Blair and Amour

The sail to the arctic circle would take four days, during that time Amour ordered Alex to ask questions, anything he wasnt clear on, so he could educate himself.

"Why me?" Was his first question "Why my family? My father taught me about how we protected the kings and queens of the past, what makes us special?" He asked thinking back at how Kaija barely flinched at him.

"Years ago" Amour started "Dragons appeared on this planet, im not entirely sure how they came here, some say they were the very first beings made by God, other say they came from a world beyond this one. All i know, is when i spoke to the elder dragon named Drakkon, he said they were here to protect this planet"

Alex frowned "Protect it from what?"

Amour shrugged "Dragons are very powerfull creatures, not only able to manipulate life force, but conduct magic and alchemy, Drakkon himself was an iron dragon. Just as you know of the elements fire, water, wind and earth, among dragons they have solid earthly elements like steel, iron, gold and silver, their alchemy helping them manipulate these hard elements with the normal elements"

Alex smiled "That sounds fantastic, will i be able to meet a dragon one day?"

"You already have... i am a dragon of pure steel" Amour said, making her eyes sleet, the blue turned grey in her irises. Alex scuffled back in shock looking at those snake like eyes, but she blinked and they went back to normal.

"How!?"

"Unfortunately in recent past years we got hunted for sport, by beings called Great wolves"

"Great wolves?"

"Big wolves, some rival the smaller dragons in size, and they all came from a she wolf called Blair Blackmoon, she selfproclaimed herself to be the first, and thanks to her actions dragons went into hiding... but even before her we dragons had our own ways, mine ofcourse was serving Atlantis" Amour gave a slight chuckle "I remember meeting Blair for the first time, she was barely out of her teen years, but not shy, and not an extrovert, she just watched her surroundings closely as she approached the docks. I realised by how she looked around that shes not lost, but exploring, not at all did she seem like someone that would throw the entire way of the dragon's life into chaos"

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"Is this your first time seeing a town like this young woman?" Amour asked, Blair stopped walking and nodded without a smile.

"You must have traveled far, judging from your attire, North America? As far as Canada, no, Alaska?"

"Yes" Her voice was hees, almost like she had a sore throat.

"Looking for something spesific? Or are you exploring?"

"Im exploring" Blair answered looking left and right "So this is a port town?"

Amour found her strange toned voice along with the native American accent rather attractive about her.

"Indeed it is, wat is your name?"

"Blair, of the Blackmoon clan"

"I am Amour, Amour Svalbard from Atlantis"

Blair's head tilted.

"Atlantis?"

"Yes, its a beautiful island far from here"

"Then, why you also came far? What are you doing here? Also exploring?"

"No, im trading, im a weaponsmith, and i craft some of the finest swords in the world" Amour boasted.

"A... Sword?" Blair's head slightly tilted.

Amour took one out of a basket close by and unseathed it "Its a weapon, and this one might not be very special, but i take honor in making them more exquisite than other blacksmiths, i give them a sense of beauty, and my swords lasts twice as long as a normal blade"

Blair stippedly looked at the sword, asif fearing it.

"You ok?"

"I dont like weapons, i do not know the sword, i know only tomahawk and spear, bow and arrow, but a weapon is a weapon, they are built to kill"

Amour seethed the sword and placed it back into her basket.

"Im sorry, i didn't realise"

"No, you could not have known, we just met" Blair smiled slightly.

"You, are diffrent than normal humans, arent you? The question is, what are you?" Blair asked making Amour smile back.

"I could ask you the same question"

Blair lifted her hands "I cant share what i am just yet, i am the first of my kind"

---

Alex sat with his gaze on the sails, trying to picture this Blair in his head. Amour broke him a piece of bread and handed it over.

"I tell you, she was a fine young woman, there was something about her eyes, they were a very dark purple, a color you wont see occur naturally, that with her tan native American scin gave her a new sense of beauty"

"What happened next?"

"I offered her a piece of bread, just as i gave you some now"

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Blair held her hand up "Im sorry, i only eat meat"

Amour frowned "Carnivorous hey? Sorry lass, i don't have meat yet, i just landed in port a few hours ago. Maybe if you stick around i can prepare you some meat?"

Again Blair smiled "Kooking meat over a fire... its sure been a while, since i had that"

"I dont understand? You eat only meat, but you havent had kooked meat in a while?" Amour asked confused.

"Yes, i eat my meat raw" Blair said asif its normal to her.

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"It was around that time i figured she wasn't normal, either she was just a human who liked raw meat, hell, maybe she was just too lazy to kook it, either way she was above normal" Amour said spanning the mast.

"How did she cause other great wolves to hunt dragons?" Alex asked "Clearly she doesnt sound hostile"

"No she wasnt. I invited her to join me on my travels, and she agreed..."

---

Amour cracked the whip and the horses started dragging her wagon, from high on the wagon now, Blair had a better view of her surroundings, her head jerked when they heard someone scream.

"Come back here you little snitch!" A middle aged man yelled as he chased after a boy with an apple in his hand. The man managed to catch the boy, and was giving him a hiding with a wooden spoon. The boy protested viciously and dropped the apple, only then did the store owner let him go, half crying the boy ran off, the store owner picked up the apple, brushed it off, and headed back.

"I dont understand, what just happened?" Blair asked.

"The kid stole the apple, and he was caught" Amour said, all too used to what was going on in that town.

"If he is a thief, why let him go?"

"Because the store owner got his apple back"

Blair shook her head "Im still confused"

"The boy stole an apple, not money, or a wallet, or anything else, that means the hunger drove the boy to steal the apple, not greed"

Blair looked at her, then put her mind to thought again.

"But, hes a child, why should he be hungry?"

"There are loads of orpans roaming the streets here, their parents just threw them away, and those in charge of caring for them, only give them one meal a day, its sad really" Amour said, reminding herself of her own question; why does she even come here?

Blair sat quietly for the rest of the way, they were well out of town when it got dark, Amour pulled over and set up camp.

---

"That night i gave her some raw meat" Amour shrugged and Alex shrilled.

"But the journey we went trough together signalled a massive growth for her, she experienced the hungry boy. She saw a robbery, we ourselves got robbed whilst we slept one night. We had to cross a huge lake, where on pirates tried to rob us, but i made short work of them, they would be wise to mess with an Atlantean over open water.

She experienced her first tropical storm, and even saw one man kill another over jealousy. Then there was the person we couldn't understand, he spoke another language, it was baffling to her, she tried her upmost best to figure out what he wanted, but i knew all he wanted was coin"

"You gave him some?" Alex asked listening intensively still.

"Yes, only one silver, its all i could spare, and the last thing that was a shock she received wilst with me was a battlefield, well, after the battle ended ofcourse. Men layed dead everywhere, no one even bothered to come pick up the bodies... that night sparked the beginning of what i feared would cause massive disruption in the natural order"

Amour looked out to the vast ocean, Alex could see the sadness on her face.

"From what i figure, those weren't some good experiences for her" He said and she smiled back at him.

"Im glad youre still listening. And its true..."

---

She was sitting eyes closed at the campfire, meditating, then suddenly she looked up at Amour.

"I've seen enough, i have indeed come a far way Amour Svalbard, but further than you think..." She looked at the fire "I was almost killed by my own tribe, then comming to where i am today, i saw lots of good things, and bad ones, so..." she looked behind her, Amour didn't even realise the ten wolves that came out of the forest, but the only thing that had her remain seated, was the fact that they all sat there calmy, watching them. Blair stood up, and what she did had Amour amazed beyond belief.

"My first child, Asena..."

---

Amour sat down infront of Alex "One by one, the wolves turned to humans, at first they were confused, like real new born babies, looking around bewilderedly at their surroundings, but Blair placed her hands on their eyes, and they calmed down, not long and all ten wolves were human, i had some fur blankets in my wagon to cover them up, afterwards she came to me and smiled.

"You've seen what i can do, now you will know what i am. Many call me a witch, a sorceress, or the devil. But i am a great wolf, born by the entwined spirits of wolf and man, saved by the wolf, i have been given a huge responsibility. My power is to help people, but a cannot do it alone, i need these wolves, they are now my pack"

"Great wolf?" Amour asked and Blair nodded.

"I will show you"

She walked off a few yards, smoke inveloped her and started growing in size, then finally when the smoke dissapeared the huge black wolf with purple eyes stood there"

"How big was she?" Alex asked.

"Her head was above the treetops"

"Bloody hell!" Alex yelled but Amour slapped him.

"No cussing, a knight should never use foul language"

"Yes ma'am. So what happened next?"

"She asked me, to reveal the truth about myself"

"And? Did you?"

Amour nodded.

---

For the first time ever, a great wolf and a dragon stood looking at eachother, eye to eye. Blair was just as surprised as Amour was.

"A, a lizard?"

"Im a dragon" Amour said stretching her wings. Blair nodded and looked at her pack, who was watching in amazement these two huge beasts infront of them.

"Look at her" Blair said "This is a dragon, from now on, they are allies, you will not bother them, they will not bother us, you will aid them, in any way you can, that is an oath you can not break"

Her pack nodded.

---

"But... you just said they hunted dragons down?" Alex asked.

"Yes, and that night i said nothing to Blair, what she did was... bound to go wrong... Jasper black, a feeder of the dark, thats your first clue, the more you feed a wolf bad things, the more it will live up to it, in fact, all the wolves accept Asena, Okami and Naledi were out to go face bad things in the world, and not long, the first dragon and wolf spilled eachother's blood"

"Did they all go bad!?"

"Only seven, lead by Alice, the wolf of the water element. She was supposed to be this serene wolf, beautiful, elegant, and gracefull.

But since she had the water element she wanted to be close to the oceans, so she became a captain of a ship in the Spanish naval fleet... but after seeing loads of battles, and many of her crew die, her heart started faltering, she knew her chanses of surviving a battle against pirates were much greater than that of her crew, and that made her sad, and in the end thought of ways to get over this problem...