Soon that the first sun rays made their way inside the dragon's cave in the next day, Ivy woke up. The dragoness had a light sleep, and the cold of the morning never bothered her nor her sister when going outside.
Yolfrin on the other side used to wake up later in the morning so he didn't shiver too much on the outside.
Ivy slowly opened her eyes and saw only light coming from the mouth of the cave. She shielded her eyes by dropping her wing ahead of it and released a small sigh that turned to a small line of steam. Once her eyes adapted to the sunlight, she glanced the male dragon and her sister, both sleeping quietly. The bandage she made on the male's paw seemed to work, since no blood stain could be seen leaving from it.
"Haily..." She called gently, but Haily didn't reply.
Ivy then got up and stretched her limbs, yawning and releasing a small sleepy moan while doing so. She then went for Haily and called her again.
This time, Haily heard her voice and twitched her eyes.
"Yes?" She sleepily asked.
"Wake up, let's take him to the river and then have breakfast." Ivy said.
"Him?" Haily asked in a rather quizzical tone, opening her eyes a bit before realizing. "Oh sure, you mean Yolfrin."
Ivy agreed silently.
Haily gave a big yawn that showed her white fangs, before asking. "Is he still sleeping?"
"Yes, we have to wake him up." Ivy replied.
"I can do that." Haily mildly said.
"I'm going to wait outside then." Ivy said with a nod and walked away without questioning.
Haily glanced the dragon, before getting up and approaching him.
Before waking him, though, she gave a closer look at him.
After years living only with her sister, having a male around was surely amusing. She curiously gazed his sleeping form, noticing every curve and every detail with her light blue eyes.
At last, she curiously leaned her muzzle closer to him and took a good whiff of his smell. That scent was completely different from her sister's and her own. It was definitely good, attractive, and at the same time, it was lewd and somewhat addicting. It made her feel strangely warm inside, and ideas she never had before passed through her mind. She had never felt the scent of a young male before and had to keep herself from getting even closer and sniffing him once more.
Eventually, she snapped away from that trance, remembering that her sister should be awaiting them. She glanced at his face and noticed that he seemed to be still sleeping.
"Yolfrin?" She more asked than called.
"Yea?" He sleepily asked, eyes closed.
"My sister and I will take you to the river now." She replied.
"Oh, is it not a bit early?" He lazily asked, opening his eyes just barely.
"Maybe for you." Haily giggled. "But Ivy's right, we should clean your paw sooner as possible."
Even if Yolfrin disliked waking so early, he knew that the sisters were right, and they were helping him after all. Curiously, even with a hurt paw, he was able to have a good night of sleep.
"Okay then." He said, before starting to get up.
"Is it hurting?" She concernedly asked.
"It is, but less than yesterday. I guess I can hold it." He simply replied.
"I'll be here if you need me." She kindly said.
"Thank you." He beamed at her. "Let's go?"
When the dragon walked outside the cave, he felt how cold the wind was. It hurt him, he shivered almost instantly, and the sisters noticed. Both giggled, and Ivy asked him with some concern. "Are you alright?
He glanced back and replied with some difficult "It's really cold out here...". A dense steam formed as he spoke.
"Sorry about this." She replied with a giggle.
"No problem." He said with a nod.
"Do you prefer to fly or to walk?" Ivy tilted her head lightly.
"I prefer to fly...so we can get back home sooner." He cracked a smile.
"Kay then." Ivy giggled and took flight ahead while he and Haily followed.
The air seemed to be even colder while flying, hurting him constantly.
"I guess the river is not any warmer than the air outside here, is it?" He asked.
"I guess it actually is a bit warmer." Ivy giggled again. "But you don't need to bath on it if you don't want."
"Who bathes in a river in the middle of a snowy plain?" He glanced at her, with a slightly mocking tone.
"We do." Ivy smiled. Haily let out a laugh.
"I'm not surprised." He gave a mild laugh.
It was a quiet fly until the dragons saw the river. It was not far, but the area really seemed to be warmer than their home, most like Yolfrin's shelter. There was no snow around the river, just a grassland and some mossy stones. It seemed to be about 3 meters large, and crossed the plain in an almost straight line, slowly, steady and peacefully. That river also probably was the same where he used to drink near his shelter.
The sisters landed first, close to the stones on the margin. The male followed them, landing with care to do not hurt his already wounded paw.
Ivy waited for him to land, before extending her paw to him and asking his.
"Give me your paw."
He just did so, and she started removing the leather bandage.
"It luckily didn't get worse." She said, looking at it. She could see how deep the wyvern fangs had penetrated in his paw.
"That's good." He sighed, relieved.
"Now wash it well, and the bandage too so I can put it back rather than leave your wound open. We'll be here if you need us." She said, putting his paw to the ground.
Ivy then turned and entered the river with Haily following her.
The stream there was pretty calm, making it good for a bath, ignoring the temperature of the water that was almost 0 c°.
Yolfrin took a few steps towards the water, and once at the margin, he sunk his paw at the water. The cold water made his paw hurt even more in the beginning, and the dragon winced in surprise, and pain. The dry blood on his paw soon started to stain the water. But after a minute or two, the pain eased and a feeling of relief came. The cold water also stopped any bleeding that could have lasted.
He closed his eyes and lay at the margin, feeling the water flow in his paw until Ivy's voice called him from some distance. "Everything's fine?" She asked.
He opened his eyes and gazed at the coming voice.
"Much better!" He beamed at both.
The dragoness smiled back and continued cleaning herself.
The dragon then suddenly found it interesting. He lay his head on a mossy stone, and quietly watched the females. He noticed how Ivy and Haily looked quite similar, which meant that both were attractive. Yet he could differ Haily from Ivy, mostly in their eyes and muzzle, and their white horns were also slightly different. Their smooth white scaly bellies were also sometimes visible while they bathed. He felt lucky, the sisters were amazing, to do not mention that watching then bathing was especially arousing.
It was until Haily spotted him watching them. He could see her murmuring something to her sister, who also gazed at him right after.
He just gave both a mischievous toothy smile. Haily gave him a shy laugh, and Ivy a somewhat meaningful glance.
He changed his gaze to the river and lowered his head to have some water, then washed the leather bandage, before gazing with interest at the ladies once again.
Once the girls were done, they approached the dragon, noticing his wet paw and assuming he had cleaned it. Ivy approached a bit more, took the bandage from him and put tightly back on his paw.
"I hope you liked what you saw." Ivy said with an alluring tone.
"How could I not?" He laughed amusedly.
"Funny..." Haily giggled to him.
He just smiled to himself.
Ivy then finished the bandage and put his paw back on the ground before taking a step back.
"Now you just take care with that, and you will grow better." She said.
"I will, thank you both." He bowed his head to show gratitude.
"You're welcome. Now would you bother sharing a breakfast with us?" Ivy continued.
"Of course not!" He mildly smiled.
She replied with a small smile and a nod with her head to him to follow.
Ivy and Haily took flight ahead, and once again the male followed them.
The sheep herd Yolfrin found in the past that had moved during the day and in the beginning of the night. It was now far from its original point and the three dragons had to look for them since sheep was the most common source of food close to the mountains.
For half an hour they sought the herd before eventually finding it. The herd tried to flee from the coming dragons and scattered in different directions, but nothing the sheep could do was enough to stop three hungry dragons. The girls let Yolfrin choose and kill the unlucky one.
"Neat!" Haily cheerily said to the dragon landing while carrying an already dead sheep within his fangs.
"You could be our hunter!" Ivy teased him, giggling.
"Thanks." He said after releasing the sheep to the ground. "But I'm sure that any of you would do that as good as me."
"Soo...could you cook it?" Haily asked with a big smile. Ivy joined her smile.
He laughed and replied. "Is this why you asked me to share the breakfast?"
"Not just that, but that too." Ivy giggled. "You know... we can't cook."
"You could do it the hard way: Make a campfire, then tear pieces of the sheep..."
The sisters just fixed their gaze on him, narrowing their eyes.
"...okay I got it." He laughed.
In a few minutes, the male cooked the sheep lightly, only with his fire breath and where they were. The dragonesses just sat down on the snow and watched amazed how easily he did what they had so much difficulty. Once he was done, everyone started eating.
The dragonesses had even forgotten how better the meat tasted when cooked, and how easier it was to eat.
Haily widened her eyes while tasted the first piece she tore from the sheep.
"That's really really good!" She exclaimed, ecstatic, after swallowing the meat.
"I agree." Ivy added nodding her head, her voice muffled by the piece of meat in her mouth.
"Thanks." He beamed, once emptied his mouth.
"You definitely could be your hunter." Ivy insisted on the tease, but this time, he decided to reply.
He gave her a cheeky look and questioned. "What would I get for it?"
She laughed and leered at him. "I'm sure we can get to an arrangement."
By his smile, she could tell he liked to hear that.
Haily silently peered at them.
"I look forward to that then." He giggled.
Ivy just gave him a brief alluring gaze while prepared to tear another chunk of meat.
The sheep didn't know, but it gave them a quite good breakfast. It took them a few minutes to finish.
"Oh...I'm done." Ivy sighed.
"Me too." Haily agreed.
Both had stopped eating. The male had also just finished.
"I feel heavy, I might have eaten too much." Ivy continued.
The male laughed shortly.
"So Yolfrin, are you going to leave? Or will you come back with us?" Ivy questioned.
"I thank you for your kindness, but I'm going to head back to my shelter, the others might be worried."
"Ow..." Haily gave him a hurt face.
"Well, you're right. Get better soon, and watch out for wyverns next time." Ivy replied.
"I will, thank you." He nodded with a smile.
"And thanks for the breakfast." Ivy smiled.
"That's nothing." He kept his smile.
He then turned and flapped his wings twice.
"Farewell, girls." He glanced back at them before taking flight.
"Farewell!" The sisters replied, a bit gloomy inside.
The dragonesses watched him go for a while until he disappeared from their view.
"The only male we ever found, and we just let him go." Ivy sighed.
"Yea..." Haily sighed too. "I would like to have him around at least a little more."
"Come on Haily." She called, somewhat sadly. "Let's get back home."