Chapter 1
(Sage's POV)
I was running. I fled from the terrifying beast behind me. It stomped through the trees and roared angrily at me. I crashed through the undergrowth, my feet never hesitating, never stopping. I emerged on a cliff overlooking the sea. The waves crashing on the jagged rocks below.
"Prygun!" I screamed. I could hear that monster getting closer and closer, branches snapping and leaves crunching. I had nowhere left to go. I drew my thick furry jacket closer around me and backed away as far as I could.
Suddenly, a purple scuttleclaw dragon with dark red markings swooped down low and grabbed my shoulders. Just as the beast came crashing through the undergrowth to the edge of the cliff.
I sighed gratefully. "Oh gods. Thanks, Prygun." I said to the scuttleclaw as she flapped away as quickly as possible.
I twisted around to look back at the cliff. "Goodbye, dad." I said.
The huge blond man yelled angrily at me, but his words were lost on the wind as we flew further and further away from the cliff.
I jolted awake.
I had had that dream nearly every night since it happened. I snuggled closer to Prygun, who was curled around me protectively. The fire I had lit earlier that night had gone out, and the moon and stars was shining above me. I looked around and noticed my best friend Radicus Stone sitting drawing with a stick in the sand farther down the beach we were camping on. I stood and walked over to him, waking Prygun. Prygun decided it was unimportant and went back to sleep.
Radicus looked up. "Hey." He said, his chocolate brown eyes reflecting the bright moon.
Radicus's dragon, a purple skrill named Bolt, was sleeping peacefully on a rock a few feet away.
"Hi." I said, sitting next to Radicus and staring out across the seemingly endless ocean.
"Couldn't sleep?" Radicus's rather long curly auburn hair blew slightly in the wind.
"Yeah," I sighed. "Again." I picked up a seashell and brushed the wet sand off of it's rough surface.
"Me either," Radicus turned his head to me. "How many hours do you figure it'll be until the sun rises?"
I shivered. I was afraid of the night, so we always travelled by day. Whenever I woke up in the middle of the night I had to go sleep next to Radicus to feel better. Radicus was like a brother to me. "I don't know, maybe three or four hours?" I said.
Radicus nodded. "We should get some more sleep." He stood and walked over to Bolt and lay down next to him. He pulled his own thick fur 'hoodie', as we called our unusual jackets, closer to him, and curled up under Bolt's wing.
I softly called Prygun over and did the same. I hoped we could find a decent place to live tomorrow, we'd been looking for months ever since I'd met Radicus and Bolt, but hadn't found a suitable place. I looked up at the night sky and saw a shooting star. I quickly wished for the one thing I had been wishing for for the last five months of my life.
A home.
Hey, so as you can see my story is up, thank you all for your OC's. This first chapter is short but I promise the rest will be longer. Also, Sage's appearance and features will be described in the next chapter. Please read and review! Peace! :D