Chapter 50 - Chapter 52

Dragon and Shisui had gone from Sylvia's cafe directly towards the nearest beach. They were standing on top of a raft that was speeding across the ocean. Dragon was using his water magic and guided the small raft across the sea.

He could feel that they were closing in on Paradise island and he recognized the magical signatures of the island itself.

"seems Alora is still alive." Dragon remembered the dragon that he had tamed when he found this island years ago. She was the one he assigned to be the guardian of his island. He could feel her life force through a magical bond they had.

There were a few other beasts on the island but they were simple cowards and rarely left their homes. This included the rest of the dragons that Alora ruled over.

The island finally came upon the horizon and both Dragon and Shisui could see it. With the changes that he did to it, it looked like a real paradise. Truly a place that people could only dream about.

"What do you think, Shisui?"

"The name fits. This looks like a true paradise. Did you make all of this?" Shisui said with some clear awe present in his voice. This was a little more then ninjutsu could do. The longer Shisui spent with Dragon, the more his eyes opened to what he thought was impossible.

"I found this island years ago and changed it completely. In the end, I spent multiple years working on it and the result of those years is what you see here today." Dragon said and the raft came up on the beach and stopped moving.

Dragon and Shisui stepped off and took their first steps on the island. As soon as they started walking they sensed something big and powerful making it's way over to them. It was the guardian of the island.

"Relax Shisui. It's the island guardian. She works for me." He saw how Shisui's body tensed up as Alora approached.

"She is a..?" Shisui's words trailed off because from beyond the cliff a huge body appeared and sped towards them. To him it looked like a giant lizard but much more majestic. The giant creature looked like something from a fairy tale.

"A dragon. Yes, she is. And before you ask, no I'm not a dragon myself. That's just a name." He said and covered his face with his cloak. Alora created a mini sand storm as she landed on the beach in front of Dragon and Shisui.

"My Lord! You have finally returned. Welcome back to Paradise Island." Alora said and bowed her massive body in a show of respect.

"Thank you, Alora. How have things been? And I see you have grown quite a lot since the last time I saw you." He started to pet her nose and Alora seemed to really enjoy the touch so she let him continue while she answered him.

"I evolved because of you, My Lord. Your magic that lingers on this island caused all of the beasts here to evolve. We don't really understand it since we shouldn't be able to evolve as we have." Alora said while accidentally letting out a growl of happiness from all the petting she was receiving.

"I understand. I can see your changes so let me just assure you that there is nothing wrong. I am glad that you are okay. And how are the other ones behaving?" Dragon was referring to the other massive dragons that were living on the island.

"They are behaving just fine. They are the same cowards that they were years ago." Alora said with scorn in her voice.

"Well, let's go. We can't stay here on the beach. Alora, take us to my cabin." Dragon said and jumped on Alora's head and sat down.

"boy, are you coming?" Alora glared at Shisui because he was not moving, but frozen in place.

"I-I have never ridden a dragon before.." He said with a little hesitation.

"Just get on." Dragon said with annoyance and Shisui finally jumped up on her head and sat down.

Alora started to flap her wings and a few seconds later she took off in a burst of speed, and they were soon flying over the island.

The view from atop a dragon was simply not something that could be described with words. It was entirely magical.

"I am pretty sure this view itself could bring peace to entire worlds," Shisui said as he imagined this was the only way to describe the feeling of tranquillity this view gave him.

"That's a very nice way of putting it. I am immensely proud of this place and I was thinking of making it a sort of second home for the Fairy Tail guild. Mavis loved this place, so maybe I should do that in her memory." Shisui didn't know who Mavis was, but he could see and feel the strong emotions coming off Dragon while speaking about her.

"I think anyone would be proud and overjoyed if they could call this place their home," Alora said while flapping her head happily. Dragon was petting her head again and she was literally soaring above the clouds in happiness right now.

Because of the bond that Alora and Dragon share through his magic, his simple touch feels heavenly to her. Every touch feels like being hugged by the one you love the most. This was the one feeling she had missed the most during all these years.

'I won't let you go again, My Lord. This feeling will be mine forever.' While flying, Alora was scheming on how to keep her Lord for herself. She enjoyed his touch too much to let it disappear.

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