LTGB II: Return of the Games.

[Awesomoman]

It's that magical time of year again. Where dragons of every kind gather around The Ancient Tree to hang out, eat food, have fun, and FIGHT TO THE near DEATH! And after all the wizard attacks, the people really need this.

Same rules apply as the last LTGB. No huge climaxes and no fatal battles. Now then, heeeeere WE GO!
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"Are we there yet?" Taranis bugged as he traveled with his family to The Ancient Tree.
"No." Gorn replied.
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
"Are we there yet?"
"Taranis, until we see a giant tree, were not there yet."
Taranis pouted. "Why couldn't we just teleport there?"
Gorn sighed. "Because, we could use some family togetherness time. Besides, don'y you want to save your energy for the games?"
Taranis couldn't argue with that, the one thing he was actually looking forward to in this whole thing was the tournament. He was going to show everyone that he was the strongest! (at least in the Pee wee division.) "Oh yeah, I'm gonna smash anyone that tries to get in my way!" He proudly proclaimed.
"Good for you. Hey, what was it you kept asking me?" Gorn asked.
"Are we there yet?" Taranis repeated puzzled.
"Yes." Gorn smiled pointing at the now visible tree.

[Nohiki]

"Hey Tara, Fire this up!" somebody shouted. She instantly hated him. "I am not a lighter..." she growled, but breathed a good long fireline on a heap of charcoal. Somehow, the dragon who was bossing her also went up in flames. "Point taken! Thanks." he announced, putting rods filled with meat over the hot coals. Games. The annual festival of boredom and bother. If not for a chance to get a decent challenge once in a while, she would not be here. Tara looked around. The tree was still relatively empty, she might get a few hours of warm up. Taking off, she spiraled down around the tree and landed near the main road, walking further away, enough to be in sight if anyone needed heavy stuff moved, but far enough not to attract passer-bys nit interested in seeing her fight but merely to say hello.

"What a pretty flower!" Lantea said, pointing to a distance from Phoenicia's back. "Honey, the last flower you tried to examine was carnivorous, and that's why you're not walking on your own, or did you forgot?" Phenicia reminded the whelp, motioning her head towards stitches on her leg and side. Lantea sighed: "Teacher didn't tell us plants can actually eat us. I thought they ate flies and stuff." the young lady said, and dropped her voice volume into a whisper, "And you try living in the same den with Taranis laughing at you for getting defeated by flora." Phoenicia burst out in laughter at that, earning a headbutt from her daughter.

[saphira]

Sapphire and leaf had heard of the games starting again and had immediately set off for the great tree. she now saw the great tree and sped up with the sun sparkling of her scales when leaf rocketed past her a streak of green. when they landed with her locket bouncing of her chest and her pack bag at her side,about the size of her eye she decided to send a message to sol'lux so she used some water from the nearby stream and sent about sixty gallons of water into the air freezing it into a million tiny crystals and then unfreezing it and replacing the water to the river.

[Zetherus]

The sky grew red when two meteors passed through the clouds. As the meteors neared the ground one sprouted giant wings and slowed itself before making contact. The form of a huge black dragon took place after the fireball as it set down in the forest near a family of dragons walking to the great tree in the distance. The other fireball continued until it crashed into a nearby small lake. Moments later a fifteen foot tall demonic humanoid walked out of the vaporized watering hole and caught up with Thoron after he walked past the family of dragons. "Is there a problem? We are not at our destination!" Spoke the demon angrily. Thoron turned his head at Scourge and smiled. "Why of course we are! We are at the great festival that happens once a year near the Ancient Tree." Calmly said the black dragon as he flicked his tail, sheathing the blood stained battle armor's blade back into it's mechanized capsule. Scourge stared at Thoron confused as he heard the battle armor disengage, then he yelled, "WHAT! We need to go back to our mission and finish that war that those fools started!" The black dragon snickered then started walking down the path that led to the festival, slowly passing the dragon family while speaking to the demon beside him, "I could care less about those fool's destruction or my grandfather's orders right now so if you don't mind... I'm going to get drunk and enjoy the atmosphere!" Thoron quoted as he continued down the path then shifted his view to the dragon male on his right, leading the family. "Do I know you from somewhere? Your scent almost smells familiar, like an old, shocking, friend of mine!"

[Midnightmoon]

Zephyr pranced around on one of the large lower branches of the Ancient Tree. "I wonder if they have the fighting arena set up yet." He said excitedly, seamingly to himself. The globe around his neck swung from the ropes that tied it there' glissening in fern parterned ice. After a second a faint mist wafted around it. "Settle down. I showed you those techniques so you could defend and protect, not so you could show off. You should really be practicing your flying. Your flight is as graceful as a duck and your control in all else is as conservatice as a fire salamander in a firestorm." Isis scolded. A few weeks after the fight at Energy Peak Zephyr had found the globe in the shallow river Dinara had made. At first he thought it just a pretty gem washed up from the new currents but when it mocked his fighting during his next battle training it was slowly explained what he realy was. Isis was obviously a ice spirit of some sort, and had a full arsenal of battle tactics and techniques at his begging, but beyond his name and his old fashioned references nothing else could be gathered of his identity. "It was that blasted witch." Isis had hissed into Zephyr's mind oneday after he had been exceptionally persistant with his questions, "Mistres- ugh, the witch kept me asleep till she wanted to use me. All the awakenings were too far between and my mind has not been my own since... since something..." after that he wouldn't say another word and hadn't since then about that topic, not that it bothered Zephyr too much considering all that the spitit was teacheing him. "Ya well, I'm not good at flying at all." Zephyr inched towards the end of the branch to try and see the arena. Anticipating Zephyr's train of thought Isis gave one last grown of disaproval and receeded back into the globe, taking the mist and chill with him. Zephyr took this as a win and whooped happily, jumping off the branch nd zipping off the the arena that had indeed been set up.

[saphira]

leaf walked on ahead with sapphire right behind him. "come onnnnn i want to get to the arena and fight" he said a slight whine entering his voice. "males" Sapphire said as she rolled her eyes and shook her head trotting after him
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tuka'li was coming in fast and decided to be a little of a showoff so he accessed his fire magic letting trails of fire flow behind him and he landed with an enormous thud on the ground as he cut of the flames. he had landed next to the arena that had recently been built. he was glowing gold in excitement. then he spotted a younger dragon flying into the arena so he headed on in to meet him.

[Morty]

"Is there even going to be anything other than fighting and games?" said Ciro morosely, trudging along beside his family. He'd vehemently refused to be picked up and carried after complaining of being tired, and now his soft, tired youngling's legs were paying the price, adding to his frustration. Jealously, he eyed Lantea from her position on their mother's back. Ever since she'd gotten her vision back, she'd been strange, different. Taranis, on the other hand... "Are we there yet?" "No." "Are we there yet?" "No." This exchange has lasted at least half an hour, Ciro thought, cringing. He halfheartedly swatted at another fly that had landed on his scaly shoulder and grumbled. "Why did I even have to come? This is so stupid."

[Awesomoman]

"Of course there are." Gorn responded to his youngest. "Last time we came there was a smithing area, a science group, even the elders have a place to convene. Theres not a person here that can't find something to do, that includes you."
It was then that two meteors fell right next to the family, only to turn out to be two giant figures. One of them looked right at Gorn, "Do I know you from somewhere? Your scent almost smells familiar, like an old, shocking, friend of mine!"
Gorn knew instantly who he was referring to, "Was this friend big, green, and faster than fast? Because if you're talking about Zarin, I'm his son."
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Taranis got between his siblings gaze, "So, any of you getting in on the tourney? Or are you both scared I'll crush you!"

[Nohiki]

"I can't even walk on my own, stupid..." Lantea rolled her eyes, and immediately regretting not being able to fight, because she would gladly take the chance to deflate her brother's ego a few degrees with her atlantean weapon. She then looked up the tree, seeing somebody glide down and then walking away. She focused her sight, trying to see what the person was doing. The black-orange dragon was practicing for combat, but with moves such as Lantea never seen. The dragon swooped behind a few large trees. All of a sudden, the trees fell down, cut into three pieces. "Heyyy, big bro? You might wanna watch this." she pointed to the distance.

[saphira]

tukali started to practice he went to a great big boulder and released a great jet of magma from his jaw leaving the boulder hollowed out and white hot in the center. then he went over to the cleared area and slammed his tail down relasing several stones which he promptly lit fire to and flung at a tree.

[Kauria]

A stocky brown dragon burst into motion not far away from Tukali, rearing onto his hind legs and drawing up a wall of stony soil to deflect the flaming rocks. It crumbled quickly into a smoking heap. The earth dragon dropped heavily to the ground again and shook his head vigorously, the small frill on his neck flapping with the motion.
"Leave the trees alone," he said gruffly. "Just because you're an old fart doesn't mean you can do whatever you want." Oltyth snorted and turned back to the cluster of conversing dragons just outside the arena.

[saphira]

luna burst thru the clouds a wreath of white light surrounding her. she landed with the light becoming a faint glow, she looked as beautiful as ever her looks untouched by time the one difference was a faint pink scar curving neatly over her left eye. she couldn't wait to see wait the science area had this year and was bursting with excitement at being chosen to help plan and execute games for the little ones.

[Awesomoman]

"Oh right, I forgot you still haven't recovered from your fatal encounter with a dandelion." Taranis laughed. His expression changed to stunned when he looked at the dragon Lantea was talking about. "....Whoa..."

[Zetherus]

"Awe you are his son. Well now this is a surprise!" Thoron spoke in excitement then slowed down to their pace. "I am Thorondar, some call me Reincarnate, others call me God Slayer. But you and your family can call me Thoron. Hey, have you heard from your father at all? It's been a while since I've been... back!"

In the distance there was a light dragon bursting through the clouds which caught Thoron's eye for a moment. It surprised him because he only has seen a light dragon once, and that was Sol'lux.

Scourge rolled his eyes in distaste then mumbled to himself, "I hate festivals! I just want to kill something pure and devour it's soul... Awe!" The demon heard what the dragon beside Thoron had said about him being Zarin's son so he turned to the black dragon on his right then jumped up and climbed up Thoron's back looking at Gorn in the eye as he hunched with his right fist placed on the dragon's back. "Your soul burns with Zarin's immortal essence. Tell me where I can find him so I can give him my greetings!" growled Scourge with an evil grin on his face.

[saphira]

sapphire had made her way over to the science and magics tent to show off her new design on a pouch for dragons of all shapes and sizes. she couldn't wait for her presentation later today and she went ahead and put her name in with the dragon controlling the flow of participants. she really wanted to find sol'lux she couldn't wait for her to see the design. so she made her way out of the science area to look for her.
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leaf had made his way over to the arena area and had decided instead of showing off his moves and trying to intimidate his foes, to just warm up so he began lifting rocks.
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luna made her way to semi clear area with a large pool of water to one side. "ALRIGHT I NEED EVERYONE TO MOVE IT OUT OF THIS AREA. IF YOU ARE HERE TO HELP SET UP THE DRAGONLET ACTIVITIES AREA I NEED YOU TO GATHER BY ME." she yelled in a surprisingly booming voice, she waited while dragons filed away grumbling as they went until six dragons remained, one from each element but her own. "okay water i need you to set up a competition on collecting the most pebbles gathered, also a little area for them to manipulate the water, and swimming races over in that pool over there." she said in a soft silky voice, she continued on, "fire i need you to set up fire area over there for the fire young-lings, earth i need you to set up a little rocky jump for them to take of on and a sandy clearing for them to do mock fights with each other, do what you want for the earth ones,air and dark do what you feel they would like to do." she waited until the earth dragon had set up the takeoff area where she then set up a few rings of light in the air for the young ones. she mainly did this and had planned this for months because she yet had any children.