The second dryad sighed. "Death is a part of life." She regarded all of them with pitiless black eyes. "All things fade eventually, even one as long-lived as Puck. People will forget his stories, forget he ever was, and he will cease to be. It is the way of things."

"No..no,no!" Jason shook his head rapidly,crushing the ice in his hands and then it took shape of his older sister,but she wasn't alive anymore,nor Clementine. Both Lavender and Clementine where gone,and he couldn't stand to just stand by and watch someone else die right before his eyes. "S-someones people m-make it through! L-Life can't just cease! I-it c-can push th-through!" He was shaking wildly now,feeling like not only Puck was slipping away but also reliving the slipping of his siblings,how his younger dragon form had been stiff and afraid. Being able to save them yet frozen still and not doing anything but watching them die.Slowly.

The dryads started conversing among themselves. At last they nodded an one of them lifted Puck around the waist, dragging him toward the tree. They both melted into the bark and disappeared. The remaining dryad said, "do not fear. We cannot heal him, but we can halt the damage. Puck will sleep until he is well enough to rejoin you. Whether that takes a night or several years will be entirely up to him."

She tilted her head at the group, continuing with: "you and your companions may stay here tonight. It is safe. Within these boundaries the iron fey will not venture. Our power over tree and land keeps them out. Rest, and we will call for you when it is time."

Jason wrapped his arms around his body tightly,nodding and holding back guilty tears. "Th-thank you." he whispered,looking down. His scales had gone gray and blue,the colors stuck half and half,gray on his left cheek and blue on his other.

Ash and Grim were watching him. Ash sighed and shook his head before he vanishes from sight.

Jason lowered down and sat right there,not wanting to go anywhere at the moment. He placed the ice down in front of him and whispered something softly to it and it began shifting to seem to have life. It expanded and became multiple little dragons. Shade,Lavender and Clementine. The little sister looked like a purple female of a multiwing and the older a larger female that was a beautiful soft white and gold. Little Shade was between the two sizes and was similar to Shadow,but the only difference was that where Jason had rainbow and color shifting scales Shade had death black. Swirls marking all over the white body of the creature. The three circled. Clementine in the center,shivering,and Lavender growling as she circled with Shade who grinned wildly with wildly sharp teeth and insane eyes. It was a small thing,but it was a dark memory that played so many times in Jason's head,and now not only he could see it.

He wasn't alone. A herd of satyrs surrounded him, their eyes bright in the gloom. "Pretty dragon," one of them said, stepping forward, almost smashing one of the ice sculptures. He had a dark face, a goatee, and horns curling through his thick black hair. His voice was low but almost menacing. Scratch that. Was menacing. Was. "Come with us, why don't you? Alone is a terrible thing to be."

Jason looked up with purple eyes as the mini Shade jumped out of the way with a small hiss before the three dragons burst into small ice sparkles that floated to his hand and curled into a small sphere of ice again. "Where is there to go..." He said softly.

What seems to be the head satyr smiles evilly, and all of their gazes were hungry and intense..."You'll thank us afterward," the satyr promised and lunged towards Jason

He was shocked,pushing up with his legs and thrusting out of the way,tho landing on his rear as he lost some balance. He struggled to a quick stand and tossed the ice again,making a quick sword and brandishing it quickly. "Leave me alone." He growled,sparks sputtering around his mouth. He really hated being a dragon now.