View of a dragon: Night Fury 3
#2 of View of a dragon: Night Fury
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View of a Dragon: Night Fury 3
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Ears perked up as the early morning sound woke me up. Letting out a big and loud yawn, I tried to shake off the early morning lethargy that has always been a problem with me. No idea why but every single morning, when the first ray of the sun pierced through my vision, I felt as if my whole body was being weighed down by tons and tons of boulders. Today wasn't any different either.
My jaws cracked whilst yawning and that kind of shook me up.
Oh crap! Ah! Pain!
I struggled on the ground, trying my best to get my jaw back in place. Dragging jaw on the ground, it helped a little and with a soft snap, it was back in place. Opening my jaws up and down, trying to see if nothing was wrong with my mouth and to my relief, it was alright.
I turned around and hissed at the sudden ray of the morning that blinded my vision but slowly, my eyes adjusted to it. The first question that popped into my mind was where on earth I have landed on to. The last thing I remembered was the human that captured me and... and actually released me from the trap.
A low growl and puff came out from my nostrils at that thought. I couldn't believe what just happened yesterday. If I ever told any of my comrades about this story and my predicament, they would either laugh at me or better yet, claim that I am a coward; upon whom I am not and I am never going to claim that thought. Cowardice is never a vocabulary because never in my whole entire life have I ran away from a fight nor a kill.
But why did you run away yesterday? Away from the human when you had the chance to kill him?
I shook my head, trying to phase away that thought. True, I did run away from my kill but an eye for an eye.
Once more, I scanned and scrutinized my surroundings. Trees, roots, green leaves, rocks, ground, soil, bugs, birds and finally, my gaze looked down to a lake. Well, looks like I'm not going to die out of dehydration but what about food? Looking around the whole place, not any other meat or animal seemed to be available. Roots were entangled between each other as gravity took them down to the earth but not nearing the ground at all, beautiful flowers bloomed about and the rock formation was amazing as well. Each and every granite was placed next to each other to form at least a picture or something. The lake was crystal clear as can be, perhaps, too clear and unused at all. Meanwhile, the sun was doing its level best to pierce through the heavy forest.
Suddenly, I let off a low growl. What am I? A human? I'm a dragon for god sake! Dragons fly. Duh. Why didn't I think of that first? I mean, there's no point in staying here and since I've rested enough for the whole day, I might as well get off from this place.
However, I flatten my ears at that thought of going back to where I came from. Do I really want to go back home? This is a whole new experience for me, looking at a human and thinking about them.
I shook my head again. Why am I even thinking about that human again? He's a human and not a dragon!
Humans a creatures too. They have a heart just like us. We are the same as them, one body, one soul.
Ears flattened back again. Maybe... perhaps... I don't know. Humans are humans and dragons are dragons. Looking back up to the sky, at this every moment, the sky beckons me to fly and move away from this place. Perhaps a little flying up in the air alone can clear my mind off of it.
In the end, I made my decision and prepared my body for takeoff. Spreading my wings as wide as I can, looking from left to right. Beautiful wings. I was proud of my wings. They were my best look ever and they have served me well during my whole dragon life. Slowly but surely, I began to flap my wings up and down, air circulating around it to gain momentum.
I ran forth to gain momentum again and that was all I needed. With one strong flap, I took myself off from the ground. Up, down, up, down, up, down. My body took off and the familiar breeze of the cool air slapping around my face was as exciting as can be. More flaps, again and again and again and...
The skies above began to move away from my grasp. Wait! Wait! The skies! Don't go away!
What's happening! The sky is running away from me? Or... or...
A loud roar broke from my vocal chords and I landed hard on to the ground. With a loud thud, I laid as flat as a fallen leaf on my back. Suddenly, my breathing got rampant as I inhaled and exhaled hard. Ears perked up as well when I heard the sound of birds flying off from its nest to find food. The birds can fly, they don't have any problem with that but why me? And all of a sudden too!
No, mustn't give up!
Picking myself up, I flapped my wings again and again, trying to gain as much momentum as I can and this time, I managed to pass to greater heights than before. With that, I laughed at myself. What a joke. I don't any problems with flying. Maybe some early morning cramp is what the problem is. However, that thought was dismissed as quickly as it came. Once more, my body came crashing down to the ground.
No!
A loud and thunderous roar broke out, roaring as hard as I can up to the skies. This cannot be! I picked myself up again and tried a third time, going as fast as I can but once again, failed.
Again!
Down.
Once more!
Down.
Try harder!!
Slams down to ground.
Fly wings! Fly!! Don't let me down, again.
This time, I landed harder by knocking down on to a rock. Claws were scraping on to it as if my life depended on it but I fell again. Rolling down to the ground but I tried to soften my next fall by spreading my wings as wide as possible. If flying isn't possible, at least gliding down from above to the bottom could lessen the pain of falling again.
Something seemed to be wrong but I just can't put a claw tip on where the problem is. It's impossible that I wasn't able to fly. Wings were okay. Body, flesh, all fine. No blood. That was all I could think of that time.
A third roar came from my throat but this time, followed with a blast. I was angry, really angry at myself for not being able to fly. It's frustrating to say the most. So many thoughts were running through my mind, blood pumping, filling my whole body with anger.
With that, I took another frustrating flight upwards and the result was the same as anything. I landed on the ground back again, face down. Eyes closed this time as I let out a loud sigh mixing with a soft rumbling that could be heard as a whimper.
All of a sudden, a flick of an object caught my eye in the lake. Wait, is that... fish? Fish! My favourite food!
Maybe I need more than just rest. Maybe I need food to recuperate my energy.
It was my last resort to anything and I was desperate. My eyes glared to the clear water and preyed on to it. There they were, two fishes next to each other; easy prey. Or, so I thought when went in for the kill. Head diving in first, I tried to snap my teeth to capture them but they were too fast for me.
Great, not only have I lost the sudden ability to fly, I lost my instinct of a predator too.
I could do anything anymore and laid on the ground with a sigh, eyes closed and wondered what I should do now. So many thoughts were running in my mind wildly. So many possibilities of what may become of me. If I couldn't get out of here, perhaps stay and make this my new home. Food is available, the scenery and air is amazing, what's more? And I don't have to go back to be a slave to the 'dragon' again.
Maybe it's a blessing in dis -
Plop!
A sound? Where did it come from? My eyes opened and looked at the direction of the fallen object. Tracing from the ground and upwards to the rock, I saw something there or rather, someone.
Adrenaline pumped through my body suddenly as I recognized who that human was, it was him, that human that trapped and released me. What is he doing here of all places? My eyes stared at him for a moment but this time, it wasn't the whole bravado that I saw prior to this. This time, it was a slight hint of fear but mostly, curiosity.
Wait, was he... looking at me when I was falling down and trying to fly?
He gasped when I glared at him. There he was, looking straight down at me as if I'm a specimen of his greatest capture but somehow; I didn't feel that kind of emotion in him any longer. It was more of a...a... curiosity? Was that it? Curiosity? No human would want to come back to the place where he was nearly killed by a dragon but why was he even there.
Perhaps he's intrigued with dragons?
Ears perked up suddenly but before I could do anything, the human was gone. He had run off. Once again, I was alone to deal with my own problems.
Maybe humans aren't that bad as I expected them to be. If he was here again, why doesn't he kill me again? I mean, I am Night Fury, the one that every human in the village would want to get their grubby hands on anyways. But why not you? What is wrong with this human?
In the end, I laid on the ground back once more, thinking all the while. Perhaps a small nap is what I needed for a while before I go hunting for more food. All of a sudden, my stomach made a loud growl, indicating that food is needed; its plea for me to feed it began to grow stronger and stronger.
With a sigh, I tried to ignore the sound.
Humans. What are they? Should we be afraid of them? This young and skinny human... is a human after all but why doesn't he kill me? It's almost bizarre!Tomorrow, perhaps. If he comes back again, maybe, just maybe, I could understand more of this human.
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Just one more chapter and this wittle series is done. Old story is old.