WoaD: Chapter Two

Wings of a Dream:

Chapter Two:

After I left the Queen's garden I decided to do some exploring in the city.  I wandered around for a little while, and took in the sights of the city.  There were many artists, writers, and generally interesting people to see.  I couldn't go anywhere without the odd elf noticing me unfortunately, which made getting anywhere a little irritating as people would crowd me.  I ended up trying to hide from the unwanted attention, and I ended up running in to a hut to find myself a hiding place, and I ran into Arya, literally.

Sorry, hey you're Arya right?  I inquired.

“Yes, I didn't catch your name though, I'm kind of in a hurry.”

I chuckled, It's okay, I'm Fayathon.  Would you mind telling me what the problem between you and the Queen is?

“That's a matter between my mother and me.”  She replied curtly.

What's your mother got to do with the Queen, do they not get along?

She stopped packing at this point and started laughing.

What?  Did I say something?

“No, it's just I didn't realize that she didn't tell you.  The Queen is my mother.”

That still doesn't explain the problem, though.

“She isn't happy that I'm carrying the egg between the Varden and us, but it was my decision, we haven't been on good terms since.”

That's unfortunate.  I've heard that I was one of the last dragons, care to tell me what happened?

“You have many questions and I haven't the time to answer them, I'm sorry Fayathon, but I must go.”

She had finished packing her supplies and shouldered her pack.  I followed her out of the hut to the stable, where I inadvertently scared the horses.  After Arya had calmed the horses she turned to me and said, “I don't mean to be rude, but I cannot take you, you will have to stay behind, here and remain safe, if the king learns of you he may try to kill you.”

I understand, but I have one more question.  How many other eggs are there?

She looked at me, with some sorrow in her eyes and said pulling out a large blue egg, “There is this one, and two more.  The king has the other two.”

I was surprised, only two other eggs.  My surprise was compounded when she told me that the egg that she had was the last female dragon.

So that is the last hope for my entire race?  A heavy burden that I never want to carry.  I shuddered at the thought, being the only one able to bring back a species from the brink of extinction.

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I watched Arya depart from the gates, and turned around.  I remembered my original reason for my wandering as I looked in to the sky, the sun had almost set and it was getting dark out.  I wandered through the streets, unsure how a hatchling was to go about imposing himself on an Elven family.  It would feel odd asking someone that I didn't know if I could stay the night in their house.  Fortunately I didn't need to, my stomach did.  I realized that I hadn't eaten anything all day and with that my stomach growled loudly.  I groaned at the sudden hunger pains, I had been so absorbed that I didn't notice them earlier.  A passing woman heard and turned.

“My word, a dragon, and a hatchling at that!  When did we get the green egg, I wonder, no matter, where is your Rider little one?”

Easy, I don't have a Rider.  Don't suppose that you've got some food do you?

She chuckled at that.  “So polite too!  Sure I've got some food at my house, come on.”

She leaned over and scooped me up.

Hey!  I can walk you know.

“Yes, but my home is on the other side of the city and it will be much faster this way.”  She reassured me.  

She broke into a sprint and the city sped by.  The motion of her jogging spurred my stomach to protest again.  She chuckled and absently scratched me on my eye ridge.  If it wasn't for the fact that I was really hungry I might have fallen asleep on that run.  We got to her house and she set me down on one of her chairs.  I sat there as she went to her kitchen.

“Anything in particular you would like?”

Something fast preferably.  I said wryly.

I heard her chuckle again.  “How fast do you mean?”

My stomach rumbled again.  Something in the now-ish would work well.

She came back with a few seed cakes and held one out to me.  I snapped it up, careful not to bite her, and looked at her expectantly, my tail swishing back and forth pleasantly.

“More huh?”

Yes please!

She saw to it that I had my fill of food for the night  After I was done eating she set up a cushion for me to sleep on.  I promptly hopped on it and laid down.

Thanks for the food and the bed.

“Don't you worry about it, it's just an honor to house a dragon.”

I curled up and thought on that, just the day before no-one had ever thought that it was an honor to have me at their home.  I sighed, and a little plume of smoke trailed from my nose, as I closed my eyes and prepared for sleep.  A lot had happened in the last day, I had become a dragon, ended up in a new world, and had met royalty!  The last thought through my mind that night was 'What surprises will tomorrow bring for me?'