In the Dragon kingdom the entire palace was a mess. There were soldiers running in every direction. Females wailing in the background. It seemed like the picturesque place had been turned upside down.

But it wasn't supposed to have been that way. It was supposed to have been the happiest day in the kingdom, full of joy and celebrations. The queen was about to give birth to her first child.

The midwives were ready. The palace was decked with floral decorations of the rarest type. Everybody was waiting patiently for the good news.

As the queen went into labour, nothing seemed out of control. But within a few moments she started going pale. The doctors and caregivers went into a frenzy trying to find out a cause for that. The errand boys and girls were running across the mountains and clouds, trying to find the herbs they were instructed to. Every possible anecdote was made and given to the queen who was severely withering in pain.

"Has anybody sent words to the master? " Yelled the lady in waiting.

"Yes, they have. He is on his way. " answered a young assistant of the senior doctor.

"We also need to send word out to the front line. Master Draco needs to know about the situation too. Things are escalating very fast out of our hands. " The lady in waiting signalled another assistant to immediately write a scroll and dispatch it.

The males in the dragon kingdom usually stayed away from the birthing process. It was women who usually handled it. But the sudden exacerbated condition of the queen had pulled everybody out of their chambers and had made them surround the Royal Birthing Hall in anxiety. There was a panic amongst the nobles as well.Dragons had near to no complication rate during labour. This situation was so complex that they had to call in the Master, that is, their heavenly doctor , breaking his decade long meditational retreat.

An emergency note was sent to the ruling dragon king, and husband to the queen in labour, who was fighting at the borders. He was widely known for his bravery and courage. With his wide spread expeditions and expertise, the dragon kingdom was able to reach its farthest trenches, unifying lands that nobody had ever dreamt of annexing. He was a true namesake, a versatile, fearsome dragon, Draco.

"Girls,give me a hand here and help me sit up, " The queen whispered with whatever strength she was left with.She soon started spitting blood all over herself as two of the ladies tried supporting her up. They immediately panicked and tried pulling her back again but she raised her hands, instructing them to stop. She pointed at the head of the midwives and asked her to come over to her left side.

The little maid ran at her order.

"Yes, Our Lady,what do you want me to do, " She asked with enthusiasm.

The queen reached upto her ears and whispered something that made her enthusiasm disappear . Her eyes and mouth were wide open, "Not possible. You cannot do that our lady. " She was trying to pull away but the queen caught her hands. " You have to do it. It's for the sake of our kingdom. It's our duty. You cannot run away from that. "

The little maid stopped for a moment at the queen's words and then nodded her head with a smile, filled with sadness.

"Everybody please evacuate the room.The queen needs something done in private. Quickly now. " She shoved everybody out of the room as they kept looking back with a mixed feeling of sadness , worry and confusion.

As soon as the room was empty and the door was shut, the little maid stood there perplexed, urging, " My lady, it is going to hurt. Should you not... "

But before her speech was ended the the queen harnessed whatever little energy she was left with. A crystal light engulfed her and it strained towards her right. It circulated upwards at the heart and the queen, with the final ounce of strength that she had saved, pulled her Core out. With trembling hands and dripping body fluid, she secured the core, around her womb.

"This will keep him safe till the birthing is complete. " The queen whispered, gasping for breath, " Take us to the Hidden Fountains. Keep him safe. Hand him over to none other than his father. Trust no one. " Before the maid could even confirm, she had to rush to support the queen's limp arm. She looked at her Queen with a deep look in her eyes and then diligently proceeded to fulfill her duty assigned.

People, unaware of all the tragedy, grew more and more worried as they waited outside. They couldn't even barge in as it was the queen's order. But one from amongst the crowd slipped away, totally unnoticed. He kept running, till he reached an abandoned ruin in the outskirts.

"My Lord, my lord, master,master " He huffed as he reached the broken doors.

"Is it over? " Called back a sweet and melodious voice from behind the closed doors.

"Yes Master. I have done exactly as you have instructed. But the queen has locked all of us away from her chamber. Only one of the midwives is with her. I thought you needed to know, so I came here right away. " He said it all together without a pause.

"Hhhhmmm, that's interesting. But you shouldn't have been this careless. How can you come here straight from the palace? Now go back and keep doing what you do best. " The melodious voice rang with rhythm again.

"Yes Master. I will be careful not to commit any more mistakes in the future, " He bowed and swished away ,as fast as he could, on his way back.

"The queen locked herself inside in this condition. Interesting. " The melodious voice was heard, contemplating, from somewhere far inside those ruins, behind two closed doors.

By the time the assistant was back at the palace, the imperial doctor, also referred to as Master by all, had just arrived. Everybody moved aside, paving his way.He looked at them, waiting for somebody to open the doors. But everybody was just staring back at him.

"What's wrong? Why aren't the doors being opened? I thought it was an emergency I was called for. " He looked over his half moon shaped scanners, hanging from his head, over his fat, chubby face.

"Master, well, ummm, the queen has locked herself in, along with one of the midwives and asked us all to wait outside. It's been awhile but we couldn't interfere because it's an imperial order. Maybe,you could try calling , I think. " Replied one lady in waiting.

The doctor was already looking at the door with a weird gaze, through his crescent scanners. He slowly walked away from the doors, and instead of asking permission to come in, rammed right into it. The doors went flying in two directions, leaving the entrance wide open for all those waiting to pour in.

Soon enough the Master, imperial doctor, arrived. He also had been waiting at the door for too long. He had paced in front of the doors a little, put his ears against them for a while then sensing something was a miss, he had ordered the soldiers to immediately barge in.

The chaos that followed was very much indescribable. Everybody was too shocked and scared at what greeted them.

"Wherever did the queen go? What are we supposed to do? " Came a panicked wail from a lady in waiting.

"The king will not keep any of us alive. Scatter around. Look for anything. Anything that might let us know what happened. " exclaimed another with her hands over her head.

The Master, however, silently looked around the room for some times. He went about touching the bed the queen was on and sniffed what he touched repeatedly. He then went about touching and sniffing several other items and then with a very serious look, stormed out of the room. He went straight towards the ministers' residential quaters. He barged in without permission inside the chief minister's office.

"Master, Master, you can't come in like this. Let us ask for permission… " The guards were desperately but respectfully trying to stop him, but he came face to face with the minister attending a meeting, nevertheless.

The chief minister looked up and immediately dismissed the guard and the other officials, after seeing the look on Masters face.

"What happened Master? " He immediately asked him as soon as they were alone.

"The king needs to return right now. " He announced urgently.

"Why? What happened? Word was sent, if you are worried about the queen's condition.But you know he takes his own time and decision. " The minister tried explaining.

"His child might be in danger. " The Master said a little louder this time.

"What? Is her condition that bad? " The minister asked worried.

"The queen is missing, " The Master turned to reply.

"What? The queen what? " The Minister felt like the earth under his feet was gone, " What do you even mean? "

"I think she did it on purpose. This brings to light another serious issue. There is a blood thirsty imposter ,right inside the Royal palace . "

The Master said with his brows raised.

The minister looked at him one last time and then hurried inside his back office. He unlocked the treasure chest there and quickly brought out the ancient telecommunication mirror. It was a magical mirror that let dragons communicate face to face from any distance. But it's use was limited as it drew power from the Blue Moon.

The minister right away tried connecting with Draco. After a few failed attempts, the perfectly sculpted face of their king immerged infront of them. He was what seemed like , in the middle of a training ground.

"What made you use the telecommunication mirror at this time, Minister? " Draco called out.

"Hail the dragon Lord, I dared not disturb you my lord. But Master here had something important to say. " He turned the mirror towards the Master.

"My greetings Master" Draco bowed before him, " I thought you were in meditation. What happened? " Draco asked. He had practically grown up under Master. He regarded him as nothing less than a father figure. Their bond was something enviable.

" Draco, you need to come over right now. " The Master literally ordered, without even bothering to give an explanation. " We can't replenish this mirror's power at our will , so i will explain everything once you are here. I will meet you at the north-easthern entrance to your castle. Be there on time. Hail the dragon Lord. " The Master wrapped the mirror and handed it over to the minister . He then left the place in as much hurry as he had come in with.

Draco knew something huge was up back at the palace. He had been married to his queen the last season. He was actually very reluctant with his marriage. His only focus in life, had been to perfect himself and his skills. He hardly ever had to or thought to give anything other than self perfection any room or space in his daily routine. But he had to marry in the last season if he wanted to keep his throne. He had been a king and single for decades . His family had left no stone unturned to persuade him to get a bride. But he never felt like he wanted to share his life with another. However, the high priest had suddenly called for an urgent meeting with the Royal descendants.

"Listen carefully, o! remnants of the great dragon bloodline. " He had warned them from his trance-like state, " A mighty calamity is about to be ushered in this blessed realm.

If the progeny of this pure bloodline is not secured, there hovers a terrible uncertainty over its future. Listen, loud and clear, o! protectors of the mighty dragon clan, protect the threshold of your homes before the last season is past. "

His warning had left no other option for Draco to either marry before the last season was gone or to abandon his throne and hand it over to any of the others in waiting, so that they could be a ruler with progeny, to guard the realm from the upcoming turmoil.

So Draco had finally agreed to the nuptials. He hadn't even bothered to meet or know about the girl that was going to be his mate. For him, it was another one of those difficult missions that needed to be done with.

Even the pregnancy of his wife and the eventual birthing process of his first child, were all part of the game of thrones for him. He was happy, really happy, when he had first heard the news. Not because he was going to be a father. Not because it felt so special. But because it was a seal. A seal that marked the invincibility of his kinghood. A seal that meant there would never ever again be a dispute about who the authority belonged to, as long as he was alive.

So naturally when he was sent the news about his wife's difficult labour, he hadn't paid much attention, thinking it was the women's and doctor's department. He had other important works at hand that he needed to tend to. His heart didn't even flinch once out of concern for the to-be mother of his child. However, now that the Master had called him back, he knew something grave was happening back at the castle. He wasted no time briefing his subordinates at the borders, before heading right back to his appointed place.

"There should be no room for even a minute's hindrance to our honourable plans. My absence, rebounds your responsibilities. Every general should report back right on time. And every subordinate must report back to me on their regular basis. Is that understood? " He roared.

"Yes my Lord. Hail to the dragon kingdom. " Echoed across the grounds as Draco blasted off, into the clouds, towards his destination.

Liana's eyes rapidly battered as she came back to her senses. Her instinctive response , the moment she came around, was to start looking for Damian.

"Damian, Damian, " She was screaming as she tried to get up.

"Sssshhhhhh, " A warm but strong hand slapped her on the forehead.

"Ouch! " She immediately fell back on the ground, reeling in pain.

"Look at you, wriggling like a snake on the ground in pain but still trying to save a dragon child in that condition. Hilarious. " the loud and husky voice smirked and laughed as Liana's blood trickled down her forehead. She touched her head to wipe the blood away. As she touched her head, she found her head was wrapped in cloth, as if bandaged to stop it from bleeding. She looked up at the towering figure standing right infront of her. He was still smiling and laughing as if her weakness amused him.

As Liana looked carefully, her eyes clearing up a bit, she found it was the same inhuman creature that was giving her a death chase a few moments ago.

Or was it just a few moments? She looked around. It still seemed pretty dark all around. How long had she passed out? Liana had no clue.

She looked up at the creature, thinking if she could ask him about it. But instead something else caught her eyes.

"Isn't that the same fabric I am wearing, " She thought looking at the very floral fabric, wrapped around the creature's waist, to look like a miniskirt, just about enough to cover his private part.

The realization made her look at her own dress. She was wearing a floral maxi gown for the evening. It now just reached the length of her thighs.

"Did you? Did you just tear off my dress and wrap it around your…, " She erupted in rage but paused to bring herself to articulate the word penis and butt. However she could not and ended up saying, " Did you just uncover me to cover yourself? "

"Wow! " The creature exclaimed as if amused. "You even have rage? In this body? " He pulled her hands up and threw them back again as if she was a rag doll. He then turned around laughing as if he had heard the funniest joke ever.

"Hey you! " Liana yelled this time, too furious to control her temper. " What do you think you are doing? Turn around and look at me like a man. " She could hardly keep standing as the blood still dripped down her forehead and her eyes started blacking out from time to time. She held onto the tree trunk beside which she was standing and kept looking at him with anger.

The creature turned slowly towards her.

"Hey! " Liana yelled again. But before she could utter the next word , the creature ran towards her as if it were a bullet shot from a gun. She was almost about to lose her balance, bedazzled, her eyes blinking at a super awkward speed. But before she could fall to the ground, her body collided with his strong and hard muscles. She looked up, only to get her eyes locked in his emerald wonders. His eyes were ,however, fixed on her forehead.

" Don't move, " He leaned forward over her, before she could even move after his warning. He opened his moist mouth and started licking the blood away from Liana's face, as if he was a mother to some wild pup.

It took Liana a few moments to realise what was happening to her. She pushed him away with all her might , but he didn't seem to budge even a millimeter. He was thick like a rock.

"There.That's nicely done. I should have done this before. That cloth was useless to begin with. It would have been better for me to keep it on me instead. " He tapped Liana's head again and shook it hard as if checking a bottle for leak.

"Ouch! You are hurting me. Just stop already, " Liana pushed him again. This time he moved. But was it voluntarily or had Liana's force increased, she couldn't tell. She looked at her own hands, wondering, when she suddenly remembered about Damian.

"Where is my boy? Where is Damian? " She stood up this time with absolutely no problem.

"Damian? My boy? What are you even talking about? " He distorted her words like a kindergarteners, repeating them.

"Do you even know him? " He aimed his hands towards the tree Liana was standing by. From the branches, came down her baby boy, still wrapped warm and tight, sleeping without a worry in the world. She ran towards him and pulled him down on her lap and started kissing him frantically. The baby smiled as he slept, as if dreaming.

"You even smile, you little brat. " The creature retorted as Damian smiled. "You are such an actor. "

Liana looked up at him, with eyes filled with anger, wonder and confusion.

He definitely sensed that and began, " Human, do you have any idea who you are dealing with right now? Do you? Of course you don't. I am the king and lord of the mighty Dragon realm. The one and only ruler of the blessed dynasty, the robust and fearsome, Draco. "

He said that with an air of drum rolling in the background and trumpets blowing all around. He stood there like that for a few moments with an air full of grandeur, waiting for Liana to perhaps collapse with shame. But she kept staring at him without batting an eyelid, while still cuddling and hugging Damian.

He seemed very annoyed with her nonchalance. He walked up to her slowly and pulled her up so she was staring right into his eyes, with her feet hanging above the ground.

" You don't get it. Do you? I am the Dragon king. And this, " He said, pointing at Damian in her arms, " is my one and only son. "

This time Liana reacted. Her eyes grew wider and her lips parted, leaving her mouth wide open. There was visible signs of wonder with shock in them.