Knights of the NCIS Table-- Tim's story chapter 3
Tim clears his throat, "Well then, shall we make Thym's new friend a girl dragon?"
Donny actually takes a full two minutes to think about it before saying, "Yes, Thym the dragon needs a girl friend."
Tim the man takes a deep breath, lets it out slowly. He grabs his bottle of water and takes a deep drink while his brain processes the variety of dragons that he's encountered online.
"Do you want a big girl dragon or a little one?" he's thinking and not really finding any dragons that could be sympathetic to a blue dragon, most of which are generally considered to be an evil creature. Of course this is his story so the dragon can be anything he wants it to. As he's already made Thym a good natured blue dragon the possibilities are limitless.
"A little one, like me."
"So, she has to have gold scales and blue eyes and talks all the time about movies she's seen? Oh wait that would be taking after your dad." They both snicker.
"Nooooo, she has to be smart and nice, and like to do things with Thym. Like I like to do things with you."
"So shall we make her a pseudo-dragon?"
"What's that?"
Tim thinks about the pseudo-dragons he's read about. "She would be a tiny dragon, only three feet long, two feet of which is her tail."
"Wow, that's a really long tail!"
"Mmmhmm. She would have a stinger in her tail, which is her main weapon, and she is telepathic, she can speak with her mind."
"Ohh, yeah that sounds awesome."
"The best thing though is that she is a chameleon. She can fade into the background of whatever she's touching. So if she sits on Thym's shoulder she'll take on his coloring and look like part of Thym."
"She won't stay blue though will she?"
"Not if you don't want her to. What do you want her main colors to be? Usually a pseudo-dragon is a reddish brown color but this is our story so we can make her whatever color you want."
Donny whispers in his uncle's ear and Tim nods. He settles into his favorite position, cradles Donny close and starts the new tale.
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Anton and Sarah are getting married. That is the news across the land. King Jed's favorite knight is finally tying the knot. The feast for such an event is planned in a hurry as neither Anton nor Sarah wanted to be kept apart for longer than is necessary.
Abby, Ziva and Sarah make all the decorative plans while Anton, Jamie and King Jed go hunting wild game. Anton first heads to the cave that Thym likes to stay in when he is in the neighborhood. Thym is lying just outside the cave sunning himself like a great big blue scaled cat.
"Hullo friend." Thym says upon seeing Anton.
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Donny giggles because when Tim said "Hullo friend," he sounded just like Eeyore.
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"Hey Thym, we're going hunting would you like to come with us?" Anton isn't really sure why he's inviting the dragon as such a creature usually frightens most of the game away.
"If you'd like my company, I'd be happy to accompany you. Do—would you like me to become human for that time?"
Anton gapes at him in surprise. "You can do that? Why didn't you do that at the tournament?"
"It's difficult to remain in that form for long periods of time. If I had come to the tournament as a human I would have had to change back again and sometimes I can't control when the change occurs."
"You do whatever is best for you." Anton's loyalty to his friend makes the dragon duck his head in pleasure. Although it has been many years since he last took human form, Thym slowly eases into the smaller form. When he's done, he is as tall as Anton, with green eyes, golden brown hair and blue scale mail covers his body. His face is slightly rounded, and youthful.
He turns to Anton and asks, "Do I look all right?"
Anton walks around him, examining him from head to toe. "Yeah, wow, Thym I'd have never thought you were a dragon if I didn't know you better."
A small smile crosses Thym's lips and he follows Anton out to where Jamie and King Jed are waiting. The other two are confused for a moment until they see the twinkle in the green eyes and realize that the young man in front of them is none other than Thym. Jed leans down from his saddle as he shakes Thym's hand, "I apologize, if I'd known that you would be in this form I'd have arranged another horse for you."
Thym shakes his head, "there aren't too many who would let me ride them. They don't mind if I'm near them but I think they're afraid I'll break their back. I can keep up with you as long as you don't gallop for too long of a time."
His attempt at humor is rewarded with smiles from the other three. Anton mounts his horse and they head off. Half an hour later they all stop as Thym sees something that the humans can't detect. He holds up a hand and they all wait to see what he's discovered.
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Yep we have to wait to find out what they've discovered. And for any die-hard gamers out there, yes, I know that blue dragons are considered lawful evil. However I'm claiming artistic license here for myself and Tim, and running/writing with it.