Vegenrage: Dragon Reclaim (38 page)

Vemenomous flies with great speed and tackles Mezzmaglinggla in the air. They fall to the ground, and Razcour follows with great speed. Vemenomous is now a little smaller than Mezzmaglinggla, but he has great strength, and he maneuvers to her back, grabbing her front arms and wings that are connected, and pulls them back behind her neck so she cannot move. Her hind legs are free, but the rest of her body lies flat on the ground. Razcour flies down and hits Vemenomous on his left side, knocking him off Mezzmaglinggla, and they hit the ground with great force, coming to a rolling stop. Razcour faces Vemenomous with a great roar, showing his deadly teeth, but from his blind side, Zenondour, who is in the air throws a great red spear that stakes Razcour to the ground. Razcour screams in great pain. Vemenomous walks up to Razcour and steps on his head, biting and ripping off his right wing. Vemenomous begins to feed on the young dragon. He rips huge chunks of flesh from his neck and side, and Mezzmaglinggla charges to save her young dragon. Ulore with amazing speed has already been running at Mezzmaglinggla and jumps on her neck, holding on so she cannot shake him. Zenondour falls from the sky and lands on her neck as well, dropping her head to the ground with great force. Razcour has a very sharp tail with a daggerlike end, and he thrusts his tail into the back left side of Vemenomous and slams him to the ground. This catches Vemenomous completely off guard, and he is stunned. Razcour rises to his feet, bleeding badly from his right side, and charges for his mother. He unleashes his Breath of Barkshards that sink deep into the demons, and they sink into the earth before they are killed by this barrage of deadly wooden knives.

“Mother, I am sorry I brought you here. I did not think this was a deadly trap.”

Vemenomous regains himself and stands, healing from the wound left by Razcour. He casts a magical harpoon and shoots it, sinking deep into the back side of Razcour, and yanks the rope hard, pulling Razcour with great speed to him. Mezzmaglinggla watches with tears falling from her eyes, and Vemenomous bites more flesh from her young, taking his life and consuming him. Mezzmaglinggla lowers her head and extends her wings. All the scales on her body begin to flutter, and she roars loudly into the sky. She casts a spell, and a magical blue glow encircles her body. Zenondour and Ulore rise from the earth beside Zevoncour, and Vemenomous continues to feed on Razcour.

“You can fight all you like, dragon. I love it. You are all we need to begin the demon uprising, and we will have you. You cannot escape.”

“Escape is not what I am thinking anymore, demon. I have a little something in store for you. Just you wait because it is coming for you.”

Vemenomous is devouring Razcour, and he is growing so fast that all can see him get larger as he feeds. Zevoncour instructs Cormygle to finish off his mother and take her to the bed of jewel. Cormygle hesitates, and Zevoncour insists. “Cormygle, bring her to us. Dead or alive, it does not matter. All we need is her blood to be spilled into the bed of jewel containing Vlianth.” Cormygle hesitates. “Cormygle, her blood is your blood. We need the blood of the female that spawned the first demonic dragon, and that is you. You want the destruction of all the dragons, and this is the beginning of the end of the dragons. Now go get her.” Cormygle walks toward his mother and gets halfway between the demons and Mezzmaglinggla. He turns to Zevoncour and throws Xanorax at the demons. The saddle on his back disappears, and he tells Zevoncour, “I will not let you have my mother.” Cormygle stands in front of Mezzmaglinggla, protecting the only dragon to ever care for him, and flashes his teeth at the demons. “You will not have my mother.”

“What did you say? This is not the time to get soft on us. You get Mezzmaglinggla now or suffer the consequences.”

Cormygle holds his ground, and Zevoncour is just about to take away all the demon power giving Cormygle his perfect dragon form. Vemenomous, Zenondour, Ulore, and Xanorax are all looking on to see how this new twist unravels. Will Zevoncour take away the demon magic showing Cormygle in his true dragon form? The tension is thick, and none of the demons want Zevoncour to order them to fight Cormygle because Cormygle is capable of killing any of them.

“All right, Cormygle, so be it.” Zevoncour does not get in another word because Blethstole, whose presence has been concealed by Gwithen, along with his invisibility, has flown into Vollenbeln. He attacks Vemenomous from the back, landing on him and driving him into the ground. Gwithen lands on the ground in front of the demons and becomes visible, standing on her hind legs and extending her wings wide, shining a blinding white light that blinds the demons, and they have to look away. Vemenomous has been taken completely by surprise, and Blethstole bites his neck and begins to violently thrust his head back and forth, ripping with all his might, and Vemenomous has no time to react. Blethstole rips the head of Vemenomous off and does not stop there. He bites and rips off his wings and then his arms and legs then steps back, spewing magical acid from his mouth, dissolving the remains. Dribrillianth flies in from behind Zenondour and lands on him, biting his head and ripping him apart. He steps back and unleashes diamond daggers from his mouth, slicing the demon into pulp, and releases an acidic spray from his mouth, dissolving the demon. Pryenthious lands on the back of Ulore and rips the demon apart and also sprays acid, dissolving him. Zevoncour is able to vanish with the
Wogenkeld
and Xanorax before the other dragons land on them, and now all the dragons are here, except for Gairdennow and Quailrain, who are in Blethstole’s lair, guarding the young dragons. The dragons all gather together and walk toward Cormygle with anger and hate in their eyes. Cormygle stands his ground and struts his perfect form that fades right before all the dragons, and he is changed into the decrepit-looking dragon he was born as. His wings shrink down to little stubs that cannot fly. His legs shrink, and his hunched hips come back, and his front legs are thin and weak, which are only good in helping him walk. He is still very magically powerful, and he flies up and escapes through a Dimension Door. Mezzmaglinggla watches with tears in her eyes as he flies away. Gannream notices Farrah standing by the bed of jewel where Vlianth lies.

“Over here. Look, we have the human female, and this must be Vlianth lying in this bed.” Gannream walks toward Farrah, and Gwithen jumps in front of Gannream.

“No, you stay away from them.” All the dragons walk up to Gwithen, and Pryenthious walks by Gwithen, pushing her out of the way.

“What do you mean leave them alone? This could not have been scripted better. We have killed Vemenomous and demons, and here is the great Vlianth and the human female right here. We can end all of our trouble right here and now.” Pryenthious walks at Farrah, and she prepares her Dragonslaying Hands when Gwithen swings her tail, slamming Pryenthious in his side, rolling him over, and Gwithen stands in front of Pryenthious, growling and flashing her teeth. “I said, leave them alone.” She looks at all the dragons. “We will not harm them. They are not what caused our troubles. They were only protecting themselves from us. We hunted the races of man and killed their families without thinking that they would grow powerful and protect themselves from us.”

Blethstole walks up to Gwithen’s side and looks at Farrah. “You can put your hands down, Farrah. We are not going to harm you.” Farrah is very scared. Blethstole towers over her, and her heart is racing. Pryenthious regains his stance and shakes himself.

“What do you mean we are not going to harm them? What is going on now?”

“Vlianth saved my draglets from the demons and their Hellfire. I met with Vlianth before this happened and asked him to help me if I ever needed his help, and he did. He responded to my call, and I will not let any of you harm him or Farrah now.” The dragons look around in disbelief.

“It is true. I saw it with my own eyes. Vlianth protected his kind from the dragons, and then he saved Gwithen’s young from the demons. We have hunted him, and the demons have hunted him as well. I do not know what the future will bring, but this is no way to kill Vlianth. I do not know what the demons have done to him, but I will not kill him when he is defenseless like this.” All the dragons gather round the bed of jewel, and clearly, Vlianth is not even aware of what is going on. Farrah is terrified and mystified all at the same time, being in the presence of these magnificent dragons.

“So what are you saying, Mother, we will leave them?”

“Yes, we will leave them be and return to our homes.” The dragons sniff the air deeply, making sure the scent of Vlianth and Farrah is unmistakable to them. They look at Farrah and head off into the air, flying through Dimension Doors. Gwithen and Blethstole remain.

“Do you know who I am, Farrah?”

“You are Blethstole.”

“Vlianth saved my young, and so I will leave without harming the two of you. Gwithen, can you revive him from the demon spell?”

Gwithen looks over Vlianth. “I cannot. Only heartfelt magic can bring him back. Only you, Farrah, can bring him back. This charm is cast with evil and hate. The demons had planned on killing you or at least changing you into something else. Only you, Farrah, can bring him back. I will help you.”

Farrah puts her hands on Vegenrage and looks at the dragons. “Vlianth is Vegenrage, Vlanthis is Vollenbeln, and nothing can keep him from me here.” Farrah leans in and kisses Vegenrage. He breathes deeply and reaches for Farrah and pulls her into the bed of jewel, and they kiss.

Gwithen looks at Blethstole. “I guess she does not need our help. Let’s leave them be and go home now.” Gwithen and Blethstole fly into the air and through Dimension Doors.

Glossary

Andelboise—Persen’s horse that he is riding to Erkensharie

Antis—He is a Landganger and longtime friend of Zilndor

Ayonde—Sandy blond dragon

Bankle Lake—A very large lake in the shape of a boot on the planet Fargloin

Banoro—Banana -colored dragon with brown spots on
hi
m

Barkon
—
The name of Trialani’s steed

Barquoke
—
Black dragon

Basters
—
Bastrenboar’s human name

Beteese
—
Brown -colored dragon whose color patterns on him make his scales look like tree bark

Biclonadon
—
A thirty -foot tall herbivore that lives in the Hunorian Forest

Blanket of Sleeping
—
This blanket when placed over someone will keep them asleep

Blood Reeds
—
Living thinking grass that has wings and can fly through the air

Boots of Speed
—
These boots allow their wearer to move at incredible speed and jump very high

Box of Force
—
This is a wall of force spell in the form of a box

Branter
—
He is a stable master in the Hiltorian Kingdom

Breath of Barkshards
—
Breath attack of Razcour

Breath of Brame
—
Breath attack of Nawlewn

Breath of Brassissust
—
Breath attack of Mezzmaglinggla

Breath of Carbon Spikes
—
Breath attack of Cormygle

Breath of Diatox
—
Breath attack of Barquoke

Breath of Emeraldsheen
—
Breath attack of Rippencore

Breath of Flame
—
Breath attack of Flaren

Breath of Graileye
—
Breath attack of Grapore

Breath of Groinike
—
Breath attack of Hornspire

Breath of Hairire
—
Breath attack of Obronge

Breath of Icestorm
—
Breath attack of Icerock

Breath of Limcicle
—
Breath attack of Limbrone

Breath of Petrone
—
Breath attack of Jarclause

Breath of Pinplosion
—
Breath attack of pink dragon

Breath of Ringslice
—
Breath attack of Browgage

Breath of Sandstorm
—
Breath attack of sandy blond dragon

Breath of Velvet Sting
—
Breath attack of Vendel

Breath of Venom
—
Breath attack of Vergraughtu

Briganyare Sea
—
The one great sea on the Planet Strabalster

Browgage
—
Brown and yellow dragon

Burning Hands
—
A spell that shoots fire from the hands of the castor

Carbonite
—
The carbon material that Cormygle has transformed the Carbonheight Hills into

Carson Hills
—
These are the hills turned into carbon and ruled by Cormygle on the Planet Fargloin

Carndeial
—
One of the first three dwarves to learn magic with the Erkensharie elves

Cellertrill
—
Erkensharie swordself

Cengorge
—
Demon fighting for demon master of Kronton

Centuran Waterways
—
The water that spills out from the Quawlaren Waters and ends in the Hunorian Rock Lands

Changenoir Vanuary
—
Homeland of the Changenoir

Chestwern
—
A lesser dragon that looks like a large bull with evolving wings and talons on its hoofs

Cormygle
—
A once dragon now outcast and rules the Carbonheight Hills

Crainatours
—
A large stork-like bird living in Crantour

Crantour
—
The south westernmost part of Ilkergire home of the Crainatours

Cremsblyle
—
Erkensharie warrior with Oriapow on the way to Hiltor

Creshian Ponds
—
A two-hundred-mile-long line of ponds separating Creshian Forest from Ugorian Forest

Dancing Dynamite
—
A spell that casts lightning bolts that explode and electrocute on contact

Dancing Lightning
—
A powerful lightning spell cast by Bailseize, creating tens and tens of destructive lightning bolts at a time

Dark Bush
—
A dead plant that grows from the life force of all the living vegetation around it

Dark magic
—
The study of demonology and the summoning of the minions of the inner realm

Deserie Lands
—
This is the northernmost part of the Ilkergire and home of the hobgoblins

Diamond Shards
—
A spell cast by Dribrillianth

Doliath
—
One of two enormous demons summoned by Zevoncour in Gwithen’s lair

Dona’try
—
Leader of the Helven

Draglet
—
A young dragon that has just hatched

Dragonball
—
A magical sphere that will destroy a dragon if thrown at and hits a dragon

Dragonslaying Hands—Farrah’s ability to disintegrate dragons with her magic

Dry Flats of Hilternor
—
The land east of Erkensharie, south of Carbonheight Hills, west of Mountain Creek Hillyards, and north of Bankle Lake and the Sarfuse Valley on the Planet Fargloin

Dunsk
—
Southwestern gate to Ugoria

Eforgantic
—
The strongest demon on Kronton

Elbonic
—
Young dragon of Quailrain and Dribrillianth

Erben
—
Blythgrin’s Bag of Holding

Explitening
—
A spell similar to lightning bolts cast by Kertinkpice

Fairbrist
—
The falcon steed of Arglon

Fearpierce
—
The Foarsbleem bow presented to Rifter by the Erkensharie elves

Fireod Four
—
The four Foarsbleem long swords presented to the Glaborian dwarves

Fist of Power
—
This is a spell that imitates a punch, only with much greater consequences

Flaren
—
Flame red dragon

Fyshria
—
Chain mail armor given to Fraborn by Cloakenstrike

Getcher
—
Cloakenstrike’s Bag of Holding

Glass Staff of Demon Uprising
—
The Staff of Barrier Breath became the Staff of Magic Engulf and then became the Glass Staff of Demon Uprising that allows for the demons to walk the outer realms

Glimtronian
—
The Foarsbleem battle-ax presented to Glimtron from the Erkensharie elves

Gonbilden
—
Ugorian warrior

Grapore
—
Grape-colored dragon

Griyile
—
Father of Cormygle

Grongain
—
Demon fighting for demon master of Kronton

Hellfire
—
A spell cast by demons shooting incinerating heat and flame

Hell Forks
—
A spell cast by demons shooting double-pronged pitchforks

Hell Hooks
—
A spell cast by demons that have hooks at the ends of them, pulling prey to them

Hiltorian remains
—
This is all that is left of the once great human city on the Planet Fargloin

Hilternor
—
The vast forest that covered the eastern half of Fargloin and now is gone. It has become the Dry Flats of Hilternor

Hiraffoose
—
A very large carnivore living in the Hiplimson Forest

Hygegrin tree
—
A unique tree that grew only in Hilternor

Ice Arrows
—
A spell cast by Blethstole that he shoots like a dragon breath attack

Ice Bullets
—
A spell cast by Vegenrage from his fingertips that are ice bullets

Icerock
—
Ice-colored dragon

Ilkergire
—
All the swamplands south of Erkensharie; home to a lot of lesser dragons

Indigeion
—
Indigo-colored dragon

Interford
—
Changenoir that lives in Changenoir Vanuary

Jarclause
—
Jade-colored dragon

Jardilith
—
King of Ugoria before Trialani

Jaygelynn
—
Girl that Inglelapse had a crush on

Kearsebe
—
Erkensharie bowelf

Kevner
—
Demon of Kronton fighting for demon master

King Ellith
—
King of Erkensharie during the time when the Hiltorian people lived on Fargloin

King Highgrun
—
King of Hiltor during the second Dragon Feast and the end of the Hiltorian people

King Ingrabel
—
King of the Glaborian dwarves, and the king who trades the Octagemerwell and precious metal with the elves for the knowledge of magic

Krigeblore
—
Young dragon of Quailrain and Dribrillianth

Krinston realm
—
This territory includes Breezzele, Shaspar, Noireen, and all the Elbutan Forest and Highlands

Landgangers
—
A large cat that lives in the Ugorian Highlands. They allow the Ugorian elves to ride on their backs and have sharp claws and teeth

Lavumptom Blades
—
A magnificent spell cast by Bastrenboar using his Lavumptom Drawer

Lesser dragon
—
A species that will follow and serve dragons

Liecrawlers
—
Beasts summoned from the inner realm by Kerben

Limbrone
—
Lime-colored dragon

Maulplice
—
Demon who can divide himself as many times as he wishes

Megalla
—
Metallic-colored dragon

Meglastern
—
A large bull-like creature with long dark wooly hair and horns that form into two sharp points on either side if its head

Meglern
—
The land south of the Deserie Lands; home to the Meglasterns

Moredown
—
Mahogany-colored dragon

Mountballion
—
A very large moss eating animal that lives in the Krasbeil Mountains

Mountain Flats
—
Large bat-like creatures from the Swapoon Mountains

Nawlewn
—
Navy blue dragon

Nigleem
—
Humanor killed by Hornspire’s breath attack

Nomberry Pass
—
A wide trail cut through the Long Forest by dwarves and elves

Obare
—
Son of Oliver

Obronge
—
Burned orange-colored dragon

Oliver
—
Citizen of Valvernva who knows of the story of Vlianth

Oninblind
—
A very light shade of orange dragon

Parnapp
—
Farrah’s Bag of Holding

Pergungeon grasses
—
The grasslands that surround Wickenfall Forest and are the favorite food of Rimsharben

Persen
—
The human that created the Staff of Barrier Breath

Quailrain
—
Female dragon living in the Talbuterall Lowlands

Quawlaren Waters
—
A large water mass starting at the end of the Akelson Desert and ending at the Hunorian Rock Lands

Quintis
—
Logantrance’s Bag of Holding

Reegaallia
—
Rose-colored dragon

Reinlith
—
Ugorian magic user

Ring of Invisibility
—
Makes the wearer of this ring invisible

Riobe
—
The northwestern gate to Ugoria

Ropenoose
—
Demon whose arms turn to red hot ropes

Rubywell
—
The ultimate jewel of power made from the Sapphirewell and the Octagemerwell to be held by the demon master king

Rungrunger
—
Rust-colored dragon

Sarfuse Valley
—
A two-hundred-fifty-mile-long valley nearly one hundred miles wide at its southern end and twenty miles deep on the Planet Fargloin

Sawbelk
—
Strawberry-colored dragon

Sileyen
—
Erkensharie bowelf with Oriapow on the way to Hiltor

Shards of Glasand
—
A magical spell cast by Gisewear

Slanceender
—
Salcendreepe from the Mogle Lands

Slime of Time
—
Magical slime that keeps a victim alive forever while trapped within the slime

Spell of Disruption
—
A magical spell that acts like sticks of dynamite exploding

Spell of Starlight
—
A spell cast by elves that shoots diamond white light that is lethal to demons

Spikel
—
Demon with spikes growing from his body

Staff of Magic Engulf
—
The Staff of Barrier Breath becomes this staff and is held by Vemenomous

Stone Tomb
—
The prison that held Hornspire under Blethstole’s treasure for a thousand years

Strait of Hercon
—
A body of water flowing from the Crisdor Sea to the Zendor Inlet

Stranton
—
Leader of Hiltorian horse riders banding with Oriapow

Stromgin
—
Ugorian horse rider leader

Swoobibel
—
One of first three dwarves to learn magic with the Erkensharie elves

Swooping Death
—
Cellertrill’s Foarsbleem sword

Talbuterall Lowlands
—
A very lush landscape with lots of underground tunnels and passageways just south of the Briganyare Sea. This is the last homeland of humans on the Planet Strabalster

Teleport
—
The magical ability to transport through time and space to a place known