The One Who Belongs Nowhere

80 Years Prior to Elizabeth's Search for the Sins and Ally

It is a beautiful day in England. Many birds flutter from one tree to another. Deer run across a vast grassy landscape. The sun beats down upon many rocks and a cave sits nearby a small river. A boy watches all of this for he cannot do much for fun. A war is being raged once again, and his father disallowed him from coming back home until he found his place.

Yet, how could he find out how to survive when he has only one leg? He holds his crutches, trying to stay balanced. The boy looks longingly at the small village he is from. Looking towards that direction, he is jumped by several boys and men from his village. The group each holds a weapon and prepares to attack the poor teen.

A loud growl is heard, and the men begin backing off, fearing the great danger that lurks in the dark areas of the woods. The boys, however, attack the teen. Something knocks the group away from the teen, and the group looks at a massive creature.

Red scales cover the serpentine lizard like creature, and deep dark red wings the length of several large men looms ominously over the group.

"It's the Red Dragon!"

"Run!"

"Holy shit!"

The group runs as the dragon breaths fire at them. The dragon watches as the group runs, and looks at the youth under itself. The boy begins praying, wishing for a way to escape.

"Do not worry, young child. I have watched you come here for a long time," the dragon replies in a deep voice.

"I have heard rumors you kill young children..." he says, hoping for a good answer.

"I have lived in this land because of the abundance of prey. I only wish to live in peace, yet your kind seeks me out for the riches I do not possess," the dragon replies. "You humans, I have not eaten any humans for a very long time."

The dragon shifts position, keeping his right eye closed. The boy looks at the dragon, wondering why it keeps that one eye closed.

"Why do you keep your right eye closed?"

"It is my curse. Follow me, if you wish to stay safe. Better yet, climb unto my back," he tells the boy.

"What's your name? My name is Evan James."

"Xxxxxxxxx. Humans cannot speak my language, so I just go by whatever name humans give me."

The boy climbs up the dragon, with some help from the creature. Evan notices that the dragon is quite small compared to normal dragons. The red dragon moves, and brings it's wings in. Walking a ways, the dragons moves into the cave near the river. The boy is surprised to see the inside looks like a small cottage, too small for a dragon. The dragon lets the boy down, and slowly transforms. About five minutes later, a naked boy with fire red hair and a deep red eye looks at the taller youth.

"My curse is my eye, but my heritage is that of a dragon, I would rather not say what the other half is. I am near invulnerable to anything, save for my half brother. I have lived for several thousand years, looking for eleven others. During my time here, I have gone into your village. What the people there did to you after you were born was cruel. Your mum died giving birth, and your father tried his hardest..." the boy says, his voice heavily British.

"My dad was sent off to war, to help in the front lines. This is not the first time, yet it is the first time the villagers came after me..." Evan replies.

The boy drapes a deerskin over himself and walks up to the boy. Looking up at him, he asks, "Do you wish to live with me? I can keep you safe. That is my reason to live here. I promised my brother that I would use my curse to help humans out, and if you wish, I can go into the village with you."

Evan thinks it over, just as the two hear shouting at the mouth of the cage. The redhead shifts into his dragon form.

Fourteen Years Prior to Elizabeth's Search

"Caa~ptttttain! Why are you so~interested about some urban leg~eennnd," Ban asks his leader, bored out of his mind.

"Oh, I might know who is really behind the legend is all," Meliodas says, as he reads a newspaper.

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