Chapter 1 : The Beginning
3rd Person POV
In the middle of a snowy forest there was a woman standing with a three-year old boy in her arms. The woman looked to be about 30 years old. She had dark green hair that reached the middle of her back. Her skin was fair, almost flawless, with the exceptions of some bruises. Her eyes were a brown color, but the light from them was gone, almost as if she were already dead. The boy in her arms was asleep. He had jade green hair that had a wild look to it and his skin was a light tan color. He was bundled up in a couple blankets to keep him from the extremely cold climate.
With one look at the child's face she thought to herself, 'I wish I didn't have to do this, but I have to in order to protect him from his father.' With that thought she takes a piece of paper out, tucks it into the bundle around the boy, and put him on the snow covered forest floor. She leaned over him, kissed him on the forehead for the final time, and whispered, "I hope we meet again, Hakai, but I doubt that will ever happen. I hope you meet friends, and get the family I couldn't give you. I love you and wish that this could have been different." With those final words, tears spill out of her eyes. She notices this and wipes them out of her eyes and quickly leaves, hoping that she didn't wake up her son. That was the last time the woman ever saw her child.
A Few Hours Later
When the child started to stir from his slumber the first thing he noticed was the extreme cold. He then noticed another thing, he wasn't at home. He listened for a minute, waiting to see if anything would wake him up from this dream. He didn't hear the usual yelling that he had become accustomed to. He looked around, wondering where he was. Then he started to panic. "Mommy, where are you?" he called out to the forest. When he didn't receive a call back or any sign of her being there he called again, becoming even more panicked. Finally, after hours of calling his voice had become a whisper. "Mom," he whispered, voice hoarse. He then realized the cruel reality of this. She wasn't coming back. He broke down into tears, unable to stop himself. He was cold, alone, scared, and crying. Could this get any worse? The answer to that is yes, as it just started turning night. Then a loud howl pierced the air. He stopped crying, terrified of what made the noise. More noises started appearing, battling for dominance of all the sound. Hakai started to cry even harder.
All the noise was suddenly stopped by a sound-shattering roar, the kind that terrified all creatures. Then there was a rumbling through the ground. Then more tremors. They were in a constant beat, like someone, or something, walking. He noticed the tremors were growing larger, and the sound of trees collapsing was drawing closer. Suddenly, a huge shadow over took the land around Hakai. Paralyzed by the fear the shadow made him feel, he looked toward the source of the shadow. As he looked, he was amazed. There, right in front of him, was the most majestic of beasts, a dragon. The dragon had golden scales, with a black design that was scattered around the body of it. A deep but soft voice spoke, seemingly coming from the amazing creature. "What is a human child doing in the middle of the forest, in this weather?" the dragon asked herself.
The dragon was obviously female, it had a very motherly voice. He felt drawn to the beast, as if she would help him. The dragon spoke again, "Child, what are you doing out here?"
"I don't know, mommy left me here," the child responded, sounding like he was about to cry.
'So this is where the crying was coming from earlier, but does this mean that it was this child that had all of the magic that I sensed in this direction,' the dragon thinks. She scanned the area for other magical signatures, but in the end there was only one large one coming from the child. 'This child has more magic than the average adult mage! Just who exactly is this kid. This gives me an idea.' "How would you like it if you came with me? I could keep you safe, and fed. I could be your mommy," the dragon asks the now shocked child.
The dragon was offering to take him in as her own child. This shocked him to no end. She was offering him a new family, a place to stay, and food. She would help him grow, and love him. His eyes widened and for the first time all day, he smiled. Then an abrupt thought came to him, which made him stop smiling. "Will you leave me too?" he asked quietly.
Now it was the dragon's turn to be shocked. The child was worried about being left alone again. But she would have to answer truthfully. "One day I will have to leave, and when that happens I will tell you. But I will not be leaving you any time soon."
Hakai thought about it for a second before smiling. "I'll come with you," he said. The dragon then proceeded to pick him up with her maw by the blankets. "What's your name?" he asked her.
"I am Rinn, the Destruction Dragon Empress," she replied. "And what is my child's name?"
When she called him "her child" his grin had grown even more. "My name is Hakai," he replied to her.
"Hakai, that is a fitting name. I'll give you a home, and I will train you, as I did with my own child. I shall teach you Destruction Dragon Slayer Magic and Destruction Dragon Empress Slayer Magic. I'll bring you to your new home," she said as she took off flying, tossing Hakai onto her back. This was the first night of his new life.
A Few More Hours Later
The sun had just started rising as the pair of dragon and human made their way to a clearing with a cliff face next to it. The area surrounding it had tons of trees, none of them snow covered for some reason. The air had started getting warmer as they descended. There was no snow in sight around the entire area, as if there was some large heater. As they landed Hakai took a better look at his new home. There was a river that ran through a side of the huge clearing, with a cave off to the side of the cliff face. On top of the cliff there was more trees. The ground around the cave looked worn from walking on or being burnt. There was an abundance of animals that could be heard in the surrounding forests. Rinn looked at Hakai with an amused look. Hakai was gaping at everything in awe. His eyes were gold, looking as if they were shining. Just then there was a ear piercing roar from the cave.
Hakai's eyes became worried as he looked from his mother, who looked pissed, to the cave. Then, she roars back, her roar sounding more threatening and dominating. Then she yells, "Igneel, you come out here right this instant! That is no way to greet your mother and your new brother!" Just then a huge, red dragon came out of the cave. He looked to be a bit bigger than Rinn, but the look in his eyes was that of terror and intrigue.
"A new brother? Mother, what is this nonsense about a brot-" the red dragon starts before seeing Hakai. "A HUMAN? MOTHER, WHAT ARE YOU THI-" he starts before being interrupted by a roar that promised pain.
"How dare you yell at your mother, young man! Now ask again before you get hurt," she yells, glaring at Igneel.
"Sorry mom," he says looking down and terrified. He asked again, this time in an acceptable voice for her.
"Now, he was all alone in the forest, his mother left him there. His name is Hakai, and he will be with us from now on." He looked as if he were going to start arguing with her about this. "NO ARGUMENTS! That is final," she gave another look that said "this is the law." Igneel didn't seem to happy about the arrangement, but alas, he finally accepted it. With a grumble he walked back into the cave.
Hakai looked at Rinn, nervous. 'What if he doesn't like me? What if he convinces Rinn to change her mind. What if…' His thoughts were interrupted by Rinn, who knew what he was thinking. "It'll be fine, my little dragon, he'll come around eventually. He doesn't really like change, but he will like you. Trust me." That calmed all of his worries. He didn't know what was going to happen in the future, but he could tell that it was going to be big. This was the first day of his new life, the life that would lead him to find a real family that accepted him and the chance to make a family for himself.