Prologue 

Princess Aurora awoke in the early morning startled because of a dream she had. She got up out of bed and looked at the time. It was about 6:00 am so she decided to go outside and walk for a little while to think.

She went and got dressed sweeping her golden blonde hair back into a ponytail. She then quietly tiptoed past her sister's bedroom so as to not wake her up.When she got outside the dawn was spreading across the sky in brilliant orange and pink. She smiled and went walking in the palace's flower garden.  It was a beautiful large courtyard with white colored stone walls in the garden itself was a beautiful collection of flowers.

There were roses, tulips, sunflowers, hibiscus, and plumeria flowers covering the different parts of the garden. There were also climbing vines that surrounded the area and ran up the white walls. In the middle of the courtyard was a medium sized bench which was Aurora’s favorite place to sit.

 In the flower garden she sat down on a bench and recalled her dream. In her dream there had been a big golden shape flying over her and when it landed the creature said "You are one of the Shanoi." Then the dream ended. 

Aurora was still puzzled by it as she said aloud "What does it mean that I'm one of the  Shanoi? What even was that creature?" She shook her head intrigued and confused at the same time. She then got up and turned to walk back to the palace.

Suddenly a shadow appeared on the ground beside her. It was huge. She looked up and saw the huge golden creature flying above her. She turned to run away but then she heard a male sounding voice in her head and it said. "Aurora, stop, we must talk." Regardless of what the voice said she turned to run away from the shadow but before she could get away it landed blocking her path. 

When it landed she could see clearly now that it was a dragon. Its scales were golden and reflected the light of the sun. On its chest and forehead was a symbol of the sun and its eyes were a dazzling bright golden color. It had huge golden wings and a long tail. 

"I told you… we must speak." The dragon spoke in her head.

"W-who are y-you? H-how do you know my n-name?" Aurora asked, trembling in fear.

The dragon sighed before explaining "I am Sunburst  the emissary of the Sun and you are the chosen one. That is how I know your name. You and your sister are chosen to save the last eight dragons that remain. Each of us represents an element. I represent the Sun element, your father passed down the control of the element of the sun to you. So you are the one chosen to ride me and only you can." 

Aurora replied "How… how do I know this is true? My father and mother died when I was twelve in war against another kingdom. And how can I hear you?" 

"Dragons can speak telepathically to people we choose worthy. And show me your right hand." 

Aurora did as she was told, trembling in fear.

Sunburst blew gently on the back of her hand and when he did a symbol that matched the sun on his head and chest appeared. 

"Only the Shanoi can bear my symbol…" He said