Chapter I
The egg quivered violently. CRACK. Half of the silvery blue shell fell to the ground. As it fell, it caught the moon light. A full moon. A small dragon staggered out of the egg. The dragon was a deep blue, she had sharp black eyes that noted everything about her. Her teeth were like needles, and her tail swished behind her like a cat. Her scales glistened in the moon light. As she waved her wings a bit to dry them of, she stretched in a cat-like movement. After a minute or two, her wings were drier, so she launched herself into the air. Well, at least she tried to. She staggered to her feet. The dragon was frustrated. 'I thought we were supposed to have some thing like flying come naturally to us.' She thought. She tried again. She again staggered to her feet. She dug into her thoughts to find how her ancestors flew with such grace. As she dug she found what she sought. Excitedly she dug into the lump. As she got through the boundaries of the lump she found a place that was very organized with sections for each subject. As she glanced around, she found the section labeled 'flying.' she walked over and opened the folder. As she did, it seemed that she fell forward into the folder. Then she noticed that she was on the back of a dragon. They were pumping their wings and with every cushion of air that went under the wings, she felt the dragon gathering its strength. Then, it jumped, filling it's wings with air, and steering with its tail. It rose and then veered down to the ground and landed very hard that Taie fell off and landed with a thud. Then, in front of her, she saw that the dragon grew bigger, like she was watching his growing days, fast-forwarding. As he final growing came to a halt, he looked at her and said in a clear voice,
"Come child, all you have to do is to follow your instincts. Our memory is your memory; you will remember things with age. Remember this and be comforted. Follow our dreams and fulfill them, for we could not." With these words still ringing in her head she found herself on the floor of the cave. As she opened her eyes, she looked up and saw the moon shining down on her. And she was comforted. As she gathered strength like her fathers before her, she flapped her wings in an odd manner. With launching herself off the ground, she opened her wings at the same time and steering with her tail, she carved circles into the air. She was flying. As she felt the joy of her ancestors circulate through her veins, she did loops in the air, and closed her eyes as the happiness of flying went through her. She opened her eyes and landed on a small rock ledge that jutted out of the cave, from this rock, she could see for a few miles. She mouth twisted in a movement, it was like she was opening her mouth for a dentist, but she was smiling.
1 month later
Taie was five feet tall, yet she wasn't very heavy. Her teeth were now as thick as half your wrist, snow white, and as sharp as ice shards. Her wings, at a glance, seemed to almost be slimy, but if you touched them, they would feel like warm velvet. Her claws were like steel, they could tear apart any material in a matter of seconds. Her scales were now as big as a fist, but only a centimeter thick. She was now a dark, dark sapphire. And her wings were as silent as an owl's. One of the things that was unusual about Taie was that she could sword fight. A friend of hers, a boy, made huge swords with which she could practice with. The one he presented to her, was about five feet long, four inches wide, a half an inch thick and the edge was so thick, she could chop a five foot block of steel in half in about two seconds. She helped fashion a belt that would go across her back and stomach at an angle. Her sword could fit there, and, with her double jointed body, she could reach up and pull it out, ready for battle. And she would fight, even if it wasn't real fighting. She would at least spar with a dragon friend of hers. So as they did, they both got stronger. They were the same strength, so they got tired and such at the same time. Zarroc, her friend, was heavier, but Taie was lighter and quicker. So they were equal in everything. Zarroc was a strange looking dragon. He was a grey color so that if you didn't know him, you wouldn't see him. If you knew what you were looking for and looked very hard, you would see him. That was one advantages he had against Taie. One day another dragon came by to have Yob, Taie's sword-making friend, fashion a bucket for her. When the dragon had left the materials with Yob she went outside to where Taie and Zarroc were sparring. They had just stopped for a drink of water when Ashel came over. Ashel was a very proper female, who recoiled at the thought of having a speck of dust on her, and had very few friends, except for a few snotty females.
"Why, hello" said Ashel, greeting Taie, then she saw Zarroc, "Why are you with this... this Ieca" Ashel sneered.
"If you are going to insult a friend of mine, leave." Taie commanded angrily.
1 month later
A lone eagle was flying along a range of mountains. His wing span was nine feet long, from tip to tip, though he weighed a lot. He was just thinking about that this was a place that didn't have many dangers when he saw a huge dark blue dragon approaching him. He saw that she carried a massive blade across her back. The dragon approached. He dived, trying to duck the expected flame of fire. It didn't come. He was shocked. He thought this was almost a full grown dragon and by the time they are six months old, they can breathe fire. 'This must be a young dragon' he thought. He dived lower and grabbed a heavy, yet long limb. The dragon looked at him suspiciously. He swung the branch like a sword so that the blow would land across her face. Taie ducked.
"That's as good as you can do? I might be young but you? You're pathetic!" she said laughing. "Come on and let's see how good you are. A measly rotten piece of wood against silver." She said sarcastically shaking her head "Come on, a fighter's stance." She snapped mockingly. She still hadn't drawn her sword that she claimed to be able to use. He wasn't fooled, 'she's just a wimp, carrying a huge sword to make everyone scared of her' he thought as he advanced with his branch and swung. Crack. The end of the branch was still in his talons. Snorting, Taie replied,
"I thought you could fight, not come at me with a piece of dead wood." she quickly dived, with the sword in her claws, down to a teenage tree. Snap. The top part of the tree fell to the ground. She began to quickly strip the branches off the tree with her sword. She then replaced her sword and grabbed the tree. "Here, try this, it won't break as easily, or at least it shouldn't, and I won't swing too hard, so now you have at least a small chance!" Taie said tossing him the tree. He caught it, but was frightened, here was a dragon who wanted to fight, 'I thought males were supposed to do that, and yet, here is a female who is looking for a fight' he thought.
"Now, fighters stance again." she said.
"Yes ma'am." He said sarcastically.
"Good" she replied as though she hadn't noticed it was an insult. He swung his 'sword' and with a flick, she knocked the branch out of his talons and had it fly towards her so she could have had two weapons, but Taie veered around it.
"Well, go get it" He snapped at her
"Excuse me? That's your sword. I gave you your life, you should be somewhat grateful." She replied sharply.
"Fine" he answered dejectedly. He dove for his branch but made a fatal mistake. He had left his back to his enemy. 'She'd be too squeamish to kill me.' he thought. His last thought. The sword glowed in delight as dark blood dripped easily off it. As the eagle fell from the air, the dragon dove after it. Taie landed next to it. She ripped him so more blood flowed on the ground, and then ate it. Lastly, she wiped the blood off the sword and onto the grass.
1 month later
Yob, the boy who had forged Taie's sword asked Taie a favor. He wanted her to go get more firewood, and coals from a fire. She willingly obliged. When she had spotted the fire, she dove in, heedless of the flames. She grabbed coals and stuffed them in the bucket, and launched into the air with the bucket between her claws. She set it on the ground and dove into the lake nearby. She sighed in relief as the cold water quenched the flames. She got back out, shook water from her and her wings. She then leaped into the air and into the fire. She came back up with ten big burning branches in her claws. She flew over to Yob's forge and angled in. She set the branches into the forge's fire. She launched into the air again, and grabbed the bucket that she had earlier set on the plain next to the lake. She clawed it and dragged it a short way and then found enough strength to lift, and she flew over to the forge, and set it next to the forge's fire. She then dove back into the lake, while clouds of steam came billowing up as she swam through the lake. From the surface of the lake she looked like a giant sea snake. She launched into the air. Water sprayed everywhere like crystals. She soon left him and went to a different place in the world.
1 month later
Taie shivered, it had been a long week. She had flown back to where she had grown up with a woman. When she had come to the place, she had found it destroyed. She had brought Cheo back to a cave nearby and had worked on Cheo the last seven days, and now that strain of only getting an hours sleep the whole week was taking a toll. She had only left Cheo to go get food, herbs, and water. When the Juska tribe had come across Cheo's house, they had had no mercy on her. They had beaten her to almost death. Then Taie had come and had destroyed them all. But now, now, Cheo was dead. How could she break a promise as important as this? Taie had promised when she was to leave Cheo 's house for the first time and go her own way, "No matter what, I will never let you die, you had raised me, so, in payment, I will keep you alive and protected." Taie hung her head, she had broken that promise. How could she live with this horror hanging over her like a cloud. She started to sob uncontrollably. After her sobs because sniffs, she left the cave, covered the entrance with rocks and took flight. She never looked back even though she was dying for just one last look. She has never been seen near that place again.