The Triumphant Return

[Luna Grimm]

She handed him the tea with nothing in it and took a sip of her own. Oooh, the warmth tingled her core as the hot liquid slipped down to her stomach. She heard his question and thought for a long, silent moment before parting her lips to speak her thoughts. "What is your real name? I mean... Your given name. It's not like Dragons to give such... human names for dragons. Especially one of your beauty." She commented with a light smile as she stared over the brim of her cup at him as she slowly took another sip of her tea.

Of course it was rather a silly question to ask, but it was the first of many that she had stuck in her head. She also wanted to ask about his family, his clan, his plans, his past... the list went on and on.

[Bloodwing]

He smiled at the question, he hated this human name, but it was necessary. Hetook a sip of tea and put the cup on the ground. He held out his hands as if he was holding something. flamed appear in his hands starting out as a simple ball he began to mold the core of the flame until it had shape then she lowered its temperature so that it glowed a deep red. Hin his hand he hel a flaming red dragon resembling his true form. "My given name is Bloodwing. And now I get to ask you one." He said allowing the flame dragon to linger.

"Why are you here instead of with the rest of your kind?" He asked and then snuffed out the flame so she could answer.

[Luna Grimm]

She watched in a silent awe as he crafted the flame to be in the shape of a dragon bruning a deep red. It must have been his true form. And then he gave her his real name: Bloodwing. She smiled. She liked it...it seemed very befitting. She let the smile linger before he finished his question. It faded... and she let the tea cup, in her hands, lower to her folded legs on the cushion. She sighed light, staring her story.

"Well... a few decades ago, I was at the top of my class, training centuries for my people's army. But I got tired of being the top, tired of being the perfect daughter of Lord and Lady Grimm. So I took a career change... I started robbing, pick-pocketing, and commandering the king and queens boat for the hell of it... but when I was found out, my parents were undoubtly disappointed... and that was not worth living with.

"And unfortunatly... immortals do not forgive and forget... so I had to leave." Her hands were shaking, she hadn't put it so plainly before and it was hard to hear.

[Bloodwing]

Bloodwing grabbed her trembling hands and held them firm. "Elves have always struck me as a bit up tight. I'm glad your different. Now, its you turn anything else you wish to know?"

(sorry its so short)

[Luna Grimm]

He reached over and took a hold of her hands. It was a small gesture, but it meant a lot to her. She set her tea down on the table before either of them spilt it and stared at him as he said Elves were uptight. She nodded and expansed her eyes as if to exaggerate that point. If the humans thought their rich were snobby, they had yet to meet a rich Elvin Lord of Lady. He asked if there was anything else she wanted to know. She thought and then looked up at him. "What. About your family? Do you have parents? Siblings? And what of your clan?" She asked gingerly. Family was a touchy subject for her, and you never new with everyone else. But the was genuinely curious and genuinely tender towards the subject.

[Bloodwing]

Bloodwing actually had to think about his answer. "Well I was hatched in a cave in the mountains that overlooks the forest. I had a sibling but she didn't live long. The breed I belong to doesn't tolerate weakness, as such when there is more than one egg, which is extremely common the siblings will fight to the death the last one standing is healed and named. From that day forward I learned the ways of the dragon, from hunting, to our lot in life. My parents, had a bit of a reputation as all red dragons do and where slain. I inherited their cave." He explained wondering if his explanation would beg any questions but they would have to wait.

"Again it's your turn" He said trying to think up a question. "So far Ive seen you pick pocket and use your looks to get what you want, but do you know any magic?" He asked "And if so what kinds of magic?"

[Luna Grimm]

She listened to his story and felt bad for his sister, but she knew that competition was sometimes the only way things could be solved. She nodded lightly as she listened to his story and then he asked if she knew any magic... since he had only seen her pick-pocket and use her looks to get what she wanted. She smiled lightly and shook her head gently. "I do not know any magic. I have the skills, agility, and blessings of the Elves. Magic is not needed in our minds. We understand and respect those that can do magic, but we choose not to use it.

"I trained for years to be as good as I am now with a bow, my agility, and earned my Star from my mother after three hundred years. Which is late... But let's face it... I was different from the start." She stated with a shrug. It was very true. She slipped one hand free from his grasp and took another sip of her tea and then looked up at him. "Are you part of a clan? Aside from the red dragons, I suppose. Are there more in your group?"

[Bloodwing]

He listened and wonder why she had never learned magic. it was baffling to have the potential for power and not act on it. and then her question and it was his turn to answer a touch question. "There where a few. We wanted Aesir to fall and so we tried to use an ancient ritual to stop them. and it did it turned them human but it turned us as well. Not all dragons care to learn to polymorph into a human those that didn't have that to fall back on dropped dead on the spot other where transformed into humans and made stupid decisions and got them selves killed, why others died not knowing how to survive outside of dragon form. I was the only one i know that was strong enough and smart enough to avoid the reapers blade. "I'm one of the last of my kind, there is no clan. Not anymore." The flame in the hearth samed brighter and a little hotter as Bloodwing's anger at himself fueled it.

For now he was out of questions for her.

[Luna Grimm]

She could feel the heat of the rising flames on her back and she set her tea down, walked around the table and sat behind him, rubbing his shoulders lightly. "Shh... I'm sorry to have asked that. I know how tender of a subject it can be..." she told him, rubbing gently, but firmly to help relax him. The last thing she needed was him setting the place on fire and drawing more attention to the all ready odd pair.

[Bloodwing]

He calmed a bit and the flames went to their normal glow. He closed his eyes as she massaged him. "So, is there anything else, anything at all that you want to know? If not we could always get down and dirty relieve each others tension. help each other for get our troubles for some time." He said liking the touch.

[Luna Grimm]

She watched as the flames went to normal and he relaxed under her touch, she kept going at his shoulders and rolled her eyes behind him as he mentioned that they could get down and dirty and forget their troubles for a while. She thought about anything else she wanted to know and a question came to mind, quiet, but concerned....

"Will your kind accept me?"

[Bloodwing]

He continued to enjoy her hands on his back and shoulder and then answered her question. "That answer is complicated. Few would judge me. It's not uncommon for dragons to find a mate among the mortals. And elves are well, lest just say humans coal and elves are diamonds. Elves are a little more acceptable than humans. The only dragon that might have a problem is a female dragon that wants me. Whether you're a dragon or not you would become competition and she would treat you as such." And now a question came to mind.

"What would you do in a case like that? Would you fight for me, or would you let her have me." He wondered if she would take into account that dragons where now nearly extinct, that female dragons where pretty rare and possibly his only way to bring back his race. He did consider her feelings. but he wanted to know what she thought of him, and how devoted she was.

[Luna Grimm]

She nodded as he called her a diamond. That gave her a glimmer of hope of being accepted somewhere. But when he said that a female dragon would want him, she would become competition and she would treat her as such. She thought about it.... if the dragon was in human form, it would be a lot easier to fight her, but if it were the only way for him to save his race, she guess she would allow him to impregnate her. She sighed heavily, stopping the rubbing, but keeping her hand on his shoulders.

"I believe I would fight, if she were to be in human form. If she were to be her dragon form, I know of only one way to kill a dragon, and I wish not to spill that much blood..." she slid her arms around his neck and down his chest as she placed her hands on his opposite sides and rested her chin on his shoulder. "But... if it were the only way to save your kind... I guess one night with another woman wouldn't kill me... It would hurt, but it wouldn't kill me." she stated. She rested her head on his shoulder and sighed deeply, keeping down whatever emotion she was having about that. She wasn't quite sure.

[Bloodwing]

He didn't know how he felt about the answers he got. Her wanting to fight for him meant she wanted him enough to go through another dragon for him, but she also said if it was for his kind she would let thing happen as they would, that something like that would hurt but not kill her. Some how he didn't think that was right. You would think it was the perfect answer but it wasn't. Truth was that he would step in to stop the fight.

"You know what I really hope you don't have to choose." He said Feeling her loving arms around him. "And i hope i don't need to make a choice like that." He turned his head and kissed her cheek and put his hands on her hands and he was silent listening to the pater of the rain on the windows and the calm crackle of the fire.

[Luna Grimm]

The rain on the windows and the fire popping was a relaxing sound. She remembered every time she had come home from trainning, soaked from the rain, and her mother made her tea and they sat in the kitchen, next to the fireplace and talked about the day and general chatter about people in town... Oh, how she missed those days.

He spoke up and she could heard that what he had to say was true and honest, and it made her smile. She let out another sigh, relaxing onto his shoulder, still sitting on the back of the couch. His touch was loving, and it made her tingle with joy. She smiled lightly and under her breath, she said in a whisper, "I think I am falling in love with you..."