Chapter 1: P3: The Woods.

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Prologue: After Xeno has flown away from the Kobold Village, he takes off to the woods which he's flying around looking at the scenery.
 

Xeno kept flying around the woods, trying to find a place he can rest because it's nearly getting dark. He can hear the birds chirping, rivers flowing, even his wings flapping as he continues looking for a place to stay. Xeno then suddenly spots a massive cave and thinks, 'Hey, dragons do sleep in caves so why not!'. Xeno then flies inside the cave and lays down on the hard, damp, dark stone floor, he begins shivering thinking how cold it really is inside a cave, then he remembers that he can breathe fire and creates a warm fireplace with some rocks and wood he found inside the cave so he can sleep peacefully.

'Ugh....this is so boring..' He thinks as he can't sleep due to the noise of crickets and other insects, he'd then slowly get up before shouting stupidly "SHUT IT! YOU BLOODY ANNOYING THINGS!" He then stops shouting as he looks down and remembers the warm bed he slept in, smiling as he remembers being happy about Grandma Kobold taking care of him, he then flips on his side and pulls his hood up for comfort and warmth even from the fire too. Xeno then notices his ear twitching as he hears footsteps coming towards him before looking up to see a woman with dark black hair and the most brownest hair he'd ever seen before, the woman then suddenly shouts seeing Xeno, "AAA A DRAGON! PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!" While Xeno lays there with a confused face before saying in his usual deep voice, "ummm...I'm not going to kill you? I'm human just like you! See- oh wait, just stay there for a sec!" Xeno exclaims as he quickly hides behind a rock, transforming into his human form and getting back up to meet eyes with the woman.

The woman suddenly blushes and says to Xeno,"w-were you the dragon? I...wow.." Xeno then takes out his hand to her and says in a deep yet friendly voice, "I'm Xeno, pleasure to meet you human! Also yes, I was that dragon haha.." The woman then takes his hand which Xeno politely shakes while smiling as they both can't stop staring at each other. The woman then addresses herself by saying to Xeno, "Ahem, my name is Rita. I'm an Inn manager who owns an Inn not too far from here! You look like you haven't gotten any sleep, I can take you there!". Xeno then nods frantically before getting up and following Rita to her Inn which she welcomes him in for free as she notices he doesn't have enough gold to stay. Rita then shows Xeno his room which he's surprised by the massive bed and nice layout of the room, Rita then shows Xeno where the bathrooms are as well giving him a map to a local town.

Xeno then gets on the bed getting into his snow gear because it's more comfortable for him, laying on his side, he falls asleep into a peaceful sleep where he can dream of nothing and have his mind to himself. 
He then awakes at morning time where he gets startled by Rita standing near the doorway with a tray in her hands when she walks over to him saying, "Wakey wakey! Bought you some breakfast! Come on! Eat! It's always best to start the day with some food!" Xeno then slowly takes the tray off her hands and begins eating the food which his face shows satisfaction as he eats the delicious breakfast in one sitting, he then puts his robe back on before saying to Rita, "Thank you for the meal! I got to go now but, I do hope we meet again Rita! See ya!". Xeno the grabs his necklace he left on the table and his robe before putting both on and putting them in a bag Rita gave him and running off back into the woods with the map to the town that Rita also gave him, he starts running through the morning trees taking in the fresh air as he decides to sit down on the soft grass, feeling the air blow at him. 

Xeno then suddenly hears some people approaching and opens his eyes to see a bunch of men carrying weapons in their hands as one one of the men points their spear at Xeno saying, "Hey. What are you doing out here? It's not safe for teens like you. Now scram!" Xeno then shows visible frustration as he says to him, "Oh shut up, I can take care of myself. Leave me be you dolt." The man then gets really annoyed and says to the other men, "Let's just attack him. He'll know better if we hurt him." Xeno heard what they said and said to them in an annoyed tone, "You guys wouldn't last a second with me.Just get out of here." The men then began frantically attacking Xeno with their spears which Xeno manages to deflect them all and punch them square in the faces not wasting any time knocking them out before sighing in relief and walking away from the scene, as Xeno is walking he hears countless sounds from afar as he takes a closer look, that's when he sees the town Rita was talking about.

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