"WHAT?" Eilionwy snarled turning in Serna's direction, "YOU LITTLE HUMAN BRAT! YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!"

"I don't think so, you mean nasty traitor!" Serna shot back at Eilionwy.

The elven princess's form shapechanged into a huge red dragon who hungrily snapped in her direction.

"WHAT IN THE REALM?! YOU'RE A DRAGON?!"Serna activated her shield in an effort to protect both herself and Caliaphy.

Caliaphy teleported her and Serna out of the way just seconds before the razor sharp teeth of the red dragon struck. "Phew! That was too close! Okay, Arlhenwe, anytime now!"

"Tell me about it!" Serna gasped in relief.

The loremaster raised both staff and sword into the air and blasted the red dragon with lightning. **SHRACKKK!** "Now, Caliaphy!"

One que, the kurori teleported all of them out of the undercroft and up inside the city walls of Northaven.

"Why didn't you tell me she was a dragon?!" Serna looked to both Arlhenwe and Caliaphy, "That is not something you should keep from a friend! Bad form, you two, REALLY bad form!"

Collecting her thoughts, the loremaster looked down at the shield maiden, "Serna, that was Eilionwy, she is an elf who is 'possessed' by something magical willingly or not, she is more of a threat than she was before. I always knew she was power hungry I just didn't realize how bad she had gotten. And three, hopefully your friend, Alyson can knock some sense into her before she goes completely mad."

"I think she's already there," Serna concluded as she held her shield close.

The kurori fluttered about anxiously, "Bad Form? Hey I didn't even know Eilionwy could do that. Arlhenwe is right, Eilionwy is pretending to be a dragon."

"If she's pretending to be a dragon," Serna quipped, "Then she's doing one hell of a job of pretending. So, what do we do now?"

The loremaster gave the shield maiden a hard stare, "We will go up on the wall and help the others now."

"EEEP!" Serna jumped when The Loremaster gave her a hard stare, "What?! What did I do?"

"Stay close and pay attention, Serna." Arlhenwe sighed as she motioned the two of them to follow her.

Caliaphy gasped at Serna, "Hey, no swearing! Let the grownups do that, sheesh, you're a kid!"

"All I did was say the word 'hell'" Serna replied in a small voice as she felt cornered between the Elf Maiden and the Fairy, "Neven would say far worse than that and no one paid him any mind."

"The thief was also older than you, silly." The kurori sprinkled fairy dust on the shield maiden, "You're alright by me, Serna. Come on, lets go and help out, Prince Willow now."