A human in Wings of Fire

2 - meet the crew

Ashley chose not to shout, as there was no way of knowing if whoever was in there would be friendly to him. There was also no way of going to the hole without falling down the void and dying. So he started searching the platform.

It looks awfully convenient for it not to be used, plus I don't want to have been here for nothing.

So he started looking around his platform, trying to find any dead space, or look behind the vegetation, and was shocked when he stumbled on a bush with what looked like child-head-sized blueberries.

I don't think anyone will ever believe me.

He looked at the crack in the ground. It seemed like it was going inside the mountain. Maybe there could be some sort of small cave system here, and it could lead to the source of the smoke.

But before going in, he noticed something else on the ground. He walked towards it and crouched to take a look at it. Those were step marks from a massive creature. A shiver ran down his spine.

What in the actual fuck, does this come from a dinosaur ???

Whatever made this mark had big clawed talons, and it was probably big and very heavy. He went through all the possibilities in his head. Time travel ? No, impossible, there was never more than one Moon to Earth. He thought that one of the moons he saw might be an asteroid of some kind, but it didn't make any sense in his head.

He had another thought, which seemed much more plausible to him now, and he really did not like it. There was a possibility, that, maybe, for some reason, he ended up in a different realm, or dimension.

But then he heard a heavy stomp followed by a second, and his face went livid, it wasn't the time to think anymore.

"It looks like the skyhole, Starflight and Sunny must be right here !" A loud voice said.

"So we're close !" A higher-pitched voice answered, "But we have to find the entrance."

The same voice continued, "The tunnel must be somewhere nearby- and... Clay look ! That's another Scavenger !"

Ashley was too scared to move, actually, he was also completely shocked at what he just heard.

Starflight ? Sunny ? Clay ? Please tell me this is not true. They said 'Scavenger', were they talking about me ?

His brain was thinking with the speed of a train. He was so focused on his thoughts that he forgot to pay attention and didn't hear the heavy steps coming closer to him. Talons grabbed him and lifted him in the air.

"Yiiick !" He screamed in a very non-virile way, unable to move.

"We just got out and already saw two Scavengers, Starflight is going to be very jealous, even if the first one didn't last long."

The thing that was holding Ashley turned him around, and he met face-to-face with a tall blue creature. His eyes looked everywhere they could, there was no doubt possible, blue scales, lizard shape, tall wings and talons with sharp claws, this was a dragon. And this dragon seemed very curious, staring directly into his eyes with an intense glare.

A bigger dragon came from behind it, this one was orange and brown, and much chunkier with thicker scales, he was looking somewhat amazed.

"Wow, you really caught one alive Tsunami."

"Well, I know that, I'm holding it right now you mudhead." The blue dragon answered.

"Do you think we can eat it ?" The dragon asked.

"I wouldn't recommend doing that, because you're probably going to hear Starflight telling you you shouldn't have done it because he wanted to study it for the rest of your life." Tsunami looked back at Ashley with wondering eyes. "Plus this one looks weird, aren't they supposed to look less... pale ?"