AN: If you like it, please tell me. I'm looking for a beta reader. Don't forget to R+R please!!
In a small forest, a dragon slept in a cave. When the sun reached the center of the sky, it lifted its head and emitted a sleepy growl. Its long neck uncurled from over its duck-like claws. The dragon's eyes, mixed with flawless blues, snapped shut as it yawned. A weak flame wisped out from its nostrils. Using its front two legs, the dragon pushed itself up and swished its tail from side to side. Drowsily, it slunk out of the cave and into the bright sunlight.
Its sleek, sapphire scales gleamed in the rays of the sun like stars. The dragon paused and felt the soft, damp earth between its talons. It raised its head to the height of a small pine tree and sniffed the air. Human he thought happily. He had not eaten since woke two mornings ago and was quite famished. He began padding in the direction of his prey.
Ellie walked along the forest, stopping along the way to observe woodland creatures. Sometimes, she would kneel and reach out slightly to let the animals sniff her hand. Her straight red hair flapped in the cool afternoon breeze. She swept it away, tucking it behind her ear. Quickly, she looked up. Her eyes caught a glimpse of sapphire.
Before she knew what to make of it, a sapphire dragon stood before her. It towered over her little body, a threatening sight to a girl of fifteen. The sun shone through its wings, making them look like a bluish tint had been put into glass. Ellie held her ground and avoided looking it in the eye.
"Hello" she said, seemingly confident.
"Good day child." Its voice boomed around the forest, making the smaller animals scatter with fright. "Would I be so bothersome, as to ask for your company?"
Ellie looked the dragon straight in the eye and said "No, but I am afraid I must refuse your generous offer." Waves of terror crashed over her, subsided, then rose again.
"Why so child? I am merely seeking company, for I am old, and am in good need for some pleasant conversation." To the eye, the beautiful dragon seemed harmless. Surely a dragon that looked so pure couldn't have any evil intentions. She was almost fooled.
"Make no mistake mighty dragon," Ellie chose her words carefully, trying to spin an escape plan with every word that tumbled over her lips. "that I would be honored to be in the company of one so powerful and purely magnificent as yourself. However, I must distress to you that I am wanted home very soon, and my dear old mother couldn't get along without me. I beg of you dragon, let me go."
Ellie held her breath, waiting for a response. The dragon kept it's wise eyes on her, and it terrified and chilled her to the very core. Ellie's mind told her to run, to scream, to do something other than wait for this beast to finish her off without a second thought. Eventually, it would get tired of playing this game, and that would be the end of it. It would be the end of her.
Finally, the dragon spoke "Alright then little one, you may tend to your ailing mother. However, I should like it if you would promise me that you will be back here tomorrow. Shall we say, when shadows are cast upon the ground?"
"We shall."
The dragon made to walk away, but stopped and craned its head to look at her one last time. "Do realize, child, that a promise broken to a dragon puts a curse on the family that exists, and the one to come after. I do hope that fate does not befall you."
"It will not."
"Good." And with that, the dragon kept on in that direction. Ellie shook all over; tears began sliding down her cheeks. She hardly had the strength to run home.