Draco and Bruiser

by Jet556

In Forget-Me-Not Valley there are two bogeymen spoken of by parents to get their children to behave, a local legend. While they aren't as much men as creatures of the mythological and legendary area, they are feared. When Pete encounters one when out camping, he tries to lure it out to study.

1. The Arrival

Welcome everyone. After much debating with myself whether or not I should write this Harvest Moon fan fic about a dragon doing battle with a yeti I finally decided I would do this. You can expect some slightly more sinister portrayals of Rock and the Gourmet, the Gourmet more than Rock. Also, I know there is no forest in Forget-Me-Not Valley in game, to the best of my knowledge, but there is one mentioned since Mukumuku is called the Guardian of the Forest. So enjoy the first chapter.

The Arrival

Camping was not something people usually did in Forget-Me-Not valley. There was a talk of a bogeyman or rather bogeymen. One was winged beast, the other a shaggy monster. Draco and Bruiser people would call them, Draco for the former and Bruiser for the latter.

"Don't go into the woods or Draco or Bruiser would get you." Parents would say to their children.

Pete had heard this many times from his father growing up and yet didn't believe it. So one day, he went camping.

He did not encounter either of these two creatures until night had come. Keeping an eye on his fire, Pete had never seen the large winged beast creep up to him.

Feeling a sudden digging in his rib, Pete turned to his right to find himself looking at an eight-foot tall winged beast, a wyvern to be precise, which was without a doubt Draco. Draco had astronomical red eyes that flared as they were lit by some inner fire.

Grunting a bit, Draco turned his serpentine neck and grabbed Pete's rucksack with his mouth. He then handed it to Pete quite gently and grunted again.

"Hi…" said Pete quietly." Draco started to prod the rucksack with his snout. "You want something?" Again Draco grunted. Pete took a turnip out of his rucksack. "This what you want?" Draco just growled aggressively. "Uh, maybe something else!" Pete put the turnip away and pulled out a potato. "How about this?" Draco grunted and took the potato from Pete. Swallowing it whole, Draco grunted again and flew off.

Pete watched as Draco flew off. He couldn't believe it, all that for a potato.

Draco didn't seem too bad. More misunderstood because people didn't know him that well! So if Draco was misunderstood maybe Bruiser was just a demonized version of Mukumuku. It seemed likely given how Draco was but on the other hand Draco's reaction to the turnip didn't seem that friendly.

Who was Draco? What was he? How did he come to Forget-Me-Not Valley? Why did he continue to live here when he could just fly away?

These were all exceelent questions!