Fire Mate of the Dragon

CHAPTER 2 Birthday Surprises

　　Amber's POV

　　I'm flying, the wind in my hair makes it flow around me. The beast underneath me growls in centent, his wings going up and down in a rhythmic fashion. We are flying towards the sunset, the ground just a tiny spot under us - and I feel free! The feeling settles in my heart, as the beast rumbles in a chuckle. His body is warm against me, the sparks of the bond between us calms and excites me.

　　'Soon, my beautiful. Soon.' He says in my mind.

　　I wake with a smile. The feeling of the calming dream still swirling in my body.

　　My familiar Flick - a fire spirit, makes some unhappy sounds as my sudden awakening from the dream woke her too.

　　The dream is always the same. I'm flying on an unseen beast - which I have concluded is a dragon. The voice is male, and I can feel the love from him even as I lay awake in my bed. The feeling is both assuring and confusing at the same time. Why would a dragon love me?

　　I've had the dream since childhood, and as the years go by the dream evolves. Now he can fly, being adult and full grown in his beast form.

　　When I started with the dreams as a little girl, I used to sit in a wildflower field. A boy would come and sit beside me. We would talk. Always about different things, and I would wake up in the wee hours of the morning with a smile.

　　The boy grew as the years went by. He seemed a couple of years older than me, and when I asked him in one of our dream talks. He confirmed my suspicion. We grew close, and I told no one of my dream friends.

　　My parents would go absolutely ballistic if they knew.

　　You see.

　　My name is Amber, and I am the daughter of King Matthew and Queen Abigail of Silver Moon. I'm a twin, and my brother's name is Maze. We are as different as they come.

　　Maze is chaotic, hotheaded and short-tempered. He loves fiercely and protects his family at all costs. He has had the ability to shift since the day we were born, whereas I have the gift of fire. I am a fire elemental, which means I spend a lot of time on meditation and reading about, and training control.

　　Growing up as the only daughter of the King and Queen of two factions may sound like living the dream? But it is actually a nightmare.

　　On our eighteen birthday, our parents sat us down and told us about a prophecy called The Destiny Children. We are going to be either the savior or the demise of the realm. Gee, no pressure at all. Maze got angry in two seconds flat and yelled at our parents. My mother responded by tying him to the chair with wind chains and covering his mouth. If he couldn't keep quiet, she would.

　　It didn't help his temper.

　　After that fiasco, they told us they had a visit when we were little by dragons, who claimed I was mated to one of theirs. I vaguely remember this, but it's a bit blurry on the edges. After that revelation, they looked at me for a reaction.

　　The only thing they got was a stray tear down my cheek. Maze, however, as my twin felt the utter chaos inside me. How the hell were we supposed to save the realm? And how, HOW could I have a dragon for a mate, huh? I felt like screaming and kicking like a petulant child, but as my mother often reminded me; "you are the next witch Queen. Behave like it."

　　"If that is all for now, I think we need to get back out to everyone who is waiting," I say calmly. Maze's eyes are bulging out of his head, but I know something he doesn't. His mate is out there. I overheard my parents talking last night. I will handle the dragons and the war when that bridge comes. At that thought, the flaming chaos inside me subsides. At the same time, I remember the dreams. Could the boy and dragon from my dreams have been my mate all along?

　　"Come on, brother. Stop acting like the brat you really are." I say teasingly, as my mother releases him from the wind chains.

　　"How are you this calm?" He asks in a whisper, and I only shake my head. Another time, dear brother, I think to myself.

　　At the party, Maze stops dead in his tracks. He smells her, and I can't be happier, but before they can claim each other, Josephine, the pack slut, jumps at my brother and kisses his tongue deep. My eyes catch Mira Rose, who is crying silently. She turns and leaves.

　　I grab the hair of the slut, yanks her away from Maze who looks utterly confused and sends her flying. The she-wolf lands on her flat ass, swearing and cursing.

　　"What the f**k, Josephine?!" I ask while staring at the angry woman. She scowls, and threatens me with all sorts of punishment when she is Luna of the pack.

　　I roll my eyes. Hell will freeze over before someone as utterly disgusting as she becomes anything but a thorn in my side.

　　"Oh, would you shut up already?!" I ask before turning to Maze. I will surely kick his ass about this later, but now we need to get the rightful Luna back here.

　　"Where's Mira? What happened?" Maze asks in a daze, before the reality of the situation dawns on him.

　　"Go find her and fix this! NOW!" I say as I smack him on the back of his head.

　　As he runs in the direction of his distraught mate, a shadow falls on the ground where the party is held. A large dragon lands right in front of me. Well, at least they didn't waste any time.