Dragon Guard (Chapter 1)

As Ketlibran's two sun's appeared over the mountains shining in to the lake making it shimmer Fern awoke, stretching his wings.Lifting his body and pushing off from the ground he sored into the sky, circling the lake, watching his pray, waiting for the right moment to strike.

Marntak opened his eyes , sat up, stretched out his arms and yawned. Turning, he looked out over the lake just in time to watch Fern swoop down to the water, then back into the sky holding two large fish in his claws.
Marntak looked around and gathered up some twigs, placing them in a pile where the ashes of the fire from the night before lay. Looking up he watched Fern glide over the lake towards him the two fish still dangling from his claws. Marntak took a few steps back as Fern got closer to him.
Fern took in a deep breath, aimed his head at the pile of twigs then breathed out. The ball of flame that erupted from his nostrals hit the twigs lighting them.
'Sit Marntak and I'll continue my story' he said dropping the two fish onto the fire, before landing just to the side of the rock Marntak had sat on. 'Now where was I when we finished last night?'
'I was asking about King Marhak and his wife and your connection to them.'
'Ah yes I had told you how I had saved Marhak and that his wife was due to give birth.'
'Well did he ever see his wife again?'
'At first he wanted me to take him to them so he could see his child but I managed to persuade him that it would be safer for them all if they were not to see each other. He decided it would be better if he stayed away as his brother would be looking for him. It was hard for him and after a longtime in exile and his brothers death living in that cave over there he decided to go in search of his family.'
'He must have been an old man by this time?'
'He was well over 100 when he left and the world had changed. There was no more Royal Family's and Gerdan and Kandarc were deserted, in their place had sprung a new town on the site of the original City of Ketlibran, now the City of your birth Edville.'
'So he lived for a lot of years after you saved him.'
'He is still alive today and you know him, you just don't realize it.'
There was silence as Marntak tried to work out who Fern was referring to.
'The old man who sits in the square telling stories about Ketlibran's history.'
'The one who says he is the son of the man who told my fathers generation those same stories.'
'That's him. But it has always been him. Since the days of your Great Grandfather he has been watching your family.'
'Why my family?'
'He saw a resemblance to himself in you Great Grandfather and after acquiring a hair sample which he brought to me I confirmed his suspicions. The next day he went back to Edville and started sitting in his now regular spot in the square telling his stories to those who will listen.'