We all sat there, though Immy seemed to be glaring at Sidus as he returned. Sidus not paying anyone much mind as he came back inside of the cave.

I saw Immy recompose herself and still a huff at Sidus, before turning her back on him. She didn’t even ask him how it went.

“That idiot didn’t get pulled, I assume?” Immy asked Aether.

“No, he didn't feel anything.” He replied back to her.

“A shame.” I barely heard her mutter under her breath.

“Well, then I’m next.” She said before taking off to the sky.

I watched Aether sigh and follow after her. Seems that Immy and Sidus are both really competitive. I guess I have seen dragons be competitive before.

Looking around I noticed Ynos, looking eagerly at the sky, clearly ready for when it's his turn. My stomach flipped, knowing the feeling of what the pull feels like, and that my soul space is bigger now is only going to make it even worse.

Even quicker than before I watched Immy come down with Aether, and landed with no issues. I heard a dragon scoffing a harrumph behind me, but ignored it, when I heard Aether’s question.

“Who is next?” He Asked.

I felt my heart skip a beat, and stepped back. My mind raced to all the time I attempted to leave, causing panic to course through me, as I found myself holding onto Ynos’ tail.

“It’s alright, we’ll go last. Don’t fret, I’m here with you. Pull or not, you will return home.” Ynos said as he looked me in the eyes. I could feel his absolute certainty in his words. I just couldn't help but believe that he would do everything in his power to keep me safe.

“T-thank you,” I stammered out, my emotions all mixed up, it was all I could say with a little nod. I chose to believe in him.

I heard from the entrance Aether say, “I guess it’s you and me.”

“Yes!” Essie exclaimed eagerly, before flying up onto his head.

Quickly I watched them leave to the sky. When I heard the abyssal voice behind me, “You're doing such a good job protecting them, like their father asked of you.”

My eyes went wide, I remembered the old dragon which asked me to protect their kids, and these are them. I am not sure how I am supposed to be the one protecting Pillar’s of existence.

‘I am just a little water dragoness, how am I supposed to protect the Pillar of Cosmic. It is like he is space itself. I felt how the mana bent around him. I am not sure how I could even attempt to help him.’ I contemplated myself.

“Awwww, is the little dragoness scared? You know you have not been in a real fight yet. You can’t even say if you're confident enough to fight for yourself. You only played around with mortals and weakened shades.” Abyssal Self chuckled in my head.

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I tried my best to resign from growling and being upset, but I really stopped when I noticed Ice was starting to grow on Ynos’ tail, which he looked at my curiously.

“S-sorry.. I am really nervous…” I stammered out really embarrassed I was freezing his tail.

I pull back the cold back in, “Hey, what’s fighting like?” I shyly asked him.

“It’s wonderful! It's when I feel the best. I feel the most alive.” Ynos preplied.

“Also when you’re most likely to die.” Sidus commented from the back of the cave.

Immy glares daggers at him. While Sidus rolls his eyes and scoffs turning around to go back deeper into the cave.

“War is not something you should be looking for, Lost.” Breta interjected.

“I just heard so much about it. I haven't seen the war for myself, but I was told so much that every dragon was being forced to be a part of it.” I replied.

“War is something no one should run to. It changes people, and sometimes you lose the ones you care about. Friends and family.” Breta commented with some sorrow and worry in her voice, as she never took her eyes off the sky.

She didn’t look at me, but I could tell she has seen way more than she would like to for a lifetime. This goddess has seen everything war has to offer and some. I wonder if trying to help these dragon’s I might end up the same way, if I will end up in the middle of the battle torn central worlds. If Shades will hunt us down.

I pushed the thought out of my head, it was too much to imagine right now, after all I had something else also on my mind. I remembered the dragon King’s face and his words when I met him, “There you are.”

‘It’s like he was looking for me. I always wondered why I had my name, it seemed that I was just supposed to be really bad at finding my way around, but that would make me the most pathetic dragon. What if, my name is because if these dragons are with me, it's much harder to find them. Is that how I will protect them?’ I pondered to myself.

I felt a shiver rake across my body, as though something was warning me of danger. Everyone else didn’t seem to get the same feeling I did. I guess maybe it was nothing. That was till Aether arrived at the cave, and I spotted Essie trembling.

“What happened?” Immy asked.

I knew immediately from how she was reacting, what had happened, “S-She was pulled…” I stammered out.

Immediately I felt all eyes turn on me, “It’s terrifying, getting dragged into the abyssal darkness, without being able to do anything…” I explained.

Aether seemed to frown at that and kept gently patting the little trembling Essie in his arms. The little terrified dragoness didn't have to go through that if they had just listened to me.