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Chapter Five: Down the River

"So, Teardrop-"

"It's not-"

"Where do you come from?"

"Oh, well I can ask the same, I'm guessing the Skywing kingdom you've mentioned?"

"Yes, my palace will hopefully be in perfect condition when I return, but however this does mean my daughter has probably assumed control over my kingdom." The dragon said as she continued to walk away from me, letting me ride on her unbroken wing due to the fact I'd complain every five minutes. "You still haven't answered my question, scavenger." She snarled as she turned her face to look at me, her face a mess of lines and melted skin and blood due to the acid. I barely managed not to gag.

I let my legs dangle freely as I looked around at the surrounding trees to avoid looking at her face. "You really need a mask." I mutter under my breath.

"EXCUSE ME?" She roared at me, her saliva flying right on my body.

"I said your breath is ass." I lied as I wiped the strand of saliva still stuck on my arm.

"Well it's not my fault I can't brush my teeth when I'm stuck out here." She growled before sliding me off her wing roughly. I let out a yelp that was shortened as I landed face first in the grass.

"Why not? I've been doing it." I say as I grab a chewstick and start gnawing on it.

She just gave me a stare with her eyes half-lidded. "Is that what you call brushing your teeth, no toothpaste or anything?"

"What's toothpaste?" I asked as I continued gnawing on my stick.

"You know, for the first few seconds when you spoke, I actually believed you may have been a slightly intelligent race, now I see I was wrong." She huffed, a puff of smoke coming out of her flaring nostrils.

I rolled my eyes as she went down to drink some water. "Whatever you dumb lizard." I pouted as I went next to her and scooped some water into my hands before starting to drink, only to spit out a small fish immediately after. "Ew! That felt so slimy!" I cough, making sure all that water is out as I spit repeatedly.

She let out a growl of amusement before letting out a startled whine as a large claw reached out of the water and lodging itself onto her snout. "ARGH! GETITOFF! GETITOFF!" She cried as she lifted her head with a crab still latched on.

I smirked as I watched from afar, before she started to breath streams of fire everywhere as she shook her head, trying to get rid of the pale crab.

"Scarlet! Cut it out!" I yelled as I dodged as a fire stream nearly hit me. "You're gonna burn down the entire forest!" I yelled as she finally managed to aim her mouth towards the crab, shattering the crab into several pieces before the stream of fire hit the water, it didn't take long for it to start boiling. I saw as a few groups of fish were burnt to a crisp and floated to the surface, and a few pieces of crab floated away down the river. She finally stopped and took a deep breath. "I always hated seafood. Pet, remind me to take away the Seawing's water again." She huffed as she whipped her head away while holding it high, as if she weren't screaming and flailing from a crustacean just moments before.

"I'm not your pet-"

"Shush, I just had a thrilling idea!" She exclaimed.

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"What is this?" I asked as I hesitated before sticking my foot into the steaming water, letting out a yelp as my foot made contact with the hot water.

"It's called a bath, you stinking pest, besides, I think I'm due for a bit of relaxation." She sighed as she submerged herself in the steaming water.