Arthur walked into the bar which was nearly desolate at this kind of day. Only a few were in it and none Arthur wanted to get to know. All he wanted was some stiff drinks that would see him through the day. Life had been a little less exciting for him since he stopped dragon slaying he now realized that’s what made his life a bit exciting and fun. That was probably why he had stopped because the fun of it was, was the killing and someone of Arthur’s stature did not enjoy killing even if it was evil. Shadow spawn hunting for him now became a chore instead of a thrill and what he wanted was some of the old excitement back in his life. Like that duel in the land of the dead that was exciting it brought thrill back into his life but now his life was duel.

Even performing no longer held its appeal to him. Arthur guessed he just a little depressed. Everyone had their ups and downs and Arthur guess he was going through a down time. SO he decided to sit back have a few drinks to wash all thought away and in the morning he would do the same and then hit the next town and do it all again or at least until he had some real fun.


He sat down by at table and a good looking waitress came over and said," What will it be stranger". Arthur looked up and said," Whiskey in big cups keep it coming". The waitress smiled and went away. Of course she would smile at him, Arthur was handsome but he chuckled absently if she would think him handsome in his dragon form now that would be a shocker. For a moment he thought about doing it but shook his head. What was wrong with him he was getting all sadistic and grim again.

What he needed was a long stiff drink and then he would be as right as rain once more. The waitress came back and handed him his drink and Arthur smiled and said,” Thanks". The waitress bowed and went away and Arthur took a long drink and near drained the tankard. He refilled it with the bottle the waitress had left. He thanked the waitress silently in his mind he would leave her a big tip when he left. He then took another drink and let the booze wash him away.

Yoro stood, waiting to recieve a drink. "Here you go," said the man. "Ale- only thing appropriate for you in this place."

"Thank you," said Yoro, taking the mug and walking to a table with a single seat. He took a single sip of the cold, moist liquid. Looking back to the bartender, he saw him swabbing the inside of a pitcher. He looked very distinguished doing it, and Yoro began to feel as if the bartender had an exciting tale to tell.

Yoro took another sip of the chilly ale, looking around to see someone familiar. "Pendragon?" he thought, leaning back deeper into his seat. Yoro then closed his eyes and focused on what he just saw. He opened his eyes that had become golden. He began to look closer at the person. "Definetly..." he muttered. He closed his eyes again, took a sip of the ale a third time, then set it down. He breathed out a bored sigh, putting his hand in his hair and brushing it through.

It was then when a lizard-like person bumped him and sent him to the ground, knocking over the table and sending the ale flying through the air. It turned and poured all over the lizard's head, plopping down right in Yoro's lap.

"Do you have some business with me?!" shouted the lizard, grabbing Yoro's cloak and pulling him in.

"Nope, do you?" asked Yoro, laughing. The lizard pushed him about six feet. Yoro's boots slid across the floor. "We're taking this outside. Everyone watching get out there!" Yoro sighed. Another unrequired showdown he had gotten himself into.

Several hoots, hollers, and chants began to ring out. "Yeah, Zebbis, take that runt down!"
"I'm betting a crown on Zebbis!"
"Flatten that pipsqueak!"

Yoro knew there was no escape, so he followed the lizard outside.

Arthur watched the young man and he smiled. He knew him from that battle in Lake Alein not to long ago. He did not get up to speak to him even if Arthur had won the battle he did not make it a habit of talking to thsoe who fought him very often. He then watched as a Lizardian bumbed into the boy and started to get ruff with him. The lizardian then ordered every oen otu to watch him beat the boy. Arthru just smiled he would not let this lizardian ruin his drink or his day so he sat there and continued to drink.

Then one came up to him and looked at him and said," You heard the boss, now get up and watch or do you think your to good to watch". Arthru looked up his dragon slited pupils glowign in the barlight and the lizardian stepped back in fear. He said," Im sorry I didn't know contineu your drink". Arthru smield and took a long drink draining his tankard. THen he took the bottle of whiskey and tipped it up and drank the whole thing down in forty seconds. He wiped his mouth and got up and said," I better go help him, it seems I may get some excitement today after all". He drew his holy braodsword its white flames gathered so he kenw maybe one of the lizardians was evil maybe all.

He sheathed it and said to the barkeep," Put another bottle of whiskey on the tabel, no make it two, I'll be back". Before stepping out into the crowd hetransformed into his dragonic state and soon a 12 foot blue scaled half-dragon in chainmail wearing swords came out of the bar and looked at the Lizardians who looked at him in pure terror.

The leader looked at him and said,' This is no buisness of yours Dragon Kin, this pup thought he could disturb me". Arthru smiled and said," On the contrary, you bumbed into hi mwithout provocation and you also ruined my drink so it is my buisness unless you want to pay for mine and his drink and apologize to the people in the bar".

The lizardian leader was quaking but said in a determined voice," Then have it your way but we will nto fall to no dragon brother". Arthur smield and said," I wouldn't have it any other way". He drew his blade and the white flames grew intense and the crowd parted. The nbets started to go across the place on him.

He then said," Let us dance with death". He then set himself in a mid guard and waited.

Yoro grinned. "Watch closely," he said. He focused on the lizard, who was foolish enough to charge with a huge sword. Zebbis began to swing at him- very slowly.
Yoro just laughed and ducked. He closed his eyes, then could hear Zebbis move. Yoro opened his now golden eyes and hopped to the side. Grabbing his Lite Sword, he began to bladedance.

"Don't lose to that kid!" shouted an onlooker. Yoro retreated to the air. "Oy! Coward!" shouted Zebbis. Yoro laughed, then fired a barbed arrow. Zebbis stood still, then grabbed it. He grabbed a much larger bow from someone standing nearby. He was completely ignoring the shout of, "Hey, that's mine!" Zebbis fired it back at Yoro. Yoro closed his wings up around him and dodged.

"Ha! Elvias Eyes really help!" said Yoro.

Arthur watched Yoro fight for a bit before looking at the two lizardians before him and he said," Do you really want to do this"? They looked at him and smiled and went for him. Arthur sighed and said," Have it your way then." The first one came ino his right and Arthur met its axe with his sword and sparks flew from the impact of both he then turned the blade slightly causing the axe slip down his balde as Arthur tunred ot meet the second ones sword. Arthur kicked out to the side with hsi right leg hitting the first lizardian in the stomach. His blade then started to meet the first lizardian in a flash of quick flurries. He then turned hsi blade coming down and disarmed the lizardian and then punched him hard with his scaled hand and the Lizardian went down with a grunt.

Arthru then turned to the other who was nwo comign at him axed raised. The creature swung the axe and Arthru ducked under and came up and there was a scream of pain as the Lizardian fell to the groudn his right arm missing. Arthur looked at them both and said," SHould have bought me a new drink". The rest of the Lizardians started to back away as he approached where Yoro was fighting. Then one stepped in front of him and said," Can't elt you do that half-dragon". Arthur looekd at the Lizardian who was nearly as tall as he was. He looekd to the sword and saw a heron amrk on the blade and smiled and said," A blademaster, this should be interesting". The lizardian drew the blade and soon he and Arthur met in a flurry of calucalted blows each fighting in the styels of the blademaster.

(mind if i join you?)

All this commotion was watched by two jewls of brown almost black captivating eyes. Zenaida remained hidden....unshown to anyone as she watched the fight. A small smile played upon her lips seeing men fight. This always was a good view for her. "I am betting a jewel on the pair of those strangers." A rich and aluring voice spoke from the shadows as she watched them. Few people parted giving her way approach the view. She was a foreigner to Arda and no one knew her but everyone loved her beauty of middle east, her rich intoxicating fragrance of egyptian jasmin, the voice of hers.....they should see her dancing.Zenaida slowly approached the fight and layed eyes upon them all who were fighting. " I honestly do not think the lizarians would win.." she smirked slightly." I can smell a good fighter and the lizarians are.....not good enough for those guys..." she said smirking. She said with her eyes still upon fighters.

Yoro, hearing the female betting on them grinned. It was time to get the crowd fired up. He hopped up, then closed his wings up and began to spin around, dashing through the air at a quick pace. The spiral twirls were powerful, so Yoro couldn't fight. He stopped after getting high in the air. "I'll jump up there and lop off your nose!" Zebbis jumped to an extreme height, right at Yoro's level. Yoro just grinned, then used the Lite Sword in a vertical swing. He knocked Zebbis higher into the air, then laughed. "Impact!" he shouted, pushing his blade up under Zebbis and kicking him. "Steel!"

A long chain rose from the ground and latched onto Zebbis's tail. It then began to quickly drag Zebbis to the ground. The immense collision shook the area, and Yoro danced in the air. People booed, then began to hoot and holler for Pendragon and himself.

Yoro dropped to the ground and walked over to Zebbis. "I ain't done yet! Get over here and fight- you spoony bard!" Another lizardian stepped out from the crowd. In his left hand was a rod. He held it out. "It is an honor to face you," he said. Being kind, he bowed. Yoro bowed as well.

Zenaida grinned slightly at Yoro and his ammount of inner energy that he fought with. She liked it....he was very vivid and it is a good thing for a fighter if he knows how to use that energy wisely. Her brown persian eyes watched Yoro and Arthur as they fought. " Show what you got best" she said still keeping her eyes on the fighters and enjoyed the view. She would join them herself in a fight but was not in a mood for a fight so Zenaida will rather watch it and perhaps gives some few advices or just cheers for those that she did bet on. She already knew who will win so the smile won't ever leaves her lips that are so tempting to steal a kiss from her. They could feel her eyes layed upon them as she watched the fighters. Zenaida remembered her old times when she became to a rebel in her homeland and lead people against their current ruler who supressed whole kingdom 'under his foot'. Oh how she hated him for all that he have done and just couldn't leave all it like that so Zenaida gathered people and changed everything. She liked to fight...especialy using her magic but most of all she loved to dance....perhaps tonight someone will be lucky and will see her dancing? Perhaps the winners of this fight?

Arthur did not listen to the vocie of the woman or the crowd. He did not listen to even the boy fighting his own Lizardian. He only listened to his blade and his heart its steady beat matching every strike of his blade. The tall Lizardian was meeting his every strike, this creature had earned hsi blade under a jury of blademasters while Arthur had not but the drow was suprised how Arthur could meet every strik and style of the blademaster. Arthru had gotten soem scratches from a few blows and the Lizardian was bleeding on the arm from one of his strikes.

The creature then said," TIme to end thsi half-dragon, your good but your not a real blademaster not yet". The creature then came on full force causing Arthru to try as hard as he ever had to block the strikes. THe man sturck but very strikes caused bleeding as he was in his dragon form and Arthru saw a weakness in the blademaster and said," Well when I defet you I will be". HE struck out and he flowed through form after form until he turned his opponents blade and struck hin in the side sending him to the ground lookign suprised. The Lizardian smiled and said," I can finally go the embrace of the mother". The creature then fell dead at Arthurs feet and the others looked at Arthru and ran ecept for the one facing the boy who was to intent on the boy to realize he was alone.

Arthur smiled and said," Well this should be good now I can sit back and watch now that the boy is facing his Lizardian alone".

Yoro flipped sideways while striking, then jumped back. "Hmh, good." Yoro grinned. "ICICLE!" The lizardian fired an icicle right towards Yoro. Yoro stayed still, and then he put his hand out. "Burn," he said. His finger lit up. Then, he jabbed the icicle and burned it. The mushy ice fell to the ground, then changed into water. "Invincible!" said the lizardian. He began to charge up his energy.

"Now's my chance," said Yoro. He grabbed his barbed arrow and bow, then looked at the lizardian through his golden eyes. "Aim," he said quietly. He then released it and truck the lizardian's newly formed shield.
"No," he said. "I was too late." An idea hit Yoro. "Steel!" he shouted. A chain rose up from inside the shield and grabbed onto the lizardian. He lost focus of the shield. Yoro fired another arrow at the lizardian, hitting him right in the arm.

"Death Strike!" Yoro's eyes widened. The lizardian broke free of the chains and appeared right in front of Yoro. He gasped, and he didn't move. He just stared at him. The lizardian grabbed Yoro's neck and lifted him off the ground. "No..."

Arthur watched as the man fought and then was suprised when the lizardian got to Yoro. Arthru moved quickly before the lizardian could do what he intned and soon a long dagger bloomed in the lizardians side and the Lizardian lookekd confused as the light left his eyes and his grip let go and the Lizardain fell dead. Arthru came up and took his sword and stabbed the lizardian and some people gasped and Arthru said," Just in case". He removed his dagger and cleaned the blade as well as his sword. He then looked at Your and said," You should be more careful Yoro, Lizardians aren't very bright, but their crafty".

He detransformed to his human state and smiled and said," AT least your okay, but you owe me know human". HE then turned and watched as people excahnged coins from the betting and Arthru went back inside the bar to finish his drink.

"I guess so," said Yoro, grinning. He decided to go inside as well and get more ginger ale. As he walked through the door, a green lizardian and a black and red lizardian walked up to him. "You must be some punk to hurt my brother," said the green one. "I'm getting back at that half-dragon for what he did to my sister and best pal. He killed them."

Yoro shuddered and walked past. Zebbis sat at a table, bandaged up and very upset. Yoro just asked the bartender for another ale. He took it and went to the back room where few people ever went to drink. He sat back and let the drink touch his lips. "You cost me all my gold crowns!" said a voice behind him. Yoro turned to see a drow rogue. "It's not my fault Zebbis was so weak," said Yoro, turning around and sipping the moist ale again.

Zenaida watched all the fight till the end and grinned some as lizardians were killed. She fallowed them back to the inn threw a glance at the drow who spoke nearly angryly to Ypro. Zenaida only managed to give away her promissed jewel to the draw so that everyone would be happy. The jewel was very rare but she didn't care much about the money and treasures. She threw the jewel to a drow smiling and glanced at the bartender.He understood her sign and noded some them told to musicians to start to play. " A dance for the winers!" she said grinning as the arabian belly dance music began to play and she threw away her cloak revealing beautyful face and exposing her finely toned body.

She gracefully walked into the middle of the tavern and began to dance. Her movements were graceful and flowing making an impression as if she would have done this for many years and now her movements and steps were perfect. Her eyes and lips didn't stop smiling as she danced shaking her hips, her body swayed as a serpent. Zenaida was very plastic to do a belly dance was like to steal a candy from a kid to her.

A dance for them? This seemed to catch Yoro's interest. This was the one who bet on them. Now he could examine her. She appeared to be close to Pendragon's age. She seemed to be very skillful. Yoro took a sip from his ale. The bartender came up to Yoro. "I think you should have a free drink," he said. He put down a mug full of a green and brown drink. The ice in it melted away. The bartender walked off. "Is this poisonous?" asked Yoro. He poured some out onto the table. Steam rose, and part of the table melted away.

Yoro moved to another table and left the drink there. "I bet Zebbis put something in that," he said.

Arthur watched as the lady dance and his blood burned at the sight. No heat came to his face, no flushing but his blood boiled at the sight. THe woman did the dance beautifull it was excotic and tempting. Even Arthru who had a dragosn fire inside him was heated by the dance and he was enchanted by it. One thign abotu dragons they loved beautiful women, not only to take care of them and things but to entertain them when they are lonely. Well evil dragons mostly but soemtiems good dragons to. Arthur almost felt like transformign there and sweeping here away to a cave.

His human then came in and he shook his head. He thought " No Arthur, your not fully dragon yet, not until you are what you are meant to be". He then went back to watching. THe bartender came up and said," Free drink sir on the house". HE smiled and took up the drink and he saw the waitress out of the corner of his eye mouthign poison. He poured the drink below him and steam rose from the floor. Arthur looked to see the lizardian he had stabbed with his dagger and sword ta ta table with two others. He knew they thought he had killed more than he had. Only oen did he kill the other two alive but unconcious and the leader he wondered how had he survived.

He then walked over to Yoro and sat down and said to him," Yours poisoned as well. thats twice now those guys have messed with my drink and I am going to hurt them worse than I did if they do it a third time".

"We could... heat their drinks up," he said. "One of us could grab his attention, then the other could creep over and bury a little fire in the drinks. I can do either job."

Yoro took a sip from the ale. "Or we could, better, swap their drinks." Yoro walked over to the poison liquid's mug and lifted it. "Or... both." Yoro grinned. "Burn," he said. His finger ignited in flames. He then slowly moved it down towards the liquid. As soon as the fire touched the liquid, Yoro pulled his finger out and blew the fire out.

Zenaida grinned seeing men melt from seeing her dance. She knew no one could resist her sweetest temptations of her dance and her sweet intoxicating fragrance of egyptian jasmin of her parfume. She grinnined and approached one man then grabed his swords pulling them out from their sheaths and smirked wickedly as begance a sword dance. This was one that not everyone could perform withough cutting herself with blades but Zenaida did it many times, her movements were skillful and swift. She danced with blades seeming to be more impressive and as she cough a sigh of someone who tryed to backstab Arthur she threw one blade at that person and hit him sending back into a wall. A slight glare and frown appeared on her face directed to the backstabber and she finished her performance finaly then walked to a same man that she took blades and gave that one she still had back to the man. Zenaida then sat at the bar and ordered a glass of fine elven wine.

Arthur smiled and said," Or we could let the dancer handle it". He pointed to her when she threw the blade she had been dancing with. She was very good at dancing with the blade had never seen the like except from his own type of blade dance. He smiled and then said to Yoro," Unless you really want to get them back". He chuckled and saw that the man was very ready. He shrugged and said," Well you only live once, you want the leader or should I have him".


(SOrry its so short but I am pretty busy at the moment)