After that night, lost in the snow everything had changed. The world he once knew had passed with the new day. Rin awoke in a new place and with that came a new life. In this new life, he was surrounded by humans who cared for and loved him. Along with the humans, there were tribes and clans of dragons that the humans often associated with, giving Rin a taste of dragon life outside of the stuffy dens he was once a part of. The dragonlords were no more than a legend to the dragons and humans of this new place.
Yet they served as frighting fables to warn children of various acts or of the very real danger of running across one of the lords on a hunt.
Each day as Rin continued to grow the more he would learn; life, strife, struggle, death, morning, and prosperity all things he had been numbed to. The dragonlords had tasks but never lived under the fear of attack or harm, they were the literal gods of their species so why would they ever need to cower?
This new edge of life shown various perspectives of the dragonlords, some good some not as pleasant, and some were just flat-out lies. It was odd to hear such trivial and meaningless things being said about the lords, after all, Rin had just assumed most dragon willing obeyed and cherished the lords. The lords always provided similar protection and security to him as they did to their "subjects,". Or at least, that is what Rin had come to believe.
Some dragons seemed detached to the point where they thought nothing of the dragonlords, pushing the very mention of their existence away as such a trivial and silly idea. According to them if the lords ever did exist then they died out thousands of years ago with the supposed dragon goddess.
Regardless of his insistence, the dragons wouldn't listen to the word of naive dragonlet so Rin quickly learned it was better to avoid the topic overall.
Not too far from the small den, he had made by the human and dragon village was a school for appearing dragon tamers and riders alike. They had some of the best programs and kept all their dragons in good health putting the care of the majestic beings over the cost of the operations. It was a nonprofit school dedicated to the growth and development of human and dragon relationships, a true example of how little faith they all had in the dragonlords.
But could anyone be blamed for not believing in the lords? It had been hundreds of years since all dragons had been humored by the dragon lords. They all stayed hidden amongst the clouds and in their dens.
The school also provided better than decent care for the dragons that agreed to work with the school in teaching humans. It was a safe, clean, and healthy environment and Rin was not one to squander such an opportunity.
To say the humans were surprised to find a dragon from a believed to be an extinct group of dragons would have been an understatement. Between his peculiar breed and young age, Rin rose a lot of suspicions and his claims of seemingly to be from the dragonlord dens.
Yet through various tests, some genetic and some practicality it was proven Rin was a part of the "mythical" breed.
Rin's claims did not go unheard this time around, hundreds of humans came from all around the world to hear the words of the dragonlet. As the years went on and Rin got more and more visitors slowly he had more and more to show.
He enjoyed the life he had now, one of joy and peace, of course, there came hard times with learning new skills or getting a good grip on his transformations. Yet he always had someone by his side.
Shura had only joined the academy a few years ago and yet she was already in the higher ranks. It was she who ended up introducing Yukio to Rin. Yukio was a promising student with higher grades than social skills. At first, he was rather awkward and meek but Rin was able to get him talking.
