Bold Beginnings ~ A Shimmering Scales Novel

Chapter 3 ~ A New Friend

  Emerald-crown stared at Cloud-scale, confused.
  "Do you know that dragon, and if so, why'd you call them 'arctic?'" Emerald-crown shot off the questions pounding in her head.
  "Unfortunately, I do." Cloud-scale started, looking up at the sky. "Ruby-fang is from the Arctic Tribe, he just assumes that the Arctic's own everything. He probably thought you were a loner or something." Emerald-crown kept her mouth shut after that, not wanting to sound unintelligent.
  "Well... Uhm.. I should probably go to my lair now.." Emerald-crown murmured, turning around to fly off to her mountain cave.
  "Can I come?" Cloud-scale looked hopefully at the dark green dragon's back.
  "I- I guess," She stammered, flying off to her cave with the huge white dragon following her.

  The pair of dragons landed just outside the large cave imbedded in the mountain's base.
  "After you" Cloud-scale said, following her inside the cave.

  The next morning, Emerald-crown awoke in her chamber in the cave. She stumbled out, looking for Cloud-scale. She found the pale white giant entering the cave with a buck in his claws.
  "Oh, hey Emerald-crown! I just went hunting, if you are hungry, you can eat. I'll go catch something else for myself." Cloud-scale offered, though he looked tired.
  "No, no, you eat it. You caught it after all and you look dead on your claws. I'll see if I can catch something else for myself." Emerald-crown responded, her scales rippling awkwardly. "I'll be back by High-Sun." The dark green dragon left a relieved looking Cloud-scale in the cave as she flew away in search of prey.
  Emerald-crown dove down, tackling a large doe between her claws before she took off again. The dragon wanted to practice her flying, but she had to get the food back to her cave first.
  Ah! Nearly missed it! She thought as she flew past the cave. She curved around and landed in front of the cave and was met by a not-so-tired looking Cloud-scale.
  "Hiya again." He said as she dropped the doe. She began to eat it, only being able to consume half of it.
  "You can have the rest. I can't finish it." Cloud-scale nodded happily and began to gorge himself on the deceased deer. Emerald-crown figured he could eat a lot more than she could because of his size. She giggled a little and laid down in the forest in front of the cave. She watched as Cloud-scale finished the meal and buried the bones. She felt herself falling asleep when she felt a presence laying beside her. She opened her amber eyes and saw Cloud-scale napping beside her.
  Even when sleeping he is so much bigger than me! She thought, her head drooping again. Emerald-crown soon gave in to sleep, napping the rest of the day and night away.