Arnik
Down to Earth
Who does he think he is. Sir Steel, I'd like to see him try and make me a man. Yeah right, impossible. Fairy Princess, yeah sure when the hottest part of the underworld freezes over. He needs to wipe that stupid smirk off his face, and tell me were we're going. "Hey, smiley!" He turned his grin larger than ever. "Where are we going." I looked around, we left the castle about an hour ago and a cliff-side was all that stood in-front of us. He turned around now facing me. His face was more serious now. He just stood there, green eyes beaming down on me. "Uh, oh", I thought, "maybe I went to far." I stood there trying not to look as scared as I was. Then he laughed and his grin returned. "Princess you complain to much how did your friends put up with you." Sir Steel continued to laugh as he turned and walked back in the direction of the cliff. I walked with my head down angry at my self for letting him scare me and thinking about what was up with how this guy acts. "He's crazy, completely insane," and it seemed just to prove me right when I stopped and looked up he was right in my face. Deep in thought I hadn't even noticed him stop and lean down in my face. His next move or better yet words were even stranger. "You're absolutely correct, Princess." I was in complete in shock, almost frozen in place. I mumbled "What?" He leaned away and gestured to the now closer cliff-side. "We're here!"
I didn't move, to lost in thought. "Did he read my mind? How did I not notice him stop? There's no way the cliffs are this close, only a moment ago it was miles away in the distance, and I only took a few steps." "Princess," his sarcastic voice broke my train of thought, "Are you OK?" The hint in his voice and the grin spreading across his face told me that he did all that just to get to me. He knew it would stun me and that's why he did it. I looked up at blood boiling, "I'm fine." His grin grew wider as he once again turned to face the cliff-side.
Then to my left and from out of no-where a figure appeared. Its roar seemed to shake the Earth. Sir Steel approached the creature brought his hands up, as if to hug it, and announced, "Arknox, old friend it's good to see you!" He turned to face me. "Princess, this is Arknox my dragon companion, and Lord of the Earth." I mumbled "Dragon." "Your not scared are you?" He spoke with a pity baby voice. "No" I spat back, standing up tall and holding my head high. "Good you need not worry, not yet." Those words were more serious and the smile on his face was that of a murderous madman looking upon his next victim. "He's insane" the thoughts continued to run through my head.
Arknox standing next to Sir Steel could of made the Forest Shadow wolf look pathetic. He stood dwarfing a bull elephant. The dragon was thick, muscular. His nails dug deep into the cracked dry Earth. The horns on his head start just behind his eyes. The twin horns then curve out and down the side of his face, but didn't touch his face. They then curve up and past his nose to a point. His wings were large and powerful. Teeth protruded from his mouth from his bottom jaw. His color was a dark almost olive-like green. On the side of his left shoulder was what looked like a tree trunk pattern. The dark black tree spread up his neck, and thin strips that resembles branches reached across his face to his nose. The part of the tree that was on his shoulder, the base, also went down along his leg and coloring in his left foot. Root like patterns spread across his chest, and ribcage. The tree pattern its self seemed to be rooted and growing on the dragon. Other than the strange tree a thick black stripe ran down the dragons back, between his wings and to the tip of his tail. Arknox's eyes were two different colors. The left was fresh spring grass green, like Sir Steel, and the right was a dark almost black brown. Just by looking into his eyes I could get a sense as to how powerful he truly was.
"Today Princess we have a special task for you." Arknox approached me, cracking the ground with every step. He put 5 eggs in-front of me. 3 were light green, 1 was muddy brown, and another was a deep shadow-like green. Sir Steel spoke once more "These eggs before you come from 5 different earth dragons. You may choose one, and choose wisely. The one you choose will become your life long friend. You must treat it like family." I looked away from Sir Steel and back at the eggs. Other than color they were all the same, and just as I said that my eyes fell upon the shadow green egg. It was strange, the egg seemed to be speaking to me. It was a feeling I have never felt before, almost unnatural, yet natural. I reached down and picked up the egg, the feeling only intensify. When i brought it closer to my chest I could hear its thoughts, but they were muffled and unclear. Even then I knew this which egg I wanted.
I turned to face Sir Steel, and even before I spoke he knew what I was about to say. "Are you sure?" "Yes, I am sure." His grin widened. "Allow me to tell you about that egg. That unhatched dragon is Arnik, son of Murire. Both are bull class earth dragons just like Arknox. Treat him well. Now, come" he pointed back to the castle in the distance, "let us head back and find a place in your room for Arnik."