As the sun rose over the horizon, Fafnir woke up again inside the ice chest. He opened the lid up to look around. He noticed all the lights were turned off and the only light coming into the lab was from a small window that had a view of the front yard. He heard some snoring to his right and he looked to see that Tails was still asleep in his bed, which seemed to be painted to look like a plane. The dragon quietly crawled out of the chest and closed the door. He didn't want to disturb the little fox. But, just as he was heading to the stairs, he noticed something on a table in the middle of the room.

As the light from the window pointed to the table, he could see a pair of shoes sitting there. They appeared to be mostly white with blue soles. On the heel and toe areas, there were some strange looking socket-like holes sticking out. He could see there was also a note sitting next to them. He picked it up to read it. This is what it said:
"Dear Fafnir,

If you are reading this, you probably found the shoes that I left out for you. While you were resting, I noticed that you have had many other injuries on you. Some of them, I knew, were not from Sonic or Shadow. It has come to my conclusion that you have been attracting a lot of trouble. So, I took the liberty of fixing the bugs within these shoes. I hope you like them! Try them on and test them out!

Signed, one of the great inventors, Tails.

P.S.: When wearing them, tap your shoes on the ground and see what happens!

P.S.S.: Everyone wants you to sleep in the ice chest from now on."

Fafnir put down the the letter to take another look at the shoes. He looked down at his feet and saw there were rocks and dirt sticking on them. He used his claws to scrape them off before putting on the shoes. As he put them on, he found them to be very comfortable and they seemed to fit perfectly. After that, he remembered one of the things Tails wrote in the note. He tapped his toes on the floor to see what would happen. Suddenly, sharp spikes popped out of the sockets. "WHOA!" was all he could say from seeing this.

He tapped his feet again and the spikes retracted into their holes. Fafnir had a big grin on his face as he said, "I think I can get used to this!" But then he quickly shut himself up, knowing that Tails was still asleep. He quietly went upstairs to let the little guy sleep. Plus he wanted to eat something in the kitchen.

As he entered the kitchen, he noticed that there appeared to be no one around. But the grumbling in his stomach didn't really make him care about that. He moved to the fridge and began eating a few things. Some of them included the leftovers from the dinner he missed and some eggs. The left overs was a bunch of chili and some boiled hot dogs, which told him that Amy or Sonic were the ones making dinner the night before.

Then suddenly, from out of nowhere, Feon just jumped out from behind the dragon and shouted, "Faffy!" Fafnir yelped in surprise and jumped up really high, knocking his head into the ceiling. When he landed, he rubbed his aching head and looked at Feon in anger. "Don't... do that.... AGAIN!" he shouted at the lion. Feon shrugged and said, "Sorry, I was just glad to see you were ok buddy."

Fafnir just grunted and went back to eating. Feon just laughed and shook his head. "It's great to see you back home Fafnir." he said as he gave the dragon a pat on the back and walked away. Suddenly, Fafnir felt like he remembered something. He closed the fridge door as he stared off into space.

Mountain City, 5000 years ago.....

The sun was high over the vast mountain range. And eagle was flying over head. As it soared on the strong air currents, it looked down at the large city below. It was a primitive looking civilization. Built of bricks that were made from mud, sand, and straw. Most of the buildings appeared to be simple homes while the others were extremely tall towers and large temples made of marble.

Within the city streets, there was a massive number of people around who appeared to be dragons, just like Fafnir. Each one of them at their own unique look with their eyes, scale color, frills, crests, body types, wing shapes, and the tips of their tails. Some were sitting around, telling jokes and having drinks while others were walking around the marketplace, buying food and decorations from different civilizations. Within the crowd, Fafnir was walking with a small echidna girl, who was holding onto one of his claws. It was evident from her orange fur that she was Tikal. But this was when she was five years old.

Tikal seemed very excited as she looked at the buildings and all of the people around the city. Fafnir looked down at Tikal and said, "Ok, are you one-hundred percent sure that your parents actually let you come visit me? Because I don't understand why they would do that if I didn't invite you." Tikal smiled up at the dragon and said, "Of course! My mother already said it was fine! She trusts you after all!" "Just your mother?" he asked while raising a brow. The girl had a sweat drop and said, "Well I couldn't ask Daddy. He was much too busy being a chief and watching over the other echidnas from the pyramid." Fafnir shook his head and said, "Heh, sounds like your father doesn't spend much time with you."

Soon Tikal noticed something in the sky. Fafnir didn't know what she was looking at. So, he looked in the same direction. He could soon see something as well. Up in the sky, there appeared to be someone falling. To make matters worse, that person appeared to have passed out. "HOLY....!!!" was all Fafnir could say before he quickly put Tikal on is back and extended his wings.

He told her to hold on as he flew like a jet from the crowd and towards the falling person. Tikal held on tight and closed her eyes to avoid falling or seeing how high they were. Fafnir quickly grabbed the person and flew down to one of the alleyways of the city. When he landed, Tikal jumped off as he put down the person he rescued. They both looked upon him.

The person that Fafnir saved appeared to be a male dragon. Though something didn't seem normal about this one. His scales shone brilliantly in the manner of a crystal. His mouth had two large fangs sticking out from the bottom jaw. Plus the wings on his back didn't appear to be as well developed as most of the other dragons.

Tikal came up to the dragon and began shaking him. "Hey! Mister? Common wake up!" she shouted. "Thana... Thanatos...." the dragon mumbled. "Hey! Pull yourself together!" shouted Fafnir. The dragon opened his eyes and looked at the two. "Where am I? And who are you two?" he asked. Fafnir looked at him as if he asked at strange question.

He asked, "Did you hit your head or something? This is the mountain city! Capital of all dragon civilizations in this world! As for who we are, I'm Fafnir. Fafnir the Frost Dragon!" "And I'm Tikal!" the little girl added. "And you are?" they both asked in unison. The dragon looked at them both and closed his eyes as if he was thinking. Fafnir in Tikal looked at him in confusion as they waited for an answer. They became surprised when he said, "I'm afraid I don't know."

"What?! You forgot who you are?!" asked Fafnir. The dragon thought some more and said, "Yeah. Nothing. All I remember there was this bright light and I felt like I was going to fall. After that, nothing. I can't remember a thing past that." "That's terrible!" shouted Tikal. They both helped the dragon on his feet as Fafnir said, "Well, you may not remember your name. But I think we'll find someone around town who might know you. Though, until we find out your real name, what do you want to be called by?" The dragon thought for a moment and said, "Well, I guess you two can call me Kai. It's the only name I can think of right now." Fafnir gave him a pat on the back and said, "Ok, Kai it is then!" They soon left the alley and began asking people around the city.

Back in reality, Fafnir shook his head in disappointment. "I remember now. Kai was an old friend of mine. When I first met him, we went all through the city trying to find anyone who would know his real name. We didn't find anyone. But we did become great friends. I wonder....." He thought for a moment. "I wonder what happened to him after I went to sleep? Considering how long I might have been sleeping, I'm not sure if he made it to this current time. Then again, I'm not sure if any dragons made it to this time at all." He soon felt sad again and began to get the feeling that he was more alone than he thought. "What if I'm... the last dragon to exist?" he asked himself.

Who is Kai? Where did he come from? Where is he now? The answers will come in time.

((Kai is an OC that belongs to Kaiser Dude. Feon the lion belongs to PureZOOKS.))