Chapter Ten
Lloyd groaned as he was roughly dropped to the icy ground in front of the castle, he knew it was going to be a rough ride but he would have never guessed his head would have been constantly tail slapped along the way. "You're getting a one star for recommended dragon travels!" He grumbled.
"Very good Boreal, you managed to bring him back somewhat alive. But don't do anything to him just yet, I want this one to be brought to the emperor." Vex ordered as he approached the pair. "You'll get your scroll as a reward for this. Perhaps some more banshee meat as well, enough to feed an entire banquet of Blizzard Samurai!"
Normally Zane would have just returned to his cell after getting what he wanted, but there was just something so intriguing about this green newcomer that he just had to follow. The half frozen advisor paid him no mind, after all he could always confiscate the scroll if things ended up getting messy. "My emperor, I bring you the man who dares to threaten your rule."
Lloyd slowly awoke as the emperor rose from his throne, however he was dreading to find out his true identity. "Zane?.. How could you do this?" He croaked out, still feeling nauseous from the flight. "We were going to rescue you.."
"Zane?.. Zane, that's what I was called." The dragon thought, peeking over to watch how the green stranger will do against his emperor. It had been decades since he saw his master in person, there was something oddly familiar when looking at his face. "Where have I seen that face before?"
"C'mon Zane you have to remember! Like when I threw Kai's gi in with your whites? And all your clothes ended up turning pink?.. Okay maybe not a good memory to bring up. What about the time we all rescued you from Chen's Island? And the first thing you did was turn on your funny switch and started dancing to that frog song? You gotta remember something!"
"Who is this Zane? I am the ice emperor! You will address me as such or perish!"
"Grrr, you were always built to protect! I'm gonna remind you even if I have to bash your thick nindroid skull in!" Lloyd growled, lunging at the frozen emperor. "Protect.. Built to protect.. I was built to protect those who can't protect themselves!"
All the previous visions he had were starting to return, usually Zane would keep a hold of the scroll to keep them at bay but now he was taking them all in. "But if I was built to protect, that means.. Lloyd!!" In a flash the massive ice dragon launched himself in front of the frozen doppelgänger of himself. "Lloyd!! He's not me! I'm Zane!!" Of course as he wasn't human all that emerged when he tried to speak was incomprehensible growls and roars, leading the green ninja to believe he was under attack.
"Lloyd stop! This is me!" He tried to say, only to end up as a garbled mess of snarls. "I... I have to tell him! I have to.."
Vex took notice of the dragon's sudden odd behavior, without the scroll no less. "He must be more aggressive than I first thought, why not take advantage of this situation?" He thought before speaking up. "It looks like you made yourself a new foe in these lands, Lloyd. For attacking the emperor I'm afraid you'll just have to share a cell with Boreal, he was looking for a new chew toy." He purred. "My emperor agrees, he's not one to watch bloodshed right in the middle of his throne room."
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"You're sure the emperor is Zane? I mean with that chicken around I'm pretty sure he's not the only one who can control the element of ice."
"Who else would be mad enough to freeze over an entire realm because he just so happened to be sent all the way into the past?! Cole I know you really don't wanna face him but it is him, he did this and he needs to be stopped."
"Well if you say so Jay, at least I managed to find some Traveler's Tea leaves along the way. But Zane is gonna have a lot of explaining to do after what he did to Krag's tribe!"
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