I quietly step forward making no noise as I walk over the undergrowth of the trees. The rabbit is unaware of my presence. I'm close enough now. I can jump for it. I tense my legs ready to pounce.

The rabbit looks up from its grazing and that's when I leap. I land square in its shoulders quickly snapping its neck.

The rabbit isn't much smaller than me. It's a big rabbit, but a rabbit is still small. I am small. But it has only been a full moon sense I've hatched from my egg.

And i can already hunt and talk. I still don't know all words but I know enough.

I pick up my kill and start the trek of dragging to back to the nest. The bad thing about being only just a little bigger than a rabbits height is that, that means the rabbit is heavy for me. It weighs almost as much as me.

It takes a long time to get back to the nest but i make it. " Galla, I caught something"

The old purple dragon looks up from her preening. " Good job little one,"

" do you want it?" I ask my guardian.

" No, I eat to great amount of meat for your catch to subdue my hunger. Why don't you eat your catch. I'll find something latter," she says tiredly.

For what ever reason I can not find Galla has become more and more tired with each day. I don't understand.

I look down at my rabbit and start to tear into the flesh, eating the still warm meat.

" Little one,"

" yes?"

" What is the name your parents gave you?"

I swallow my food, looking down at the ground frowning. What was my name? Have I forgotten?

I wrack my moment trying to remember. Father called me something before he was gone. Darkfire? No. Darkfang? No. Darkflame. Yes that's my name.

" FireClaw called me Darkflame just before he... Died." I answer going back to my meal.

"Darkflame," she repeats quietly. " May I call you by your name from now on Little one?"

I shrug. " yeah"

She gives a small smile. " Your father always told be that someday he would name one of his hatchlings Darkflame. But not just any of them. Only a special one. It was the name of his Father." She says with her eyes closed like she is half asleep.

I look up interested. " his father?"

" yes, a very powerful dragon. " she says almost inaudible.

" Can you tell me more?" I plead.

" Later Darkflame. I am old. Let me get my rest," She says before falling asleep with slow shallow breaths.

I pout staring at the little remains of my Rabbit. I can return to them later. I stand up and walk into the trees. Galla has a large territory. I can go explore it.

Many hours later in the day, when the sun is close to settings a make my way back towards the nest. I carry a flower with Black petals I've never seen before. I had found it under a Holly berry bush. And want to ask Galla about it.

I stop at hearing the sound of voices. I creep slowly towards them until I am right on the outskirts of the clearing of our nest.

" She's dead. Must of died in her sleep." A male dragon growls.

" Well the Night fury isn't here now. Just means we have one less dragon to kill. Now let's go find it" Another says.

I would have gasped had it not been for the black flower in my mouth.

Once I know that the two dragons have left I run out of my bidding and over to Galla setting my flower down.

" Galla, Galla!" I whisper. " no not you too, please" I beg jumping into the nest and push at her wing. " Galla no! You're going to tell me more about my Darkflame, my father's Father. Your supposed to tell me more about my parents because you knew them well! Galla no!" I my voice rises in distress.

But I know it is pointless. She is already cold and stiff. She must have died not long after I left. That's why she was getting so tired lately.

She left me. Just like mother and father did."

I whimper as I jump back out of the nest. I look at the black flower I had set down before gently picking it back up. I go back to Galla and carefully set it down next to her.

" Good by Galla" I say as water starts to stream from my eyes. " Thank you,"

I back out of the clearing not looking away from my purple scaled adoptive mother. I let the leaves swallow up my vision of her before I finally turn away.

She is the only reason I am alive. The only reason I'm not a skeleton a little ways away from my parents. Some day, I will come back when I am big. I will come and bury your bones along with mother and father's. I will give my siblings each a name and burry them between my two parents, with you at their side.

I walk on. I'm unable to fly. And only a moon old. I go back into the wilderness where Fate will have to decide where I shall go.

(A/N comment if you know what the flower and the holly bush represent along with Galla. )