Chapter One
The Old Nightwing Kingdom
Truth Be Told
ShadowNex scribbled furiously on the scroll that sat in front of him. He scowled as he failed to perfect the picture and crumbled up the scroll before he threw it across the room, growling in frustration.
"Calm down, Nex, it takes time." his mother told him gently, picking up the crumbled paper. She carefully unfolded the scroll and set it on the desk face down, hiding the gruesome picture. ShadowNex started to pace the length of his room, tapping his chin slightly in thought.
"It should be easy.." he muttered, no longer paying attention to his surroundings. His mother heaved a sigh and headed out of the room, closing the door softly on her way out. The pacing dragon didn't notice the click of the door and walked over to the single bookcase that occupied half of one of his walls. He studied the titles of each book, at least a quarter of them he had written himself, and the rest had been stolen from a local library.
ShadowNex's dark purple blue eyes flickered to the door as his mother's thoughts grew more distant and a headache that had slowly been growing at the base of his scull started to disappear. He sighed softly and grabbed a book on various weapons and a random scroll from the scroll rack that sat next to the large bookcase. He collapsed on his bed with a huff and started to page through the book, not really reading it.
His wings twitched and, growing exceedingly bored, ShadowNex set the book down and got up. He walked out of his small room and walked down the dark hall of his home. His ears perked forward and he strained his hearing, trying to hear his mother or father anywhere in the house. He had already known they wouldn't be there, seeing as how their thoughts and emotions weren't bombarding ShadowNex's mind at the moment, but he couldn't help but feel slightly lonely.
His parents were almost always around him, protecting and caring for ShadowNex. But recently they had been going on long trips to a place they wouldn't tell ShadowNex about. He silently walked into the kitchen, passing at least a dozen doors on his way there, and started searching for something to eat. He poked his head through the of the windows, trying to spot any prey on the rocky cliffs. All he saw were a few birds, rats, and a squirrel. All were thin and scrawny, they wouldn't be much.
ShadowNex slowly walked out of his home, cautious of anyone near, and slowly crept toward the closest animal, a little brown and black bird. He tried to be as quiet as possible, but as always the bird noticed him right as he was about to pounce and flew off, leaving him to crash into the hard, rough, unforgiving ground. ShadowNex sat up and rubbed his throbbing snout, frowning. How did they always notice him?!
The animals seemed to taunt him, waiting till the last second before they jumped or flew out of his reach. It was infuriating. ShadowNex growled slightly then took a few deep breaths, trying to calm himself down.
After a few minutes of just sitting on a large slab of rock, ShadowNex finally opened his eyes again to resume trying to catch something. He was just about to start off toward a skinny bird in the sky when a quick movement to the left caught his eye.
His curiosity taking over, ShadowNex quickly sprinted to where he'd seen the movement. Not a moment too soon, he spotted two dragons not to far away that looked like they were exploring. Well, one looked like it was exploring (albeit, a bit stiffly). The other was just following their, er, friend? Sibling?
ShadowNex shook his head, didn't matter, all that really mattered to him was the fact that he was seeing other DRAGONS. He felt giddy. And jumpy. Really, he'd never seen any other dragons other than his parents- though, he'd seen many dragon bones. But it wasn't the same.
Quickly, he crept closer to the two dragons- but as ShadowNex got closer he realized there was only one dragon. The second one he had mistaken for a dragon looked like a bigger version of the animals ShadowNex had just tried(and failed) to catch.
It was thin- it's bones showing through it's thick layer of fur. It also had massive wings, the size of what ShadowNex guesses a Skywing's would look like, it even had horns! It's head was down but it was clear that it was watching everything around it- it looked frightened. Like it expected something to jump out and attack at any time. That only raised ShadowNex's curiosity.
The closer he got, the more oddities ShadowNex saw- such as the fact that he couldn't detect anything from the fluffy animal, dragon hybrid. It's mind hummed and buzzed, like there was a barrier blocking him from hearing or feeling anything from it. And that it was, in fact, a female. That was the last thing ShadowNex was able to see of the strange hybrid befor he was tackled and slammed into the rough, rocky ground by a shadow.
Sorry with how long this took and how short this is, school has been catching up with me