
the day soon became night. dark clouds covered the mountain. the caves glowed with bright purple light. it seemed cold. ''this place is so...evil...'' he whispered to himself, as he curled himself around garnet's slender body. ''sa-sapphire...?'' she murmured. ''yes, garnet?'' ''oh...you just woke me up...but i don't care...'' ''shh! you need some rest.'' he said softly to her, pressing his head against her's. ''good night, sapph...'' said garnet, giving him a lick on the head then closed her eyes. he enjoyed watching her sleep, but he knew that he needed his strengh to help continue the long quest in search for his father. he layed his head down on her rising flank, then slowly drifted away into sleep. sapphire looked up. he noticed that the sapphire dragons were still there. mist grew thicker, and a pair of bright blue eyes glanced at him. grandfather? he yowled. grandfather, are you there? sapphire swiveled his body around to see the massive silver dragon. his figure seemed well-muscled as usual, and his white tailblade shimmered in the moonlight. when there's a time of war, you're going to have to learn where your rival's weak spot is. i'm going to teach you another move that the sapphire dragon uses when an enemy traps you. the blueclaw. echoed shirox, raising his chin. sapphire's eyes widen when he noticed the silver dragon taking the shape of one of darkuss's followers. shirox hissed at him, making sapphire take a few steps back. then he noticed his claws lighting up. sapphire lunged into the air, lashing his claws at shirox's chest. the dragon smiled as he returned to his normal self. you're quite a fast learner like your father. be sure to use this when confronting darkuss, and you shall become the mighty dragon like your father. thank you! shirox nodded slowly. ''WAKE UP!'' yowled garnet. ''no i'm waking him up!'' ''no me!'' sapphire's eyes shot open. he turned to garnet. ''what time is it..?''
''its dawn silly!'' giggled topaz. garnet muttered something under her breath so topaz couldn't hear her. ''lets go wake the others.''