Part 2, Dragon and Dancer

Dragon, after being turned into a mutant, teleported and alone was a little discombobulated. He was getting very hungry, mostly because he never had dinner. He would've starved but for a black Wocky with a blue fire like streak on his cheek. The nice Wocky came by and had a nice dinner for him. Then, the Wocky left the dinner and left without saying a word. Dragon was puzzled but he dug in and ate like crazy. Later he decided to go over and ask Saphire for help.

After he got to Meridell he remembered RoboDancer. He then rubbed off his Neopia Central scent, hoping Dancer wouldn't notice. "Good thing I look different!" he thought. He quickly sniffed out Saphire and luckily, she was alone with another blue Lupe. This one was older and had a more dainty body build. Saphire noticed him and hid behind the other Lupe. She then looked up and noticed him. He slinked up to them, his belly on the ground. When he got about a yard away from them, he took a totally submissive pose.

"What is it you need young Lupe?" asked the other blue Lupe.

"All of the members in my old pack have been killed. I humbly ask to join yours." Dragon responded, hoping against all hope that they wouldn't kill him too.

"You seem familiar, I know I've seen you before. Dragon, is that you?" said Saphire. Dragon was now sure the blue Lupe would bring him to RoboDancer.

"Yes." he said in a terrified and embarrassed voice.

"Will you help him lose the scent?" Saphire asked the taller Lupe.

The Lupe nodded and in less than an hour, he was ready to present himself to the alpha.

"Who are you?" asked RoboDancer in a ferocious growl.

Dragon once again said that his pack was dead and he wanted to join this one. Dancer sniffed him. Dragon gulped. Dancer lifted his head. Dragon licked the fur under his chin.

Dancer growled, "I don't smell any Neopia Central on him, so I guess he can join." Dragon had a gigantic smile on his face as he bowed down as a thank you.

Many years passed. Dragon grew into a tall muscular Lupe with lots of power to spare. Saphire was dainty and sized about normal for a Lupe. They were still the best of friends and were about to get married.

The dainty Lupe and Saphire were the only Lupes who would help Dragon. That was because Dancer had figured out that he was from Neopia Central and didn't like him at all. But Dragon had been accepted as a pack member so therefore he must stay in the pack as long he wanted to. He wasn't too fond of sticking around but he had nowhere else to go.

It was a beautiful marriage ceremony where even RoboDancer bowed down. After the ceremony, Snickers became Dragon's petpet. Nobody noticed though, because Dragon and Saphire were always together.

One day, Dragon was walking alone through a thick patch of grass and he saw Dancer a little way ahead. Dragon instinctively went up to him to greet him. As he got closer he saw Dancer's head go under the grass. Dragon started to run, afraid that his leader was under attack.

"Nobody with that scent is allowed here! I'll teach you!" yelled Dancer as he put his head down again.

As Dragon got closer he smelled a scent that he knew he'd smelled before. It was the scent of Neopia Central. Dragon peeked through some tall grass near Dancer and saw Dancer attacking a shadow Lupe. The Lupe was attempting to submiss itself but Dancer just wouldn't let him go. The Lupe was bleeding quite badly.

Dragon jumped in before Dancer could launch another attack at the Lupe. Luckily, the attack hit the extra skull on Dragon's head. It shook up Dancer something fierce.

"Get out, run!" Dragon yelled at the Lupe. He then helped him get up. The Lupe finally got free and ran away.

"I only passed through there to get here!" the bleeding Lupe yelled as he ran away, in the direction of the Lost Desert.

Dancer just growled at Dragon and walked off saying, "Wasn't worth my time anyway."

"That's the last straw!" Dragon yelled that night, shaking off the water. He had just gotten back from a bath in the river to clean the blood from the other Lupe off. He was in the little cave he and Saphire had discovered. Saphire was leaning back to keep from getting wet.

"I know it's bad. Just wait a little longer 'till we can start our own pack." said Saphire reassuringly.

"I can't wait that long! I have to do something about it now!" yelled Dragon as he finished shaking the water off. He started walking out of the cave and Saphire followed. A few minutes later, Dragon was across from Dancer.

"Is that a challenge young Dragon?" Dancer asked intimidatingly.

"I'm not that young!" Dragon screeched.

They then leapt into battle. Dragon bit, scratched and hit with all his might. Then, just as it looked like all was lost for Dancer, he made a direct hid in the face. As Dragon went flying, Dancer leapt on his back and bit down hard. That was one of the main reasons Dancer won. Five minutes later, Dancer threw Dragon's badly damaged body back.

"I told you, you just wouldn't listen." said Dancer in an, 'I Told You So' voice. Dragon then, with great effort, got up and limped to Saphire. "Saphire, get away from him! He's now an outsider. A lone Lupe." Dancer yelled at his daughter. Neither Saphire or Snickers moved from Dragon's side. On the contrary, they helped him up.

"Dad," Saphire lectured. "Enough is enough! Dragon told me about the shadow Lupe. Stop it. Why do you hate Neopia Central so much?" Dancer didn't expect his own daughter to turn against him.

"Saphire's right, enough!" said a spotted Uni Dragon knew as Patches, as she stepped out of the pack of pets watching.

"I agree with Patches." stated a young puppy Gelert named Classique. She was yellow. The five of them stood against the rest of the pack.

"You dare defy me after I displayed my power on Dragon? Out! All of you, leave!" he roared as he charged towards them, chasing them. They all started running away from him, and without knowing it, towards Neopia Central.