Quinnâs POV One of the other kids pushed Zaya down so I tackled him. âHey stop!â Zaya yelled as we started to fight then jumped in so now we weâre both fighting this kid.
The boy shifted into his dragon, so weâd get off him then he shifted back. âWhatever, I donât want to fight either one of you. If I did Iâd hurt Quinn cause sheâs part human and sick because of it. Plus, her mom is always watching.â
I glared at him and stood up. âIâm not sick because Iâm part human.â My sickness was common among both humans and dragon shifters.
Zaya spit at him. âShe could take you and her mom isnât always watching, youâre just scared of her mom.â She grabbed my hand and walked towards the pack house. âSorry the kids here arenât like the kids in the village you live in.â In the village there were hybrids and other mixtures species kids everywhere so none of us made fun of each other for it. âHeâs one of those kids who always come to mess with our pack.â I always felt a part of my cousinâs pack, she made sure of it.
I coughed. âItâs fine, you didnât have to spit at him though.â I laughed.
We walked into the pack house and my uncle Cade scolded us. âYou two are always getting in fights with other kids at ten and twelve years old?â He said as Aunt Sadia cleaned and put bandages on our cuts. âIâm going to call Quinnâs parents to pick her up.â
I frowned. âUncle Cade, itâs not our fault, those kids always mess with us.â
âCade, youâre overreacting theyâre fine.â She looked at us. âHow about you guys go over Quinnâs house for a few days?â
So, they dropped us off in the village and we walked into my home. âMom, Aunt Sadia dropped off me and Zaya!â I yelled.
âOkay!â Mom yelled back from the kitchen. I walked to the kitchen and noticed Grandma and Grandpa were there. I walked to them and hugged them and so did Zaya.
âMaeve tell them the good news.â Grandpa said.
Grandma frowned. âKonain, youâve been calling me that for fifteen years.â
Grandpa chuckled. âYou were calling me by my full name for twenty years before I even knew you had a fuller name.â
âThatâs why you didnât know.â She looked at us. âWeâre all going to the full moon ball tonight.â
I gasped. âWeâre all going??â My parents have gone a few times, but they said kids werenât invited so me and my younger brother never did. âI thought we couldnât.â
âThis is a more family themed full moon ball.â My Dad said.
âYouâre so lucky Quinn, you get to go to all sorts of things because your Dad is a Noble, your mom is the holder, and your Aunt is a Queen.â
I rolled my eyes. âI take you to stuff when I can, my parents are your aunt and uncle, so you still get stuff.â I coughed.
âYour mom, dad and brother are going to the ball too Zaya.â Dad Said.
When we got to the ball everything was as magical as the last ball we went to but even more so. âZaya, Quinn.â My mom called us over. âThese are your great grandparents.â
Great grandpa gave mom a bag. âAll the journals are in there, Iâm sorry it took me so long. Iâve seen all the good youâve doneâ¦â
âHe approves.â Great grandma said. âAnd he apologies, he thinks his father would be proud of the holder youâve become.â I started felling nauseous and dizzy but I was having so much fun with Zaya.
Later we were sitting at a table and Aunt Hannah and Aunt Lydia sat down. âWe havenât been ruling for long, but itâs been hard.â She pulled out a box and put it on the table. âI have access to the sixth gem now that Iâm Queen. Itâs yours.â She looked at my Dad. âDonât tell mom and dad. It was already hard enough to get them to approve of me marrying Lydia. They got softer after you left but not soft enough to let this go. I think they always viewed it as hope that one day the holder could be brought back to serve us.â
Mom smiled. âThanks Hannah, we appreciate this.â
I had so much fun all night until I collapsed and all I heard was Zaya yelling my name. I woke up in the hospital. âWeâve tried everything, magic hasnât worked yet, why would it work now?â They didnât have a cure for my condition and doctors are surprised Iâve lived this long. Magic was able to prolong the fatality of my condition but so far it hasnât been able to provide a permanent fix. Mom saw a lot of things coming but not this.
âBecause Iâm stronger now and Iâve learned more about magic. I just needed one thing. I need Beeâs scale. No one has thought of using a hybrid elf/dragon shifter scale before, plus itâs not like many people have one. If youâre fine with me draining it if his magic then it could save her.â
âOf course, Iâm fine with it Aqua, sheâs my daughter too. Do whatever you have to do to save her.â My parentâs love for me and each other kept me fighting. âI think sheâs awake.â The next day Mom was able to save me with the scale and I felt better than ever. The doctors say my condition seems to be cured.
Sometimes I felt so small being in this family. My mother was a human/dragon shifter hybrid witch with holder abilities who came from the human world. She saves people on a day-to-day basis. My father was born a prince but left for love and became a Nobel using all he learned previously. My Aunt Hannah was the Queen. My Aunt Sadia and Uncle Cade were part of one of the strongest werewolf packs after all the help of my mother. Aunt Sadia was one of the strongest members while Cade was one of the most resourceful. Uncle Gray was a magic user, there werenât many dragon shifters who learned spell work, but he was only of the talented ones. Uncle Gray looked up to my mom so much that he was inspired to learn it. I guess that made up for him not being the chosen holder. Everyone had accomplished so much and made names for themselves in the hidden world. What was I going to accomplish?