"Um, yeah. I was enchanted, but I don't feel it anymore," I lie.

Everyone seems to believe that. I sigh in relief. Good. They believe me.

But I still want to find & activate that power. Somewhere, deep inside of me, a thirst has been planted to activate it. I want to still, deeply.

What's wrong with me? Why can't I stop wanting!?  

Woops. Can I join this RP?

I am big. I am powerful.

The memories came streaming back.

One roar would send a human city into the sky. One bite would kill the strongest beast. One swip of my claws would tear away the earth. Where has that power gone? Where has my true self gone? What has my pitiful existence turned into?

The memories, she could remember like they were only a century ago. She was dazing in the light, just a small dragonet, when Lunee came up and pounced on her tail. "Hey," she squeaked in protest. She flung her wings out and they took flight, chasing each other through the clouds. Once they had been best friends. But that all changed when Catastrophe changed Kyndom. When he turned them all against them. Now, now if she found Lunee, Lunee would kill her again, right then and there. 

The badger lay at my feet. He wasn't dead. Not yet. The fake power lay in a dome of fake roots. And animals were all around. Humans and animals. Her enemies. The betrayers. Yet I was working with them. How could I? But I had to. My sisters, brothers, they all depended on it. Depended on me.

I snapped back to my senses. Humans were arguing. And a certain dragon was yelling at one. Immediately she felt a hatred to that dragon. Clearly she had some of my power, my rightful power. I could sense it. But before I could interrupt their sissy fight, a small chicken came towards me, Scarlet Crimsonwing, if I remembered correctly. She had been talking to the dazed Icy a moment before. What did she want to talk about? Claaws had no choice but to follow. 

I almost wish we could talk to each other in real time to do this cause it is so exciting!

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I am "meditating" on the side. My eyes were closed, the mask was glowing with a silvery glow (the mask is made of platinum, not to be mistaken for silver). I had made a good choice to take that breeze in this tunnel. That breeze could sense emotions and read thoughts. I was in the breeze, working my magic to watch from the breeze's point of view. It swished around a few leaves in the darkest part of the corner. Claaws was thinking about the other dragon talking with Eli and Icy. Something about that dragon inheriting Claaws's former power. 

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Scarlet decides what she wants to say.  

LOL!!! CAN I JOIN THIS RP ELIYANA?!?!?!

Three things: First of all, Xiaolong is a boy. Second, why would he insult humans? Third, yeah, he's still convinced that Icy's enchanted.

"It's about your power." I say. "The Power of Darkness." Claaws looks a bit more interested. "Yes?" "Well, whenever I'm around Eliyana Fur, it's like I get tight inside. And I just have to, I don't know, make her life miserable, or do something bad, what's wrong with me? I didn't used to be like this! It was just after I heard about what happened with Icy and Eli. It made me so mad! And it's been growing ever since." I finish. Claaws speaks again. "Yes. It is The Power of Darkness. The greed and anger will grow inside of you until you stop it." I remember Thimble's post about Claaws' exile. And about the blob of greed growing inside her. She still had that darkness. "How do I stop it?"

I sit around a pile of smoldering embers (the campfire went out) with the leaders from both missions. "We have to storm the B.I.G." I say. "If they have the powers, who knows what they might do with it!? We need to take it back." I say wisely.

The leaders murmur among themselves, and exchange glances. "What would you call this Mission?" Someone asks. I take a deep breath. "The Capere Obolere mission. It's the name of a organization that fights B.I.G, but that's not why I'm suggesting that. I'm suggesting that because of its Latin meaning." They're all listening now. "Seek and Destroy." 

They nod, and I realize that they expect me to say more. "It won't be easy. B.I.G has rebuilt and remodeled. So we ALL have to work together." I say. "No more separate missions." I add. 

Scarlet stands up. I pulse with hate. "Well, will you include Humans?" She asks. I cringe. "Our enemies, among us?" I ask. The leaders murmur again. "Some are good." One says. 

"Fine. We'll split up into different groups by skill. Groups/signups. I will lead a group. The fighters. No humans are in my group. But in the other signups, there can be humans. Do you agree with my proposal?"

~Eli <3  

~Nameless

I quietly listen to the proposal.

"It pains me to have to work with you. But this is wholly necessary. Without attack, we are worthless. Sitting back and defending will never win us this… conflict. There is one thing that I don't agree with you about, however. Humans should be allowed into the fighter group. With technology-based weaponry, such as what I use, they are versatile and dangerous. Do you agree? Oh, wait. Does your "no humans" policy apply to me?" 

Narrow-minded. I mumble under my breath. Eli stops for a moment, contemplating what I've stated.