Lumsday, 22nd of Shadow 211 EoL
Dear Diary,
WE DID IT! WE KILLED THE DRAGON! WE ALL SURVIVED!
I am getting ahead of things... so this morning several of us were under the influence of the dragon. We knew, that we would not have a chance to withstand the dragon if she controlled part of our group. We then decided to just hit each other, and thus get rid of the spell... I have no idea how this works, but we managed to free us all of her, and then
Yelena healed all of us before we went into the dragon's lair.
It was a tough fight. For most of the time the dragon was invisible, and only Saldri could see her. The dragon was much more powerful than I thought, but at least she was alone. She did not bring anyone with him to the fight, which really surprised me. Yelena quickly got frustrated, because she just could not reach the dragon and attack her, but she kept healing us. She did a great job.
Trip fought bravely! It was the fight of his life! I was so proud of him! The dragon kept attacking him, and he protected himself with every spell in the book... then came the fatal moment when he couldn't block the attacks anymore and died. For a second I had forgotten, that we would resurrect once, and all I wanted to do was yell in agony!
I ran over to my brother, helped him up as soon as he regained consciousness, and never left his side again for the rest of the fight. As he used his
Rivven a second time (the first time he had missed), I put my hand on his shoulder to support him, to show him, that I believed in him, and I guess it had helped, because this time he didn't miss. The dragon was hurt very badly. Each and everyone showed some very cool attacks or moves, like when Saldri flew out of the dark as an angel-like figure. It was amazing! Everybody fought bravely and we worked together. During the fight, we had totally forgotten our disputes. I would even have been a bit sad, when
Gwenelle was down... had I noticed it.
Unfortunately, I could not fight the fight I had in mind. I had gained some new, cool tricks from the Ravenqueen, but the dragon just shook them off, as fast as I could throw them at her. Nevertheless, I threw the necklace of fireballs right into his face, which just felt awesome!
We knew we had nearly won, once the dragon flew away from us, into his lair, where she would lick her wounds and probably regain some strength.
Drake would not let this happen, in a rage, he fired several bolds at her and commanded us to run after the dragon. He finally managed to take the dragon down! I was so proud of him! Hell, I was proud of ALL OF US!
Trip was so exhausted he couldn't move, so Saldri helped him. We ran over to the fallen body and then continued to get to
Birdy and the other wolves. Well not all of us, Yelena decided to let the anger of a lifetime out on the dead body, slicing it into fine pieces of dragon meat.
After Yelena's attack, Trip, Gwenelle, Yelena, Saldri, and
Shirel regrouped around me and I asked them if anybody would kill me since I still had to die to escape the
Gatekeepers for good. I thought, that this would be quick since some of them were not really friends at that point in time, but they started discussing who could do it and that some didn't even want to make me that favor... finally Gwenelle cut my throat. When I came back to life again I felt relieved. And I must say, I will be forever thankful towards her... although I'll never tell her that of course!
During the fight, the dragon had commanded those under her spell to kill each other, this is why the other
Wolves of Summer were injured. Saldri healed us all before we took some trophies off of the dragon and went further into his lair.
We found lots of portals, and some kind of stone, that maintained all those portals. Trip packed the stone and is now trying to find out how to use it. We took some other loot as well, before heading back to
Adanum.
Now we are somewhere in the jungle, spending the night and licking our wounds.
Once Drake and I were in his tent, alone, away from all the others, we got to talk. We were both happy and relieved about killing the dragon. He asked me if I had planned to do anything here on the island before we went to Sedem Lux. I told him, that I had to talk to Trip, that I could not leave my brother while we were in such a huge fight, that I needed answers on how exactly he thought he was protecting me by not telling me about the fate of our mother. Drake got so very mad at me! Boy, I did not see that coming! He just couldn't understand why I ever wanted to talk to Trip again after what he did and how he treated me. I tried to explain it to him, but he just kept yelling and then finally he left the tent.
I could not go away with him to
Sedem Lux and built a future without coming clear about my past. This is why I went after him after 10 - 15 minutes. He was sitting at the bonfire and was willing to come back to the tent with me, once I told him about what I wanted to talk to him about. So I told him everything. I told him that I had taken
Lover's Regret once at the age of 16 and then again seven years later. I told him about how wonderful and supportive Trip was both times. I told him how horrible it was. I told him, that I actually knew who the father of my first child was, and that I was way too ashamed to tell my brother. And I told him, that now nearly seven years had passed since the last time, and that I am scared, that I will get pregnant again soon. He just sat there and listened to my whole story. He remained calm and in the end told me, that this wouldn't change anything, that he still loves me and wants to build a future together. I was so very relieved! His love and his support make me strong... and my dear diary, I guess you know how the evening ended ;)
The sex was wonderful, as usual... it was the first time in nearly two weeks! The last time I had such a long dry spell was...well nearly seven years ago... but let's not kiss and tell ;)
Love, BB <3
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