Dare To Love A Dragon

Annak was with the whole family discussing what to be done about the situation they found themselves in. when suddenly her witch instincts kicked in warning her that her life was in danger. Not just her but the king, Ella and Avan too felt the warning.

"What is going on?" Alex asked his dragon becoming uneasy. His first instinct was to get as far away from there as possible but he was the king and his duty to his people came first.

"You felt that too?" Annak asked him. He nodded.

"Whatever it is, I felt it too," Ella said getting up. Avan followed suit admitting to feeling the threat too. Upon question the others denied feeling anything of such. Francis too denied feeling so. Annak decided to consult the book of shadows to see if she can find anything that can explain what was going on. Taking the book out, she opened the first page.

Before she could do anything with the book the book ran away from her. It was shaking terribly and seeking a place to hide.

"The book of shadows is one of the strongest book of spells in existence. What could it be that is sending a lifeless book to hide?" Ella asked Annak.

Annak was clueless, whatever the danger was it was posing a threat to both living and non-living supernatural creatures. Hearing her own thoughts an idea popped in her mind. "We need to go to Ander," she said and dashed out of the room not waiting for the others.

She rushed down the corridors running into a few students on the way. The students tried to talk to her and ask her what was the cause of the feeling they got or whether they should be worried or not but she spared them no time and continued on her way. When she got to Sofia room, she pushed the door open and let herself inside.

The minute she stepped into the room all the hairs of her skin stood up. Death stared her right in the face. Her heart pounded and tightened in fear. She gazed at Ander, he was floating in the air with his eyes and black as night, there was a black hole forming behind him that kept increasing in size with every passing moment.

Sofia called to him, she was trying her best to get him out of that state but her efforts were proving futile. "What in the name of Arimelari is happening?" the king asked arriving at the scene with the rest of the family.

Annak was still analyzing the situation. She stared at the moon through the window and noticed it turning black in broad daylight, the thing that she had since the day that Ander was born was upon them. The black moon dragon prince was unleashing the black moon curse upon the world, the curse that will wipe out all supernatural creatures from the surface of the earth. The worst part was that even the humans won't be spared as everyone is originated from a supernatural origin that had long grown dormant.

When the curse is done wiping out beings with active genes then it will move to those with dormant genes. The even more terrifying part of the curse was the fact that only the black moon dragon could stop it once it was activated.

"Ander is going to wipe out all of humanity and supernatural creatures that walk the earth," she replied to the king's question. The whole gathering at the door went into shock. It seemed that fate had written only bad things in their destiny. They never seem to get any peace in their lives and when they do it doesn't last for very long.

Avan was heartbroken, he had just gotten his love back and another problem cropped up. He was already stressed about how to convince him to accept his love but it seemed like he would have to convince not to wipe out the whole world first.

"How much time do we have left?" Ella asked.

"Only until the moon is completely black which is not very long with the speed at which the curse is moving," she replied. She needed to figure out how to get Ander out of his state for him to stop the curse, it was the only way that they would stand any chance of getting out of the situation alive.

"In that case," she said and pulled Avan by the collar of his shirt and kissed him on the lips. The kiss was not long or passionate, it was just a kiss. "I don't want to die without having my first kiss," she explained when everyone gave her weird looks.

"Good call," Malia said with respect. "If we are all going to die then it doesn't hurt to get things done," she added.

"What can we do to stop this curse?" Sofia asked worried about Ander. She felt bad for the way she behaved with him, her behavior was justified with someone as emotional as Ander it only made the boy feel bad. As a mother she couldn't watch anything bad happen to her son.

Olivia stood to the side thinking, she had already escaped death once. She was in no mood to go through that again, she also never expected her son to be that dangerous, her mind could only think of ways to use him once the crisis was averted. She had started thinking that he was useless when he said that he wasn't interested in Francis but she could definitely find some use of him now that he proved so strong and powerful.

All she had to do was to find a way to make herself an important part of his life that he would be able to do anything for her. And then with the right opportunity she could get back everything that she wants to be hers.

"Only by waking him up can he stop the curse," Annak said in a weak voice. Being in the presence of the curse was weakening her. 

"But I have been trying that and it isn't working," Sofia pointed out.

"I know but it is the only way to stop the curse," she said watching the moon. The black was half the moon, the world was also getting darker.

"Annak," Avan screamed. Everyone turned their attention to him, his hand was intertwined with Francis and a blue light was revolving around their joined hands. "What is happening," he asked scared. He could sense something was not right with how their hands were just suddenly drawn together.

Annak strode over to them and examined their hands, sorrow closed up her throat as pain gripped her chest.

"I have good and bad news," she spoke with difficulty.

"What is the good news?" Sofia asked hoping that it was something that could get Ander out of the state he was in. Ella rushed over to her best friend and hugged him with tears flowing from her eyes. Soon they could hear her sobbing, Avan felt his insides crumbling seeing the way Ella reacted, the girl rarely cried and the fact that she was crying for him told him that something was wrong.

"The good news is that we can save Ander and get him to stop the curse," Annak said getting it out of chest. "But Avan will cease to exist afterwards," she added dropping the bad news on them.

"What do you mean that he will cease to exist?" Francis asked confused. He looked at his son and felt his heart clench in pain.

"You and all others have treated Avan like a person and have loved him but at the end of the day he is still just the essence of you. He was created from your magic and not born, his purpose for being created was already fulfilled and now he must return to you," Annak explained.

Francis and all the others were saddened by the news; it was like saying a part of their family never existed. It hurt to hear that Avan will cease to exist. "It is only a matter of time before he is absorbed into you," Annak stated.

"Is that why Alexander's dragon mark is disappearing?" Malia asked pointing at the mark on Francis's neck that was vanishing.

"Yes, with Francis taking back his magic. It comes with the dragon mark on Avan's chest and since the last time Ander had won over Alex in the battle for Francis it is only right that Ander's dragon leaves without a fight," she explained.

"What does that mean for the two of us?" Alexander asked.

"You should say your goodbyes, after the merge ends. He won't be your Francis anymore. He will belong to the dragon king which is Ander," she said feeling sorry for the lovers.

"Arimelari will get a new king if we succeed in ending the curse, the dragon king will take over," she informed them. "When the merge ends Francis will be able to draw Ander out of his state, since Avan has romantic feelings for Ander the feelings will merge with Francis's feelings. When this is all over, he won't remember his love for you," she told to Alex.

Alexander and Francis held each other's hands, they gazed into each other's eyes. There were no words that could express how the two of them felt at that moment so they didn't even try. They leaned for one last kiss before they were separated. "I will save you, I will bring us back together someday," he told him through their link before his mark vanished from him completely.