This is my first ever fanfic. I know it's short and terribly written, but I am working on something better. It is set during the elf/dragon war. (Oh and FYI, Kíertha is pronounced key-EARTH-uh)
PROLOGUE
THE TRAP
Kíertha clung to the tree with one hand, holding the Dautherdart tightly in the other. He looked down at the communal dragons' nest at the foot of the tree, the eggs inside already broken. The sight made him quiver with excitement and anticipation. If he could do this, and live, he would become he youngest dragonslayer ever. No one else could possibly hope to equal this feat, at only thirty-one years of age. The odds were in his favor. He had a Dautherdaert, the most effective dragon-killing device ever invented. Kíertha heard a dull thudding in the distance, which broke him out of his reverie. This was it. The moment he'd been waiting for. A red dragon flew in, and landed in the small clearing where the nest was located. He watched it poke its head at the nest, then give a roar of anguish. At that moment Kíertha struck, plummeting down towards the dragon's head. As he landed on the bony platform, he plunged the Dautherdaert deep into the dragon's eye. She roared in pain, thrashing violently, so that Kíertha was thrown to the ground, winded but unhurt. As the dragon's struggles got weaker and weaker, Kíertha stood, watching, until finally, it was still. He walked over to its head and wrenched the enchanted spear free. He made a silent jubilation, which was abruptly cut short when the earth shook and there was a great "thud" behind him. With no time to look, he dived into the bushes to his right. A large paw caught him mid-flight, and slammed him against the trunk of a tree. He just had time to see a glittering mass, before everything went dark.
I know this is short, but I wanted to get straight into the action and it's almost impossible to not end a chapter when you say "everything went dark." The next chapters will be longer, I promise. Please review and tell me what you thought. (I swear I won't be offended.) No really, review it.