The Beginning by Alexia Stargazer (ebook reader web txt) 📕

heard Jason step out cautiously and come to stand beside me. The dragon hissed at the word friend.
“Friend? I am no friend of man” he said. I smiled.
“Ah but I know you Ignivir” I said my memory came back to me and I saw the dragon as I do now it faded and I took a deep breath. He looked over to Starfire.
“You found her!” He exclaimed. I shook my head.
“What do you mean?” I asked aloud. Ignivir looked at me.
“Not here we will come to you right now though we must go back and pack up take the deer for us please” Starfire said pawing the ground. Ignivir nodded reached over with his claw and snatched the deer up and took off. Jason shook his head and turned to me.
“What just happened?” he asked. I shook my head then turned to Starfire.
“Who are you and who am I” I asked him. He pawed the ground.
“No time we must hurry” He said. As I watched his wings began to fade. I rubbed my aching head and turned to Jason.
“Did you hear anything they said?” I asked. He looked at me like I was crazy.
“What?” he asked. Starfire nudged me.
“Climb on both of you” He said making Jason jump, Jason looked at Starfire open-mouthed.
“Come on hurry” I said turning to Starfire and jumping on. Jason stood there a moment then got on behind me. Starfire snorted and leaped forward into a full out gallop. We made it to camp within a minuet. Archer was saddling the horses and getting ready to go when we came to a stop. I slid down and started pacing only to be stopped by Jason. He had grabbed me by my arms and was now looking me in the eyes.
“Who are you?” He asked. I opened my mouth then closed it and stared off to the side listening. Hoof beats. My eyes widened and I jumped on Starfire.
“Hurry we must go...” I said as Starfire trotted off a little before I turned to see they hadn't moved.
“NOW they are coming” I said angrily and they jumped into action and we were off.
“where are we going?” I asked Starfire.
“Let me lead and I will show you” He said. I shuddered and leaned down into his warm mane and neck. I tried to remember things but it was hard and I soon lost consciousness.
I woke with my eyes still closed and listened to see where I was because I could not remember anything. I heard voices of three but could not tell what they were saying when I felt a tightening around me I realized with a shock that it was Jason and I tensed.
“Your alright easy you almost killed yourself” he whispered in my ear. I opened my eyes and looked around, it was dark but I could make out three horses a man and a dragon. I shivered and looked down I was curled up in Jason's lap leaning into his chest. He shifted bringing my attention back to him.
“You okay?” he asked still whispering. I sighed and snuggled deeper into his embrace. I was comfortable and didn't want to move.
“I am fine” I thought to him reaching for his mind as if he would hear me. He stiffened then let a whoosh of air out.
“Don't do that you scared me” his thoughts answered. I smiled eyes still closed and breathed in the deep forest scent he carried.
“I should get up” I said trying to shrug out of the blanket and his arms. He tightened his grip then released me slowly. I stood and shivered and reached for the blanket, which was my cloak, but Jason had taken it and stood in front of me smiling he handed it to me and I slipped it back on pulling it tightly around me. He started to walk over to Archer and the rest of them. I stood there for a moment then followed him. When I stood there beside him the Dragon, Ignivir, Started to talk.
“Well your awake.. good we thought the spell had almost killed you” He started. I shook my head.
“What?” I asked. Ignivir snorted flames erupting from his nostrils in front of us. Archer, Jason and I jumped back.
“My apologies I forgot we had to wipe your memory from you to save you” He said settling again. I shivered again it was cold.
“Maybe we should start a fire?” Jason stated. Ignivir looked at him then to me and nodded. Archer sighed and Jason left with him to get firewood. I looked outside to see that it was about midnight.
“He really cares for you” Ignivir said. My head snapped back to him.
“What?” I asked shocked and bewildered. Ignivir's teeth showed as he snickered.
“That is what sometimes clouds your fear that, and you know him from before, that is why you saved him instead of left him” Ignivir added then he shifted and bent his head down to me and looked me in the eye.
“give me your hand” he said. I did as he asked. He took a claw and dug it into my skin. It started to bleed.
“Now” he started pulling the claw to his neck and pulling a scale out.
“Catch it in your palm” he added. I put my bleeding palm under his neck as a drop of his blood fell. It burned as each drop fell on my hand and after about five drops my mind was fuzzy and aching.
“Mix it with your own” He said pulling back a little his blood had stopped dropping. I looked down at my hand and took my free hand and started mixing it with my first finger. It changed, turning purple, then the blood seeped back into the wound and sealed it. I blinked and closed my hand to look up at Ignivir.
“What was that?” I asked. He chuckled.
“Nothing but my wisdom and power to help you on this journey for I will be gone when you leave here” He said curling up. A clatter sounded and I turned to see nothing.
“Everything will be enhanced for you so be careful” He said closing his eyes and seemingly falling asleep. Just then Starfire nudged me.
“He is right, what he did will bring your memories back slowly so as to not overload you and cause you to go crazy” Starfire said then turned to the cave, I followed his gaze to see the reason of the loud clattering noises. Jason and Archer were back and Archer still had his equipment on. I shook my head then a memory came to me..
I was laughing as two boy's sat covered in mud swords in their hands they had been fighting …
The memory faded then and I sighed.
Who had they been fighting? And who were they?
I looked to Jason and Archer and gave a chuckle as I realized that they had been a part of my childhood, something that I had not remembered until now. I shook my head and gulped as I realized just who I was. Jason and Archer had set up the branches and now were trying to start it, failing. I stepped forward and took the tools from them and started it with one strike. I then turned to Jason.
“Who is the king?” I asked. He looked at me confused.
“Bradin” He answered. With a sigh he stood. Archer sat down shaking his head. I watched them for a minuet.
“Did he have a daughter?” I asked my back was turned towards them now. I heard someone shift.
“Yes...why” Archer answered. I turned to see nothing had changed except now Jason had his head turned away as if in shame. I looked to Archer and he shrugged. Jason's head snapped and he looked at me, looking into my eyes. His mouth dropped and he shook his head gathering his composure.
“She was said to have died” he whispered. Ignivir opened his eyes and scoffed.
“She did I was hard pressed to save her.” He said. I looked to him and sighed. I turned and started deeper into the cave until I hit the end of it. I turned and slide down the wall wrapping my cloak tight around me and putting my knees up, wrapping my arms around them so I could lay my head against them. I sat there for a long time before I heard someone coming I waited and realized they were about a hundred feet from me.
“I warned you” Ignivir's said his voice a whisper in my mind. I sighed and looked into the darkness only to see everything, it was dark no human could see but I could, It was dull and gray. I soon could see a figure, it appeared to be Jason. He was stepping carefully and came to stand in front of me.
“Alexia?” He said.
“I am here” I whispered, my real name, Alexia, how funny it was that my friends had got that close... I put my chin on my knees. He stepped beside me finding the wall and turned to slide down it with his back. It was quiet but I knew what he wanted to ask.
“I'm not sure” I said before he could ask. He sighed.
“You are, I know because I knew her well when we were little” He said. I glanced at him to see a small smile on his face. I shifted.
“I remember” I said looking into the gray darkness.
“How?” he asked. I shook my head and curled up tighter I thought about what was needed of me and how I was going to do it. My memories came to me as I did this, I watched them until I was to exhausted to control the flow and fell asleep. I was awakened by a growl. I jumped awake and saw that it was just Ignivir. Jason looked at me then into the shadows squinting to see what had scared me. Ignivir snorted and came closer. Jason saw him and scowled. I sat back down with a small thump.
“Alexia?” Ignivir asked laying down in front of us and looking at me. I sighed wrapped my arms around my knees and put my chin on them.
“Yes?” I said tiredly. I felt Ignivir shift and looked up at him.
“I am sorry you were brought into this so young but they have decided to move and any who were unloyal have been been punished, whole towns not just yours” He stopped. My fingers dug into my leg.
“What do you want me to do about it?” I asked him angrily turning my head away from them. I felt Jason scoot closer and nudge me with his shoulder. I looked over to him. He was sad yet hopeful.
“Fight” He said. I then realized that he had heard the whole conversation, it surprised me but not enough to make me react. I shrugged and tightened my arms bringing my knees closer to the point of being uncomfortable.
“Why?” I asked. Ignivir snarled, making the cave rumble. I clapped my hands over my ears and looked at him angrily then looked at Jason he was shaking his head. Jason stood and turned to me I looked up at him.
“Why not?” He asked. I gulped, my body starting to shake, just then Ignivir growled.
“Because she has seen the end result or part of it” Ignivir said. I looked over at him and nodded then looked back to Jason. His eyes were dark and his body stiff. Just then a memory came...
I saw Jason in front of me, younger then he was now, pointing at me and telling me he didn't want to see me again and