Chapter 1

The Water Dragon Slayer, Duryn Rodriguez

It was a peaceful day at the forest. Duryn and his foster father were playing around, and training at the same time.

Then suddenly dark clouds suddenly covered the sky... and the dragon’s eyes looked surprised for a moment

"Son, let us play hide and seek... but whatever you do.. don't come out.." The dragon sighed as he told Duryn. The boy nodded and ran off, smiling. A large ship came down... and descended from the heavens. "I should have known" the dragon thought and he roared loudly "GO AWAY!”

Young Duryn ran as fast as he could until he reached a dark cave.

“He’ll never find me here!” Duryn smiled and ran inside. “All right! I’m done hiding! Come and find me if you can!” He shouted as loud as he could.

“Sorry my son..” The dragon sighed as he heard Duryn’s voice. He sighed once more as he looked at all the men who came charging against him. “STAY BACK!” He roared

The crowd of people didn’t care to listen, but they forced Aquos down into a large net, made out of the best materials. They used long metal poles, which they called weapons and forced him into the net. The crowd of men clipped his wings and drugged him. He fell down...

A tall girl with long black hair walked out of the forest, looking at the crowd of men attack Aquos, the Dragon.

“Ah... invaders again?” Zana said as she smiled grimly. The crowd stared at Zana and began to strike her, the others were forcing the Dragon up towards the ship slowly.

Young Durn came out the cave and looked around.

“Aquos!? What’s happening here!?” He looked at the large ship

The men who were attacking Zana shouted “Kill all who tries to stop us!” They all charged towards her. They all jumped up and struck her.

Zana grinned and whipped out a scythe. She struck the group of men easily, however, some of the men detected Duryn and went after him. The little boy ran, fearing for his life.

“Run! I’ll save him!” Zana shouted and continued to fight. Blood began to pour out of her wounds.

The little boy sighed and kept running “Who was that..?” He thought to himself as he kept running. He stopped and looked back.

“But what about Aquos...”  Duryn sighed “He will be all right... he is after all.. my father!” Duryn smiled and kept running.

Aquos groaned painfully as the group of men kept attacking Zana.

“This woman is almost invincible!” One of them shouted

Zanas ears perked as she heard the groan. She stopped fighting and rushed towards the dragon, struggling to defend herself at the same time undoing the net. A blow caught her and she toppled over, however no matter how injured she became she was still cutting the net. She groaned painfully as the last strap of the net flung off. The dragon tried to flex its wings, which were clipped. Zana yelled as a few hundred blades came down on the dragon, and it fell onto the ground, nearly dead.

Aquos groaned painfully as blades pierced through his body. He laid down, weakly, and looked at Zana. He chuckled as he saw Zana "Thank you.. thank you for helping me. But I cannot make it.." Aquos sighed. "Duryn's is a nice boy.. he wouldn't turn evil.. I hope he can make it.." He said weakly.

Zana sighed "I'm sorry, for I wasn't in time to save you... " The dragon smiled and transferred his memories to her "When the boy is old enough, and when you two meet again.. if the time is right, then show him this... but you mustn't let him go evil.. for that would be my greatest fear." The dragon groaned painfully "Loosen my pain, and kill me before my pain grows..."

Zana stood painfully, as the men surrounded her, raising their weapons. With a flash of the scythe, the blade passed through the dragons smiling body, and he slowly disappeared. the dragons voice lingered.

"Promise me..." Zana smiled falling onto the floor and swore to that... however that wasn't what the boy saw... he saw the girl raise her blade to kill his foster father, the one who cared for him for so long... and he ran, not hearing anything.. far far away...