Wow I haven't updated in a whole month now!! Well better late than never.

Once the sun rose across the land, Corona awoke instantly and began to sniff around for food. "Hungry little guy?"

Turning around, he smiled as he saw Pattie holding a plate full of food. "I heard you wandering around downstairs so I went to get some crops from the field nearby."

"Thank you Pattie." Corona said with a smile. "You're very kind. What are crops though? Are they like boars and deer? I grew up eating those back with my dragon family."

"Well.. Sort of anyways. Try some, they're fresh off the field."

Picking up a piece of corn, Corona stuffed the entire ear into his mouth and swallowed. "Wow! This tastes even better than boar! Can I have some more, I'm starving!"

"Of course, eat as much as you like. I'll go upstairs and wake up the others."

Soon everyone was downstairs and munching away at their food. "Unfortunately we'll have to get back to the king today." John pointed out.

"Why's that? He never said anything about how much time we had to be out here."

"I know but he might send out some of his troops to find us and who knows how much damage they can cause to the place."

"Well.. That's true. We'd probably thrown in the dungeons but at least everyone else would be safe. Unless we come up with a decoy or at least some sort of good excuse to why we didn't slay a dragon. Hey where's that little guy? Corona."

"He must have gone outside, he must really hate being cooped up in houses. I'll go find him."

Heading outside, Pattie saw that young man on all fours chasing some butterflies. "Aww. You know.. You're.. Really cute."

"I am?.. What is cute anyways?"

"Well.. Something which you can't help but smile at, something which always makes you happy whenever you see them." Pattie explained, picking him up off the ground. "And you're the cutest man I've ever seen."

"Aww.. You make me smile all the time. That makes you cute too. Can you come with me when I'm finding my real parents?"

Smiling widely, Pattie kissed him right on the nose. "I would love to.. But the village scares me.."

"Oh? Why is that? I thought humans only hunted dragons."

"Well.. They can hurt anyone who disagrees with them. I spoke out against King Albert's law of killing any fantasy creature in sight. He believes they're all a threat which was wrong.. He took offense and.. Banished me. That's why I'm living out here in the woods. It's only been a few months but I still miss my old home.."

"Hm.. Can you teach me how to speak human? Then I can be able to talk with this King and tell him that we mean no harm. We can show him that we're just like them, only bigger and with scales. I've lived with dragons my whole life, I can convince him for sure!"

"I hope so Corona.. I can teach you a few basic English sentences so you can communicate with others. Come on back inside and I can help you."

Following her back inside, Corona sat on the carpet, not wanting to be on a chair. "They're not comfy like the soft grass and moss from back home."

"I suppose you're not used to it like the rest of us. Anyways I can teach you a few basic words, yes, no, stop, go, hello, goodbye and so on."

"Okay! I'm ready to start speaking English!"

A few minutes of practicing later, George was now able to speak and read simple English. He still had trouble writing however, but Pattie didn't mind as she didn't think he would be having a spelling test anytime soon.

"I wonder what the others are doing upstairs in their room? I'll go check."

Heading to the guest bedrooms, she was about to open the door but then she heard John chatting with Cynthia. "Why would those guys there think that you and Astrid were witches? Are witches even real? I mean I know dragons exist, but witches seem kinda like a stretch to me.

"Oh they are very real.. But we're only their assistants, no magic spells or anything, we just make potions and sell them." Cynthia responded. "But they're not as evil as everyone portrays them either. It's like the king is trying to rid all of England of anything magic related."

"I see.. But why would he do something like that? What does he have to gain by ridding the country of fantastic creatures?"

"Who knows.. What will you tell him once you return to him? He'd be enraged for sure seeing you empty handed."

"I know.. I'll have to think of some sort of excuse.. Wait, is there any spare wood and white paint around here? With those I can make a fake skull and then trick the king with it! I know it's dishonest but considering everything we found out-"

"I'm sure Pattie has those somewhere around here. But I think clay would be more convincing for a fake skull."

"Clay? What is that?"

"Well.. Think of it as glorified mud. It's used to make our houses and pottery."

"So that's what it's called, let's go find some clay!"

As soon as the fake skull as complete the group were off once again. "You coming along Pattie?" John asked her.

"I'd love to, but I have.. Reasons to not go. But don't worry, you can always send me a letter whenever you wish to talk to me." Pattie replied. "And I know I'd love to see Corona again very soon."

Bending down, she then kissed his nose and smiled. "Goodbye Pattie. Miss you."

"Aww, I'll miss you too little guy, but I will write whenever I can. I hope you find your parents soon."

Saying their goodbyes, the team of five set off on their destination. As they approached the village, they heard large footsteps from behind them. "Huh? Who's there?" John asked.

"Must have been just a deer.."

Turning around, George saw a pink tail with small spikes going down it behind a tree. "Rose? Why are you here?" He asked, crawling over to a dragon his size.

"When Mommy said you were really a human, I wanted to follow you to the human village. We grew up together and so we'll stick together."

"Rose, you're still a baby.. The humans will hurt you for sure.. Go back to the village, Mom and Dad must be worried sick about you."

"But I want to be with you."

"I know you do.. I miss home a lot.. But I can make you one promise."

"Cross my heart, please keep this promise! Tell me what it is."

"If I don't find my human family here, I will return to the village.. I might return anyways to show my real parents my dragon family."

"Aww Corona. I hope you find your real parents too, we all miss you, but at least we all know you're happy and reunited with your human family. I love you my human brother."

"Aww.. I love you too my little dragon sister."

Pulling the pink dragon into a hug, Corona watched as she flew away. "Mom.. Dad.. I will find you." He thought

Meanwhile in another part of a village, an elderly couple were at some stables. "The horses have been worn out so much after the last hunt Harold. The king must stop overworking them so much."

"I know Louise, but there's nothing we can do about it, until the next in line for the throne takes over we're stuck with King Albert."

"That is true.. But I'm sure we could protest somehow, we can try to get him out of power. Hold a protest! Have a meeting at the town hall!"

"If we do that we're sure to be banished.. And I remember not to go through with any more of your ideas after losing George when we hid in the woods."

"They would have taken him had we not run.. I told him to stay in the bushes but he must have wandered off.."

"I know you didn't want him to become a fighter like our older sons but I'm afraid he might have gotten himself killed out there.. You know about all the wild beasts in the woods.. Especially dragons."

"Now we can't just assume that the dragons are dangerous Harold, we can't judge someone until we meet them first. Oh, here comes Prince Paul and his dog."

Quickly bowing to the prince, Louise and Harold led him inside. "Oh your highness, what brings you to our humble stables?"

"Ringo and I just want two horses to ride around on, jousting match will be going on during my coronation party next month and I'll be training him for it!" Paul replied.

"Ah yes. Jousting is one hell of a sport isn't it? I remember when you and Mike would get on the donkeys to play pretend jousting. Where has he gone off to anyways?"

"Oh he's moved to Ireland with his wife Angela, remember? He's king there now, just like how I'll be king on my twenty second birthday."

"You're twenty one?" Ringo asked. "With that baby face of yours I'd imagine you would be just a teen."

"Well all the girls love the baby face y'know?" Paul chuckled as he got on his horse. "Now c'mon we've got to hurry!"

"What for?" Harold asked.

"Well.. To catch the early pheasants of course! Before they all fly away!"

Soon Paul and Ringo rode off with Martha dashing not too far behind. "Why is it that you have an outdoor entrance to the dungeons?" Ringo asked as they rode along.

"Uncle Albert said that if a prisoner were to escape, he wouldn't end up inside the castle and have access to any of the weapons he has. Ah, we're here. Let's hope Dad's okay."

Getting off, Paul opened up a trapdoor under the grass and lead Ringo inside. "Dad? It's me Paul!"

"Paul?.. Oh Paulie! I'm in here!" Jim's voice came from the cell furthest to them. "Hurry.. It's getting harder to breathe down here.."

Running towards the sound of his wheezing father, Paul found a door that was sealed tight so no air would get in and whacked it as hard as he could with a nearby mace. "Dad?.. What happened to you?"

"My brother.. He is now planning to send out more of his followers to the forest to kill any creature they see.. The forests to kill the rest of the dragons.. The seas to capture sea serpents, mermaids and selkies.. They even invented powerful catapults to ensnare flying harpies, gryphons and any other sort of mythical being that's not like us.."

"That's not right.. They shouldn't be killed just because the king thinks of them as useless to us!" Ringo snapped. "I saw a lot of crap he did, he talked about skinning the creatures after killing them and turning their horns, scales and any other appendages as bags and shoes! It made me sick!"

"Oh.. He was planning all that? Uncle Albert must be off his rocker.."

"You're telling me, now c'mon! We need to get up there and stop him from trying to harm anyone else!"

As they all escaped the cold, dark dungeon, Paul helped Jim onto his horse and they rode off to the town hall. "We can hold a meeting for everyone there, then we can be able to tell everyone about Uncle Albert's plan."

"I just hope this works son.. But I doubt any of them would want to go near any creature, let alone a dragon after everything that was told to them."

"I'm sure there are still some people who think what he's saying was a bit much. Hey Ringo you coming with us?"

"I'd love to, but the king wanted me to check on his Knights, he says the best one will be the leader of his army, it would probably be that one long, brown haired guy who keeps hiding his face, I think his name was Mo.. I really hope none of them do any good though after hearing his plans. But if I don't do my job I could be kicked out of the entire village."

"Alright Rings. We'll see you soon."