NO

I don't know how long passed in the state I was in, I felt empty again and I felt like all hope was lost, my home, my son and a family I had found again seemed to be destroyed without a moments notice. It was like the world was drained of all it's color and beauty leaving behind a cold and barren land never to grow a plant again. I walked though those days like the dead and nothing seemed to bring me back for a great while, most of my days are spent either in the hut in bed staining at the roof or at the willow tree on what felt like the edge of the world stair ring out into the ocean watching, waiting for anything that might mean something.

It wasn't untill late winter when I snapped out of the dream like state I was in one day and I will forever be greatfull for the words that were said they day. Thora was packing food for the men in the forges that day and was going to deliver them soon,

" alayah? Do you want to come with me to the forges?"

" no."

"Alayah, come. On. You've been in this hut for nearly the whole winter you will get sick! Come on your going with me."

" Thora..."

" NO!"

Thora slammed the basket of food down onto the table with the shout before turning to look at me a Frown on her face and a fierce glare set on me.

" I AM SICK OF THIS.. THIS MOPING ALAYAH! YES YOUR VILLAGE WAS BURNED BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW THERES NOBODY THAT SURVIVED HUH?! YOUR SITTING ON YOUR RUMP DOING NOTHING TO EVEN FIND OUT IF THE WORDS THEY SAID ARE TRUE?"

"AND EHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO ABOUT IT THORA? IVE LOST MY VILLAGE AND I HAVE NO IDEA IF ANYONE SURVIVED LET ALONE WHERE THEY WOULD BE! IVE LOST MY DAUGHTER ALLREADY AND MY SON ONCE! I-I won't be able to handle knowing if I've lost him again, for real this time, I- I want to know if anyone survived but I'm so pained by the thought that what if he is not among the survivors Thora?!"

" how will you know if you don't try and find him? He might be alive and move on without either of you knowing each outher are alive as well, Alayah I know you have been though a lot but I want you to know that if that was my son out there alone thinking I was dead I would try my most to try and find him agin and if he is not among the living then he is with his sister. And that is that, I can't watch you waste away thinking something is true if you have never sought out the answers for yourself."

She looks away from me and my head drops my eyes burning with tears and my gaze burning into the wooden floor. I hear her take a deep breath gathering her basket once again, her footsteps fade and the door opens quietly before shutting harshly.

I stare at the ground thinking of her words as they seem to stab into my soul tearing open new wounds and old ones as well, it hurts because I know she's right. As my mind thinks my body seems to move of it's own accord and soon I am laying on my bed facing the wall of the hut. I lay for quite a long while afterwards before coming to a realization.

I don't know if anyone's alive or not, they have a army of dragons and have plenty of time to escape.. they had to have been attacked a bit after I was, but it's been months and it's winter they could be anywhere Its going to be hard to travel with a boat- I'm a dragon! I can go anywhere I don't need a boat or rations let alone worry about winter! I will find my son and the survivors of my home.

After that exhaustion pulled me in like a sea dragon slowly dragging me down into darkness. I let the darkness fade a new fire burning in me and for the first time since I heard of burk frigg stirred and started to thrash in excitement of the flight to come.

When I woke the moon was high and I put my plan into action, grabbing my staff and a deerskin bag, I slowly make my way to the table, setting it all aside I dig in the pack for paper and charcoal, as I sit I eat what was left of the dinner that Thora made then I begin to write.

Dear Thora and ebbeMy friends your help has not gone unnoticed, I cannot thank you for the help and everything you have done for me it means more then you will ever know. I want you to know that I am leaving for Burk tonight and Thora the words you said though harsh made me think about what I was doing to myself and I realized shortly that you were correct. I am going to find my people and my son again, I'm leaving tonight and I hope to see you again but I don't know if I will. I do believe the gods have blessed me with a few visions as I stayed in your care, you will have a child soon, a son and if you would allow me to say his name shall me pendragon, a mighty fine a man and warrior, he and his future kin have a big part in the future and one day they will be might rulers over this land with many more people then this village. You two are my family and I will try to send word to you again if I find my home and it's people, it pains me to leave but would hurt more if I said goodbye in person, you both will prosper with the gods blessings,

Blessed be the AllFather Alayah, the dragon speaker of burk.

With a soft sigh I fold the letter leaving it at the head of the table before picking up my things again and softly closeting the door behind me. The moon was full and high this night and I needed no candle or light to see my eyes and the moon lit up my world as though it was dawn was breaking. I made it up to the hill where I normally sit, the snow cold on my feet and frigg practically beating her wings inside me to get out and fly. Closing my eyes I breath deeply before resting my hand on the tree before me my head softly touching the cold bark, a wind starts to pick up and I can almost hear a whisper on the wind.

I tell the tree to protect the people in the village and I feel my eyes almost twitch in a way I've never felt before, leaning back I hear footsteps behind me and hurry to stand at the edge of the cliff not bothering to change out of the garments that I have been in. I get ready to jump but a shout stops me.

"NO!"I turn quickly to see Gilli, the small child running torwards me his brother in tow."

" alayah! Please do not do this I know your village was distroyed but jumping off a cliff isn't going to bring them back!"

I give them a soft smile.

" boys I know. This is something that I have to do if i want to find my people and my son again. I can't stay here any longer"

Olaf seemed to get more frantic when he heard me say that because he started to walk faster and closer, I started to step back because then I wouldn't be able to leave the village.

" alayah, please don't do this! You are young and there is no reason for you to seek out your fallen village anymore you- you can stay here with us and tell story's and live here in the village!-"" yeah! And you can show Olaf and his freinds to fight because you kicked their arses last time and and they didn't even touch you! You said that you would show me that move!"

Olaf moves closer and I step back again soon he realizes that I'm too close to the edge for him to reach mean time.

" Olaf. Gilli. My people cannot be all dead, I lived in a entire village of dragons some people made it I'm positive, I think they would've moved to another isle you have to let me go and find them please. I cannot stay any longer now."

Frigg seems to be straining against my control as I try to talk to the boys but she wants out and I have to fight her back like a bear for the last fish, she strains inside me and I try to concentrate at the problem at hand.

" then come back to the village Alayah, we can get a boat set up and you can leave tomorrow, there is no reason for you to be up on the cliffs in order to leave."

I feel my control breaking as I manage to tell them one last thing.

" you see, there is one reason I'm up here and that's why I am known as the dragon lady young ones, goodbye, may the gods bless you."

I step backwards falling off the cliff and into the darkness below. I feel my body shifting and the bag that was once in my hand is now on a sharp pointed dragon finger, the staff securely tied to the bag as well. I hear two screams and before I hit the water frigg is fully herself. I shoot back up into the air pausing to look at the boys and winking at them with one dragon eye. Not stopping as I took off in the direction of burk ready to find my home again.

Ashes, that's what was mostly left of the beauty full village after the attack I looked in all the houses and caves anywhere that a survivor might be but there was nobody, there was no body's either and that only failed my fire to continue, I searched the whole isle and couldn't find a sign that showed where they went, it wasn't until I checked the chiefs hut again when I noticed something, there was marks on a map that was pinned to a table it was one of the finest maps hiccup had made, there was wooden figures surrounding it most Burnt to a chips or ash but one was charred it looked like frigg, the figure was off to the side and the gears in my head started to turn, I look at the map rushing around it and arranging the peices of the remaining dragons as they were, there was three groups of two all surrounding burk. My figure was placed in a off area that had been blank at the time. I breath heavily as I come to the realization that they WERE looking for me when they were attacked! They sent out the riders in groups of two so they could cover more ground, and I'm off in a undiscovered area because they didn't know where I was at the time, there was small rocks on the islands and placed that they have allready checked.

I can't give up now, I have to find where this new.. burk is and im going to see my son again. No matter who or what stands in my way.