Chapter 14

Mira "what's going on those are really big dragons, I notice one of them is bigger then Forest are they, dragon elders."

Mira looked at the two crystal dragon elders and said, "Yes, those two dragon elders are the current king and queen of dragons and they arrived after the mystical council contacted them and asked to talk."

Nylla looked at the two dragons and asked, "am I going to get that big one day?" Crystal laughed and Starmist asked, "what's so funny?" Crystal dismounted Nylla and showed Starmist Nylla's saddle.

"We forgot someone here is a growing girl, she needs a new saddle and it will need to be within the next few days." Crystal said.

Starmist and Mira looked at the Saddle and agreed that a new saddle was indeed what was needed. Crystal was busy taking a closer look at the saddle when a strange man came towards Crystal and asked, "What the laughing was about?"

Crystal showed him Nylla's dragon saddle and said, "they told me at the Borus castle she was full-grown but I only now notice she's still growing and she's disgusted because she really liked this saddle, it was most likely one of our last flight in a while that's at least until I can get a new saddle fitted for her but looking at those two elder dragons I have to wonder how many saddles Nylla will need before she's full grown?"

The man looked at the two elder dragons and asked, "why is there size so important?" Crystal looked around not sure if she should say anything but answered then young man's question anyway. "Nylla is a second-generation elder dragon, both her parents are crystal dragon elders."

The young man looked at the two dragons and said, "usually crystal dragons don't take riders?" Crystal took a deep breath and said, "things happened when I was born but that is something your gone have to ask Forest he knows more about my family then I know myself.

" The man looked at the forest behind Crystal and asked, "why do I need to ask a forest who your family is? Last time I checked a forest can't speak and did I hear correct your name is Crystal and you're riding a crystal dragon?"

Crystal got really quiet for a moment and thought about what the man said before speaking. "I meant Forest the dragon elder from the Evergreen forest, he was a close friend with my mom and grandmother. He was also the one who was entrusted with secrets about the royal family before my mom well disappeared and as for my name. I was named after the crystal dragons," Crystal said.

The man looked at Crystal and started laughing before saying, "Your funny, you can't be named after a dragon and as for the Evergreen elder well let's say he's in hot water for keeping those secrets?" Crystal looked at Mira and Starmist.

"What's he talking about?" Starmist looked at Mira before saying, "Let's go back to the stables and leave these men and their silly dragons to there discussions and go over to those big old trees and talk in private there, are you okay with that Mira?" Starmist said.

"Yes someone has to explain things to Crystal, it might as well be us." The group left the man staring at them as they went to the old trees just outside the dragon stable where Nylla was living at. Once there the group laid down on the ground while Crystal sat with her back against Nylla's chest.

"Now what's going on?" Crystal asked Mira took a deep breath knowing what she was about the tell Crystal wasn't going to be easy. She could only hope that Crystal would understand why it was done.

"Crystal, the truth is that Forest wasn't supposed to stay with you at all. He wasn't even supposed to teach you how to handle Nylla. All the Crystal palace keeper had to do was give you Nylla's dragon egg and send you on your way but the dragon elders feel that he interfered and put many dragons and humans in danger.

Also, the resistance leader Allan Rosetti refuses to accept you as his daughter and demanded that Forest was to be held responsible for his actions.

The kingdom of Borus has already dealt with the elder dragon Rose and so the kingdom of Avalon will deal with Forest. What exactly they are planning to do is not something that is known to the mystical council."

Crystal looked at Mira and said, "he's my only family, they can't take him, Mira, he's all I have now." Mira looked at the man coming towards them before saying, "are you sure Jolena Savera is your mother?"

Crystal couldn't believe Mira would ask such a question and replied, "what are you accusing me that I would be lying about what I remember Mira? I only knew my mother for ten years got locked up for seven years. Even if you ask me where my mom is now I only have a faint memory of her. If you do not believe Forest who would you believe. He and the forest keeper was there when I was born. Why don't you asked them what happened?" Crystal said.

"Crystal please don't do this, we are only trying to help." Mira said "What help? Leave it, Mira, since no one believes me ill just leave." Crystal got up and got Starmist ready to leave.

She wasn't sure where she would go in fact she has nowhere to go now but staying wasn't an option either. "Crystal please don't do this, just listen to us." Mira said again.

"Why should I, you make it sound like you do care but in reality, you do not care, and I won't stand for it any longer." Nylla went into the riding bracelet but not before looking at Mira and saying.

"Remember Mira every story has two sides is it really okay for you to punish dragon elders and my rider when you don't even know what happened. You can tell the dragon elders they can keep there crown and their land we won't help them any longer as for Golsend well it was there a problem, to begin with, they should fix it themselves."

Crystal mounted Starmist and said, "goodbye and I do hope we don't meet again anytime soon." Mira tried to reason with Crystal but in the end, could only watch the young rider flying away.

The man came running and asked Mira, "tell me she's coming back?" Mira looked at the man and said "the only one that can bring her back now is the dragon elder named Forest. To her, he is her only family and I am afraid you all took that away from her, " Mira said.

"We can only hope that you made the right decision because as of right now you lost the only dragon queen capable of using the true crowns power and Crystal does not understand her role as the dragon's queen, of course, Nylla is still growing. The most dragon that has bonded to humans grows overnight but Nylla is growing slower its been months since she hatched making Crystal the only crystal dragon rider on this planet and she is not fully grown."

The man looked at Starmist flying off and said, "so she's not coming back then?" Mira looked at the sky and said, "No she's not coming back, with Forest gone who knows when she will be back," Mira said.

The man shook his head and said, "she shouldn't have lied about who her parents were in the first place. Claiming that you are royalty when you are nothing is punishable by death" the man said.

"How would you know she's telling a lie, you weren't there when she was born. Seventeen years ago can you tell me what event took place at Avalon's castle?" Mira asked.

"That's not new information Mira the dragon riders were banished but what does that have to do with Crystal?" the man asked. "Joleana Savera is Avalon's second princess and it's said she and Allan Rosetti was married at that time when the dragon riders got banished. They had to leave the kingdom without there families." Mira said.

"It was pretty brutal but wait are you saying that there's a possibility that Crystal indeed is royalty?" the man asked. "Yes, if Crystal does have royal blood in her and we just let our last hope to end this war abandon us," Mira said.

Mira returned to the meeting where she said to the resistance, "I hope you are right because we just took away the only family Crystal has ever known and I don't think she's coming back."

Allan Rosetti looked at Mira and asked, "What the hell are you talking about?"

"I am talking about that Forest the dragon elder was there when she was born he helped raise her for ten years and disappeared. She found him again when she bonded to Nylla and now you separated them again only this time it might be for good. How sure are you that Crystal isn't your daughter, seventeen years ago you were married to Joleana Savera in secret, "Mira said.

"When they banished you she had to stay behind. How sure are you that the elder dragon Forest isn't telling the truth Allan because if you are wrong we just lost our only hope to win this war? She won't help us now and even if she tried to help Nylla is still growing, she's not fully grown yet." Mira said.

"What do you mean?" Allan asked "I mean Nylla has outgrown her own saddle," Mira said. "You can believe what the dragon elder Forest has said Allan Rosetti, Crystal is Joleana Savera's eldest daughter for I was there when she was born. the nursemaid, after all, did bond one of my eggs to Crystal when she was only a newborn. We separated them for as long as we could but in the end, they had to meet one another but one thing is sure. Crystal does have royal blood flowing in her." the queen of dragons said.