"A temper furious enough to evoke legends. Sour moods that rival concentrated lemon juice. Fireballs at his finger tips and targets around every corner... Rarely regal enough to conjure the image of royalty. He's just a man with little left besides the horrors of waking up and no resolve to end his old torments." The children start to gather. Kilorn hushes them and starts again. "For decades he's trained to tear men apart!"
"God damn it, Kilorn. I can hear you." Cal scowls and pulls his jacket tighter.
Kilorn leans into the gathered bunch of new blood children, his voice dropping into ominous whispers. "Now kids.... pay his Highness no mind. Gather in. Let me tell you a story all about how a life got flipped, turned upside down."
"You tell one more scary story about me and I'll turn you into charcoal." Cal flicked a rock off the wall, bouncing it around the corner. Kilorn lead the kids in a giggle fit and moved down the hall.
"Now, let's see... There once was an ill tempered dragon who breathed fire! And thought every story was about him."
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Alternate Realities
FanfictionRed Queen fanfiction. Mare Barrow, Cal Calore, Maven Calore, Farley, Shade, everyone is on the table!! Short scenes. Some in the canon story line from different points of view, some scenes that are alluded to in the canon story line, and some step...
