Hey Guys! Because I'm too lazy to update Eclipse of the Sun... .-. I decided to throw some of my other works out. They are quite rough (but then again aren't all my works?) Soooo... I guess enjoy? OH! And right, this story is based in a world where a tribe known as the rockwings exist hidden by time underground.
Shadows were cast off the cave walls by the dim torches. Normally they would spend time drawing the shadows or simply admiring them, but not tonight. Tonight they had a mission, tonight they were going to get something to get a keepsake for their time at the academy. They looked around the corner of the cave to make sure no one was around, and then quickly walked towards the deeper caves where there were still a few shards of jade left from past mining.
As they walked into a larger cavern, they immediately spotted several veins of jade. They growled in annoyance, most of those veins would take hours to mine out, and the jade would come out cracked and poor quality. They glanced around, and their eyes fell upon a bright gem in the wall. It seemed very out of place with its red and purple color, a stark difference to the green jade that surrounded it.
They laid a talon on the gem, it felt warm to the touch. Not really jade… but it was perfect for what they had in mind. They began to pry the gem from the wall, surprised by the amount of resistance they encountered.
After a few minutes of struggling, they managed to yank the gem free. As the gem tumbled out, a heavy gust of air filled the cave. The dragon looked around in alarm and ran back to their cave, without so much as looking at where they pried the gem from the wall.
As the dragon reached their cave they looked back over their gem, they were alarmed to see several large indentations on the back that was deep in the wall. After close inspection, they realized with surprise that they were claw indentations. The dragon shivered and went back to sleep, placing the gem carefully in their pouch.