What the future may hold...

The Baron looked at the book that Dree, the Moon Dragon, was holding out to him.  It looked very old indeed and did stir up some curiosity in him to learn more about Dragons.  "After all," the Baron thought to himself, "I wasn't an adventurer for nothing."  Smiling, he nodded to Dree to make room for him on the pillows so they could go through the book together.

Dree excitingly started reciting.  "See there are Fire Dragons, Water Dragons, Air Dragons, and even Crystal Dragons.  Wouldn't these all be like cousins to me?"  asked Dree.  The Baron nodded his head in agreement and further explained that these would be the Elemental Dragons as the Crystal Dragons would represent the Earth energy.  But then something started to tickle his mind.  What was he missing here?

Time continued on as the pair of them studied the book when they came to the section about Wish Dragons.  Dree was really excited about this part having been a former Wish Dragon before changing into a Moon Dragon.  "Look here," Dree pointed a spot in the book.  "Look how the Wish Dragons ruled the Elemental Dragons.  It says here that the Wish Dragons are the strongest Dragons of all.  They were the leaders of the Dragons,"  beamed Dree as he continued reading.  Now the tickle was growing more intense in the Baron's mind.

Dree when he was Hungry - the little Wish Dragon

As a gatherer and caretaker of many creatures small and large over his many years as an adventurer,  the Baron understood the ruling government of a pack.  There was always an alpha that was a leader.  Even if a lesser alpha choose to join with another alpha, there was always just one leader that ruled over all and often alone.

Here in the Realm Dree had been the last of the Wish Dragons before he transformed into a Moon Dragon. He was also the only Dragon since all of the others had left many many years ago.  The tickle that had been playing in the back of his mind was continuing to gnaw at him - would there be any Wish Dragons returning as well as the other Dragons?  Would there be an alpha among them that would assume it would still be alpha in returning to the Realm?  How would that affect Dree?  

All this thinking was starting to make the Baron's head hurt.  After talking to his mother, The Dowager, he now knew that a Moon Dragon was a rare and very strong magical Dragon.  Therefore, by rights, should be an alpha or leader over ALL of the Dragons including the Wish Dragons.  But Dree was young and untrained. 

The Baron knew that none of Dree's teachers or even himself had thought of Dree being put into that position and possible danger.  They also had thought that they had plenty of time to teach Dree.  That window of time now appeared to be slowly getting smaller and smaller the more the Baron was learning from this book.