Fang Slayer

A Monster...

Do you know what it feels like to be a monster? To be something both feared and hated? Even by those who don't believe your kind even exists? Do you know what it's like to live in secrecy? Hiding who you truly are? I have to do such cowardly hiding every single day. My sister always says 'even heroes are hated if they're different, but that doesn't take away the fact that you are a hero'. I don't think I'm a hero. My sister is. Even through all her scars she still smiles with a loving light. Even though she knows what I am, she loves me. Her name is Amber, but Mom used to call her Yasa when she was little. Even Mom doesn't know why, but it's the nickname she chose. I am Tarke. To ordinary people, I'm known as Tarke Peret. To the Ordrae I'm known as Tarke the Dragon. Because that's what I am, a dragon. The Ordrae (singular: Ordra) are benevolent protectors of Terra, the 'real world'. We live in Rydre, a realm intimately connected to Terra. There are three more realms connected to us. These five realms form the Talhon Cluster. Reed, a realm mostly cut off from us since the the last Cluster War. It lies in ruins, but it was once a safe haven from danger and chaos. Inore, a world of mythical creatures such as wyverns, gryphons and chimaera. Unlike us, they cannot take the forme of Terran beings. The reason is because we are part-Terran and part-Inoren, but specifically the Ordra Class of the Draeor. The other class is Kodrae, the more villainous half of Draeor. They dwell in the Realm of Draeornn, the original home of all Draeor. We left so we could enter Rydre, the Realm closest to Terra and Inore, so we could protect them from the Kodrae, who are born with a lust for power and chaos, as opposed to Ordrae, who yearn for peace and order. However, I am banished. Banished from Rydre. Because I have Kodra blood in my veins...

I'm a monster.

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A monster...

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Monster...

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