Chapter 6-To train with a lesson
And so for the following years Giggadon have trained with the lord of lighting on how to fight and survive. Sometimes they would have some private study times in order to learn more about dragons in the past and how they lived.
The lord of Lightining is impressed so far with Giggadon's training. He almost see Giggadon like a son he never had. Well he had some offspring himself but that is a story for another day. The big L needs to focus on training the dragon in front.
The Big L and Giggadon, who has grown big at the age of sixteen, are sparring on top of a big tower with ruined tree trunks to learn the art of sword combat.
Every time Giggadon strikes, the Big L would deflect them for every three hits. Than big L makes his strikes as Giggadon deflects them with his weapon. The two dragons repeats the same pattern of strikes until they step backwards.
"Alright young one, I'm going to teach you the Florish strike! The Florish is a heavy attack which serves as a block breaker. Do mind that depending on what weapon you use, The Florish creates a different effect, For example."
The Big L flies off the tower and flies back with another trunk.
"Hold it by the sides hard." He commands, giving the extra trunk to Giggadon.
Giggadon takes the trunk off L's claw and held it by the sides. The Big L leaps down a summersult and breaks the trunk that Giggadon is holding in half. Giggadon flinched a bit as Big L just stood up looking proud.
"Alright now it's your turn," Big L gets into battle stance in a blocking position.
Giggadon squats down and makes the same summersult with his weapon. His weapon collides with Big L's and it snaps making the bigger dragon flinch.
Big L looks at his wooden weapon destroyed with a grin followed by a laugh. "Am I a great teacher or what?!"
"I guess so," Giggadon comments scratching his head without smiling.
Big L had just noticed that Giggadon have never smiled since taking him in. He leans forward to the teenage dragon's eye level. Giggadon did not step back oddly keeping his frown.
"I'm starting to notice ever since we met, I never seen you smile?"
"Do I have to?" Giggadon responds a bit coldly making Big L retract his head back up.
"Um well, it's just supposed to be normal for any creature to smile once and awhile." Big L scratches the side of the head with his nail thinking.
Giggadon turns around and walks up to the ledge of the tower to gaze at the purple misted wasteland of the city.
"Since the destruction of Dragoheim, I looked for help from Non-dragons. As expected, because I am a dragon they see me as a monster to be killed. Everywhere, shouts of me being an evil dragon is everywhere." Giggadon starts to grit his teeth and tighten his fists, shaking them and calms down a bit. He turns to face Big L and continues. "My point is that I have struggled since the destruction of my home. All because of one prick by the name Bowser." Giggadon finishes with venom in his tonque.
"Bowser? Who is he exactly?" Big L asks.
Giggadon turns around, now facing Big L. "Bowser is the supposed new king of the koopas of the Koopa kingdom or Darklands to some. I lived in dragon settlement, Dragoheim was a settlement made for dragons to take refuge by permission from the Koopa lords with a price."
"A price?"
"Yes, the price as my father once told me was that once and awhile Koopa lords and ladies would take many of our own kind to wed them to produce 'Dragon-Koopa' babies believing it would give them more power. Anytime they feel their family is losing dragon blood, they would take another of us to wed the koopa lord or lady." Giggadon explains until Big L cuts him off.
"Dragon-Koopas? I think ive them around before. Oh yes, it seems the nobility of Koopas have breed with dragons so much, they seem to have evolved to look and act more dragon rather than a turtle! I mean, they start to eat meat, hoard treasure, kidnap princesses, get aggressive, and more importantly become more willing to dominate one another! Is Bowser a dragon-koopa as well?"
"He…..is." Giggadon makes a growl in his voice. "But it seems they won't be able to do so anymore since my home is destroyed and dragons are either dead or flew away to where ever the ancestors guide them to."
Big L starts to think about something. He looks at the large ruined palace of the destroyed city and scratches his chin, deep in though. Suddenly he gets an idea.
"Well Giggadon, I would like for you to follow me somewhere. I want to show you something."
Big L flies up as Giggadon follows suit to the ruined palace.