Spurned Luna’s Return: On Your Knees, Alpha Chase

“S-Sorry. I don’t mean to offend you.”

“I know that. Call me Anna.”

“Okay. Miss Anna, thank you once again for rescuing us. Without you, we’re truly goners! You brought us here and helped us find these. How will a fire be made? I’ll go deeper to see if I can find….”

He was rendered speechless when Lavana launched a fireball at the pile of wood and dried leaves. It immediately started burning.

They all thanked her for her generosity and moved closer to get some warmth.

Lavana left them and returned after a while with some fruits. She gave it to the man who shared them with his family. Then she turned to face the water. It was already evening.

“What’s your name, sir?” she asked.

“I’m Nelson… Nelson Grey.” he replied.Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

“Why were you all in the water? What happened?”

“I… We got kidnapped and blacked out. When we woke up, we were already chained to that millstone. They forced us to get into a boat and pushed us off it when they saw it was far enough.” Nelson replied with a sigh.

“Thankfully, I was there on time.” Lavana also sighed in relief.

“There’s fire, I should get something better. You guys wait here and watch out for each other. I won’t be going too far from here.”

After saying this, she walked into the water. When it reached her waist, she dived in.

*****

Minutes later, she returned with four big fish, holding them by their tails. None was alive.

She threw them at the family and asked them to roast and eat.

She walked into the woods of the island and let her wings sprout out from her back.

Swimming would not get her and these people to civilization. Flying could help her know the place with people and from there, she can return home. She prayed she would make it in time or else there’d be a ruckus in Bloodstar.

She flew out of the island heading towards the east. 30 minutes later, she found a place with people. It was a village. If she could bring these people here…

She immediately turned around in mid-air and flew back to the island, reaching there in 15 minutes.

She landed back in the woods and walked out.

She saw that the mother and father of this family were worried about her.

“I’ve found a village not too far from here. Of course, I can swim there but you guys can’t. And with the ice platform thingy I used in bringing you here, e will not get there in time.

The only way if flying.” she explained.

“But how can we fly? Plus, miss Anna, you’ve done a lot for us. Please, we’ll build a raft and paddle to get there. Just show us which way we should go.” Mr Grey said in concern.

“Can you guys keep a secret?”

“Of course. We can.”

“I’ll keep a secret about our encounter.” the first son of the Greys said loudly.

“Me too.”

“Me three!”

“I’m good at keeping secrets.”

The four boys swore. The cute little girl named Amanda just giggled.

“Miss Anna, your secret is safe with us.”

“It’d better be or else your eend will be worse than how I met you in the water. Am I clear!”

They nodded.

“So I’m leaving. I’ve summoned my ride. She’ll be here soon. You guys wait for her, alright?”

“You’re going back?” Mrs Grey asked.

“Of course, I’m a mermaid.”

“Sorry for my silly question, miss.”

“No, I understand your fear. Don’t worry, I’ve saved you. I won’t let any of you die.” Lavana said with a smile before running into the water.

The family stood, looking expectantly at the water.

Half an hour later, a gigantic sight was what they witnessed!

Out of the water, a dragon flew out. A huge and majestic one. It roared and spat out lightning in mid-air before flying down to land at the island’s shore.

The human family just stared at it in shock. The mermaid miss did say she’d summon her ride, right? Why wasn’t it a big fish or other aquatic creature that they’d expected but rather a real-life dragon?

They saw the dragon fly up in the air for a while before heading downwards, towards them. They immediately made way for this huge dragon to land. When it had landed, it crouched and moved its head to its back twice.

“It wants us to get on its back?” Mrs Grey asked while holding her frightened girl’s hand.

They saw the dragon move its head towards its back again.

“Seems so.” her husband said before carrying his youngest son. He gently placed the boy on the dragon’s back. The dragon nodded.

Mrs Grey was finally convinced. Seems this dragon is intelligent!

She and the other children walked forward. Mr Grey got down and helped the rest of his family to get on the dragon’s back before he finally joined them.

Lavana seeing that none of them was left rose and spread her wings. She turned her head to look at them to see if they were stable. The man nodded and gave a thumbs up while the wife just smiled.

Since all was set, she levitated off the ground, slowly flapping her wings. She looked at the family again before flying higher. At first, the family screamed but when they reached a certain height in the sky, they became fascinated.

“Darling, even in my dreams I never thought of meeting a dragon say less of riding one.” said Nelson to his wife.

“We’re so lucky. Even our foetus gets to experience this with us. How lucky he is.” his wife replied with a smile.

“This is the most amazing way to fly.” the oldest son yelled.

“Mama, Papa, we’re flying,” Amanda exclaimed in delight and her mom petted her head.

“Yes, baby. We are.” Mrs Grey said.

Amanda giggled and clapped excitedly as she saw several birds fly past.

Lavana soon slowed her flying speed and began to fly lower until she was a few inches above the water. When she had begun to see rocks close to the shore, she stopped and landed, her feet touched the seabed.

The water was knee-deep.

Mr Grey realized this was where the dragon intended to place them. So he first jumped down. Lavana crouched so he’d get his family down. The wife was carrying Amanda, while the husband carried one son on his back and held two with his hands. The eldest one stood in between them.

“Lord Dragon, thank you and your master for your help. We will repay your kindness in the near future.” Mr grey, his wife and their oldest son bowed their head.

Then they walked forward to shore. Then they started waving at the dragon with big smiles on their faces.

Lavana, seeing that they were safe now, straightened her body and flew away from their sight with the family cheering.

When she was far enough, she headed downwards, diving into the water, causing a huge wave in the process.

She flapped her wings slowly till she landed on the seabed. Then she crouched and let out a roar that scared away some approaching predator fish. She started shifting back into her human form in pain. When she was done, she collapsed to the ground, sighing in relief.

That’s it. She’s saved the family from dying in the water and they are in a place where humans live. They should find their way from there.

She needed to rest first for a few minutes. Then she can try to find a way to get to the Bloodstar pack. She’ll just close her eyes for a few minutes…

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When she woke up she saw it was now dark underwater.

“Gosh!” she sat up quickly. She saw she’s in her mermaid form. Since it’s dark here, then it means Beatrix must have woken up. Maybe a search party was even happening right now!

“You can teleport again.” Oceana had woken up from slumber.

“Oceana…”

“Don’t worry, just do it.”

Lavana was reluctant. She used it once and it took her to an unknown place. What if she teleports into a volcano or appears on a tree? Either way, she’d get hurt!

“Lavana, just trust me. You have to relax and clear your thoughts. Then activate the gemstone.”

She did as she was told. Now that her gemstone was activated, her heart started beating fast.

“Relax.” Oceana chided. Lavana heaved a sigh.

“Clear your thoughts and think of where you want to go.”

“Okay.”

A second later.

“I’m ready, Oceana.”

“Great. So the next thing is to teleport. Say where you want to go and say the magic word and you’re good to go. I’m retreating to slumber. And one more thing. You did a great job today. But don’t casually let others know about your existence.”