At first NarieFah didn't grasp what was happening, over the roar of flames she heard Caleya shouting, "NarieFah! oh my dear NarieFah! The Great Eagle spoke true! Your promised help has arrived and it has brought a fire shield to protect us! But this, this is incredible, it is going to change everything!" NarieFah also had to shout over the roar and said, "The promised help is here? Oh thank the ancestors! And they were able to find a way through the circle of fire?" Caleya laughed and said, "The circle of fire is no barrier when you can fly! Look up NarieFah, look up at our beautiful shield!" NarieFah turned her head, the shield was back lit with fire and it was glistening with beautiful colors of yellow, orange and G R E E N!!! She exclaimed, "Caleya, the shield, it is the wing of a Green Dragon!" Caleya said. "I know dear one. But not just a wing, it is a living Green Dragon!" Then NarieFah saw the massive talons gripping the tower wall and she said, "Caleya, the hatchling, it tried to tell me but I didn't know what it meant." NarieFah couldn't help herself, and she started crying, "I wanted to tell you so badly but it was too late, you couldn't hear me over the roar of the flames." Caleya smiled and said, "Its ok, everything will be ok now." NarieFah's tears turned to tears of joy and from under the safety of the Green Dragon wing they celebrated and hugged each other with joy! The first to arrive was a Green Dragon named Aurora. The fireworm attacking the tower had been so focused on destroying the Dragon Slayer that it failed to see Aurora as he approached. So when a Green Dragon suddenly appeared the fireworm was in shock and it foolishly tried to turn away and attack at the same time, but in doing this it lost much of its speed and became an easy target. Aurora landed on the tower to shield Caleya and NarieFah and at the same time it spit out a lava bomb at the Red Dragon. This heavy blob of lava punched the Red Dragon square in the chest and the force of the impact caused it to tumble and go down out of control. When it hit the ground it let out a terrible screeching roar that mixed with the sounds of smashing trees and breaking branches. The fireworm rolled to a stop and quickly launched itself back into the air to flee for home. Aurora immediately pushed off and with a mighty whump, it flew off in pursuit after the Red Dragon. The powerful down draft took Caleya and NarieFah's breath away and it pushed them down into the platform. They stayed down until the flying debris that Aurora kicked up had settled, finally when it was safe they got up and looked out into the sky. The scene they saw was that of a total rout as all three fireworms were fleeing as fast as they could fly and each was being chased by a Green Dragon! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Credits NarieFah: June by SissyB (http://contentparadise.com/productDetails.aspx?id=22325) Caleya: MDD Eirwenn by Maddelirium (RMP) Dragons: Skywyrm by Swidhelm's We are nearly at the end of this very long series - two more chapters. Caleya and NarieFah are no longer in danger and next time we will find out where the egg is hidden. Thank you very much for viewing and for previous comments and kind words - I very much enjoy reading them!!!