She stood where the heart of the dragon might have been.

I am the blood of the dragon, she told herself again.

What of the dragon who had come to her here?

Only then did she move out into full view of the Dragon.

She met the eyes of the Dragon for the very last time.

He was too small, his color - who ever heard of a white dragon?

"What sort of a dragon would I be if my fire went out?"

Was a share of a real dragon worth a war?

But when all is said and done, the show could use a couple of dragons.

Sometimes the human would win and we'd be free of dragons for a bit.