Fire.

Fire everywhere.

It was a pleasure to burn, a pleasure to destroy. A pleasure to watch the innocent lives wash away right in front of my eyes.

I knew this was sick and twisted, yet for some reason, it felt right. Wait, no, it didn't feel right... yet it didn't feel wrong... it just felt like I [had] to. It felt oddly satisfying, and each time I stopped for even a second, I craved to continue. To make the creatures below me beg for mercy, and watch as their final wishes burn away like their corpses.

I couldn't hit the entire city at once, so I had some apes helping me along, clawing their way through what was left of the city, if there even was anything. Every once in awhile, a creature would slash at my foot, which was more annoying than it was painful, but it was just enough to make me aim for them personally until they were gone, the action only taking merely a second. I felt unstoppable, like I could do anything. I most likely could.

After about an hour, the whole city was a bunch of ashes lying on top of dirt and stones that didn't get hit. To me, it was a beautiful sight.

[A year later]

I had burned more locations that I can count, even put a few on lockdown, letting the creatures inside rot, or die trying to escape. I had grown much bigger, and more powerful, yet I had obtained many scars from enemies. The adult dragons were usually the toughest to pick off, especially when in groups, because they would fly around me and attack me. They weren't powerful to cause anything major, though, as they were still only about a third the size of me, and much less powerful. Now, at this point, I didn't [feel] practically unstoppable, I [was] practically unstoppable.

I was getting ready to take over one of the few cities that still existed, when an ape walked over to me and told me to bring my head down so he didn't have to scream at the top of his lungs.

"Listen, we just gathered intelligence that the four guardians have been training a dragon to defeat you. You know who the guardians are, right?" I shook my head no. "Well, as their name implies, they guard this world or something, to make sure it doesn't fall into pure chaos. They obviously haven't been doing a great job, am I right?" He chuckled to himself. "Anyways, I just wanted you to be careful with this dragon. We don't know how well they trained him or her. Just... watch out, okay? Okay." He went back to what he was doing. I lifted my head back up, realizing that if I stretched up high enough, I could see the city I was about to conquer. As usual, the apes stayed behind for awhile while I continued making advances toward the city.

I got to the edge of the city, when I realized it was empty, most likely evacuated. Still, I searched for a few minutes, yet found nothing. I could swear I smelled something, something... alive. It was only one scent, meaning only one lifeform around me. It wasn't much, but it was better than nothing. I continued looking around, until I felt something sharp yet tiny grip my neck. It tickled a bit, causing me to throw my head back in attempt to throw the thing off. Still, it clung on, the ticklish feeling beginning to turn into a nagging pain. I didn't want this thing on me much longer, so I slammed the back of my neck into the side of a building. It hurt a bit, but it was enough to do what I was hoping it would do. I turned around to see a small black dragoness around the size that I used to be. I didn't care at the time, and was hungry for blood. I went to breathe fire to end the life of the creature in front of me, but before the fire could reach, the dragonness was out of my sight. I went to look around for her a bit more, when suddenly I felt her land on my shoulder. While I couldn't see it, I knew she was climbing around there. Her movements suggested she was looking for something. I managed to shake her off, causing her to fall to the ground. Before she could get back up, I took a mild swipe at her with my paw, causing her to skid across the ragged stone ground, hitting another building. When she got back up again, I could now see deep-looking scratches on her face. I was getting ready to swipe again, when she suddenly sunk into the ground and disappeared from sight. Confused, I looked around for her a bit more, when suddenly, I felt her on my back again, yet this time, each step she took, she dug her claws as deep as possible into my back. It wasn't very painful, but the problem was, now I couldn't get her off, and I couldn't reach her with my tail, either. She kept looking for what she had been searching for earlier, and I guess she found it, because she suddenly stopped moving around so much. I felt her lift up her forepaws, but didn't feel her set them down again. Well, I kind-of did, but it was dull, as if there was something in-between it. I felt her hit the thing, and suddenly felt a blast of numbing pain come from my shoulder. I felt her hop off me as the ground began coming towards me, ever so slowly. It felt like I was... shrinking. Getting smaller.

I suddenly felt no need to kill anymore, no need for violence. No reason to have done the crimes I had committed. I was down to eye-level with her now, and suddenly felt deeply tired. It was as if I was there, yet I was somewhere else, far, far away.

My legs began to wobble and shake, as I felt weaker and weak. I managed to stare deeply into the dragoness's eyes, trying to convey some sort of message, a message asking for help. A message that would show my true self. It felt like years, but it was only a few seconds before my legs finally buckled beneath me and I met the ground, personally.