Preface-
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(Not finished....)
It was about 200,000 years ago when all was calm. Dragons roamed freely among the mountains, rivers, forests, and villages as did the habitants. Humans were unknown to this land but they were alive. The natural inhabitants of this land were dragons of all sizes, water serpents, wind serpents, animals of every species, and people. However, these people were unique. They had the appearance of elves, with pointed ears and such; they talked through song, they told stories through nature, and everything they made was with the natural elements of their world; earth, fire, air, ice, and water.
Everything was going smoothly until a very young dragon didn't come out to do her daily check-up on the river. An elderly dragon found out from the birds and glided over to the cave of the "lazy" dragon. Landing on the edge with a soft 'thump', which was amazedly soft for a dragon that weighed about the same as 15 full-grown elephants, the elderly dragon snorted and flames were emitted from his nostrils into the enclosed space of the cave.
The young one growled in response but yet, she didn't move for she had her back turned to the elderly one. With a flick of her tail, she blew smoke out of her nostrils and did nothing else after that. Only sat and waited.
Frustrated, the elder dragon bit the female on a laid-out wing and a growl formed deep within his rib cage, emanating a noise like a motorcycle starting-up. Scared and hurt, the young female jumped up and turned around, snapping and snarling like a mother wolf protecting her young.
The elder one noticed something strange about her and laid his head down. As soon as the female backed up into a corner and turned her back on him once more, a singly voice had risen within the cave saying, "I have no patience right now, elderly one. What do you want?"
Picking his head up and with a confused look on his face, the elderly dragon responded with a stern voice of a storyteller, “Look Sinlar. I will be as patience as a father waiting to see his newborn. I will not move from here until you explain to me what is going on. I will wait until my death day if I have to.”
Head off the ground, the female looked over her shoulder and tossed a glance at the dragon who was waiting for her reason why she had been neglecting her duties. Opening her jaw slightly, the young one hummed deep in her chest until she blew a thin line of fire around her and the elderly dragon, warming them up.
“If you say you have that much time, then I will answer your request. But, I have to be left alone now for I am weak and tired. When Dawn lights the sky tomorrow and the birds are sending the morning greetings, then I shall call for you. Until then, you will hear no more from me. Good night Liquidsteel.”
“Sinlar…” Sighing and showing that he was giving in, the dragon continued. “Fine. I shall go but mark my words. If you’re seeing that snake again, I will do something about it.” Waiting, the elder one sat there eyeing the young one with eyes of dark hatred.
Snapping, Sinlar looked over her shoulder and growled, “What do you have against serpents?! They are just like us! Nothing is wrong with them!”
“Don’t raise your voice to me!” Roaring, the elder dragon pushed himself out of the cave and glared at the female within the warm den. “They are not like us one bit! They are slimy, skinny, and they spend most of their time dilly-dallying while danger is approaching!”
Anger filling her heart, Sinlar jumped up and landed with a loud thud on the entrance of the cave, shaking some of the rocks off the edge. “They are NOT slimy and skinny and they do NOT dilly-dally when danger is near! They are us! Why can’t you understand that? There is absolutely no difference between them and us!”
“They are NOT like us in any way! I understand that perfectly! Last time I checked, WE are the ones fighting off the dangers that approach us! Not them! Their wards can’t even stay up long and strong enough to keep a hare out much less a stampede of raging elk! You think they are wonderful but there is nothing wonderful about imbeciles who don’t do anything to help us or to save their kin!”
Looking away very quickly and flicking her tail in disgust, Sinlar spoke in a voice no louder than a whisper. “To us, they might be small but they are incredibly amazing. To them, we are big but wise.”
“What did you say?”
Raising her voice, Sinlar said, “To us, they might be small but they are incredibly amazing. To them, we are big but wise.”
“I’ve had enough of this! Until you shape up and start taking your responsibility and the right life for a dragon, you are not to come out of this cave!”
“You can’t do that!”
“Related or not. Same blood or different, I will not tolerate with this nonsense.”
“But…Father! This is injustice!”
“Injustice or not, you will stay in this here cave for if you don’t, you’ll be spending a decade in the dungeons. No light, little food, and best of all…” a smirk had appeared across his snout, “No outdoors. So you wouldn’t be able to see you incredible friends.” And before Sinlar could say anything else, Liquidsteel created a firewall within the threshold of Sinlar’s cave.
Eyes full of shock and fear, Sinlar plopped down right there and stared at her father and the wall with wide eyes. Once Liquidsteel was finished with the wall, he flew off into the distant baby blue sky. Not knowing what to do, Sinlar let a crying roar burst from deep within her, shaking everything around her.
