Chapter 2

In ancient times humans were suffering from famine and diseases, they were weak and pathetic; one human man eventually got tired of being at the mercy of the God-like dragons. Walking in the woods he stumbled upon a glowing flower… it was the only of it’s kind, he was curious and in a cloth he wrapped the strange flower, once in his cottage he boarded up the windows and began to work, he didn’t know what he was doing… simply following a voice in his head, he brewed the flower into a kind of tea and drank it carefully… he felt a strange surge of power within him. There were a few books with weird markings that could create the elements… he tried and tested the marking for fire, he lit the fireplace. That is how the first human found magic, as the years passed by he helped many of the people in his village, other villages became jealous and angry at the fact that only him and his offspring had the gift of magic and soon the hunt for all sources of magical creatures and plants began.

Eventually some humans starting dabbling in darker magic, it had the stench of death. At first the dragons accepted that the humans had found magic, but it soon started creating differences between the magical beings and mortal beings… the humans that started practicing dark magic, had developed an insatiable hunger for power… the bond between dragons and human had now become fragile, the slightest misunderstandings would threaten an outbreak of war. Many humans started to fear the dragons, while the others feared the human sorcerers. As the years turned centuries, dragons and humans found a way to settle their differences to keep the world in balance and prevent the loss of innocent lives… even then, the fear of magic and dragons lingered in the back of every human’s mind.

There was however, a young sorcerer, Alec, he lived in a village not far from the fire archdragon. He believed that humans and dragons could live in harmony once more; if only both parties were willing to listen. He did not fear the giants, he saw them as kind and gentle. The amount of respect Alec had for each of the archdragons made him look at them differently, he looked upon them with admiration. Alec a man of twenty seven years, was a powerful sorcerer and not to mention extremely handsome, with his chocolate brown hair that had waves, his hazel brown eyes and full pink lips, his lean tone built, with a height of five foot seven. He had a strong jaw with stubble, he looked rugged and sexy… every eligible woman in the village admired and swooned over him, Alec had no interest in any of the woman from his village or any of the other villages that he visited for magic council meetings… he had built a two story stone house just on the outskirts of his village. He preferred to live alone and be alone, at least when he had to deal with the humans.

The humans looked up to Alec for guidance and advice and guidance when it came to dealing with the archdragons, especially the Queen of the archdragons, Nuri… there had even been some rumors floating around that the fondness that the Queen dragon and Alec was strange. The rumors did anger Alec, but not because they were not true, but because he knew that the chemistry between him and Queen Nuri was unexplainable. Alec felt a burning desire towards here… one he had never felt with anyone ever before, but he had to put those undeniable and unexplainable feelings aside for more important and pressing matters. In the recent year, his village as well as the neighboring villages were having tremendous trouble with some of a few of the rebellious dragons from each element, setting villages ablaze, flooding crop fields, unearthing fresh sprouts letting them either dry up in the heat or get drown in the flooding, during the harvest, they would scatter the crops with fierce winds and then just cause havoc looting the farmers and the villages of their livestock and destroying their houses… but now it had gotten very out of control and a meeting with the archdragons was to be called, the rebel dragons had starting killing humans for sport. This was causing more fear and panic to arise within the humans and tensions were calling for war. Later that evening the village chief called for a meeting in the village square, Alec heard each concern and the cries for war… he stood up and calmed the crowd down, his deep voice commanding respect.

“I need you all to please calm down, war is not the answer”

“Oh yeah? And why is that” one man shouted out from amongst the villagers

“Because he has a strange liking for the queen of the beasts” another villager shouted out, but this time it was a woman’s voice, the fact that the rumors, fear and panic had made them question Alec’s guidance and advice. He was angry, the rage starting to burn in his heart,

“Do not dare judge me based on rumors that you have spread not just through this village but neighboring villages as well” Alec’s voice bellowed and the in distinct chatter came to an end. The glow of the square bonfire highlighted the rage that had set in on Alec’s tanned face.

“Alec, what can we do to put an end to this?” The village chief spoke and brought everyone’s attention back to the matter at hand. Alec took a deep breath, closed his eyes… he felt his mind drift to the beautiful archdragon Nuri, he quickly pulled himself back to reality.

“Chief, could you send word after two days for the head sorcerers and sorceresses of the neighboring villages to await word from me regarding the matter at hand” Alec spoke, the chief nodded, then spoke,

“Why in after two days?”

“By then I would have had enough time to speak with the dragon queen and the other element archdragons and we would all be able to come up with acceptable solutions”

“Consider it done lad.”

Alec stood up, “I’ll get packing then and begin my two day journey at day break” as he walked away from the village square, he could see from the corner of his eyes, the villagers staring at him, he could hear the indistinct whispers. He shook his head and was ever so grateful for having built his house just outside the village. He got into his house and started gathering his books, notes and packing some food and supplies, he took a long shower… trying to block out the fact that he was a born outcast, he laid on his bed wrapped in his towel and stared up at the ceiling. In two days he would be face to face with the most beautiful beast he had ever seen, he closed his eyes and his mind drifted back to the dragon queen Nuri, her scarlet red scaled outlined by gold, the size of her gorgeous wings that were edged with gold… her soft amber eyes gazing down at him, the sound of her voice when she spoke, the respect her very presence commanded, he was brought back to reality by the crackling of the fireplace in his room, he then realized something was actually happening to him, while lost in his thought of the majestic beast… he had developed a stiff erection, now he was just frustrated… how could a man be with a beast.