Chapter 12: little egg and a dragon

Chapter 12:

As she looked up she saw her sister and a dragon looking at them with worry and confusion.

The dragon was the first to speak up "Who are you young dragoness?" with a rather forced calmness.

Once the pain subsided she looked at him and said "I am Camellia of Draxis and daughter of Tanticus!"

After a minute or two of her speaking Camellia started to look at the dragons faces to see what they were showing. first she looked at Cynder in the hopes of see recognition but was horrified when all she saw was wonder and confusion which caused he to slump down to the ground. So sadly she looked at the white and green dragon who had a look of pure happiness, joy, and an surprising glimmer of love in his eyes.

When she got over the shock of his bizarre show of emotion she nervously cleared her throat before she spoke.

"Oh, I guess you don't know me yet... haha this is so weird now!" she chuckled sub-consciously.

Cynder looked at her with a quizzing expression "Did you just say Tanticus was your Father?"

Sheepishly with obvious shyness she said "Yes I did and I also said that I'm from Draxis. I'm sorry but is that a problem?"

suddenly the other dragon spoke up in a calming and slightly mystified tone "There is no problem there Camellia. she was just wondering since at one time in her life she was forced to attack the village of Draxis but not in this exact form that you see in front of you. By the way you would have happened to be adopted by a lovely pair of moles in that village?"

This Dragon was really scaring Camellia now with the facts that he know she was adopted by an real pair of moles. So her shyness was replaced with worry but she still stuttered her next response, "What do you mean she attacked Draxis in another form and how do you know so much about me? Have you been stalking me or something?"

The dragon was immensely amused by her questions so he answered them lightly, "When I say another form I mean a larger one that has the sleekness of a lizard. To answer your other question; yes technically I have been you stalking you but no for the reason that your thinking." she blushed at his statement because that was what she was thinking about.

"HEY! I TAKE OFFENCE TO THAT. IT WASN'T MY CHOICE TO BE A FUCKING PAWN IN THAT BASTARD ATTEMPT TO RULE THE WORLD! By the way, just to prove a point I was manipulated and abused for years before Spyro saved me. Heck some creatures even said I was sexy in that form!" she menacingly at her companion.

"Now back to what I was saying. Look Camellia, I never wanted to hurt people or become what I am after my family left me alone. To put my job simply, I am a spy for the resistance as I have been since I was around the age of seven or eight. The reason in know so much about you is that I took you to Draxis on the night of the raid on the dragon temple." the girls were looking at him in awe but suddenly Camellia swiped her claws across his chest and left 3 deep cuts.

she yelled in outrage "WHY THE HELL DIDN'T YOU RESCUE CYNDER THEN YOU POMPOUS BASTARD! SHE DIDN'T DESERVE WHAT HAPPENED TO HER!" but she got depressed as she saw a sliver of dread in his eyes.

By now his chest area was covered in blood but he didn't care for the loss of his life-sustaining liquid. He only cared about eliminating his sin now that he has the chance.

He sighed heavily before lifting himself on his back legs to show them his pure white underbelly. The girls gasped and blushed slightly from what they were seeing; on his underbelly there was a long and jagged scar that ran from his peeking appendage to his front left leg. when they looked at his legs they noticed that it was heavily scarred with puncture wounds and what looked like flesh that was hastily stitched together.

"what happened to you Julius?" Cynder asked quietly with a disbelieving and scared shitless look but they could hear her.

"Well you see it al happened the night of the raid before I was able to escape..." he began his tale but was interrupted by his memories.

Flashback: Julius POV

It was raining on the night when the apes attacked the temple. I had just snuck past the guardians to get into the inner egg chamber when the front gates shattered into many little pieces. Suddenly there was howls and groans of pain and satisfaction coming from the other room.

As quickly as I could I grabbed the white egg and turned invisible to stay out of there plain of sight. The apes were fighting savagely with swords and claws. I jogged over to the door but there was an Ape General guarding the passage, so crept up to him and lunged for his throat but her heard my movement and ducked but he brought his sword up. While I was flying through the space above the ape I felt something piece my underbelly scales and ran all the was to tail base. When I landed on the ground I saw a trail of blood leading from the apes face to my very spot. The apes face went from a look of astonishment to one of bloodlust and rage before he ran at me full force and sword swinging. I could on dodge a few of hit blows and they one that I blocked always hit my front left leg which was starting to look pretty rough and I was getting sick of this assault.

My energy levels were getting quite low so I turned visible again so I could recuperate but it was useless since i was covered in blood. i couldn't fight the ape while i was holding the egg so i quickly ran from the brute and stashed the egg outside in the bushes. Once i got the egg hidden the ape general ran out panting for breath and a face flushed with rage. He stumbled toward me like he drank too much banana/coconut beer and swung his blade recklessly at my torso but he missed and slashed the ground causing sparks to fly into our eyes.

At first there was searing pain, kind of like a hot iron to your privates but worse, and then it faded but left my eye was permanently scarred a blood-red color from the burns. on the other hand the Ape wasn't as lucky! His eyes were like a bubbling ball of ammonia inside of someone's skull but the worst part was that some of the gooey slime from inside was leaking down his fur. He was thrashing about and slamming into his own forces while cutting through their flesh like a knife going through butter. there was blood and body part everywhere, there was even a decapitated ape in the pool of visions that was making look more like a fountain but instead of water it was a dark and menacing liquid that should never be introduced to a sacred pool so as this.

I couldn't handle what was being done in front of me so i ran like no one has ever ran but i stopped to grab the egg before taking off to the skies. the wind was blowing fiercely against my barely developed wings and it was making it quite hard to remain stable while i was flying but i ignored the strain. I kept going until it has dawn and when i could find a cave big enough for me to sleep in. Eventually i found one that was about 7 feet deep and 10 feet wide it looked to be made out of limestone and dolomite which was sparkling when the sun was hitting it. I didn't care that the sun was just rising from the east and casting a shadow over the cave thanks to the maple trees that were in front of the entrance. Before i could hit my bodies snooze button i had to wrap my small body around the egg to keep it from getting cold and once i was in a comfortable position i descended into the realm of dreams.

When i awoke from my slumber i realized something important after i rubbed the sleep out of my eyes, "WHERE THE FUCK DID THE EGG GO?"

I searched frantically but alas I found nothing until i walked behind a maple that was to the right of the cave. This tree was rather small with no recognizable inhabitant so i foolishly lifted my leg and let the water run but there was a sudden whine from the base of the tree which made me yelp and jump away from the maple so i could find the source of the noise. Timidly i looked down and was shocked about what i was seeing. There at the base of the tree, right where i was taking a leak was a cute little dragon that was bright silver with tiny black horns and the same marking as Tanticus but her's were gold, along with her little underbelly. The only flaw about the sight was that she was covered horn to claw in a smelly yellow liquid which caused me to blush greatly at my blunder and the predicament i got us it.

"Hello little one! I'm sorry for that i didn't know you were there." I admitted sheepishly but it didn't reply with words. all i got in reply was gurgle sound and a giggle.

I sighed greatly as its innocence and picked it up in my maw to carry it to a stream that was about a half a mile from the cave. So as I brought it to the stream and began to wash it up i was rinsing the putrid urine from its scale but as i was venturing down toward it tail my claws scraped across a slight fold. I didn't know what it was so i just figured it was a set of inward curved scales but boy oh boy was i wrong. While i was cleaning its lower areas my claw scraped over it again but this time my digit didn't just rub against it, this time my claw slipped inside and broke some kind of barrier. Suddenly it was bleeding from in between these scales and convulsing around my claw in pain. i immediately pulled my claw out and it was covered in blood but the hatchling just sat there withering in pain while i looked horrified and dumbfounded.

Then it hit me!

"OH MY ANCESTORS! YOU'RE A GIRL?" i screamed with realization.

All she could do was whimper and cry while i hastily pull her into a tight embrace. i whispered gently in her ear trying to get her to calm down a little but it didn't work so i took her back to the cave and sat there until she fell asleep. Once she was snoring lightly i left to go find some food for us to eat and since i didn't know what she liked because she can't talk and was just hatched, i just got some salmon which is easy to chew. It took me about 30 minutes to catch 8 salmon that were good sizes to munch on and by the time i got back to the cave the little one was running around looking for something to do.

I grunted softly to snag her attention but she didn't seem to hear me. Then looked around until she saw me and jumped right into my chest causing us to fall to the ground in a mess of fluttering giggles. After her giggle fit was over i blew a light amount of fire over the fish until they were a rich golden brown and i told her she could eat now but the second the fish touched her mouth and she tried to chew she yelped from the sting of the fish since it was just cooked. I pondered this for a while until it hit me! She didn't have strong enough teeth, that is if she had any, to eat so acting like a mama bird i put her fish in my mouth and chewed it to a gooey mess. Once it was chewed up enough i put it into a pile in front of her and she sniffed it. She gained a small smile on her muzzle and licked her lips hungrily before digging in without a single drop of it falling out of her maw.

It felt like forever but finally she ate the other 7 fish and curled into a snuggly little ball in the back of the cave where the wind was less harsh with her tummy settling and began to drift off to realm of dreams. Once she was snoring heavily i crawled up to her side, then cuddled into her little side and drape my wing over her to make sure she stays warm.

i guess she slept soundly since she didn't wake me up throughout the night and seemed to have loads of energy that she was using to jump at falling leaves that came within biting distance. we were walking for about a half a day before we entered the village of Draxis; it was somewhat battle ready thanks to the hastily built fort walls and watchtowers; there were many civilians which consisted of cheetahs, moles and dragons looking at use in confusion, mainly because there was a silver dragoness having a giggling fit on top of my head while she was holding onto my horns. i looked around all day until i found a love pair of moles that were expecting a baby any day now that said they would gladly take in the little ball of energy. they even asked me but i turned them down, even if it was tempting, because i wanted to get back home to see if calypso and tanticus were home yet and so i could explain what happened to their child.

After getting a loving hug from the little one i took off into the sky and began my journey home. While i was flying i couldn't help but realize how attached id gotten to her even if it all start with my leaky pipes but i knew that no matter what happens to us i would always care for her in more ways than one.

When i got back home it ran inside but all there was only a note from my aunt & uncle. it told me that they were sorry for leaving me alone but they needed to go fight against Malefor's forces if anyone is going to survive. I was so shocked that i threw it on the ground and ran to Tanticus and Calypso's home but yet again there was no one there;i felt so alone and i was wishing that i took up those moles on their offer but i knew that i had to help get information to the resistance about their enemies plans throughout the war. so after weeping for many depressing hours i pulled myself up and went looking for the Ape Lord Gaul to see if i could join his ranks. sure i knew that i will have to do many evil deeds in the next chapter in my life but i knew for certain that i would do the for one reason and one reason only.

NOBODY HURT THAT LITTLE DRAGONESS, IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!

FLASHBACK END...

to be continued...