Chapter 8

I use my foot and ducked down, quickly swinging my foot under him. He fell to the ground dropping the knife as I ran back to my bike at the pizza place.

I looked over my shoulder noticing he was following me still. I need to lose him, but how?

I looked around before spotting an alleyway that lead over to Hannah's house.

I quickly dashed through it hopping to lose him from all the turns. When I arrived in front of her house, I ran up to the door and knocked.

The door opened to reveal Hannah's father.

"Oh hello Mr. Dawnson, may I come in?"

"Oh of course but Hannah isn't here",he said before letting me in. I looked behind me before entering and sat on the couch.

"Is everything alright? Did something happen?"

"Everything is fine. Do you mind if I stay here till Hannah gets back?"

"Oh sure. That's fine (Y/N), your like family to us. Would you like a glass of water?"

"Oh um sure"

He walked away as I quickly pulled out my phone.

Where are you?

"Well I'm on my way home of course. Where are you? I went by the pizza place and found your amulet laying on the ground near the dumpsters"

I rubbed my temple before saying "Its a long story, I'll explain later. I'm at your house waiting for you"

Hannah replyed with a "ok" as her father brought in a glass of ice cold water. "Thank you very much"

"No problem (Y/N)", he said as he took a sip of his own glass.

"If you don't mind me asking, how's living with the Lake's?"

"Who?",I asked.

"Mrs.Lake, the lady your staying with until someone decides to adopt you",he said.

"Um I don't-",I said before getting cut off by a click of the door.

I turned and saw Hannah coming through the door. I stood up and took her by the arm before dragging her upstairs.

"Explain"

"Well turns out Chris and his sister works with Raven. They are dragons", I said as I looked around. I wanted to make sure her father stayed downstairs.

"That's doesn't make any sense though (Y/N). Chris is clearly human"

"He's a hybrid. So is his sister, I guess you can call the changelings or something since they change between human and dragon",I said.

"We need to stay away from them then. Since you know their secret, your in even more danger than before", Hannah said.

"We need to report back to Star about this and do some research. We can't just stand here while they run around doing things for Raven. Who knows what kind of danger they can bring to Aracadia", I said.

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"Star! We need to talk!", I yelled as I entered the library.  Hannah followed me.

Inside, Flappper was munching on a book and Star was sorting her shelf's.

"About what Mistress (Y/N)?"

"About changelings",I said.

Flappper and Star froze in place,  not moving.

"Uh what about them?"

"One attacked (Y/N) today behind the pizza place. His name is Chris and (Y/N) saw his sister transform into a dark Dragon"

"So that boy you've been hanging out with was a changeling all along",Star said.

I nodded. "And we are afraid him and his sister is helping Raven"

"That is quite possible. Did you release any information?"

"Not any more than he already knew. Just that I'm the hunter"

Star hurriedly grabbed a book from a top shelf and threw it into the stone table. Hannah turned it around and flipped through pages.

"Here",she said as she pointed.

"Changelings, magic brings that change from one form to another. The original usually taken as an infant into the ShadowLands"

(Forgive me guys. It's hard for me to come up with other names)

"The ShadowLands?",I asked before turning to Star.

Star sighed before asking us to follow her to a locked door in the room. The door was covered by a tarp as she unlocked it.

"What is this room?",Hannah asked.

We walked in and saw many drawings on the walls.

"The room of Written Past and Future",Flappper replied before lighting a lantern.

I watched in amazement as the once darken room lit up. Thousands of drawings surrounded the walls,creating a story of once told Legends.

"Wow. This is amazing Star"

"Truly magical"

"Why keep it hidden?",I asked.

"Danger.Death.Lies",Flappper said.

I stayed silent before walking around the room. No furniture was in it,just the drawings on the walls.

I laid my hand on a drawing and brushed my hand up against others as I walked.

"Who drew these?", I asked.

"No one knows. They've been around for almost 25 years"

"That's crazy. And you guys don't remember anything?",I asked.

"Not at all",Flappper replied.

I stopped when I saw a drawing of a Dragon battling a black Dragon. The dragon had a smaller dragon next to her and a girl"

"Wait a minute",I said.

"Hannah,Star,Flappper. Come look at this"

They all walked over as I pointed to the girl.

"That's a human",I said.

"Not possible. Your the first human to even know about Diamond City or that dragons still exist",Star said.

"Apparently not. I'm guessing that's Ruby,the Hunter before me along side another dragon",I said.

"If that's Ruby, that's Raven",Hannah said,her hand gliding over the dragon about to attack in the drawing.

"Who is this girl Star?",I asked.

"I have no idea (Y/N)",Star said.

I looked at Flappper but she shrugged.

"She's clearly fighting along side Ruby. Wait, if she's fought Raven before, she can help us!",I said.

"It's not possible Mistress (Y/N), Ruby died fighting and that girl could be dead. She couldn't have survived",Star said.

"If she is alive though, she knows everything",I said.

"Do you think she could still be here in Arcadia if she's alive?",Hannah asked.

I nodded. "That's a lot of What Ifs",Flappper said.

"Better than nothing",I said before leaving the library.

Later that night, I walked into my room that I now lived in with Hannah,shutting the door behind me.

"Something isn't right here", I mumbled.

Kaida jumped out of my bag and sniffed around.

"What is it Kaida?"

He looked at me before going to my closet and scratching at it.

"There's nothing in there Kaida, just boxes", I said before placing my amulet on my nightstand.

"Come on Kaida, it late", I said as I changed into some shorts and a t-shirt.

Kaida flew into the bed and rested his head on my arm.

———

"Hello? Anyone there?"

I looked around as I was surrounded in a black box.

"Hannah! Star! Flappper!"

I tried running but it was a never ending room. All I could see was black until I heard a voice.

I squinted my eyes at the wall as a picture appeared. More like a memory...

"Mom?"

The picture shown my mom sitting on my bed and I was laying down. Maybe about 3 years old.

She was about to sing a lullaby which I vaguely remembered until she started singing it.

"Shush now", She said as she tucked me under the covers.

As she was about to leave the room, the little girl spoke up.

"Mommy, can you sing me to sleep?"

Mom smiled and walked back over to the little girl, sitting at the bottom of the bed.

"Alright"

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