A long time ago there was group of dragons called the Rouge. Ember began and we all listened carefully. The Rogue were a group of black scaled dragons. Dragons were only allowed in their group if they had black scales. It was a symbol. At first they helped those who needed it. The leader of the Rogue was kind dragon, we don't exactly know how the next dragon came to power but he was nothing like the previous leader. This leader was cruel and wicked cared nothing for the being of others. Dragons that didn't agree with the change of ruling were killed. They went on a rampage they burnt down forests, killed dragons young and old, and just when the surviving dragons were on their tails they disappeared. This was all 50 years ago. Ember stopped and looked at me.

We think they have figured out a way to use the power of the dragons they killed. Stealing the spirits of the dead to empower themselves. Whether or not this story has any merit to it I'm not sure. Cenna elaborating some more.

Oh Scarlet I wish your grandma was here she would know exactly what to do. Ember gave me a sad smile.

"What do they want this time?" I ask. Ember shakes her head as if to say "I don't know". I let the other dragons continue talking as I went go find Monti.

I found Monti by the lake with cloth wrapped around his wound tightly. He stared sadly at his reflection. I was right behind him, placed my hand on his shoulder. I sat down next to him letting the tips of my boots just touch the bank.

"Monti..." I start, a bit unsure of what to say."I'm so sorry. This is my fault. I could of defended you, I let this happen." It wasn't often that I showed emotion to those outside of Ember and Bane. It made me feel very uneasy not knowing how Monti would answer.

Scarlet Monti says gently. The same gentleness my grandmother radiated. This is not your fault, not in any way. Please don't blame yourself. He flashes me a toothy smile.

Monti and I continue to talk until dinner. The sun was beginning set, we saw the dragons returning from the ocean with the baskets of fish. When they neared the cove they didn't slow down instead the kept flying at top speed. Something was wrong. I ran to the center of the cove and looked at the dragons in distance, because of the setting sun a shadow was cast upon their bodies making it impossible to make out the features of the dragons heading our way. They flew right over us dropping the 5 fish baskets. They all landed with a thud. I went over the baskets, my sensitive nose picked up a very strong dragon scent but the dragons were always around the baskets. I opened the closet basket to me and looked at what was inside and was absolutely horrified.

Inside the 5 baskets were the 5 dragons that had gone out to get the fish. in order to fit the smaller basket some of their wings and other body part had been torn apart. I felt the bile come up in the back of my throat. The overwhelming scent of dragons blood was nauseating. Who would do such a terrible thing I thought. Upon closer inspection I realized the pieces of scales in their teeth. They had tried to fight back by using their teeth, in the process chipping off the scales of the attacker, the scales were pitch black.

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"Ill kill them all." I shout at the dragons meeting that was being held in the Great Cave."First it was Monti, and know 5 other dragons are dead because of them. Does anyone know how we can find them?" I ask the dragons, they shake their head clueless as to how they were to answer my question. I groaned in frustration.

"We must have at least some clue of their motive." I say desperately hoping for something I could use to stop them from killing anymore dragons. 17 other dragons had been killed in different coves. The other dragons leader came quickly to my cove to meet.

I know Cenna mentioned the transfer of power from the dead dragons to the killers, but I can't fathom how that's possible. If they could do such a thing why didn't they come back before? Ember asks.

We know one thing for sure, their hate of dragons and humans. If anything they hate the humans more then us dragons. Cenna says, she continues and looks over at me One more thing, they hate dragon riders and will kill you on sight if they had the chance.

Her words might of worried some but it didn't faze me like it should of. Let them come for me I thought If one does I'll be ready.

Cenna where do you think they will attack next? Ember asks. I fear the same as Ember I don't want any other coves getting hurt if we can predict their next move then we might be able to save lifes.

"If there is anywhere you can think I will go their personally to protect to protect it, I won't have any more lives lost." I say with determination to protect the ones I care for. The other dragons nod in agreement.

They have already attacked the dragons, as far as we know they are not aware of your existence, and I can really only think of one place they would attack next. Cenna says. I connected the dots and realize exactly what she is talking about.

"No"I simply state. Even after the statement I just made I couldn't live up to it if we were going to go there.

We must Scarlet, think of all the innocents that would die if we didn't help them, Ember says calming me down a bit.

"After everything they have done to us do you really want to help them?" I ask seeking guidance from my closest friend.

Yes, I think it might be wise to show we bare no grudge and help them know and avoid all future conflict with them, Ember says make a valid point. Even with all the good we would be doing there was still a part of me that was reluctant. I let myself sink into deep thought. I sighed.

"Alright," I announce in a commanding voice,"I want our warriors spread out evenly, protecting the coves. Those that remain will come with me. I leave it up to you what you shall do. I will leave at day break tomorrow those joining me with meet me at the cliffs overlooking the ocean." With that I walked out of the Great Cave.

A/N: I really wanted to stop here but I'm in a good mood I'll write some more ;)

My bow and quiver of arrows crossed on my back. I had 6 throwing knifes strapped to my belt and 2 longer daggers sticking slightly out of my boots. I may have had one or 2 knifes up my sleeves nothing wrong with being prepared. I packed nothing but weapons and a few rations. I sat on a rock near the edge of the cliff, wearing my usual black scale armor I sharpened one of my arrows and waited for the sun to rise. The cool breeze blew my long hazel hair back. I heard the sound of many dragons landing behind me. Their was at least 50. I smiled at Astrid, she was the lead warrior, a medium size dragon with scales that reminded of a blazing fire. Astrid lowered her neck a bit so I could climb on.

"Come on guys lets go save some people." I shout to the other dragons. We take off towards the place I once called home.

Aaron POV

I sat at my desk, reading a report of recent dragon sightings near the edge of town. According to the report it was too dark to see the dragons size, color and it was to fast to shoot down. I sighed and put in one of the many piles of papers on my desk. I don't understand how my dad did it, with him not being around I had to learn how to run things by myself which wasn't easy. I wish he was here to help me. Memories came flooding back, I remembered what he did. All of terrible things he did, then Scarlet, Scarlet. Was I mad at her? I asked myself more often I should. The truth was I didn't know, Scarlet had disappeared 5
years ago along with most of the dragons too. Their had been no reported sightings of her ever since. I had made a lot of changes of course, for example once I found out about what happens to the students if the fail the final exam, I quickly set up another school so that if a person did fail they would be sent there for extra schooling until they could pass the final. Another thing was about the dragon riders. There hadn't been anyone in the society that was a dragon rider that I know of at least. In school one the first thing the kids learnt was about the dragons, not the fake ones that were heartless, but the ones Scarlet described as her family. The kids also learnt about Scarlet what she did, how she did it. The kids had begun to call her the "Dragon Queen" I almost laughed at the thought. The kids had no idea how right they were, from what I had seen the dragons would follow Scarlet to the ends of the Earth.

I thought of where she might be and if she would ever come back. This time I did laugh, Scarlet would probably never come back she hates this place. She hates the memories that live here, heck she might hate me too. I thought back to the last time I saw her. She was furious being crossed by my father like that. She still shook my hand and kept to her word all this time. My thoughts were interrupted by a soldier running into me office, with a bow and quiver in hand.

"Sir we've got trouble and I mean a lot of it." He said frantically and handed me my weapon. Just because I sat behind a desk for most of my day didn't mean I wasn't the best shot or the best dragon slayer, a feat that over time I had seen as less and less important after Scarlet leaving. We ran out of the front doors to see multiple black dragons with red eyes circling the city as they breathed fire. They weren't close enough to burn anything down but by the looks of it they wanted to. Other soldiers tried to bring one dragon down but failed to get a shot near any dragon. I drew a dragon arrow from my quiver and aimed for the closest dragon. I made a direct hit to where it heart was but the arrow that was meant to do serious damage bounced off harmlessly. The dragon turned its head and looked at me with these cruel eyes. Opps I think I pissed it off . The dragon flew straight for me and right then and there I thought I was going to die.

It was all  blur at first but then I realized what was happening. I saw dragons of different colors charge in and fight against the bigger dragons. The dragons that was flying full speed at me was knocked off course by a fiery red dragon and a woman standing a top of its back bow drawn and aiming at the dragons eye. She hit her target dead on and the dragon she was riding clawed at their opponent. The red dragon took one more powerful swipe and the black scaled dragon fell to the ground. The girl riding on top of the dragon was moving up and down the back of the dragon shooting arrows at other enemy dragons. The wind caught her familiar long brown hair. She was dressed in dragon scales. I saw her eyes once, they were filled with fire. I couldn't decide if the fire was passion or rage, maybe both I wasn't sure. I was sure of one thing though, the Dragon Queen had returned.

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So yeh, that's the end. I hope you all enjoyed that chapter. That was a long chapter, for me anyway. Okay, well bye! See you in the next chapter.