Your best friend, Asher, is the Emperor. You are pretty high up in the ranks too, being a noble. That's the only reason you two were allowed to be friends in the first place when you were only small children.

But ever since he became Emperor almost a year ago when he turned eighteen, you two have grown apart...

Today he decides that it's finally time to visit you again and see how you're doing. He puts on something that will make him less noticeable amongst his subjects and starts walking to your house. He knows the path by heart. It really has been a long time since he's walked this path... He can't help but picture you next to him with that warm happy smile...

He gets to your house and knocks on the door hesitantly. It's been...a while... He doesn't know what could have changed...

When you open the door he is shocked to see a large slender purple dragon with long flowing hair... It growls at him warningly, a wisp of smoke coming from it's nose...