5 years ago I was resurrected. Today I turned 5 and I can get my mark. I'm really excited you know. In these past 5 years I have seen a lot of magic. Of course I started training 2 years ago, so my mana and stamina is pretty high. I started swordsman training a year ago. For that we went to a tribe called war howlers. They are the strongest beastmen in dual sword wielding. My teacher is one of the strongest people in the tribe.

I stand up. Xyrus and Zev are still sleeping. I went outside, to look at the stars. I learned from Zev which star is which. He also told me about the history of this world. This world is called Eania, that was shaped 1000000000 years ago by 2 gods. Those gods were brother and sister.

Eione: God of the sun, every living creature, peace and virtues

Zihena: goddess of the moon, death, war and sins

Both were needed for harmony. You can't separate them. Because these two were twins. And if you ever make two separated statues or painting, you would be punished by the gods.

Back to the stars. Like I Said, Zev told me which star was which. Zev also told how you can find the way with the help of the stars. I stayed outside watching the stars till the sun rised. When the sun began rising, I went back inside the cave. Xyrus and Zev were also waking up by now.

"Good morning Zev, good morning Xyrus."

"Mornin." Said Zev. He tried standing up, but fell on the ground immediately, and slept further.

Xyrus was also awake. He needed ten full seconds to stand up. "morning Kayda. Have you slept well?"

"I slept as a rose Xyrus. What about you?" I asked. "Well ok." He yawned after he said those words.

Xyrus grinned. " Well then, are you ready for receiving your mark?"

I shouted full excitement: "hell yeah!"

I heard a voice behind me: "Kayda, whatever happens, just stay calm. The ceremony for receiving your mark will go smoothly." Zev woke up from my shout.

"I will Zev, I will." I said.

"Well then, let's begin." Xyrus began writing some runes. When he was done, he pushed them in my body. I screamed. It felt like hundred swords pierced my body, again and again. And when I finally thought I was going to break down, it stopped. The pain stopped. On my left shoulder appeared a mark. A dragon mark. Now i had two marks. On my right, the mark of my bond with Zev, and on my left the dragon mark. The mark of the contract looked like a snowflake, and my Dragon mark looked like a dragon's shadow.

When the mark appeared my body was full of power. I felt like I could run 10000 miles without stopping, I felt like I could lift up a mountain effortlessly. I felt like I could kill a dragon.

"So how do you feel?" Asked Xyrus.

" Like I could kill a Dragon!"

"Good." Xyrus said. "Kayda listen up, 100 years ago I made a contract with a human. You don't need to know why, but in that contract was written that I must become the slave of the human. If I don't, I die."

"So you want me to kill that human, right?" I said.

"Exactly."

"But isn't that human dead right now?" I asked.

" Yes, he's dead." Said Xyrus. "But his son isn't. His son's name is Derek Raventon. Listen up, these past 5 years you were like a daughter to me. But I really need you to kill him. I ask you, not as a dragon but as a friend, to kill him."

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"I will dad. I don't want to see you as a slave. After you've done so much for me."

"Thank you Kayda, thank you." Xyrus thanked me. That was a rare sight. Normally I was the one who thanked him.

Xyrus continued:"I want you to kill him, but in this state you can't even come close. Let's start learning you magic."

I was excited. I was going to learn magic!

"I will help you Kayda." Said Zev.

"Thank you Zev."

"Alright then let's get started, I'm glad that Zev has already learned you to write, that will make it easier." Said Xyrus. "I think you already know, that for using magic you need to write something in the air. Those figures I write in the air are called runes. Every spell has another rune. Since your mana is already high, we'll start with learning you spells. And of course the speed. How faster you write a rune, how faster the spell will be launched. So that's what we'll be doing for the next 5 hours. After that we will go hunting, and when we're done with that, you're going to the war howlers to train. That's how the most of the days will like."

"There were also spells were you said something, do I also need to say something?" I asked.

Xyrus shook his head. " You only need to say something by complicated spells. For now, you're gonna start with the basics."

And like Xyrus said, that's how I spent most of the days. And it was really BORING. Hey, I'm not slacking off okay! I don't want to see my dad as a slave. I'm really working hard.

A month has passed. Today, I wanted to start training, but Xyrus stopped me. "Today, we aren't going to train. I'm going to meet the other dragons today. And you guys are coming with me." And he pointed at me and Zev.

"There are other dragons?" I asked.

"Of course there is." Said Zev. "If there was only one dragon, he would be unstoppable. That's why there are more dragons. So that the other dragons can stop the dragon if he wanted to take over the world."

"That makes sense."

"Exactly." Said Xyrus. "Climb on my back, so that we can get going."

We did as we were told. We climbed at Xyruses back, and when we sat down, he flied away.

A hour passed, and we landed in a cave. When Xyrus landed, Zev and I climbed off his back. After we all stood with our feet or paws on the ground, we went in the cave. In the cave were a lot of dragons. There were 7 dragons with Xyrus included.

The flame dragon walked to Xyrus. "Hello Xyrus, long time no see."

Xyrus greeted the flame dragon back:" Hello Xyil, how are you doing?"

"I'm doing just fine, but why did you bring a lizard halfling and a jit'irk with you?"

Hey, that's rude. I may look like a lizard halfling, because of my ears, tail and scales, but I'm a proud dragon howler.

"She isn't a lizard halfling, but a dragon howler, and the jit'irk is her friend." Answered Xyrus.

"Did you mark her!? We're going to have a talk about this later, I can assure you that." Said Xyil and turned around and began talking with an earth dragon.

"What's wrong with being a dragon howler?" I asked.

"It's not really as if there's something wrong with it. Said Zev. "But a dragon can't just mark someone, cause they're the strongest creatures."

"Oh. I didn't know that."

"Let's get going, the meeting is gonna start." Said Xyrus, before walking further the cave in.

Zev and I quickly followed him. We came in a large round room, were all the dragons were sitting in a circle. We quickly entered the circle. After all the seven dragons were present, the earth dragon began speaking: "Let the meeting begin. Xyrus, you have marked a human. With that you have created a dragon howler. You know you can't just do that, why did you do it?"

Xyrus answered:"Its true that I marked a human, and made her a dragon howler. I did it because I had a problem. I do not wish to speak about my problem. That's the only thing I have to say."

"if that's the only thing you have to say, then we have to test your human. You understand that right Xyrus?" Said the earth dragon.

"Yes Zyx, I understand."

"Good." Said Zyx. "Human, please step forward."

I stepped forward. It was the only thing I could do. I was standing in the middle of the circle, facing the earth dragon. The earth dragon looked exactly like any other dragon. The only difference was, that it had stones and earth for scales.

Zyx began speaking:" Human, how do you view life?"

"How I view life?" I asked.

" Yes." Said Zyx. "Do you think the world is a nice place, what do you think?"

"I can lie and say that this is a nice place, but I'm not going to do that." I said. "In fact, I think this is a cruel place. In this world the weak get trampled on by the strong. I was a slave. I was one of the weak. Xyrus gave me another chance to live. And this time I will be one of the strong. But when I am strong, I'm not going to trample on the weak. Cause I know how it is to be trampled on. I don't want someone, who is innocent, to go through the same thing I did."

Zyx and the other dragons smiled. "Good answer. We have accepted you as a dragon howler."

Xyrus smiled at me.

Zyx continued:"Because we have accepted you, we want to give you a welcome gift."

"A welcome gift?"

"Yes, another dragon mark"