In the Dragonpass Encampment, Maria reached a large enough clearing to shapeshift back into her pulsar dragon form. She looked around for a bit and put it back in her head that this place will be a definite place to return to. She sighed with a slight relief that she needs to look for answers on this book and whoever that voice in her head belongs to. [color=violet][i]”I-I hope I am strong enough...,”[/i][/color] Maria thought to herself, with a slight worry about all this. She shapeshifted back into her dragon form that was beautiful and glistened in the sunset because of her rainbow aura. She flew off towards Gaia’s Territory that is towards the east. [color=violet][i]”I-I been there only once in Gaia, but how long ago was it?”[/i][/color] Maria thought to herself, trying to remember about Gaia. Maria felt a strange pulsing darkness surrounding her entire body and it slowly dissipated as soon as it appeared. Her rainbow aura changed to a blackness only ever seen during her Dark Rainbow Surge but it went back to normal afterwards. Her wings somewhat twitched a bit and she lost a bit of altitude but not enough to crash into the ground. [color=violet][i]”T-That’s terrifying, why is that voice forcing Dark Rainbow Surge onto me?”[/i][/color] Maria thought to herself, with a shock in her rainbow colored eyes. Her rainbow aura did show her one emotional state all the time, and it is fear and sadness mixed. She stayed at the height she was now at and pushed herself a bit further towards the thing that Johnson told her about the library and temple in Gaia. [hr] Within Dragonpass Encampment, in Johnson’s home. Johnson finally regained his composure and looked for the contract on Maria, Zargoth and Yioplya. He always wondered why his father literally told him everything but it felt like he was hiding a dark secret. He searched his father’s room a bit more seriously than he usually does and found the exact contract* and saw a shocking discovery. His eyes went wide and was confidently felt his heart sank into a deep dark abyss that he had never wished to find again. [color=808080]”....Ancestors what have you done…,”[/color] Johnson said, angered a bit. He looked at the stain on his family for so long and he looked at the Contract with disdain and anger. He noticed the names of the contract from his family that signed it a very long ago and it is predating the dragon war for one. [color=808080]”Exarch Derrick signed this contract? Are you kidding me, he’s a full blooded Solar Dragon,”[/color] Johnson said, stunned in seeing that name. Johnson remember hearing stories of Exarch Derrick’s Betrayal from the Matriarch’s wishes to stay out of the affairs of other dragons. He heard that exact thing when he was younger from his father, when he read him the stories of Betrayal from the Stonefield Family’s personal records from an ancient time. He saw a strange glow on the Contract and stopped holding it or reading it. [color=808080][i]”Wait… Exarch Derrick is really a female? By what name…,”[/i][/color] Johnson thought to himself with curiosity. He looked for the real name of the Exarch and saw it and was utterly shocked. He actually met Melinda before and she was kind enough to give him his name and a gift to him. [color=808080]”Oh my…,”[/color] Johnson said aloud. The Contract started glowing and a face appeared from it and it was an echo from the time the contract was created. “Who goes there? Why are you reading the Contract of Dissolution?” Dargoth asked, with an echo in his voice since it was a past echo. Johnson saw the echo of Dargoth and was shaken to his core. [color=808080]”Johnson Stonefield, sire,”[/color] Johnson said, with a quite a terrified look on his face. Dargoth’s eyes glowed and his smile came when he heard the name and felt safe. “You can… continue. If you dare to betray this contract all your family members will feel the wrath of the Valorous Dragonlord,” Dargoth said, with an echo. Dargoth’s visage vanished and the glow on the contract ceased and it became a regular contract again. Johnson saw the goals of the contract and now understood every single thing his parents were trying to make him do and he didn’t once done it. [color=808080]”Dissolution… it seems like your plans are for naught the Valorous Dragonlord and I will make sure it won’t happen ever,”[/color] Johnson said. He took out his weapon and slammed it on the Contract of Dissolution destroying it. He felt his spirit lift as if it was under a curse, and it was finally freed. [color=808080]”The Valorous Dragonlord will pay in the afterlife tenfold of what he caused the descendants of the Solar Dragons to do the horrible things,”[/color] Johnson said. Johnson walked out of the room and towards the outside since he wanted to be with his family and tell his wife of what had transpired in his parent’s room. [color=808080][i]”I should ask some of the guards to clean up the mess in the room,”[/i][/color] Johnson thought to himself. [hider=* - Contract of Dissolution] This contract requires the written consent of all individuals involved of the creation of it. All who hold the key to the slaughter of our enemies is beholden to keep a secret from our lessers, the ones who want to keep this world the same. Many things will change when the Dark Rainbow Surge Spellbook awakens to someone who can master it. They will be haunted by the failures who couldn’t master it at all. The number one goal of this contract is find someone worthy of the spellbook and force them to read it. [i]Who would be the lessers in the world? The Matriarch of the Solar Dragons or who?[/i] this part was written in different handwriting and it was somewhat more feminine than normal. [i]Exarch be calm, every time you start writing on something people will realize you are a girl and not a guy.[/i] The creator of the contract was writing in the response of what the Exarch said. [i]I don’t care anymore. My mother is a fool in keeping me a secret… that’s why she forced me to wear the male disguise for so long. My name is Exarch Melinda, daughter to Emma L. Stonefield, the Matriarch of the Solar Dragons.[/i] It was plain as day and she wants revenge on her own dear mother. Signers: [list] [*] Exarch Melinda L. Stonefield [*] Prime Lord Victor N. Stonefield [*] Baleful Angel Ceres I. Stonefield [*] Tactician General Richard L. Stonefield [/list] Contract Creator: [list] [*] Dargoth the Valorous Dragonlord [/list] The Contract’s Goals: [list] [*] Elimination of the Zealous Dragonlord and the Platinum Dragons [*] Elimination of the Pulsar Dragons [*] Elimination of the Black Dragons [*] The Rainbow Surge of Darkness learned by someone who’s forced to learn it and not volunteering to learn it. [*] Dargoth’s supremacy realized and all other dragons underneath him after the Dragon God is dead… [*] Descendants unharmed [/list] [/hider] [hr] In the Vrondi Capital, Zargoth was walking towards the center of town with his daughter Yioplya. He had a strange air surround him for a split second but it vanished again. He stopped for a second and looked around him to see if there’s anything but nothing was there. [color=black][i]”What was that…?”[/i][/color] Zargoth thought to himself, with his composure a bit shaken. He wondered about that for awhile until he started walking again it was unnecessarily strange feeling he had felt. He looked at his daughter who was taking in the sights. Yioplya was happy that her father was showing her around, this massive city, she didn’t really see much when coming here. She was excited as a kid in a candy store seeing all the new sights it is much beautifuller at day then at night. [color=orange]”Dad, this place is amazing,”[/color] Yioplya said. Zargoth laughed at what his daughter had said. He didn’t say anything to her since he was at least happy to see her smile and take in things. He had other things on his mind to deal with of what was that feeling he felt. [color=black][i]”Hmm… There’s some strange things going on,”[/i][/color] Zargoth thought to himself. [hr] In Rest Easy, Tavern. Magnus was sitting at the bar awaiting for someone to approach him to give him something to drink. He couldn’t be too sure about anything right now. [color=darkred][i]”Good lord, I guess I should’ve got something to drink at home but I didn’t want to wake up my wife and child…,”[/i][/color] Magnus thought to himself, annoyed at this dilemma. He shrugged his shoulders and waited there for one of the fine hosts of the establishment to make an appearance. His face had a smirk on it but it was only there because he enjoyed the tranquil place of Sunfire. [color=darkred]”Hmm… I hope someone can give me service,”[/color] Magnus said, with a smirk and an annoyed tone in his voice. [@Rai] [hr] Meanwhile, in the skies going towards the library in Gaia, Maria felt a bit strange but was flying towards the Library. She flew much higher than even the black dragons fly and her aura was shining much brighter when being hit by the sun. [color=violet][i]”I’m hopeful this library c-can help me…,”[/i][/color] Maria thought to herself. She had a smile on her draconic face, while she flies. Maria kept her emotions in check but didn’t know how far up the library is or what mountain it is on. Her aura was changing colors rapidly even more so than normal, it's mostly because she cannot keep her emotions in check. The first color in her aura was nervousness and anxiety.