The Storm Dragon Slayer
Chapter 2
Everything is according to plan
It had been a few more years since Demor's game of hide and go seek, which he won, in case the reader is wondering, and yet again, he was sitting in his favorite tree, tail hanging down from the branches. He now stood at about four feet tall, and his tail was five feet long, and his canines were three quarters of an inch long. He wore a new pair of shorts and now he also wore a shirt that was for boys that his elders had made for him.
However his thoughts would be cut short as a blast went off in the center of town, knocking back a few girls.
Demor moved to the other side of the tree, and looked through the leaves. He saw three people, a male and two females, humans. They were in the center of the town, and they were destroying it. Demor wanted to help, but fear and uncertainty kept him still the tree. He couldn't believe what he was seeing, the humans weren't touching anything but things were catching on fire, and exploding.
These three humans kept up their little rampage for an hour, killing all who rushed at them. Then they moved through the town, and made the buildings crumble, crushing those inside. They went into Demor's house, and he heard his mother's scream as they did unseen things to her. Demor could only guess that they were killing her, and he wasn't all that wrong.
After at least a half hour of hearing his mother's cries and the laughter of the three humans as they did unspeakable things to his mother, they came out of the building, the male dragging her with his hand around her neck.
Her claws were around the male's wrist, but her attempts to pry his hand from her neck proved fruitless as the man did not release her neck until they were about twenty feet from the tree Demor currently watched from. He tossed her down and smirked as she coughed, but didn't move otherwise.
The three humans then left the town laughing as they did.
Demor quickly climbed down from the tree and ran to his mother, who looked at him with a weak gaze. Her clothes were torn, and her body was bruised.
"D-Demor." She wheezed while raising a clawed hand to his face and holding it gently as tears came down the boy's face.
"Mother, why did they do this to you?" he asked through his tears.
"They…" she took a moment to cough, blood running down her lips and cheek as the life began to fade form her eyes. "They were looking… for you." She said, tears falling down her cheeks now as she brought her son to her, hugging him weakly as he trembled.
"I need you to be a big boy, and go to the mountain you look at all the time." She said, coughing. "You have to do it without me." She said, coughing again. "Once you get there, climb to the top. You'll be safe there." She said, a faint smile on her face.
"Mother… Please, no. Don't go." Demor said, tears pouring down his face.
"It's okay, don't cry. Come here and," She coughed again, "cuddle with momma one more time before you have to go." She said weakly.
Demor did as he was told, and snuggled up against his mother, who had managed to turn on her side. As Demor cried, she began to sing in Draconian.
"Wer tairais, tepohaic confn
Ihk udoka, ekess vdri
zyak trelk, dout saurivic
vur tepoha, d'nag wurunwi
vdri, sia vrak
tir ti qe tesantamaso
dask ui tenpiswo
ekess jilg wux trelk
vur ekess nuade stoda
tisvelk wurunwi
zyak vdri, sia vrak
petranas vdri, danthe vrak
vur tepoha, d'nag wurunwi"
This song translates into the Common Tongue of English like so:
"The time, has come
for us, to sleep
so close, your eyes
and have, nice dreams
Sleep, my child
do not be afraid
Mother is here
to hold you close
and to ward off
bad dreams
So sleep, my child
please sleep, dear child
and have, nice dreams."
After she sung the lullaby, Demor slept peacefully, unaware that his mother died with her arms still around her beloved child.
Hours later…
Demor woke, to find his mother dead. He sat by her corpse, silent, his head drooped down. After a few minutes he looked up and stood, and went over to the tree he sat in so much, and began to dig. Once he had dug deep enough, leaving a slope for him to get in and out, he walked back over to his mother's body, and pulled her into the grave he had dug for her. He then filled in the grave, and patted it down. He took rocks from the surrounding area and put them at the head of the grave to mark it.
He then looked at the grave, head hung low and tail resting on the ground for a few minutes longer. "Farewell, Mother." He said before looking up, towards the mountain in the distance.
