deepest depths. He may be a blacksmith, but he was going to fight to get her back in any way he could. 

While the party headed toward the higher mountains, Midnight landed on the ground after being released in front of a larger stone carved cave. It was carved out of the mountain but in an elegant way that would take anyone years and years to create. It was more easily described as a temple of sorts. The smaller buildings around were also carved from stone but had been set up to stand free. There was not a soul around until the frost dragon Illia roared softly. 

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