Book I

The Experiments


Okay…

Wings out, straight and level; tail straight; fins in a V-shape, tuck up the legs as soon as you take off, heads facing straight ahead. jump vertically with some forward motion… and it worked…

It worked!

Kailiyah glided smoothly across the opening and reached land with twenty feet to spare. Her landing wasn't exactly graceful, but seeing how it was her first controlled landing ever, she didn't feel bad about that. She looked into the treetop, where Blazer and her twins was watching her. Azura cheered then she leap, gilding perfectly

Nice. Prefect. Passed Short Wing Stage. Blazer praised with coos and warbles. Now to Broad Wing stage; time to learn to fly.

It didn't take as long as gliding; three days of mistakes lead up to this moment.

Kailiyah went first; she stood up on the canopy, fanned her tail, spread her wings, and leap off the branch. Her first flap was too strong on the right side; she veered off to the left. Her second flap kept her level, her third flap got her back on course… and she lost track of her flaps from that moment on. The far edge of the clearing loomed up in front of her; she tipped her tail up, turned slightly to pass between the tops of two big trees, and she was out of the cove and into clear air.

Just like that, she was flying.

The ground was below her, and slowly falling away. The clouds were above her, and she knew she could touch them if she worked at it. She turned in a broad circle to orient herself; she didn't want to overfly the village by accident. A huge smile split several of her faces, and she let out a roar of delight.

She was flying!

She heard a bellow behind her, she looked to see Blazer, Glimmer-wing and her twin coming up from behind, she slowed herself down a bit for them.

Do good. Do good! Get a feel for it. Blazer bellowed. This is a place for all those with wings.

For the next half hour, they just flew. She and her twin swooped, banked, climbed, put on bursts of speed, and blazed through the basics. So Blazer and Glimmer- Wing began teaching them Intermediate moves; turning while flapping the wings, loops, figure-eights, vertical turns, upwards and downwards chandelles; they got them into a flat spin and showed them how to recover. No matter what he threw at them, she followed him on the first or second try.

It was the next day, they began teaching them Advanced moves, ones even they had trouble pulling off from time to time; flying upside down, barrel rolls, spirals, high yo-yos, low yo-yos, defensive spirals, Scissors, Wingovers and Immelmanns.

After training was over, it was all downhill.

Glimmer-Wing and Blazer only stayed to look over them as they were still young. It was only when they overheard, the Scaleless were going to bring in their parents in that they began to keep their distance. As their breed of dragons, Chimerageras, the Adults were notorious for being very unpredictable and highly aggressive, especially to any form of threat to them or their young.

It was a normal morning, a hot morning. Kailiyah and Kaiden spent it, lounging in the inside the depths of their cave to beat the heat, they both had hunted and ate, evidence by the wild Boar bones lingering on the ground. Glimmer-Wing and Blazer watched the entrance from the treetops, the parents should be here any moment once they arrived they would leave the area immediately before they were seen and go on their separate ways.

They began to nod off until heavy beats of wing flaps could be heard snapped them back to alertness, thinking that it must be the parents Glimmer-Wing quickly took off but not Blazer. He stayed , he knew these lands, he wanted to make sure it was them and not another before leaving.

And he right to do so...

It landed in the clearing with a heavy THUD! Its spiny hide glimmered in the sun. A Typhoomerang. A massive, bipedal dragon with a bright red hide with black markings, large talons and wings and a long tail. Its snout lowered to the ground for a moment, sniffing before letting out an territorial roar.

Typoomerangs can be very territorial, and as such, are aggressive towards intruders. They will chase away or attempt to kill any creature which may pose a threat to their land. But this one looked like a young adult, cocky. He was most likely trying to get territory of his own and the only way to do that was to chase out or even kill any competition. That meant young ones.

Kailliyah and Kaiden ran out, facing the dragon, bigger than the both of them. Scales bristled, back arched, frills raised and stiffened, legs spread, and wings outstretched. Kaiden, stepped in front of Kailiyah and roared. The Typhoomerang uttered out a roar that dwarfed Kaiden's roar as he charged forward, then twirled, swinging his tail. Kailyah and Kaiden leap out of the way, dodging the tail swing. Shrill screams was heard, the sound of a Night Fury charging a blast, but it came from the two young Chimerageras as they soon fired upon the Rathalos from different sides, one hitting its face and left wing. The dragon roared angrily and charged at Kaiden, flames spilling from his maw. He was about to shoot until a fireball struck him in the back of the head, Blazer swooped over the Typhoomerang's head, roaring.

Kaiden shot another firebolt at him before nimbly moved out of the way of another swing of the tail; though he and Kailiyah was younger and smaller than the older dragon thus weaker. But this meant they were faster, able to dodge the Typhoomerang's attacks easily. Blazer swooped in, throwing himself onto the Typhoomerang's face, clawing at its face with his sharp talons. The Typoomerang stumble back, roaring, shaking its head as Kailiyah and Kaiden charged into the larger dragon, slamming into it with all their strength, sending it flying back a few feet into a thick tree. Blazer leap off its face, hissing. Kailiyah and Kaiden quickly followed up with a twin Plasma blast to his face as the Typhoomerang got back up.

Enraged, the Typoomerang then leap into the air, hovering just above the ground before it flipped and swiped at Kailiyah with his sharp talons at an amazing speed. She yelped loudly as they scarped against her back. The dragon banked sharply with a loud snarl, then began to spin spewing fire out, making it take shape of a large fiery tornado. Kaiden leap, hovering over Kailiyah, using his body to protect her from the blunt of the fiery attack soon ended, leaving a burning spiral on the ground. Kaiden groaned in pain as fire danced around them, Kailiyah nudged Kaiden, whimpering. The Typoomerang roared at its downed enemy, he twirled in the air diving towards them with talons extended, planning on crushing them until a massive winged figure, much bigger than the Typhoomerang itself, tackled the dragon to the ground, kicking up dirt and dust.

The being was an older, adult Chimeragera, a male, evidence by the longer tendrils and horns. The struggle dirty the air, not much could be seen but a loot could be hear; flapping wings, the sound of the Typhoomerang screeching out in pain then there was a sickening SNAP! The screeching went silent. The dust finally settled, in the mighty paw of the male Chimeragera was the limp form of the young Typhoomerang, cut down in its prime, its neck snapped easily by older Chimeragera's brute strength. It dropped the carcass with a loud snort before uttering out booming roars from his many maws, that made both the earth and heavens tremble.

Kailiyah and Kaiden watched the male, cautiously, as his multiple heads turned to them with narrowed eyes. Blazer could do noting, but watched, tucked behind a tree as he sauntered towards them with heavy footsteps, long claws scrapping against the ground. A low rumble rolled off his throat as he soon began to hover over Kailiyah and Kaiden, a head bigger than both of their bodies, nostrils flared as he took in both of their scents. His rough face softened. There was a moment of silence then ... his jaws opened for his tongue as he gave the both of them an affectionate licks, nuzzling them. Another rumble left his throat, but in the form of a purr. Both Kaiden and Kailiyah was confused at this gesture until they took a whiff of his scent.

It was their father, Galterio!

Kailiyah and Kaiden chirruped excitedly, licking their father back on his snout. The sound of wing flaps was heard again, it was another older Chimeragera, a female, landing in the clearing. The twins immediately knew it was their mother, Arabella. The two flew around their mother and father, garbling and chirping happily. Blazer watched as the family retreat into the cave, just large enough for the two parents, the father only going back for the Typhoomerang carcass obviously to eat. Blazer then turned and flew off, his work was done and he didn't want to be the next to be attacked.


Two weeks rolled by slowly.

Nothing much happened besides a few foolish beasts would come trying to muscle them off of their home and territory.

Galterio dispatched of them easily either chasing them off or killing them.

The strange creature in white returned, somewhere around the second week. Kailiyah had to stop her father from trying to kill it as she thought it was bringing food. It didn't bring food, but more Chimerageras, slightly younger than her and her twin brother; twelve males and twelves females, sitting in a wooden cart pulled by horses.

Her father was iffy about them but her mother took them in as soon as she saw them. The creature from before reached out a paw to her snout like before ... and she allowed it, pressing her snout against its paw. It helped her when she needed it most so it had her trust. It lingered around a little bit, it couldn't get any closer due to the lack of trust it had with her father, but it seemed to not mind as it wrote with a yellow stick of a thin plank of wood before disappearing into the woods again.

The third week came, but on the fourth sunrise, on an sunny afternoon, something... sinister happened.

Kailiyah lounged on one of her mother's massive heads along with her little sisters while her twin brother, Kaiden and younger brothers rested one the heads on their father. The day went at a snail's pace, they already ate and drank from the local watering hole. Today was relatively pleasant for them until...

… Obey me…

There was a change in the air; Kailiyah shook her heads, pawing at her head slightly as if felt like something scratched at the back of her mind, it not only woke her, but her family up from their naps.

She couldn't describe what it was.

Then they began to heard a cacophony of squawking, roaring, snarling and growling outside the mouth of their cave home. They stayed on the heads on their parents as they got up and trotted to the mouth of the cave, gazing up into the sky.

Dragons.

A horde of untold volume, angry clouds of disjointed flapping and shrieks, crowded the skies, drawn towards the largest lake in the Paddock. Even they felt the pull.

Obey me…

You are mine now…

She began to paw her heads more, groaning as the strange aura was beginning to take effect. She had the hold on as her mother began shaking her head as well.

OBEY ME.

YOU ARE MINE NOW.

SUBMIT TO ME.

YOU WILL MY BIDDING.

Kailiyah roared, shaking and pawing her heads. The world around her, for a split second, was a reddish blur. She could feel her mind beginning to … cloud over as an unknown, overbearing force tried to take command.

OBEY ME.

SUBMIT TO ME.

What… … is… … ... happening… …

YOU ARE MINE NOW.

N-No!

YOU WILL DO MY BIDDING.

Get out of my head!

She shook her heads, eyes dilated from dead, vertical slits, the red mist that clouded her vision faded. Her tendrils curled and shudders, she could feel it, the controlling force was steadily getting closer.

Having no choice, her parents opened their wings and with one flap they bound into the air and began to make their way towards the lake, staying just below the crowd. Halfway there, Kailiyah could make out a swarm of colors, flying to and fro, dragons soared above the lake, disjointedly. Some would deviate from the flock, but they would suddenly dart right back.

As they got closer, the lake began to groan and bubbled, something massive was rising up from its depths. Her parents stopped themselves at the sight of it, hovering in air. A bulge formed on the lake's surface, growing larger and larger until it reached its peak, and burst, water rolled down its massive body like rushing waterfalls.

It was a living mountain; a gigantic, muddy, battle-worn dragon - a Bewilderbeast - baring mighty tusks, sitting on the lake's surface. For some reason... the Bewilderbeast was ... strangely familiar.