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“It’s just the 10 of us. We all take care of each other, I guess.” She answered.
“I’m sorry to hear about your parents. What happened? Did others come in here, like me?” I asked her.
“No, they got sick. My mother said it’s because that magic is fading and then the food stopped growing. We barely have enough to feed the 10 people that are left,” Gabby explained.
“Gabby, if I could get you out of here, would you go get the others?” Il asked her and her face lit up.
“Would you really help us?” She asked me, hopefully.
“Of course, now go get the others and meet me here. I need to get back to my mates before they worry.” I told her. She jumped into my arms, wrapping her arms around my neck.
“Thank you, Ashlyn.” She whispered softly. I hugged her back tighter than she hugged me. I knew she needed it.
“No need to thank me, Gabby. Now go get the others.
“I told her. She pulled away and nodded before running down the dock to go get the others.
Standing up, I was just about to make my way off this death trap of a dock when l heard the voice again.
“In the water,” they called out. I turned to look out at the lake. The water was shimmering like an opal, which differed from the dull blue-green color it was just moments ago.
“fvck, my mates are going to fucken kill me. Well, if whatever is in the lake doesn’t,” I mumbled to myself.
Hopefully, curiosity doesn’t kill the witch, I thought as I pulled off my hoody. Kicking off my boots, I stood at the end of the dock. Hesitating, looking down into the water, doubting my decision. Before I could step back, something hit the dock. I fell into the water with a scream.
I tried to swim to the surface, but I found I couldn’t move my body. There was nothing I could do as I was sinking. I opened my still closed eyes to find a pair of bright pink ones staring back at me.
Screaming, I tried to move away, but I couldn’t move.
Great, this is where I drown or I get eaten.
“It’s okay, Ashlyn,” the familiar voice said.
“it’s you.” I whispered, staring at the opal white dragon swimming in front of me.
“We need your help,” she said. I noticed I could hear her in my mind. Her mouth wasn’t moving. She also wasn’t huge, maybe a quarter of the size of Magnus.
“What’s your name? And do you have a human?” I asked her.
“My name is Freya and I don’t have a human side,” she said. I immediately thought of the girl in the depiction.
“You were with a witch?” I asked her, and she nodded.
“She betrayed us.”
“That’s why the hybrids ran?” I asked her, and she nodded.
“What happened?” l asked Freya. I was no longer worried about being in the water. Finding I could breathe underwater. It must be Freya’s magic.
“This is the trap that she tricked us into. I killed her before she could escape.” She explained.
“Wait, you’ve been here for the last 300 years?” asked her, stunned.
“At first, we lived in peace. Others found their mates or took a chosen one. Babies were born, and it was our own little hybrid world. But now the magic is dying. And without new bloodlines, the mates stopped. We are on the brink of extinction.” She explained.
“How did you live without your other half for so long?” I asked her.
“The same way you live without Tundra. Dragons naturally live long lives.” She told me.
“How do you know about Tundra?”
“She was also a part of the Great War. She, too, belonged to a witch wolf. But she was always white until you.”
“She ended up being gold. Why?” I asked.
“Gold is a sign of the goddess. She and her witch sacrificed themselves for us.” she told me as the water shocked around us.
“ls that you?” l asked her, my anxiety rising.
“The magic is unstable. We have been feeling these tremors for a long time now,” Freya answered.
“Then let’s get out of here. I have Gabby getting the others. I can get you all out of here.”
“None of them will be accepted.”
“They will because l will protect all of you. I know you know I’m a witch wolf hybrid and I will let nothing happen to any of you. But we need to leave. My mates are waiting for me and I know it’s been longer than ten minutes,” I told her.
Without another word, she swam away from me. I still couldn’t move. Trapped in her magic.
“Wait, where are you going?” l yelled out. Before I knew what was happening, she swam at full speed at me. Screaming out, I was stunned until I noticed I was sinking again. Finding I could finally move my body, I swam to the surface with more power than I ever had before.
Breaking the surface, I took a deep breath before looking around. Gabby was standing on the edge of the dock, and I could see the others standing on the shore behind her.
“Freya, where are you?” I called out.
“I’m here.” She answered in my mind.
“Where?” I called out, looking around, frantic. My body burned and my head felt like it was about to explode. When the pain became too much, I let out a scream. My bones cracked and broke in ways I never knew were possible. Shifting into Tundra never hurt like this.
“Just relax. Your body is reforming to mine.” Freya said in my mind.
“I don’t understand, how?” screamed out. She didn’t answer as my head fell below the surface of the water. I sank as my limbs felt foreign to me.
I felt like l was dying as my body hit the bottom of the lake. Closing my eyes, I thought about my mate and our son. How the hell could I have let this happen again?
“Ashlyn, you’re not dying. Open your eyes.” Freya said. Doing as she asked, I opened my eyes to find I could now see clearly under the water. I was moving through the water, but I wasn’t moving my body.
My body broke the surface of the lake. It wasn’t until I looked into my reflection in the water did I see I was no longer in my human body but in Freya’s body. She was now a massive Opal white dragon, hovering above the lake.
“How?” I asked her.
“You have dragon blood running through you from your mate. There’s no one here left with dragon blood.
I hope you don’t mind? Not just anyone can handle being paired with a white dragon.” She explained.
“I’m just stunned. This is amazing.” I told her in awe, looking through her eyes. It was like looking through.
Tundra’s eyes again. Everything was sharper, brighter. I felt complete again.
Freya flew over to the shore where the others were and, before she landed on the ground, she shifted back.
So I was now standing in front of 9 strangers. Gabby was running down the dock with my backpack.
“Ashlyn.” She screamed out. I probably should have brought clothes, I thought as I stood there awkwardly.
“I can help with that,” Freya said. Before I could ask her what she meant, a blue light consumed me. Once it faded, I was standing in a crystal white floor-length dress. The sleeves were transparent lace, creating a swooping neck collar. The dress shimmered like an Opal, changing colors as I moved.
Everyone gasped and Gabby stopped in her tracks.
They were all staring at me while the ground shook again, but this time it was stronger than before, almost knocking me over.
“I will explain, but first we need to leave.” I rushed out. Gabby walked over to me and grabbed one of my hands with hers.
“I trust you.” She said, and I squeezed her hand, holding mine.
