Water Dragon's dream

"Angus! Why did you bring him here?" Ava asked Angus as he looked up at the stormy sky.

Angus shrugged. "He's my friend and my boss. I brought the wizard to our people to question the man that attacked Dago. He wanted to come see how James was doing from his battle wound."

"And you believe him. Angus. This politics. That man has power and you know you'll be a threat to him once you finally advance past him. Allowing him here is only going to put James in danger." Ava said.

Angus held up a finger. "Hold that thought honey. James! Come here." He said now focused on the skies above.

James walked over toward him glaring at the sky seeing the raging lightning storms above. "Damn it. Who the hell is it now? Wizards or another wusxia challenger?"

Angus snorted. "I'm thinking it's another one of my old sparring buddies from the wusxia."

"He's not alone though dad." James said.

"Yeah. I can see that too." Angus said and then he gave James a raised eye brow.

"What?" James asked.

Angus stared at him. "You up for a dance in the storm?" He asked smiling at James with an amused grin.

James grinned. "Hell yeah. Let's go!"

"Angus." Ava said stepping in between them to stare at him. "Must everything be resolved with violence. Can't you make an attempt to foster talk with your alliance with the far eastern wizards."

"Okay." Angus said.

Ava stared at him in confusion. "What?" She asked.

Angus chuckled rubbing her head. "Okay. James and I will have a bit of a talk with my old buddies and see if we can resolve whatever issue they have with me peacefully." He said.

Ava just stared at him. Angus snorted. "What? Isn't that what your demanding of me?"

Ava cheeks flushed. "I am not demanding anything of you. I'm trying to suggest that there is no need to fly up there starting a row with them with it can be avoided and alliances kept tightly united." She said heatedly.

"I said okay. I'm just taking James up top with me to have a talk with them for a bit. One thing." Angus paused turning toward James. "James. I'm still not getting used to the flying thing yet. Will flooring extend upward for us to stand and have a conversation with them up top?"

James started to open his mouth. He turned to Dago who was looking at them tapping his wand to his chin. "Bro. What you think? Can the cloud flooring be copied to the top or moved. Is there an idea you can think of or imagine?"

Dago pointed at James. "Your the spell engineer. Think of a spell that can combine elements of flight and the grey stones."

James looked down at enchanted cloud grey stone floor and pointed his wand at the stone. "Copyfy Multiplius Icarus Up." He said with a wave of his wand.

The enchanted stone flooring glowed and then and the more enchanted clouds appeared around them floating in the air. James took a step toward one of the clouds and it moved glowing under his feet.

James felt comfortable on it like he was on a broom again. He leaned forward and the cloud started to move. He smiled and then took off. He started laughing as he heard Dago's yelling cheering.

"YOU BRILLIANT BLOODY ASSHOLE1" Dago roared with excitement.

"James. Wait up!" Angus called after him as he hurried to catch to him on his own cloud. They met up and slapped hands racing away in the sky.

They raced with each other up to meet the wusia in the higher domain of Hawks Landing. Angus grinned at him. They raced to the top of the lightning storm together silently laughing until they arrived where three wusxia masters where waiting for them floating on air.

The masters greeted Angus with nod and James with a shake of their heads. James smiled at them. "What?"

The leader a tall Asian man with bubble gun pink hair and ear ring stared at him. He folded his arms across his chest. "Your attempts to hide what you are doing here from the back sight and Oracles are failing. We know what your plans are for this realm you and your father have crafted. It will not work and it will not be allowed to be built."

Angus snorted. "That sounds like a bluff to me Ryu my friend. If I don't have an idea what the hell this place is how the hell do you do?"

Ryu glared at him. "You are building an army to invade the known world and throw the world into into another western wizard war."

"Wrong. Not even close to the mark." James.

Angus shook his head. "Try again little brother."

Ryu stared at Angus. "It is a logical conclusion. You are modelling this place after the lost temple. What other purpose would a western wizard have in cultivating a place to ensure the strongest dragons of the era to come and unit under your leadership."

Angus grinned. "You are so sweet, Ryu. You still think I can shake the world with my sneeze. I keep telling you I'm not capable of such and I don't want the responsibility."

"You are a dragon. Master Chen crafted your weapon from the elements itself. You defeated Shadow Dragon. How can we not assume this to be true."

"You could just take me at my word first before you start coming to some conclusions about what me and son got going on over here. Just ask me." Angus said.

Ryu shook his head nodding to James. "Neither you nor Water Dragon will tell us the truth. You are too secretive as is. This is causing many to fear and much more inclined to stop this project you are doing rather then for you to see it completed and find themselves at your mercy." He said.

"Excuse me. May I interject, please." Ava voice said.

They all turned to see Ava and Mara both riding up slowly toward them standing on a single cloud staring at the males."

Angus waved her over. "Come on over honey. Maybe you can be a cooler head in this discussion." He said waving her forward.

Ava grimaced but nodded glancing at James who stood shrugging his shoulders looking indifferent. She faced the three young wusxia masters. She smiled. "Hello. I am Ava Nightingale Potter. What are you names?"

Ryu flushed. "I am Ryu Xu. To my left is Lu Xi and to my right is Lee Wang. It is an honor to meet you Mistress and elder of the house of Potter." He said bowing to her formally.

James frowned as the storms quieted instantly down and the Ryu and the others though still frowning the atmosphere around them had cooled. Mara jumped over toward his cloud to stand close beside him.

Ava bowed back to him. "Thank you for coming to our new school. It is please to meet my husband's friends." She said to them all.

"I didn't want to disrupt your get together with each other but I wanted to welcome you and hoped you would stay for dinner and I wanted to clear things up."

Ryu bowed his head. "My apologies. But there is nothing to clear up. Angus wishes planted his sky kingdom here in the land of the magi his homeland. He is endangering you and his heir by inciting the magic kin tribes from now seeing his rising above them as a challenge to them."

Angus grinned at him. "Look at you a true friend indeed."

Ava sent a side glare to Angus to quiet him before she again faced Ryu. "You are mistaken about Angus' intentions. He has not once openly in the last few hours sense sky domain was created on accident stated that he wanted to go out into the world to conquer it. It is well known that the official leader he answers to is President Nick Cole of congress of wizards."

Ryu snorted folding his arms across his chest and looked at James. "Water Dragon attempts to hide the purpose of this place and your family's intention but it can not be hidden it would be much better to stop this project then risk the loss of your lineage."

"Water Dragon?!" Ava turned to James. "James."

James shrugged. "It's what the wusixa call me. Such as they call dad Western dragon. They refer to me as Water Dragon. It is a nick name."

"It is not a nickname." Ryu interjected. "It is who you are by right. You battled a dragon in the skies, water and land and like your father defeated a dragon taking on the name Water Dragon."

Ava frowned at James. "James. Do you intend on using this place as an army to help your father take over the world?"

James shook his head. "No. Intend to do no such thing."

Ava stared at him. "I need you to tell them the truth. What is this place for then? No matter who is watching. Be honest."

James rolled his shoulders and narrowed his eyes at her. "I already told you what this place is. You don't believe me."

"James. Just be straight up." Angus said. "We'll deal with the fallout as it comes. Your mother won't let it go. Whatever you intend for this place to be I'll do my best to make it happen. You know me son. I love you. I won't let nobody stand in your way of anybody trying to crush your dreams. I'll shake the damn heavens for you."

"Wait! Angus do you know what James hiding from us." Ava said she started to shake her head. "Wait a second."

James smiled slowly. "You were right to call this place a sky realm. It is a place outside of the wizard realm. It exist for one purpose to draw the most powerful magi here so that we can archive our history and shelter our secrets and grow our strongest magi and now with the eyes of the whole wizard world on us they will not stop at nothing to see to the destruction or dominance of this place. You see I am a magi. Like my father like his mother. I want my children to know their magi history and live in magi culture."

Ava turned away from him to go into Angus' arms. Angus made a face at him. "Son. I told I got you. It still sounds like a school to me though. Anyway. Ain't nobody going to take away your dream while I'm still breathing."

James shook his head. "It's not my dream. Your the founder of this place dad. Master Chen said you were leading us into the new era."

Angus shook his head. "I'm the founder but you were given the eyes to see the dream of what it will be so I'm down. I'm going to do my damnedest to see it done. Do you trust me James."

"Completely! Without question." James said.

Angus winked at him. "I'm going to protect you dream."