Tears of a dragon

8. SILENCE

I don't think the humans were pleased with, or understood, my choice. The audience seemed confused, and silence ruled the moment. Not a sound from either humans, hyenas, nor me. I sat down for now, watching the red tip of my tail wag from left to right. It had stopped bleeding. As the silence peaked, I was able to hear the wounded hyena panting desperately. His breathing was the only sound in the otherwise quiet environment. I stood up and made my way towards the poor creature, sand swiping past my toes and leaving blurred lines behind. As I came closer, the creature panicked and tried to get on its feet again. Its attempts were futile, only creating a small pit in the sand instead.

But instead of hurting it, I placed my nose under it's chest and with a gentle push helped him back up on his legs. The hyena shivered, confused. This led to immediate human mumbling, and the silence was broken. Some decided to stand up to try and get a closer look on what was happening. I could only assume that this indicated something unusual was happening. I continued to help the hyena until he properly stood on his own four legs, then slowly removed my head from under its chest.

I stared into the creature's eyes. Although we were two different species, I could read the thankfulness in his eyes. And I hoped he could see the regret in mine. Turning around, I walked away to the other side of the arena. I plopped down on the yellow, soft sand and continued to look at my tail which had stopped bleeding. It didn't look infected, which was relieving. I threw a look at the hyena again. He was covered in several bite and scratch marks, severing the thick fur. The other two shared this trait as well. This was probably not the first time they had fought against dragons. I now looked at the confused humans, which didn't seem to like the situation. Although I didn't speak their language, the tone alone indicated dismay. I felt an irritating anger rise inside of me. I was enraged at the humans for letting this happen. It sickened me.

How could they just sit there and watch when he was about to die? Is life not worth anything to them?

So this was what the humans wanted displayed before them. They took pleasure in seeing death, and wished suffering onto other species. My heart filled with disgust. My muscles became tense, my teeth clenched and were rubbing against each other. My nose inhaled and exhaled faster for every breath. My eyes were locked at the humans, especially one who seemed particularly intrigued. Disgusting. My whole body rose, taking off as I stretched my blue wings as far as I could, flying right against the human. Landing with a smash on the fence between me and him, he fell off his seat in surprise. I roared against him and shook the fence with my curled claws, causing the crowd to move away from me. But he... he was smiling at me. A small yet visible smirk, marking the fact that I couldn't do anything to hurt him as long as there was a fence between us. I wanted to kill him - and he just smiled... It was infuriating. I forcefully let go of the fence as more humans came to lead me to my cage. When they would touch me, I would not hesitate to give them a mild whip of my tail. I didn't want to be touched by them, so I walked to my room by myself. I stepped into my dark, stony, isolated cage and laid down on the dirty little pile of hay. A human rolled down the gate, and everything became dark again.

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