Chapter 24 (Jangras POV) Im Here...

Socra looked at me for a few moments, as I looked back at her at the same time as well. It seemed as though she was trying to tell me something, but my brain was so lost at the moment, I could not think correctly. She sat there for a bit longer, and then she rolled her eyes at me.

I was still lost at what it was that she was getting at, but I really was not all that worried about that at the exact second. My mind was on a lot of different things at the moment, and to be honest, I was not even sure myself what those thoughts were that were going on through my head.

I stared at her for a few more moments not even realizing that I had been as well l, until she coughed at me, trying to get my attention. My eyes then focused in on the fact that I had just been staring at her for quite some time too. I looked at her, as she nodded to me, and I nodded to her back, and then she began to speak to me.

"Jangra... You will do this around this time every year, get used to it... If you want to talk about it, we can whilst we are walking out of the cave... We need to get start the meeting before everyone falls to sleep." She said to me. I looked at her for a few more moments, and then I realized what it was that was in fact saying.

I then nodded to her, as I then looked at the other dragons that were with us at the same time as well. I looked around at them, thinking that they were still there, but both of the elder dragons were already out of the cave somehow, and I had been too lost to realize that.

There must have been a 2nd exit to the cave that I had not notice... It was so dark I could not see if there was even an exit nearby in fact. I shook my head, once again, as I realized that I was again getting into getting trapped in my head.

I began to look back to Socra, until I realized that my father was further back behind us still. I squinted my eyes at him, wondering why he had not left with all of the other dragons. He had the same look on his face that he had a few moments ago as well, as if he was trying to hide his emotions.

He was not doing a very good job at it, if that was in fact what it was that he was trying to do on the first place. I wished that his face would light up like it had when I had been deemed the new deputy. I missed that look on the face of my father.

I shook my head though, as I knew that it was all in the past now, and it was time to get over it, and it was time to go ahead and get to the new future that they had been speaking about for quite some time now. I closed my eyes for just a little bit, as I cleared my mind from all of those thoughts.

I then realized at the same time, that I had not responded to what it was that Socra had said to me a few moments ago as well. I then opened my eyes, and looked up at Socra, as I could see that she had her eyes squinted at me. I lowered my head to the ground, a bit embarrassed again.

She had told me so many times not to be that way, but it seemed as though I never listened to her. I shook my head, as I knew that I needed to be strong. My body felt a lot stronger at the moment, than it had ever felt before, so I was not so sure why the mental part of my body could not be the same.

I lifted my head up to her, a bit stronger this time, and a lot more steady. I could tell that Socra had noticed it as well, as she then nodded to me with a bit of a smile on her face. I looked at her for a bit longer, and then I did the same thing back to her, as I then began to speak to her.

"Alright... You are right... Lets go..." I said to her. She looked at me for a few more moments, as she squinted her eyes at me, as I could tell she was still not too sure if I had actually meant what I had just said to her in the first place.

I squinted my eyes back to her, to let her know for sure that I was ready to get on with it. She lowered her head, and then she nodded to herself, as she took the lead back to the way that we had just come from. I was glad she had done that as well, because I was quite lost in this cave.

I did my best too keep my eyes on her at the same time as well, as she seemed to be walking quite a bit faster than she normally would be, as it seemed as though she did not want to speak to me about all of this, just as she said she was going to not too long ago.

I shook my head, as I realized I was over thinking it at the same time as well. The real reason why she was walking so fast, had a lot to do with the fact that she had also said that it was starting to get dark outside, and we had to start the meeting before all of the dragons had fallen asleep.

I did my best to keep up with her at the same time as well, as it was quite hard to think about what it was that I had to say to her, as I was walking so fast, and it was drowning out all of the thoughts that I might have thought about saying to her just a few moments ago.

I did my best just to think about what it was that I should say to her first, as I had in fact forgotten what it was that I had wanted to say to her in the first place. I did manage to think of another question that I had wanted to ask her for quite some time however.

I caught up to her, as she had nearly gotten out of my vision range, as thankfully red dragons had quite good eyes, so it helped me a lot to be able to see where she was in front of me, even thought the cave was very dark, and I could not see the walls.

Once I caught up to her, I realized that I was not breathing heavily, as I normally would when I tried going that fast, whilst on the ground at the same time as well. I thought about it for a bit, and then I realized that it had brought up what it was that I had to ask her before I had forgotten.

I thought about it for a bit, but I shook my head, as I felt as though I should ask that after I asked what it was that I had also thought about asking her just a few moments ago as well. I spoke a bit quiet at first, as I realized that she could probably not hear, as I then spoke up just a bit.

"Socra... What are we going to do with the tribe, and the war, now that you are the leader?" I asked her. She kept on walking for just a bit, as though she had not heard what it was that I had just said to her. But I knew she had, as she normally did that when she thought about what it was that she was going to say back to me.

I followed her, as it seemed as though we had been walking for a lot longer than I had remembered walking when we had gone to the pool. Maybe that was because I was so lost in my head at the time, that time had also seemed to be going a lot faster.

I closed my eyes, as I listened to her footsteps, that were actually quite a bit quiet when it came to the footsteps of a dragon as well. I just kept on following her, as I was not really worried about that, as I was more thinking about what it was that had just happened to me not too long ago.

I followed her for a bit longer, but then I opened my eyes at the same time as well, as I began to hear her finally decide to speak back to me, after the silence that had came from the cave for a long time, that was beginning to scare me as well. I looked at her, as I could see that she was looking at me from the corner of her eyes, though her main focus was on the way ahead of us, as it should be as she then began to speak to me.

"To be honest Jangra... I have not thought about it all that much... That is where I will need your help. You might be young, but you are stronger, and you are smarter than you think you are..." She said to me. I gulped to myself, as I realized what she had said to me.

There was still some part of me in my mind that was telling me that I was not the dragon of destiny still. I knew that I was though, hell... I had met god... That had to mean something right? He had given me a second chance at life, otherwise I should be dead right now.

I closed my eyes, as I we kept on walking through the cave, as I tried my best to hide all of that from my head, and just keep on walking. I still had a lot of questions to ask her, but I still was not too sure if I was in fact allowed to ask her that question that I was thinking about in my head.

I followed her footsteps, still, as it seemed like the cave was never ending just as it had seemed not too long ago. I realized at the same time as well, that me not responding to her at the same time as well, that had to be a bit suspicious too.

I looked up, and opened my eyes, as I could tell that she was still looking at me from the corner of her eyes. I felt a bit embarrassed still, as my body felt strong, but my mind did not seem to be radiating that same energy at the moment. I stared at her, as I realized that I had to say something before it was too late.

"Okay Socra... I will do my best... I do not know how much help that will be..." I said to her. We kept on walking for just a few more seconds, as she then suddenly stopped, and she turned her head fully towards me this time. She then began to stare me down at the same time as well.

I gulped, as I was not sure if I had said something that had been wrong... Or maybe she was upset at me again, because it seemed as though I did not believe in myself. She always got upset at me when I was like that, and it seemed to make the most sense as well.

I lowered my head to the ground, as at the same instance as well, she grabbed her paws, and she went up to my neck to lift my head up. I looked at her a bit surprised, but then I nodded to her at the same time as well. She then nodded back to me, and then she spoke up to me.

"Jangra... You are strong... You will be the greatest dragon to live... You will end all wars between dragons, just as the prophecy had said... Do not worry about that..." She said to me. I looked at her for a bit longer, and then I nodded, not lowering my head this time, to make myself seem strong.

She still did not look so sure at me still, as I wondered if she was always going to be like that every time, or if I still did not have a look on my face that seemed as though I was in fact sure. I nodded to her, to let her know that I had heard her, and that I was listening, as I realized again as well, that I needed to speak to let her know for sure.

"Okay... I will do my best... Thank you Socra." I said to her. She looked at me, and then she nodded to me, but I realized that she still had her eyes squinted at me for some odd reason or another. Did she still not believe what I had just said to her.

I was just about to lower my head to the ground, but then I realized that this was not a good moment to be doing so, as I kept it held high, and I stared her down, and I squinted back at her. As soon as I had done that as well, she then finally decided to speak to me.

"I believe you Jangra... But I also know that it not what you had to say to me." She said back to me. I looked at her a bit surprised, and a bit confused as to what it was that she was talking about in the first place. I stared at her with a blank look on my face.

But just as soon as I did that, I remembered what it was that I had thought about saying to her before all of this, as I had nearly forgotten all about it once again. I looked at her a bit surprised that she had somehow noticed that, as it seemed at times she somehow could read my mind.

My mind was not even on that, so I was not even sure how she had done that in the first place. I sat there, still with a blank look on my face, as she soon seemed to look as though she might have misjudged me for the first time.

I then focused on what it was that was going on around me at the moment, and then I nodded to her, to let her know that she was in fact right with her assumption. She looked back at me, as if she was not even surprised a bit, as she then waited for me to speak what it was that I had been thinking about not too long ago.

I sat there for a bit longer, as I thought about what it was that I was exactly going to say to her. I realized at the same time as well, that we were wasting a lot of time, so my mind began to speed up, and think 5 times faster than it normally would, as I then began to speak to her, faster than my brain could process what it was that I was saying to her.

"Well... I was just wondering... I am not sure if I am allowed to tell you about it, but this time I did hear my brother... I am not lying about it. I don't know if I am allowed to tell you about that or not, is he still out there?" I asked her. She looked at me for a few moments, and then she nodded to me.

She did not seem all that surprised at what it was that I had just said to her, so it at least made me feel a slight bit better. I knew that he was still out there somewhere, for I had seen a god... If that was true, than I knew that he was in a safe place now.

I wondered why I had even asked that, but I knew that she had gotten the jest of what it was that I was getting at in the first place. I knew that Socra was in fact a very smart dragon, as she then nodded to me, as I then listened to her as she began to speak back to what it was that I had just asked.

"Yes... He is... You are not supposed to speak about it. But I will let it slide for your first time... We all have different things happen in that pool. For me, I had seen blood and fighting, and for your father, I do not even want to think about..." She said to me. I looked at her for a few more moments, and then I nodded to her, as I realized what it was that she had just said to me.

It made sense, and I shook my head at the same time, as I kept on going, doing my best myself, to do the same thing that she had said. I did not want to think what it was that had happened to my father when he had been in that pool with the rest of us.

Based on the first look that I had seen on his face, it did not seem to be anything good. I shook my head, as I saw Socra then nod to me at the same time as well, as she then kept on walking further down to the exit of the cave.

I followed her, drowning out all of the thoughts that were in my head at the same time as well. I kept my eyes open this time though, as at the exact same instance that I had thought about closing them, I saw a bit of light ahead of us, as I realized that we had been in a tunnel this whole time.

There was just a small bit of light, as it was surfacing through the walls of the cave, but as we got a bit further out of the tunnel, I then saw that it was the exit that led back into the tribal grounds. I nodded thankfully, as I shivered as well.

I was happy that we were out of there, while it had been different, and it was always nice to have a change of pace in your life, that was not what I had been expecting at all. It had been a bit scary as well. We kept on walking until we got to the exit of the cave.

Once we were there, Socra then stopped in front of me. I did the same as well, as I looked at her a bit confused for just a few moments, as to what it was that she was doing. She had her eyes closed as I could notice, and she was breathing in and out quite a bit softly too.

I looked outside, as I could see through the corner, and through a bunch trees as well, that there was a lot of dragons in camp. Now would more than likely be a good time to start the meeting, before it was too late as well. I looked up at the sky, as normally it was too hard to see through it, but this time of the year a lot of the leaves had already fallen.

I saw that it was getting quite a bit dark, and I looked over at Socra, who still had her eyes closed, as I felt like I should say something, and to let her know, before we had been standing there for too long, and it had ended up being too late as well.

I nudged against her a slight bit, to get her to open her eyes and look at me. Once she had done so as well, I then finally felt like it was a good time to speak up to her, as I saw her nod to me to go ahead and get on with what it was that I had to say. I nodded back as I then spoke to her.

"I think we should go before it is too late right?" I said to her. She sat there for a few moments, as once again, as she normally tended to do, she looked as though she had not heard a single word that I had just said to her either. I looked away, as I decided that I would give her a bit more time to think.

I looked back at the camp through the trees that were ahead of me, as it seemed as though things were going good and cool around camp, based off of what I could hear from dragons. I could not hear what exactly it was that they were saying to each other, but I could hear the tone in their voices.

I felt a bit bad for them at the same time as well. It was rare that the dragons were actually quite happy, and they were having a good day. Very soon it would not be a good day, even though a lot of dragons were not happy with my father, none of them wished for him to give away leadership like this.

I stared still, as I wish that I could be as happy as they were at the moment. But my mind was always focused on my father, all the stuff that I had lost, and the war as well. I shook my head, trying to shake it off at the same time as well, as I then looked over at Socra, as she had finally decided to speak.

"Well... I need some time to think, and also... We are still waiting on your father." She said to me. I looked at her for a few moments, and then I nodded at the same time as well, as I had not thought about that. I then lowered my head to the ground, as I knew that she was not the only one that needed to think.

I thought about all of it for quite some time, as I wondered if there were going to be dragons challenging me, and all of that, and I also knew that I was going to have to speak to the whole tribe at the same time as well. That scared me quite a bit too.

I did my best to shake it off, as I lifted my head up, but also turned it around, as I heard a familiar voice speak up from behind me and Socra. Me and her both turned around and then nodded to the dragon, which was my father, as he began to speak.

"You have time to think... But know that Im here..."