The aged female began to awaken from her deep slumber. Stardust groaned as she stretched out her talons and limbs and moved her hindquarters in hopes that her muscles would start moving. Her eyelids blinked open and she raised her head a bit higher to take a look around. The cavern that she had claimed as her own was still empty with a couple bones from midnight pickings scattered here and there. She groaned and procrastinated that she would clean them out later. There were also a couple gems that she had found in old mine shafts towards the northern mountains where the humans now resided. Other than that the deep cavern was empty. At first the emptiness didn’t mind the female at all. She had been a rogue for most of her life and lived a life away from others of her kind but now it was kind of annoying. She wanted a companion at her side to listen to her problems and such. Not that Stardust had many problems she just wanted someone to talk with. She folded in her wings and turned around so that her body faced the entrance of the cavern. The cave was embedded inside a mountain that was hidden by the vegetation of a forest. And thankfully for Stardust very few humans invaded her home.
She stuck her snout out of the entrance that was barely big enough to fit her body. The mouth of the cave was the smallest part of her little home. The den, itself was fairly big that she figured would be able to fit another dragon comfortably. The sunlight pierced down from the heavens and warmed her nose. She blinked her eyes to adjust them as she stepped further onto the perch. It was a beautiful morning. There were puffy clouds that floated above waiting to be stirred into different shapes with her powerful wings. She breathed in deeply and the taste of morning dew stuck into the roof of her mouth. She licked her lips as she smiled.
She opened her wings again to allow the gentle breeze to play with her talons. She closed her eyes. The feeling of the breeze in between her talons felt…good. She opened her optics as she lifted her body from the perch with her wings. She hovered for a brief moment before taking off to the skies. This was her favorite time of the day to be flying. Everything seemed so pure and quiet. She flew above the dense woodlands with a playful grimace.
