"You sent a scroll to Trufor?" I asked Nota as she fumbled with the passed-down dragon armor in the shed.

    "Yeah, I sent a friend of my Dad's to deliver it. He's a speed-elemental." Nota replied as she gathered an armful of helmets in the chest. "So why are we taking this junky armor?"

    "We need armor if we're going to fight the Queen." I sighed. "This was the old training arena's supply of armor. No one has been training here for years, so no one will need it."

    "Are you kidding me? Training armor?!" Nota huffed. "In the battle we're about to fight?!"

    "It's better than nothing, Nota." I bit my lip. "It's all we got."

    "Nota!" A dragon crashed-landed outside of the shed. We rushed out to see a dragon in his 40 thousands. He had dark grey scales and black claws and horns. His sky blue eyes were weary.

    "That's my Dad's friend that delivered the scroll!" Nota exclaimed. "Senvir, are you okay?!"

    "Yes." He got up, smiling. "Great news, Nota. King Trufor of Fluwit has accepted to your scroll. He said he must prepare his dragons and he will fly here first thing next sun-rise."

    "Thank you so much, Senvir." Nota smiled. "We owe you much for this favor."

    "No, it is I who owes your friend." He faced me. "Master Zepth-"

    "No please, just call me Zepth. I am no master." I blushed. Such a status was unheard of for such young dragons.

    "Zepth, thank you. You are the first dragon to stand up to the Queen. I wish to help you in battle."

    "Of course." Nota answered for me, before I could decline.

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    "Zepth." Nota came into my part of the cave. "Throw out that fairy-poop of armor."

    "What? Why?" I spun around and asked her.

    "Trufor arrived with his dragons, and brought us actual armor and weapons." She smiled and dashed outside the den.

    When I stepped outside into the morning sunlight, I was stunned to see hundreds of dragons armored with gold, all in front of me. Trufor walked up to me at the foot of the den and smiled, armored with gold and grey armor himself.

    "Master Zepth." He bowed to me, and as he did, the entire army did as well.

    "-Just Zepth, please." I gulped, overwhelmed. "I hope your village is alright...?"

    "The fire didn't spread very far. We actually managed to save most of our villages." He smiled. "As for the attackers, they merely came to intimidate us, and left once the fire started."

    "I'm glad to hear you're okay." I looked down. "Are you sure you want to do this? I can guarantee some of your dragons will surely be killed by the Queen's guards."

    "They know that, as do I." He raised his head. "We want to do this. All of us."

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    As we were all preparing for the fight next moon-rise, a young female dragon about 12 thousand years old flew in with her presumably parents. She was clearly a fire elemental, with black scales and a red underside, like her parents. Her horns and claws were a deep red color and her fiery orange eyes looked terrified. She ran over to me, watching the army prepare.

    "Are you Zepth?" She asked, out of breath.

    "Yes...?" I faced the young dragon.

    "I am Cretus, and these are my parents. We used to be in the Queen's army, but it was against our will. My family came from the Vulcen lands."

    "The volcano villages?" I recalled hearing about the land.

    "Indeed." She continued. "We heard about you and your mission to overthrow the Queen."

    "And now you are here to report us?" I gulped.

    "No, we ran away. We are done serving her cruel rule." She looked back at her parents. "We want to fight with you against her."

    "Are you sure? It will be very dangerous."

    "We used to work for the Queen. Trust me, we have been exposed to danger many times before now."

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    It was the night before the Queen was said to fly to the White Castle; our time to fly there before her. Trufor was kind enough to give us armor and weapons. Both Senvir and Cretus were given golden armor; the same Trufor's army wore. Nota was given golden armor with black details engraved in it. She got iron sheaths over her claws and horns to make them sharper and stronger. I received black armor with golden details engraved in it. They belted a sharp blade on the end of my tail and put sheaths of black metal over my claws.

    I left Deltul under Grilop's protection back in Kuht Forest, knowing he will be safe there.

    All of us, Trufor and his army, Senvir, Cretus, Nota, and I took to the sky and flew towards Levigaur...