"Ajuj?", somewhat staggered her; "Ajuj? Hey, wake up!". Yawning of tiredness, she slowly opened her blue eyes, grunting a tired "Hrrrrrm...Wha...Whatisit?", while slightly frightened raising her head towards the sky. The sun was low, blinding her eyes. With effort she tried to withstand the glare, rapidly blinking into the cave's entrance. Their parents were on their way towards them. "They will definitely go hunting ", Kyloth whispered. Ajuj finally got used to the brightness. "Well, now what?", the blue feathered animal replied crossly . Still no reason to wake her up so violently. Kyloth put up an instructive face, but he got interrupted by annoyed Ajuj: "Yeah, sure ritual, I know, whatsoever...". Kyloth meant to reply but stopped. Ciara vastly disliked conflicts between the two friends. It was making her sad and he would never want to experience that kind of sad winged creature again. Calmly they waited for Tiesh and Ciara.
Tiesh was the first to show his scarred scaly head through the two pointed rocks, which perfectly displayed some teeth of the giant dragon head they were living in. "Hey there, little couple?", he deceitfully asked his offspring, "You coming?". Kyloth got up to follow Ajuj's father, while annoyed Ajuj still tried to pick herself up somehow.
Eagerly, Tiesh turned back, quietly but noticeably mumbling into her direction: "What is she doing so long?". "Sorry Dad", she replied and trotted, still wobbly on her legs to her waiting family, preparing their hunting ritual. "Slept in again, huh?", he mumbled. Ajuj lowered her head and sat down as she was supposed to. With an angry glance he laid down - his wing into the families' center, awaiting their reaction. Ciara imitated him and laid her wing on her partners'. Kyloth and finally Ajuj followed along and raised her wings to Tiesh's command, quickly followed by a frightening loud battlecry, fearing away their prey before they even started hunting. They sat back down. "Oh, I wonder what day is today... Can someone tell me again?", Tiesh asked with a malicious and innocent tone and Kyloth bulleted back: "Its Pleasure Day! Today is Pleasure Day!".
Ajuj hated her father, why does he always have to embarrass her? And Kyloth really was an idiot sometimes. He was the most lovable Quatzol known to her, but he behaved perfectly according to her parents. Why wasn't he on her side? He knew she hates the Pleasure Day. Her father bawled heavily, ignoring his daughters anger: " Pleasure Day...hehe...right...", he grinned at her, he enjoyed mocking her. Quietly he added: "Hehe...you know what this means..." Ajuj backed terrified, did he just gave Kyloth a wink? Anger enraged, a valve was needed. A quiet breath escaped her throat and went through her nostrils. "Aww, you angered?", Tiesh continued, but the valve was too small. "I wish you die on your hunt, bloody imitation of a father!", she shouted. The look of the silver grey darkened. 'There will be consequences!', she read in his look and now with the eyes on her, she got scared. He would not be okay with that, he would just beat her up, ban or even kill her. For him absolutely everything was a possibility. Tiesh was still angrily gazing at his naughty offspring. He would have never expected that from his own daughter. Instead of showing respect, submitting, she really started to throw rubbish at him, her father? Ajuj regret her decision and looked away. The throat of Tiesh contained a deep growl, trying to get to the outside. Ajuj chickened out, turned her back to her parents and ran to the only place she knew as safe: Her place to sleep inside the big dragons' skull.
Ciara and Kyloth stand there frozen. Tiesh stood there, angrily staring at the skull. He was the personified anger.
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End of Chapter 1
Some grammar "errors" are intended or just special for my style of writing. If you can still find errors in this chapter, feel free to tell me. Thanks to Marika for motivating me and to Tim for meming every grammar mistake i did <3 Feel free to comment.
~kleopi
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FantasyAfter escaping from their Motherland, Kyloth and Ajuj, both of the Quatzol species are living peacefully with their parents in the Blazing Lands, as their parents suddenly disappear. Left to their own, survival seems pretty hard, especially if you...
