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Dragonheart: Fall of Darkness

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Everyone knows that in the Chinese calendar, the year of the Dragon occurs every 12 years.

The year marking the turn of the millennium, 2000, happens to fall as the Year of the Dragon.

There is an ancient prophecy, more than 7500 years old, that tells of the war between Heaven and Hell, also known as Gehenna, called ‘The Millennium War’.

One demon from Gehenna, Marc de Manthaeus, is given free reign on Earth through his father Satan, for a thousand years. However, if Marc lays hold of an artifact known as the Heart of Dragan, its power would lay waste to his human form, depriving him of the power to live as a mortal.

But in turn, his true form, that of the dragon Griffin, would be awoken and released to conquer humanity by enlisting the help of three mortal men bestowed with demonic souls, and two demonic entities known as Aamon and Agares; these final two demons borne of a combination of Satan’s deepest desires, and Hellfire, merged to create physical forms; that of the last two men chosen by Satan to help his son.

The other two bore the souls of the demons Abbadon and Alastor.

Both of them bore human forms, similar to Judas Iscariot, but they had no eyes, skin as pale as mist, and tongues like serpents.

However...

One mortal bestowed at birth with the power to mimic the properties of, and thus absorb, any supernatural force, would rise to battle Marc, setting in motion the Millennium War on Earth.

All but Marc, were considered ‘half-breeds’, or part human, part demon.

They could control earthly elements, but mainly relied on their natural power over Hellfire. Considered demonic in comparison to normal fire, Hellfire cannot be extinguished or harnessed by any mortal man, and burns sustained from it will either kill the victim, or turn them into a half-breed.

As Satan set in motion his plan to conquer Earth and set up a “fallen” empire, one person born, would rise to battle against him and his league of demons.

...

I ran down the road leading away from the school like the devil was on my heels; my heart pounding in my chest like a jackhammer.

“C’mon, Charlie!! Are you too scared to face me? Are you chicken?” Marc’s cackle rang in my ears, as did his friends’ laughter.

I only ran faster. “I’m done with you and your bastard friends, Marc!!” I shouted over my shoulder, picking up speed.

Glancing up at the sky, I noticed it was just past sunset, and happened to glimpse the rising stars of the constellation Draco, the Dragon, just above the northern horizon.

I only took a split-second glance, then looked ahead again, and put on a burst of speed.

My legs and lungs both burned, as my heart pounded.

The back lane leading home was closer now, but then...

Hearing a loud honk, I spun just in time to see a silver grill and headlights, but managed to catch a glimpse of the driver, a man clad in black, with long, greasy black hair, almost like Sirius Black from the ‘Harry Potter’ series!!

His grin revealed yellowed, rotten molars.

However, seconds before impact, I instinctively dived, spinning as I rolled up the windshield, and flew high over the truck, twisting gracefully in midair, falling, then landing lightly on my feet, exactly how Lucian did in ‘Underworld’ after Selene tried to run him over!

I turned onto the hill-road by the store, and continued running, not looking back.

I didn’t stop until I had reached the bottom of the hill, and, exhausted, sat down by the side of the road to catch my breath.

I didn’t want to deal with this anymore. I wouldn’t.

As I gazed up at the sunset sky, I breathed deeply of the cool evening air. ”Lord, if there is some way, let all of this pass away from me! Let Your wrath fall on my enemies to crush them!”

I relaxed somewhat upon noting that my enemies weren’t pursuing me, but I knew it wouldn’t last.

After a short while, I recovered my strength, and got back up, continuing to walk.

Looking up at the twilight sky, I sighed.

What do you see when you look in the mirror? What do your eyes betray? What lies within the heart?

Within the soul?


Such questions had haunted me every time I remembered my enemies, and fighting them by whatever means I could made me realize how lucky I was to know a nemesis so well, as to almost effortlessly anticipate his every move.

I was grateful that God had given me the strength, and the will, to know Marc de Manthaeus’s every action, reaction, thought, word, and deed.

By the Lord’s will, every Christian knows Him, yet as all have fallen short of His glory, so all must have some measure of darkness within themselves, even if they do not know it.

Such thoughts made me remember the words to one of my favourite songs by the Christian rock band REd:


”You tracked the depths of my soul
Until you found it
A darkened room locked away
I let you in

You looked inside then you turned away
My makeshift saviour
He left me right here in my chains
But still I whisper (I’m calling out)
Still I call you

I never wanted you to see
The darkest part of me
I knew you’d run away
I waited but you never came

So afraid to be alone
I tried to let you go
Still I find you lost inside the darkest part of me...
It's my descent, familiar pain
Of watching all I believe fade away...”



Such words made me realize how alone I really was, now. My friends had all turned away, but not by their own will. My enemy had persuaded them to leave me behind, and Satan had kept them from looking back.

And all in my family were by now long-dead. So yes, I was alone.

I looked down at my hands, flexing them slowly. These hands had harnessed powers beyond mortal comprehension, serving as extraordinary weapons against the five deadliest people that humanity had ever known.

I had fought my enemies more times than any soldier had ever fought an enemy, in history.

But such power wasn’t destined to be mine forever, as Marc had been given a powerful absorption ability just like Arthur Petrelli’s, by his father Satan, so he could steal powers by physical contact, and just as Arthur himself had tricked his son Peter and rendered him enervated, so my enemy Marc had done the same to me, stripping every single ability, as well as my empathic mimicry, away, effectively rendering me mortal.

But all the power being stripped away at once was kind of like ripping a scab off of a healing wound, thus destroying the natural crust created by blood to stop more loss, as well as infection.

As the newly-opened wound bleeds again, the body weakens. So just as my powers, and my mimicry, had been torn away, my body had gradually weakened as well, especially without my healing power.

Only my faith would guide me now. Looking down at my chest, I reached up to pull back my shirt, seeing the white Celtic cross scar over my heart.

The Scar.

It was a reminder of all of the pain, suffering, and misery I had endured even before Marc and his friends had come into existence. My life had been very hard, yet coming to know Jesus and becoming a Christian early in my life, served as a reminder that He would always be there for me.

I smiled, running a hand over the scar. A reminder of God’s love was all I needed.

Suddenly hearing distant footsteps, I glanced up, and stopped dead; my eyes going wide as saucers upon seeing my enemies once again...only this time, they were different.

All five of them were now dressed in night-black hooded robes, and they wore what I instantly recognized as the hideous plague doctor masks from REd’s music video for the song ‘Darkest part’.

Marc’s friends’ masks were white, but his was a deep ash-gray, almost black.

The five of them precisely resembled the demons seen in the band’s music video.

They all walked very slowly, their masked faces veiled by the deepening evening shadows, and the scariest part was that none of them spoke to one another...they just walked.

But then I noticed something.

Marc’s friends’ eyes were completely black, invisible behind the masks...but my enemy’s own eyes...

His were a dimly-glowing, angry red, like burning embers.

I felt my blood go cold as ice.

I stepped back into the shadow of a nearby pine tree, and stood still as stone, not taking my eyes off of my most hated enemy.

And then...Marc turned and stared right at me, his red eyes piercing the darkness.

He slowly raised one hand to point towards me, and I had to keep myself from retching upon seeing his hand.

The flesh was a sickly grey colour, cracked and scabbed...like the skin of a monster, and he had long, sharp black claws.

His friends all slowly turned to look at me.

I turned...and ran like hell, going down the road until I reached the back lane to my house, but I kept going on toward the forest at the very end of the road.

I turned back, and saw the five demons far down the road...until they somehow became black streaks of shadow as they zoomed toward me!!

I cried out, falling back onto the ground, before turning as I scrambled to my feet, and took off, not daring to look back.

I kept running, and after what seemed an age, finally stopped, almost collapsing. By now the twilight was swiftly fading to night.

After resting a short while, I looked up, surprised to see I was before a large set of weathered stone steps down into an underground complex.

Glancing back, I saw the demons all slowly walking in my direction, but still quite far away.

I turned, and raced down the steps into the darkness.

Luckily, the wall was lined with torches, revealing a long hallway ending at a heavy stone door.

Suddenly hearing approaching footsteps, I ran down the hall toward the door.

I stopped before it, desperately searching for a lever, finding none.

I could hear the demons getting closer.

Closing my eyes, I breathed a prayer to God, who revealed something...

Opening my eyes, I stepped back from the door, raising my right hand toward it, and focusing...

”Servo nos a malo! Daemones deducere!!” I muttered under my breath.

Instantly, a blazing white form like an inverted Christian cross, that I instantly recognized as the Cross of St. Peter, engraved itself into the stone of the door, before the stone literally disintegrated!!

Stepping past the pile of sand, I found myself in a massive round chamber almost a hundred feet in diameter, with a flat stone floor with a very large pool in the centre filled with the purest sparkling water I had ever seen!!

The very apex of the dome ceiling was open to the night sky, and astonishingly, the stars of the constellation Draco were framed perfectly within it, reflecting brightly off the pool!

I fell on my knees before the pool, looking down at my reflection.

The weathered, weary face of a man who had fought far more than his fair share of battles against the greatest evil known to mankind, stared back at me.

Seeing the medallion around my neck shine as the cat eye stone in the centre flashed, I felt tears fall from my eyes, landing gently in the pool.

”There now, my young friend!” the voice spoke soothingly as I wept. ”Dry your tears. Jesus holds those you love by His side, and He sent me to you so you could be freed of your sorrow and embrace a better life!!”

“B-but...how?” I asked, choking back another sob.

”Look into the pool, Charlie.”

I did so, and as I watched, my reflection gradually darkened until it had become naught but a shadow!

I gasped, jerking up in shock. As I watched, my shadow’s human form slowly began to grow and shift!! I looked up at the stars of Draco now shining with an intensity I had never before seen...until another faint silvery-white glow caught my attention.

Looking down at the pool once again, I gasped.

There, reflected in the silvery, glowing water, was the smiling face of my alter ego, Drake Starfire himself!!!

“D-drake...?!” I breathed, unable to believe my eyes. My draconic counterpart smiled, nodding once.

“It is a pleasure to see you again, Charlie, my friend! Jesus has let me return so that you can once and for all vanquish the five sons of Satan! As Jesus defeated Lucifer himself, so now He shall let me help you defeat the dark angel’s sons. Will you accept this?”

I was momentarily silent. I couldn’t even begin to count the number of times I’d fought, vanquished, or escaped from those monsters. ”It MUST end somewhere!” I thought to myself. ”Jesus is letting Drake give me yet another chance, and I can live with the reassurance that I WILL defeat the devil’s wretched sons, as I have before! But maybe this could be the final turn! Jesus rose to eternally vanquish death, so now I can rise to eternally destroy my enemies!”

I opened my eyes, and smiled at my reflection. “Let it come!” I replied.

Drake’s face vanished, before the water in the pool began to churn and swirl, before a shimmering silvery-white glow suddenly faded into view beneath the surface!

I gasped upon instantly recognizing it as the Heart!!

Hearing a sudden roar, I spun toward the door just in time to see Marc, dressed in black and looking all the world like ‘the Man’ from “End of Days”, standing there!!

Seeing me kneeling by the pool, my enemy grinned. Snapping his fingers, four ominous figures I instantly recognized as the satanic figures from the music video ‘Darkest Part’, by the band REd, walked slowly up to stand by Marc’s side.

I instantly recognized the four demons: Alastor, Aamon, Abbadon, and Agares.

Each bore what I instantly recognized as a gold pendant of the Leviathan cross, a satanic symbol!!

And gold is known as a metal envied by mortal men; it’s used by them as a fuel for their greed, lust, etc.

Silver, on the other hand, is a ‘pure’ metal, believed to symbolize the redemptive power of Christ’s blood.

Not taking my eyes off of them, I slowly stood up.

For a few seconds, no one moved, until Marc slowly raised his left hand, upon which he bore the Leviathan symbol, and reached toward the stone floor before him.

Suddenly, with a sound like a crack of thunder, a thin line of glowing red Hellfire split the ground, from which arose a massive swirling black shadow entity, that bore precise resemblance to the spirit form of Sauron, whom the wizard Gandalf battled in ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’!!!

I felt myself instinctively take a step back, staring up at the massive black creature, a form created by the four demons combining their powers into a single weapon.

But then I realized something...

Looking down, I reached up to place a hand on my chest, feeling the cool metal of my medallion.

Swiftly slipping off my shirt and tossing it aside, I assumed a battle-ready stance, my fists clenched until my knuckles were white!!

“You shall fall, Black Demon!!” I roared.

Then, as the entity unleashed a hideous screech and surged toward me, the cat eye stone in my medallion flashed, before a blinding white power suddenly enveloped both my fists, spreading to form a domelike shield against the darkness!!
The force fought hard against my power, but I retaliated just as mightily; brilliant fiery energy emanating as light and dark, good and evil clashed!!

I seemed to be gaining the upper hand, but felt exhaustion start to creep upon me; blood oozing from my left nostril!!

Suddenly hearing a roar, I spun to see Judas, Moloch, Curtis, and Dallas all running toward me.

Apparently they could manifest both as a dark force and as mortal men.

Leaving the power I had cast to hold off the Black Demon, I ran toward my enemies.

Leaping off the ground, I landed a powerful spinning split kick between Judas and Dallas, sending them both flying back!!

I dodged Curtis’s fist, before grabbing him and spinning to slam his head hard into the stone wall, before I backhanded him hard.

As I did so, he unleashed a demonic roar of agony; his human face suddenly burning and becoming hideously deformed, just as Balthazar’s did when Constantine splashed holy water over his face, as seen in “Constantine”!!!

I grabbed his fist as he tried to slug me, spinning to throw him into the wall, before I ran toward Judas and Moloch. Sliding into a kneel as I came between them, I thrust my hands out hard; a powerful telekinetic force suddenly taking hold of and throwing them into the air as they both roared like lions!!

Still kneeling, I lowered my hands, leaving both of them suspended!!

I brought my hands together in prayer as I blocked out the sounds of war about me...

”Lord, have I not fought to end this evil so many times before?” I prayed. ”Why must it keep resurrecting to challenge the only mortal powerful enough to rise against it?”

Suddenly I felt a warm hand on my right shoulder.

”It happens as such because Satan envies the power you have, Charlie, even if it is of My creation. I saw your purity, humility, and faith, and thus knew you could be a willing mortal to help Me fight the evil that Lucifer manifests in this world! But yours is a power the devil shall never claim hold of, for My power is pure, and having been bestowed to someone of notable humility and faith, can never be stained by evil, thus the devil shall not touch you!”

Looking up, I saw a brilliant golden light, out of which emerged the angel Gabriel!!

I bowed my head. Gabriel smiled, before reaching down to touch his right index finger to the stone in the centre of my medallion.

“Draculus Stella-ignis, ascensio!!” he commanded.

Suddenly a flash of orange fire blazed out from the gem, flashing across my body as I was lifted off the ground, my arms flinging wide as I threw my head back; the flames surrounding me starting to spin and pulsate as my clothes burnt away, and my human body was slowly overtaken by my true form, the dragon Drake Starfire!!

As the power surrounding me slowly faded, I dropped to the ground in a kneeling position; my head bowed, and my wings spread fully, with my right fist touching my breast, as my powerful heartbeat resounded.

Thump, th-thump, thump! Thump, th-thump, thump! Thump, th-thump, thump! Thump, th-thump, thump!

Opening my eyes, I slowly stood up, locking eyes with my enemy.

Then, upon feeling an intense pulse of psychic static in my mind, I slowly turned, coming face-to-face with a huge black dragon, easily twice my size, with dark purple wing membranes, fanned ears, scutes from her neck down to her tail, purple scales covering the tops of all four paws, and also extending up her forelegs!

She had large black spiral horns, and lighter pinkish spines down her back from behind her head to the tip of her tail, which also bore a lethally-sharp dark purple spike!!

I tried to look into the dragoness’ mind, but only received painful psychic static; this being due to her mind being clouded by dark thoughts and memories!!

“Ah, now yet another dragon I can compel to fight for me!!” I heard Marc speaking in his demonic voice, and spun, seeing him now having become his draconic counterpart, Smaug!!

The cat eye stone in my medallion blazed, as I ran toward the demon, who roared, diving at me, but at the last second, I leapt, spreading my wings and flying high into the sky!!

At about 500 feet, I slowed down, spun, then fell back into a reverse dive straight down toward Marc.

”Let this end, NOW!!” I prayed silently.

”It shall, Drake! Just trust in our strength!!” I heard Jesus’ voice in my mind.

Then, about twenty feet from Marc, I flipped upright, slamming into him as he roared, and driving him down onto the ground, as I slammed my right hand down hard onto his chest, right on his heart.

My enemy’s face twisted in absolute agony, as he tried to scream, but no sound emerged!

Suddenly I felt claws latch onto my back, and almost effortlessly pull me away from my enemy, before the assailant threw me!!

I roared as I spun uncontrollably through the air, but managed to use my telekinesis to slow myself down and regain control.

“Who are you?!” I asked the dark dragon.

“That is of no concern to you!” she snarled, before diving at me!

I easily evaded her, then telekinetically absorbed her massive fire blast without harm.

But I would not fight this dragon, for my empathy allowed me to see into her very soul...and discern her true origin.

She, Nightmare, had once been a happy dragon living peacefully amongst her kin, but after a dragon slayer killed her family, she gave into darkness, thus allowing herself to become who she was now.

”I know I can help Nightmare! I must! She can still be saved!” I thought to myself.

Dodging her as she tried diving again, I instead veered out of her path, flying straight toward Judas and spinning before delivering a spectacular roundhouse kick, sending him flying into the air!

Instantly I took off, flew over him, then pile-drove my enemy into the ground, leaving him unconscious in a meter-wide crater!!

I effortlessly knocked Moloch out, before Nightmare and I faced off with fire blasts; her bright red flames collided with my twin blue fire nasal blasts, the duel almost being exactly like how Bobby Drake (Iceman) and John Allerdyce (Pyro) faced off in ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’!!

But due to my stronger dragon heart, I was able to sustain my blasts for much longer than she was with her fire.

Soon, Nightmare’s flame waned, and stopped, as she collapsed.

“So, are you gonna finish her, Drake?” I heard my enemy’s voice speak the question mockingly, as if Marc believed I couldn’t.

But I would spare her, even if she had tried to kill me.

Turning toward Marc, I levelled the deadliest gaze I could muster at him.

“She does not deserve the fate I will give you, Marc!!” I growled viciously, my amber eyes glowing like fire. “As she loved before, so she can learn to love again!”

My enemy laughed as he caught onto what I’d implied by this.

“Oooh, wow!” he drawled mockingly. “So you love her eh, Drake? How sweet!!”

My amber eyes glowed like fire. “And you believe evil will destroy love?” I roared.

Suddenly I dove toward him, kicking and breaking his jaw, before I swung my tail forward and down while opening the spike, driving it into my enemy’s heart!!

But the dragoness collapsed just as she was running toward me, before she howled with agony as a thick black cloud of oily smoke billowed from her muzzle, arcing high over me before sucking into my enemy’s own mouth!!

He was screaming in agony all the while, but his were demonic, signifying the destruction of his true form!!

”In virtute Dei, et ista non afficiuntur Daemones esse foras mittetur ad inferos!!” I roared with all my might.

My enemy’s face abruptly, yet rapidly, began to disfigure and melt into a hideous monstrosity almost like the Thing alien from the 2011 horror film!!

His body rapidly followed suit, splitting apart, but instead of human innards, glowing Hellfire emerged, as he continued shrieking in unfathomable agony!!

Hearing more screams, I glanced up to see his friends all get swiftly pulled toward his deforming body, before I leapt back, coming to stand by Nightmare’s side, who now lay unconscious!!

As I watched with a defiant sneer, my enemy’s hideous form suddenly flashed, glowing and looking like a giant blob of molten lava, which I abruptly froze with a single icy nasal blast, before walking up to the thing, and head-butting it hard, shattering it like glass!!

Stepping back, I looked around the chamber, seeing ashes scattered all throughout, but by the power of God, the pool had remained untouched, and the waters pure!!

Smiling, I slowly looked up to see Draco shining brilliantly once again, as the star Eltanin blazed like a diamond!!

I then took a long, refreshing drink; all my wounds and scars slowly healing as I did so, and the pain swiftly faded away!!

Afterward, I lifted myself up, before looking up at the dragoness, who had still not moved.

Using my telekinesis, I gently lifted her off the ground, before moving her over the pool, and slowly placing her into the water, before creating a massive vortex of wind that sucked all the ash up through the opening in the roof, then it was gone.

Slowly standing on my hind legs, I reached up, slowly opening my breast scale, then slicing the muscle, as the amber light shone like a flame!

Thump, th-thump, thump! Thump, th-thump, thump! Thump, th-thump, thump! Thump, th-thump, thump!

The powerful pulse of my heart resounded, as I reached in, gathered a single sliver of immense power, then withdrew my now-glowing claw, as the incision instantly healed, and I folded the scale back down.

“Half my heart to make you whole; its strength to purify your weakness. If love conquers all, then it can save all!” I spoke softly as I gently placed the piece of my own dragon heart into hers; the combination of my heart with Nightmare’s own, was enough.

With a flash, a spark of golden-amber power erupted from the dragoness’ heart, as her black scales slowly began to lighten and fade, eventually turning white once again!!

Smiling, I leaned close, and kissed her softly on the lips.
With this, the bond of love was enough to bring Nightmare, now once again Luna, back from both evil, and the edge of death.

Her eyes, now once again soft lilac instead of dark violet, fluttered, and opened, and she saw the gentle smiling muzzle of me, Drake Starfire, gazing warmly down at her.

“Welcome back, Luna!” I said softly, helping her up.

She looked herself over, gasping upon once again seeing her true form, before walking over to the pool, and examining her reflection.

As my friend also saw the reflection of the stars of Draco, she slowly lifted her gaze to the sky, seeing the dragon’s constellation shining bright once more!!

Looking over at me, my new friend walked over, and touched her snout to mine, as our eyes closed.

”Thank you, Drake, for saving my life!”

I smiled; my warmth crossing our bond to her. ”I knew you could be given another chance, Luna! Besides, it was heartbreaking to see someone so beautiful be ensnared by the most vile man on Earth!”

Luna smiled, before our eyes opened.

As we held our gazes, she smiled. ”I know, Drake! I know!”

Then we kissed. As we looked up at Draco’s stars once again, the sound of Luna’s dragon heart, just like a human’s, pervaded the silence.

Th-thump, th-thump, th-thump, th-thump!

Stepping forward, I lifted myself up, stretching my wings wide, and took off, flying out of the chamber, and soaring high into the night sky, as Luna followed.

But suddenly, my friend came soaring up toward me, coming close enough to touch my belly to hers, before she locked her claws with mine, but my telepathy instantly alerted me to her plan, as I smiled.

Higher and higher Luna and I soared in a graceful spiralling dance toward the heavens, before twin jets of flame, bright orange and deep blue gracefully spread across the night sky!!

Then, at about a mile and a half in the air, we slowly turned, and fell back into a vertical dive!!

We were both thrilled, and scared, but knew that we had each other, and it was the best way to eternally affirm our love.

Roaring triumphantly, we released one another, twisting in a tight spiral around each other before soaring off in opposite directions no more than 400 feet from the ground, before we both turned, flying eastward together into the night, leaving the complex behind forever; the memories of the world’s greatest war swiftly fading away.

As I had fought for, and saved, humanity from the greatest evil ever known, as well as Luna, I knew that a life better than anything either of us could ever imagine now awaited in the vast, wild reaches!!

As Luna and I flew high above the clouds bathed golden from the coming sunrise, we exchanged glances, as my mate smiled.

As I gazed into her eyes, my heart fluttered, and I realized that, for the first time, I had not only saved the world from the greatest evil, but also a friend who I knew, without a doubt, had deeper feelings for me than just friendship.

As I gazed at Luna flying gracefully above and ahead of me, I smiled inwardly at how lucky I was to rely on faith that I could love Luna despite the fact she’d been ensnared by my greatest enemy’s evil, but as the Heroes character Charles Deveaux once said, “in the end, all that really matters, is love.”

And above all, my friend and I, as well as the world, could now enjoy eternal freedom, and the start of the new millennium signified true peace!

As I flew, I began to sing:

“Go north, go north with wings on your feet.
Go north with the wind where the three rivers meet,
There's a clearing of sorts in the circle of trees,
Where the wild constellations shine one, two, and three.
Look all around you and see:
Deep in the forest, there dragons will be.”

Luna smiled upon recognizing the song, and sang the second verse along with me:

“They come from the earth, yes, they come from the stone.
The icy cold north, that's where they call home.
Go where the mountain kisses the sea:
Better be brave, far braver than me.

Look all around you and see:
Deep in the forest, there dragons will be...”

Epilogue...Ten years later...

Neither Luna nor I ever forgot the greatest battle ever waged against evil to save mankind, and I was eternally grateful that reliance on my faith, helped me through to the end, especially when I saved my one true love from evil.

By now, Luna was nearly due to give birth, and I stayed by her side constantly, having brought back enough meat to last us both through until next fall.

Throughout the next week, Luna and I enjoyed ourselves as much as we could, and she soon revealed to me that the time for her to give birth was near.

I was overjoyed at this news, and helped her as best I could. By now her belly was growing larger, and she was slightly weakened, but I was growing more eager, since I knew that I would soon be a father!

Then, about four days into the week after that, I was busy hunting for a good meal, and soon found three huge pike, which I knew would be more than enough for us both. Holding all three between my hind paws, I flew faster than a fighter jet across the ocean, only ten feet above the crashing waves!!

I suddenly felt strong psychic static as I sensed Luna was calling me to hurry. I did so, increasing my speed until I was flying at well over Mach 6!!

This cut down my travel time by more than half, and I could soon see the coast in the distance, with the tiny black dot that was the mouth of our cave!!

Smiling, I braced myself, then jumped, landing on the sandy shore only three seconds later!! I walked up to my mate, and gently set the fish down beside her, as she smiled weakly.

"Thank you, Drake! I was wondering if you would make it on time!" I smiled warmly.

"You know that I would never miss such an important time in our lives as this, love!" I replied, nuzzling her.

I then lay beside Luna, wrapping one wing around her and holding her close.

"Thank you!" she said weakly. "I'm grateful you're here for me, Drake!"

We said nothing for another ten minutes, then I suddenly felt faint psychic static once more as she warned me that it was time.

Luna thought that proceeding to lay her egg was going to be long and painful, but I was right there at her side, and unknown to her, had used my telekinesis to relax her muscles and ease her pain down to almost nothing!

Luna was surprised to find that she did not have to exert anywhere near as much effort to lay the egg as she had expected to do, which made her realize just how powerful I really was!!

On the contrary, she found it took almost no effort at all to lay it, and did so very gently!!

Afterwards, I gently helped my mate up, as she stared at me in wonder! I smiled, and hugged her. "You did it, love!" I said happily. Luna smiled again, as we kissed.

"Thanks to your help, Drake!" she replied, as I smiled.

We both lay down again after I went with my mate on a refreshing swim to help alleviate her aching muscles, before which I'd enveloped the golden egg in a special shield formed by a portion of power from my dragon heart, that helped it retain heat. Returning about a half-hour later, we both lay down together with the egg between us, and fell asleep.

Luna and I relished the thought of finally becoming parents, and enjoyed ourselves as much as possible in the next few years.

Then, finally, on the morning of June 7, 2018, about ten minutes before sunrise, the egg hatched, revealing a beautiful male baby dragon that bore resemblance to both of us, in that its hide was purple, with silver chest and belly scutes, with my twin-edged tail spike, and my horn formation. Upon seeing him, I couldn't help but let tears of joy come, as could Luna!

We glanced up at each other, not caring about our tears, before we embraced. "How about Drakon?" my mate suggested.

I smiled, looking down at my newborn son. "Drakon! It's perfect!" We both nuzzled the baby dragon, as he growled happily, before sneezing blue sparks, making us both giggle!

Suddenly we heard a sound, and listening closely, could hear his tiny dragon heart beating:

Thump, th-thump, thump-thump-thump! Thump, th-thump, thump-thump-thump!

I glanced up at the twilight sky, seeing the fading stars of Draco in the growing morning light, and smiled.

"Well, as they say, 'Life forever shines, if one heart holds it bright!!'"

We chuckled, before kissing fondly again, and laying down with Drakon for a rest, after which we helped him take his very first flight.

I knew this was a very special time for Luna, since she was now a mother, and she knew it was special for me as well.

Luna, Drakon and I huddled together after returning, sharing our overwhelming feelings of happiness and joy, as we watched the sunrise.

Reflecting on the past, I smiled as I thought off all that had happened in the past few years, of how I had battled the world's greatest evil, and prevailed, and of how I had saved Luna, after which we affirmed our love for one another.

As I thought of all this, I wondered what lay ahead in the future, but for now, I would simply enjoy the gift of being a father, and having a family, which mattered more to me than anything else in the world!!



                 The End!

A great story inspired by my tale ‘Dragonheart: Millennium War’, as well as ‘Heroes’, that tells of how I battle my greatest enemy and save a young dragon from his clutches, through love, as she does to me in return upon love itself saving her. 



1) Servo nos a malo! Daemones deducere! - Save us from evil! Bring down these demons!


2) In virtute Dei, et ista non afficiuntur Daemones esse foras mittetur ad inferos! - 


By the power of God, let these demons be thrown back to Hell!


3) Draculus Stella-ignis, Ascensio! - Drake Starfire, Rise!



Thanks to my good friend :icondragonguardian253: letting me use her character Nightmare/Luna the dragoness.  :)



I hope everyone enjoys this one!

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This is an awesome story. I'm happy that Drake and Luna are parents.