10 mier.

  “Hey, I my heart out and you just pushed me down again. You could have at least helped me out.”

  Eating my cadavre, I say, “The only cure for stupidity is death.”

  “Murder shouldn’t be that qui option for you to sider, at least think it over a little bit.”

  Stopping my meal, I say, “I am surprised a human like you could survive such a fall twice.”

  “You uimate me, I happen to be pretty amazing.”

  “Don’t get ahead of yourself, most dragons could easily survive such a fall without a scratch.”

  Sitting beside me again he says, “Well that’s funny because I just so happen to have dragon blood flowing through my veins.”

  “At least when you lie try and make it ving human.”

  Annoyingly, he says, “I am not lying!”

  “Human men’s seed would immediately break down in a dragon's womb, and if a dragon male got a human pregnant the baby would suck all of the women’s nutrients till she dies, so it is impossible.”

  “But my family's coat of arms has a dragon on it.”

  “My family's crest has gold on it, doesn’t mean that god runs through my blood does it.”

  Saddehe king says, “And here I thought I ecial.”

  “Don’t worry being a dragon isn’t special.”

  “Ehh.”

  “I guarantee you that, being a dragon isn’t anything special since I know two pathetic creatures who happen to have strong dragon blood flowing through their veins.”

  Arrogantly he says, “You’re a real bummer you know that.”

  Angered, I say, “Do I look like aertainer!!!”

  “You don’t have to be mean I just asked for help with my issue. So do you think I should execute the girls or not?”

  Sighing, I stand up and say, “Go ask one of your attendants, I am an outsider I know not of how the people in your try act, and whether or not they should be executed due to your whims.”

  “I see, so to better help me with my issue you o uand how my try works?”

  “But since I don’t I ’t help, so I will be on my w-.”

  Before I finish my sentehe human grabs me and jumps off the pace. “Are you insane, human?”

  “This is the fastest way to reach the bottom, and falling off a rooftop is actually pretty fun, and hopefully it might put some life into that sleepy expression.”

  Invigorated, I say, “Human, you’re an imbecilic.”

  “My name is Ahmed Abrahams not human, it is a wonderful name and I would like you to use it.”

  “Ok then, Ahmed, you’re imbecilic.”

  “That’s better.”

  Right before we hit the ground, something strange happens to the man's right hand and moments ter it ges, then s emerge out of it and attach themselves to the building, making us swing through the city.

  As we soar through the city, he says, “Let's get a better look,” and then nds us on the floor.

  Grabbing me by the hand, he leads me all over and says, “Let’s have a little adventure.”

  For the rest of the day, we run around the city looking at everything there is. I never khat there were so many different things that humans could make and do, I never khat humans could build such things, and have such a rich history.

  But what surprised me most of all were the smiles on the faces of everyone.

  Bumping into a kid I look down at him and say, “Are you ok?”

  Looking at his leg I realize that it is bleeding, so I it up and say, “I am so sorry.”

  With a bright smile, the boy gets up and says, “My leg feels as good as new.” Then he runs away, and as he does, I just stare in awe.

  “Wow you really are strong, simply running into you was enough to make him bleed.”

  “You humans really are so weak; it would take a mere fliy right to end one of your lives and I am sure there are many things that could do that, yet even with all that feat you still live.”

  Rubbing the back of his head, Ahmed says, “That’s the thing about us humans, we g to life no matter what.”

  “My name is Paribanou Damavand, the former sh-, no that doesn’t matter, I am simply Paribanou the dragon.”

  “Well, it is o formally meet you Paribanou.”

  Grabbing Ahmed's hand, I say, “Let’s go!” For the rest of the day, I tinue my advehrough the city, and as I do I feel the darkness a weight hanging over my eyes lift.

  “So do you think you have a good idea of the lives of my people?”

  “I don’t know yet, but as you said I am allowed to stay here for as long as I want, so I will figure it out in time.”

  With a smile, Ahmed says, “I’m sure you will, and until you do, I will be right beside you.”

  Stopping for a sed, my mind reaches a realization, so I say, “Wait, have you been trying to court me this eime!?”

  “No wait, I haven’t, well you’re pretty so I wouldn’t be against it, but it wasn’t my iion.”

  “Sorry, I don’t know how this stuff is usually done. I need some time!”I say running away.

  For the five years, I stayed in the Jedidiah and tinuously experience joy after joy nonstop. I made friends, found love, and found happiness. I finally had a p the world where I belonged.

  But at the height of my happiness, appeared Cyrus my brother. Upon seeing him all the bad came flooding bato my mind, I felt like I was suffog again.

  Why, why did this happen to me, why did I have to see him again? He is going to cause my life to be full of chaos once more.

  As I recover from Cyrus’s st attack, he says, “Sister please e bae with me, to Nirvana. We go back to being happy.”

  Pulling my body out of the wall I grip my sword tight and, walk forward. “Nirvana is the greatest society to ever exist, on the most beautiful ti utopia. But it is also a foul try that which the very thought of living there makes me want to vomit.” Instantly, I luoward Cyrus and csh my swainst his.

  As we tio csh our swords against each other, I say, “In Jedidiah the people live to be happy and to overe the hatred that has been wielded against them. They are feeble, weak and stupid, yet they keep trying to fight against all of that to live.

  But in Nirvana, we are so obsessed with our own superiority that we remove those who don’t meet it, despite beier than humans in every way we cked the basic emotion of kindness ahy. Living there was a hell where I had to put up with just for the sake of keeping the both of us alive; go back to our happy lives? The only one who was happy in such a pce was you!!”

  The blow I strike Cyrus with sends him backwards, and when it does I say, “But after 8 years of having my body ripped apart, I was finally able to find a pce where I belong I pce where I have found, love, friendship, and a new family, and then at the height of my happiness you show your face again, a parasite here to eat away at me until I die.”

  Lunging towards me he cshes his swainst mine and says, “No sist-t-t-ter I came to save you.”

  Parrying his sword away, I ssh him in the back then say, “And tell how did you find me? Cause I am willing to bet it was your patriots who did all the bour, all the iigation to find a dragon such as myself, Ahmed is rather good at hiding his tracks so it would have been a struggle to find me.

  And I am sure while all your allies were looking for me you were just sitting down twiddling your thumb because that’s all a parasite like you do, feast orength of someone else.”

  Attag me again his legacy produces more darkhan before making his attack hit that much harder. “The only thing that has ged about you is your strength, but even that power is borrowed from someone else. Because even fate knows that without other people to give you everything you would fall and colpse.”

  Parrying his attack, I ssh him on the cheek theer a struggle with our swords. “I have met many people who don’t even have a single blessing that you have, yet every single one of them without fail is greater than you Cyrus. You’re just selfish trash who doesn’t even uand the value of anything he has been given, if I had someone who was always there for me or even had the power of a legacy my life would have been so much easier, but you had all such things and are still so pathetic.”

  Seeing the darkness on his sword increase yet again, I prepare myself. Then with a powerful swing, I csh my swainst his, but I ’t hahe sheer force of his attad am pushed to the ground.

  While I’m on the ground, Cyrus says leaning over me, “I ill go break his trol over you.”

  “I guess this is my fault for expeg you to uand, so I will make this incredibly simple, Cyrus everything I said today is of my own free will, no trol has been pced over me. Cyrus, I hate you!”

  Over me, I see tears form in Cyrus’s eyes as he starts to uand my words. “Now get the hell out of my life FOREVER!”

  Suddenly Cyrus’s body is blown away from me, and over mine I am picked up by Ahmed who says, “Thank God you’re ok. I will hahe rest.”

  Looking at his face I see he barely looks like he should be able to stand, and his hair is incredibly messy, so I say, “Wait, Ahmed, I will take care of this.”

  “Don’t worry darling, even as I am now, I am more than enough to beat this guy.”

  Φ Looking at him, I see that it is the king, Ahmed. “You’re the one who did this to Pari.”

  “I see why Pari didn’t tell us about you. But greetings are important, so hello my future brother-in-w, now goodbye brother,” A legacy appears from the demon's right arm, and moments ter s surge out and attack me.

  With my sword, I cut some of the s, but the rest with their spike ends pierto me. “Infusing my legacy with spirit energy seems to be strong enough to hurt you.”

  Dashing towards him I power through all the s and ssh him with all my might. But he grabs a hold of my body, and almost as if he is rhythmically in sync with my body he throws me to the side. Getting up I immediately try to cut off his head, but he dodges and hits me with his fist in my stomach. Which causes me to spit up blood.

  “I’m not as good as old man Naji, but I how to use the rotational energy as well, getting through your scales is going to be easy as hell.”

  -Break-

  Φ Dodging the old man’s attack I strike him iomad say, “Is that all you got shorty?”

  “Don’t fet I domihe beginning of this match.”

  “It is just like an old man to keep talking about a history.”

  “The past always foretells the future, so maybe you should listen to it you ignorant brat. But don’t worry I am going to beat it into you!”

  “Try it!”