The revolutionary army

We left our own base, decided to fuck this invasion up and take back our land by force if it needs to, first step, the most crucial one, filling our army up, before,we had dragons ready to fight, far from warriors one ready to burnt anything down, but now, most of them are locked up, only the Devil's Horns stooped their ships to leave with potentials slaves or thralls to sold, since they're living under water, they are impossible to capture for the two legs and since they can breath as well under water than in land, they're pretty useful

"who's leading the camp ? asked Marifala."

"a dwarf troop, for them dragons are living treasure finders on four legs !"

"what's the plan ? asked Zilla."

"as us', answered Trogan, we charged and wrecked it all !"

"no...they can kill all prisoners inside...we need to play it soft !"

"I scent the assassination mission, replied Korak."

Somme of them looked dissapointed but I smiled as a reply, we can all do this without beeing seen

"you're kidding ?"

"nope Tyrok, Krya can thros her own scales like any archer, you can pass throught any hole you can find, Trogan and Korak can do some diversion to lower ennemie's number, Zilla is stealthy enought to be never seen, Marifala can use her magic to hide us...

"and you ? asked Marifala."

"me...huh...well..."

"you'll need to show them Tolryk !"

"Krya, I don't command anything...I don't even fucking know hon to start it !"

"start what ? said Trogan."

"one sec dude...where's your sis ?"

"she hanghovering Korak !"

"STOP ! I yelled."

I ended up putting all thier mouth shut and Krya whispered to me

"I felt your power is just getting back just now !"

"great...I already told you I can't control it !"

"maybe your anger can ?"

Krya's saying got maybe a point, she's maybe right, maybe with us this magic needs something to launch it, like anger, lil' explanation, for us, all magic, to be used, needs a conductor, an element which launched it, a feeling, a word...hope that's clear, I'm not a magic expert. Anyway, Krya's offermade me curious to test it, I felt that strenghts grewing in me who's only need to be unleashed

"where's that camp ? I asked."

"follow the cloud of smoke...you're not going alone."

"nope Trogan, you'll see my gift...what I can do."

On the few meters separating us from the camp, I was only focusing on all the facts which made me mad and finally we were at the camp, the six others were hidding in a small forest near while I walked towards the camp, ifelt a new strenght in me, the dwarves sentinals blocked my way

"ya're not in a good spot lizard !"

"hey Olaf, it kinda look weird, look at his eyes !"

Before they can say something else, I used a fire spell strong enought to turned them to ashes , followed by a wing blow to crumble everything around those two, panic was at their sides, the others finished the work, Trogan stopped in front of you, looking lost

"how can you did this ?"

"I killed a monster slayer and his blood could be mutated with mine and earnt his powers !"

"awesome,you turned a dwarf in dust in seconds !"

Ismiled, happy to have impressed Trogan and the others, then I felt a huge tiring feeling, like after four or five running straihght without a break, I was almost ready to fall on the ground when Trogan caught before hitting the ground

"HURRY UP ! Tolryk feel not well ?"

I heard someone was running before my eye going close, I thought I saw a blurry silver thingy before it

When I was awake, I saw Goryak who was sleeping in a corner, I thought I could recognize my room in the HQ below the archipelago, I got a headaches and was barely able to stand my head

"my head..."

Goryak wokes up by surprise and left as fast as a feather caught in the wind, I'll rubbed my face and saw Krya entered

"hi my love, I asked to Goryak to call me when you'll be awake."

"hi...my skull hurts...what happen ?"

"the magic drained off your strenght, your two spells exhausted you, Trogan took you back there...I'll warn them, everything will be good...can you watch over Goryak ?"

"yes...if he's calm...I'm not ready to run all around !"

"don't worry...I'll warn him over your state, he'll be all cam."

Krya kissed my forehead and smiled at me, I smiled back, I looked down and saw Goryak, he grew up a bit since we found him, he's between iguana and komodo dragon for the size, to gave you a lil idea,I stay laying and yawned, Goryak took this as his chance to lay against my chest,I put my head down and saw a dark blue lil dragon with sharp scales, like Krya, I looked at him until Goryak stood on his hindlegs and put his lil paws on my muzzle, I smiled and puthim between my front paws,he smiled back as I sworn to him he'll always have a dada for him, Goryak wagged his tail from right to left and tenderly snuggled, I did the same until I heard

"you're ok dad ?"

"yes boy."

"will we won dada ?"

"of course Goryak, I don't want all of us to live under their boots."

"why ?"

"because you're also concerned boy, and I refused for those creatures to lead us, we deserve our freedom."

"if only I can fight."

He put his head down and I rubbed his back

"I prefer you in safety instead of outside, you're my champ and one day, you'll defend Dralya."

Goryak thanked me and I ate with him a bit, he's a good lad, I'm sure he will be a great hero one day, we were cut by Krya's return who immediately play with Goryak, I live them both, I can't stop myself to smile, Goryak finished by letting us alone and Krya smiled

"who was right huh ?"

"yeah yeah ? I replied."

She giggled a lot and kept on smiling

"Sanira is speechless and the others defend you with claws and fangs !"

"why they defend me all of a sudden, a few days ago, they didn't evengot closer to me, they spent their time bullying me and looking at me like if I'm..."

"it does you're the only reuniting us all and only you capableto walk on the battlefield for us all, you're one of us, even the warriors we just saved are ready to follow you in any way you go !"

"but...Sanira's the chief...not me !"

"she didn't lead ground troops, she lead everything from HQ but we're the one leading the battlefield ryk."

So now I'm an army leader ? well a futur army, it's not the small troop we just save who deserve to be call an army

"we need an army !"

"what you're talking about ?"

Krya seems lost, my headache startedto went of and my crazy ideas were going back in line

"that's it, we need to createan army with all voluntary dragons ready to fight for our freedom !"

"an army of rebels ? asked Krya."

"much more a revolutionary one, an army of people ready to do anything to taking Dralya back from two legs."

"but they will be starved and exhausted, we got nothing, not even something to defend ourselves."

"we'll take back things from ennemies destroyed camps or anywhere else...we're dragons Krya."

She looked at me and smiled, I thought I just said the worst possible thing but she rplied with a smile

"you're a really military strategist ryk...ok we'll do it."

"really ?"

Krya nodded and made me followed her, seeing Goryak playing with Heather, she took me from tunels to tunels to a giant cave

"what's that thing ?"

"the intersection, the Horns had made this room to let us have a way out from any part of the archipelago."

"each tunels lead to each island ? I asked."

"yes !"

"that's the starting point to all assault !"

But suddenly a thought came back to me, Krya was pregnant at this time, I can't let her alone without someone watching over her and she finished to see my worried look

"I'm ok, it's not for today sweetie !"

"I fear to mess all things up, you can understand that huh ?"

I put my head down and Krya murred a lot, she cuddled me with tenderness

"you'll be a great dad for them sweetie...and you'll be a great mate."

I blushed and thanked shyly Krya for this compliment, she nuzzled me and we were cut by the five others heir's arrival

"how's our noob mage ? smirked Marifala."

"be careful, the conductor is anger, make him raged and we'll found you in one of those walls !"

"Korak, Marifala, said Krya, calm down...stop with jokes and focus, we're at war !"

"what's the next step, asked Trogan, we'll follow you lad !"

"me ? huh...dunno...raise chaos and took back Dralya !"

"and how without an army ? said Zilla."

"we'll building it, more fields we take back and saved dragons, more fighters we'll got."

"that's not so dumb, good plan !"

"is that sarcasm Tyrok ?"

"nope lad, I think that Krya shows you the intersection, our control center."

"yes Korak, I said, but I don't know if we're enought for the first land to liberate now."

"you mean Bloodground ? asked Krya."

"yes...how many warriors we saved."

"six, the rest were savedby the Devil's Horns but they can't be actif yet, just like the six others, they're not fed and wounded !"

"wounded ? by my fault ?"

"no Tolryk, answered Korak, the two legs cut food siupplies to their prisoners tomake their transport easy, cut all rebellious spirits and of course, gave us unusable forces for days if we free them."

"damn it !"

I was blaming myself, what's the point of forming an army of wounded and starving ones, I wanna see Yrana to know more, our leading doc, I'm asking to the others to get the next battle plan ready. After a long way in so many tunnels I couldn't count them, I finally found Yrana's medbay

"well...hey Tolryk, congrats for the warriors."

"how they fell ?"

"in afew times they'll beg to fight, their wrath against the Two legs are a good boost...jcan I do something for ya ?"

"huh...I'm ok,well...it will be better without this bloody war !"

"I can understand, if you need anything, I'm here !"

Before I left, a question stayed in my mind and I was asking myself if Yrana could answer it

"before I leave, can I asked you something ?"

"yes !"

"do you know why my dad hated me so much ?"

"did...did your mother told you the truth ?"

Her surprised face got me by surprise, I don't know what she wanted to say here and now

"no, I replied, what's going on ?"

"before her laying, Amaelys, your mother, mated with two different males, leading that the valuable point of her murder never got me in the same path than Arkorn !"

"Sulfuris ?"

"yes Tolryk, he loved her, I saw it, he was the first before Arkorn seduced her, those two dragons got both with herone child each, Sulfuris could not have killed her, even if she choosed Arkorn, your dad by blood is one of them !

there, I almost fainted, knowing my luck, my father is Sulfuris, that can explain why my "other" father wnated to kick my butt out or maybe worst, but if Sulfuris didn't kill my mom, who did this

"why this quest should have been this difficult ? my head hurts !"

"calm downTolryk, it's normal, take some time to think, to identify all things and really find the truth and don't forget...things could appear false."

"but...if Sulfuris is my father...I can't be an heir, I'm just a bastard !"

"yes...but no !"

She just lost me just at this time, how can I still be the Blood Klaw's chief if I'm not the rightful heir of the last leader

"when you were born, Arkorn and Amaelys were king and queen of dragons, they lead all the clans and since of one of the two watch or got a kid, of pure blood or not, he's a rightful heir."

"seems totally bullshit for me but...well Yrana, what could happen if the other heirs learnt about this, they have the right to kick me out !"

"that...it's a futur problem, focus on Dralya's freedom before all that !"

I thanked her and left, if I was Sulurise's son, from the one whome I rejected all my misery, what will happen ? I'm affraid of what he could do to me, fight to free Dralya and maybe getting banned from the archipelago with my dad...or maybe worst...it's Heather with Goryak who cut my thoughts

"it's ok big boy ?"

"meh, I said, is there a problem with Goryak ?"

"no,I can pass some time with you too if ya want !"

I saw Goryak, staying in Heather's arms like a good puppy, his tail twirled around her left arm to avoid any fall, I accepted her offers and went to our room, I was laying on my bed, a marble one which hold our warmth a bit more longer than all others minerals, Heather sat beside me and I felt her hand rubbing my forehead

"I'd like to feel usefull for you all !"

"I'd like to know...at first with the two legs, we let you live on the Great Continent, thinking about sharing our way of lives but just with small huts, they tracked us all down and got killed or thralled, we left it and even living far from you and it's pursuing."

"in general...my people always need a target to point, most of them are crown headed, they were needed of guilty head others than theirs and you all were perfect ones, a huge part on each kind, maybe less in the dwarves, respect you !"

"just because we're not like you all...we're getting killed !"

"in fact...yes, unfortunatley !"

Heather's words made me kinda sad, I'd totally like we can all live in harmony, sharing our knowledge like all civilized people...but no

"Tolryk...I know it can sounds weird but...in Two Legs, even with the elves, everything can be a reason to fight to the death, in my town, two family were killing themselves for what could a treasure...and which was just an empty box."

"why ?"

"cupidity, we're not the same, lots will take a lost purse to keep it to themselves, whatever could be inside, an few will bring it back to the rightful owner, still full."

"I hadheard by some old scales, those who still remember the life before the exode, that we have a really bad background in your text and stories !"

"yes, I must confess, mainly religious text, our priests needs a demonice face to scare the dumbs, I don't even dare go more on it but the thing you can like more, it's about a group, who started to get known more and more, has decided to change that part."

"how ? I asked, my father always says that your religion is over all ?"

"yes...from before exode time, since you were all gone, some people strated to accuse the priest to judge you without knowing you all, at first, this group was only made by smart peoples,writters, philosophs...but one day, farmers, cattlers, even small lords joined this group !"

"they were the first one accusing us ? I replied."

"yes but most of them were protected by dragon's presence, the others monsters satyed as away as possible from the walls, but since you all left, these monsters destroyed everything and the financial helps never fixed the loss, allt hose peoples wished the same peaca as you do Tolryk."

I could not believe this, Heather also told me that some stories, forbidden by their religion, were focused on us and change our view to them

"is that true ?"

"yes, it's not because a small part of your kind is bas that everone is !"

She's right, it's the samewith Two Legs, lots of dragons dreamt of taking the Great Continent back with flames and living on it again...but who trully need a huge field filled with emptiness and ruins whiles we got an entire archipelago just for us,they don't want us...well too bad for them, Heather smiled at me

"I'd like to get the feeling of flying back...it misses me !"

"I'm sorry Heather, my dad had thought that a dragon rider unit could calm all tempers."

"there's something who bothers me ! whipsered Ingrid."

"what is it ?"

"my unit could see Sulfuris before the trap and...something's weird...when I tried to save my dragoness, he whipped me with his tail to take me away and knocked me out, but...his tail was too thick for this, do you think that's possible ?"

I looked at my tail, which was as thick as possible and shrugged

"I dpon't think so, if he was ready to kill everyone on his way, he'll did it, even with you, he'll not spare any lives, only rule everyone know,even non fighters ones."

"ok...thanks."

She cuddled Goryak and let him nuzzled her

"I can take off with you if ya want ?"

"you ? but..."

"you're a friend Heather, I'd like to fight besides you, and, Goryak is big enought to take careof himself now !"

Goryak snored tenderly against Heather and she was thinking herself about my idea

"Heather...you're the only one who knows the ennemi better than the seven of us, tyour help could be really precious."

"but what the others heirs will think ? even more the others dragons ?"

"don't worry, I'll take care of this !"

I smiled at her for comforting her, since I don't know how tall the pile of shit I'll dived into.

When I went back to the others heirs and talked about this idea...the reactions were...mixed

"YOU WHAT? roared Trogan."

"the clan's chiefs can't have a rider on the back, pursued Tyrok."

"and again a shitty idea, sighted Marifala."

I put my head down and Krya hit violently the ground with her tail,creating a huge silence

"that's enought ok, Hetaher is an ex rider, she's with us and know how our ennemi work, she can help us."

"she's right, said Korak, she saved my life and took care of Goryak, calm down !"

"she can even infiltrate ennemi camps and gave us intels, concluded Zilla."

Great, three against three on a silly idea like this one, I don't even think about what could happen on more important matters then

"could we let Heather the right to defend herself, offers Korak."

Before I can add my point of view, one of our warrior enters like a crossbow bolt into the volcano

"what's happening ? I asked."

"an elve mage...he kidnapped Goryak."

"WHAT !"

Me and Krya ran outside, followed by the five others, how can an elve mage can infiltrate our base, totally unkown by our ennemies, he must not repeat that info to his friends. we keep running to be almost breathless until then, in the same place we saved Goryak, an electric spell almost buzzed my head, I layed on the ground and all the others saw Heatger with a short sword in hand, facing this damn mage

"you got some luck to only got me, mage."

"this dragon is own by my people since his capture, no one will stop us to keep it."

Krya went first, really mad seeing Goryak too scared, I followed her ready to tear this guy down with pleasure when Heather chaged, I never saw someone charging a mage,he was making a spell, putting the cage where Goryak was hold down, Krya and I charged as well and when I saw a fireball going from the mage's hands toward Heather, I was ready to step aside to protect her but she slided on the ground and threw her sword against the mage, she was hitting his chest and when she was close to him, Ingrid sliced him in two to take back her sword

"you can use your protection spells all you want, it was not a sword made of stell."

Krya recognized the scales of a Razor Scales, attached to a human handle, no sharpenning for it to cut and furthermore, the lighter of all the blades, the same weight as a foil, you know, this ridiculous stick for blue blood duels, she cleaned her blade while Krya took Goryak out of his cage to comfort him, I thanked Heather and looked at her to be sure she was ok

"I'm good Tolryk, he will never talk about the location of your hide out !"

I turned to the others heirs with my kinda "told ya" look on them and Heather felt embarrassed to see the leaders in front of her

"oh oh..."

"I think we can look again Heather's case, answered Trogan."

"if we let her talk, offers Krya, she could defend herself better."

"are...are you talking about me ? asked Heather."

"I offers to all we can work together and three said yay, three others said nay !"

"oh...well...what you wanna know ?"

"can I start ?"

I stopped Tyrok, prefering to be at the volcano for this, around our round table, when we were back, Krya kept Goryak besides her throne and we all took our sits, Heather stayed at my side

"so, asked Tyrok, can we start ?"

"yes ! I answered."

Tyrok smiled and started

"sorry for this questionnary but since we're now really important, we need to be surrounded by trust worthy soldier."

I looked up throught the hole on the roof, Tyrok needs to do this sentence to show off

"why did you choose to be a dragon rider ?"

"well...I always love and cares animals and when I was walking to the forest, Ælyr, Krya's sister, saved me from a pack of wolves, I thanked her and finished to bond with her until the end...and I'd like to avenge her death !"

"ok seems logical."

"can I ask what's going on ? asked Heather."

"just need to convince the nay votes, I answered."

"ok."

When Trogan raised his paw, I saw Heather swallowed hard and lightly walk back, I put one of my wing against her back to calm her a bit

"I like to see that !"

"Trogan, careful ! remind you Tolryk's great power."

I smiled and asked him to say his question as quickly as possible before Heather could fainted

"so...we could see you're a great warrior but what will you do if a dragon who didn't trust you is in danger ?"

Trogan fixed with his warrior eyes and Heather did the same before answering

"I'll save him, liking me or not, I alreday did that as a rider, your father for example, without my help, you'll not even be here."

Of course, all the gang started a loud chatty noise, me also, since we all discovered that Heather just roasted Trogan, I ended up after a while going back into leadingand only one left, Marifala, she looked at Heather and asked

"why you're always on our side, rescuing isn't enought ?"

I faced her, seriously ? what's that stupid question for, she was a RIDER gosh darn it, she's not a peasant girl just going out from her barn, Heather chuckled and said

"truth is my parents were poor, they couldn'tfed me so they left me in the nearby forest anda young dragonness took me under her wings, she watched over me, fed and raised me, that's why I'll always be a dragon's fan !"

"don't believe ya !"

"MARIFALA !"

"hush Tolryk, I can understand !"

Ingrid put a bag on the table and ended up throwing something to Marifala, it looks like for me as a soft rock, like the one on beaches but Marifala saw something than only her can see, not one of us could do

"huh...it's a pebble fala, said Zilla."

"you can't see it, only a Horns can see this...who gave you this ?"

"the one who watched over me...she told me she was a chief's guard left for exploration to be sure no dragons were still on the Great Continent."

Marifala was mouth shut until I asked what was that about

"to recognize our guards from others, they got some sort of special pebbles with a special bioluminescent algea that only clan members can see, it can prove, for Heather's case, that this guard totally trust her...now I believe you."

"what do we do with her now ? I asked."

"we can test her in action...if Tolryk agrees to watch over her."

Korak's offer made me smile, I was turning to Heather and said

"what do you think of that ?"

Heather put her head down and didn't know what to repli

"I...I never worked, stuttered Heather, with...with seven different dragons."

"is it the time when we say we'll not eat her right ?"

"shut your damn mouth Tyrok, answered Trogan, don't worry girl, we're a super nice gang."

"just to know, asked Zilla, what we earn with this ?"

"I can heal you, help you...maybe even cheer you up."

"we maybe should do a party, offers Korak."

"again ? we got a war to do, I said."

"what you think about that Heather ?"

She accepted the idea of knowing all team member better, Korak left to bring foods and drinks and we all decided to do a partuy again inside the volcano, I sighted and Krya went close beside me

"don't be so dissapointed, she's with us !"

"I'm not, just worried...we plundered our food supllies and the ennemi is still out there around us !"

"don't be, we'll kick their butt out, said Krya, what about your sister ?"

"don't want to see her ! she despise me and wants me dead !"

Heather was jokin with the others and noting all comments of any of their kind as I felt Krya kissing my lips, I blushed and looked at her tenderly

"tomorow, we'll take care of this, don't worry !"

"Krya...do you think we'll win this ?"

"of course, you're determined, as we all, we'll sent them back inside a box or back to their ship !"

Krya and I were sure about our victory, we'll need to got straight in and fight, then Heather joined us, her notebook filled with notes

"I like to...I like to thank you all, she said, few maybe none from the two legs can have this marvelous luck."

"we care about ya Heather, you had saved Korak and Goryak, you deserved this chance."

Ingrid stayed silent and then hugged me, I put my paw against her back and closed my eyes...she's a really true friend

"welcome to the team Heather, said Korak."

"thanks friends !"

Ingrid was overjoyed, we cheered with her and ate with good appetite, soon before going to sleep, I yawned and layed behind my throne, Krya layed behind me and I saw Heather, a bit embarrassed

"Heather...come here."

"I did nothing !"

"calm down,I chuckled, we drank too much to get back to our room and this place in untakable, Yrana had reinforced the defenses since we get it back !"

"I...I don't know where I can..."

"come here, i'll share warmth !"

She got closer and ended up putting her against me, y body warmth kept her cozy, I finished to sleep and felt her hands rubbing me during the night, I couldn't stop smilling during my nap.

The next day, I woke up the last and saw Heather beside me

"fgood rest chief Tolryk ?"

"yes, I think...and you ?"

"pretty well...I like to sleep with dragons...nothing more !"

"not wanting to hurt your feelings but, you're not really fit to us, that's also a myth !"

"what are you talking about ? Heather asked me."

" is there not some myths on your human of those wanting to...do the "thing" with a dragon ?"

"no...or they're totally nuts...we don't mate with animals !"

"ok...sorry."

I put my head down and Heather smiled at me

"it's ok...you didn't know !"

"thanks !"

I smiled and was ready to join the others but that was them who joined me...with my sister

"what the ?"

"sorry, she wanted to come !"

I immediately growled and before Laryka could slap me behind my head, as her usual manner, but this time, I caught her paw and sent her back her slap, right in her silly face, even Laryka was astonished by that

"what did you just do arseling ?"

"something I should do some years ago, hitting you in front of peoples, i'm tired of your hatefull reproach !"

"it's not just a slap who can change anything !"

"I know just the thing who'll do it, Korak, the map !"

She pisses me the hell of that I just know what shut her mouth up, I looked at the island's map and pointed the location of an outpost

"I'll charged it...alone !"

"ALONE ! yelled Krya, are you fucking mad ?"

"she needs a proof of who I am, I'll show her this instant !"

I left the volcano alone and went to this outpost, Laryka couldn't stop herself for following me

"I'll help my own clan to get rifd of their failure ! was sure you'll watch the show !"

"wait a bit, let me talk !"

"oh no...not twice with the same bullshit, you hate me more than everyone here...even the genitor was kinder than you !"

In the same time an elve patrol passed in front of me, Laryka wanted to take them down but I punced on them before her and ripped and torn them into thousands pieces, she didn't know what to say as I kept walking, after a long moment of silence, we were at the outpost

"if you move...I'll beat you the hell out !"

"you forgot who am I Tolryk, I could beat you blindfolded !"

"shut your mouth and let me act, their weapon's steel can be useful, without talking about the armors or their shields !"

"this outpost is too well protected for a one dragon army, even more without military training !"

"shut your fucking mouth Laryka, they must have hidden powder supplies,without counting they're sure we'll not attacked first, they got none aerial defenses and also, no heavy unit and the cherry on this filthy cake, drunken warriors, I can do it myself."

"how did you know that ?"

"always been smarter than your ennemi."

We went to a higher point to watch the place, I immediately saw the booze supply, the powder one and the most important one, the weaponry, the plunding elements. There is some drunken humans soldier inside the camp, the leader's tent was close the the booze supply and when I saw an opening on the molted cabin who hold it, tentation was too strong, I took off and spit a fire ball aiming at the powder supply, an explosion followed, flaming the drunken guard who didn't have their armor on, the booze supply and the leader's tent, their scream of terror and the scent of burning flesh made me feel something new inside of me, I never felt something so...bestial

"who burnt the booze supply ? yelled a human guard, LARS !"

Before this Lars or even this yelling guard could react, I squished it with all my weight, expulsing his brain off his skull, a eight guard patrol stopped in front of me

"a...a dragon ? I thought them all beaten !"

"shut up Sven, we'll take him down !"

one of those guard charged me with a mace in hand, he got at an asnwer a powerful tailwhip which made him impaled on a wood pike, I roared angrily and look furiously at them, the smell of blood and burning awoke in me me wild and destructive side, the seven others hesitate to do the same, I growled and finally said

"it's now or never you bunch of loosers !"

They surrounded me slowly and charged me all together, I jumped at the last time and burnt them with a circle of fire, I used my wings to pushed the smoke away when the area was clear, Laryka showed herself with her troop to plunder the cache, I was cleaning my scales off the ashes when I suddenly felt a pain in my left side

"great...a toothpick...happy ?"

"from you ? yes...you astonished me, we could saw..."

"if you say Arkorn I smashed ya !"

She took out the arrow on one shot as I hold a scream of pain, for the humans, a well placed arrow could be fatal, for us it's close to took off one of your pulling hair thingy...can't remember the axact word for it, it's just to gave you an idea, I licked the light wound when I felt Laryka's paw on my shoulder

"what you're gonna do ? humiliate me ?"

"no ! you made me impressed !"

I was speechless, on what thing my sister can change her opinion on me like this, she's hidding something

"since the others chiefs got back, you lead the assault against our ennemies, you take back the volcano, free some warriors and even claime some ennemies's stuff all alone, without any help, you didn't even used me or my own unit for any of this...that I was believing you'll do, the free dragons will follow you everywhere...trust me !"

"not all...I've seen the look I got from the dragons of our own clan...they still hate me."

Laryka already knew that, she looked at me with pity and said

"one day...I'll fixed my own mistakes, brother."

She left with her unit and I stayed a moment in the middle of the old outpost, lost, I even still got problem to understand what just happen with my deranged sister, I ended up going back to the volccano before they all sent searching unit to find me back or bringing back my suppose body inside, when I entered, Krya jumped at my neck

"you're alive...I knew you'll be safe and sound !"

it's not she just said earlier I was fucking mad to do this all alone...oh damn...she said it, but there's something I still don't understand, by beeing a smart guy than a butcher one, what did I felt to turned to this uncontrollable and almost unkillable killing machine

"I think that Tolryk got his first adrenalin shot in a fight, said Trogan."

"say what now ?"

Trogan walked close to me and continued

"let's see pal, we dragons, we're attracted to the scent of blood, burning flesh and other things, it's awake our bestial side and even the smartest of us can become a true killing machine, as tyou must be seeing Laryka's face when she walked back."

"so...it's normal ?"

"yes Tolryk !"

"and thanks to you we can start having our own armors...at least some parts !"

I was closing the door when I heard lots of roaring on all the island, apparently from all sides

"what's happening ?"

"what you wanted to start, answered me Krya, the revolt will soon started."

"the fire you must have started at this outpost, said me Korak, should have been seen on Bloodground and the other island...our offensive will started for the next days."

"so let's get Bloodground back ! I said."

"he's crazy, reacted Tyrok, the ennemies forces are still too strong !"

"so we'll weakend them, pushing them throught their stronghold and burnt it to the ground !"

"for what I know from spies, they only got tent camps more or less fortified, they don't have building supplies for a true stronghold, thanks to Marifala's troops, the ships sunk all time, biut before starting, we need war chiefs !"

"and as Sanira refused to stay as one without Arkorn."

"let me guess, I asked, I'm the only one without a war chief !"

"yeah, with luck, ours were inside the prisoners camp !"

"I'll never got one, no one likes me in my clan "!

"don't say that...we can help during the meeting."

I feared the worst, the revolution started and I maybe could not participate to it because of my endless account of morons inside my clan.