Okay, the third segment, in this Akane starts her plan to have the cave to herself.
Dragon Tales chapter 3 - Deceit
"Get away from me, brat." Akane hissed. "I'm busy." Yeah, she was busy alright... busy having to watch the pest while the two humans were away for the day.
"What'cha doing?" Miyako craned her neck to see, but Akane just turned around and clutched her horde to her chest.
"I'm sorting my stuff, now go outside." She pushed a few odd things around. As was the habit of dragons, she had collected a horde of precious stuff. Shiny silver coins, a red tattered blanket, a carved wooden bowl and plate, some crinkly paper, a pure white feather, a pebble-sized chestnut, a metal key from somewhere, and a spool of golden thread.
"Oooh, what's this?"
"Don't touch my stuff!" Akane roared, snatching the feather away.
"Do you want to play?" Miyako looked up hopefully.
The elder female stared down. "Yeah, with the other adults at the edge of the forest. Not with weaklings like you." She moved her tail swiftly, knocking the blue halfling down.
"I'M NOT A WEAKLING!" Miyako bawled.
"Well, I heard that the only reason that Mal and Cryst brought your egg here was that your your egg was abandoned at the top of Piron Mountain. I don't know what it is... humans just seem to like runts."
"That's not true! Mally said they both love me very much. He said I have a water power."
"Yeah, more like a freak power. *I* have fire, and everyone knows fire is better. Ask anyone! They'll say that true dragons are supposed to breathe flames. And besides, Crystal likes fire better, she told me so."
"She did not. She says I'm special, and-"
"Special is only another way to say useless or stupid. Jeez, don't you know anything?!"
"But... but I..." Miyako stammered, her violet eyes glistening with hurt tears.
"Look, if you're smart you'll listen to me." Akane said, making her tone calm. "There's no real reason for you to stay here. What you should do is go and find a cave of your own, and stay away from humans. Maybe you'll get lucky and find another dam-drake that'll take you in with her own."
Miyako was confused; could all of this be true? Could everything she was told by Mally and Crysty be just a lie?
"Do you know what they do?" Seeing she was having some effect, Akane grinned before forcing her posture and tone calm. "Your precious 'Mally' and 'Crysty' go out because they can't stand the sight of you."
"SHUT UP!!!" Miyako's face was streaming with tears as she yelled blindly into the cave, "Mally would never do that!"
"The truth hurts, I know." Akane mournfully spoke as she shook her head in mock disbelief. "But they never truly wanted you, you're just a pest that lives with them and eat all their food, now is that truly love?"
Miyako desperately looked around the cave, her face was drenched with tears, sniffing slightly, she grabbed Akane's pure white feather and ran out of the cave, disappearing into the hills and the rain.
"The cave is all mine again." Smugly smiling, Akane resumed piling her horde into a small pile before curling into a ball and putting her head down to rest. "She stole my feather though, but I can find another."
"Man was cleansed from the world." he angel spoke without emotion as she glanced at the soldier as she drew her flaming sword. "Creatures such as you were judged centuries ago." - Angel ?????