The Dragons Of Korrain

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"it's okay. nobody will hurt you here." I said in a soothing tone. but suddenly I stopped, looking to Lightning. I sensed.. anger. "I'll be right back." I said, moving away from the black dragon and into the next room.

I immediatly felt a wash of anger that couldn't be described in words, and jealously as well. in what seemed like words, but would seem no more then emotions to anybody else, she said in my mind I've had it with you! any new dragon comes along, and suddenly you abandon me! You know they don't need your help as bad as you say they do, you're just trying to get rid of me!

"please, Lightning, calm down! it's not like that! Really!" I said desperatly, trying to calm her. It was, easily said, unsucsessful. I lept out of the way as a bolt of lightning hit where I had been standing, and just like that, she was gone.
 
I smelled the acrid stench that came when lightning was used by dragons, the smell of burnt ozone. Suddenly, worry filled my mind, and I tried to get closer to her, but I found that I was bound down, and unnable to move.
 
I returned to the medical area, and sat at a desk in the far corner of the room, my face in my arms. I was crying. Lightning and I had gotten into thousands of fights, but never this bad.. she had never attacked me... and now that she had left, I would likely lose my job... I couldn't afford another dragon egg.... The realisation of this just made my tears more frequent....
 
I began whining, trying to get her attention, as the worry in me redoubled. I needed to see i she was all right, but I couldn't move when I was bound down like this! I continued struggling against the binds, hoping I could at least get a little closer to her...
 
I heard his whine, and left my desk, moving over next to him, freeing the bonds, knowing his struggles could injur him more than free movement. I sat down next to his front leg, and resumed crying, no longer caring if I got roasted or not.. After all, I was going to lose everything I cared about...
 
I unfolded one wing, and gently placed it over her, shielding her with it, as I drew my head in close to look at her. I nudged her lightly with my snout, sending a feeling of sorrow, but agian curiosity. I couldn't tell what the cause was for her to be so upset, as I knew very little about humans at that time...
 
"It's the dragon you saw me with back at the arena. We were best of friends, and I relyed on her for everything.. but she's left me.. I'm going to lose everything I've worked for as soon as my boss finds out.." I told him. I doubted he'd understand, but it made me feel better to tell somebody, ANYBODY... but it didn't matter.. if I lost the permit that allowed me to keep a dragon, it was over....
 
I didn't understand what she was saying, but I felt that something had gone wrong, she sounded like tragedy had struck, probably someone betrayed her. I continued to shield her with my wing, and gently rested my head on her shoulder, a draconic sign of protection. If someone tried to betray her again, I'd be there...
 
I cried for a few more moments, before something occured to me.. I had an adult dragon right here, and it already seemed nice enough to me... but no. Dragons trained to fight were virtually impossible to train to be riders, and this thing was feral, and that'd make it even harder to train.. this seemed to be an impossible situation...
 
I noticed that she had stopped crying, and I felt something that I couldn't make out. I lifted my head, and nudge her again curiously, cocking my head to one side as I attempted to understand what was happening.
 
I looked at him for a moment, knowing that explaining to a dragon besides Lightning would be a waste of time.. but still.. it would be interesting riding a black dragon.. if i could think of a way to train it... Finally, i decided there would be no way to know unless I tried it. But would he let me was the question.
 
I felt some of her sorrow dissipate, and I crooned happily, nudging against her again, and slitting my eyes upward in the draconic equivalent of a smile. This person was the first human or dragon who had ever done anything good for me, and I'd do anything good I could for her...
 
I slowly got to my feet, moving near his wings, and I slowly ran my hand along his scales, particurally along his back. Rushing ahead with trying to train a rider was foolish, and tended to get people killed. I had to be careful.. training him to deal with having a human touching him was the first step...
 
I shivered slightly, raising my wing and folding it to my as she touched me, and crowed curiously, cocking my head to the side again, but showing no action other than that. I wasn't used to having anyone touch me, but I wouldn't fight her.
 
Seemed to be going pretty well so far. I had nothing to do with saddles, harnesses, or the like unless I was being official and mostly doing it for show. But once I knew he was used to my touch, I felt fear go through my heart like a knife. this was where many died. i was reluctant... he might not deal so easily with the weight... only 1 out of 100 got past this stage without a struggle, and even Lightning had to be forced down. I took a deep breath, and for a moment ignoring any and all fear, i swung myself astride his back, between his wings and front leg, the normal position, for me at least, though some preferred to be closer to the back legs (probably so the dragon couldn't reach them as easily)
 
I was startled, and with a crow of suprise, I quickly got up onto my feet, unfolding my wings in shock, already in the instictual reaction to take off... when I realized that nothing was wrong. I just stood there for a moment, feeling almost emberassed, as I folded my wings, and turned my long neck around to face her, crooning somewhere between apology and curiosity.
 
I had nearly been thrown off by the sudden reaction, but i wasn't a member of the police for nothing. when he seemed to calm down, i said "Sorry about that, but if I'm going to keep my job, it's needed" I said calmly. this was nerve-wracking for me as well, as this dragon was quite a bit diffrent than what I was used to...... but for now, i just had to figure how i could get him to move around even with having me on his back, if only so that he could get more used to my weight... but even now, I was wary...
 
I sneezed in irritation, but not breathing any fire. I wasn't used to having people touch me, and this was going much farther than i had ever expected. I brough my neck around, and nudged her slightly with my snout, trying to push her off...
 
I immediatly understood, and slid off his back. Without a word towards him, I returned to my desk. Just when everything had been going so well... Thankfully, I could claim that I couldn't leave my home becuase of him for another ten hours, but by then, thanks to the methods i used to heal dragons, i would run out of options.. deciding to leave him be for a bit, I got a large fossil from a drawr in my besk, as well as several small tools sich as an X-acto knife, and began working at it, trying to chip away the surroinding rock.. it was a hobby i tended to do in what little spare time i had...
 
I lay down again, but craned my neck to see over her shouldere, interested in what she seemed to be doing with a rock. It looked like an ordinary enough rock, but I had been confused so much lately, I decided not to take anything I saw at face value.
 
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