Scales and Tales II: The Rise of Darskin
A/N: Okay, so the sequel to the original Scales and Tales is finally here. Now obviously I can't give away the plot right here, but as some of you have noticed from the original story's final chapter, I plan on making this story darker. And possibly grosser. Of course, it's still gonna have toilet humor and comedy and all that good stuff, but unlike the first story (which was just random shenanigans), this story's going to have a plot to it, and a villain for that matter. Some of the "toilet" content won't be humorous, but will instead be flat-out gross and possibly related to bodily fluids or some kind of corpse. Characters will be involved in situations that could result in their deaths, and not everyone is going to make it to the end without suffering some kind of "scar." That's all I'll say for now; I'll let the story do the rest of the talking.
Rated T for language, crude humor, toilet humor, character deaths, and some disgusting/disturbing scenes.
Awkward Introduction
She always loved butterflies. She didn't know why, but she always thought about catching one and keeping the creature all to herself. The young energy dragon giggled as she flapped her wings and saw the butterfly flutter by her muzzle. She raised her front paws and tried to swipe at it, only for the insect to quickly move out the way. She knew she was supposed to be back with her family; the last time she wandered this far away, she almost entered the perimeter of Dragonstone Mountain and attracted a few dragonslayers. But she was being careful today—careful enough to make sure she scanned the perimeter for any wandering dragonslayers. But she didn't bother to look up at the cloudy sky. If she had, she might've noticed the colossal black entity flapping its wings and hovering around the area. The yellow creature almost caught the butterfly when her wings got tired and she huffed and stopped flapping. The dragon landed on the ground and observed the insect as it flew away.
"Darn it! Guess I'll have to snag a different one later," said the energy dragon with disappointment.
The young dragon turned around and began to walk home, knowing her parents would be getting worried. But shortly after beginning her journey, the huge entity flying in the sky zipped in front of her, causing her to scream. She hopped backwards and started to pant heavily before the entity looped in the air, flew in front of her again, and hovered its wings in the air. It looked down at the energy dragon for a moment before landing on the grass with a hard thud. The energy dragon gasped as she looked at the behemoth standing in front of her. It was a darkness dragon, with sleek scales as black as night. Its teeth and claws were serrated, sharp enough to cut through flesh. The dragon's left horn had been cut in half, and its right eye was missing. The young energy dragon assumed it was some kind of warrior dragon that had seen one too many battles, judging by all the scars around its body. The dragon blinked and smiled as it looked down at the yellow reptile.
"Hello there, little one."
The energy dragon could tell it was male by the deep voice alone. "H…hi," said the energy dragon meekly.
The black dragon looked closely at the yellow dragon and noticed that she was shaking a little.
"Oh my, I didn't frighten you, did I?"
"Well…y-yeah, a little."
The darkness dragon chuckled. "There's no need to be scared of me, hatchling. …Although judging by your face, I can see you won't stop looking at my right eye socket. Didn't your parents teach you that it's impolite to stare?"
The energy dragon looked down at the ground in shame as she shuffled her paws around awkwardly. The black dragon sighed as he began to wag his tail.
"It's okay; I know I'm ugly. I'm sure I'd stare too if I was your age."
There was a pause, and then the darkness dragon smiled again and changed the conversation.
"Do you know who I am, hatchling?"
The energy dragon looked up at the darkness dragon and shook her head. The black dragon chuckled again.
"You sure?"
"Yeah…I don't think I remember you at all."
The energy dragon became concerned when the black dragon's kind smile slowly spread along the creature's muzzle, turning into a devious grin. "That's okay, little one. You'll know it soon enough…you and all of Lore will remember my name and who I am, what I've done. Hehe…what I'm going to do."
The oversized darkness dragon started to walk around the young energy dragon, leaving huge paw prints in the ground. The adolescent reptile tried to back away, but the strange dragon seemed to always block her path, no matter which way she went. Eventually, the black dragon sat down and wagged his tail as he stared at the hatchling.
"What's your name, little one?"
"Err, I-I shouldn't tell you, you being a stranger and all."
"But we're both dragons! That makes us buddies! And we dragons need to stick together for when we run into dragonslayers and other hostile humans, wouldn't you agree?"
The young dragon huffed. "My name's Edith. I'm not a baby energy dragon, but I'm not a full-grown one either."
"That's a lovely name. Mine's Darskin."
There was a paused, and then Darskin grinned.
"Are you hungry, little one?"
The energy dragon nodded. "I could eat something."
Darskin laughed deeply. "Good! I've got a meal ready just for you!"
Edith watched as the giant black dragon turned around slowly and spread his hind legs apart. At first, Edith didn't know what the dragon was doing. But then she heard a disgusting sputtering sound that lasted for a few seconds. The dragon backed away and scowled, knowing that Darskin just passed gas right in front of her. Then she watched as Darskin quickly lifted his tail and sighed. He released a few more small farts that didn't stink as much as the initial gas blast before he loosened his bowels. Edith observed the spectacle with wide eyes. Darskin's tailhole quickly bulged outwards and expanded, and a large amount of brown waste slithered out. Edith wanted to turn away, but she was so stunned and appalled by Darskin's grotesque act that she couldn't help but look. She could hear the filth crackling, she could see it coiling around to the ground, and she could smell the heady stench that made her gag. When Darskin finished, the black dragon sighed with relief, wiggled his giant rump, turned back around, and lowered his tail.
"There you go! Eat up!"
Edith looked at the steamy pile of dragon excrement. "Y-you want me to eat that?!"
"Absolutely."
"That's absurd and disgusting! Dragon feces? Why in the world would I eat that?! Why would any living creature eat it?!"
"Because it's good for you. It's full of vitamins that'll help you grow big and strong and help your stomach absorb nutrients! In a way, it's no different than your parents telling you to drink milk or orange juice. Gotta love those vitamins!"
"That's crazy! Even if what you're saying is true, it's poop! I can't eat something that came out your butt!"
The darkness dragon growled as he began to circle around the energy dragon again. "What if I told you that you had to eat it, or else you would die? Hmm? What would you do then?"
Edith whimpered. "Wh…what?"
Darskin stood in front of the yellow dragon and began to speak. "That's what I did. My family was very poor, and we grew up in a cesspool where it was very hard to find water or food that wasn't contaminated with some disease or sickness. So it was hard for us to find animals to hunt. I still remember how it all started… One night, my dad walked in front of me and my sister. Then he simply turned around, squatted, and defecated right in front of us, just like I did to you now. He said, 'eat,' but we didn't understand. He gestured towards the excrement and said 'eat' again. Of course, we didn't do it. So my father beat us, yelled at us, said we were ungrateful little shits who don't deserve this 'luxury' as he put it. So my sister and I went to sleep that night, bruised, scarred, our tummies grumbling after going a whole day without food."
Darskin paused and sighed. "So the next day, we do find food, but only our parents eat it. Dad came to us again, defecated, told us to eat, just like before. …And we did. Neither of us even hesitated. Of course, we threw up afterwards, but that was only natural. The next time he did it, we gagged and retched, but we kept it down. After a while, eating feces was no big deal to us. My father was so proud of how well we ate his shit that he eventually let us eat regular meat. So you see…consuming shit is no big deal really. I did what I had to do to survive, so I wouldn't starve to death. And now here I am, strong, proud, large, and all because I had the courage to do what was necessary to keep living!"
Darskin stared at the energy dragon and gestured towards the excrement again. "So go on: eat. It's getting cold, y'know."
Edith whimpered and began to shake. She could tell by the reptile's smirk that he was prepared to beat her if she didn't listen to him. But as justifiable as Darskin's story was, she wasn't like him. She wasn't poor. She knew how to find food. She had a belly that was currently filled with gases, fluids and digesting meat. There was no need to eat the dragon's fecal matter.
"I can't…I-I know you said you-you had to do it when you were young…but I don't need to. I'm just…no, I'm not doing it!"
Darskin sighed heavily and shook his head. "You hatchlings. Pampered by your parents. I bet none of you can even fathom what it's like to grow up when times are tough."
Darskin turned around and looked down at the waste he deposited on the ground. He licked his choppers and snickered.
"Really would be a shame to let this go to waste…"
Edith couldn't look. She quickly turned away and retched as the black dragon started to chew. It didn't take him long before he finished, and by the time he did, Edith was still gagging and forcing herself not to puke all over the ground. Darskin smirked and licked his teeth clean before he walked in front of the energy dragon and sat down again.
"…You're disgusting," muttered the hatchling.
Darskin didn't respond. He simply wagged his tail as he kept staring at the young hatchling. The dragon growled before he lowered his head and flared his nostrils a few times, breathing in the creature's scent.
"How old are you, Edith?"
Edith backed away and gagged again. The darkness dragon's breath reeked of his excrement, and the stench was flooding Edith's nostrils.
"I…what does that matter?"
Darskin didn't say anything. He kept staring at the dragon with his one eye, his grin becoming wider and wider. The energy dragon didn't notice it at first, but saliva was sliding out the corners of Darskin's mouth and dripping onto the ground. He blinked and flared his nostrils again. The black reptile walked around Edith again, sniffing her constantly, his snout almost touching her scales. Edith should've been running a long time ago, but she couldn't do it. Her legs were shaking too much. The thought of what this dragon could do to her if she antagonized him too much was too horrible to imagine. Something told her that if she ran, then this dragon would do whatever he intended on doing right here and now. Darskin licked his teeth again, with more slobber coming from his maw.
"Are you, uh…developing yet?"
Edith sobbed and backed away, utterly terrified now. Darskin lowered his head and stuck his muzzle in Edith's face. She didn't even care about his foul breath anymore; what Darskin was implying was too grim, too disturbing.
"Answer. Now," he growled.
The hatchling started to pee all over the ground, her urine splashing audibly and getting her hind paws wet. She didn't want to look like a coward in front of the dragon, but it was too late now. She was sniffling softly as a few tears filled her eyes, and she just peed all over the ground in fright. She couldn't stay here any longer. She had to get away. The energy dragon turned around and started to flap her wings as she sprinted.
"DAD!" she screamed.
The darkness dragon watched as the adolescent dragon tried to run and flap away, but it all proved to be futile when Darskin lunged forward and chomped down on her tail. Edith shouted as she was jerked around through the air and slammed on the ground hard. Edith landed on her abdomen and could see the various trees not far from Dragonstone. Panting and whimpering, she got back up and sprinted towards the woods again, away from Dragonstone and Darskin.
"DAD! DAAAAD!"
The trees began to rustle just as Darskin started to chase after the shorter energy dragon. Something obscured by all the trees grumbled to itself as it began to move through the branches.
"Damn it, Edith, I've told you several times not to—"
Everything seemed to pause when the older, and much larger energy dragon came out of the woods. The moment he saw the black dragon and his daughter rushing towards him, his eyes grew wide. Darskin stopped chasing after the young reptile and instead snorted. He looked up at the fatherly figure and blinked.
"Ah! You must be the hatchling's father."
"Wh…" The older energy dragon looked down at his whimpering daughter before he looked back up at the one-eyed black dragon and growled viciously.
"What did you do to my daughter?!"
Darskin shook his head. "Nothing at all. I only asked her a few questions and told her about how brutal life was for me growing up. Isn't that right, little one?"
"Don't speak to her!" the yellow dragon snarled. "Edith, did this dragon touch you?"
"He-he…he tried to…I think—"
"You can stop; I understand now."
The energy dragon stepped so close to the darkness dragon that their chests were nearly touching. Even though Edith's father was a fully-grown dragon, he was still shorter than Darskin when he stood beside him. Darskin looked down at the yellow reptile so they made eye contact.
"You listen to me you little shit," growled the old energy dragon. "The only reason why I am not ripping your throat out is because you're traumatized my daughter enough already, and she doesn't need to see that. So I'm only gonna say this once: leave this side of Lore. If I even see a glimpse of you around here, I will kill you."
Darskin lowered his head so that his muzzle was brushing against Edith's father's muzzle. The yellow dragon didn't even care that Darskin's breath stank; he stayed where he was and didn't show any fear.
"You should kill me now. In fact, if you want to ensure the safety of your family, you will kill me. Right here. Right now. In front of your daughter."
Darskin laughed as he took two steps forward. Edith's father found himself walking backwards, even though he wasn't intentionally trying to.
"If you don't kill me, you wanna know what's gonna happen? When you least expect it…I'm gonna find you. My dragons will find you. I'm gonna pin you down and slice you open from your throat to your cloaca. Then me and my dragons will take turns raping your mate until she's bleeding from every orifice, and I'll kill her too. Hehehe, then I'll find your daughter while she's all alone and has no one else to depend on, and the two of us will become the best of friends."
Darskin glanced over at Edith and grinned. "Would you like that, little one? If we became friends?"
"I said don't—"
"Then kill me. Strike me down before it's too late."
Darskin and Edith's father stared at each other for a very long time. The one-eyed darkness dragon grinned the entire time, while Edith's father could only breathe heavily as he stared at the reptile. Whoever this dragon was, he was pure evil, and he seemed to enjoy tormenting others just for his own amusement. Darskin knew Edith's father wouldn't kill him; he wasn't strong enough, and deep down Darskin had a feeling that he was just as frightened as his daughter. The black dragon laughed as he snorted in the older yellow dragon's face.
"That's what I thought. Cowardice: a disease that's spreading throughout all the species nowadays. Hmph, that'll have to change, and soon. Like all diseases, it must be eradicated, even if the hosts must be destroyed in the process."
Darskin turned around as he scraped his hind paws against the ground, kicking up dirt and grass in Edith's father's face. He spread his wings as he started to take flight.
"I'll be seeing you again real soon, Edith!"
Edith's father didn't have time to say anything before Darskin was in the air flying away. After the dragon left, Edith rushed towards her father's side and started crying as she shook and rubbed her muzzle against his body. But as much as Edith's father didn't want to admit it, he was terrified. Whoever this Darskin dragon was, he sounded like his threats were serious. And if so, then Edith and her family weren't the only ones in danger. The citizens of Lore needed to know about Darskin, and fast.