Thornless Rose
Disclaimer: I don't own Prince of Tennis or the original canon characters.
Summary: Dragons are the bane of the human race. The dragons nearly killed our ancestors. They are greedy for power. They are violent and cruel and do not care about humans' well-being in the slightest…but is that really true? Rewrite of Dragon's Master.
"Dragon" – Normal Speech
'Dragon' – Normal Thoughts
Dragon – Telepathy (thoughts only)
Special news~ Considering it is December, I've decided to post one chapter per day of the month. That's why I haven't published must. I've been prewriting chapters just for this month heehee. This is the rewrite of Dragon's Master as you can tell. Can't wait to hear what you all have to say~.
Prologue
There is one legend that has been passed down through generations. Is it known worldwide as a legend and a grand myth. The myth deals with a creature of legend that no current human has ever seen.
Dragons had once ruled the land the people lived on. They helped create many of the old towns and temples and were revered as one of the most honored creatures of society. They were honored as the highest creatures in the world.
The dragons each had a special purpose whether it was to become one with the elements or become one with a special skill. Many of these skills were the power to fight. Many dragons were able to choose the element or skill they lived by.
Those dealing with elements were able to become friends with many humans dealing with their element whether it was farming, building, or other jobs.
Many dragons, however, chose to become fighters that would fight by humans' sides in wars. As long as the dragon had a pact with a human, they would be able to unleash their power in battle with no limits.
Many people were fond of the dragons and became friends with many in order to live a good life.
The dragons that had formed a pact with a human were inseparable. The two partners would normally be a reflection of each other's strengths and weaknesses. They would only be able to form a pact if this was true between the two. Once bonded with a dragon however, the two are bonded for life until it is broken. The dragon would live for its partner and make sure that the partner was protected throughout their life. Whenever the dragon would 'die' for its partner, it would revive in order to keep its vow to protect the partner at all costs.
When the human partner died, the dragon died along with them in order to stay with its partner forever and never be with another.
Soon however, the dragons all became a myth.
There was only one cause for this… dragon hunters.
They popped out of nowhere looking for dragons to hunt and kill for the skins. Dragon scales were good for making extraordinary weapons that would help win wars while their skins were used for clothing and armor for soldiers to wear in the battle field.
The hunters would mercilessly kill the dragons for their skins and would capture the human partners and threaten to let them do what they wish to the dragon or else they would die in their place.
The dragons' and humans' connections with each other began to dwindle as more and more dragons were killed for the hunters' greed.
Pretty soon, all of the dragons had broken their human pacts all because the hunters had nearly killed their human partners. They broke up the pacts for both partners' benefits. The dragons knew what they were doing even though it hurt their human partners' to leave. The human never knew what the dragon was doing by breaking a pact as the pact was the only way for a dragon to unleash its power.
With all of the dragons breaking their pacts, it became much easier for the hunters to hunt dragons without worrying about them fighting back.
Because of the one thing that the dragons did to protect their human partners from becoming hostages and worrying over them, the hunters were more easily able to hunt them down. This is where the myth begins.
Years had passed with no dragons creating pacts with any human whatsoever…and this is what led to their downfall.
A massacre occurred wiping out most of the dragons from existence.
Many thought the dragon race to be dead and were saddened until they heard what happened.
The hunters had said that the dragons had attacked them first with no reason, and, in order to defend themselves, they fought back and killed each and every dragon they saw on the field.
The common public believed them as they had never even been in a pact with a dragon and did not know how the dragons were truly like.
Those that had formed pacts with the dragons before, however, knew the truth. Without a pact, a dragon wouldn't be able to fight in the slightest as their power came from the bond between dragon and human partner.
Hunters never knew that either considering they only wanted to find dragons to hunt them down for greed.
For generations, people kept with the story that the dragons had attacked the hunters first. People believed in this story entirely and did not even listen to those that had pacts with the dragons in the past.
The hunters' story was so believed in that it soon became rumored that dragons were evil creatures instead of the nice ones they once were.
The dragons were now hated and treated as one of the most evil creatures in the planet, all because of a hunters' story about the massacre. Their true selves were never revealed to the world, and the way of their pacts was hidden for centuries afterward.
However, there is one rumor about this myth.
Rumor has it that there was one dragon that survived the massacre. The dragon went into hiding in order to find a way to let the common public know that the dragons weren't to blame for what had happened in the fight.
The dragon now resides somewhere in the world…waiting…waiting, for its human partner to arrive and bring the honor of the dragons back into the light.
Where the dragon is? No one knows. What the dragon looks like? No one knows either. What will happen to the dragon? No one knows. What will happen to the future…no one would ever know until it happens and until that day comes, the myth will stay a myth….