Darkness and Earth

Darskin chuckled evilly as he stood on the edge of the cliff with his dragon brethren. Their prey were relaxing on the land below, laughing and joking amongst themselves, eating whatever food they had caught. The damaged one-eyed dragon sniffed the air before licking his choppers, detecting his prey instantly.

"How many?"

The darkness dragon standing beside Darskin hissed. "At least ten, Mighty One! Ten brave souls, ripe for the taking!"

Another darkness dragon descended from the skies and landed beside Darskin. She flapped some of the dirt from her wings before snorting and looking around the area again. "Make that twelve. There's two roaming the skies."

"Good job, sister! We must move quickly…Algrin Gannityre won't be distracting the Guardians for long. All these dragons must be dead before that can happen."

"And then what, Master? What do we do after that?" asked a jumpy flame dragon.

Darskin grinned and showed off his ugly teeth. "The Drakel, my dear Jellsin! We shall work on the Drakel next."

The flame dragon let out a loud giggle as he gleefully wagged his tail. "Sounds like fun, Master! Lotsa, lotsa fun!"

"Get our troops ready, Drooga. We attack soon."

The darkness dragon standing beside his leader hissed again. "Right away, Mighty One!"

As the darkness dragons got ready for their attack, the earth dragons on the ground were still laughing and stuffing their bellies. The only exception was the earth dragon with the heavy accent, Carsonlitov. He looked all around the area and sniffed the air constantly, growling as he sensed something malevolent in the air.

"Calm down, Carson! There ain't no dragonslayers around!"

Carsonlitov snorted. "Fat chance mate! We're stuck 'round Dragonstone Mountain! Wouldn't be surprised if Galanoth showed his ugly mug any second now."

Carsonlitov sniffed the air again and growled deeply. "There's somethin' very wrong 'ere…I smell it in the air!"

Carson's friend started to laugh. "The only thing you smell is that hot air comin' out your mouth! Maybe you should start eating more mint leaves!"

Carsonlitov, normally, would've retaliated by telling his friend that his breath wasn't so fresh either, or by burping in his face just to irritate him further. But this situation was serious; something or someone was hiding in the mountains, ready to slaughter them all.

"This ain't funny, Rengy! Something—"

Carsonlitov shouted when a large stream of dark black and purple dragon breath hit the ground beside him. The earth dragons immediately stopped what they were doing and looked up into the skies to see various flame, fire, and darkness dragons flying towards them.

"I told ya somethin' was out here!"

"Shit! Everyone! Get ready to attack!"

All the dragons in Carsonlitov's clan stopped what they were doing and got themselves ready. One of the black dragons opened up his paws like a bird, ready to dig his claws into an earth dragon. But the earth dragon quickly threw himself backwards and landed on his spines. His mouth wide open, the earth dragon blew out torrents of rocks and gravel with his powerful breath, hitting the black dragon's underside. The moment all the darkness dragons and flame and fire dragons landed on the ground, it was all out chaos. Earth dragons were flipping and jumping over darkness dragons, flame dragons were setting the ground on fire as they tried to fry their enemies with their breath, and the dragons in the sky were snarling and tearing away at each other in mid-air. Rengy and Carsonlitov fought at each other's side, making sure they didn't separate from the group in case anything went horribly wrong. Carsonlitov inhaled deeply before thrusting his head forward and letting out a gust of his rocky breath, pulverizing the black dragon standing in front of him. Then he lunged forward, snarling, his mouth wide open. He managed to bite the beast right on his face, grunting as he dug his teeth into the scales and flesh and left several marks on his ugly mug.

Two earth dragons were taking turns as they attacked a flame dragon. One of them was blowing his rocky breath at the dragon from behind, pelting him with the hard objects. The other dragon was jerking his body around and using his tail like a whip, slapping the red dragon in the face so hard that he knocked out some of the dragon's teeth. The flame dragon shook his head before roaring when the earth dragon behind him chomped on his tail. The flame dragon was about to take care of the menace when the other earth dragon pounced on him with his front paws opened up wide. The earth dragon quickly let go of the flame dragon's tail while his friend began to claw at the fiery dragon's face. That's when Drooga crept behind the earth dragon and jumped on top of him as well. The earth dragon roared and jerked his body upwards, thrashing around like a bull trying to knock off the stubborn bull rider glued onto his back. But Drooga grinned and dug his claws into the earth dragon's flesh, making sure he couldn't let go.

Elsewhere, Darskin was fighting the earth dragons as sadistically as possible. After exchanging a few blows with an earth dragon, he blew his darkness breath in his face and temporarily blinded him. The earth dragon shouted and shook his head, coughing a little bit. But once his vision was back, all he could see were vicious dragon claws heading right for his face. The earth dragon howled as he was suddenly blinded in his left eye. And only a few seconds later, another set of claws came for his other eye. And then all the earth dragon could see was darkness. He roared and howled in agony, flailing his body around as blood gushed out of the sockets where his eyes used to be.

"MY EYES! MY EYES!" he cried out.

Darskin didn't kill him just then. He grinned as he stepped backwards, watching as the earth dragon started foaming at the mouth, desperately trying to figure out where the coward who just blinded him was. He bumped into a few trees and snarled as he lashed at them with his claws. He stumbled over a boulder, shouting with fury because he thought a darkness dragon just tripped him. Darskin shouted when an earth dragon got on top of him and tried to tear off his wings, but Darskin was the largest dragon in the field. He snarled and spun his body around before jerking the earth dragon off with a powerful thrust. The earth dragon grunted and quickly got back up, only to realize that the blinded earth dragon was coming right for him, teeth bared.

"WAIT, DON'T—"

It was too late. The blind earth dragon went for the other gray earth dragon's neck and bit down hard. The other earth dragon didn't even have time to scream before his blinded companion tore out his vocal cords and jugular. Darskin watched the scene unfold with a hideous smile on his face before he noticed that the earth dragon that Drooga was attacking was now on top of him. Thinking quickly, Darskin grabbed a huge boulder with his mouth and threw it at the earth dragon. The boulder smacked across his face, breaking his jaw and knocking out a few teeth. As the earth dragon fell, Darskin immediately ran up to him and planted his right front paw on his exposed belly. Then he dug his claws deep into the scales, making sure they punctured the flesh. Shortly afterwards, Darskin ran his claws down the abdomen very slowly, watching as torrents of blood gushed out. The earth dragon shrieked as Darskin disemboweled him; he could've sworn he could see his entrails hanging out. After Darskin eviscerated the unfortunate dragon, he removed his claws and helped Drooga up. Neither one of the darkness dragons cared about the beast's cries. They simply walked away, leaving him on the ground, paralyzed and bleeding out.

Carsonlitov and Rengy were still fighting with all their might, but they could see that the darkness dragons were winning. Five of their clan members had been slain, and one of them was blinded and had gone berserk. But the earth dragons could see that their numbers were dwindling, and they fought even harder than before. The earth dragon dueling with the fire dragon in the air blew his rocky breath right as the fire dragon blew his fiery breath at his foe. Both elemental breaths collided, and the sky was suddenly filled with flames and giant chunks of flame-lit rocks raining down onto the ground. The dragons looked up and could see the debris falling down; most of them had to run and roll out of the way to avoid getting hit by the blistering hot rocks. One unfortunate darkness dragon got pelted in the head by one, leaving a nasty burn right above his eye. Carsonlitov used this to his advantage, as he tackled the dragon and lowered his jaw far. Then he bit down on the dragon's eye socket, clamping his jaw shut so hard that the eyeball exploded into his mouth.

Carsonlitov showed his enemies as much mercy as they did. He silenced the dragon quickly as he slashed his claws against his throat, and the darkness dragon quickly bled out. Meanwhile, Rengy was busy blowing his earth breath at a flame dragon. The rocks kept bludgeoning the unfortunate flame dragon, hitting her all over her face and eyes. Some of them buried themselves into the flame dragon's scales and flesh. The flame dragon quickly opened her mouth as she felt flames building up inside of her. But she opened her mouth so wide that Rengy wound up blasting several rocks into the flame dragon's maw. Her eyes grew wide as rocks the size of a human's skull soared into her mouth and quickly traveled down her gullet. Most of them got caught, and the red dragon started to cough and gag. She backed away and gasped multiple times, trying to breathe. She tried to blow her fire breath, but the only thing that came out her mouth was smoke and saliva. The dragon whimpered and suddenly stopped making noise. She fell to the ground, her body jerking around as she tried to make herself retch. But the rocks were jammed in her throat good, and she was slowly losing energy. After much struggle, the flame dragon choked to death and stopped moving. Rengy smirked, moments before a darkness dragon punctured his back with her left horn.

The fire dragon fighting the earth dragon in the sky was the victor; he slammed into his foe before both dragons spun around and fell onto the ground with a huge crash. Two darkness dragons and an earth dragon were caught up in the ensuing dust cloud that the descending dragons created. Carsonlitov and several other dragons started to cough violently, choking on all the dust. As the giant cloud cleared, the two dragons became clearer, and the darkness dragons could see that the fire dragon was on top of the earth dragon. As the rocky beast struggled to get free, the fire dragon pried open the earth dragon's mouth and grinned. The fire dragon quickly opened his mouth as he felt the flames building up inside his chest. He put his mouth close to the earth dragon's, looking like he was about to try and spit into his maw. Instead, he exhaled an extraordinary amount of fire into the earth dragon, the scorching flames burning the earth dragon's tongue as they soared down his throat. All he could do was swallow the burning flames in agony, his belly and chest glowing with a strange reddish-orange tint as he ate the flames.

There was nothing the earth dragon could do. He let out a few choking gasps before his body gave up on him. The fire dragon let go of his victim as smoke came out of his nose and mouth. On the outside, the dead earth dragon looked perfectly fine besides his glowing stomach. But inside, his tongue was black and charred, his vocal cords and trachea were burned to a crisp, and most of the organs inside his midriff were roasted and only fit for eating now. Rengy looked around the scene and panicked. Everyone was dead besides Carsonlitov and the blind earth dragon, who was now lying on the ground whimpering as he slowly bled to death. The hyper-active flame dragon Jellsin jumped on top of him and bit down on the back of his neck. Rengy howled in pain, before he stumbled and fell down, the flame dragon still on top of him panting and drooling. Carsonlitov was outnumbered. Rengy could see the earth dragon still putting up a good fight, struggling as darkness dragons took turns clawing at the gray beast with light purplish horns and spines around his back. Drooga blew a strong gust of darkness breath in the beast's face, stunning him. Before he could figure out what was happening, two dragons were lying on top of him and pinned him down too.

The chaos soon stopped. There were no more screams, cries of pain, and all the dying dragons had passed on into the afterlife. It was only Rengy, Carson, and the evil flame, fire, and darkness dragons around them. Darskin looked around the area and laughed mirthfully, knowing he had won this fight. Jellsin giggled as he licked Rengy's face, getting slobber all over his head.

"You're in trouble now, earth dragon! I can't wait to see what Master's gonna do to you!"

"Get yer slobberin' jaw out my face!" Rengy snarled.

But Jellsin didn't listen. He kept laughing and drooling all over his victim. Darskin approached the two earth dragons and smiled wickedly as he looked down at the both of them.

"What an intrepid performance your clan put up today! But it seems as though it was all for naught. You should've just surrendered the moment you dragons saw me. I would've given you all a quick death then!"

"Fuck you!" snarled Carsonlitov.

"Who the hell are you guys anyway?! Why'd you slaughter our entire clan?!" asked Rengy.

Darskin looked at the pinned earth dragon and casually walked over to him. "What are you talking about? I haven't slaughtered this entire clan yet!"

Rengy frowned. The massive black dragon walked in front of him and opened his mouth wide. He whimpered as he saw the beast's slobbery yellow teeth and smelled the rotten odor of his breath. Rengy tried to move, but Jellsin was too powerful, and the wound on his neck had slowed him down. Darskin moved to the side of Rengy's head and lowered his mouth very slowly. He waited until his teeth were around Rengy's head before he bit down on his skull.

"Shit! Carson, help me!"

Carson swore and snarled as he tried to fight against the two black dragons on top of him, but they had him pinned down good. For a brief moment, Carsonlitov managed to wiggle part of his body free, but one of the darkness dragons ended up pouncing on him before he could move any closer to his friend. Darskin bit down harder, his teeth digging into the earth dragon's scales. Rengy howled in pain twice and tried to break free, but Darskin was only biting down harder.

"Stop! STOP!"

But Darskin ignored the earth dragon's cries. Rengy shut his eyes and gritted his teeth. Various thin streams of blood began to run down his head and dripped onto the ground. Darskin's teeth had pierced into the flesh and were still working their way into Rengy's skull. Rengy let out a few whimpering cries before there was a disgusting crunch. Blood suddenly exploded from Rengy's head and began to trickle onto the ground. The earth dragon stopped making noises and stopped moving. Carsonlitov heard another crunch and knew that it was over. Darskin moaned and slurped as he tasted Rengy's blood. He eventually let go of Rengy and his limp head plopped on the ground, the eyes half-open and the jaw slightly lowered. Carsonlitov roared and snarled at Darskin, trying to blow his rocky breath at him and baring his serrated teeth at the beast. Darskin noisily licked Rengy's blood off his teeth and maw before he swallowed. Then he walked over to Carsonlitov and smiled.

"Looks like you're the last survivor! Tell me, how does it feel to know your friends have been slain so easily?"

"I'M GONNA CUT OFF YORE FRIGGIN' HEAD! I'M GONNA TEAR YOUR BALLS RIGHT OUTTA YER CLOACA AN' SHOVE 'EM IN YER EYE SOCKETS! YORE NOTHIN' BUT A COWARD AN' A SADIST! LET ME UP AN' WE'LL SEE WHO THE TOUGHEST DRAGON IS HERE!"

Darskin wagged his tail. "My goodness! Such a feisty little reptile, aren't you? Hmm…what to do with you…"

Darskin walked around in circles, listening to the earth dragon's furious swearing and pleas to fight the darkness dragon fairly. After a little bit of thought, Darskin walked over the earth dragon's head and turned around.

"A special dragon like you can't be killed so senselessly! No, you can't die like this…you must live with the shame of knowing you couldn't protect your clan and the stink of the beast who orchestrated their demise!"

Carsonlitov didn't notice that Darskin's groin was above his head until it was too late. The gray dragon heard a faint hiss and suddenly felt warm fluids splashing onto his face. He immediately closed his eyes and began to splutter as the musky fluids started to run down his head, some of which even got into his mouth. Darskin sighed with relief as he urinated onto Carson's face, the yellow waste gushing from his penis and hitting Carsonlitov with full force. Carsonlitov tried to jerk his head away, but after a brief moment, he gave up and shouted with defeat. The panting earth dragon lied still as the darkness dragon continued to pee on his head. When Darskin finished, he sighed again and turned around, looking at the darkness dragons who had him pinned down.

"Get off him."

"But-but, Mighty One! Won't he—"

"He's not going to attack me. That would be a very stupid thing to do."

Darskin lowered his head and got in Carson's face, grinning. "What you're going to do is find all your friends and family, any dragon on this side of Lore you know about. When you find them, you tell them what I did to your clan! Tell them all that I, Darskin, the bringer of darkness and death, slaughtered an entire clan of earth dragons flawlessly and marked you like a common dog marking a tree! Tell them all to run and hide! Tell them to fear me!"

Darskin paused to laugh to himself. "When all your dragon friends are running and hiding from me, don't worry! They still won't be safe! I'm gonna hunt down all the dragons running from me and slay them all before they even get the chance to hide! There's nothing more satisfying than hunting down fleeing prey! All the males will be butchered! All the females and hatchlings will be raped until we have no energy left in us!"

Darskin settled himself down and exhaled, causing Carson to turn his head away when he smelled the beast's foul breath. Darskin raised his head back up and resumed talking.

"Unless they join me. If your cowardly dragons decide to join my clan, I shall spare them. I shall turn them into powerful beasts like me! You'll see…slowly but surely, my clan will grow! Together we'll thrust this world into utter oblivion and watch it all unfold piece by piece! And then, only then, will this world finally understand. You'll see…you'll see what I accomplish when no one is left to rule this world and I am eventually declared the King of all Dragons!"

Carsonlitov couldn't help but chuckle to himself. "…Yer sick in the head, you know that?"

"We're all a little crazy. Sane, civil creatures aren't capable of ruling a planet like this."

There was another long pause, then Darskin gestured for the two darkness dragons to let Carsonlitov up. They reluctantly moved off his body, and the shamed earth dragon grunted as he slowly got on all fours and took a deep breath. He looked at all the slain earth dragons around him, Rengy especially, and growled gutturally. He gritted his teeth as he approached the larger darkness dragon.

"Don't be an idiot. Even if you manage to slay me, my clan won't let you leave this place alive."

Carsonlitov grinned. "I ain't gonna kill ya, mate…not today anyways. You think yer so big an' bad with ya tough clan at yore side…but yer a coward. I can smell the stink of it deep within you. We'll see each other again, Darskin. I dunno when…but we'll see each other again soon. And when we do, the two of us are gonna have a rematch. Just you an' me. No one else."

"I'll be looking forward to that day. Try not to scream too much when I tear out your spine, will you?"

"So long as you don't cry like a bitch when I gouge out your eyeballs."

Darskin snorted. "Run along now, earth dragon. You have a message to deliver."

Carsonlitov knew he had lost. There was nothing he could say or do at this point to make up for everything that had just happened. So he turned around, defeated, the stench of Darskin's urine still fresh in his nostrils. Darskin's clan all watched as Carson limped away from the dragons and disappeared in the forest so he could deliver the message. After the earth dragon left, Darskin's sister quickly walked up to the giant black dragon and huffed.

"You're making a mistake, brother. You should've killed that dragon when you had the chance!"

"It would've been pointless. Besides, I enjoy a challenge! There would be nothing more delightful than to run into this dragon again while he's much more trained and able to fight me one-on-one!"

"But he knows your name! He knows that we're targeting dragons! They're gonna come for us, brother!"

"Let them. We'll kill them all anyway."

"But Darskin—"

Darskin snarled as he looked down at his sister. "I'm sorry, are you questioning my orders?"

"N…no, brother. But I—"

"Do you doubt my plans? Do you think we're going to fail?!"

"No! I'm just—"

"Good! The last thing I need is you of all dragons doubting me. So remove those reluctant thoughts from your mind!"

Darskin's sister closed her eyes and sighed. "Of course, brother."

The black dragon grinned and lifted his head back up. "Now then, off to K'eld Psivil! Leave the bodies of our fallen here. Everything must be exactly as is for my next phase to work. Come, dragons! The Drakel awaits us!"

Darskin spread his giant wings wide and began to flap them. His clan members did the same as well, and the fire, flame, and darkness dragons took off and soared into the skies.