The slow moving figure lurked in the darkness, looking at the wounded half-
breed warrior in front of him. Frato was looking on in terror; he felt this
could be his last moments of life. He heard the ferocious beast growl
again, but then Frato heard something he had not expected to hear.
"Looks...tasty..." A growling voice snarled to Frato. Was the monster actually speaking? Frato tried speaking back.
"W-What do you mean, "Looks tasty"?" Frato asked the growling beast.
The massive monster made an odd grunt, and lifted its head slightly.
"It...knew...what...I...thought..." Frato heard as a response. What was going on? Whatever this thing was, it shouldn't be able to speak, only roar and growl.
Although Frato didn't know it, he was using telepathy. Garland had given him the ability to communicate telepathically with genomes and certain kinds of dragon. He wasn't technically speaking to the dragon. Although Frato was speaking, it was what he thought that communicated with the dragon.
"What's going on?" Frato asked around the cave to no-one it particular.
"I...don't...know. Breakfast comes...and...it...knows how to speak...into...my...mind." The dragon's voice entered Frato's head again.
"What?" Frato asked. "Who are you?"
"A red dragon." The growling voice answered. "I have...no name."
Frato had heard of red dragons. They were supposed to fearsome beasts that settled on Mount Gulug. Little else was known about them, as very few people had seen them and lived to tell the tale.
"What are you doing here?" Frato asked, still trying to figure out how on Gaia he was having a conversation with a red dragon that should have killed him by now.
"I leave Mount Gulug...to find own territory...dragons there crowded and I was fought out. I was weak..." The dragon replied. There was another growl in the darkness and the dragon continued. "I'm hungry...I want breakfast...You look like a tasty meal..."
A shiver went up Frato's spine and ruffled his fur. Frato responded quickly.
"No no no no! You don't want to eat me! I'm full of bones and I won't taste good." Frato blurted out in a scared tone. "If you help me out of this cave I can help you get all the food you want!"
There was an agonising pause, and then the dragon tilted its head slightly. It growled quietly and Frato heard a response.
"...Really?"
"Really." Frato answered affirmatively.
The two were silent for a moment, and then the dragon advanced towards Frato. The dragon's teeth latched on to the back of Frato's shirt, near the neck and Frato was lifted off the ground. Frato screamed and squirmed, but to no avail. He was then thrown into the air and he landed rather roughly on the dragons back.
Frato felt the dragon move away from the cliff he had fallen from. The dragon was surprisingly fast for its immense size, as it rocketed down the tunnel of the dark cave in a brisk march. Frato held onto the dragon for life.
After several minutes of the dragon stomping into the cave, Frato could finally see light. Within seconds the dragon was flying in the open air over the majestic blue sea. Frato could admire the dragon's muscular red body and black wings which were at least three times Frato's height in width.
Frato the pointed his lance just above the hole in the cave they had left.
"This way dragon!" Frato commanded, the dragon obeyed and started to fly back towards the cave.
As the dragon flew over the mountains Frato asked a question.
"Say, dragon, do you think we can be friends?"
"If you get me food...we'll be friends. If you don't...you'll be breakfast." The dragon's voice growled in Frato's mind. Frato laughed nervously in response.
It wasn't long before Frato could see the other entrance to the cave. There were a few Burmecians outside of the cave, one of which was Lion-heart.
"Okay, land here." Frato said pointing his lance to a spot next to the Burmecians. The dragon descended and as it dropped in the air Frato heard its voice again.
"So this is the breakfast...you promised me eh?"
"NO! Don't eat them! I'll get you your breakfast when I've finished talking with them!" Frato said panic-stricken with the dragon's idea. Frankly, this dragon didn't particularly care who or what it ate, as long as it ate something.
The dragon landed next to the group of Burmecians. Frato jumped off, and his ears picked up another loud noise.
"AAA! DRAGON!!!" The students all screamed and ran away as fast as they could whist the dragon knights there drew their lances and approached the red dragon cautiously. Lion-heart managed to see Frato with the dragon.
"Frato! What is the meaning of this?!" Lion-heart shouted out in fury. "Get away from that dragon this instant!"
"Relax dad, I can control him!" Frato responded.
"You can't control a dragon!" Lion-heart replied angrily. "Guards! Attack!" At that command, Lion-heart and the other dragon knights all charged towards the red dragon.
Before the knights could do any damage, the dragon leapt off the ground and took to the skies. The dragon knights all looked up and focused on the dragon. Lion-heart leapt using his powerful legs to gain enough height to attack the dragon. He ended up too far away from the beast to use his lance, so he prepared a dragon knight ability instead.
"Spirits of the deceased dragons, blast away my foe." Lion-heart whispered in the air, as he said these words, white roaring energy forged on the end of his lance taking the shape of a circle with an emblem of a dragon's head inside. "Dragon's Crest!" Lion-heart shouted and the circle of destructive energy left his lance and soared towards the dragon.
The red dragon moved to try and avoid the circle of energy but the attack hit the monster on the left side causing major pain as the power of all the spirits of dragons Lion-heart had killed burned away at the beast. The blast knocked the dragon back, who decided to fly away to live for another day.
The dragon knights cheered as the dragon began to fly away. The students stopped fleeing and turned back to regroup at the mountain. Frato just watched in shock. He ran up to Lion-heart and took out his horn from his pocket.
"Here's the Ironite horn." Frato said quickly to Lion-heart, who smiled as Frato shoved the horn into his hand.
"Congratulations!" Lion-heart said full of pride. "Hey, where are you going?"
Frato was running in the direction the red dragon had flown. He didn't answer; he was more concerned about the dragon and where it had fled to.
"What has gotten into him?" Lion-heart asked himself rather confused with Frato's actions. He turned around to the dragon knights. "Make sure the students who fled come back here safely."
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Frato was running as fast as he could, but already the dragon was out of sight. It had hidden amongst the peaks of the mountainside. Frato tried calling out for the dragon.
"Dragon! Dragon!? Dragon!! Where are you?!" Frato shouted.
"Here." A growling response came from behind one of the peaks. The dragon glided over the top of the peak and landed right in front of Frato. The beast was clearly unhappy, it was snarling very loudly. There was a gash where Lion-heart had hit him with the energy attack.
"Why did your friends attack me!?" The dragon growled angrily.
"They are scared of dragons." Frato replied nervously. "They thought you were going to attack them!"
The dragon scowled again, but eventually stopped. There was a small pause as the dragon remained calm. However this was short-lived as the dragon then looked at Frato with eyes filled with flame and anger. The beast was growling once again.
"Where's breakfast!?" The dragon snarled, changing the topic. "You promised!"
"I'll need to find it first. You can help me look." Frato answered, drawing his lance. He began to search for any monsters that might make a decent meal for a dragon. After a few moments of searching, a Zuu came flying out towards the two. Frato pointed at the black bird with a smile of triumph.
"Breakfast time dragon!" Frato called out.
The red dragon growled in delight and flew straight at the bird, which attempted to flee. The dragon was faster though and sunk its teeth right into the bird's side, causing blood to spill all over the rocks and grass below. The Zuu fell helpless in the dragon's jaws as it died as the red dragon ripped it apart and consumed it.
Frato had a sickened expression on his face as he watched the dragon eat every last morsel of meat from the monster. He was used to seeing monsters die, but not being eaten straight after their death.
When the dragon finished, it stomped back over to Frato. "Delicious..." The dragon roared happily. "You are my friend now!"
"I think I ought to give you a name." Frato said thoughtfully. "I can't just keep calling you dragon. Now, what can I call you...?"
"I know no names." The dragon's voice replied in Frato's head.
Frato thought long and hard, and then he found a name. "You're a red dragon, and you are faster than the wind. I'll call you Redwind!"
"Redwind?" The dragon responded confused by the name.
"Yes, Redwind. You will hereby be known as Redwind." Frato replied.
The dragon just gave a grunt and turned around. It clearly wasn't interested in whatever Frato called him.
"I have to go back now. The others will be worried about me." Frato said, turning to leave. "Goodbye, Redwind."
The dragon just grunted as Frato left and took to the skies once again, probably to look for a more appetising meal.
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Disclaimer: Disclaimer: I don't own FF9. Frato, Lion-heart and Redwind are mine, sort of.
Author's Notes: So Frato finally meets and befriends Redwind. Well he needed explaining. Sorry to disappoint anyone who expected a big fight scene (especially the blood-loving Breeze of Summoners). I am halfway through my exams, only 6 more to go! Now I am sick of being ignored and the shotgun is out. If you are reading this, review it! Yes, this means you: To-ya, CuteMooglez, Solitary Confinement, White Silver Dragoon any anyone else who is out there! Oh, and Guardian1, I have a confession to make. I never blocked you, I threatened to block you. I never actually did it.
Deep Breath That was a lot to say...8)
Replies: Only one review...terrible.
Breeze of Summoners: Nice to see you are enjoying it. However, I will probably have to duck for cover as I didn't do another fight scene (though I HAVE done a lot of them recently). Guardian writes essays though, it is hard to see which are good points. Most of it cannot be fixed or can easily be explained. Most of her complaints are about Frato in general anyway. Review! Hopes to beat the record of an 18 on 1 fight scene
"Looks...tasty..." A growling voice snarled to Frato. Was the monster actually speaking? Frato tried speaking back.
"W-What do you mean, "Looks tasty"?" Frato asked the growling beast.
The massive monster made an odd grunt, and lifted its head slightly.
"It...knew...what...I...thought..." Frato heard as a response. What was going on? Whatever this thing was, it shouldn't be able to speak, only roar and growl.
Although Frato didn't know it, he was using telepathy. Garland had given him the ability to communicate telepathically with genomes and certain kinds of dragon. He wasn't technically speaking to the dragon. Although Frato was speaking, it was what he thought that communicated with the dragon.
"What's going on?" Frato asked around the cave to no-one it particular.
"I...don't...know. Breakfast comes...and...it...knows how to speak...into...my...mind." The dragon's voice entered Frato's head again.
"What?" Frato asked. "Who are you?"
"A red dragon." The growling voice answered. "I have...no name."
Frato had heard of red dragons. They were supposed to fearsome beasts that settled on Mount Gulug. Little else was known about them, as very few people had seen them and lived to tell the tale.
"What are you doing here?" Frato asked, still trying to figure out how on Gaia he was having a conversation with a red dragon that should have killed him by now.
"I leave Mount Gulug...to find own territory...dragons there crowded and I was fought out. I was weak..." The dragon replied. There was another growl in the darkness and the dragon continued. "I'm hungry...I want breakfast...You look like a tasty meal..."
A shiver went up Frato's spine and ruffled his fur. Frato responded quickly.
"No no no no! You don't want to eat me! I'm full of bones and I won't taste good." Frato blurted out in a scared tone. "If you help me out of this cave I can help you get all the food you want!"
There was an agonising pause, and then the dragon tilted its head slightly. It growled quietly and Frato heard a response.
"...Really?"
"Really." Frato answered affirmatively.
The two were silent for a moment, and then the dragon advanced towards Frato. The dragon's teeth latched on to the back of Frato's shirt, near the neck and Frato was lifted off the ground. Frato screamed and squirmed, but to no avail. He was then thrown into the air and he landed rather roughly on the dragons back.
Frato felt the dragon move away from the cliff he had fallen from. The dragon was surprisingly fast for its immense size, as it rocketed down the tunnel of the dark cave in a brisk march. Frato held onto the dragon for life.
After several minutes of the dragon stomping into the cave, Frato could finally see light. Within seconds the dragon was flying in the open air over the majestic blue sea. Frato could admire the dragon's muscular red body and black wings which were at least three times Frato's height in width.
Frato the pointed his lance just above the hole in the cave they had left.
"This way dragon!" Frato commanded, the dragon obeyed and started to fly back towards the cave.
As the dragon flew over the mountains Frato asked a question.
"Say, dragon, do you think we can be friends?"
"If you get me food...we'll be friends. If you don't...you'll be breakfast." The dragon's voice growled in Frato's mind. Frato laughed nervously in response.
It wasn't long before Frato could see the other entrance to the cave. There were a few Burmecians outside of the cave, one of which was Lion-heart.
"Okay, land here." Frato said pointing his lance to a spot next to the Burmecians. The dragon descended and as it dropped in the air Frato heard its voice again.
"So this is the breakfast...you promised me eh?"
"NO! Don't eat them! I'll get you your breakfast when I've finished talking with them!" Frato said panic-stricken with the dragon's idea. Frankly, this dragon didn't particularly care who or what it ate, as long as it ate something.
The dragon landed next to the group of Burmecians. Frato jumped off, and his ears picked up another loud noise.
"AAA! DRAGON!!!" The students all screamed and ran away as fast as they could whist the dragon knights there drew their lances and approached the red dragon cautiously. Lion-heart managed to see Frato with the dragon.
"Frato! What is the meaning of this?!" Lion-heart shouted out in fury. "Get away from that dragon this instant!"
"Relax dad, I can control him!" Frato responded.
"You can't control a dragon!" Lion-heart replied angrily. "Guards! Attack!" At that command, Lion-heart and the other dragon knights all charged towards the red dragon.
Before the knights could do any damage, the dragon leapt off the ground and took to the skies. The dragon knights all looked up and focused on the dragon. Lion-heart leapt using his powerful legs to gain enough height to attack the dragon. He ended up too far away from the beast to use his lance, so he prepared a dragon knight ability instead.
"Spirits of the deceased dragons, blast away my foe." Lion-heart whispered in the air, as he said these words, white roaring energy forged on the end of his lance taking the shape of a circle with an emblem of a dragon's head inside. "Dragon's Crest!" Lion-heart shouted and the circle of destructive energy left his lance and soared towards the dragon.
The red dragon moved to try and avoid the circle of energy but the attack hit the monster on the left side causing major pain as the power of all the spirits of dragons Lion-heart had killed burned away at the beast. The blast knocked the dragon back, who decided to fly away to live for another day.
The dragon knights cheered as the dragon began to fly away. The students stopped fleeing and turned back to regroup at the mountain. Frato just watched in shock. He ran up to Lion-heart and took out his horn from his pocket.
"Here's the Ironite horn." Frato said quickly to Lion-heart, who smiled as Frato shoved the horn into his hand.
"Congratulations!" Lion-heart said full of pride. "Hey, where are you going?"
Frato was running in the direction the red dragon had flown. He didn't answer; he was more concerned about the dragon and where it had fled to.
"What has gotten into him?" Lion-heart asked himself rather confused with Frato's actions. He turned around to the dragon knights. "Make sure the students who fled come back here safely."
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Frato was running as fast as he could, but already the dragon was out of sight. It had hidden amongst the peaks of the mountainside. Frato tried calling out for the dragon.
"Dragon! Dragon!? Dragon!! Where are you?!" Frato shouted.
"Here." A growling response came from behind one of the peaks. The dragon glided over the top of the peak and landed right in front of Frato. The beast was clearly unhappy, it was snarling very loudly. There was a gash where Lion-heart had hit him with the energy attack.
"Why did your friends attack me!?" The dragon growled angrily.
"They are scared of dragons." Frato replied nervously. "They thought you were going to attack them!"
The dragon scowled again, but eventually stopped. There was a small pause as the dragon remained calm. However this was short-lived as the dragon then looked at Frato with eyes filled with flame and anger. The beast was growling once again.
"Where's breakfast!?" The dragon snarled, changing the topic. "You promised!"
"I'll need to find it first. You can help me look." Frato answered, drawing his lance. He began to search for any monsters that might make a decent meal for a dragon. After a few moments of searching, a Zuu came flying out towards the two. Frato pointed at the black bird with a smile of triumph.
"Breakfast time dragon!" Frato called out.
The red dragon growled in delight and flew straight at the bird, which attempted to flee. The dragon was faster though and sunk its teeth right into the bird's side, causing blood to spill all over the rocks and grass below. The Zuu fell helpless in the dragon's jaws as it died as the red dragon ripped it apart and consumed it.
Frato had a sickened expression on his face as he watched the dragon eat every last morsel of meat from the monster. He was used to seeing monsters die, but not being eaten straight after their death.
When the dragon finished, it stomped back over to Frato. "Delicious..." The dragon roared happily. "You are my friend now!"
"I think I ought to give you a name." Frato said thoughtfully. "I can't just keep calling you dragon. Now, what can I call you...?"
"I know no names." The dragon's voice replied in Frato's head.
Frato thought long and hard, and then he found a name. "You're a red dragon, and you are faster than the wind. I'll call you Redwind!"
"Redwind?" The dragon responded confused by the name.
"Yes, Redwind. You will hereby be known as Redwind." Frato replied.
The dragon just gave a grunt and turned around. It clearly wasn't interested in whatever Frato called him.
"I have to go back now. The others will be worried about me." Frato said, turning to leave. "Goodbye, Redwind."
The dragon just grunted as Frato left and took to the skies once again, probably to look for a more appetising meal.
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Disclaimer: Disclaimer: I don't own FF9. Frato, Lion-heart and Redwind are mine, sort of.
Author's Notes: So Frato finally meets and befriends Redwind. Well he needed explaining. Sorry to disappoint anyone who expected a big fight scene (especially the blood-loving Breeze of Summoners). I am halfway through my exams, only 6 more to go! Now I am sick of being ignored and the shotgun is out. If you are reading this, review it! Yes, this means you: To-ya, CuteMooglez, Solitary Confinement, White Silver Dragoon any anyone else who is out there! Oh, and Guardian1, I have a confession to make. I never blocked you, I threatened to block you. I never actually did it.
Deep Breath That was a lot to say...8)
Replies: Only one review...terrible.
Breeze of Summoners: Nice to see you are enjoying it. However, I will probably have to duck for cover as I didn't do another fight scene (though I HAVE done a lot of them recently). Guardian writes essays though, it is hard to see which are good points. Most of it cannot be fixed or can easily be explained. Most of her complaints are about Frato in general anyway. Review! Hopes to beat the record of an 18 on 1 fight scene