CHAPTER 30 #2
Silas stops at another gate and pushes it open as we walk through the trees that lined the trail we are walking on.
Stopping at the end, I see open fields. Also, two run down greenhouses and an open field that was covered in snow that ran alongside the forest and far as I could see.
The ground is frozen solid. I notice about twenty workers fixing to replace the roof on one of the green houses.
Abbie comes racing over as soon as she spots me.
“Isn’t this great, they are building more green houses to hold fresh fruit and vegetables and that one there will be for medicinal herbs,” she says, pointing out the group of people that are currently working at building some structure out of planks of seasoned wood.
I notice they keep sending nervous glances toward the three Dragon Kings, picking up their pace to show they weren’t slacking, not that the Dragon Kinds gave them much of a glance.
Instead, their eyes are focused on the empty field.
Silas begins stripping off his clothes as Matitus follows suit. Abigail’s eyes dart to the ground as a blush covers her face. They don’t seem to notice. They are completely comfortable in the nude although, looking at them standing in the snow naked made me shiver.
“Ah, why are you getting naked?” I ask, my eyes trailing down their sculptured bodies.
“Like what you see little one?” Matitus says, a smirk on his face. Poor Abigail doesn’t know where to look as they casually walk into the field.
“What are they doing?” I ask Dragus.
“Shifting,” he says, making my eyes snap back to them. Just the sight of them walking away was enough to make my panties wet. Dragus raises an eyebrow at my blushing face, I know he can feel my arousal through the bond.
“Elora stop it, or I will take you in this field in front of everyone,” he growls below my ear before wrapping his arms around my waist and tugging me back against his chest.
“Argh you smell so good,” he groans, his tongue licking below my ear making me shiver.
Silas and Matitus shifts, and it is the first time I have Matitus in Dragon form.
They are both gigantic, majestic looking creatures.
Silas’s scales are gold while Matitus’s are black as onyx.
They are huge, taller than the greenhouses and their tails long, nearly the length of the paddock and have barbs that stick out the end like sharp prongs.
Abigail gasps and I notice the entire place goes eerily silent.
Looking toward the greenhouses everyone is frozen watching them.
Fear is evident on their faces, they look like they want to run but are paralyzed on the spot.
I watch as Matitus slowly turns around, his tail moving across the snow acting like a bulldozer as he stalks towards me.
“Nope I am done, you’re on your own Elora,” Abigail says.
“Chicken!” I scream at her retreating form as she hastily walks off toward the greenhouses.
Dragus and I are still standing in the same spot.
I don’t dare to move in case Matitus steps on me.
Matitus stops in front of me, dropping his big scaled head and nudging me with his nose.
I lift my hand, running it up the scales between his eyes, he makes a purring noise and I chuckle at his reaction.
Silas walks over behind him, he is a lot bigger than Matitus. He snaps his teeth at Matitus who growls at him playfully.
The ground shakes under their huge, clawed feet with their movement, claws digging into the earth effortlessly, and I see the snow melting underneath them from their body heat. Matitus nudges me before his voice echoes in my head.
“Hop on,” he says but I shake my head. He nudges me with his nose and Silas cocks his head to the side growling softly at me when Matitus suddenly licks straight up the front of me, his tongue felt like a cat’s tongue prickly and oh so gross leaving drool all over me.
“Get on, or I will do it again.” His voice echoes, and he growls—a barking laugh at my grossed-out expression.
Silas shoves forward, knocking Matitus to the side with his big body. He grabs my side with his huge teeth, not hard enough to hurt me. They are sharp enough to slice through my clothes as he uses them like a net, leaving me dangling from his mouth.
I squeal as he grabs me, then throws me on top of Matitus. Dragus laughs, and I see one of the maids watching faint. She must have thought he was going to eat me. Abigail stares wide-eyed from where she stood as I drape my legs over either side of his huge neck.
He suddenly stands completely upright, making me look down. My stomach turns when I see how high up I am. Dragus walks over to Silas, climbing up his tail effortlessly before standing on his back.
Matitus takes off running across the paddock, and I nearly fall backward. I squeeze my legs tight, my heels digging into his scales. They are sharp, though it feels like sitting on an oversized snake. He feels smooth, his scales sharp enough to slice through paper.
His wings spread out, and he takes off, soaring through the air high above the trees.
I shiver from the wind as he circles around the paddock. Silas follows, Matitus diving fast, heading toward the ground at an alarming speed. He pulls up slightly.
I hear him growl, his chest vibrating before he roars, flames erupting from his mouth, burning the ground.
Everyone below starts running away screaming, stopping when they realize they aren’t about to burn alive. They watch, amazed, as the snow melts.
Silas follows, roaring flames behind us. After a few more circles, the snow is completely melted, the earth charred from the heat.
Silas flys over, falling in line with us. Dragus is still standing on his back. “How can you stand?” I scream to him over the wind. Dragus laughs. “I’m used to it and besides, I have excellent balance.”
I roll my eyes at him. Matitus throws his head toward Silas snapping his teeth and Silas does the same making Matitus veer off slightly. Suddenly Dragus drops and sits down.
“What?” I scream to him, and he shakes his head.
Then, Matitus and Silas suddenly shoot off, climbing higher and higher, smashing through the clouds. My skin is coated in mist, and the temperature begins to drop. They must be racing each other. I clench my eyes shut.
Suddenly, Matitus spins in a circle.
A scream leaves my lips as I fall, plummeting toward the earth.
Silas roars loudly, and Matitus dives. I squeeze my eyes shut before feeling claws wrap around my body. I gasp.
Matitus tosses me into the air, making me scream, before I land on his back. I hit him hard, and his chest vibrates. He must be laughing at me. The idiot did it deliberately.
They head back to the ground, and I see a couple of Vampires running onto the now snow-free field with huge baskets.
Matitus lands on the scorched earth next to one of the baskets. A Vampire tosses me a rope. I grab it, watching as it slides back down, wondering what I’m meant to do with it.
Matitus starts flapping his wings, gripping the basket with his claws and lifting it off the ground.
“What’s with the rope?” I ask Dragus, who is perched on top of Silas, holding one too.
“They are going to fly over different sections of the field. You need to yank the rope just as he drops. We are spreading seeds,” he yells over to me, and I nod.
Not only are they ice melters, they are also seed spreaders.
Matitus does a loop, not going too quickly, then slowly descends.
“Now,” he says through the mind link, just as we get low enough. I yank on the rope, watching the seeds fall in a line, making a row.
Silas does the same a few feet away, creating another row up the field.
“How is it going to grow? It’s too cold,” I say out loud.
Matitus’s voice echoes through my head.
“We are building a greenhouse around the field.”
We finish all twelve rows of seeds. When we finally go back down, landing next to the greenhouses, Dragus hops off first. Silas shifts back, both of them coming over to Matitus.
“Jump Lora,” Dragus says, holding out his arms and I jump, letting him catch me.
“Have fun?”
“Yes, so much fun besides Matitus dropping me,” I tell him, wrapping my arms around his neck, letting him cradle me against his chest. Matitus and Silas put on their clothes and Dragus lets me down and I turn to look at the field.
“What seeds are they?” I ask.
Silas walks over draping his arm over my shoulders tugging me to him pointing out the different rows. “Fruit and those ones are vegetables,” he says.
Suddenly, heaps of Vampires come out carrying massive logs dragging them to different areas along the edges of the field. I watch as a few of them start lifting them like they weighed nothing, dropping them into what must have been holes making them stand upright in the air as high as the castle.
“How did you get so many people to help?” I ask noticing people coming from everywhere carrying materials. I was skeptical that they could turn the field into a greenhouse but with Vampires and even a few brave humans they made it look like child play.
“Easy; told them to help, most were too scared to say no,” Matitus chuckles, nudging Silas with his elbow. I have no doubt by the end of the day that it would be complete. Abigail wanders over, her cheeks burning red when she looks at Silas and Matitus.
“I will never be able to look them in the eyes again,” she states.
“Like you did anyway,” I tell her, and she chuckles.
“I can’t believe it though, this is fantastic,” she says looking at the seeded field.
“Well, you girls are up,” Silas says, giving my shoulder a squeeze.
“What do you mean?” I ask, wondering what Abigail and I were supposed to do. Abigail bounces on the spot excitedly next to me, grabbing my hand and tugging me toward the field.
“Go to the next row,” she tells me, and I nod walking over to it.
Abigail drops to her knees, digging her hands into the earth.
Her eyes glow green when suddenly, roots and grass and the seeds start sprouting up the line of soil, growing alarmingly fast. My mouth falls open, amazed at what I am witnessing as lush vegetation explode out of the earth, blooming buds on some, like she gave the plants some energy boost forcing them to mature within seconds instead of weeks.
Abigail jumps up, walking over and squatting next to me. “Dig your hands into the dirt, feel the vibration?”
I nod, doing as she says. I can feel the earth alive under my hands, feeling its energy radiating out from the soil like a current.
“Now enhance it, picture the seeds growing, picture the soil coming alive and yield your magic, let it flow into the ground awakening it,” she says.
I stare at my hands letting my magic flood down my arms, feel the tingling sensation rush into my palms. I let it build then release it through my fingertips.
Potatoes start sprouting along the long line. My skin tingles delightfully, giving me a buzz as excitement runs through me.
“You are a natural,” she says doing the next row.
Abigail gets up and stops staring at me, her eyes running over my entire body.
“Your aura is glowing so brightly,” she says with a smile lighting up her face.
Maybe it is because I am actually having fun, and enjoying the day.
“Let’s see what you got then,” she says with a smirk slipping onto her face.
I raise an eyebrow at her challenge. I knew I could do it, feel my magic wrapping around me like a muscle waiting to be used. I felt recharged and excited to use it. Walking off, Abigail calls out to me as I walk toward the centre of the field.
“Where are you going?”
“To see what I got,” I tease, and she laughs chasing after me. I reach the centre of the field and look around. It is huge and I actually have doubt creeping in when Abigail nudges me.
“Ha, don’t bite off more than you can chew,” she taunts, and I nudge her back.
“Seems like you have the attention of everyone, they want to see what the Fae girl can do,” Abigail says smiling at me.
“You can do this Elora, your magic has no limits. Just picture what you need it to do,” she tells me, and I look toward the people all lined up to watch.
Even my three Kings stand their watching, their eyes boring into mine.
Taking a deep breath in, I drop to the ground and dig my hands into the earth, feeling the vibration and drawing it toward me.
The ground starts to tremble as I feel it under my palms.
I let my magic build but this time it is quicker, rushing over me with my hands glowing purple, and I can feel my skin start to glow brighter like a beacon.
I let it rush over me, loving the feel of its purity, it feels like everything good in the world is now ingrained within me.
I let it go, the ground rumbling beneath us, plants bursting from the ground.
Plants begin erupting everywhere. Abigail gasps and so do I when I see what I just did.
Every row is sprouting and growing, and grass emerges between the rows lush and green shaping each row.
I let them grow just enough before pulling my hands from the earth. A smile creeping onto my face.
“Easy peesy,” I tell her, and she laughs. Getting up, I dust my hands off which are now covered in dirt. Abigail and I walk between the rows, making our way off the field toward the three Dragon Kings.
“That was amazing,” Dragus tells us, and we look back to inspect our handy work. I have to agree, it is now a well-established field even a few fruit trees erupted which I know weren’t part of the seeds. Oranges and apples are sitting off the furthest row.
“We didn’t plant fruit trees, did we?” asks Silas.
“No, just ground dwelling plants, not trees.”
“My bad, I was actually thinking about them and didn’t think some would grow though.”
“You mean we just planted seeds for no reason, you could just magic them into existence,” Matitus said looking at me. I shrug.
“How was I supposed to know I could do that,” I tell him.
“Come on, let’s go inside for lunch and check back this afternoon we have a curse to break tonight” Silas says, grabbing my hand. I let him tug me along when Silas stops, turning to look back at Abigail.
“I meant you too Abbie,” he says, and she looks a little shocked. She nods and catching up to us.