A new day arrived.


    The sisters awakened, prepared themselves for the rough day that was to come, and walked outside the roughly made dirt house.


    They followed Monolavir and Ruminona right after, who led them toward the entrance.


    Once they arrived, a show they would never forget for the rest of their life happened.


    Monolavir roared, his loud voice echoing through the tunnels.


    The dragons began to fly one by one from the tunnels, moving past Monolavir and moving through the roof entrance.


    The oldest dragons stayed stationary near the entrance, while the youngest dragons flew in circles high in the sky.


    This display of a hundred dragons moving for them made a huge impact on their mind. They were in awe in front of these mighty beings, and they were moving for them at that.


    Once all the dragons were outside, Monolavir and Ruminona flapped their wings, following the pack.


    "Let us go."


    Monolavir spoke to the sisters, who nodded. They left the ground too, following right behind.


    Once outside, Monolavir turned toward a bunch of brown colored dragon.


    "Do it."


    The dragon all moved in a circle formation over the entrance, and began to inflate their chest.


    With roars capable of shattering the most resistant pieces of glass ever created, the entrance to the dragon''s nest began to close. The border of the hole began to grow rocks, until it was completely sealed.


    "Great work. Rest in the back, until we arrive, but don''t fall behind."


    Lots of ''Yes!'' and ''Thank you!'' echoed in the girls head, enough to give a small headache.


    Ruminona roared behind Monolavir to catch the attention of all dragons.


    "Quieter! Your voices are too loud for those two that just managed to understand our language. Do you want Orion to come back and punch your faces again?"


    One of the most painful silence in the history of the dragons happened.


    ''What did he do? What did Orion do to the dragons?!''


    Dramia was panicking inside. She never heard about Orion fighting dragons! And certainly not about him beating dragons!


    "You all are rusty, maybe that would be the best outcome."


    Monolavir jokingly added this, not knowing the terror he inflicted on all the dragons. The ones being less scared were the females, as most were dedicated to hatch their eggs.


    A few females were actually stronger than the males of the nest.


    These dragons would be enough to overwhelm Orion, but this was not the focus right now.


    In any case, it was time to depart. Monolavir looked far in the distance, toward the north.


    A few kilometers away from the mountains, that cursed place was. He knew better than anyone not to get too close to it, yet he accepted the request.


    "The moment I stop, you all need to stop. If I see one of you moving in front of me, I won''t protect you. Know better than defying my words."


    The dragon seemed to nod, as they all dropped their head lower.


    "Everyone, follow me!"


    Monolavir created a bubble similar to the one he used on Orion and Amelia, enveloping Dramia and Drania inside.


    Surprised, they didn''t had time to have another reaction, because Monolavir scooped them up, and flew at top speed, Ruminona next to him, and the full pack of dragons closely behind them.


    "We could have followed at that speed."


    Dramia, without disrespecting the dragon for his actions, notified him.


    "I understand that. It would be best for you two to save your strength. That place is no joking matter, and I don''t plan on having you hurt. Just stay put, we will arrive shortly."


    The chasm wasn''t that far, but since the moment it was formed, it had drifted away from it''s original place. Now in the middle of the Northern Sea, it was roughly an hour away at top speed.


    "Thank you."


    Drania waved at Monolavir from below, a smile on her face. An usual thing to do coming from her.


    The dragons features were hard to discern, but the smile he showed didn''t escaped Ruminona.


    ''He''s been showing more expressions since Orion appeared.''


    Indeed, maybe talking about his past rampage concerning his stolen children with Orion cleared his guilt, or maybe did he finally decided to enjoy his life again, Monolavir was changing.


    At the same time, all of the dragons noticed that change. He was less imposing to his kind, and began to share some of his burden to them.


    ''Fighting, teaching, telling stories of the past, or just talking with them. All of this is new to the others. Even asking for their help yesterday was a shock.''


    Ruminona thought about what he told her when he came back after rounding all of the dragons and asking for their help.


    ''He said that their jaws almost fell to the ground. I would have loved to see that. But if I had, I wouldn''t have learned about these girls.''


    She glanced at the sisters. Drania was tapping the bubble in a playful way on all four, while Dramia was sitting hugging her knees, patiently waiting while sometimes sighing at her sister.


    This sight really reminded her of Orion and Amelia. They acted differently, but for dragons, that wasn''t an important detail.


    ''Did Amelia progress in making Orion notice her? I remember her saying that she sometimes felt lost in her own feelings. Not being accepted can be hard on someone''s mental.''


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    She didn''t know it because only them, and now Karteira, knew, but she made tremendous progress.


    ''We do not share the same view of the world, that is sure. But... perhaps. In the end, the feelings we share are the same, unaffected by our faction affiliation.''


    ''She made me think about quite many notion after she left.''


    In fact, Ruminona was leaving the notions the dragons were birthed with. She was evolving by questioning everything.


    ''I wish I could ask him. I have no idea where to even look to find him in the first place. Maybe I''ll ask Mono later to look around.''


    While she was thinking that, something stirred all the way east.


    In the Palafas Sea, further away from the shores were Orion''s group was walking toward, a shadow impossible to measure slid inside the deepest water.


    It seemed to move north too.


    ~


    The dragons were flying straight above the sea. Nothing was unusual, and nothing was in the horizon.


    "Mono, are we far, it''s been almost an hour. Didn''t you say it would take around that time?"


    He remained focused, but his tone expressed anxiousness rather than his usual neutrality.


    "No, we are close."


    Not a minute after saying that, out of nowhere, the scenery that was unchanging until now vanished, and became replaced by a darkness even the night couldn''t create.


    "Monolavir! Where did you bring us!"


    The dragons began to panic. Their reason shattered the moment they entered the anomaly.


    "CALM DOWN!"


    They all stopped moving after hearing Monolavir''s shout.


    "I said, don''t fly past me. Follow my words, and everything will be fine."


    "Rumi, don''t move. We''ll access the situation first."


    "Yes."


    Before long, the darkness changed to a bright light, almost blinding. The sea was white, the sky was white, the sun was white, nothing was spared the white coloration, except the dragons.


    "Alright, immediately fly behind me, get close!"


    The dragons received the orders, and entered a multiple row V-shaped formation.


    "No one is missing. Good work. When the darkness return, everyone stops. Understood?"


    "It will return?"


    Ruminona was shocked. She thought it would be a one time only occurrence.


    "Yes, this place changes every few minutes from these two states."


    Dramia and Drania were shuddering, remembering what the place they entered was.


    "Sis, why did we return here for again?"


    Drania was almost brought to tears. The memories were hard to bear.


    "To turn the page, to remember, and to save ourselves. That''s why. We can''t turn back!"


    Dramia grabbed her sister''s shoulders, and looked deep inside her eyes. This scene was all too familiar to her.


    -


    "DRANIA! WE HAVE TO FLEE!"


    "NO! WE CAN''T!"


    "DRANIA!!"


    -


    Drania nodded, full of fear.


    "Monolavir, this place changes every four minutes."


    He brought the bubble between him and Ruminona.


    "How do you know that?"


    Dramia explained without hesitation.


    "Same as you, we''ve tried entering multiple times. After trying again and again, I''ve began to count the seconds. Four minutes and eleven seconds, this is our timer."


    Monolavir stayed silent. He found this anomaly by mistake in the past, so he knew how terrifying this place was. Just imagining these girls doing the same as him made his change the way he saw them.


    "I''ll be giving a notice when the light will change. We will move when the light is back, and stop when the darkness blocks our vision."


    Ruminona didn''t waste a second.


    "We''re counting on you. Mono, we continue forward. No turning back."


    "No turning back. Everyone, listen to this girl. When she says it, stop."


    Ruminona used her wind to help Dramia''s voice travel to every dragons.


    Two minutes later.


    "Ten seconds! Stop!"


    All the dragons heard her notice, and they remained in the V-shape formation.


    Darkness once again enveloped everything. You couldn''t even see your own nose in this opaque environment.


    Four minutes later.


    "Be prepared to move again!"


    The scenery reappeared. The dragons did not miss this moment.


    They entered top speed, and traveled the most distance they could before the darkness returned.


    This repetition took place three times.


    "There it is. Everyone... prepare yourself. Don''t move too fast. Follow me, same speed."


    Monolavir dropped his speed tremendously. He was almost stationary.


    "Mono, why are we flying this slowly?"


    Ruminona asked the question everyone wanted to ask. She heard Dramia gulp loudly right after. The one who answered her, surprisingly, was Drania.


    "Because you will die."


    A lightning bolt zigzagged through the dragons, missing them all. Before they could understand what happened, it was gone.


    "Do you understand?"


    Monolavir didn''t even turn his head. He was as tense as the other dragons.


    "Girls, I''m starting to regret coming here, I will be honest."


    He gave his honest thoughts to the sisters.


    "We''re regretting it too. I''m starting to wonder if it was worth it."


    Sweat dropped from their faces.


    The tension was heavy. One wrong move, and someone would explode. If one dragon gets it, a chain reaction would take place, so they were all extremely careful.


    The moment they saw the lightning bolt, no more toughness appeared in their demeanor. The fear f dying was stronger. They knew that lightning wasn''t normal.


    The white lightning appeared and disappeared faster than a normal bolt from a storm.


    "We''re not done yet. Listen carefully, and stop when you hear a strange sound, or a ringing in your ears."


    The lightning bolts grazed one last time.


    "Prepare for darkness!"


    "No one moves! I repeat! NO ONE MOVES!"


    Monolavir had to shout multiple times. The next nightmare was about to begin.


    "You know everything it seems? How far did you go before?"


    Drania broke through her own fear and asked Monolavir. It didn''t take a few seconds before he answered.


    "All the way through. I''ve seen it all. Though, I couldn''t enter the last part, obviously."


    If they could see him, they would see his full row of teeth. That showed how stressed out he was currently.


    Ruminona was following closely, doing her best not to enter he terrified state. This situation would be too much for anyone.


    She listened to everything intently to focus on something else.


    ''So he came here before. He never said anything about it.''


    "Mono, why have you kept it to yourself?"


    "Because there exist only terror here. Nothing but a dome no one can enter can be found. There is absolutely no reason for me to talk about an anomaly. Curiosity almost killed me multiple times."


    "For nothing in the world would I have led another being in this place. Do you understand why?"


    "I do."


    Something began to touch the dragons. Or to be exact, it began to cover them. They followed the orders to perfection, and remained unshakable.


    "Light is coming back!"


    Dramia gave another notice.


    The light came back, and a sight that would break someone''s mind happened.


    A black hole in the middle of the sea. Simply, a dark, deep, empty space.


    "This is the end. It terrifies me every times how it suddenly appears."


    Monolavir was terrified. The lightning wasn''t enough to scare him, but this anomaly was different. It felt wrong, like terribly wrong.


    "This is something that shouldn''t exist. I have a strong feeling about it. Feelings like this can''t be ignored."


    He kept staring at the dark spot. It was massive, five kilometers wide.


    "Drania, we''ve arrived. Are you ready?"


    "No. But there''s no other way isn''t it?"


    Drania''s smile almost broke.


    "Monolavir, we need you to open it. Even a crack will be enough."


    He let out a huge sigh.


    "I know, that''s why we are here."


    He flapped his wings and turned to the dragons behind him.


    "Listen to me! I need all of you to send your strongest magic breath toward one precise spot on that black dome! Focus all of your strength on it, show me everything you have!"


    "YES!"


    The dragons flew in a straight line, forming a new forming in the shape of a W.


    "Rumi, the moment a crack forms, break it open with your wind. I need you to create a hole large enough for these two."


    The bubble broke, releasing Dramia and Drania who instantly used their wings to fly.


    "Alright."


    Monolavir looked at the dragons in front of him.


    "Prepare!"


    The dragons began to inflate their chest.


    "Release!"


    The dragons released various breaths. Water breath from blue dragons, electric breath for purple dragons, stony breath for the brown dragons, fire breath from the red dragons, and wind breath from green dragons.


    Only Monolavir and Ruminona remained behind, as they had another role to play.


    Every single breath focused on one single spot. At first, there was no changes.


    *Crack*


    "It''s working! Everyone stay strong!"


    Using a breath for that long was extremely painful and exhausting, but their moral was high! Monolavir asked them for help, so they would give their all!


    *Crack* *CRACK*


    A massive fissure formed on the dark dome. Not long after, light shone from the crack.


    "Rumi! Now!"


    Ruminona inflated her chest in an instant, and released a high velocity windstorm toward the fissure.


    The breath touched the crack, creating a big round shape hole on the dome.


    "It''s closing! Girls, move on!"


    They both nodded and used the fastest speed they had to fly toward the hole.


    *ROoOoOAR*


    Behind them, the loudest roar they have ever heard entered their ears.


    The next moment they blinked, an ice laser overtook them faster than they were flying.


    It crashed with the hole, covering it''s border in a thick layer of ice, stopping its closing temporarily.


    Dramia and Drania closed their eyes, blinded by the light. Before entering, Dramia grabbed her sister and hugged her.


    They both disappeared, engulfed by the light as they entered the dome.


    ''We made it!''