After getting home I went next to the fire again, and layed down. Having taken Sheldor off my head, I hold him close to me, and curl around him. I took a deep breath, and upon letting it out, I let my entire body relax as almost immediately I drifted off to the world of sleep.

Opening my eyes, I realised I was dream-walking, but this time things were much more different than normal. I was a human again. Much like that other time. Quickly looking around to make sure that I was alone.

Looking at my surroundings I seemed to be all alone. It didn’t even seem like there was wild life even. These stones are everywhere. Reaching up into the sky, when looking up, I could just see the tops of them. The sunlight struggled to reach down to where I was.

“It’s one of those dreams.” I muttered.

I took the time I had to look myself over, and noticed markings which seemed to be part of my body etched down both my human arms. My right arm was blue, like my scales, but the left arm was like the abyssal form of me, color. I could feel power coursing through them, like a wildfire coursing its way through my veins. The air is filled with a hum, of energy, as my heart starts racing. I could feel the energy race down my legs into the souls of my feet. Before I took off in a full dash, as the buildings blur around me and the world seems to bend, but not being used to the human body I quickly stumbled and fell.

My body was getting tossed around the road, as I couldn't control my fall and at full speed, I bounced off something metal feeling it crumple under me as the air escaped my lungs. Then the world around me faded to darkness.

I felt my eyes opening as my consciousness started to come back too, my body was barely responding to what I was asking of it. Rakes of pain coursed through me at each movement of any part of my body. My head was pounding, as my vision was blurred and I couldn't see clearly. The only part of me which felt mostly fine, was the right side of my body.

Looking at my right arm, I saw blue flames dancing it way out of the small cuts on my arm. As the cuts were getting closed up the flames were disappearing, but the glowing marks on my arm kept glowing. Looking to my left arm which was throbbing in pain, I was watching my skin crawl across itself as it was stitching itself back together. The cuts left the chance for a violet ooze to leak out instead of blood.

Seeing such sights just made my head spin even more. I knew this body wasn’t normal but everything about it seems wrong. Not human. This body is the furthest I have seen what looks human, but doesnt even bleed red. Some minor aching soon was all that persisted as I got myself out the wreckage of the now very broken car. The indent of where I crashed into the car, leaving an outline of a human, had an otherworldly feel.

“Just what is this dream supposed to be…” I said, out loud.

Screeching filled the air, from all the buildings, some unearthly howl filled the air. A sense of dread filled my chest. I am not alone, and the only thing which might be saving me is the sunlight, and if the shadows consumed where I am, I might be in trouble. Looking deeper into the buildings, I could faintly see glowing red eyes meeting my gaze.

Creatures of the night. That's what they are. Sunlight is where I am safe, and it's fading. I looked in the direction of the sun, and started running, not full power like I was before, but not daring to go too slow. As soon as I started running the buildings started howling in glee, eager for a new hunt. I was determined to leave a trail of blue flames and make my escape. When suddenly the world went dark and lost connection with that body.

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Suddenly I found myself in what looked like outer space, but it was different. All the stars which I am used to seeing are different, and yet I could feel faint connections to them all. Dots of blue, pink, and mixed. There seemed to be a lot of mixed stars, but there were also some which were only pink and others which were only blue. Those seemed to always be much closer to the dots of only pink, and it's when I watched a dot fade away, that I felt like it died.

I still couldn’t comprehend what this all was. When I watched one mixed dot come my way, as it started to take form. The slowly became a humanoid wolf shape, with deep blue hair, and markings curling down her arms, watches into the off white almost grey fur of hers, when I noticed one eye was blue and another the same pink.

“I see, you are lost about what all of this is.” She said to me.

“What… What are you? What am I?” I stammered out, unable to understand.

“We are Lost.” She confirmed.

“Well, ya. That's my name, but what is this?” I asked, while I gestured around us.

“This is the Lost. Each one of the dots is a different Lost. Not many ever see this. You are unique even among the Lost.” She remarked.

I was still baffled by what all this means. I couldn't understand it. This is not what I was told the world was, no one ever told me about this. Does the dragon king know about this? Did he create me to get access to this? So many thoughts and questions swirled around my head.

“Wow, you really are clueless huh? Usually most have a feeling of speculation of what this might be, but you really seem clueless.” She pointed out.

“Well ya. I am a dragon. I am supposed to be using mana which is like little spirits, and such. Not this other stuff which I have been using.” I explained.

“Ah yes, well mana, as you call it, takes different forms. Depending where you are it can change its properties, and how it behaves. Where you live it's much more alive.” She explained.

“I… I can;t do this right now. I need to wake up.” I stammered, my head still feeling all this is some fever dream.

I focused and startled myself awake, opening my eyes, and finding myself in front the fireplace, still with Sheldor, I breathed a sigh of relief. I was back to myself, and it seems the sky is bright now.

“Maybe I should go see how Ynos, and the others are doing.” I mumbled, and stretched getting up.

“I set Sheldor down and smiled, alright stay here little one, I got something i gotta do. Maybe I will come back and get you so we can go see Morgan again and get your food later.” I said, gently petting and rubbing his shell.