And So It Begins.
fwhoosh, fwhoosh, fwhoosh, One steady, black, wing beat after another…. The grand, enormous, black dragon with its huge wingspan glided along at a steady, quick, pace. It was nearly noon, and the sun was mid sky with a gentle upwind blowing. The dragon let out a huff as one of the main highways came into veiw… those humans were always cutting through good land for their own benefit. With a shake of the head the dragon’s nostrils gave off two small puffs of smoke…..something wasn’t right….. this highway hadn’t been traveled in a long while… there were no traces of the nasty residue left by those retched vehicles….The dragon’s nostrils twitched upon passing over the human’s highway, and it quickly gained altitude before circling around the scent. It wasn’t carbon dioxide… But it wasn’t exactly human…. Nor was it exactly dragon either…. Almost like a mix…
wait… a mix… oh dear scales…. The dragon’s eyes widened as it lurched into a nose dive, jerking around a tight bend to see the ruins of a car in a ditch, glass and blood all over the road, along with deep black feathers. The large dragon landed with a thud, and wobbled to the scene of damage, and at seeing Ximly’s tail, it lowered its head in despair.
Ximly opened her eyes wearily at the vibrations of the earth as the large dragon landed. And she let out a quiet, painful, and forced moan in a weak attempt to get the Scale’s attention.
The dragon’s head jerked upright at hearing Ximly’s moan. It had not heard her breathing, and with all the blood, it surely seemed as though she was dead. It let out a deep rumble as it reached its neck around the car to see Ximly in her tight situation.
Dear Sclaces! Morphxim, what happened?Help…. Me…. Elder….The dragon gave a curt nod and moved to stand in front of Ximly, it’s bust hovering over her head. Carefully it placed two talons from each paw in the car on either side of her, and bent its neck to bite the door of the car. Slowly, it pulled straight up, and Ximly let out a wail as the metal was pulled from her back. A steady flow of tears rolled down her cheeks as Elder continued to pull up on the door of the car, and Ximly was trying her best not to scream out once more as the pain echoed through every limb and joint of her fully morphed body. Finally, she was free, and Elder gently scooted her body out of the car and onto a clean patch of tall grass a few feet away.
Ximly still lie on her stomach, wincing as the blood still flowed freely from the deep gash in her back. Elder nudged one of her feet slightly.
Can you feel me?Yes Elder…. Ximly winced,
But I feel numb….light-headed….That would be expected…. But you’re still alive…Barely….Elder took in a deep breath and snorted, clearing his airways of the smoke and ash he had accumulated in his flight. He shook his horned head and spined neck before staring down at Ximly with a pair of old, bright, wise, red eyes.
Not for long…. Hold still Morphxim… He rumbled gently as he nudged Ximly’s back, causing her to gasp in pain.
ELDER!][/I
Hold still! The dragon growled, before licking her wound.
Ximly felt a shiver of heat through her body that replaced the pain she felt, and suddenly a sense of well-being washed over her as Elder pulled his head away. There. All better, now, you shall tell me what happened?
Ximly managed a nod at Elder’s command, though he spoke it more of a question. I believe that the haven has been infiltrated, so we have begun to move locations…. I took the boys to my mothers…. And I was portaling back… Mortimer put me in the wrong place, and out of nowhere…. This…. This thing came out of nowhere and attacked… I thought… She shook her head. I don’t know what it was…
Elder looked shocked, Ximly knew nearly all “mythical” creatures by heart…. To hear her say the creature was unknown to her…. Perhaps a Roc?
Ximly shook her head, Why would a Roc be here, of all places, Elder? With all due respect, that isn’t logical…. We’re not even on the right continent for one to live in this area. And they’ve no cousin species this far south….
Elder let out a deep sigh as he picked up one of the large, black, feathers a few feet away, and held it for Ximly to look at it. Tell me Morphxim… what does this feather belong to?
Ximly’s eyes widened, That’s not possible… Elder, Post didn’t renew their charter…. They’re out of a job…. They’ve been retired to perminate locations in the mountains far west of here…..
Aye…. But then, this isn’t the only worrying thing that’s happened to you lately, Morphxim…. I believe Birkley has made a comeback as well? I thought you swore he was dead?
I thought he….but….. Ximly blinked, It doesn’t make any sense Elder….
That is why this is a Joint Council, Morphxim… The other Elders and Scale are already in location…. I fell behind in a storm…. My wings aren’t what they used to be… Elder said with a huff.
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