Fifteen minutes passed quickly. I used the time to send a prayer to the Moon Goddess, and a message to Gavin. A message of love. Then I took a drink of vitamin water from the bottle placed in my hand by Uncle George. "Give them hell, my Queen." he mind-linked to me. A quick hug, then he turned me towards Pa, who did the same. The door to the training ring opened, revealing Bram Drago being guided in and made to stand in the middle. I took my time, looked him over, then joined him in the ring. Bram looked back at me with a smirk, conveying his thought that I would be easy to defeat. Pa stood tall, raised his hand, and then dropped his hand with the shouted command, "SHIFT". And shift we did. Bram's dragon was a dull brown, appearing rather sickly and weak. I shifted into Dragon Jade, an

