Knot The First Time

Chapter One

Life in a city isn't always easy, especially not if you're a large dragon covered in a thick layer of fur. Cities always seem to be infuriatingly crowded, hot and noisy. And the people living there? Nosy as all hell. "Are you really a dragon?", "Why do you have so much fur?", "Why do your eyes glow?" It was enough to drive anyone mad. Jedrek was sick of it all, he hated life there. And so after work he found himself here, in some field in the middle of fucking nowhere. He had a particularly stressful day and not too far into his shift he had felt those instincts beginning to stir up deep inside him. As soon as it was clock out, he found himself rushing out the door, practically flying through the streets until he ended up here. It was here that those dreaded instincts completely took over, his form changing from humanoid to that of the dragons of old. His personality shoved aside as the primal took over, and it was ready to kill, leaping at any opportunity to chase any living prey. But he had only the squirrels and field mice to hunt, he longed for larger, more challenging, and much more satisfying prey.

It had been so long since Nella had traveled, especially through a big bustling city as the one she had no. It was a lot to take, too much to be honest, but she tried to take in as much as she could while she headed to a hotel to stay in. When she arrived and checked in, she was already exhausted and needed a breath of fresh open air. She figured that a good walk could do her some good. So grabbing her small hiking pack, she headed out. Not sure where she was going, but just walking. Walking and walking until she stumbled upon an area, kinda like a field. A big one too, nice and fresh with little animals here and there running about. Even though she knew she was a big dutch draft horse, she could still be prey and had to keep an eye out for predators. She continued onward, hearing the crunch of leaves and twigs beneath her hooves and taking in the beautiful air and the gorgeous sights.

Jedrek had just devoured his second family of rabbits for the day, and yet he still wasn't satisfied, not only that but the taste of blood only seemed to fuel his hunger. He raised his snout and took a big sniff - mouse, squirrel, rabbit, bird - nothing interesting, nothing worth chasing. But then the wind had picked up, he inhaled deeply again, and this time picked up something that made his mouth water, he had picked up the faint scent of horse. It was peculiar as there weren't any farms around, and yet it was there, the unmistakable, tantalising scent. His instincts screamed at him to pursue this new creature, and who was he to deny his instincts? He began to run towards the direction he had smelled it, until he was close, he sniffed again, it came from his right. He looked over and there she was, a large draft horse like her could definitely maim him if she were allowed to put up too much of a fight. He must be smart about this. He observed her from a distance, watching, waiting, almost calculating. Suddenly, he let out a low snarl and charged, using his wings to kick off more speed to hopefully get the first and final blow on his target.

Nella had been getting an uneasy feeling creep up the back of her neck as she walked around. The feeling kept growing and growing the more she walked in that field and finally she had enough. She turned and headed back the way she came, starting with a fast walk at first until she heard a snarl. That sent her into high gear, booking it off toward the direction she hoped was the city. Her hooves pounding against the ground as she heard this creature claw and snarl and occasionally a flap of wings? She wanted to turn around to see this creatures with wings she assumed large enough to span a small village, but there was no time. She had to keep running, she knew she could fight, but the risk was too high. She dodged and weaved trying to lose the creature, but her large hooves got the better of her. Tripping over a dead root sticking up from the ground, she fell hard on her stomach. Quickly she rolled to her back ready to fight.

He let out a roar of triumph as he saw her fall, now was his chance! Once again, he used his wings to launch himself in her direction, she was fast, faster than he was so he had some ground to make up. His fur and size made him less aerodynamic than he preferred. He pounced, pinning some of her down with one large clawed paw, stuck his blood caked muzzle in her face, the blood barely visible on his deep crimson colored scales. Jedrek roared before raising his other paw to strike. His tail swished behind him in anticipation of the kill. His glowing green eyes glinted in an almost murderous glee.