Kovu looked at Rose then at Sapphire, understanding some context of
their speaking. “She wants to stop the war?” He asked quietly
before smiling.”Yeah, what Rose said! We would love corporation
with the dragons. To end the senseless killings!”
Sapphire took a deep breath before she laid down. *Climb on* she
thought. She saw Rose was hesitant at first, but smiled when the
human girl got on her back.
Rose looked at Kovu. "She wants us to ride her" she said as she
found a spot that would be easy to hold onto.
Rods found two strong men that were willing to search for Rose. She
sent one off to the hit and the other into the woods. She wanted to
find Rose right away, knowing she was just lying to her
parents.
Kovu looked so confused as Rose got on her back before he nodded
quickly.”Oh right! Makes sense!” He followed up behind Rose and was
truly terrified now. He was still on the fence about dragons,, only
because he heard nothing of the conversations. Though as a child he
heard of dragons being able to do this with people, but the people
never return after leaving with the dragon that spoke to them. He
was worried that was what was going to happen to Rose and him as he
was with her. “I am trusting everything you say, Rose.”
Rose gentle grabbed one of Sapphire's spikes as the dragon
stretched her wings and headed off to the sky. She let out a mighty
roar, calling to the dragons. They needed to know the war was about
to end.
Sapphire waited in the air as she glanced at Rose and Kovu. *If I
need to land as I speak with the others, let me know. I do not need
either of you falling off* she thought.
Rose looked at Sapphire. "We will let you know" she said as she
relayed the message to Kovu.
Kovu wasn't even glancing at the ground, he had his eyes closed to
prevent any further panic. ''Thank you.'' He said quietly to Rose
then to Sapphire of course. ''And sorry if I am squishing you...I
have never been this high up.'' He whispered to Rose, feeling bad
that he had to hold on so tight.
The man narrowed his eyes. ''Where is Rose?" He approached her.
''Tell me the truth.'' He growled.
Kona was rather surprised at his tone and glances around with a
shaking head. ''I am sorry, she is gathering whatever herbs I gave
her on a list. They could be anywhere. She should be back before
the evening at the latest.''
Draig saw Sapphire and narrowed his eyes seeing humans. ''Sapphire!
Are you alright!?" He called to her, Ratholas shortly behind him.
Rose looked at Kovu. "I've never been this high up either."
Sapphire looked at Draig as Fang showed up as well. "I am fine.
These humans want to end this war just as much as I do" she
replied. "One can even hear my thoughts through a bomd that once
belonged to a human and dragon that was lost when they started
fighting us" she said. She relayed everything to Rose who also told
Kovu.
Kovu smiled a bit at Rose now for her answer was the truth as well.
He then opened his eyes hearing the beats of the other dragon's
wings and nearly passed out to see a bunch of them. ''Oh my
goodness.'' He lost his breath for a few moments before nodding.
''Bonds, Rose, you have a bond.''
Draig was watching the humans before he looked at Sapphire with a
surprise though Ratholas interjected before the other dragon could
speak. ''Sapphire, Zeek is missing and this may be a ploy to lure
us to our deaths.''
The man glanced around before slapping Kona. ''Where is she?!" He
asked.
Kona was surprised at the attack and backed away. ''She is in the
woods gathering herbs! Please leave her be! She is helping me! Her
and my cousin are helping me!"
Sapphire shook her head. "These humans told me one of their own
just killed a dragon, and I think it was Zeek. They came up to me
with no weapons. I think they mean it."
Ratholas was not convinced as he looked over the humans.
“Sapphire.” He said sternly. “Trusting these humans so soon after
Zeek’s death is merely a betrayal upon his deathbed. They may have
no weapons, but that doesn’t mean they don’t want harm. Humans and
dragons are not meant to mix and it would be safe to rid of those
on your back now. They’re corrupting you.”
Draig narrowed his eyes at Ratholas.”The leader has the choice! If
she feels they’re willing to be on our side then they are!”
The man kept a glare before he left, smashing two tables and old
bottles as he went out the door.
Sapphire growled at Ratholas. "You dare challenge what I say?" She
wasn't pleased with him. "If they wanted to hurt us they could have
done by leading me to a trap to help Zeek."
Fang was quite for a while before he looked at the humans. "No
human who wanted to hurt a dragon could get a bond with them" he
said.
Rose was shocked to hear all that was related to her, including
about the bond and told Kovu.
Ratholas wasn't listening to Sapphire, he believed that humans and
dragons should never be together. He narrowed his eyes at the
humans, shaking his head to think that Sapphire's judgement was
clouded.
Kovu smiled towards Rose, nodding as he looked at the dragons. They
were breaking ground and may finally be able to change the war that
had been going on forever.
Draig looked at Fang before glaring at Ratholas. ''Exactly. If that
human has a bond with Sapphire, then they mean no harm.''
Sapphire nodded to Draig and Fang. "I want to see if any of you get
a bond with the male. If you can, then perhaps we will be able to
end this war, and if possible, at least scare the one who took Zeek
from us."
Rose looked at Sapphire. "You can do more than just scare this one.
You can take him away and make people think he ran off when you
really killed him. I fear that it is one that is power hungry and
only killed to become leader. If its who I think it is, you have my
permission to kill him."
Draig went towards Sapphire, believing that if he was able to gain
the bond with the human male, then it would be a sign that him and
Sapphire were meant to be together. ''I will see if I can gain the
bond to help stop this war.'' He lowered his head towards Kovu.
Kovu looked at Draig confused at what he was trying to do then
towards Rose with a nod. ''The man that killed your friend, doesn't
deserve to be in the village. He could only cause problems with you
dragons and we wouldn't want such a horrible man still alive around
dragons...Oh! Rose is also the Tribe Leader's daughter so the next
in line to be the Tribe Leader.''
Rose nodded. "With me being next in line to rule the tribe, I do
have some more say than others do" she replied to the dragons
before she looking at Kovu. "This one wants to see if he can bond
with you" she said.
Sapphire looked at Draig. "Thank you" she said with a nod.
Fang looked at Kovu. "If Draig cant bond, I shall try" he said
before he glanced at Ratholas to see what the other dragon would
say.
Ratholas shook his head, he wasn't going to attempt to bond with
Kovu even if Draig or Fang didn't. He wasn't willingly to try after
knowing that Zeek was murdered by a human the same day they're
trying for peace. He didn't believe that it was the truth and
didn't trust the humans at all. ''He would not want to bond with
me. I wish harm to the humans over the pain they have caused us and
the lives they took.'' He said nearly under his breath, but he was
angry at them.
Kovu nodded to Rose before he reached out and touched Draig. He was
waiting for the shock or what he had seen with Rose, his eyes
closed as he was bracing. Nothing happened between them causing
Draig to almost panic. ''Maybe it takes time. If it doesn't work
for you or I, Fang, we should try again a different time.''
Kovu frowned when Fang as well didn't appear to be the dragon that
he should have bonded with. He felt ashamed as he didn't wish harm
for the dragons at all, which scared him that they would think
that. ''I promise I do not want harm, I really do promise! I want
friendship beyond anything with the dragons.'' He said quietly,
looking down, feeling down.
Ratholas shook his head. ''You see that.'' He looked at Draig and
Fang. ''If they did not wish harm, then either of you would have
bonded with him.''
Draig had nodded to Sapphire, feeling furious at why he didn't bond
with Kovu.
Fang glanced at Ratholas and grabbed Kovu, gently pushing him to
the other dragon. *If they bond, then Ratholas will see there is
nothing wrong with these humans* he thought.
Rose was shocked when Fang grabbed Kovu and wondered what exactly
the black dragon was doing, but she remained calm seeing Sapphire
not do anything.
Sapphire rather spoke gently. "Ratholas, weather or nor the male
wants to harm us, the female does not. I am the leader, and she
will soon be her tribes leader. And if that is true then this war
can finally end."