A Dragon Story

Chapter #11

Pyro and Obsidian heard the *Thump* as the dragon landed outside. They knew that he or she had saw them fly in and they were ready for a fight. The dragon stuck his or her head inside the mouth of the cave.

"I don't mean any harm. I swear, I'm here to help you guys. You know, be the muscle or something like that." The dragon said.

"What's your name? And how can we be sure to trust you?" Obsidian called out from her hiding place behind a stalagmite formation.

"Rune, and I went through this too." This made Obsidian consider her thoughts for a moment. Pyro acted first...

"What are you talking about?" Pyro questioned.

"Hmm, what I mean is I went through this same experience about two years earlier." Rune said.

"WAIT!" Pyro shouted jumping out from behind his cover. "You're from the Mysterious Translation case?" Mysterious Translation was the fake name for Rune's family when the queen began to make rules against inter-tribal relationships. She told the story of the two dragons whenever a dragon came of age. The story was the queen murdered the entire family of four—the parents and their two dragonets—herself.

"Well, yes and no" Rune stated. "The queen changed the story, when she told it."

"Tell us the truth." Obsidian said.

"Okay, I fell in love with an Invisible Death-spitter named Astralis." Rune began. Obsidian came from her hiding place and sat down next to Pyro. He sat as well and they leaned on each other.

Rune continued. "We lived together in the Rainforest Kingdom. During our time together we began to raise two dragonets with another two on the way before I was called to Kraken. She, unfortunately, had her mind reader Dimitry with her. Dimitry was a Shadow Stalker who could, of course, read minds." A Shadow Stalker is an all-black dragon with white scales lining the wings and supports, known for their mind reading ability and their occasional prophetisism.

"He read about Astralis and the dragonets and the eggs. He told Kraken on the spot, and I tried to run but I was captured. Dimitry sent soldiers after Astralis who effectively killed him and my dragonets. Kraken turned me into her personal hunter. Her hunter for people like me and you. I saw you and decided to help, because I vowed to myself on that horrific day that I would never kill a family like mine... EVER." Emphasis on the word ever.

"Anyway that's my story, what's yours?" Obsidian and Pyro told their story and Rune settled for sitting outside their cave.

"Come on in, we could use a guard tonight. We're both tired." Obsidian said.

"Oh, okay" Rune said. She came in and settled in the mouth of the cave, about two yards from the spot where Pyro and Obsidian began to sleep.