Ember's tale chapter 1
Click, click, click. The sound echoed in her ears as she walked across the molten ground. The small pink dragoness had run away from the main tunnel of her home when her father called to her. She knew her father was intending to beat her.
Click, click, click. The steady sound continued as Ember walked through a chamber in her home. The chamber had stone walls, and a stone floor. Beneath the floor was a river of lava, which resulted in Ember having to hover slightly in the air. If she didn't hover, her small cat like paws would burn.
Click, click, click. Ember recoiled as the ground she stood on began to crack, revealing the lava below. Just beyond the tunnel she stood in, was an ocean of lava; that was where the river of lava came from. Ember beat her wings, and leapt in to the stale, dry, air, knowing that if she didn't the lava would burn her.
Flap, flap, flap. "Ember!" a furious voice roared. Ember felt herself stiffen and her wings lock up as she recognized the enraged voice of her father. No longer caring about being burnt, Ember landed on the stone floor, and scurried to the ocean of lava.
Ember stared in to the vast pit of lava that churned beneath her, wishing that she was able to fly across it. If she knew how to fly, she would be free.
Ember sat herself by the ocean of lava, and dangled her paws close to the liquid fire. This had always been a game of hers. Whenever she was depressed she would dip her paws in the lava, and tell herself she was lucky that her father hadn't thrown her in to the molten ocean. It didn't cheer her up, but it gave her the illusion that her father kind of cared for her.
Burning claws gripping her back brought Ember back to reality, and she turned to see the blazing eyes of her father. The dragon she looked at had pale orange scales that reminded Ember of lava. Two broad silver horns perched upon the mighty dragon's head, giving him a ram like appearance. The dragon's back was covered in bronze spikes, and the tip of his tail had a large bronze spiked club attached to it. This dragon terrified Ember to no end.
"Why haven't you come to me yet!" Her father snarled.
"I'm sorry father, I didn't hear you. I was to far away to hear…." Ember's explanation was cut off as she felt herself sailing through the air, she felt herself strike a boulder harshly, and felt the bones in her wings crack and break.
"You know better then to call me father! You know I hate those disgusting pet names that children give there parents, and you know that I hate you!"
Ember tried to get up, but the pain in her wings, legs, and back forced her to lie down.
"If you are ever late again Ember, you know I won't hesitate to beat you. I may even tear out your tongue so I can't hear you whine anymore." With those words, the powerful orange behemoth turned away.
Ember lay stunned on the burning floor for an hour before rising. The small pink dragoness limped in to the main chamber of the hell hole she was forced to call home, her sea green eyes shimmered with tears. She came across a clump of ash and fell in it. This clump of ash was Ember's bed.
"Ember! Ember, are you alright?" a voice cried out in concern.
Ember sighed as she heard her sister's voice; this caused the pink dragoness to inhale clumps of ashes.
Ember coughed out her reply.
"I'm fine Skylara. You don't have to worry."
A thin blue and white dragoness looked at Ember, concern in her obsidian eyes. Her pale white face twisted in concentration as she tried to analyze her younger sister.
"If your fine then why is your left back leg twisted, and why are you trying to protect your right front paw?" Skylara questioned.
Ember sighed, knowing there was no way she could hide anything from Skylara.
"Father threw me against a boulder. You know how he gets when he's in one of his moods!" Ember snapped, simply wanting to sleep. She didn't feel like talking to anyone right now.
"I just worry about you…" Skylara sighed sorrowfully.
"Yeah well don't! You're not mother." Ember grumbled.
Skylara recoiled, and tears filled her eyes. Ember now realized that she had gone too far, and she tried to apologize.
"You know I didn't mean it that way Sky…"
"I know, it's just you and our brothers are all I have left of her, if I loose you what would be left for me?" Skylara choked out. She then beat her wings lightly and left her sister in peace.
Ember felt guilt claw at her, as she realized what she had said. She knew how much her siblings missed there mother. Ember's mother had died when she had her youngest son Magma. That was also the day that Ember's father wanted to kill her and Skylara.
Tears flooded Ember's eyes as she remembered her mother.
"Mama, I miss you so much…" she whimpered before closing her eyes and falling in too a forlorn sleep.