XXXI. Mother Magarai's Dilemma

Magarai was walking towards a room where the corpse of her best friend lay when she found out about Tizzy's death her heart had broken with pain and sadness, they had known each other for a long time, they had shared many things and that now their best friend would no longer be alive sharing more things was something that Magarai had affected the dragon too much. Bloody and violent feelings were in his broken heart, he wanted to hear the name of the unfortunate soul that Magarai would take his life in revenge for Tizzy, the dragon already devised many forms of torture, damages that he could do, and various search and kidnapping tactics that she could use to catch her friend's killer.

The oceanic dragon finally entered the room and several tears came out when she saw the lifeless body of her friend, Magarai takes her friend's hand, squeezing tightly feeling how her pain increased with every second that she was there, Tizzy was a Healing dragon, she had never raised a weapon in her life and always sought to avoid violence, that is why she went to a different path from Magarai, the oceanic dragon wondered why. Why would someone kill a dragon as peacefully as Tizzy?

"Who did it?" was all the dragon said while still looking at the lifeless body of her best friend.

"Magarai this will be difficult for you," said one of the dragons in the room.

"I will not ask again if you know who was the unfortunate warrior or murderer who did this, tell me once and for all that I will take care of everything," she says, releasing several tears in silence.

"Your dear daughter Alexandra was the one who killed her"

The dragon opened her eyes completely when she heard her daughter's name and she killed your friend in the same sentence, this was impossible, Alexandra and Tizzy got along well, the human took her as an example to follow and it was the second dragon whom she loved the most as a familiar after she.

"Are you sure?" she asks and looking at the dragons in the room she realizes that they were serious, the words were too many. "It can't be true, there must be an explanation for this, maybe it's another human who did this and they mistook Alexandra for that human"

"Magarai, us"

"Silence! You know very well that for you each human looks alike and would easily mistake my daughter for a terrible murderer" the dragons in the room recognized that Magarai was right on that point, after all, humans were all the same for them. they.

"Magarai, maybe we could confuse one human being with another, be they male or female, we would never know the difference from one to the other. However, whether you want to accept it or not, it was her" calmly answers the orange terrestrial dragon.

"How can you be so sure it was her?" she says denying the reality of things.

"Because when Tizzy died, she was on top of her murderer and the human that was under your friend's corpse was Alexandra, there was no doubt or confusion" the dragon was speechless and could not breathe.

The dragons left Magarai alone so she could reflect on everything she had heard, Magarai could not believe that this was happening, her daughter, the human who cared, loved, and guided with all the love of a mother would have killed her best friend. The room was starting to spin around her, she had no idea what to feel or what to think. Had she been wrong? That idea terrified her, she could not bear the idea that her best friend had died because of her, but her daughter had never shown a dangerous attitude against other dragons even if there was justification, Alexandra always swallowed her pride and accepted all blows she received from dragons with her head held high and never giving up, it didn't make sense for her to kill Tizzy, nothing seemed to make sense; Alexandra killed Tizzy, that possibility haunted the dragon. If that is true. How Magarai must feel? What should she do now? The dragon had several conflicting feelings, she did not know if she should avenge her friend by killing her daughter, or if she should listen to her daughter's version and run the risk of falling into a possible lie, the dragon was unsure of her next moves, everything that she could do for the moment now that she was alone was crying over the death of the most important dragon in her life, her best friend.

Alexandra had been taken to a cell awaiting trial as was the warrior code, although many already wished to execute her, when Alexandra showed her mother's amulet and reminded everyone that she had the same rights as warriors in this type of situation, in a bad way they fulfill that right knowing that the human was under the protection of Magarai and they waited for the approval of the leaders of Shairum to kill the human and get rid of that annoying plague that stained the beauty of the kingdoms. Alexandra begged bandages and things to close her wounds due to the blood she lost over time and her hand was not enough to prevent the loss on her side, but her pleas fell on deaf ears and no one brought her anything, in the end, she had to use the tail of her armor as a makeshift bandage, and with his other hand he was evaluating his shoulder. Time passed and the hopes of the human were lost, she knew that she was going to die, her instincts warned her of it, either by the execution or the loss of blood, death was already keeping her company in her cell, alone was about time.

"Murderer, your mother is coming to visit you!" said the voice of the cell manager.

"Mother?" Alexandra struggles to get up without making so many movements, but the pain was just too much.

Looking into the eyes of her mother, she notices a look that caused fear and mistrust to anyone who observed her. This was the look that Magarai gave to anyone who was potentially her enemy, her greatest fear appeared from her, Alexandra did not want to lose her mother as well.

"Mother I ...."

The dragon's tail coiled around her neck causing difficulty for the human to breathe, she released her wounds and placed her bloody hands on her mother's tail in a futile attempt to breathe, Alexandra's eyes filled with tears. of despair, she knew that this was her end, her mother would kill her for the death of Tizzy, she was afraid she felt lost and she knew that no one would save her, she felt stupid and naive in believing that she was going to belong to a place, this was reality and her punishment for believing in the foolish wishes of someone as naive as her. She closed her eyes and stopped holding her mother's tail, letting her life have the end that she feared so much, her tears ran down her cheeks and her heartbeat rapidly from the fear she felt of dying, surprisingly the tail releases her allowing She breathed and this time her mother's tail hugged her waist, Alexandra somewhat weakly wondered if instead of her neck, her mother would torture her first before killing her.

"I can't do it ...." Alexandra opens her eyes and sees her mother crying regretting trying to kill her daughter. "I'm so sorry daughter... I don't know what to believe, but I can't kill my daughter, I'd rather die now than do it"

Alexandra only embraces the tail of her mother trusting her again, she could still see her mother in that dragon, she could understand how Magarai must feel and she did not blame her for feeling confused about herself and what was happening.

"Tell me why did you do it?" asks the female dragon between tears and a depressing voice.

"Mother I did not want to do it, Aunt Tizzy tried to kill me and I did not want to ..... everything was very fast damn it, I do not even understand why she attacked me" the human cried regretfully, sticking her face on the bars of her cell. have killed Tizzy.

"You swear you are telling the truth," said the dragon sadly holding her daughter's cheek delicately, her daughter reacts by touching her mother's hand, feeling a bit safe with her close to her.

"I swear by mother Desthy, I did not want to fight with her and much less kill her mother," said the human with all sincerity.

The dragon takes a few minutes to look into the eyes of the human, she showed sincerity, pain, regrets, and sadness. Those eyes of hers did not reflect a cold-blooded murderer that the dragons have described to her, she looked like someone with fear, a repentant creature lost in this cruel world, it was difficult for the dragon to see a monster in her daughter of her. Magarai saw blood on her tail, thus noticing the two sword wounds that her daughter had and the blood that she lost, quickly the dragon brings the human closer to her with her tail, and with some potions she had, she manages to magically close her daughter's wounds So that she would not lose more blood, the dragon warns the human that this powerful potion would use a large part of her forces to heal her, but at least she would be free from danger, she also gives the sacred relic of her race to the human girl.

"Hear this is important." Magarai gently takes her daughter's face for her to pay attention "Now that I know that I can believe in your innocence we must leave here before they execute you" the dragon opens the lock with the keys to the cell that he had stolen from the dragon that escorted her.

Alexandra was not expected that her mother would risk her reputation and life for a simple human, her faith for dragons was again recovered thanks to the love of her mother Magarai, that Greater Dragon instructs her daughter to cover her sword with the relic as she carried it away from the place to a safe place for the two of them to live. Alexandra was curious why the female dragon did not use the relic of her race herself, Magarai responded that the relic did not recognize her as her companion and if the dragon refused to give said relic to her daughter, there would be no kind of support from that sacred object.

"Mom. Are you sure you want to help me? If they find out your head will be hunted next to mine" the dragon gently strokes her daughter's cheek before answering.

"You are my daughter and it is my duty as your mother to give my life if necessary to protect you" the dragon places the human on her back with this moving the chain as best she could to see if she had the necessary strength for it, for the luck of both Alexandra could move the chain without a problem. "Whatever happens we will be a team, I will move as fast and stealthy as possible, and you protect us in case we are discovered. If we fall, we will do it together and never forget that your mother loves you and is here to protect you"

Alexandra smiles at those words, she felt safe with her mother now that she was there to protect her, she only hoped that luck and fate were on her side. The dragon that had escorted Magarai entered the siege asking Magarai if she had seen some bronze keys that he could not find, Magarai in a fast and accurate movement hit the dragon causing it to lose consciousness and they could flee without problems. Magarai cautiously looked around her and only moved when she confirmed that it was clear and easy to move, she moved quickly and quietly, avoided walking through the busiest areas in Shairum, and only moved when she was completely sure she could. She avoided being given anyone and asked her daughter from time to time what she saw, with four eyes, the vision of the environment was broader and they avoided blind spots.

Despite how simple this escape seemed at first, the screams of the officers and warriors were heard asking for the human scum that must be in his death cell, the fury and anger of each dragon was heard causing Magarai to feel great fear For the first time in her life, that feeling was new to the dragon and she did not understand why she felt that way, not even when she had faced several winged dragons alone and without a sword thus forging her terrifying legacy with her name, one where each dragon would begin to fear him and seek to avoid provoking the wrath of that mighty dragon.

"Are you OK?" Alexandra asks.

Thanks to her relic, the human was able to notice certain concerns in her mother, in addition to the existence of conflicting feelings in her mother's heart even.

"I'm fine, don't worry little one, you just concentrate that we are near the entrance of Shairum and once we reach the forest, the rest will be easy for us" Magarai clarifies, observing and waiting for the moment to move.

Alexandra cared for her mother, she did not want her mother to die because of her. Although Magarai was the strongest of Shairum, the possibility that someone could kill her terrified the human and she did not want something like that to happen to the dragon that she loved as much as a mother.

"Sorry about everything," Alexandra said catching the dragon's attention, "if it weren't for me none of this would have happened, Tizzy would still be alive, you wouldn't have to risk your life for me and Shairum wouldn't be so upset. Hehe, in the end, If it turns out that I am a disgrace to the dragons "the dragon bites part of his snout breaking part of it and a thread of blood came out annoyed by those words of his daughter, he was upset that Alexandra accepted things in such a regrettable way.

"Alexandra, strong heart and unwavering will, no matter what others believe of you, you must define your legacy and value. I am disappointed in you for speaking that way, I did not raise and train you to give up so easily, so don't ever show weakness to me again "ordered the dragon moving quickly when she saw that she could.

"I'm sorry, it's just ... everyone hates me no matter what I do to help them and show that I'm with them." Small sobs are audible for Magarai, the human did not want to feel that way and she tried hard to ignore everything she felt, but the reality was always there to hit her in the face and it made it stronger and stronger. "I know I must not be weak, that this is not worthy of a warrior, but damn mother, there comes a point that you can no longer bear, I am not as strong as you" Alexandra slaps her forehead on her mother's back between sobs and wailing, the human released a little that pain that overwhelmed her too much.

The dragon couldn't help but feel bad about herself, Magarai wasn't as strong as she believed either, all the time the dragon believed she was strong, it was because she was always alone, when she separated from Tizzy to be a warrior while her friend was A pacifist healer, Magarai was always alone everywhere, she did not care at all about the lives of her companions, she was always her and no one else mattered on the battlefield. The dragon realized that after losing her best friend, a feeling of fear invaded her scales because if she also lost her daughter, then what would be her reason for life from it. Magarai failed as a friend allowing Tizzy to end that fateful fate, if Magarai had talked more with Tizzy, if she had made an effort to try to understand her best friend's feelings, she might have prevented all this, now her biggest concern was her daughter, for Magarai facing death did not terrify her, she would be more than happy to die with honor and pride as a fierce warrior, but she could not allow anything to happen to her daughter, no matter what it cost or sacrificed, the dragon would protect his human daughter from everyone, even from the same fate even if it was impossible.

"For my scales"

She sees a dragon patrol blocking the entrance of Shairum, it seemed that the terrestrial dragons had been moving faster than her to block the entrance of the kingdom preventing any escape, and returning was not an option for Magarai, it seemed that there were no more options For both of them, if they were to leave Shairum, Magarai had to break through that blockage, it was not going to be a problem for her, but that meant that the dragon had to expose herself with her daughter before the eyes of the other dragons.

"Daughter. Can I ask you a favor?" the dragon smiles.

"Uh?"

"I need you to convince the relic to lend its power to bring down these dragons faster than I usually do, every second counts and I am not going to waste two minutes of our lives on these weaklings, so please try to talk to the relic "Alexandra listens to her mother, after a few seconds Magarai feels her magical strength increase considerably considering that it was a yes for the relic. "Alexandra one more thing, I want you to always remember that from tonight you will forge your destiny, no matter what the dragons, the council, the queen Erisha or even the mother Desthy wants, promise me that the destiny that your life will dictate you because you are not a dragon, you are a strong and wonderful human. " the dragon caresses her daughter's cheek. "If in that case, this is our end, I am very fortunate to have you as a daughter and I will always be proud of your courage and courage, I could not ask for a better daughter like you"

Alexandra wipes her tears happy to have had Magarai as her mother, of all dragons, she was without a doubt the sweetest and most affectionate dragon that a simple human had the fortune to know and call mother.

"Thank you mother, but I know we will make it," said the human optimistically.

"Ready?" Magarai asks.

"Ready when you say" Alexandra responds with courage.

This is how Magarai and Alexandra went with all their strength and courage to break down the blockade and leave Shairum, no matter the enemies or the obstacles, this duo of warriors would face them and triumph together as mother and daughter.