Chapter 45

Prince Leon couldn't understand what the dragon riders told him. "We all saw a dark dragon placing the two eggs in front of Crystal and then the crown prince of Borus attacked Crystal. Where did the ancient rainbow dragon get the idea Crystal killed the mother?" the prince asked.

"She injured Nylla and chased Crystal away without letting her take any form of medicine," the riders said. The prince wanted to follow Crystal at that moment but Rose stopped him, "If you follow them it will only make the problem worse, Forest followed Crystal, he made a promise to Crystal mother that he would take care of her and he is determined to keep that promise," Rose said.

"Why can't I join her right now?" the prince asked. Rose took a deep breath and said, "If Crystal asks for help for any of the royal members of Eternia the rainbow ancient dragon will harm Crystal's team. She will hunt them and Nylla is in no condition to fight right now," Rose said.

The prince sat down and he knew it wasn't going to be easy to break the news to Furry. "Do you realise the ancient rainbow dragon tried to kill Furry's mate?" Prince Leon shouted. Rose looked at Prince Leon and said, "If you want to keep her alive let her go?" Rose said.

Prince Leon rushed out of the palace to talk to Furry he didn't agree with Rose and wanted to follow Crystal only to stop and wonder when exactly he started to care about Crystal.

Prince Leon spoke to his parents who were shocked at what happened. Rose explained that Crystal's stepfather celebrated there marriage with a dragon hunt and when the rainbow ancient dragon saw the eggs its believed she thought Crystal was no different.

The king looked at his son and asked, "does Furry know yet?" Prince Leon shook his head and said, "No but he will soon figure out they are not here anymore and then what is he going to do?" Prince Leon said.

"Father let brother go after her, I can handle the valley and the forces. Let my brother go and take care of Crystal and her team it's clear he cares about them?" the crown prince asked.

The king thought for a while and said, "If I let you go, will you be able to keep her team from getting killed by the ancient rainbow dragon?" the king asked.

"I don't know but I have to try father," Prince Loen said. The king and queen had a long discussion and said, "go to her son, if you love her to protect her and help her but come back alive all of you," the king said.

Prince Leon packed several things for the trip and when he said his goodbye to his parents he found Rose and Furry waiting for him but to his surprise, he also found Alya in the courtyard waiting for him.

"Alya what can I do for you?" Prince Leon asked. "Take care of her Prince Leon, she cares about many of us more then some of us gives her credit. We tried to reason with the rainbow ancient dragon but she isn't listening right now be careful if she finds out you went after Crystal who knows how she will react please be carefull," Alya said.

Prince Leon took off that night for the border, he didn't know if he would ever find Crystal but he would never stop looking. He was surprised that Rose wanted to join him but what shocked him was when Alya insisted she wanted to join the group as well.

Her reason wasn't clear but she also said that if she was gone for two long the ancient rainbow dragon would get suspicious.

Crystal woke up the next morning and checked on Nylla. "Forest she's getting worse," Crystal said.

Crystal tried to take care of Nylla as best as she could and they travelled as far as they could every day.

"How do you know we are travelling in the right direction?" Crystal asked worriedly. "It's a way that Ray told me about and if she was right we should be there within the next two days," Forest said.

Crystal took a deep breath and looked worried at Nylla. "I hope so but how are we going to pay the healer?" Cyrstal asked suddenly.

"You still have the Golsend's crown jewellery and some of there money right?" Forest asked.

Crystal looked into her bag and said, "I forgot I still had that stuff," Crystal said. Forest landed in front of a small wooden cabin two days later. An elve came out and Forest asked, "can you point me to a healer we have an injured dragon that needs one soon or she won't make it," Forest said.

The young elve called her mother who directed to the group to a village close by and once Forest landed they were happy to see a healer coming towards them.

Crystal let Nylla out and asked, "I was told you are a healer can you help her please I can pay," Crystal asked.

The healer got to work right away and all Crystal could do was wait for Nylla to get better. She let Starmist out who was shocked at there location, "Forest, do you really think coming here was a good idea?"

Forest looked at Nylla and said, "she wouldn't have lasted much longer."

Crystal was brushing Starmist when the healer came towards Crystal and said, "clean her wounds with salt water from the sea and give her this medicine. She should be just fine in a few days," the healer said. Crystal paid him and left for the see where she found a secluded cave.

Crystal and her team camped out in a cave next to the see. She decided to stop in order to let her team rest.

A few days late another ancient dragon landed and Crystal was on edge the whole time she saw the dragon. He came towards Crystal and said, "You're the hunter they tell me?"

Forest looked at the old dragon and said, "it takes a hunter to know a hunter. She didn't kill any dragon's, you heard wrong, your leader assumed she knows everything," Forest said.

"Don't lie to me Forest, our ancient leader would not tell a lie to us. If the rainbow ancient dragon says she killed a dragon then she killed a dragon," the ancient dragon said.

"I want you off this land in the morning, if your still here, ill use you for hunting practice," the ancient dragon said. Crystal looked at Forest and asked, "do we have to go again?" Crystal asked.

"Yes, I am afraid we just got chased away again," Forest replied. Crystal and Forest took off that evening. Forest landed on top of the mountain the next morning, They made camp and soon they were all asleep.

Prince Leon had trouble finding Crystals team but lucky for him Rose knew how to track Forest for some reason. His team landed on top of a mountain that evening only to find Crystal's team fast asleep.

Starmist who was eating grass close by came over to greet Prince Leon. "I thought you might follow us?" Starmist said. "Yes, it a relieve to see her save but now comes to question is Nylla okay we heard she got injured?" Prince Leon asked.

"Yes, she is stronger now but we almost lost her, she needs a lot of rest and we are moving around too much," Starmsit said. "That's one thing a crystal dragon doesn't need is moving around," Prince Leon said.

Crystal woke up that night and was shocked when she saw Prince Leon. "You came after me?" Crystal asked. "Yes, partly because Furry insisted and I have to admit I care about you," Prince Leon said.

Crystal smiled and said, "I care about you too, thank you for finding me," Crystal said. Crystal looked at her team and asked, "what now, we can't go back and every ancient dragon out there wants to hunt us?" Crystal asked.

"I don't know but I think we should find a place to stay for a while, Nylla needs a lot of rest and moving her around too much isn't good," Prince Leon said. "Yes, I think you are right," Crystal replied.

Prince Leon took some of the dragons hunting and came back with food for Crystal and Nylla. That night Crystal and Prince Leon looked at the stars, it wasn't the first time she thought about it but she wanted to get Prince Leon's opinion of the subject.

"Do you think the dragons need a queen?" Crystal asked. Prince Leon closed his eyes and thought about it and said, "no they need a queen they need people to take care of them and one person can not do it alone," Prince Leon said.

"Why do you ask Crystal?" She looked at the Prince and said, "I didn't want the crown in the first place, the problem is that I care too much," Crystal said.

"That seems to be the case with all dragon riders. We help because we care," Prince Leon said