Iris: Queen of Dragons

I don't own anything. This is a Wishfulshipping fic (Iris x Cilan). This fic is based on Tarzan only set in the Pokémon world. Kind of OOC.

Years flew by in the blink of the eye, or so it felt to Kala the Haxorus. It seemed like just yesterday that Iris was just a little baby but now she's a fledgling who was able to talk, walk and be the little independent soul she is.

Though Iris seems independent it almost seems like a disguise. She felt cursed; cursed to watch the other Axew and Fraxure evolve and play and she was stuck on the side lines. At least Terk was nice to her. 'So, Iris, I'd love to hang out with you today, trust me I would but the guys...you know what us guys are like. If I could bring you along, I would but it's all very grown-up Axew stuff.'

'Please can I come along to the water hole?' Iris begged with her cousin

'Hurry up Terk! Last one there's a Dunsparce!' one of Terk's friends cried out.

'I know, I know! I'll be right with you!' Terk shouted back then faced Iris again. 'Know what, you can hang with us if you can keep up.'

'OK then.' Iris said smiling.

Terk had purposefully said that because Iris was the slowest creature in the herd and on top that they were going to the hard way to the water hole. So he and his friends were awfully surprised when they saw the wild girl swinging on vines towards them. She even managed to beat Terk there by a split second. 'So, how was that?' she asked and straightened the leafy armour she had been given.

'Dude, you got beaten by a girl.' One of Terk's said.

'I know, I know it's 'cause I gave her special trainin' to be able to do that. All my skill at work there boys.' Terk said

'No, I taught myself to do that.' Iris corrected him.

'Well go along now. You've been here, done that now so go.' Terk said

'No.' Iris snapped at him. Terk took her by his three-fingered hand and gave her a quick challenge.

There was a sneaky look in his pale ruby eyes but it went unnoticed by Iris. 'Well, just 'cause your faster than me doesn't make you cool. We got a little initiation ceremony you needa do if you really wanna hang with us.' Terk said and he glanced at his snickering friends.

'What is it?' Iris asked and Terk brushed himself off and found one of Iris's purple hairs on him.

'You gotta get a hair,' he began

'From who?' Iris questioned and Terk saw a herd of Donphan near the shore of the lake.

'A hair from a Donphan's tail.'

'Do Donphan even have hair?' Iris asked

'Yeah.' Terk said unsurely and Iris nodded. She grabbed a vine and swung towards the large beasts.

Oh god, Terk thought and his friends were egging the reckless girl on. She swung around and went under their tusks and dived into the water. There Iris saw all kinds of fish but her prize was on the Donphan. She swam towards them; another skill she had acquired through her own means. She went up close to their massive hooves and began to search their wrinkly skins for hairs. Her small fingers were tickling them. They began to shake and quiver. They rushed out of the water's shallow depths and towards the den. Iris surfaced panicked.

'Stampede!' a Fraxure yelped and Donphan were rolling around everywhere leaving nothing but broken trees and trampled grass behind. Everyone got out of the way except for a little Axew who was still learning how to move from the previous birthing season. The little Tusk Pokémon stumbled around until Kerchak, the leader Haxorus, intervened.

He attacked the Donphan coming close to squishing the tiny child. He swooped in and took the Axew into his own claws. He attacked his way out. The stampede dispersed further into the dense jungle leaving only fright and debris in their chosen path.

Iris, Terk and his friends waddled closer to their leader. The boys fled into the comfort of their mothers when the mighty Haxorus turned around to deliver punishment to the offending babies. Kala went to rescue her child from the ruthless suspicion of their leader. 'I'm sorry, Kerchak.' Iris mumbled

'You caused this horrible, near-tragedy?' he asked, growling

'Yes.' Iris said boldly 'but I didn't mean it.' She refused to cry but she was scared out of her wits but pride was helping that refusal. She didn't want to be seen as an odd ball let alone a cowardly odd ball. The leader of the herd of dragon Pokémon didn't know what to do. 'I'm leaving.' Iris stated and she left in a hurry. She swung on vines away from the ruined den. She nearly killed an Axew. That much was certain. It didn't really need to be said, mighty Axe Jaw like Kerchak only needs to speak with those cold eyes to convey his messages.

It began to rain as Iris fled. Her mother was chasing after her. Most other mothers in her situation wouldn't dare to chase their offending hatchling for fear of being abandoned, for fear of no longer being part of a larger, stronger group yet even so Kala chased after Iris through the rain. Terk escaped all punishment since his mother was glad it wasn't her in that situation.

Iris sat down and huddled under an enormous moss bitten buttress root. She felt like she was in a cage like the criminal she was. The rain began to pool around her and Iris stared at her reflection. She wasn't pretty like all the others. She had no scales, course skin, claws and fangs. She was weird colours but not the normal kinds of slight blues, slight reds and outrageous blacks. She was brown and purple for the most part. She was larger than other Axew but too short to be a Fraxure. She certainly wasn't like Haxorus. She was freak. She doubted she was even a dragon, probably just a hideous normal type and even then she doubted that. Iris cried. She saw shells of something surface in the mud.

An idea blossomed in her head. It was stupid idea but it could give her the credibility of being one of the others. She poured mud all over herself and stuck the sea shells on where she was muddy. Now she has scales. 'Iris!' she heard her mother yell

'I'm here!' Iris yelled back and her mother found her.

'What are you doing?' she asked and began to wipe mud off her child but Iris stubbornly put it back on.

'I have scales now.' Iris said in an attempt to explain herself.

'But you don't need scales.' Kala said

'To be a dragon, I need scales.' Iris said and her mother wiped the last of the mud off Iris.

She cuddled the small child who squirmed out of the embrace. 'Yes I do.' Iris retorted and her mother forced her to put her small hand over her chest.

'Do you feel it?' she asked

'Feel what?' Iris asked

'Close your eyes.' Kala said and the young, purple maned child did so. 'What about now? Do you feel it now?'

'Is it my heartbeat?' Iris asked

'Yes.' Kala said and took Iris's hand and put it over her own chest. 'Do you feel my heartbeat?' Iris nodded. 'See? We're the same though you mightn't have scales, we're still the same.' Kala said and Iris understood. She opened her eyes and hugged her mother tightly.

'I understand.' Iris said and her mother did one last thing with her hand. She put Iris's hand against hers.

The smaller, softer hand slotted into Kala's but it didn't feel perfect, it didn't feel complete but it did feel warm. It felt like a beautiful warmth that only a family can give a child. Iris smiled. 'Let's go back to the den, sweetums.' Kala said

'Okay, mama.' Iris mumbled and clambered over her mother's back and continued to hug her mother but this time so she could hold on.

Here it is: the second chapter. I am surprised I got so many reviews so fast. Keep 'em coming and these chapters will keep on coming too. Also, Cilan will finally make his appearance in the next chapter.

MerryFairy :)