Fangs and Wands

12. Dragon's possessions

The Red Dragon.

Human.

My senses go to high alert as I smell this scent that this place has been deprived of for far too long. I have been deprived of. And not just any human...

Her.

I could detect her scent even if she tried concealing it with a million other scents. It's just as it is. A dragon never fails to identify what's his. Especially when that piece of possession happens to be a fine piece of female.

I stand up on all fours and move my reptile body out of the cave. Standing on the edge with my hind legs, I smell the air for direction before letting my large wings hoist me up into the air. I can never get used to the feeling. The feeling of being weightless within the clouds and letting the wind flip your whiskers against your face and having the air below your scales.

I gain height for a few moments before letting my wings rest and falling to the ground with speed and pressure. Just as my nose is about to touch the ground, I raise my wings and fly forward for a few more moments then gain height again.

It feels so good.

I spot her from a mile away. Seven years and she hasn't changed a bit. She should be twenty-five years now. She doesn't look a little bit different than when I last saw her seven years ago. But I guess she stopped aging when she died. That's what always happens.

Unnoticed, I watch her from the clouds as she tries to use her wand in vain. She pushes the piece of wood in her jeans pocket and tries another approach. With interest, I watch as she raises both hands to try and raise the water in the pond in front of her. Nothing happens.

Poor princess is yet to realise that magic doesn't work here. To realise that nothing is even the way it seems. Absolutely nothing. This is the land of deception.

I would have been very happy to watch her make a fool of herself in front of all these creatures watching her but I know its not safe for her. She is under the belief that she is alone right now but she is very far from that. If I don't approach her right now, someone  else will and they might have different intentions for her. Most of these creatures are very hungry and a human is just one meal you can never dream of. A meal you just cant say no to.

I included.

But I don't remember eating a catch without playing with it first. She is no exception. I shall entertain her human narrowness and naivety for a while. And then I shall devour her. This is a meal I'm willing to enjoy. I have waited more than seven years for this meal. It shall not go to waste.

I haven't felt this kind of anticipation in a very long time.

***

I'm being watched.

I've had this feeling ever since I landed on this godforsaken dimension. Whatever is watching me has no good intentions, that I'm sure of. The sooner I get far from here the better it is for me.

I try one last time to teleport myself but nothing happens. It's so frustrating. Either this place has sucked me of all my power or it just wont work in this dimension. Maybe something happened while I was in the dark circle. I don'twant to think dark magic stole my power from me but its a possibility.

What will I tell my father? He will be so dissapointed. Everyone told me not to do this and I went against them. What if my power is now owned by someone evik with the intention of taking over tge world. Even worse, how will I find Dominic without my power.

This place is like a maze.

It looks like earth alright, but I don't tgink the sun ever shines on this place. I left my dimension in the evening but I was surprised to find it daytime here. Albeit grey but still daylight.