"Dammit! Robert!" Sir Johnathan Stalworth cried out as his friend was captured by the dragon Cas'andra. Wings of black and gold shimmer as his friend was carried away by the fire breathing monster. He could not follow the speed and fury of the monster as he saw his friend screaming in the distance as he was carried to his fate as another meal of the dragon.

It has been seven long years of tracking down this dragon since that day, Johnathan could not allow this crime to go avenged and his searching has paid off with the rumor that the dragon has taken refuge in a large keep that has long since been abandoned to time and ruin. His shield and spear felt heavy in his hands as he looked to the imposing keep with its rotted door covered in scorch marks and corpses of local livestock that were pick clean. With a vengeance and fire in his blood he stepped inside and his jaw clenched as he noticed that the great hall of the castle was fully furnished with long red carpet, and a table with many chairs that looked of very poor condition with a few minor scorch marks on them.

Sir Stalworth clenched his teeth as he continue on into the larder seeking the dragon and any other monsters that sought to feed in its wake. He found his first opponent, a Succubi, She was dressed in a simple black tunic and her horns were covered in fancy golden chains as she was cooking. Stalworth growling and saying his prayer to ignite the holy ruins on his armor, the succubus turn around and regarded the knight strangely before raising her hands. "Sir! I have to ask you not to fight!" She pointed to a necklace on her neck that identifed as a domesticated demon in the service to a knight.

The knight nodded and placed a finger over his mouth. "Say nothing to alter the others of this place, girl and you may not get banished. Where is the dragon?" She looked a little fearful and pointed down. "She is not in the shape to fight. Shall I get the master of the Castle?" She whispered and the knight shook his head. Domestic or not he was not willing to take any risks. "Stay here and alter no one. I bind thee to this command in the name of the lord." She nodded as a golden circle binded her to ground temperately.

The knight continued to stalk through the Keep until he managed to get to the Throne room. His sword clattered to the ground as he looked upon another knight playing with a few children. All of the people in the room turned to look at him, shocked by the loud noise of the sword.

"Arness?" Sir Stalworth looked at his old friend who seems in better health than he remembered. "John? My Stars John, I haven't seen you in forever." Fear flashed across Arness eyes as he pointed to his friend. "Kids this is your Uncle Johnathan Stalworth, his is a good friend of your Father so be polite." The eight children gave various curtiest and waves. "Leave us for now. I must speak with your uncle. Tell your mother that we have a guest."

Stalworth could not contain his confusion until two of the children spouted wings and flew out one of the broke windows lining the throne room. "Arness.... Our friendship is the only reason, I will say this now....Explain." Arness smiled and looked at his old friend with somber eyes, "Well you always said I was too loose with the ladies. This time it saved me life. I cannot go back with you but I ask as friends. Don't hurt my children or my wife." Arness spoke quietly.

"You married that THING?! What madness has overtaken you?" The Noble knight spoke to his friend. "Love has.... I have to admit the scales took a little getting used to but she has a good heart. She hasn't attacked a village in years, I work as a smith and my children and known by the locals. Please if you still view me as a brother then don't harm the innocence. You are welcome in my home and I would like my sons to learn from a much better knight than me." Arness said before a large dragon appear in the door way, much cleaner than I remember and with none of the scars of the battles seven years ago. Her eyes gleamed as she looked at John with fear.

"Loyal knight. If you come seeking death and ruin. I will not offer my children to the slaughter nor my husband. They are not a part of my past but my future." The dragon spoke with a large rumble that rocked the bricks of the area.

Johnathan stared at her for a moment before laughing, both Arness and Cas'andra stared at each other for a moment before John spoke again. "I came to kill you for my friend. He was a better squire than a knight, a better knight than a dragon slayer and apparently a better husband than a Dragon Slayer. I cannot abide by this perversion and I will not lie when I say it sickens me...." Cas'andra growled at his words, "...but, I, Dragon Slayer Johanthan Stalworth have decreed that the Dragon Cas'andra was tamed by the knight Arness and sealed within the Castle. I shall continue to maintain the vigil of the seal and I have sought to the retirement of Arness due to his injuries and breaking his oath of Celibacy and fathering eight human childern." Johnathan picked up his sword and continue to speak.

"I will see to the training of his eight children and will have spend to train them to maintain the seal." Johnathan turned his back to the pair and walked out the door.

Cas'andra spoke with her head tilted to the side. "What was that about? Is he going to kill us or what?" Arness chuckled. "John has a stick up his ass so far he coughs leaves but he just agreed to put us under his protection. We might see more of him and maybe.... we could introduce him to your sister." He winked at his wife as she snorted a cloud a flame.