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Ice Dragon Slayer

Chapter One - Prologue

X771, February 2

'No! I won't let this end here!' thought a 5 year old girl as she ran as fast as her tiny legs could carry her. Why was she running? Well, she was being chased by pack of wolves that decided that she would make a delicious snack.

She was high up in the mountains, completely covered with over 1 feet of snow, slowing her down even more. However, wolves, being used to this habitat, had no such problem, and add that to the fact that they were far faster than a measly child, didn't take long that catch up to her.

Girl stopped near a tree, which, unfortunately for her was a bit too high to climb. She saw a stick near her, about 2/3 size of her own height and took it. In just few more seconds, she was surrounded by 3 wolves. They were large, gray, baring their sharp teeth that could easily tear flesh off the bones in a threatening manner. But she wasn't type to easily give up and go down without a fight, so she took a stance that felt most comfortable and positioned the stick in front of her, holding it with her two small hands, ready to bring it down as if it were a sword.

Wolves snarled, and slowly advanced on her.

"STAY AWAY!" screamed the girl as she held the stick in as much threatening way as she could. She might have been brave, but still, she was but a child, so feeling intense fear was natural. Needless to say, that didn't deter the wolves one bit, as they kept walking. One of the wolves suddenly charged at her. Eyes widening, she leapt to the left as fast as could, barely dodging wolf. Said wolf, unable to stop himself, hit the tree, and that gave child time to bring stick down on its head. It howled in pain and shook its head, probably to get rid of dizziness and pain.

The stick, however, suffered worse fate - it broke in two. That left her nearly defenseless. Soon enough, other 2 wolves charged as well. She leapt away and quickly turning, slammed the stick, or whatever was left of it, into one of the wolves on the left right side of the chest. Since the stick's end was ragged and pointy after breaking, it sunk into the flesh. This wolf howled in pain as well, but in its thrashing and writhing, it kicked her. Hard. She fell, and her head hit the small rock on the ground.

She cried out in pain, she felt blood pour out of the wound on her head as well as tears fall from her eyes. Black spots appeared in her vision as she fought to keep her consciousness.

'Is this the end? After all that happened, after all that I went through to survive, I die by the claws of the wolves?'. Last thing she saw before losing consciousness was something big and blue approaching her from the sky.


'Oww. What hit me?' was the first thought of small child as she woke up. She felt pain, or rather an intense headache. She groggily opened her eyes and realized that she wasn't outside anymore. She was in some closed off area, but light entered strangely. Or rather, it was as if walls were glowing. 'Oh. Walls are made of ice' she realized. She felt no wind, once again solidifying the fact she was in a cave.

Then, it hit her. Her home aflame, running away, trying to find food, water, shelter, to survive, getting chased by the wolves and passing out. Did this mean that she somehow survived the beasts?

Ignoring the pain, she forced her body up, looked around. She indeed was in a cave, its walls made out of ice. But before she could continue observing her surroundings, a voice interrupted her.

"Finally awake, child?" it was more of a statement than a question, though. Voice was slightly rough, but feminine. It rumbled, shaking the ground and walls.

Girl froze, and slowly and hesitantly turned around to face the voice. She immediately regretted the choice. What she saw was a huge, head, with azure blue eyes, all covered in deep sky blue colored scales, looking at her, sight not wavering. 'Great' she though sarcastically, despite the situation. She had traded one of the monsters for one far worse.

She screamed and slid away from the creature, her back pressed tightly against a wall, hands searching something for a weapon, even though she knew no weapon would help her against a foe of this caliber. And alas, her search proved futile as she found nothing other than ice and snow.

"Calm down, girl. If I wished to harm you, I would have done so already" the voice rumbled. 'She does have a point' she though as she did her best to relax and calm down. It wasn't really easy when in front of her was a huge creature that could swallow her whole, in just one bite.

"Who are you? What do you want? Where am I? How am I alive?". Words left the girl's mouth before she could even think, and she quickly shut herself up by covering her mouth with tiny hands.

Creature looked at her, probably with amused expression, but it wasn't that easy to tell. "I am Glacia, the Ice Dragon" said the now-named Glacia proudly. Suddenly, it grew in size, and girl realized it had been lying on the ground all the time. "I saved you, child. As for where you are, we are inside cave I created." said the dragon in calm voice.

Girl blinked. So this is how she still was alive. She was grateful, of course, but wasn't able to show it, fear still overpowering other emotions.

"So, what is your name, child?" asked Glacia.

"Aurora", she spoke quietly. Words barely left her mouth, but with it's enhanced hearing, it wasn't much of a trouble to hear it for the dragon.

"Aurora what?".

"I don't have a last name". Dragon nodded; it wasn't unheard of to have no last name.

"What were you doing here, on this mountain? From what I know about humans, children don't usually go to such dangerous places alone, especially for no reason".

Aurora looked down in sadness "I lived in a small town nearby. It was raided by a dark guild few days ago. They took everything and killed everyone. My caretaker, Grandma Ayame, sacrificed her life to let me escape. I've been searching for a shelter since then, but got lost".

"Do you know the guild's name?" asked Glacia. Aurora shook her head. All she saw was people running into the village, killing everyone on sight. Her caretaker was a mage, and held enemies off to buy time. She didn't want to leave, but knew that she would be more of a liability than help, so she obeyed and ran away. As far as she knew, she was the only survivor.

"So you're alone then?" asked the dragon. Little girl nodded.

"How old are you, sweet child?"

"5. I was born on 3rd January of X766". One of the things that Aurora had been taught was reading and writing. Everyone often complimented her on how smart she was. But she didn't really see what was the big deal in memorizing bunch of shapes and understanding what they meant.

Suddenly, tail swept Aurora closer to the Ice Dragon "Calm down, sweet winter child, you won't have to be alone anymore". Aurora finally relaxed, feeling safe and trusting the beautiful dragon.

Aurora just snuggled into dragon's chest, which was surprisingly warm, and after shedding her tears, quickly fell asleep.

'Perhaps I should train her? She looks like she's worthy, and if she gets stronger, she will be able to protect her loved ones and never lose anyone again' were the thoughts of the dragon as she fell asleep as well, her breath producing soothing humming noise that was oddly comforting to the little girl.