Wings of Gems

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The picture above is off Draco.

He picked me up, placing me on his shoulder, we had talked for a while. We both felt like we could trust each other. He walked through the door, into a hallway, it had doors running down the sides, I looked through the windows, and saw more dragons and eggs in each, they all moved away from the door when we walked past. I decided that I should fly for a bit. I pumped my wings, pushing myself into the air, Luke, feeling me leave his shoulder, looked up and saw me flying, he smiled at me, again, and gave me a thumbs up. I smiled back at him.

He continued to walk down the corridor, while I flew above his head, laughing as I pulled off loops and barrel rolls. He laughed along with me, causing the others to try and look through the windows. The sight that met their eyes astonished them, one of them flying free, next to a man. They blinked there eyes at this, one of there own was flying and having the time of there lives, next to a human, who, which surprised them even more, was laughing along with her. This caused discussions to happen in all the rooms.

"Here it is, this is the door." Luke thought when we reached a door, at the opposite side of the hall. My wings were starting to ache from all the exercise, so I landed on his shoulder, breathing heavily. Luke walked through the door but on the way he grabbed some more fruit and water, he had observed that I had only eaten the fruit. As we approached my cage, I grew restless, not wanting to be placed back in the small cage again. He realised this and petted me, attempting to calm me down, I settled slightly, but not completely. As we reached the cage, I gripped tightly onto Luke's shoulder, causing him to wince slightly. "Come on Gems, you will be able to come back out tomorrow. It's not that bad." He tried to calm me, but to no a vale, I just shook my head and turned my snout to face him straight in the eyes. After a long struggle, Luke finally got me into the cage. Replacing the bowls with the new ones, filled with fresh fruit and water.

"So, how was it? How did you get him to call you a name? Why was he not restraining you till the end, I heard commotion in the other rooms about a dragon flying free, I did not believe them, but now, was that you?"
"Yes, Draco, that was me. Luke's very nice, he allowed me to fly around and mess about in the hall. It was fun, he laughed along with me. He is now my personal person, he asked whether I could call be my old name. He was permitted." I replied.
"Wow! Who did he get permission from, I don't think anyone here has that kind of power?" He squeaked the question at me.
"Hitler," I replied, strongly.
"You... You met him, Gems?" He swung his head back.
"Yes, he was greatly interested in me. I was sitting on Luke's lap at that point. He only laughed, asking where Luke's pen was. I had previously dropped it, he only pointed at me. I played with his finger until Hitler lowered his head to my head height, it scared me, so I hid behind the finger. He laughed, again, at the pair of us, then left the room. We then talked together, he asked a yes or no question and I would nod or shake my head. It built up trust between us. That's why I was allowed to sit on his shoulder when we walked down the long corridor, I decided that I wanted to fly, he allowed me. I flew around his head, practising stunts, while he laughed along with me. You are listening?" I asked. He nodded his head in agreement. I carried on the story, "When we crossed the whole hallway, my wings were starting to ache, so I landed on his shoulder. He picked up the bowls and walked to this cage. The rest of it you know." He did not reply, but his expression said it all. I went and ate all the fruit and drunk about a third of the water, the bowl was bigger than me. I decided that I wanted to take a wash, it had been so long since I have had a bath. Dipping my talons into it, I found that it was way too cold. I shook my head and stepped back. I walked under the Moon Stone and promptly fell asleep.

I woke to the sound of the cage door being opened, how long have I been asleep. I looked around and saw that everyone else was still asleep. "I saw that you wanted a bath, there are some hot springs in the plains next door. I had to wait till every dragon was asleep, otherwise, they would get worried. I also had to get a collar for you. Don't worry, the guards know I'm taking you out of the cage. They only think I'm taking you to that small room. Could you allow me to attach the collar and this long lead? I thought you might also want to fly a bit while you have so much room." Luke asked I allowed him to attach the collar and lead, it fit me perfectly.

Stepping down the hallway, I trotted beside Luke. The guards looked amazed that I had allowed it to me. I stuck my forked tongue at them, that surprised them even more, Luke laughed along with me. We heard them talk, but we ignored it.

Once we reached the small room we walked in and walked over to a door in the back. "This is how we can get out. You ready. It's going to be dark, it's five in the morning. The quiet hour." He asked me, I nodded in agreement, and walked out the door. It was amazing, it was the very first time I had been outside, since I got here, so many weeks ago. It took my breath away, the grass was swaying gently in the wind, the smells flooded my nose.

As we walked to the hot springs, the grass tickled at my feet. As the moonlight hit me, a wave of power, washed over me, I turned to look at it, almost causing Luke to trip over. I stared at wonder at it. We then carried on walking to the springs. When we reached there, we crossed over the sand surrounding it, so we could get to the water. I dipped my talon in, it was perfect. I jumped into the air, flinging my wings open, then pulled them next to me, into a dive, straight into the water. It rushed past my ears, brushing against my frill. I spun around in the water, swimming to the surface, I spread my wings out, so I floated, a big toothy smile on my face. Luke smiled back at me. I smirked, making sure he caught it, before I dove under, splashing heavily against the surface of the water, spraying him. When I surfaced, he glared at me, I smiled an innocent smile back, he laughed. I stepped out of the water and started to roll around on the sand, making sure I scrubbed myself surely. I was having trouble getting to a few different points, realising this Luke reached down, and, picking up some sand, scrubbed those hard to reach places on my back, beside my wings.

After drying off, I took to the sky, flying high, then letting myself drop, catching myself at the last moment, this scared Luke at first, but he saw that I was having fun, so laughed it off. This carried on till the moon started to set, I stopped moving and starting to sing. It was calm and soothing. When I stopped, I started to feel sleepy so I flew back over to Luke and fell asleep in his arms.

*****

Luke looked at the little dragon in his arms, all the others would be awake in the day, but she had just fallen asleep, after singing to the moon, almost like she was singing it asleep. He carried the little dragon inside, the guards questioned why the dragon was asleep, but he only replied saying that she fell asleep when the sun rose, it was the truth. He laid the little dragon back in the cage making sure not to wake her. He took off the lead but did not remove the collar, that would of have woken her and it would be more convenient to leave it on anyway. Gems spread out her wings as she lay under the Moon Stone.

*****

"You awake?" The voice echoed around in my head.
"I am now! Why did you wake me!" I replied, irritated.
"It's ten in the morning, I was worried when you did not wake. Why do you have a collar on?" He questioned.
"Luke took me outside last night, five in the morning, he saw that I wanted to have a bath. So he took me out to the hot springs. I then sung when the moon set, something inside me took over, it was amazing. I shortly fell asleep into Luke's arms. I felt very sleepy when it became day, I think I may be nocturnal. Also explains why I snapped at you earlier. Sorry about that." I replied.
"No worries it was my fault, oh, your food has arrived along with some sand, whatever that is for. Your water has also been heated s that it is warm," he said. My head swung around when he said sand.
"That would be because I like my water warmer to have a bath, and I use sand to help clean as well. He must off remembered that." I replied. Jumping into the water, I made sure I completely soaked myself, after I was done with that, I walked into the sand to dry and polish my scales.
"Whoa, her scales are so shiny."
"I know," I replied, he jumped, forgetting that I could read minds.

Just at that moment, Luke walked through the door, he held the lead in his hands. When he walked over and opened the cage, I chirped, cheerfully at him, he scratched my neck in agreement, it felt so good. I jumped down from the cage, and we walked off towards the door.