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(WARNING; contains, foul language, violence, vore, and some sexual jokes)

The Capital

                    John stared at the distant fortress, it was huge, the capital fortress had three layers of walls, each 30ft thick. It was made out of pure white rock, the first wall was only 40ft high, the next one was 50ft, then 60ft. Each wall was about 100ft apart from each other. All the walls were great stone circles, the last wall had a diameter of 5 miles in the center. In the center was the 2 mile high, 3 miles in diameter, stone cylinder. The castle had 3 levels to it, then a stone tower that is 1 mile high and 1 mile in diameter, with 13 huge towers surrounding it, ending a good 60ft above it. The smooth surface of the castle was broken by thousands of windows, with the three outer walls having countless towers. John's thoughts were interrupted by Alex who said "it's dumfounding is it not, all the work that we put into building this massive fort, even the Kanata wall fails to compare to it." She said with awe. John nodded his head, and continued to inspect the capital, it was a very intimidating castle.

                    John feet hurt from marching, he was using borrowed boots that did not fit him very well, and had no armour on what so ever. All he had was his belt, sword and dagger. John looked at his surroundings, they were marching on a solid stone road towards the capital, the road was about 20ft wide. John looked to his left and saw the most inspiring site he has ever seen. The Great Plains, it is exactly what it sounds like, flat land with 6 inches high grass that covered the Capitals first defensive line, steel spicks in the ground that would mangle anything that tried to walk across it. There were billions of them. The only way to attack the capital was to walk on the roads that were covered by towers with ballistae that fired 6ft long spears at the enemy. John looked to his right, looking past Alex and Rhett, and saw the same thing. John looked up and was surprised to find the dragon gone. John searched the air, finally finding the red dragon, and he was flying towards him with a rider in a saddle on his back. John squinted looking harder and was shocked to see 12 more dragons all of different colours, most without riders take off, they were heading towards them. John yells "D.P.13 incoming" The rest of the platoon looked at the dragons. "Platoon, halt!" yells the captain, we stopped and stood there watch as the dragon got closer, the thumping of their wing growing louder.

          The lead dragon landed in front of the platoon carful to stay on the road. The rider Jumps off the dragons back and lands on the ground. He is in full armour, the rest of the dragons land behind the red one in a line. All without riders, the red dragon looks the platoon over and his eyes rested on John. The dragon whispers something to his rider. The captain steps forward and asked them, "may we help you dragon rider?" the rider takes off his helmet revealing dark blond hair. His eyes are bright with intelligence, and a face of a 40 year old, He walks forward and shakes Captain Smiths hand, and says, "hello friend, my name is Taig, and this is Raide," pointing at the red dragon "are you N.C.P 27?" he asked looking them over. "Yes, and what can we do for you and your fellow dragons?" asked the Captain looking over the line of dragons, Taig was about to answer but Raide cut him short with a growl and said in a deep male voice "we are here to get you to the king court, without delay, now one at a time you are going to climb onto our backs and hold on" He motioned at the Captain with a jab of his head, "you will ride me". "Now let's move" commanded Taig, walking back to his dragon. John looked around and saw uneasy faces on everyone, the captain looked at Rhett and nodded his head. Then he walked up calmly towards the Red dragon, Raide crouched down using his muscled elbow like a step, Taig boosted Smith up to Raide elbow, and from there, Smith climbed up the saddle, Taig jumped up to the elbow and then the saddle sitting down in front, Smith settling down behind, Raide stood up and jumped into the air, flapping hard to gain altitude. John was buffeted by his wind, and watched as the dragon flew around in circles about 300ft high.

                  A black dragon walked forward towering over everyone, he was about 30ft high and 50ft long, and with very sharp spikes, claws and teeth standing out. He looked at Rhett with's black eyes and asked in a low voice that shocks the ground, "what is your name sergeant" "Rhett sir" yells Rhett. The dragons ears twitch and says "sergeant Rhett, you will ride me, my name is Tyrone, please step forward" Rhett does so nervously, "now please turn around and do not be afraid." Rhett hesitates but turns around, he extends his neck until his massive snout was just behind Rhett, he tenses up. John looks suspiciously at Tyrone as he opens his jaw slowly and with careful position he grabbed Rhett's rucksack between his teeth, and lifted him off the ground. Rhett yelled as his feet left the ground but was smart enough not to struggle, Tyrone deposited Rhett onto his back, Rhett sat down in the saddle. John braced himself as the dragon heaved his bulk off the ground and into the air. John swayed in the wind as Tyrone lifted off the ground headed towards the capital. Alex was next, and she saw the next dragon in the line move up towards her, it was light brown dragon, she walk up to Alex and crouched on the ground, Alex bowed her head and calmly jumped onto the dragon's saddle. She jumped into the air with no words spoken.

           John held his breath, it was his turn. Behind the brown dragon was a emerald green dragon, the light from the sun reflecting of her scales, John stood in awe as this dragon walked up to him and crouched down, her muzzle a foot away. John looked at the dragoness waiting for her to speak first, for some reason she looked familiar. She sniffed him and looked deep into his eyes and wrapped her neck around him and drew him to her chest, she embraced him in a warm hug. John was stunned as he was being squished in a dragon bear hug. She looked him in the eyes and said, "Johnny, it's been too long, how are you? And where is your uniform?" John was dumfounded, he tried to piece together the distant memory, and he looked into her eyes, and said. "Adelaide?"(a-dell-aid), he asked, her eyes jump with enthusiasm, as she hugged him again "so you do remember" John hugs her neck tightly but remembers that they are being watched and whispered "not here later" "Right sorry" she whispers back, and turns him around nudging him with the tip of her snout. John is turned around, he then feels her hot breath on the back of his neck. Adelaide grabbed John rucksack and gently hosted him into the air, John watch the ground fall away from him, the straps from his bag digging into his arm. John was then placed onto her scaly back, she set him down in the saddle. "Hold on" she said, John laid flat hugging her neck. He was pressed into the saddle as she jumped into the air, flapping hard to gain altitude. Cold air was blowing into Johns face, whipping his hair back. Adelaide leveled out 6000ft high. John dared to look down at the view, it was beautiful, for as far as the eye could see was trees and white fluffy clouds, and the sun was high in the sky.

             John looked down and saw the capital castle in all it brilliance. He could barely see the roads, and the three rings of walls were now three thin lines, and the Keep was a tall stone mountain with a lake that went half way around it. It took John a minute or so for the weirdness of this to sink in. Here he was, on a dragon's back, the dragon that John had found one day broken and lost, the dragon that inspired John to help make the DP, and now he was on her back. As he got to take in the full view of the capital, "I love it up here" John exclaims, a huge grin creeping onto his face, "well you might want to hold on John" Adelaide yells at him through the wind. She gives him no time as she nose dives to the ground. John yells as he feels gravity let go of him, his eyes water from the wind, whipping his hair like wild. The DP tower get closer and closer with every second, with 100ft to go, she pulls up hard, flaring her wings filling them with air. Johns head is slammed into the spike in front of him, leaving a nice scratch on his forehead. Adelaide lands hard, her muscles flexing to adsorb the shock, John looked around, wiping the blood from his forehead. The wind was blowing strongly from this height.

               John jumps to the ground not thinking of how high he was, John slides down Adelaide scaly side and lands heavily on the ground, his rucksack breaking his fall. John lays there his side hurting from her hard scales. He was then yanked to his feet and was suddenly staring face to face with a fang bearing Adelaide, she growls once, hurting John's ears. "Next time, wait till I say you can get off" she growls at him while staring intently at him. John looks down and mumbles "sorry", her face softens and she gives John a warm lick on his cut forehead. "Arg", John moves away from her reach and looks around. He was on top of the DP tower with thirteen towers ringing around it, John looks closely and can see a stone cave has been carved into the rocks. "That's where we sleep" Adelaide says to John, she looks up and notices the other dragons are waiting for her to move so they can land. John spots Rhett and heads towards him, John sees a grin from ear to ear on his face. "That was the most fun in my life" the exclaims to John as he nears. John gives him a pat on the back, but feels some one tap his shoulder, John turns around and sees a fully armed Royal guard standing there. He was tall and very strong, with thick armour, and a cast iron shield, he has a slim but strong sword, a crossbow on his back, and a long pike in his hand. He pointed to a stairwell going down the side of a tower. "The rest of your platoon is meeting down there" he says in a load voice. "Okay thank you" Rhett says and heads towards the stairs, John following, wondering what was going to happen to there platoon in the oncoming war.

John headed down the dark stairs, he looked up and saw a strange orb on the ceiling, it was glowing a bright white, lighting the stairs. He kept walking, Rhett came to a closed door, he worked the latch for a minute before finally getting it open. Rhett walked in, John followed. As soon as he left, the door slammed shut behind him and two RG's (Royal guards) jumped from hiding and blocked the door, naked swords gleamed in the light, Rhett backed up, John reaching for his sword, as three more blocked the door in front. John grabbed Rhett's arms, Rhett nodded and let go of his sword and asked the man in front of him. "What can we do for you fine sirs today?" John looked at the man's helm and saw that he was a Captain, The man said "Please if you fine men would remove your weapons and prepare for inspection that would be fine" John knew this was an order they could not disobey, so John undid his belt and dropped it to the floor, he put his rucksack on the ground, glad that it was off. Rhett did the same dropping his shield then pulled out his sword making a rasping sound as he did so, John saw the guards tense up. Rhett set it down on the ground and put down his bag along with his knife. Two RG's picked up the weapons and carried them away. The guards put away their weapons and moved back into their hiding places while the captain moved forward along the tunnel, Rhett followed with John in toe.

   John scrutinized the stone that made up the castle, it was a dull white but was as smooth as silk, as John ran his hand over it. They followed the captain until he stopped before another door and said "Welcome to the king's court" and pushed the door open. John stood in shock, as he looked across a huge room, it must have been half a mile wide and just as about 80ft tall. The walls where now made of black and white marble, with decorative carpets hanging from the wall, at the far end of the room was a long table made of gold with diamond cups on it, it had 6 silver chairs and a strong gold throne in the middle for the King, and 13 wood chairs on the other side. John walked in and saw Captain Smith and Alex standing beside a man about 5-9'. He was well built, and in an expensive red robe with gold highlights on it, along with a crown.

   King Veron turned to see his new visitors, Rhett immediately snapped to attention and saluted the king, John stopped in his tracks and bent over and bowed to the king, since saluting was only for men IN uniform. The King waved his hand "please put your hand down, and please get up" said the King in a friendly manner. Rhett snapped his hand down but remained at attention, John straightened up and stood beside Rhett. "Stand at ease men" the Captain commends, John relaxes, the King reaches out to shake Johns hand, "It has been too long, John, hasn't it?" he says with a smile. John shakes his hand with a smile and replies "yes it has been a long time".
          "Now please have a seat, we talk when the rest of the Platoon gets here" King Veron says and motioned towards the table. They do so, sitting down in an awkward silence, The King walks around the table and sits down in his throne. A door opens and in walks the rest of the platoon, finding their seats, all with Joyful expressions. Another door opens and in walk 6 advisers, they sit down in the chairs beside the King. We all wait for the King to speak.
The king finally speaks "Okay, well let's get down to business, you young men are here to get your numbers and go to war at the Kanata Wall yes?"
"Yes my lord" we reply
"Well I'm glad to say you will be getting you numbers, and you will be going to war, but, there is a twist"
John was confused, but continued to listen.
"Thanks to pvt Cody, we know a way to get those dragons to stop this war, that way we only have to fight the Northern Empire" all eyes turn to Cody, he shrinks into his seat.
"Cody, could you please stand" asked the King, Cody stands "now please tell everyone what you have found"
Cody looks around before answering, "Well from the many books I have read on dragons, I have learned that the Dragons has a pack leader, and this pack leader is the dragon that has made a deal with the Empire, feeding the Mountain Dragons with lies of the Du Edoc'sil past, says that we enslaved the their ancestors to build the Capital Castle and the Kanata Wall, which is obviously a lie since it was built by dragons that wanted to help as part of the deal to stay out of their mountains."

"Why would they believe that?" John blurts out,

"Because HE has made them, he is making sure that every male dragon in the mountains fight to the death." "Thank you Cody I will take it from here" says the King, he stands up and looks into everyone's and motions for his adviser. The adviser pulls out a map and sets it on the table.

         "We don't want to kill dragons, they are our friends, but if they attack us, we will have no choice but to shoot them down with our lead shots. We would kill hundreds of them, so as a way to stop a war of a million years of slaughter, it is up to you men" he looks at each of us in turn "to stop this war, the dragons have been attacking all our cities near the mountains, forcing us to evacuate, now you men are going to kill a dragon called Zeckter, he is the dragon pack leader, if you kill him, the dragons will pick another pack leader who is not in favour of the war."
John was shocked and so was everyone else. Tendall exclaims "but his lair is in the middle of the mountains, how can we get there in time, and alive?"

           "That's what you think, his lair is really only a couple mountains in, you can get in and out without too much trouble, and you will have all the latest armour and weapons, including a spray that will hide your human scent, so as long as you hang low, you should be fine." the King continues "You will be taken from here to the Kanata Wall War zone by dragon back. You will stay there for a week as they are planning an offensive attack soon, you then will be taken to the border and then you will continue on foot to the Pack leader."
"Sir," interrupted Clark "how goes the war now?"
The King sighs but answers "better then we hoped, the Northern Empire has about a million men attacking the wall but they cannot get over it, But our fear is that a dragon will attack a gate and get it open allowing their troops to pour through. Our troops are better trained and more disciplined then them, but their number far exceeds ours".
The Captain butts in this time, "how do you know all this, and how do we find away to his mountain, we will need a guide?"

          The King answers with enthusiasm "well I thought you would never ask, every one, this is Saphira, our source and your guide" he points at his side and a small pure white dragon Jumps onto the table, she was 8ft tall and 15ft long, she had strong arms and elegant wings, with fangs the size of daggers and spikes all the way down her spine, her blue eyes were youthful but engaging.

          We all stand up and in surprise as she jumped onto the table, she looked in everyone's eyes, stopping at John and she winked at him, John blushed and sat back down, she was the most beautiful dragon he has ever seen. Saphira lies down on the table and every one sits back down.
Saphira speaks her voice, young, smooth and soft, "hello, as the King has said before, I am the one that has come from the mountains to get help from you, I will be the one to lead you to Zeckter".
"So you have heard what we would like you to do...will you do it" asks the King
"YES MY LORD" we all yell.
"Great, now for your number, men of N.C.P. 27, I hereby declare you the 113th Platoon!"
Every jumps up and slaps each other on the backs, the King yell for them to sit back down,
"When do we start" John asks
"In four days, once you men are done, you are to follow Richard" he points at a man in heavy battle armour by a door "to the armoury, there you will pick the weapons you desire and the armour that fits you, along with a new helmet with your rank and number on it, your bags will be given to you on your way back, you now have here 'till the end of your two days to explore Capital Castle and train, your beds are in the main tower, sector 4, floor 38." the King concludes standing up, we all followed suit and stand up.
"Now go and enjoy your stay at Capital Castle," John turns around and heads to the door eager to get some new armour, but stops in his tracks when the King yells, "John, could you stay, I have some questions for you" John turns around as the door slams shut, the Kings adviser has left as well. The King walks around the table and towards the door with Saphira following. John stumbles, not sure on what to do. The King open the door that leads upstairs and Saphira runs up it, John walks up to the King but the King simply says "some dragons what to talk to you, please go to them" John is Confused and feels uneasy but walks past the king and up the stairs. The climb was silent, as John wonders what the all these dragons wanted with him. What made him so special?

   John reached the door to the roof and shoved it open, he was instantly met by the rigged air, the sun had set and now it was night, the roof was lighted by red lights on the floor. John walked to the middle and was shivering, the wind getting to him. All but Adelaide's cave was shut, he looked into it and saw Adelaide and Saphira, Saphira jumped up and ran up to John, tackling him to the ground. John fell on the cold ground, Saphira scrambled on top and hugged his chest. John was about to force her off when he was cut off by a loud growl, John looks up and sees Adelaide above him, she mutters, "get off him" Saphira gets off John and walk into the cave, Adelaide nuzzles John in the back, pushing him forward. John teeth were chattering now, Goosebumps showed on his arms and legs, John was pushed into Adelaide's cave, the cave was painted gray, it was shaped into a dome with iron doors to keep it warm, John could not see very far, but he could tell that these caves could fit all but the largest dragons. Some stairs led to the second floor where the riders slept, the floor was rock hard, but had a round warm carpet for the dragons to sleep.

   Adelaide suddenly shoved John hard in the back making him fall face first into the warm carpet, "relax John its only to keep you warm" John was startled as Saphira curled around him, lending him her heat. John relaxed as her tail wrapped around his chest and her elegant white head laid to rest beside his thigh. John could feel her warmth making him warmer already. John looks to the cave entrance and watches as Adelaide closes the doors with her snout. She then joins John and Saphira on the carpet, coiling around them both, she laid her long green head in front of John and scrutinized him for a bit, inspecting him. John did not pay attention, he patted Saphira's head, she purred with pleasure and pushed into his hand as he rubbed.
Adelaide finally snorts and looks John in the eye and said "John, tell me what happened to you?"
"Tell you about what?" John asks innocently
"you now bloody hell what John, why do you smell like a dragon, what happened to your armour?" She said sternly.

    John sighed "I don't what to talk about it" he stops petting Saphira's head and crosses his arms refusing to look at her. John heard a wimpier come from Saphira, John regrettably looks at her, stared at her eyes. She was puppy eyeing him, Saphira nuzzles his arm, and extends her neck to give him a small lick on the faces and says "come on John we want to know what has happened to you, we want to help" John sighs again and looks at Saphira, than Adelaide, he rubs his eyes, and lays back onto Adelaide's warm side. "Okay fine let's get this over with".

   John woke up with a jolt, he bolted up and looked around, looking for anything that might have caused him to wake. The sun was shining brightly outside, all the towers were empty, John looks down and sees a white tail around his waist, John turns his head to see the scaly back of Saphira he had used as a pillow. John smiles and watches her shallow breathing for a minute before slowly unwrapping her tail and getting to his feet. John stands and scratches, yawning as he did so, for some reason John could not remember what happened last night, he shrugs it off and walks out of the cave, temporarily blinded by the sun.
   It was a beautiful day, the sun was only just in the sky, the air was cool and fresh, John walks to the edge of the 2mile high tower and carefully looks down the side. John gasped, the sight was spectacular, the stone city was huge. John walked to the tower and took the stairs down, John followed the signs to the armoury, he walked for what seemed like forever, and he finally reached the armoury and opened the door. John nearly fell to his knee, there was so much armour and weapons, more than he could ever have dreamed of. He scanned the room for someone he could talk to before finding a man in a brown leather jacket and pants, his back to John. "Excuse me kind sir, were do I go to get my armour?" the man turn around and John scrunches his face, he had a brown moustache, no hair and green eyes and the face of a well built 35 year old man. He looked at John and replied, "I don't know son, where be you looking?".
"I'm Cpl John of the 113th platoon, and was sent yesterday to the armour to get new armour and weapons, but something came up and I have no clue where to go"

"Ah, yes they said to look out for you, please, follow me" he waved his hand, motioning for John to follow, John did so. The man led him through countless tunnels, before stopping in front of a heavy door with a guard standing beside it. He opened the door and the man with the moustache motioned him in. John walked in and was looked at the dazzling display of armour, John walks up first to the uniform rack and picked out his size, the leather had his Platoon number on it, it felt different then his other uniform, it was lighter yet stronger. John slipped on the black leather and walked over to the next shelf, on it was the metal shirts, he found his size, and found that he liked this new style. The metal shirt itself had not changed, but the colour did, now it was a very light blue. John put that on, liking the how much lighter it was to his old one, next was the plated armour, John liked to be flexible, so he was not going to add too much on.

   John looked over a nice set of armour, it had blue metal plates with white engravings on it, John strapped on some shoulder pads, grieves, bracers, reverted gloves, shin pads, elbow, pads and blockers (armour) for his leg and arms, until he was lightly covered, all that left were all his joints, making him free to move about, and his chest bare. John then put on his boots and looked up for his helmet, John marvelled at its make, he saw his Rank and platoon number engraved into it. He put it on and moved around scratching, John grinds as he realised that the armour did not hinder his movement at all. He was also surprised that his armour made no sound when he moved. John walked over to the weapons and looked at the spears, "nah, they are to clumsy" he moved over to the long bows and crossbows, John thought hard on his choice, he would be fighting dragons but he was not used to using them. "I will come back to them" he thinks and moves over to the swords. John was flabbergasted, he had no Idea of what he wanted, he looked over hundreds of swords before coming across a double edged hand-and-a-half sword the blade was smooth and stout, great for hacking through armour and scales, the guard was gold and silver, with a carving of a dragons head on each side, the hilt was the most intriguing thing, it ended with three claws holding a blue gem the size of a egg. John picked it up and weighed it, it had a good weight to it, he tried it out and found that the sword had perfect balance. He made up his mind, and grabbed the black scabbard to go with it. He then picked out a nice knife that he liked, he then went to the shields, and was confused on what to get, there was iron and wood round ones of all sizes, rectangles triangles, diamonds and rhombus'. John inspected a strange gold iron shield, it was small but did not look right. He picked one up and was surprised by the weight for a small shield. He looked at the inside face and was shocked to see gears and springs. "What the hell?" John pulls at a latch he sees sticking out as the shield broke open, jolting Johns arm the shield on went from a diameter of 30cm to about 60cm. John pulled the latch again and it recoiled itself to its former size. John slung it onto his back and looked one more time to the bow area, but decided it was not worth it. He saw his rucksack on a wall and grabbed that too, heading out the door.

   John walked around the Capital Castle for the rest of the day, it was huge, he felt like he could spend his whole life and never see everything, he draped his stuff of at his room and ran into Rhett as he walked out the main doors. John looked Rhett over and marvelled at his choice in armour. He had everything covered but his joints to allow movement, his weapons consisted of two single swords on his back along with his shield, a knife at his waste and a small axe at his hip.

Rhett finally says "so where the hell have you been?" he asked
"Out and about mate, the Castle is to damn big for us to see in two days"
"Well sorry to burst your bubble mate, but we are to hit the sacks, for tomorrow we leave, so let's go before we get lost" Rhett heads off, Johns sighs not wanting to call it a day, but follows Rhett. When they reached their bunks, they were the last to arrive, the bunks was a roomy area with everything they needed, but no windows. John inspects every one as they talk about their day with loud voices and eager anticipation for their mission. Alex had almost no armour on, except for shoulder pads, bracers and shin pads. Her swords were the same as before, but single edged. John noticed that everyone had about the same weapons, the only thing that was different was the armour. John sat down for a moment, and then laid down eager for tomorrow.

   The wind was silent, the moon was at its full strength, bathing the roof with its dull glow, John stood before the Captain as he inspects the troops. John was cool but comfortable, he stood at attention, his shoulders were heavy from his pack, Rhett was beside him, waiting for the Captain. Captain Smith walked in front of them and said in a load voice, behind him 14 dragons were getting ready for their long flight to the war zone.
"Men, this is it, this is your war, we have a job to do and we will get it done no matter what, while the men of the Northern Empire attack our wall, we head deep into the mountains and burn the best card. This is our time men, let's make them pay, Now mount up!", "Yes sir" John yells and heads over to Adelaide, John turns around, and she picks him up and onto her back, he straps down. She looks at him and asks "are you ready John" John gulps down the air, and looks back, past the towers and could see the thousands of torches that marked the three rings of walls. He looks back and answers "yes Adelaide, I'm ready to kick some ASS!"