Author's Notes: I got this idea when I watched Dragon Games and got feels for the dark dragons when I saw how they got neglected compared to the light dragons. Also in the scene where Blondie is reporting about the baby dragons I thought it was interesting how she just finished talking about the 'dragon choosing the rider' and having all the other dragons matched up with their riders – except for Apple, who went to have a look at the dark dragons with only one coming out to greet her... I thought maybe it was following what the light dragons were doing and trying to show off? I thought it would be an interesting story at least so I thought I would give it a shot. Sadly I'm not really a writer, in fact this is the first thing I've written in years and the first time writing a fanfic/short story, so I hope it's alright.
Apple approached the evil dragons cautiously, curious about them but also scared at their ominous appearance and evil reputation.
''Ehh'' Apple gasped in surprise as one of the evil baby dragons stepped out of the shadows and breathed dragon fire at her. She immediately stepped away thinking that she shouldn't have approached the evil dragons. It was silly of her to think they would be welcoming towards her. She turned away from the dragon and is about to walk away when she hears something..
''hwee…'' a small sad whine was coming from the direction of the evil dragons.
''..What'' Apple softly whispered under her breath as she turned back towards the dragon. The dragon didn't look so menacing now; in fact he looked quite harmless with the way he looked so downcast and small.
''Hey'' Apple said hesitantly to the baby dragon ''What's wrong''. The dragon looked up.
''Rwaa!'' a much more happy and hopeful sound coming from the dragon. Maybe she had been wrong.. maybe the dragon was just being a bit rowdy, now that she thought about it even the light dragons could be a bit dragon-breath happy at times.
Apple reached out tentatively towards the dragon and in reply the dragon lifted his head to snuggle into her hand.
''Aww, how did I think you looked scary before'' she said happily. ''My name is Apple'' she continued cheerfully.
"Hmm.. but what should I call you?'' she hummed in thought for a few seconds. ''Oh I know! How about Arkansas? Isn't that perfect.'' Apple had a bright smile on her face as she talked.
''Rwaar'' the baby dragon replied proudly in agreement.
Apple giggled ''I'm glad you like it!''
Notes: And yes Arkansas is a type of apple. The Arkansas Black Apple to be exact. I wanted to follow the pattern Apple has regarding her pet's names, since both Braeburn and Gala (Apple's other pets) are types of apples too.
Hope you enjoyed this little short story. Thanks for reading!