"ONYX!" She cried as she saw him loaded into one of the shiny boxes.
Wanting to save her friend, she began fighting harder than ever. As soon as she thought she could escape, a sharp pain stabbed her side. Turning to look, she saw a glass cylinder with feathers on one side and a point on the other, sticking out of her side.
The edges of her vision began to blur, so she shook her head and blinked to try and clear it. One of the monkeys put their foot on her head and pressed it to the ground. He bent down and looked her right in the eye. The last thing she remembered is the monkey turning to say something to the others.
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Opal slowly opened her eyes and lifted her head. Once her vision cleared, she saw she was surrounded by metal bars, like the royal dungeon. She unsteadily stood up and tried to walk forward, only to find something wrapped around her front claws. She grasped it in her teeth and tried to break through it. When that didn't work, she tried to pull it off.
After multiple tries, she resorted to just slamming it into the bars of the cage. Upon seeing that there were no dents or cracks in the metal band, she began to inspect her surroundings more closely.
Once her eyes adjusted to the dim light, she noticed that there were other cages, but hers was the only one filled. Right as she noted the number of cages, nine, the door to the room was thrown open and a monkey stepped through it.
"I swear to Nature that I'll get out of here and tear you limb from limb!" She growled, fully knowing that it couldn't understand her.
All the monkey did was stare at her with its head tilted and its eyebrow raised, as if asking if she was done. After a few seconds pause, the monkey walked up to her cage and slipped a small tray through the bars. Opal sniffed it and immediately turned her head away from the rancid meat.
Seeing her reaction, the monkey slammed a stick against the bars and pointed to the tray, telling her to eat it. Having no desire to get sick, she shoved the meat closer to the monkey. Sighing, the monkey took the tray and placed it on a box near her cage. It then took took few steps closer and began inspecting her. Upon realizing that the monkey was going to analyze her for a little while, Opal began inspecting her surroundings again.
She noted a second door behind her cage, but this one was blocked off. She also noticed that the only light was coming from a tiny sky light in the center of the room.
The large door suddenly opened suddenly, causing both her and the monkey to jump back. Getting over the sudden noise and movement, she peered through the bars of her cage. Right on the other side of the door, the monkeys were unloading a bluish grey dragon. They placed him on a wheeled cart and transferred him into the cage directly to the left of Opal. The lead monkey barked at the monkey that brought Opal her "food". The food monkey then turned and followed the others out of the
"Hey, are you alright?" Opal asked once she saw the other dragon beginning to stir.
"No idea." He took a quick look around, "Do you know where we are?"
No, sorry. I haven't been here much longer than you," she answered.
Both dragons took the few moments of silence to continue looking around their prison.
"Ravine," he suddenly said.
"Excuse me?"
"My name," Ravine responded, "my name's Ravine. What's yours?"
"My name's Opal, but I don't see how that's important right now." Opal answered.
"Just thought it would be nice to see who I'm imprisoned with, thats all," he held up his claws in surrender.
"With any luck, we won't be here for long," she commented before returning to her inspection of the room.
"I don't remember you from the Cavern."
Opal sighed before finally turning to fully look at him, "I have never heard of the Cavern in my life."
"I thought that's where all dragons were from," Ravine said.
"I grew up in the Glade."
Now that she was truly looking, she could see some key differences between him and the dragons of her home. While Glade dragons were large and muscular, often holding physically demanding jobs, Ravine was smaller and more slender. Similarly, he had almost pure black eyes while she, and other dragons she knew, had slitted pupils.

