All of a sudden I woke up again. But this time I was really in the Moon lake cave. I went over what Kira had said to me in my head again. So I'm not the dragon from the moon lake. Does that mean that the eggs are still in the depths of the moon lake? And did she mean these eggs that I have to find to save them all? I was so confused that I lay down again. But I was careful not to fall asleep, I was too scared to do so. Until something touched me on the back. I jumped up in horror and could only see the carnage before my eyes. Until I looked down at my attacker and laughed. Tsou was standing in front of me, ready to fight. He had grown a bit since I had returned with Shu, his father. By now he was already sleeping in the sleeping cave with the other dragons. "What are you doing? Do you think you stand a chance against me, you little soldier!" I had to grin, the fighting spirit in Tsou's eyes was growing. With a not particularly loud battle cry, he jumped onto my back and tried to knock me over. I was three times his size, so I didn't move an inch at first.Nevertheless, I wanted to let him win, so I started to stagger and carefully let myself fall into the moss nest. "Oh no, you've beaten me, I give up!" A soft giggle escaped me as the little dragon stood triumphantly in front of me and proudly stuck his chin up in the air. I sat up again with a huge grin on my face. At that moment, Arma called for her boy. Disappointed, he looked at me. "Mom is calling me, thanks for playing with me Kayla." I patted the young dragon on the head. "Always happy to Tsou." When he was with his mother, I also got up and went out of the sleeping cave. I recognized Shu's green scales on the large surface of the Moon Sea Cave. He was busy training a few of the more mature dragons. We had taken this measure together. A few of the dragons are now being trained as warriors to protect the Moon Sea Cave, and a few others are being trained as healers. But very few want to become healers at all. Mineva can't teach too many at once either, as she still has a lot to do with the injured dragons, so today it was my turn to go herb gathering with a few of the mature dragons, including Skyler. I wasn't a pro at it, but I knew my way around the basic herbs. All too soon, I sat down at the entrance to the cave and waited. The light breeze that slipped under my wings felt relaxing, and the slightly overcast sky allowed the sun to shine through.Today was perfect weather to go hunting or herb gathering. I remembered the first time I looked for different herbs with Lisa and we didn't find half of them. I also remembered the moment in the water when she didn't care that I was naked and she swam with me in her dragon form anyway. I realized that she couldn't even know that I was a dragon now. How would she react the next time we met? If we saw each other again at all.I shook my head vigorously. Don't think negatively now, Lisa is probably fine and I'll come and rescue her. We'll definitely see each other again! Footsteps coming from the Moon Lake cave startled me out of my thoughts. Skyler's blue scales shimmered towards me and the young dragon sat down next to me. He greeted me with a tired "Morning". I smiled, I wonder when Skyler went to sleep last night to be so tired today? "You're early Skyler." He looked at me, confused at first, then he looked up at the sky. The sun wasn't quite up yet and would probably need another half hour. Now Skyler's eyes were on me again. "Shit, why are you here already Kay?" "Because I'm your teacher today, and the teacher should always be here a bit earlier!" Skyler was too tired to answer me, so he just nodded. He got up again and entered the cave. I was alone again and waited for the other dragons to show up. It wasn't long before a small group had formed, including, surprisingly, Skyler, who I had rather thought had gone to sleep again. When I was sure that we were complete, I asked for attention. "So, today we're going to collect herbs that Mineva needs for the herb cave. After I have explained everything to you, we will make our way to a lake.There we will find some herbs that are also poisonous. So firstly, please be careful where you step, secondly, watch out that nobody gets lost, and thirdly, don't touch any plants that you don't know what they are, ask me first. Do you understand?" Most of them said yes, except for one group of three. I noticed the drachins from the start because they were whispering non-stop. I skillfully ignored them and continued talking. "There are five herbs that we have to collect and find today. The angelica, you can find it in damp places. Then the ivy, you should already know what that looks like. The third is mugwort, which you can mainly find in hedges. Then we have valerian, which you can find pretty much everywhere, and finally arnica, which you should find in forest clearings and damp meadows. And lastly, don't get the idea of eating any of it, it could kill you." I was relieved to see that the little girls in the group had at least listened to these words and, like everyone else, looked at me in shock. Now I stood up, and the others did the same. The herb hunt could begin, and something told me that it was going to be very funny!
