Powder

Chapter Eleven: Burn Versus Boom

"Thank you again, it may not be a bath, but I feel a lot cleaner in these clothes." I say as I stretch my arm, the new red clothes made from torn curtains fit my frame perfectly.

"You smell a lot better in them too." She snickered but winced as we both looked at the corpse of a knight. He was from the Invincible City, they were only ones that had spiked armor as their main guard uniform. Even if it did make them harder to eat, also made it harder for them to run, which must have been this guy's downfall as all that was left of him was his armor and the now black skeleton inside of it, covered in the charred remains of the original inhabitant of the armor.

"Think it'll fit?" I ask her.

"The armor? No."

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"This feels... not great." I pant as I climb the last bit of dragon stairs, leading to the dragon's kitchen. "Why do dragons even have stairs?" I cry out to no one in particular, even as Rose chuckles next to me as she helps me stand up again.

"You could have just asked Smolder to carry us, why didn't you?"

"If he finds out what I'm doing, and what you're doing, we're both going back in the cage."

She visibly shivered at the thought. "Let's get there quickly then, I haven't been there in years, not gonna start now." She said as we started to walk through the kitchen, not sneaking really as the three Sandwing hurriedly scrambled across the place. We walked in like we owned the place.

It was weird, there was a giant counter which probably held several pots and pans the size of someone's hut, noticeable by the handle of one sticking out and casting its shadow over us. There were also what looked to be some plates and cups left on the floor, probably dropped by how hectic things were I guessed. One of the dragons suddenly fell in front of us and looked sadly at all the plates and cups on the ground, and growled sadly before noticing us.

"Don't worry, Sandy's a softy, unless you know this one's name too?"

I shake my head as 'Sandy' approaches us while using her tail to move some of the cups and plates back on their respective counters. She let out a soft growl as she then lowered herself to our level, her head resting against the sand on the floor.

Rose suddenly walked up to the large dragon as I stayed behind, a little hesitant, before I saw Rose starting to scratch the dragon's snout and chin, all the while 'Sandy's' tail wagged from side to side.

"Why are you still back there?" Rose called out to me.

I nervously took a few steps closer, freezing up as the dragon's eyes focused on me, then trailed off toward my missing arm. She let out a soft whine before the dragon suddenly opened its mouth and shot its head towards us.

I let out a yelp and jumped before realizing she had paused right in front of me, her giant teeth looming over me as I could hear the dragon's breathing right in my ear. "Relax, she's just getting ready to pick us up." Rose suddenly assured me as her clothes were already caught by one of the dragon's teeth.

I froze as the dragon gently hooked its teeth on my new red clothes and carried me up. "She won't eat us, right?" I ask nervously as me and Rose are swung lightly as the dragon continues picking up the remaining dishes on the floor. Rose then pointed us in a direction and our body's were sent flailing a bit as the dragon nodded.

"This feels... terrifying." I thought aloud as I thought about how one wrong move from the dragon and I'll be dead.

"Really, I prefer this rather than Smolder carrying me, I can actually stretch my legs and arms without being so cramped.