A Promise To The Stars

Chapter Two

                                                                                    Two years later...

I was named Sulphur when I hatched out of my egg, and my sister was named Amber. We were strung together by three elder dragons who watched over us. Staying with Asteroid was quite interesting, she was very nice to us... unlike Obsidian, who occasionally snapped at us whilst our behaviour was off track.

I slept on a very rocky bed, with pebbles jabbing me on my side. Amber stayed beside me, on a shelf that was right above my head. We always used to whisper to each other before falling asleep, making sure that nobody would see us, or else we'd be yelled at.

Beryl was a boring dragon, he attempts to be hilarious, and laughs way too hard at his own jokes. Amber found him quite interesting, but I was already smart, I was above all the other hatchlings... if there were any.

Nobody told me why we were to be kept from others, but said that we needed to stay in the cave unless Beryl took us out to hunt, but half of that was just him lecturing us on how to attack something. What made it worse was that his voice was old, oozy and terribly slow.

Asteroid was decent, she wasn't very intelligent, though, but at least she wasn't horribly boring unlike someone. She wasn't too strict, and took care of us most of the times. I always pointed out her mistakes, and she was seemingly frustrated with me most of the time, and preferred to teach Amber, which was semi-agreeable. I can't deny that I can be a snobby perfectionist at times, and will manipulate others at will, though I'd never try it on Amber, she's of competence I guess I could say.

Obsidian, on the other talon, calls us useless, but when I ask him a simple question, he goes silent. I'm clearly too intelligent for his understanding, and always will be. I tend to annoy him for the fun of it, and see him twitching as his face goes red whilst he attempts to find a response to my insult. I roll my eyes back in a fit of laughter, but Amber stays silent.

I've seen Beryl talking behind my back, to Asteroid, hah, she couldn't manipulate me if she tried. I am manipulative, and am able to change others' perspectives of me at will, it's one of my many intelligent skills. I use the worst of my language skills, and sometimes, even then they don't understand.

Asteroid has remarked that I am seemingly very clever and have a lot of potential, and I admit that if I had a chance to kill all of them, I'd spare her life for a few more moments, slaughtering Obsidian and Beryl, it'd be nice to get them out of my life.

Apparently, Asteroid is a royal, a lost princess and Obsidian had captured her, and taken her to the cave. If I were a sovereign, I wouldn't be so stupid as to have incompetent guards by my side... speaking of that, I wouldn't have any heirs to look after, I'd be by myself... probably.

Beryl lectured Amber and I about the kidnapping, Marble didn't seem to care about it, even though she was a sovereign and all, but to be honest, Asteroid would be a rather terrible princess, she wouldn't be able to be that important. Her skills were low, she got excited far too quickly, and she's always so cheerful.

I, on the other hand, would make an excellent royal, I'd wipe out the sovereign, and seize the throne myself. I'm very clever and it would serve as a valuable asset if I were to ever do that, it's a shame I'm stuck down in a cave.

I've observed every little corner of the cavern, it seems as though my captors aren't so stupid after all, but then again, I could escape... perhaps. There is no way that I can observe from how little time I have between lessons, and slaughtering the adults would make me look like a vicious beast to Amber, and that wouldn't be good. A so-called 'friend' is supposedly a valuable asset to me.