Goldenscale didn't like what they were doing and ran as fast and as stealthily as she could.  Once she was far enough away from people, she used her magic to fly her towards her barrier, making herself camoflagued against the ground and flying fast near it.  She then got to her barrier again and hid herself nearby behind a rock.

Once more, another orb began chargin on top of the tower, the orb now more visible from the forest. Once the orb was charge, the figures flung it at the barrier again. When it struck, a small hole opened up, but quickly closed leaving no sign of damage.

Goldenscale began to chant a spell mentally, strengthening the barrier.  She was not going to let them in at any cost.  She was going to protect those she loved until she died.

"You...... You are not like the masters. Who are you, and what does this forest mean to you," a midnight black dragon asked, landing a few fett from Goldenscale, her larger size and stronger build becoming appearant as she drew closer, "The masters will not like this. They will not like hearing a dragon has been sneaking among the common folk."

"And I would gladly like it if they stopped trying to break into the barrier.  I created it to keep my family as well as my forest safe from the harm of evil spirits.  The forest keeps me alive and healthy, and if it gets hurt, i could very well die.  The evil spirits seek my power because I am a nature spirit, or so I have been told.  I walk among humans because I search for clues to finding something that hides from the world.  I was told I would outlive everyone I loved, including my mate, I I wish to find something to make my family live longer.  But with your masters constantly hitting the barriers, it hurts me quite a bit and keeps me from sleep after a day of flying and traveling." she explained, not the least bit afraid.  "And why do you keep referring to your companion as your master?  Is it not a companionship that you all share, or is it more of master and slave?"

"The masters provide foor and shelter, I provide my entire being. It is all I care about," she said, her  arua seeming faded and shattered, "The masters will get what they want. Maybe they will let you live." As she spoke, a small piece of her shattered aura flared, but was quickly surpressed by something within her mind.

"Something is not right about you.  This situation is wrong.  You entered a partnership, so you should be able to dow what you wish as well.  Are they controling you?" she asked, reaching out a hand to touch the dragon's shoulder.

"We control all under our power.Their sight and judgement aren't perfect this way, but they obey every command. It helps if they're born into our control like this little work of ours. She knows nothing of those rediculous excuses for sociaties tho wild dragons make," one of the figures said, forming at the dragoness' side, "She seems to think you're a dragon as well, but evidence proves her wrong it seems. Oh well, more training should iron that out. So, what is a lady like yourself doing out here in the middle of the night?"

As the keeper spoke, the piece of aura flared once more. "Help us, "a faint voice said, being silenced once more as the ara was surpressed once more.

"I was seeing why flashing orbs kept being shot this way.  I could not sleep because of it." she said.  "Anyways, they should be in a partnership with you, not mindless creatures that have no life.  You all are sorry excuses for a beastkeepr or tamer or whoever you are.  They give themselves to you and you treat them with total disrespect.  If I had any sense, I would take teach you.all hlw to treat each other equally." she said with a frown.  As she spoke she began to try and link herself to that of the dragoness's so she could free her from their grasp.  Of course, she still cloaked herself, so they would find nothing if they traced the magic.

"Their parent gave themselves to us and died for our causes. These are their children, and they know nothing of life without us," the keeper said, stepping over to the barrier and giving it a few jabs before shrugging, "They have no minds short of the base instincts and basic body control."

When the shard flared again, it reached out and took hold of Goldenscale's attempts to link to her. "I want to be free. I want to live," the voice said, the dragoness' eyes going blank, "We're all just tools to them."

"That gives you no excuse to turn them to mindless.  They need to experience more than your childish needs.  They need to be free, feel the ground beneath them, the air around them.  They need to be able to feel like they're living.  You are disrespecting a noble creature, and it sickens me.  To see this."she said.

'I shall free you.  Give me a bit of time.' she told the voice.  Using her magic, she began to pry away the link these ,agicians had on her.  She called upon the magic of the forest as well as the moonlight to aid her and make her stronger, though it wouldn't be noticed.

"They do feel like they're living. They wouldn't know how to survive in the wild, even with their instincts. They would just be feral beasts who would startve within the week. To get such control over them, we have to break the connection to nature they all have from birth, and is what makes taming them so difficult from the wild," the keeper said, climbing up onto the dragoness, "Witthout that link, they will die quickly and painfully in the wild. I must say, I always thought you preservationists knew this. It seems you all need to learn a little more about us beastkeepers before you go releasing our servants."

"Dragons are not servants, they are beings of great power and mind. They are one of the species chosen by kyne to cary magic through the ages," Ahnah said, pulling the keeper off the dragoness and pinning him down by placing her heel on his chest. "Lily, you can work without interuption now, I'll make sure this fool doesn't interfere with you," she said looking to Goldenscale, her eyes a deep red, "Once she's free, we will deal with this pain."

"I shall do that myself.  And he shall find out without fail why he shan't do such to being like this." she said, looking at her, then at the magician with hatred.  She then placed her hand on the dragoness's shoulders.and took a deep breath in.  She then raised her head and began to chant, not caring to keep her concealment spell up.  She was powerful, and he was going to know.  But first she was going to free this dragon.  Her eyes were closed as she concentrated.  When she finished her incantation, her eyes opened, a deep emerald from connecting to the forest.  "I free thee from the grasp of the Beastkeepers.  They shan't control thee from this day forth!" she said.

As the keeper's magic faded, the dragoness's aura began to flare up piece by piece, slowly putting itself back together.

"Get off me you wretch I have way more power than you can belie-,
" the keeper said, being interupted by Ahnah releasing her diguise and having her claws spread around his neck.

"You will be quiet. We can very easily learn your full potential, but even then you would have nothing," she yelled, putting a little pressure on the keeper's chest as another orb hit the barrier above.

Goldenscale felt concentration waver when the orb hit, but she tried harder.  She soon lost her human disguise and stood in her dragon form, hands still on the dragoness's shoulder.  She flared her energy more and helped her gain her indelendence again.