Not much to be said, really. You will meet Y'kolo in this chapter. She's
really cool!
Enjoy!
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Magpie looked at her watch. Why was Y'kolo so late? She usually was early if she didn't arrive the second she said she would, "Where is she?"
As soon as she spoke, she heard a voice coming from a small stand of trees to her left, "Magpie? Is that you?"
Magpie turned and started walking into the trees, "Y'kolo? What in the name of the sisters took you so-"
She stopped as the scene reached her eyes. There was a huge amount of blood on the ground, and in the center of it stood a very injured dragon.
"By the Divine Sisters! What happened to you?"
"I was attacked on my way here," the dragon's voice was somehow steady, despite the huge amount of pain she was obviously going through.
"You look like you've been pulled backwards through a hedge that was being pulled backwards though a thresher!"
"That's certainly not far off from what it feels like. Where is Jeremy?"
"He's back at the house, getting our stuff together."
"Ah."
"Are you all right? Do you need anything?"
"Do I look all right? What I need right now is to rest, and a safe place to hide."
"All right. You just stay here and sleep. I'll go tell Jeremy what's going on, and we'll find a good hiding place for you," Magpie paused thoughtfully, "And some painkillers... A lot of painkillers."
***
Raven looked over the top of her book. Beast Boy and Cyborg were having a tug-o-war with the remote. Random buttons were getting pressed, causing the T.V. to change channels at random. Sports, cartoons, random teenage soap operas, the Simpsons, news.
It was what was currently being said on the news that caught Raven's attention.
"Several people today have claimed to see a dragon on the outskirts of town," said the anchor.
This apparently got the attention of the other Titans too, because Beast boy and Cyborg stopped arguing and stared at the T.V.
"What?" Beast boy asked.
"Did she just say a dragon?" was Cyborg's question.
"We had a chance to talk with one of the witnesses earlier in the day," came the anchor's voice again as the screen cut to a reporter standing with a man who looked to be about forty years old.
"Sir, will you tell us what exactly you were doing when you saw this so- called 'dragon'?"
"I was driving home from work when I saw this big shadow pass over the road," the man answered, "I looked up to see a dragon spiraling down over a field. It must have been hurt or something because one of its wings didn't seem to be working right. It landed in the woods about a mile from my house."
"What makes you so sure that it was a dragon?"
"There is no bird that big, it looked very reptilian, and airplanes don't flap their wings. I fly one, I should know. And with all the things on dragons that my daughter has, it would be pretty hard for me to not recognize a dragon."
Robin grabbed the now-abandoned remote and turned off the T.V.
"I thought that dragons were creatures of earth mythology and did not really exist." Starfire said in a confused tone.
"Me too," came Cyborg's response, "You think it was real?"
"I don't know," Robin answered, "Real or not, though, we should check it out."
~Great,~ thought Raven, ~And I was just getting to the good part.~
She put down her book and left with the other Titans.
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Bah. Short. Oh, well. I want two reviews per chapter, if you would be so kind. I'll get around to writing the next part soon. Just wait until they get to the magic world. Then we'll really have some fun.
Peace, out.
Enjoy!
~~~~~
Magpie looked at her watch. Why was Y'kolo so late? She usually was early if she didn't arrive the second she said she would, "Where is she?"
As soon as she spoke, she heard a voice coming from a small stand of trees to her left, "Magpie? Is that you?"
Magpie turned and started walking into the trees, "Y'kolo? What in the name of the sisters took you so-"
She stopped as the scene reached her eyes. There was a huge amount of blood on the ground, and in the center of it stood a very injured dragon.
"By the Divine Sisters! What happened to you?"
"I was attacked on my way here," the dragon's voice was somehow steady, despite the huge amount of pain she was obviously going through.
"You look like you've been pulled backwards through a hedge that was being pulled backwards though a thresher!"
"That's certainly not far off from what it feels like. Where is Jeremy?"
"He's back at the house, getting our stuff together."
"Ah."
"Are you all right? Do you need anything?"
"Do I look all right? What I need right now is to rest, and a safe place to hide."
"All right. You just stay here and sleep. I'll go tell Jeremy what's going on, and we'll find a good hiding place for you," Magpie paused thoughtfully, "And some painkillers... A lot of painkillers."
***
Raven looked over the top of her book. Beast Boy and Cyborg were having a tug-o-war with the remote. Random buttons were getting pressed, causing the T.V. to change channels at random. Sports, cartoons, random teenage soap operas, the Simpsons, news.
It was what was currently being said on the news that caught Raven's attention.
"Several people today have claimed to see a dragon on the outskirts of town," said the anchor.
This apparently got the attention of the other Titans too, because Beast boy and Cyborg stopped arguing and stared at the T.V.
"What?" Beast boy asked.
"Did she just say a dragon?" was Cyborg's question.
"We had a chance to talk with one of the witnesses earlier in the day," came the anchor's voice again as the screen cut to a reporter standing with a man who looked to be about forty years old.
"Sir, will you tell us what exactly you were doing when you saw this so- called 'dragon'?"
"I was driving home from work when I saw this big shadow pass over the road," the man answered, "I looked up to see a dragon spiraling down over a field. It must have been hurt or something because one of its wings didn't seem to be working right. It landed in the woods about a mile from my house."
"What makes you so sure that it was a dragon?"
"There is no bird that big, it looked very reptilian, and airplanes don't flap their wings. I fly one, I should know. And with all the things on dragons that my daughter has, it would be pretty hard for me to not recognize a dragon."
Robin grabbed the now-abandoned remote and turned off the T.V.
"I thought that dragons were creatures of earth mythology and did not really exist." Starfire said in a confused tone.
"Me too," came Cyborg's response, "You think it was real?"
"I don't know," Robin answered, "Real or not, though, we should check it out."
~Great,~ thought Raven, ~And I was just getting to the good part.~
She put down her book and left with the other Titans.
~~~~~
Bah. Short. Oh, well. I want two reviews per chapter, if you would be so kind. I'll get around to writing the next part soon. Just wait until they get to the magic world. Then we'll really have some fun.
Peace, out.