"You okay, Scribe?" Irzen asked though he already knew the answer.

"The only thing that is hurt on me is my pride, Irzen," War Scribe hissed as she settled into the water, "Nothing more, nothing less. I am playing nice and that is that!"

The bronze dragon rose up slowly again and both Serna and Caliaphy went sliding down squealing anad screaming with excitement. He craned his neck down a bit and told the elemental to repeat exactly what he said, *Arcaniss daratrix!*

Seama flew over to Quake, "Here let me help steady yourself," offering her hand.

Quake took Seama's hand graciously and repeated what the bronze man said, *Arcaniss daratrix.* Her form reshaped itself into her dragon form and sank like a twenty ton heavy thing in the lagoon.

***SSPPLAAOOOSSSHH!!!***

The water sprite realized it too late and was dragged beneath the surface of the water in the iron grip of an elemental dragon. Moments later Quake emerged up out of the water as her true self with a saturated, drowned-rat of water sprite panting heavily. "NOOOOOOO!!!"

The bronze dragon, Alyson, and Madame Mabel burst out laughing. "MUWHA! HAHAHA! AHAHAHAHAHA!"

Alyson was laughing so hard, she was crying. Madame Mabel wiped a tear from her eye from laughing so hard. And the dragon, who had been pranked the most of any, laughed so hard that Caliaphy and Serna were literally shaken off of him.

Quake made sure she was out of harms way with her large size. "It's so good to be me again." She turned and gently picked up the nearly drown kurori off of her back and placed her on the beach. "Sorry, I had no idea that I was set up either."

"That's...*pant*...not..*pant* FAIR!!" Seama yelled out loud.

The elementalist calmed down enough and sat back up from laughing so hard, "It's called KARMA, Seama. Do onto others as you would have them do onto you."

The bronze man settle back down in the lagoon and let Serna and Caliaphy get on and slide down him a couple more times.

"WWWWWHHHHHEEEEE!!!" Serna slid down The Bronze Man's back, "THIS IS FUN! WWWHHHHEEEEE!!!"

"You know, Irzen, with all of this abuse I'm taking just for being civil, you damn well better drown me like a dead rat and make it worth my while!" War Scribe snapped as she dipped beneath the water.

"Don't worry, Scribe, I'll make it worth your while alright," Irzen replied, "When I off you, I'll make sure that its slow and painful so you can enjoy every second of your life being squeezed out of you."

"Thank you, Irzen," War Scribe popped her head back above water, "You're so sweet!"

"I try, Scribe," Irzen rolled his eyes, "I try."

War Scribe promptly splashed some water in Irzen's face, "Did I hear sarcasm in your voice? Good, because now I feel justified in splashing you. Catch me if you can, Swordsman."

The Drowling ducked back under the water.

Irzen grumbled as he gave chase to the Drowling.

*****

On the shore Madeous was joined by Madame Mabel and sat down next to him. "Just reminiscing, sire?"

He looked over to the courtesan, "Yes. Yes I am. Lazheros looks the same as he did when I first met him when I was a young man."

"I suppose it might 'ave to do with 'im being a dragon. Being a creature of magic. Letting 'em take on whatever form he chooses. He ages but a lot slower than us mortals." Madame Mabel smiled. "I am happy for 'em. He's found true love."

"...yeah." Madeous sighed, "I would of never figured that my niece was the one he bonded with. Well, I suppose it was fate in a way. She is home and she is happy here. Truly happy."

"And that is a good thing," Willow added standing not too far behind them, "It has been a very long time since I have seen Alyson smile this much and this long. This land definitely agrees with her."

The platinum knight looked at the elemental, "So that's what you look like."

"Yup." Quake gave him a toothy grin.

"It is good to see you as yourself again, Quake," Willow smiled, "How does it feel to be yourself again?"

"Oh yes. I feel so good to be me, again!" Quake sat up on her haunches. "I mean it was okay being mostly human but the hangovers are seriously killer." She told the ranger.

The Ranger laughed, "That's good to know. So I'm curious: What have you learned from this experience?"

Madeous looked skyward and noticed the suns were almost at their zenith. He stood up and brought his fingers to his lips and whistled. A pair of lion roars were heard in the distance with the sound of flapping wings. Both dragonee flew down onto the beach and remained at the edge of the party on the beach. "Alyson, its time."

The elementalist stood up and dove into the deeper water in front of the dragon entertaining two little kids. She surfaced about fifteen feet out and waded the rest back to the shore. The bodysuit changed back into the robe briefly as she approached her uncle. "Still getting used to this new attire."

"Dragons are such fickle creatures," Madeous laughed as he walked with Alyson over to the dragonee. "You've done quite well for yourself, Alyson. I am proud of you. You have a good group of friends here too."

Quake got up on all fours and walked behind Alyson and her uncle. "Sir, I was thinking about what you said early about having me go with you and learning from elemental dragons."

The platinum knight stopped and face the elemental, "And?"

"Lady, I want to go with him."

Alyson was taken off guard, "Uhh. Is this what you want? Truly want?"

Quake dipped her head into Alyson's arms, "Yes. Besides, I am you. An aspect of you. I am very grateful for everything. This way, I can bring what I learned studying abroad."