Chapter 28 (Jangras POV) Worthless!

I looked at my father, and his voice seemed normal. Most would think that he was perfectly fine with the expression that was on his face. The look that I saw on his face though, I could tell that he was hiding a lot of pain. I seemed to feel that pain, and I suppose that was because we shared the same blood.

I knew what he was in pain from as well. It was not just the death of my brother that he had felt was his fault, but a couple hundred other dragons had died in our tribe. I felt bad for him as well, and it felt like I was betraying him when I had spoke to Yikla.

I almost felt like I should have killed her the moment that she had shown her face. I still felt some sort of way for her for some reason though, even though I knew she was the one that had brought upon the death of my older brother Plok.

I shook it off, as I then heard the voice of my mentor, and now my leader as she began to speak up to the both of us. I turned my head over to her, and then I lowered it, as I listened to what it was that she had to say to me and my father both.

It still felt weird to me saying that as well, even though I had, had this job for quite some time now. I would have to get used to it very soon, as I was going to be the deputy of my tribe soon. I knew that there would be dragons that would have my back, but at the same time I knew there would be dragons that would be against me.

They would be against me, specifically because of my father. I did not blame them for it either, I knew that a lot of them would make up the excuse that we shared the same blood, so we were going to be the same dragon, but I felt like they were wrong, and that would not be the case.

It would take a lot of time to gain the trust of a lot of the dragons in our tribe, and I was not sure how much time that we really had left. I knew that the black dragons would find us at some point, and we needed to have other red dragons by our side, and maybe even the humans as well.

There was a lot of risk in that though, as I had heard about humans betraying dragons in the past, and it was not just black dragons that it had happened to either. I shivered, and then I shook my head as I realized that Socra was speaking and I might have missed her first couple of words.

"Thank you Himla... I only want the best for you, and if you want leadership back, you can have it whenever you want... Let's go ahead and start this though, this is going to be for you handing over leadership, Ill call another meeting in a few days for what the plans are." She said over to my father. She said it as if he were still the leader, though I could tell that my father could care less.

Socra seemed to notice it as well, as she shook her head, as if she was asking herself as to why she was acting the way that she was. She then lifted her head up to the both of us, and she nodded for us to follow her over to the rock for the meeting.

We both nodded back to her at the same time, and then we followed her steps out of the little cave, which was a lot larger than I had first thought, as once we were out, I looked around the camp, seeing that it was starting to get dark, and a few dragons were heading over to the cave to rest for the night.

It was a good thing that we had not waited any longer to call this meeting, as I knew that a lot of dragons would be upset that they had been woken up from their sleep. As we walked out through the large wooded area, I saw that many dragons noticed that we were in the camp now.

A lot of dragons had already turned their heads around, as they normally did when they saw the leader walk by them, but they looked even more surprised to see that all 3 of us were together. It seemed as if a couple of smart dragons had begun to follow us, as they saw where we were heading.

I doubt that they knew what it was going to be about, but they knew that a meeting was about to be called. I also knew that it had been a while since we had last had a meeting. So I knew that they were excited to find out about what this was about.

I shivered, as I was starting to get more and more scared once it dawned on me what this meeting was going to be about in the first place. I was going to be the next deputy of the tribe... I did not know how, I was so young in the first place.

I was afraid already that many dragons would come for my spot. Though I knew that I should not be, I knew that all of the dragons did not want to step up and lead the tribe when we were in such a big war. Maybe I should not be as worried as I was right now.

I shook my head, and then I looked behind me, as I saw my best friend Kota, and I saw his mate Zati standing right beside them as they were following us. I saw Kip and his friend

Lunk, as they were not too far behind them as well.

I saw that Kip had his eyes squinted at me as well, as it seemed as though he were trying to read through me. I stifled a bit of a snicker, as I knew it was not the first time that he had tried to do it, I suppose that he would never learn.

I then turned my head back in front of me, as I saw that we were now at the base of the large rock, and I saw that Socra was already flying up on top of it, and my father then did the same thing as well. I sat there for a few moments, and then I followed them up.

I flew up, and I somehow managed to get to the top of the rock, before the both of them did as well. I was not sure if that were due to me feeling stronger than I ever had been before, or if it were because the both of them were not really trying that hard.

I shook my head though once I realized that we were at the top, and a lot of the tribe was already staring at us from below as well. I looked around though, as I realized that not all of the dragons in the tribe were hear at the moment, and just as I thought of that, I heard Socra step up and begin to speak loudly in the same instance.

"Dragons of the tribe! Come to the rock, there is a very important announce that I must make!" She yelled loudly, as I heard the echo, as it seemed to go for several kilometers out. She then turned her head, and she nodded to me to make sure that I was ready for this. I nodded back to her, though I was not sure if I really was or not.

I was scared, and I felt bad for my father for all of this, but at the same time as well, I also was ready for this, as if I was always meant for this. I cracked a bit of a smile, though I was not sure why, and then I looked back over at the tribe as it was in front of us.

I saw a few dragons walk out of the cave, as it seemed as though they had already gone to sleep, and they had quite the angry look on their faces at the same time, as they saw my father at the top of the rock, and it only seemed to make them even more angry.

They would not have to worry about all of that soon I suppose, as they would get what they had wanted for quite a long time now. Sometimes it felt like a lot of the dragons in the tribe almost wanted to see my father fall. Though I doubted it, because I knew that they were more just upset and they blamed my father for the loss of their loved ones.

I felt bad for my father, as I could tell that he saw the looks on the faces of the dragons of his tribe, and he had his head down at the same time as well, as he had quite the guilty look on his face. I wanted to be like him, and blame him, but I could not bring myself to it.

Yikla had seemed so trustworthy, and if they knew that I had fallen in love with her, than they would be very upset at me at the same time as well. I did not want to admit it to the tribe either, because that is when I really did have the risk of a dragon trying to fight me for the spot of deputy.

I closed my eyes as well, as I just wanted to keep them closed, and pretend that none of this was real, and that it all was just a dream. I wanted to wake up from this dream soon too, and I wanted to wake up with my brother at my side.

It was not going to happen, and I knew that all of this was real, and that I needed to face the facts, and the reality of it all as well. I then opened my eyes, as I saw that there were a lot more dragons than there were a few moments ago, and that I could see a few more flying into camp as well.

I watched as a lot of dragons kept on flocking into the camp, until it began to slow down, and there were no more that came into camp for a few minutes. I saw that all of them were looking at my father, though they did not know yet that he was no longer the leader of our tribe.

I then turned my head over to Socra, as so did the rest of the dragons that were in the tribe, as she began to speak up to all of the other dragons that were below us and watching and listening to every single thing that we were doing. That was the main reason that I was scared to be the next deputy as well. I just listened to what it was that she was saying to all of them though.

"Everyone... We have news, and it is perhaps the most important that we have ever spoken about before." She began to say to all of the dragons below us. I saw a bunch of them as they all gave looks to the other dragons that were around them, though none of them spoke as they all looked back up to her as she kept on speaking. "I will hand it over to Himla to speak... As this is his decision."

She said to all of the dragons that were in the tribe, and listening to the meeting as well. I saw that a lot of them had confused looks on their faces as well, as they were clearly wondering what it was that she might be talking about.

I was not sure if they were confused as to what she had meant by "his decision" or if they were confused as to why they had called him Himla. I had to guess it was the first part, as I heard a lot of them speaking to one another, as my father then stepped up to the front of the rock.

Normally Socra would call him by "leader" rather than saying his actual name. I guess that no one had got that though, as they were all talking about the last part of it, from what I could hear from a few that were much closer to the front.

Once my father was then at the front of the rock, he then whistled loudly, which was something that I had not seen him do ever before when he was trying to get all of the dragons to be quiet. A lot of the other dragons, I could tell were a bit surprised as well, but they looked up at him and nodded as they waited for him to speak.

I looked at my father for the most part with my eyes, though I looked at Socra from the corner of my right eye, and I looked at the tribe from my left eye, as I noticed that thankfully none of them had their eyes on me at the moment, but I was not sure how long that would last.

Once they found out that I was going to be the next deputy of the tribe, I am sure that is when they would be looking at me, and I knew that a lot of them were going to be quite a bit angry as well, since I was such a young dragon to hold the role as deputy.

That meant that I was going to be the 2nd in command to the rest of the tribe, and I knew that a lot of dragons were not going to be happy with that either. They should have known it was coming though, as Socra was going to pass the reigns to me once she was done training me.

I shook my head though, as I took out all of those thoughts from my head, as I then focused in on my father, as he then began to speak loudly for every dragon in the tribe to hear. I nodded to him, happy to see at least that he was like this at the moment, as I listened to what it was that he was going to say to all of them.

"Greetings everyone... I know that you have not been happy with me for quite some time..." He began to say. I saw a lot of dragons in the tribe nod as well, as they were clearly agreeing with what it was that he had just said. He then kept on speaking. "You no longer have to worry about that, as I am passing down the reigns to Socra..."

The moment that he had said it at the same time, every dragon then irrupted into chaos. As all of them had clearly not seen any of that coming, and it was so loud, and only getting louder, as I put my paws onto my ears, as I tried to drown all of it out.

I could tell that most of the dragons were very surprised that he had stepped up and said that, though I could see a couple of happy faces, as it seemed as a lot of dragons wanted this for a while. One dragon with a happy face in particular, stepped up and spoke loudly for everyone to hear.

"Oh... I always knew down deep inside Himla, that you were worthless!"