Jade in the Morning. 30

As the sun began to rise into the sky, Shayn woke. He kissed Ono's lips and moved his arm from across his chest. He needed and drink and to relieve himself. Hurrying to a tree he let his waters fly in relief. As he went for his drink, Ono came up behind him and kissed his neck.
" Good morning." He smiled. " You want some breakfast?"
" No," Shayn told him. He looked around. " What a beautiful day. Let's run for a while."
" What about the others?" Ono asked. " Should we wake them?"
" No, let them rest. We can call them once there up and let them know where we are." Shayn said running off into the forest. " Come on, catch me."
Once away from the camp, Shayn shifted to his white wolf and sped away. Ono laughed, shifted to his grey and followed. They ran and played for some time. Nipping at each other, chasing birds and rabbits until they both were tired. They stopped to rest on the side of a cliff where they laid down together.
[I'm glad we came on this trip." Ono told his mate. [ Even if its a failure .]
[ So am I.] Shayn licked Ono's muzzle and rubbed himself close. Just then Ono caught a scent on the winds. It was the smell of a dragon. He raised his head and began to take in the scent.
[ Do you smell that?] He asked.
[ What?] Shayn asked.
[ I smell dragons.] Ono put his nose to the ground and tried to find the trail. It didn't take him long until found it.
[ Could it be one of the others?] Shayn asked. [ Maybe they're looking for us.]
[ No.] Ono said. [ I know the scent of everyone we know. This scents not one of us. It's a different dragon. Come on, let's follow it.]
[ First, we tell Cutter.]Shayn told him.
[ We don't have time. We can call them once we've found the dragons were looking for. Come on Shayn. This is a chance to do something ourselves.]
[ Why do I get the feeling we're about to get in trouble.] Shayn bit at his butt.
[ What could go wrong?]
With that, Ono took off following the scent, Shayn followed him close behind. All around the cliff they searched until the found a large boulder. There the scent was strongest. Ono thought the dragon must have laid down next to it for a rest. Like wolves, they sat behind the boulder getting there filled with the scent so they wouldn't lose it. Ono looked to the wall before them and saw a green-scaled head poke its way out. It was an earth dragon, just like Dreik but older. Ono looked right into the dragon's eyes. He was sure it saw him, cause it waves him away to hide. Then five other dragons came out of what must have been a hidden cave. They looked around to make sure one saw them, then took to the skies. Slowly the green dragon emerges from the cave. It walked right to the boulder and stopped.
[ I know your there.] She said. [You can come out know. it's safe.]
Ono stepped out with Shayn right behind him. They stood as wolves and stared at the huge earth dragon.
[ Dragons posing as wolves?] She said. [ How odd.]
[I'm a werewolf.] Ono said. [ He's a dragon. My name is Prince Ono Tyr, and this is King Shayn Whitehall.]
[ I'm Jade, and I know dragons when I'm near them.]She told them. [ What are you doing here? Are you with the gold one trying to destroy the bronze? ]
Ono and Shayn looked at her puzzled. What was she talking about?
[ We know of no bronze dragons.] Shayn told her. [ And Eheren is the only gold dragon we know of, and he's far away, and not after any dragons.]
Ono shifted to his human form. Jade's eyes opened wide in surprise.
[ I know someone that could do that!!] She said. [ Become human.]
" Really?" Shayn asked.
He stepped up closer to the earth dragon and put his hand on her muzzle. As a white dragon, healing is his main ability. But there were other abilities. Sensing and dispelling magic was also one of his abilities. And he saw something in Jade that wasn't right.
" Somethings wrong Jade. There's a powerful spell on you. I can see it in your eyes." Shayn stepped back and shifted to Gabriel the white dragon.
[ Ahhhhh!!!!.] She looked on Shayn in awe. [ What beauty.]
" Yes, he is." Ono ran his hand down Shayn's back showing how much he loved his mate. Shayn blushed as he tried to concentrate on the spell on Jade. Visions began to flash in front of Jade's eyes. She saw Valen and recognized him. Then she saw the bronze dragon and right through her disguise. She saw Muerte, and her anger flared. She roared loudly.
[ How dare she!!!] She screamed. [ That witch has played us for fools!! I must find Valen.]
She called out in her mind to her friend and of course, he answered. He told her where he was and asked her about the others. She let him know they were under Muerte's spell and that she had taken them away and left her to kill him when he came back to the cave. Muerte didn't know Jade was female and that her spell hadn't affected her as she had hoped. She told Valen about meeting Shayn and Ono and how Shayn had lifted the spell. He thanked Shayn and asked where they had gone. Jade told him all she knew was that they were after some spellbook that she needed. Muerte didn't trust her, so she didn't say much more. But she might be able to find them. Valen thought for a minute. He knew of only one tomb of magic that was so destructive that it had to be hidden from all. The spells in that book were so dangerous, the gods stepped in to hide it. If she was after those spells, they were in trouble. They had to find it first
Just then Jandar called to his brother.
[ We want you to get back to Cutter and Aramis and not to ever run off like that again.] Jandar's anger and tension could be felt through the rapport. Then Rage spoke to Shayn.
[ What was on your mind running off like that?]
" I told you we were gonna get in trouble." He nudged Ono. "We found someone you should all meet.]
[We have been listening and your not in trouble.] Rage said. [ I'm just disappointed.]
[ They're young.] Jade told Rage. [ The young need time. They did well.]
[We're on our way back to our campsite.] Ono sent. [ We're sorry if we caused you any worry.]
Ono and Shayn said they goodbyes to Jade and started to walk away. Jade called out to them to stop them
[ Wait.] She said. [ Valen, can I stay with them? Do you mind?]
[Yes you can stay.] He said. [ We may be joining you. I think we have a problem.]
[ What do you mean?] Rage asked.[ She's after Gannon's book. A set of spells so strong, the gods feared them and hid them from the world. If she finds the spells she needs, alls lost]
[ I think we have some of those pages.] Jander said.
He told Valen about what happened in the mines the day Aramis and the others found the beast-men searching the mines. He also told him of Eheren's quest to save Baron Valkar. He told him that Eheren's group realized, the only way to save the Baron was to free him. So they were looking for the pages too. He told him about Kalin Ka being an ancestor of Gannon, and how he can locate the pages.
[ Find the pages you have.] Valen told him. [And find out from Eheren what spell they found. We need to know. We have to get those pages before she does, it's important.]