Fire & Ice

Yusei reluctantly returned to his kingdom after a week, promising Marina he would return someday. They had gotten to know each other quite well during the Fire Prince’s short stay and wished that they could be together longer. Yusei hugged the Ice Princess and kissed her on the cheek (A/N: A common custom for those close to each other in their world) before climbing onto the back of his royal black dragon where Crow and Jack sat waiting. Crow whipped the firey lizard with the reins and the beast took off, smoke furling out of his muzzled mouth. Jack looked at His Royal Highness staring at the Arctic palace where Marina lived. The palace was made of never-melting ice created through an ancient magic, passed down through the generations of Ice Priests and Priestess who made repairs and extensions to the royal house occasionally. Yusei wondered what it was like to live in a house made of ice.
When the large ancient structure was no longer in sight, the Fire Prince lay down on his back against his dragon’s scaly, placing his hands behind his head and closing his eyes. Jack coughed and Yusei opened one eye to glare at him.
“Something you wish to say?” he demanded coldly. The blond guard cringed, but still nodded, knowing better than to speak out of turn. Yusei sighed and closed his eyes once again. “Speak now, but chose your words carefully. I do not wish to leave the cloud I am on yet.”
Jack gulped audibly, the steely tone in Yusei’s voice telling him there was no need to voice his worries. That tone was only used against his mother when she tried to make him into a “proper Fire Country Prince”. The guard’s worries were already known to his prince, and despite his loyalty to the current ruler, Fire Queen Isis, he wished his prince and closest friend luck.
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Marina stared at the large black dragon until it was nothing more than a speck in the darkening sky. Yusei had stayed as long as he dared, but worried about his mother’s reaction should he stay much longer. He had planned to leave after five days, which turned to six, and soon into seven. He couldn’t risk an eighth, and his loyal guards, Crow and Jack, promised to fly through the night to get home before morning. The dragon, Yusei’s loyal steed, was one of great lineage, a powerful, speedy beast that was given to him by Jack as a gift when his own dragon’s eggs hatched.
Yusei’s own dragon, one he never allowed into war and only took on pleasurable flights, was an unusual one like himself. It had been found by the Prince as a yearling, injured and frightened. The young prince had taken him home and tended to his wounds, hiding him from his mother for fear of her reaction. He named the beast Stardust, since his blue scales glittered like the night stars. His dragon was now six years old and powerful, but not meant as a fighter. Yusei realized early on that Stardust was strange, even for any dragon: The dragon was a protector, not aggressive in the slightest, except when his friends and allies were in danger. Thus, there was no need to tame and train him: As a result, Isis took to the beast quickly, seeing his potential as a free agent should war break out.
The Ice Princess thought over all Yusei had told her of the dragon and smiled slightly. So Stardust HAD been found and cared for, even getting to keep his old name. She had worried endlessly when a great blue-eyed white dragon came and took the yearling away, the poor creature fighting his abductor off with his life on the line. She was relieved he had succeed in his escape, even finding a person who cared for him as much as she did. She had made Yusei promise to show him to her the next time he came up, just to be sure that this Stardust was the same dragon. Then again, the Blue Stardust Dragon breed was only that lived exclusively in her kingdom...
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YOSH! I added in their dragons! (Not sure if I’ll bring in Aki, but if I do, I’m gonna be unconventional and pair her with Crow. *le gasp* )