Orphan Dragon Lord

Chapter 12: 26, 27

I woke up with breathing on my face, I was confused as to why someone would breathe on me, maybe to check if I was breathing? I opened up my eyes to be greeted with small eyes staring back at me, I was shocked and flinched back, hitting my head on the headboard of the bed. But not just any bed, the bed of the previous king. “Are you awake?” A voice I remembered as one of the elders asked. I turned and saw the man standing close to the bed. “Yes?” I asked or said, I'm not quite sure how I could not be awake with what just happened. “Thank the gods” He said and relieved a sigh. He went closer to the bed. “I need to check your vitals. '' He said, I was confused but remembered that apparently I would sleep for a long time on occasion. While he was checking my blood pressure and reflexes and so on, I was staring at him, thinking about asking him how long I was out for, but not really sure if I would like the answer I would get, or if I really cared that much. The door blasted open and in came Lara, Julia and Jules. “You are up” She squealed. She ran to the bed but apparently got a grip of her behavior and went back into the maid that would do as she was told. I was a little taken aback by the whole thing, not even knowing if I should continue preaching about how i'm not supposed to be here, or if I should just give up. Julia came at a slightly slower pace. “It is good to see you awake my Queen” She said, and actually smiled, one that looked sincere, but I could be mistaken. I was brought out of my doubt when the small thing on the bed started crawling up and lightly tapped on my arms. “What the hell is this doing here?” I asked myself as I looked down on the little dragon that was playing with my skin. I was not sure if anyone could hear my question. “It has grown attached” The elder stated. The baby dragon looked up at me. “Well you had your chance” I said as I picked up the baby. I nuzzled into the belly of it. “You are stuck with me now” I said sadly while placing the baby in my arms like some villain in a movie, stroking the soft scales. “My Queen,” Jules said, trying to start a conversation but was unable to finish it. Major Rude and his co-Majors came in. Or rather burst in the door, “We see you are awake. Our Queen '' Lydia said, I looked at her, she was radiating and looked way too happy for something not to have happened. I nodded to myself, I was feeling different so the Essence that had been given to me was probably gone now, hell even GW was done with me, now I was stuck on this other dragon that seemed to have fallen asleep in my arms. “Our Queen '' Lydia said again, I was exhausted. “How long was I out for?” I asked, secretly hoping it was not more than a few days. “Two weeks my Queen '' The elder said, "I looked down at the baby dragon, I should have known that my 27th birthday would have been like all the others, not eventful. I stayed in bed, tired of the running and getting caught playing that seemed to be the theme every time I was in this realm. “Queen?” One of the Majors that I don't know the name of said. I ignored them and stared silently down at the dragon. I had plans to do in the human realm, before I decided to go to this realm, I was going to finally let loose and lose my virginity, but no that stupid dragon had to stop that s**t from happening. My thoughts were all over the place, so were my emotions, I Guess it was around now I would get my period too, thinking back if it would be now. I looked at Julia, about to ask but decided against it. The face she made when I opened my mouth to talk to her made me question whether I would be wasting my breath. So I turned to Lara, at least she would go and get what I needed. “Maid Lara '' I said, she was a little disappointed with the titel I put on her. “Yes my '' She started but I cut in. “Would it be possible for you to get me some pads for my period? It is around now I would get it” I said, She was confused and then caught on to it. She ran out of the room and I could hear her footsteps for a while before they disappeared. “Queen, are you okay?” Jules asked. I looked at him shortly before turning my head down to the dragon. “If I may say something” The elder looked at me, without getting a reply, “You may” Julia said, the elder flinching by her command like she was of highest rank in the room, he looked questioningly at me and back at her. “You heard her majesty.” I said with a slight smile that did not make it to my eyes. “SHE IS NOT A ROYAL” Major Rude said, rather rudely. “I know I'm not” I said back at him, annoyed about this whole back and forth play. “No i was” He started but stopped. “f**k” He said, I found it rather fun, the way he scratched the back of his neck, the way his purple eyes turned darker and how his brows knitted together. “ehm” The elder said, looking between everyone here. “I think there is some misunderstanding flowing around in this room” The elder was serious, he was quite stern in his face. “I have a question,” I said, surprising everyone there. “Yes” The elder said, hopeful of what my question would be. “Who got the Essence?” I asked, no one looked at me, they shifted between one another. “What do you mean?” Major Rude asked like he had just run a marathon. “Well I can't feel it anymore, you all being happy and running around like a calf with its tail on fire, I just assumed you were able to get the Essence out and give it to someone royal” I think this was one of the first time in a long time I actually spoke that much to other people without actually wanting to bite either their head off or my own. “You must be mistaken Queen, You are still the holder of the throne and the Essence” I raised an eyebrow. The others had nothing more to say, Lara came running in with the pads I had requested, I looked at them and extended my hand. “Put any poison on them?” I asked, mostly in fun but it was taken as serious. “NO I would never harm you my Queen” Lara said, agony showing on her face. “I was joking,” I said. She gave me the pads and I thought to myself better be safe than sorry, so I was getting out of bed. That was a mistake. I lifted the covers only to be greeted with the stench of iron and the sight of blood. The men in the room turned around. I was looking at the pool of blood on the sheets. “sorry” I said and looked at Lara. I stood up to walk to the bathroom to wash off all the blood. I could hear the voices and rustling around the room when I was bathing. I could hear a small scratch on the door. I finished my bath, not having had one in a long time and opened the door. I was greeted with small black eyes looking at me with an angle. “Hi sweety, got kicked out of the bed did you?” I asked, “We would never” Lara started to answer. I bent down and picked up the tiny dragon. I was only in a towel when I looked around the room, seeing no one had actually left the room. “Nadia,” one of the elders said, taking me by surprise. The younger elder was firm and kept my eyes locked with his. “Nadia” He said again. “yes?” I asked. “Could we sit down and talk when you are fully dressed?” he asked. I looked at Lara who was standing with folded clothing in her arms. “sure” I said, took the cloth and left the little dragon instead. She stiffed as I went to the bathroom again and put on the cloth. I came out. “Ready to go somewhere else Nadia?” The elder asked, I gave him a small smile and nodded. He extended his arm for me to take, I contemplated for a little bit whether I should take it or not. I went with doing it. I took his arm and we started walking out the king's room and out into the hall. “Did you know that the king himself wanted to put the wall paper up when it was to be changed?” I shook my head, but it did not come as a shock. He was a weirdo. We walked for a bit, the elder kept talking about weird facts, and the rest followed behind us. We arrived at another pair of massive doors. They swung open and we walked in. The other elders were present and stood up as we arrived. The elder that escorted me pulled out a chair at the end of a large table and gestured for me to sit. “I think not” I looked around and saw that everyone else had chosen a chair. The chairs were closed together, whereas the chair I was to sit in was far away and there was space for at least two more people beside me. “Guess it does make sense” I sat down and scooted in.

“Our Queen Nadia,” The old elder from the funeral said. I looked at him. “My name is Silas, I am the oldest elder in the realm” I nodded but was confused. The next elder stood up. “My name is Ty the second elder, this here is Ger, the third elder. Ger is also a born mute” Ty said. “I am Helios, the youngest elder and the previous king's right hand consultant” I nodded. “I am Nadia. The pretend Queen” I stated, the room went silent. The small dragon jumped from Laras arms and onto the table, where he stopped in front of me, before he jumped into my lap and layed down. “Nadia, my queen.” Silas started. “I think we all need to have a tough conversation, and that you are only 26 old.” I stopped him right there. “27” I said. “What?” He asked, stunned. “Im 27” he looked around the room. “I thought you said you were 26 when you came” I stifled a laugh. “Yes, but that number does go up every year, or at least it does for humans” The room was quiet, and then whispers started forming. “Look, I know it's weird, but could we talk so I can figure out what to do next?” I asked, Lara came over with a tray, some suop and a glass of water was on it. “I will get more when you need it” she smiled, I could hear she had stopped herself from saying the magic annoying titel. “Nadia” Helios stated. “When did you turn 27? "Exactly?" I knew the date, I even knew the day, but I was tired of only answering questions and now actually getting any answers myself, so I just shrugged and started eating. “Nadia, this is important” The elder Silas said. “Sure it is, why?” I asked, having already devoured my soup. Lara took one look at me and grabbed the tray and left the room. “Turning 27 is an important day for a dragon, it is the day you manifest your inner power, also the day where you are of mating age.” I looked stunned at Elder Silas, he was freaking serious. “But it is okay that you have mated already, it is common for humans in that realm to be sexually active before their 27th birthday” I just sat there listening to blabber about my sexlife, non existent sexlife, but still. Lara opened the door and came in with yet another tray, this time there was some bread and milk together with the soup. “I got it, thank you for informing me about it” I rolled my eyes and started eating again, it felt weird talking to someone who was sitting so far away from me, but I let it go. They kept talking but my mind was on what to do now, I had to stay in the dragon realm now. Atleast until this cute baby was an adult. So I had to buy a house, I had money so that was not going to be a problem. then there was the whole queen thing. But when it all comes down to it, im not really the one who have to deal with all of that. “Nadia!” Silas voice brough me back into the conversation I was apparently part of. “Yes?” I asked, looking at him. “Did you listen to what I said?” I looked around on all of them and was slightly confused as to why this extremely serious mood was over all of them. “I was not aware that you were talking to me, you were sitting so far away” I said. The plate was done and yet again Lara came and took it away. I could still eat but I should probably wait a bit. “Queen Nadia” Major Rude Jack started. “When you turn 27 your first heat will arise, going through that alone will be tedious and you will need a male to help you, most female dragons will have a mate before they turn 27 that they will spend their first night with, and marry. Do you have anyone in mind?” I'm pretty sure my mouth just hit the table. WTF!?

“So let me get this straight. I have been in an office working my ass off, when I should have been looking for a man that can f**k me?” The mood got tense real quick. “That is not” I didn't even have to stop him. “That is going to be a hard no” I said, really just wanting to get up and leave. But I was for some reason stuck to this chair. “Please my queen, you will go through extraordinary pain and suffering if you do not spend your next heat with a male.” Silas said very seriously and with a voice full of concern. I would say he generally was concerned for me. “Fine.” I said smiling. “Then I choose Major Rude and Helios as my males”