Legend Of The Ice Dragons

Anger and Retaliation

The piece of steak hanging from Natsu's mouth fell to the ground his dark green eyes turned sharp and deadly filled with a burning rage. Steam filled the room with the conflicting temperatures. All food and people were forgotten by the fuming dragons.

Natsu's feet stomped on the wood floors seeming that if they were brought down with enough force they would go through the floor boards. Gray's face was set in a scowl. His instincts and mind at war inside of him. His instincts wanted him to submit to his dominant mate but his mind refused.

His body was stuck in a stalemate not knowing whether to submit and placate his destined mate or to bite his head off. Growls left their throats both testing the strength of the other will. Both being dragons neither wanted to back down.

Gray having more knowledge on how dragon fought in Skyrim was readying to give Natsu a verbal battle. But since Natsu only knew Clear Skies he might have to rely on using his more physical attacks. They were nose to nose both breathing out puffs of air.

"What do you mean Igneel ruined Isis' life!"

It wasn't a question it was a demand for an answer. But with Natsu knowing nothing about the dragon language it would be hard to get his point across with him having to stop and search for the right words in the human tongue. That's where Eclipse came in. She was so in tune with his mind she spoke for him.

"Igneel took away her entire family. Sure he might have helped her when she was hurt but killing her mate and recently laid eggs in a fit of rage? Is that the Igneel the one you think you know ash breath!"

The cuff around Eclipse's tail glowed but Gray placed his hand on it. Eclipse obliged and kept her tail down. Both dragons continued to bare their white fangs wanting to dye them red with blood. If there was one thing to never do around a dragon that was injure its pride.

Being vain and powerful creatures if you damage their pride or the pride of those closest to them lets just say it's a recipe for disaster.

"So even if Igneel did why do you hate me at all?! I'm nothing like Igneel in that sense!"

The yelling continued. The growls filled the air when Eclipse broke them again.

"You want to know the nicknames that other dragons call ice dragons. They call them spares. Just like tires. They are the ones killed instead of the mate of the dragon who mated them. Basically they're the 'whores' of all dragons because they have two mates. But that's not true."

Eclipse had tears rolling down her face she was so in tune with Gray's emotions the buried one were bursting out at the seems. She took a deep breathe and sniff.

"The only reason would have two mates was if another dragon mated them once they killed their mate. It's worse than death for ice dragons to be mated to another. But they stay loyal. Even if they're called the dragons of a thousand frozen tears."

Gray's eyes started to bubble with tears that threatened to leave his eyes. He wouldn't let them. Not in front of anyone ice dragons only shed tears in the dark away from everyone. Legend said that if any living being saw an ice dragon cry they themselves will experience first hand what the dragon went through to make it cry.

Sure it was only a legend but Gray still didn't want the tears to fall around anyone. Even if Isis told him when he was little that tears didn't show weakness he only ever cried in front of her. She was his mother she comforted him but with her gone he now only had Eclipse who was happy to share his emotions.

Natsu's eyes softened slightly he never heard of the other species of dragons from Igneel. Did he really know his father? What else was kept from him?