Chapter 17

I gasped when I blinked, an icy world opening up before me. I shivered, my whole body quaking. I'm flying...Xyon's on my back...was that all just a dream? "Zavi? What's wrong?" I shook my head and glanced at him.

"I'm perfectly fine." Except for how fast my heart's pounding.

"Hey, can you land down there? The wood is really good for carving." No…! That was a flag! It wasn't in the exact same wording as before, but I know how this turns out.

"Hold on." I went lower and hovered over where the slitherhowl was hiding. Where is it...I scanned the snow, focusing on finding it. The moment I caught sight of the beast, I blasted a strong stream of fire at it. It leapt out, it's whole body on fire, writhing. "There was a slitherhowl." Why are there so many wolves or wolf-like creatures in the north? I hope that's not all there is--yeah, I probably said something unnecessary.

"How'd you notice that?!"

"Hm? Uh, intuition. Something didn't feel right." He doesn't remember any of it...I need to find out what that was. It died with a blood-curdling screech, making me feel a bit bad. "I want to keep flying. Are you brave enough to meet my family?"

"Huh?! But they're dragons…" He trailed off when he looked at me. "...just like you. I guess if you grew up to be like this then those that raised you won't be bad, right?" I smiled appreciatively, my eyes glinting with my emotion the most, and nodded.

"You'll have to let me grab you. She won't like it if you're on my back."

"Oh...okay." That bummed him out.

"You don't have to until we get within sight." Only my mother. With my father's condition, I'm not bringing Xyon anywhere near him. I've been wanting her to meet Xyon for a while now...I hope this doesn't end badly.