AUTHOR'S NOTE:I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO TEMERAIRE, NOR DO I SUPPORT SLAVERY, THE CIVIL WAR WAS CERTAINLY FOUGHT ABOUT SLAVERY, HOWEVER IT IS MY BELIEF THAT NOT EVERYONE WHO FOUGHT FOR THE SOUTH WAS FIGHTING FOR SLAVERY, BUT THE CIVIL WAR WAS STILL FOUGHT OVER IT
It was a seeming normal day at the family farm out in North Carolina, Billy John, who despite his young appearence, was 16, had finished his Chores and he was out playing with Victorius, the Family's hunting dragon.
Eight years ago, Victorius had been found one day when Billy and his Pa were coming home from a fishing trip. They found His Egg, after his Mother died in Birthing him, They (or mainly Billy) nurtured the egg, until One day, a Giant dragon, the size of the family's Barn came, the Dragon demanded his egg back, and would not listen to reason, He Accused Billy and His dad of being Egg-Theives, The worst crime in the eyes of Draconic Culture, He Killed Billy's Mother, and was about to claw up his father when The Egg hatched, saying "I will not allow you to harm them, They are my family" The Father Was taken aback by this, then the young Dragonet said "They, unlike you did not abandon me, I will not let you harm them", The Father flew away in disgust.
Victorius was a White, Light-weight, Fire-breather, of the Floridian Fleetfoot breed, he had grown almost to the size of the cabin, And could no longer sleep in billy's bed, So Billy slept with Victorius in the barn.
Their Favorite Game out in the woods was Pretending to be their hero (He used to be their idol until Pa told them about the Ten Comandments) Sir Captain William Lawrence Allendale-Roland, and His Friend and Companion M.P. Temeraire..
They had Just finished Re-enacticting the Delivery of the Cure (Billy's favorite out of the Stories). When the Man came.
