An Unexpected Visitor

Treasca couldn't sleep that night she was going to get to see her parents! The thought both thrilled and terrified her. On one hand her parents knowing she was alive and well would be a huge relief, but on the other she feared what they would do when she wouldn't go with them. She had decided to not endanger them, and she felt a fight coming when she refused to leave Brenton. Her hatred of him had cooled, but she still was reluctant to bind herself to him for however long dragons lived for. He was already several hundred years old and in the prime of his youth or so it seemed. She wasn't sure if dragons aged like humans. Residing herself that she wouldn't be sleeping anytime soon she got up. and gathered the things she would need for a bath.

The giant underground hot spring looked the same as it had her first day in the castle. Its inky black waters soothed her body, and her mind let go of its worries. She was floating on its still surface when a small sound made her jerk upright just as the room went jet black.

Brenton flew over the dark landscape like a spector. He snaked through the clouds letting his claws trail in the damp puffs. He felt a deep sense of contentment despite the dangers in front of him. Treasca's acceptance really was more than he could have hoped for. He dived suddenly angling for a clearing. He changed form before he crashed into the ground, and stood fixing his golden robe around himself. His long white hair he had braided out of his way. Kneeling he etched in the ground several runes and breathed magic into them. Lights shot through the ground in every direction. he sat waiting for some minutes before they came scurrying back forming an arrow in the dirt pointing back towards his castle. His eyes widened the he rose to his feet jumping into his dragon form. He flew with all his strength the Shade was in his castle.