Torchwing's Story
Preface
This is the preface for Torchwing's story, the first book in my Five Island Chronicles Series. There are a few things you need to know before you read the first chapter of my book. The Five Islands is a group of islands that is like a compass. There is a large island in the center of the group called Destiny Island, but is known as the Middle Island to the natives that live there. The rest are the Hope (North), Forbidden (South), Refuge (East), and Hidden (West) Islands that are spaced evenly around Destiny Island.
This first story takes place on Destiny Island. These islands are full of mythical creatures such as dragons, the main characters of my stories, dinosaurs (strange I know,), and much more.
To wrap this up I want to talk about this first story. In this book dragons and dinosaurs are enemies. I know they are pretty much the same thing, but in this book, they are not. It's explained later. This is what makes this story interesting. I don't want to give anything away, so this is the end of this preface. I hope you enjoy this book and please write R & R. Enjoy!!
Chapter 1
The Loss
It was a beautiful, sunny, summer day on Destiny Island. Everything seemed to be just fine. A large crow swooped through the sky, letting the wind carry him wherever. It was perfect flying weather, and he didn't have a care in the world. Suddenly, the crow heard a loud screech and the sounds of battle coming from somewhere below him.
He descended swiftly, pulling his wings close to his body. Soon he could again see the world below beyond the sky and quickly realized where the sounds had come from. The crow landed in a tall pine tree and watched the battle taking place below him.
Two large Green Dragons were in a ferocious fight with two velociraptors. The dragons were covered in hard green scales that glistened in the noon sun. Apparently they were mates. They stood on the edge of a rocky cliff trying to protect a small, green egg that was next to them.
The male let out a roar and charged at the dinosaurs calling to his mate at the same time, " Quick, take the egg and get out of here. I'll deal with these monsters!"
But the female was stubborn and answered, " No! I'm not leaving without you!"
When he realized that she wouldn't budge, he made a daring move. He flew over to the other side of the velociraptors, leaving his wife vulnerable. This way he could try to force the dinosaurs off of the cliff. He breathed a jet a red flame at them. Unfortunately the monsters completely ignored him and went straight for the egg.
The female was so startled that she knocked the egg (which had been right behind her back leg) right off of the cliff. She let out a cry of anguish. As she did, her husband came up behind her and knocked the velociraptors right out of his way. When he reached her he asked breathlessly, " Where's the egg? Is it all right? Did they get it?"
His wife sobbed and cried. " No. It fell off the cliff. I accidentally pushed it off! We have to find it!"
But by that time the velociraptors had recovered and were slowly coming towards the pair. The male dragon looked around then finally said sadly, " The egg's probably smashed by now. Even if it's not, if we tried looking for it, we'd lead those beasts right to it. Our best chance is to leave and hope that the egg's O.K. and that they won't find it. Maybe someone else will and save it."
The female knew there was little hope of either of those things happening, but knew her husband was right. " Let's go," she sighed and they took off into the sky, away from the dinosaurs and away from the egg.
When they were out of sight, the crow too took flight and soared away, wondering what would become of them all, especially the little egg.